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Okay. I don’t have an R77. But they seem to be about half the price as the 2600+.
can anyone give me a brief list of differences and/or pros and cons between the two?
Thanks
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Okay. Here's a question. If this thing is just a ROM dumper, why does it need 256MB of eMMC memory. All the original games probably take less than a meg. Stella can't be taking much more than that.
With all that space, seems like they might be allowing games to be loaded. No?
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53 minutes ago, leech said:
It is kind of a hard choice between those two. I would say if you can get an 800xl with a U1MB, it would be better than a 130xe with one.
Main difference of course is cartridge port location, keyboard, memory and PBI vs ECI. The keyboard being better is why I tend to love the 800xl over the 130xe... mind you, there are 3 different keyboards for the 800xl... (at least).
130XE keyboard is worse than any keyboard other than the 400. And it’s close on the 400.
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I think there was a copy program that would continually write the same sector over and over to create a “bad” sector. Did this exist or was this only something I wish existed?
I also recall a program that had you put tape on the disk and pull it while it was writing the sector to damage the sector.
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On 8/1/2022 at 9:21 AM, Mclaneinc said:
Sounds morbid but based on reality. BITD there were pokes or software that you could run that actually could damage one of the Commodore machine, has there been any similar type things on the Atari range?
I seem to remember a bit of software that may have been C64 or Atari called Drive Music which made the drive vibrate the head / stepper to make music (ish), sure that can't have been good for the drive, I wonder if it could cause issues if ran long enough.
Even if there's no Atari one's I'd like to hear about any other machine killers
OK, it is a bit morbid
A little example after a quick dig on Google.
The ultimate hacker feat back in the day was to be able to destroy hardware with software.
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5 minutes ago, Max_Chatsworth said:
Yoomp! ??
This looks pretty cool. Have to check it out.
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I just swapped to a different Panasonic printer and it’s working. Something must be wrong with the other one.
sorry for the false alarm.
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Sorry didn’t answer other questions.
it is pin feed and seems to be moving fine. The gap is set all the way up.
thanks.
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Great questions. It looks like the gap is about the same as the diamond gap on setup, but then when I tell the software there is a gap, it removes the linefeeds altogether.
here are some pictures.
thanks!
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I have it set to be epson mode. And the print shop program actually lists my printer as supported to choose from. It just adds extra space between each line.
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Hi. I’m trying to use print shop with my Panasonic KXP1091 and I’m having trouble getting it to line feed correctly.
The printer has a dip switch for linefeed. If I turn that on, it is always too much linefeed (to the point that when I do print shop setup, the diamond is too far apart to be either option) so I leave that off.
depending on how I set it up in print shop before, my choices are solid diamond or split diamond, or solid diamond or squiggle.
it seems to switch between these every time I run setup.
once I answer the diamond question and save the settings when I print, it either prints with white space between each line or it prints the whole picture on one line.
I’ve tried on an incognito 800 (in both XL and Colleen mode) and on a stock 800XL. I’ve tried using an Atari 850 interface and a Grafix AT.
has anyone seen this? Do I have a bad copy of the software or something? I feel like I’ve experienced this before but cannot remember how I solved it.
anyone know how to solve this?
thank you!
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On 9/29/2021 at 8:48 AM, derSammler said:
Because Assembly is still faster. Also, learning Assembly means understanding the hardware. Being a programmer myself, I know quite a few peers who can code in modern scripting-like languages like Python, but are too dumb to even know how to upgrade RAM in their PCs.
I wish Assembly would still be heavily used on modern PCs, as it uses the hardware much better with less overhead. We could run the same software with the same speed on older, slower hardware.
I spent 20+ years programming in IBM 370 Assembler. My code ran rings around that COBOL crap!
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On 9/29/2021 at 6:35 AM, Mclaneinc said:
Learn BASIC first, don't do what I did and go straight to assembly, BASIC gives you firm roots in understanding that you can then build on in assembly..
Too late for me
agreed. BASIC with mapping the Atari teaches a lot about how the Atari works, which sets you up nicely for Assembler.
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On 9/28/2021 at 8:30 PM, xrbrevin said:
be careful mentioning that brand name on here - might cause some friction! ?
I printed this on my Okimate 10 and had it hanging on the wall in my room BITD!
To this day, I still call them Commode Doors.
I'd love to know who originally did this graphic!
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On 5/3/2019 at 11:24 PM, jaybird3rd said:
A bit of trivia: I'm pretty sure that "Gemini Enterprises," the name and address of which is printed on the translator disk on the right, was the Atari dealer where my grandparents originally bought the 800 and 800XL. Cedar Knolls, NJ was a quick drive from their home (at the time) in Parsippany.
Which of these was it?
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Do we know yet when the NUC with cartridge port (and Fuji net) will be available and about how much it will cost? (In US)
thanks.
todd
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I live in Ohio and have the tools, antistatic mat and skills to open it. And would be happy to document the insides and send it back to you.
I have the ability to dump the roms, but if the roms are not socketed I’m not the best person for that job.
PM me if you want my address.
thank you.
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What part is too tight? Is the middle not hollow enough? Or is the outside too big? And which end?
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Where do you get the rings?
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On 3/23/2021 at 12:42 PM, spamh8r said:
(can find generic blue switch keyboards on Amazon for around $20 on sale pretty regularly).
Would you be willing to link to one that you think will work?
Thank you.
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Just a PSA. I had an older iMac that was running slow. I added an external USB3 ssd as the boot drive and it flows now.
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I use these with my Eclaire XL and a small USB keyboard. Works pretty well and reasonably priced.
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11 hours ago, Mr Robot said:
It is. I did, we talked, it took a little while but the modified cases are now available from the product pages. Thank you @Gavin1968 for seeing the Open source light
Here https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max
and here https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-1050-sdrive-max
under SDrive-MAX files, at the bottom of the page.
Excellent! Glad to hear it.
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On 1/25/2021 at 7:37 PM, SS said:
I just got this one from "Vintage Computer Center" the other day. I love it and it's a fantastic compliment to the 400.
@mrrobot is this a remix of one of your designs? If so, I'd be wondering why the derivative wasn't released?
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The new Atari 2600+ w/HDMI out and 2600/7800 support
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Thanks. Except for Homebrew, which (I assume) would mostly only work on original hardware (Unless it uses a legacy supported bank-switching method and not an undocumented "quirk" of the hardware, is there any reason to have a cartridge port? I have a real 2600 and I have a fair number of carts, but I never actually use them because it is too easy to run from a Raspberry Pi or a computer without having to go chase down physical cartridges. I have a Nintendo Switch and I do not buy ANY real cartridges because I don't want to deal with keeping track of them. That convenience is worth more to me than what I might be able to sell the cartridges for if I stop playing the game.
thanks.