[Atari VCS (retail deals/discount thread)]

On 12/23/2022 at 4:33 PM, leech said:

Ha, my shirts showed up, wonder when my Speaker hat / 2nd VCS will show up.

Waiting for my Speaker Hat / VCS bundle to ship... did you get shipping/tracking information yet?

[Howto: Dual boot internal SSD with grub]

@Goochman did you test/implement the instructions you posted?  I like the idea of installing M.2 SSD, setting boot order so that M.2 SSD is booted first, and installing boot selector directly on the M.2 SSD. Every boot asks which OS, no need for a thumbdrive plugin/unplug (typically slower and less stable than internal M.2 SSD), and no need to edit BIOS every time you want to switch.  All of those methods are valid, but I think this is most stable and least work every time you want to switch.

 

If someone were to put linux and windows on the M.2 drive, anyone have any suggestions on a drive and partition size and why?  Windows 10 seems to have been done by several, is Windows 11 also good on this hardware?

[Has anyone tried to root the VCS?]

On 12/15/2022 at 4:33 AM, THX-1138 said:

I had a similar thought a while back - if Atari ceased all VCS support, some scripts could be created to transfer a users purchases to a Linux install, configure them and add them to the desktop. 

For me at this point, I do it manually for each item I buy - I don't really use the AtariOS to play games, just to buy stuff to be honest.  Most stuff 'just works' requiring little more than a launcher and icon (although I do copy them over to the Linux drive so as not to risk damaging the original).

 

How do you use the AtariOS to buy and download games?  Do you go into the BIOS, switch the boot order, reboot (into AtariOS), login and buy+download games to the VCS, then go back into the BIOS to switch the boot order back to boot from the M.2 and restart again?

 

What did you do to theme the Mint desktop with Atari?