FND Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) OK here is the deal I need to dump Bio-Defense by TYMAC along with some other 8 bit protos, I am in Fremont Cal. and wont be mailing these items so I need to find someone in the area who can help The TYMAC Bio-Defense is in a case I cant seem to get open so it will need to be dumped without opening it, the otheres I can open and probably dump myself but since I need the Bio dumped we might as well dump them all at the same time BTW I have another topic in the 8-bit forum about label rot that kinda went of topic about these items and since I have gotten an answer to my problem I am going to ask that it be closed Here is a list of the Protos with some notes Plato ------------------------------------ Plato title screen says: Welcome to Plato Telelink 2-28-84 copyright 1984 Atari Microbit 300 Baud Disk Diagnostic -------------------- Start screen reads: 810 Disc Field Exercise Rev: 0 Select Number Option: 1 Align (Disc Read Test) 2 Burn-In Test (W/O Format) AtariWriter Rev# 16 Serial # 90 ------------------------------------ has support for 80-column printers. I dont think a cart was ever made with 1020 or 1027 option Menu printer support 1 Atari 1025 2 Atari 825 3 Atari 1020 4 Atari 1027 Tennis ----------------------------- Tennis Title screen: Atari Tennis (Picture of a Gold Winner Cup) Copyright 1983 Atari Inc. QUESTION is this named Atari Tennis in the released version ? Pole Position Rev#0 Seial #11 ------------------------------------- Title screen Has a changing copyright that reads 1982 Namco then changes to 1983 Atari continues to change back and forth Question Does the released ver. have a changing copyright ? 400/800 Super Salt ------------------------------ It has an Atari Rejected sticker that looks like it says 1250 XL Title screen reads: Atari 400/800 Super Salt System Test Rev 3.03 1983 Edited June 15, 2007 by FND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 QUESTION is this named Atari Tennis in thereleased version ? It's probably Realsports Tennis, which does say that on screen. Question Does the released ver. have a changing copyright ? Yes: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=4042 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 QUESTION is this named Atari Tennis in thereleased version ? It's probably Realsports Tennis, which does say that on screen. Question Does the released ver. have a changing copyright ? Yes: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=4042 Thanks, Looks like they may be final release versions. Yup Realsports Tennis for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 BTW, the different colors in Bio-Defense may be due to the emulator palette. We'll have to wait to be sure, though... -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross PK Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 How did Atarimania get hold of the screenshots before now? Was someone willing to relaese the screen shots but not a dump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Well, the program was actually released on tape in the UK so this is where the cracked file comes from. IIRC, there's a review of the game in Home Computing Weekly as well. -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Cartcopy.zip Give this program a go. I wrote it like 20 years ago - just a fairly simple file and cartridge copy program in BASIC. It will copy standard 8 and 16K cartridges - and put binary file headers for the load and init/run sequence. It won't work on bank-select type carts, and the standard file it creates has no tricky loader so it doesn't do stuff like set the memory pointers properly before attempting to run the cartridge. But, it will at least create a file version of most older carts. Once you've selected the Copy Cartridge option, press a key when you've inserted the cartridge. The screen colour should change when it's been copied. Then, remove the cart and press another key. Once that's done, just use the Save File option to write it to a disk file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 You can hotswap cartridges ? I didn't think you could do that without messing up the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 You can hotswap cartridges ? I didn't think you could do that without messing up the computer. Sure you can, it depends on the cart though. I have a translator cart for my 800XL that you plug in, boot, and then swap it out for the game you want to play. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FND Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 Cartcopy.zip Give this program a go. I wrote it like 20 years ago - just a fairly simple file and cartridge copy program in BASIC. I just downloaded the file and relized I have no way to copy this to a 5.25 floopy Thanks for the help and file, maybe I can ask some friends and see if anyone still has a 5.25 floopy set up on a old computer fnd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 (edited) I'd be leery of hot-plugging such a rare cart, there is a small but real chance of damaging it. You really need a MLM to dump it properly without damaging it. Do you have access to an eprom burner? You could burn a copy of the Omnimon OS and use that to dump the cartridge directly to disk. Steve Edited June 17, 2007 by classics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Any luck dumping those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Cartcopy.zip Give this program a go. I wrote it like 20 years ago - just a fairly simple file and cartridge copy program in BASIC. You wrote this? How cool is that. My dad and I used this program I believe in the earlier days to copy carts. How fun. Good to meet you. Well, if I can find it, my dad modified an Atari 400 to disable the cartridge at boot and allow for the cartridge to be copied. I'm going to look and see if I still have that 400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Bump! FND has some nice prototypes here, and it would be great to have them dumped and archived. Can anyone in the Bay area help out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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