www.atarimania.com Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Gunstar said: So the normal version to all of in the U.S., which IIRC, was only ever sold on disk in the states. I believe Bruce Lee was one of the last that came with both tape and disk in the box. By the time Zorro was released later, like most U.S. publishers, Datasoft had finally fazed out tape releases completely. Yep, exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 8 hours ago, StaxX28 said: Thanks for your help guys Here are all my re-centered Rasta conversions, some with fixed HPOS: Nice! Looks like you skipped adjusting the Silent Service image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StaxX28 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Right, thanks ! Fixed StaxX_Rastaconversions.7z StaxX_RastaSlides.atr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 This one is sad. I was fortunate to see him perform live. I don't recall the date now - it was sometime in the late 2000s, he was on stage for damn near 3 hours. Wouldn't stop talking to the audience, was inviting people up on stage just to chat. RIP funny man, I was a fan since 1982. Stephen_Gallagher_RIP.xex 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 3:09 AM, MrFish said: I'm not overly familiar with the timeline of the clone wars; but according to this article, they were already gaining ground in '86 -- but more so in the consumer sector, whereas IBM was still holding on in the corporate arena. So, it looks like clones had been out for a few years before that already. But, yeah... I was generally talking about IBM taking a massive beating after that '87 magazine picture -- which just got worse and worse into the '90's and the Windows/Wintel era. Atari introduced the PC1 - PC5 machines in 1987, and the ABC machines came out in 1990 (as did the TT that you mention). Atari PC Hardware Here's a site devoted to the PC1 - PC5. Thanks for clearing up Atari's PC clone history for me, I couldn't remember off the top of my head which line was newer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 58 minutes ago, Gunstar said: Thanks for clearing up Atari's PC clone history for me, I couldn't remember off the top of my head which line was newer. It's not a subject that's discussed much. I had to look it up myself. Personally, I'd like to see a forum devoted to them on here. I know it'd be pretty dead by comparison to the other forums; but it could get more people interested, and provide a place of discussion for those who are already interested/owners. I mean, the lines were pretty extensive, if rather short-lived. That website I linked to about the PC1 - PC5 shows there's interest; and, of course, there are other sites (AtariMuseum, etc.). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Crown Station. 74 colors. GS_CrownStation.xex 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Gunstar said: Crown Station. 74 colors. That's a neat image, what's this from? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 It's from the internet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) it's based on the Reading Rail Road Crusader (others like it have their names and markings) folks use this as their base because it looks futuristic enough for steampunk and juxtaposition of the old and new. Don't let Batman scare you away from a ride though, he sits above the clock in a number of different renderings... Edited December 3, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, _The Doctor__ said: it's based on the Reading Rail Road Crusader (others like it have their names and markings) folks use this as their base because it looks futuristic enough for steampunk and juxtaposition of the old and new. Don't let Batman scare you away from a ride though, he sits above the clock in a number of different renderings... He was atop the clock in this image too, but I cropped him out for a close-up of the train and clock walkway. It wouldn't have looked much like Batman anymore if I'd kept the statue in (as the lower half of the statue that is still in the image attests too), due to the low resolution, especially since I couldn't crop the image enough to get both the statue and full train in the image. I had forgotten Batman was in the image until you mentioned it...this image I've attempted a dozen times over a year or two, not being satisfied and setting it aside to retry again later. I think I could have gotten a decent image sooner, if I could have flipped the image horizontally to work better with Rastaconverter's color-change screen layout, but then the text for 'Crown Station' would have been reversed as well. So it wasn't an option. Here is an image of the actual Crusader I just went and looked up after you mentioned it. I think I'll attempt a conversion of this Crusader image now. Edited December 3, 2022 by Gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Here's a quick edit to the original crown station with the image mirrored except for the crown station sign. There are other letters/numbers that are wrongly mirrored but judging from your original conversion, there's not enough resolution on the Atari to resolve those anyway. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Gunstar said: Crown Station. 74 colors. GS_CrownStation.xex 21.95 kB · 8 downloads Fantastic conversion. Edited December 3, 2022 by Beeblebrox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 New York Central System Mercury Train photos exist and are colorized,They ran that streamliner as well. Check that one out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauro Rodriguez Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 20 hours ago, Gunstar said: Crown Station. 74 colors. GS_CrownStation.xex 21.95 kB · 13 downloads wich is the artist who made the original? can you quote? can you upload the original photo times of convertion GREAT CONVERTION GREAT !! i love it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Mauro Rodriguez said: wich is the artist who made the original? can you quote? can you upload the original photo times of convertion GREAT CONVERTION GREAT !! i love it The original image was posted above (about 3 replies up) by @bfollett, except it's a mirrored image. No idea who the original artist is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 13 hours ago, Gunstar said: The original image was posted above (about 3 replies up) by @bfollett, except it's a mirrored image. No idea who the original artist is. A quick Google search suggests the original artist is Alejandro Burdisio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Reading Railroad Crusader. 55 colors. Crusader.xex 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Anyone feeling up to converting this image? It's from the recent Artemis test mission around our neighbor. (I'm basically PC-less, now-a-days and hate to ask, but when I saw this, thought it might make for a decent conversion) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark loves Stella Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) I did this one last week. nasa-earth-view.xex Edited December 8, 2022 by Mark loves Stella 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityWorm Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 GravityWorm_Oranje01.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Steam Tank. 66 colors. Observatorium. 49 colors. GS_Steamtank.xexGS_Observatorium.xex 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) It's been a good while since I've been able to convert anything. For some reason after a Windows system crash with RC whilst running a conversion back the summer my Win10 laptop refused to run RC from that point onwards. (It would just jump out of it everytime I ran it) Other commitments, etc got in the way of me attempting to fix it, but I've just revisited the issue. Still not right and I am still having crashes or RC is just refusing to start an image. (I suspect it is a Windows runtime issue or something related). I've tried installing RC in a different folder from scratch and it allows me to start some conversions but frustratingly not convert them to XEXs. Thankfully I can use the original install of RC to do this if I copy over the files to it's RC folder - so between the two at least I can do some things. Anyways - I've managed to kick start a few conversions (currently running), and also resume one I'd started back in the Summer. Here it is. An image from Star Trek Lower decks series. Really please the hyperdrive warp effect lines came out well in the conversion to give it a sense of momentum. Lowerdecks ship 320*200 letter box image - Fixed and centrered with Sheddy's tools 63 unique colours (image grab from Altirra with pal high artifacting enabled) Beeblebrox_Lowerdecksshipsm1_02_Fixed_centered.xex Edited December 12, 2022 by Beeblebrox 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) Another conversion. My RC setup still seems to be holding up despite the Windows issues. Gamora, (Zoe Saldana), from Guardians of the Galaxy: 5 bill evaluations 102 unique colours Dither used (I may try this conversion another time without dither). Mask applied 320*240 - Fixed with Sheddy's tools (image grab from Altirra with pal high artifacting enabled) Beeblebrox_GamoraDec2022_23_Fixed.xex Edited December 17, 2022 by Beeblebrox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 ...and another Spiderman 4 bill evaluations 49 unique colours Mask applied 320*200 - fixed and centered with Sheddy's tools (image grab from Altirra with pal high artifacting enabled) Beeblebrox_Spidermanbacksm1_14_Fixed_centered.xex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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