telengard Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) Thanks Neo-Rio! Acquire is an amazing board game. Edited July 2, 2016 by telengard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecuttingedge84 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I have the disk for "The Adventures of Oswald" (Program Design Inc., 1982). Unfortunately, I do not have the cassette. Is this still useful in your efforts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Hi thecuttingedge84, Yes, that would be wonderful since we don't currently have a flux dump of that title. I'll PM you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Here is a working copy of Graphics Transformer by Alpha Systems 1986. For info, AFAIK, the only available copy of this software on the net is at pigwa.net, , Unfortunately, it doesn't work. madi Graphics Transformer Alpha Systems.zip 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_lennier Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 With a number of positive things on the software preservation front going on lately, I thought it would be a good idea to have a handy list to help users get a better picture of what still needs to be dumped. There are archives of programs available but references to what's missing are rare or lack accuracy. I think this work will complement what both Farb is doing with his Atari Software Preservation Initiative and what we're doing at Atarimania for instance. While we've had such a list on the forum at Atarimania for many years, it isn't easily visible. Also, the database itself gives information but not in an optimal way. Moreover, the text format to be used here will be easier for updates. AtariAge is likely a better place to reach more people and be more efficient. .... -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com I've been playing around with the Atari computers a little lately and got curious about the state of software archiving. I have a few questions, if you don't mind. Is this the most up-to-date list available? If a program was released in multiple formats (like disk and tape), do those tend to be exactly the same, or are there important differences? What does it mean if a program's Atarimania page lists the dump as "MISSING"? At first I assumed that meant it wasn't dumped, but that doesn't seem to always be the case. Here are three examples that aren't on the list in the original post. Conversational Spanish is listed as missing, but recordings are available on the Atari Wiki. Perhaps that's a special case because the game uses recorded audio? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-conversational-spanish_1336.html https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Conversational%20SPANISH%20CX4120 British Heritage Jigsaw Puzzles Vol. 1 is listed as MISSING, but I found it on some ROM sites, though I'm not certain the dump is good. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-british-heritage-jigsaw-puzzles-vol-1_795.html I couldn't quickly find a dump of The Jar Game / Chaos, though it might be out there somewhere. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-jar-game--chaos_1237.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Does anyone remember YeMaCyB? It is color printing software. I had it long ago, and haven't seen it for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangentAudio Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Does anyone remember YeMaCyB? It is color printing software. I had it long ago, and haven't seen it for years. Wow, I definitely remember the name, but I don't think I used it. I probably read about it in ANTIC or ANALOG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruttin Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Bumping an old thread. I recently dug out all my old Atari 800 gear and it turns out I have a few that I believe may be missing, at least according to the AtariMania entries. I just compared what I had against those entries so sorry if you already have them. I have the following: - Hi-Res Adventure #2 Wizard & Princess - On-Line Systems version on floppy, original and I have documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Airstrike - English Software Company version on floppy, I have a beat up box, no documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Age of Adventure by EA, I have box and documentation in great condition. Both Ali Baba and Hercules boot to title screen - Shamus on cassette - I don't have a tape player so don't know condition. Only have the tape - Intruder Alert - Artwork cassette with documentation (it came in a plastic "bag" that I have, no box), untested as well Not sure how to proceed so just wanted to raise awareness that I have them. Happy to work with somebody to get them dumped in the community is interested. Thanks! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Bumping an old thread. I recently dug out all my old Atari 800 gear and it turns out I have a few that I believe may be missing, at least according to the AtariMania entries. I just compared what I had against those entries so sorry if you already have them. I have the following: - Hi-Res Adventure #2 Wizard & Princess - On-Line Systems version on floppy, original and I have documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Airstrike - English Software Company version on floppy, I have a beat up box, no documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Age of Adventure by EA, I have box and documentation in great condition. Both Ali Baba and Hercules boot to title screen - Shamus on cassette - I don't have a tape player so don't know condition. Only have the tape - Intruder Alert - Artwork cassette with documentation (it came in a plastic "bag" that I have, no box), untested as well Not sure how to proceed so just wanted to raise awareness that I have them. Happy to work with somebody to get them dumped in the community is interested. Thanks! Where in the world are you located? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruttin Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Hey Allan - I'll update my profile since I'm so new here. Raleigh, NC. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Bumping an old thread. I recently dug out all my old Atari 800 gear and it turns out I have a few that I believe may be missing, at least according to the AtariMania entries. I just compared what I had against those entries so sorry if you already have them. I have the following: - Hi-Res Adventure #2 Wizard & Princess - On-Line Systems version on floppy, original and I have documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Airstrike - English Software Company version on floppy, I have a beat up box, no documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Age of Adventure by EA, I have box and documentation in great condition. Both Ali Baba and Hercules boot to title screen - Shamus on cassette - I don't have a tape player so don't know condition. Only have the tape - Intruder Alert - Artwork cassette with documentation (it came in a plastic "bag" that I have, no box), untested as well Not sure how to proceed so just wanted to raise awareness that I have them. Happy to work with somebody to get them dumped in the community is interested. Thanks! Each type of media requires different ways of archiving. The easiest media to archive are the print media. Boxes, disk lables, documentation. If you want to archive those and have a scanner, just follow some of the recommendations here in other threads for archiving. Send me a private message here and I can help you out as well. Cassette media requires a good stereo cassette deck, an audio cable, audio input jack on your computer and some downloadable software from the Net like Audacity. http://www.audacityteam.org Disk archiving is a little harder. For non-protected disks you can use devices like SIO2PC or SIO2SD interfaces. If you are trying to archive copy-protected disks, you need special equipment like a Kryoflux and an old 5.25 PC drive. https://www.kryoflux.com For places to archive, you have a number of options. The easiest is to make a free account at archive.org and put it up there. You can send it to www.atarimania.com for them to archive (If you choose atarimania.com you can just send it to me since I do most of the 8-bit section now and am always looking for stuff to add to the database.) There also is a torrent archive that is being regular worked here on Atariage in the Atari 8-bit section that you can send stuff to. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/page-1?hl=+archive%20+torrent Also keep in mind that a lot of stuff has been archived already (although there is a lot more to be done) so take a look (or ask here) to see what has been archived. A lot more games have been archived verses utilities so that's another thing to consider. Allan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system11 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Looks like I have at least one game tagged as MISSING on cassette (Strip Poker, Americana) - so just a tape deck and record the input? I'll sort it out soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Using a program like Audacity to capture the cassette output to a 16-bit WAV file using an analog audio converter (either built-in to the motherboard/sound card or USB) would be ideal. Edited August 9, 2017 by Farb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Also keep in mind that a lot of stuff has been archived already (although there is a lot more to be done) so take a look (or ask here) to see what has been archived. A lot more games have been archived verses utilities so that's another thing to consider. Allan It's also worth noting that even though many titles have been archived, they may not yet be verified (validated against an additional identical dump) or there may be variants of the title out there that we are unaware of. So it's often worthwhile dumping even things that are already archived. For example, a8preservation.com has already dumped a disk-based Airstrike but has not verified it so a second dump would be really helpful. Wizard and the Princess has a verified dump of the original release but not the later SierraVenture release. Edited August 9, 2017 by Farb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrasteve Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Hi. This may be a stupid question, but am I right to assume that ANYTHING that is on the AtariMania pages as having a MISSING against dump is required? For example, this Pac-Man: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-pac-man_5987.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Not a dumb question at all. Atarimania is not always up-to-date with the latest preservation work done at a8preservation.com and vice-versa. For example, a8preservation has created a dump of Datasoft's release of Pac-Man. Likewise, I know there are original dumps of titles on Atarimania that haven't been added to a8preservation yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 When I uploaded some rare stuff in my topic here on AtariAge I searched the internet if copies of these programs were already available. I found lots of titles not on Atarimania, but were available on other sites. It is quite hard to find out what is available and what is not.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 First post updated with new dumps added, more titles listed, fixes... If you have original disks or tapes, don't forget to check Farb's site at http://a8preservation.comas well. -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hi Atari Frog, I have some other Dutch cassettes (from a.o. Aackosoft and Courbois) on my "to do list". So they will be coming in the next months. I have an original catalogue of Courbois in my collection. The following atari titles are listed in the catalogue: Cassettes for 64k computers: A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08, A09, A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, A17, A18 Educational cassettes: A S01 (Supertekst), A S02, A S03, A S04, A S05, A S06, A S07 (Super Calc) Cassettes for 16k computers: A601, A602, A603, A604, A605, A606, A607, A608, A609 Disks: A D01 (Supertekst), A D02 (Super Calc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hi Fred, Is your edition of the Courbois Software catalog the same as the one below? It's dated April 1988. Hope you find the time to dump your rare programs, you have a good number of one-of-a-kind items. Thanks! -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Mine is from November 1988. The layout is different, but the content of pages is the same. I have disk 01 and cassettes 01, 02, 03, 04 and S02. I have heard that Fready is negotiating with another collector to dump cassettes S01, S04, 07, 08, 09 and 10. So we still need a lot of them.... The cassettes are very bad quality, it takes a lot of time to dump them. That is the reason I created ATR-images :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Bumping an old thread. I recently dug out all my old Atari 800 gear and it turns out I have a few that I believe may be missing, at least according to the AtariMania entries. I just compared what I had against those entries so sorry if you already have them. I have the following: - Hi-Res Adventure #2 Wizard & Princess - On-Line Systems version on floppy, original and I have documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Airstrike - English Software Company version on floppy, I have a beat up box, no documentation, it loaded to the title screen - Age of Adventure by EA, I have box and documentation in great condition. Both Ali Baba and Hercules boot to title screen - Shamus on cassette - I don't have a tape player so don't know condition. Only have the tape - Intruder Alert - Artwork cassette with documentation (it came in a plastic "bag" that I have, no box), untested as well Not sure how to proceed so just wanted to raise awareness that I have them. Happy to work with somebody to get them dumped in the community is interested. Thanks! Has this gentleman been helped out? It would be good to get them kryo/scp and verified. Looks like a tape dump or two as well Edited February 12, 2018 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Looks like I have at least one game tagged as MISSING on cassette (Strip Poker, Americana) - so just a tape deck and record the input? I'll sort it out soon. hey system11 I'm sure the fine people here can walk you through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system11 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I've worked it out now more or less, unfortunately there's a problem in that the tape won't play - too stiff, the lubricant in the tape has dried up / worn away. I've got a whole stack of games with this problem and every single one is made by Databyte or US Gold. It would be fair to say over 80% of my tapes by those companies have the same problem, while over a hundred others are fine. Must have used the same tape stock :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) clean heads matter.. normally they can be loosened or even in some circumstances re-cased.. a couple of whacks can loosen a tight uneven tape pack, keeping a cassette in higher humidity for several weeks (65-70%) can help... there are cassette cleaner and lubes. you can super lightly lube a tape, 'bake at a super low temp' let soak in a little. a tape deck with no play head in it can play a cassette all the way to the end a few time to get a slow even wind. You can use 'last tape head formula 9' it works well and a damp cyclopentasiloxane wipe works well enough I usually don't fool around and give it the full treatment. impeccably clean hands and fingers. I put just enough on that it doesn't slime the head or make the tape skate or 'drop out' When it's working well, I make a back up using new tape in quality deck. Normally the original is just fine for years and years afterwards but back up to be sure.. and clean heads when your done matters too.. Edited February 13, 2018 by _The Doctor__ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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