RugglesTx Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 The 32GB eMMC is definitely the weakest point of what they've announced, and I'm surprised they haven't walked that back yet. It's enough for Linux but insufficient for Windows in my experience. Real question is will it be powerful enough to surf porn on the internet. Cause that will happen, it will be the first Atari porn capable box. Saw a video this year officially stating where PS4 is used to surf more porn than Xbox now. Crazy what they track. But didnt the Atarii 2600 have some of the first porn games? Unofficial of course but it had them as Ive read. Full circle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 You can certainly run Windows 10 on some low spec hardware. For what it's worth, my main HTPC is also based on an A10 (the 2012 vintage model) and it's reasonably snappy. I was never going to render HD videos on it, and its days of playing current AAA games might be long gone, but it's still more than adequate for media functionality. Rather, the issue with the VCS is that it doesn't sound like they're going to set up the hardware to make it easy for you. If it's got a secure bootloader that won't let you install anything on the internal eMMC, you'll be reliant on running it from an external USB drive and even that'll probably require some sort of hack. And yeah, even if you could access the eMMC, 32GB is a bit tight. You could fit Windows 10 on there, but only just and there'd be very little room left for software. You'd also have to be quite careful about managing the space, because even the automatically downloaded updates would probably fill it up quite soon. The bottom line is that you shouldn't expect this to be a great Windows machine. It might still be OK at running Linux though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 The 32GB eMMC is definitely the weakest point of what they've announced, and I'm surprised they haven't walked that back yet. It's enough for Linux but insufficient for Windows in my experience. Agreed, but even under Linux it's going to sap performance. Swap space on eMMC? Ugh. I'm sure the legions of homebrew developers flocking to the AtariVCSbollocks will find that gcc does just fine on it when building and linking, though, because compiling never, ever, under any circumstances involves a bajillion read / write cycles...* * I was lying through my teeth as hard as I could when I typed that sentence. P.S.: buy an Isuzu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 It should come with a BASIC translator! No need for compiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I've made NES carts, haven't added any to the store yet, but planning on doing so. ..Al Cool beans. Mine was an Atari 2600 game, not an NES game. (see my signature) My bad, thought you mentioned something about an NES game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 It's hard to see how this thing "caters" to any market. It's way too small to be a good boat anchor, but more memory at the same price is always welcome, even if it's not needed. Atari Vault only needs 2GB RAM, and Tempest 4000 (not on Linux yet) is supposed to run in 4GB. boat anchor with more RAM.png That got me thinking... Everybody else but Fred.... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 That got me thinking... That's not baaaaaad... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 That got me thinking... More_ram.jpg Everybody else but Fred....facepalm_jpg.jpg Atari would like to announce the first Atari VCS exclusive game: RAM Simulator, the sequel to the popular Goat Simulator, but with more RAM. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodmot Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Cool beans. My bad, thought you mentioned something about an NES game. Lol, no problem dude. > u < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I've made NES carts, haven't added any to the store yet, but planning on doing so. ..Al Hmm. I'm a backer of NES Maker, so.. maybe a game from me someday... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RugglesTx Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 It takes 1-2 weeks for me to get orders out (sometimes sooner, sometimes longer). I'm finishing up a large batch of games now and will have them out in a few days. Then the cycle repeats. Games are built to order--if I had a huge inventory of games sitting on shelves I'd be able to ship much more quickly, but that's not the case, unfortunately. This is (now) stated during the checkout process, but I'm not sure how many people actually read that paragraph of text. ..Al Who has time to read details!!! Lol Its cool having to wait..anticipation and all, its a little bit like Christmas really :0 Plus back in the day we had to wait for games, Fits the old school games well to have to wait a wee bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Atari would like to announce the first Atari VCS exclusive game: RAM Simulator, the sequel to the popular Goat Simulator, but with more RAM. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Atari VCS RAM DOUBLER.jpg Sweet. Now we just need an app to download more hard drive space---or compress it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sweet. Now we just need an app to download more hard drive space---or compress it. AtariCloud sold separately. It will be interesting to see if they rebrand someone else's cloud storage as their own, or if they just say "bring your own storage." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 AtariSA is thinking about looking into announcing an announcement about their next press release. My French is a little sketchy, but I think I overheard something about Windows being an option someday. Specifically, I heard the phrase, "95 is bigger than 10." Balls Debuffed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RugglesTx Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 As long as I get my built in grill cheese maker and beer tap on the side Im fine with Windows 3 :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 AtariCloud sold separately. It will be interesting to see if they rebrand someone else's cloud storage as their own, or if they just say "bring your own storage." Yes. AtariCloud will be a real thing. And that thing will be a cloud-shaped USB drive with their logo slapped on it. Vive la AtariNuage! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Today is Tempest 4000 release day—another non-exclusive for the Nutaribawks! https://store.steampowered.com/app/688140/Tempest_4000/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Today is Tempest 4000 release day—another non-exclusive for the Nutaribawks! https://store.steampowered.com/app/688140/Tempest_4000/ The Windows version costs $10 less than the Xbone/PS4 version, but doesn't sound like as good a port as it could be: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/tempest-4000-finally-lives-after-delays-legal-threats-but-whats-up-on-pc/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 As long as I get my built in grill cheese maker and beer tap on the side Im fine with Windows 3 :0 Win 3 might actually be useful; MS dropped compatibility with 16-bit stuff a few years ago, & there are older games I wanna play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sweet. Now we just need an app to download more hard drive space---or compress it. It's just that simple..... And they would have made more money with their kickstarter if they used.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Some interesting info in this article. "But that Atari link has grown sour in recent years, with Minter publicly decrying the current "company" (which he chidingly calls "Infogrames," since that was the company's name before it bought Atari's rights) and paraphrasing their last legal threat in 2015 as follows: "Give us personal information about your finances or we will fuck you up." https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/tempest-4000-finally-lives-after-delays-legal-threats-but-whats-up-on-pc/ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Because it's Tuesday... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I was wonder how to pronounce Fred's last name. The third wav sound ..."See-eich-Eey-Ees-Nuts" I agree with the "nuts" part. https://www.howtopronounce.com/chesnais/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom_of_Krankor Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I work with some data centers in the NY area and apparently Atari is hammering out a deal to lease two very large cages to house their upcoming cloud service equipment. They were originally only looking to lease one cage but decided to double it. There was also mention of Atari requiring the installation of a taco vending machine in the lobby. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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