moonlight_mile Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Here is my bobterm break key solution. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 4 hours ago, moonlight_mile said: Here is my bobterm break key solution. Lol. What is that? Looks like a balled up piece of gum. And how does that stop you from hitting the break key? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I get it. Who would want to touch that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlight_mile Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 It is some sticky tack. This way the break key feels different than the other keys so I know not to press it. Lol I though of just popping it out but just did that so I know not to touch it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzspeed Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 You know... If you used just a touch less sticky tack, and used it to secure a thumb tack on top of the break key with the spike pointing up, you'd have a real effective means of retraining muscle memory! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 You know, I bet some semi-brilliant person with a 3D printer could come up with an insert to go under the <break> key and keep it from being pressed. Make it easy to install/uninstall so you could regain access to it when needed. Just a (semi-random) thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, DarkLord said: You know, I bet some semi-brilliant person with a 3D printer could come up with an insert to go under the <break> key and keep it from being pressed. Make it easy to install/uninstall so you could regain access to it when needed. Just a (semi-random) thought. Paradroyd came up with a mod for his break key that is similar to your idea. As a side note...The Express Cart is a great solution as it provides a great term program that's similar to Bobterm and there's no break key bug. The only downside is that the cart is rare (although the bin/car image can be found). @Amis is working on a limited run of these cartridges for free to the "regular" Atari 8 bit BBS Users. -JP Edited August 17, 2021 by JohnPolka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amis Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 The Bin and Rom are up for download on southernamis.ddns.net:23 working well on Altirra and Atari800macx.. Here is the software manual as well. Bit of a heavy project load so behind in porting to an ATR. Anyone have some spare time? Express!.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzspeed Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 The thing with the break key is that 99% of the time you'll be fine and avoid it, but that bloody 1% just does your head in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Amis said: The Bin and Rom are up for download on southernamis.ddns.net:23 working well on Altirra and Atari800macx.. Here is the software manual as well. Bit of a heavy project load so behind in porting to an ATR. Anyone have some spare time? Express!.pdf 6.6 MB · 0 downloads Great work... will have to try it out on one of the AtariMax carts.... assuming I can find my programmer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Mazzspeed said: The thing with the break key is that 99% of the time you'll be fine and avoid it, but that bloody 1% just does your head in! That's because you took the half-assed route and got a 600xl. If you had gone all the way and got the 1200xl, you wouldn't be having this problem. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzspeed Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Just now, Tillek said: That's because you took the half-assed route and got a 600xl. If you had gone all the way and got the 1200xl, you wouldn't be having this problem. Here in Australia, I've never even 'seen' a 1200XL in real life! I'm pretty sure they were never sold here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Express! does have a slight baud rate issue and the last version has some upload/download protocol issues. So I use the older cart version not the newer one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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