classics Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 'Game Board' and Translator label 1Mbit Flash Cartridges are now available for purchase. Chess (Game Board) Label, limited to production of 25 cartridges. (Colossus Chess Multi-Cart image available here) Atari 'Translator' Label, limited to production of 25 cartridges. (Instant Translator Cartridge image available here) Atari 'Translator' Label w/ 800 Overlay, limited to production of 25 cartridges. (Instant Translator Cartridge image available here) Limited Edition Flash Cartridge, 19 of 100 remaining. Sorry for the poor quality photos, my camera has a 640x480 resolution. The labels are also very glossy which seems to upset the focus a bit. Cartridges are only $29.99 and can be erased and re-programed 100,000 times with any data you desire. You can order a cartridge at http://www.atarimax.com/flashcart/documentation/ Just specify in the order comments which label or labels you would like upon final checkout. I hope to have a easier ordering system on line soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 How many Infocom text adventures will one of your carts hold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 1Mbit = 128K, most Infocom games come on 2 disks sides, so you'd be squeezed to get 1 game on a cart. I've studied the interpreter and examined how the bank/disk loading works but haven't had time to work on turning this into cart based engine. When done it maybe possible to get 3 titles on a 4Mbit cart by reusing the same interpreter. Regards, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 How many Infocom text adventures will one of your carts hold? Mark is (of course) correct, some 2 sided games will fit, some wont. There are a bunch of already converted infocom images in the forum. Some I tried were too large, one didnt work (plundered hearts) for some reason I couldnt figure out. The idea of reusing the interpreter is genius. I read in c.s.a.8 some time ago that someone was able to get a few newer z-machine games running on the Atari by pasting the game files onto a disk along with the Atari infocom game interpreter. If anyone knows exactly how that is done I would love to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 If anyone knows exactly how that is done I would love to try it. Tom Hunt had done this work, but the disks with the source on are in storage somwhere and haven't been imaged yet. A few people have asked Tom about this (me being one of them). Quite a few of the titles that the Atari didn't get are compatible with the z-code interpreter (version 3), so its a case of identifying the start sector of the data and then replace this with data from say a C64 disk. The second disk data should work as is. To find the first data sector, run the game and look for the serial code, then use a sector/hex editor to find the pattern. Regards, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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