+Larry Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I'm strongly considering upgrading an 810 with a Happy Enhancement. So here's a question -- does the original Happy Archiver software work with the Rev 7 upgrade? Or does the 1050 Happy Archiver work with the 810 Rev 7 Enhancement? I used to have such a setup, and I think that the original Happy Archiver did not work with the HART rom (Happy Atari Rotating Thing). But I'm not sure -- too long ago. If someone knows or could test either of these, it would help a bunch. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Our resident Mr Disk Drive aka Nezgar will know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 17 hours ago, Mclaneinc said: Our resident Mr Disk Drive aka Nezgar will know Hehehe.... I started replying eaerlier then backed out, then realized I had to think about it more... Happy "Software" revision 7.0 or 7.1 will work with the 810 rev 7 hardware, as well as the happy 1050 hardware rev 1 & rev 2 ROM. Things are more complicated with earlier revisions of happy software/hardware... There are software versions up to 5.3 I think that are only for earlier happy 810 hardware (I know of 4.0, 5.2, 5.3) .. Around these versions was an autospeed mod that could slow down the RPM to write longer tracks automatically, which was removed in later updates to allow the fast/slow (meaning track buffered/unbuffered) switch. There was a softwareversion 6.6 that was ONLY for the happy 1050 before rev 7 software was out Then things were unified with 7.x - you could even use the happy backup to copy protected disks using an 810 to read, and a 1050 to write, or vice versa at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Hi Nezgar- Thanks very much for the reply. But my question is only about the "Happy Archiver" written by Spartan Software that turns the Happy into a ""Chip." I'll send a PM with some other info. -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) I'm afraid I don't have the answer, and don't have any Happy 810 to test on real hardware. If there is a crack it should be possible to test it under emulation. Testing the original under emulation is not that simple because it has a very special format that is currently not fully supported. I know there is a crack for the Happy 1050 version, but not sure about the Happy 810 version. Edited March 20, 2022 by ijor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I have an 810 with the rev7 happy board. I could try it out for you if you can point me to the software to download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzzy1982 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, tep392 said: I have an 810 with the rev7 happy board. I could try it out for you if you can point me to the software to download. I also have a rev7 happy 810 and I've been looking for that ATR as well. Maybe it was heavily protected and could not be copied? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I wonder if a 1050 SA/bitwriter could copy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 If there is a crack, then it would be possible to test it also under emulation. Indeed, the original is heavily copy protected and neither the Happy neither the Archiver can copy this disk. I am not very familiar with the Bitwriter, but I assume it could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 5:15 PM, Larry said: I'm strongly considering upgrading an 810 with a Happy Enhancement. So here's a question -- does the original Happy Archiver software work with the Rev 7 upgrade? Or does the 1050 Happy Archiver work with the 810 Rev 7 Enhancement? I used to have such a setup, and I think that the original Happy Archiver did not work with the HART rom (Happy Atari Rotating Thing). But I'm not sure -- too long ago. If someone knows or could test either of these, it would help a bunch. Thanks. I tried the two "1050 to chip" disks from the archives and both gave me errors trying to write to RAM on my Happy 810 Rev7. I'm not surprised, but thought it would be work trying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 Can the Rev7 rom be piggybacked on the original Rev3 rom using a switch to choose? I don't remember having to do anything other than switch the rom for the upgrade, so I would think they are pin compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Back to the first question about the original Happy Archiver for the 810... It has been tested on real hardware, and with Rev7, neither the original 810 nor the 1050 Happy Archiver will work. So at least as goes the conversion to the Archiver/Editor, Rev7 is a bust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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