mutil8 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 In need of a antic mode 4 character editor, wondering what you guys would suggest. The one I am currently trying to get (in disk form) is the apx Envision editor. Located the documents on atariverse site. I have contacted best electronics (he doesnt have it) and b & c (he may have it but seems too busy to track it down. He did state he had many apx titles on in storage). However there may be a more current, better option that I am not aware of. I realize there are editors on the PC, at this point i am only interested in keeping all development, programming, etc on original atari hardware. If someone has a better option than Envision let me know - thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) @mutil8 I don't understand, go here and scroll down, click the disks to download them... https://seriouscomputerist.atariverse.com/pages/utility/utility.atari.htm#Envision or here https://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=AP0185 or here https://archive.org/details/atr_APX20185-Envision or here http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-envision_17942.html or here for old source code and another atr (disk image) https://archive.org/download/AtariEnvisionSourceCode once you download the disks, use your favorite method to write out the disks, APE, ProSystem, Respeqt, and others using a serial or usb SIO2PC cable, you could also go the FujiNet route... they are crazy easy to buy or make and are a must for anyone using an Atari these days. Edited December 13, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutil8 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 sio port on atari broken - have part ordered. ill try to order usb SIO2PC cable as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I've used MacroEdit (EdMac) since back in the day, and still use it from time to time. It's a very capable font and screen editor, with an intuitive interface, which also can handle macros for groups of characters to be pasted about the screen. It edits Antic 2 & 4, and also Antic 2 for the GTIA (9, 10, & 11) modes. It supports the joystick, a Koala Pad, or the Atari Touch Tablet for input. About the only negative I have for the program is that it doesn't support typing of characters (duh!). Characters (or macros of character groups) are selected and then pasted to the screen via the cursor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutil8 Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 3:45 PM, MrFish said: I've used MacroEdit (EdMac) since back in the day, and still use it from time to time. It's a very capable font and screen editor, with an intuitive interface, which also can handle macros for groups of characters to be pasted about the screen. It edits Antic 2 & 4, and also Antic 2 for the GTIA (9, 10, & 11) modes. It supports the joystick, a Koala Pad, or the Atari Touch Tablet for input. About the only negative I have for the program is that it doesn't support typing of characters (duh!). Characters (or macros of character groups) are selected and then pasted to the screen via the cursor. thanks I checked out the documentation looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecernosoft Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 On 12/17/2022 at 11:07 PM, mutil8 said: thanks I checked out the documentation looks good Is that an old PC app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutil8 Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Ecernosoft said: Is that an old PC app? Well its for old atari 8 bit pcs. Pretty much before IBM pcs took over the market. I am not familiar with the program - it is one of many character editors. Edited January 2, 2023 by mutil8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DearHorse Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) On 12/13/2022 at 1:24 PM, mutil8 said: In need of a antic mode 4 character editor, wondering what you guys would suggest. The one I am currently trying to get (in disk form) is the apx Envision editor. Located the documents on atariverse site. I have contacted best electronics (he doesnt have it) and b & c (he may have it but seems too busy to track it down. He did state he had many apx titles on in storage). However there may be a more current, better option that I am not aware of. I realize there are editors on the PC, at this point i am only interested in keeping all development, programming, etc on original atari hardware. If someone has a better option than Envision let me know - thanks. Hi, I stumble OVER your post. Just try ataritools-800 first tool is a charset editor witch can load and save envision format and in 5 antic modes. Sure it's a pc thing but with exact memory, color codes and files as real A800 do, files as is can be loaded by A8 through APE or via sd on A8 via sio. More over, you can generate asm (mads) or atari basic text code from charset graphic data and copy past in your editor. Google it because last time I put à https link, my comment was backed off the forum. Best Rudy Edited January 8, 2023 by DearHorse Incomplete comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreatari Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 9:27 PM, DearHorse said: Hi, I stumble OVER your post. Just try ataritools-800 first tool is a charset editor witch can load and save envision format and in 5 antic modes. Sure it's a pc thing but with exact memory, color codes and files as real A800 do, files as is can be loaded by A8 through APE or via sd on A8 via sio. More over, you can generate asm (mads) or atari basic text code from charset graphic data and copy past in your editor. Google it because last time I put à https link, my comment was backed off the forum. Best Rudy Hi Rudy, in the past I used one of the early beta release of AtariTools-800 and I found it very useful 👍 Today I discovered that there is a new Beta 1.0.0 but when I tried to download it from the link in "ataritools.fr.gd" page, the page is impossible to reach 😔 How can I have this new release? Thank you in advance Andrea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DearHorse Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) Hi Andrea, I will send you the latest version on your PM ASAP. Note that the screen-editor has some interpretation problems due to a mix between linear and atascii character codes (char-editor himself is ok). Best Rudy Edited June 7, 2023 by DearHorse info complement 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCoder Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 If you don't mind using a PC then you can try Atari Font Maker https://github.com/matosimi/atari-fontmaker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreatari Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 On 6/7/2023 at 12:05 PM, DearHorse said: Hi Andrea, I will send you the latest version on your PM ASAP. Note that the screen-editor has some interpretation problems due to a mix between linear and atascii character codes (char-editor himself is ok). Best Rudy Thank you Rudy!👍 I look forward to receive your great tools... as I wrote you, I used some of them during the creation of Space Taxi for A8B and they are very useful 😊 Please, let me know if you want a fee or a small support for AtariTools-800 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DearHorse Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) Hi Andrea, I sent to you (PM) a link to the file, say if any problem. thanks for support, and yes, return for errors (lots of) is highly welcome. Sure my new compiler is not free (RAD Delphi enterprise at $3000) but it's ok No fee for friends, thanks anyway. By now I work more on DEXL and Atari ST/E projects with my friend Shadow but I will come back to AT800 and Phoenix (re-firbushed-again) soon. glad to hear you, vi auguro una buona serata Rudy Edited June 19, 2023 by DearHorse orthograph fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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