Coalis Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I just got a FujiNet and have happily been archiving my floppies to atr files with my Atari 800 and Indus GT drive. Most of these disks are game compilations and have custom autorun menu loaders created nearly 40 years ago by a buddy of mine. I have one which requires the basic cart to be inserted or it won't boot properly from floppy. Thought originally that I had a bad copy to the atr file of the disk until I tried to boot it and ran into the same problem with a blank screen. Then I remembered some of these required the basic cart be inserted. Floppy then boots just fine to the old color menu to select the game. I can't boot the FujiNet with the basic cart inserted. Is there a way to boot FujiNet with the basic cartridge inserted to run the atr copy I created? Any other suggestions appreciated. All this gear has been in a bin in the closet for most of the last 30 years. Re-learning what we were doing in junior high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzwald Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 26 minutes ago, Coalis said: I just got a FujiNet and have happily been archiving my floppies to atr files with my Atari 800 and Indus GT drive. Most of these disks are game compilations and have custom autorun menu loaders created nearly 40 years ago by a buddy of mine. I have one which requires the basic cart to be inserted or it won't boot properly from floppy. Thought originally that I had a bad copy to the atr file of the disk until I tried to boot it and ran into the same problem with a blank screen. Then I remembered some of these required the basic cart be inserted. Floppy then boots just fine to the old color menu to select the game. I can't boot the FujiNet with the basic cart inserted. Is there a way to boot FujiNet with the basic cartridge inserted to run the atr copy I created? Any other suggestions appreciated. All this gear has been in a bin in the closet for most of the last 30 years. Re-learning what we were doing in junior high. Try holding down OPTION when you turn on the Atari. It should boot from FujiNet instead of the cartridge. Also, the 400 and 800 OS boots faster than FujiNet so you should power the FujiNet from USB so it's on and ready when you turn on the 800. Alternatively, there's some key combo you can do to avoid the need for external power. I think it's maybe hold START and OPTION at power up to kick in cassette load, then hit SYSTEM RESET to boot FujiNet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coalis Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Thanks, and apologies, pretty sure I saw that right in your docs somewhere. I just got this brewing academy 1.5 external fujinet. It doesn't have a usb connection handy for external power but I see some pins open on the side of the case I suspect for that purpose. It will boot with the no external power process. First couple times I did it the fujinet config was reset and I couldn't figure out why. Found that this would happen on next boot after removing the Basic cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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