Operation Atari Forever

[invisible kid]

Hey hey!

 

Vote for your Atari Forever plan. Can vote for more than one. Sorry if I missed any! Add them here.

[flashjazzcat]

1xSIO because it takes forever to load anything.

Edited April 10, 2023 by flashjazzcat
Typo!

[+CharlieChaplin]

3 hours ago, flashjazzcat said:

1xSIO because it takes forevery to load anything.

 

Much too fast. Try a data recorder with 600 Baud or a modem with 300 baud for updating U1MB and other stuff.

 

I am a fan of original hardware, still using 1050 floppy drives and 1010 data recorders with my 800XL computers.

(Also using RAM upgrades and AVG carts.)

 

[+Stephen]

All of it - I have at least a dozen real machines to use or for spare parts.  Fortunately acquired when you could get full bare PCBs for $5 a piece.  I do my programming and debugging on emulators because of the wonder debuggers.  I've also helped beta test / debug the FPGA replacements.  There's no reason to just pick one.  I still do prefer real hardware for the ultimate experience though, and this includes using CRT for display.

 

That being said, while I will still use tape for audio, I will not ever use it for storage or loading data again.  When I got my 1050 in 1984, after a 2 years of having the 410 deck, I swore that was the end.  Hell - once I discovered US Doubler in 1987, I've not had to suffer 1X SIO.

[_The Doctor__]

I used paper tape, card reader on my Atari.

someone bought the very same creature a number of years back on ebay I think.

[TGB1718]

6 hours ago, Stephen said:

I do my programming and debugging on emulators because of the wonder debuggers.

I'm with you there, Altirra debugger is the business.

 

I still use original hardware and get some sort of guilty pleasure every time I start using my 800,

there's just something about it I don't get when using either my 800XL or 130XE's 🥰

 

[sl0re]

I'll do my best to recap / maintain my factory atari but if I cannot keep it going I'd be open to buying a new hardware system. 

[invisible kid]

Will be playing around with fpga with MiSTer for the first time. Pretty psyched.