CPUWIZ Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I am going through a bunch of stuff in my collection and I found one of these amongst a lot I purchased from a 2600 developer, about 15~ years ago or so. I got EVERYTHING he had, including his Atari ST, lots of cool stuff. I'll post a pic of the cover sheet in a bit, just in case it is different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 It's Christmas for me, I just found these stickers in the manual. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionoid Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Wow, amazing find. I’ve never heard of the Stella Training manual and would be very interested in a scanned copy!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 8 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: It's Christmas for me, I just found these stickers in the manual. A scan of this would be an amazing thing to have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Wow, I would have figured Curt released this ages ago. Quite a lot of pages, weird stuff, including the full schematic and copies of a couple of manuals from early games. I'll take a pic of it feathered out on the table later. I've collected several binders full of original service manuals and programmer docs, maybe I should take another look through that box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 2 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: I've collected several binders full of original service manuals and programmer docs, maybe I should take another look through that box. 100%! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 I'm wondering what the CHRST table is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Pretty sure our scanner can feed pages, I'll get it scanned, or do it myself. 27 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: 100%! Not sure if you are familiar with it, but it is literally an entire bankers box full. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 31 minutes ago, JetSetIlly said: I'm wondering what the CHRST table is. Character set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 5 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Character set? Maybe. I'm thinking the RST part is likely short for RESET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 😀 6 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Ok peeps, enjoy. 😎 Stella Manual30062024.pdf 3 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Thanks. These is a great find. There are references to "Stella Packages" in the Related Reading sections at the end of the units. Do you have copies of those by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Maybe someone can OCR it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Maybe someone can OCR it? I'm processing it now. But my computer is slow so it's taking a while. The results are looking good though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Another interesting thing is the second half of the PDF is the Stella Programmer's guide but updated by Darryl May on 7/1/88. I wonder what was changed. Is this updated version new to the homebrewing community? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 4 minutes ago, Big Player said: Another interesting thing is the second half of the PDF is the Stella Programmer's guide but updated by Darryl May on 7/1/88. I wonder what was changed. Is this updated version new to the homebrewing community? Right? I should have done a McGrail and listed it on ePay for $$$$ instead of scanning it for everyone. 😛 I don't know if there are other sections, these were in it's own Priority Mail envelope, along with the stickers. Why do you guys need to OCR it? The device we used could have done that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 8 minutes ago, Big Player said: Another interesting thing is the second half of the PDF is the Stella Programmer's guide but updated by Darryl May on 7/1/88. I wonder what was changed. Is this updated version new to the homebrewing community? I've had the 1988 version since I started with the 2600 a few years ago. It was one of the first things I downloaded, probably from AtariAge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 6 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: Why do you guys need to OCR it? The device we used could have done that. E.g. you can search the document. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 6 hours ago, JetSetIlly said: I've had the 1988 version since I started with the 2600 a few years ago. It was one of the first things I downloaded, probably from AtariAge. I am using this document. Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) 2 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: E.g. you can search the document. I've hopefully corrected all the spelling mistakes and other errors produced by the OCR. The Stella System Training Manual, version 1_1.pdf (The original scan is still visible but I've added an invisible text layer so it can be searched) Edited July 2 by JetSetIlly 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkland Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) On 7/2/2024 at 7:50 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: I am using this document. Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027.pdf 1.67 MB · 13 downloads Can anyone verify if I spaced the following correctly? (used color lines to show where on the OSC it lines up for VSYNC, SYN, and Wait for Sync. Want to make sure if I spend the time rebuilding the images on the last 6 pages, I rebuild it correctly. (PAGE 54 of Stella Programmer's Guide) Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027_Page_54_NEW.tif Edited July 9 by Kirkland clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkland Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 OK, here is what I've accomplished on the rebuild of the last 6 pages of that Stella Programmer's Guide. Pages 51-55 were relatively easy to map out, but page 56 had some hand drawn lines on the original that just didn't seem to align nicely with the OSC waveform. It looked like some hit mid-cycle, others started or finished..off (the "5 OSC cycles" at the bottom for example) If you see any errors or issues- please let me know. It's way past my sleepytime. Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027_Page_51.tif Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027_Page_52.tif Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027_Page_53.tif Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027_Page_54.tif Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027_Page_55.tif Stella_Programmers_Guide_20211027_Page_56.tif 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 Mine is not a copy of a copy of a copy. And it is also HUGE and full of notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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