emkay Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...2&category=8093 It is a Device in a Cartridge which allows to use any CD-Player like a Tape... The Data-Rate is also higher than from Tape or the complete SIO(8 sec. to load a program) Does anyone know this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Wow, interesting......Id like to know if this works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 look at the post on the atari tape mod.. you can see a picture of my interface http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39690 the interface allows you to load audio track from a cd at high speed.. it does requires a loader thats on the cartrige nir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_bernstein Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Sounds like another great hack. Between an adapted 3 1/2 disk drive for the XL/XE line and a CD-Rom Interface, it seems this machine is eternal. Way to go - AB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 Our Webmaster from ABBUC has won the Auction. He will test if it is a fake or not. I am more interested in the speed and if programs are really loaded in 8 seconds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jindroush Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Why should it be fake? I have the device and on my page there's a schematic. There are 99 stereo tracks on the cd. Each gets 4 programs * 2 (two tracks). You have to load turbo loader from cassette/disk/cartridge, it then loads 'Tornado' menu in high-speed turbo from cd. You then have to select the program, while atari is loading on 10kbps using Pokey. The 4 programs do load in one long block, if you want program 4, all the three previous programs are loaded to memory anyway, but only 4th gets executed (rolling buffer). The price is ridiculous. Or, better said, I'm going to build them too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 So this cartridge's cable plugs into the headphone jack on a portable CD player? Then you just start the menu program and press "play" on the CD player or something like that? Is this basically how it works? Then the Atari reads it like a super-fast tape audio signal, basically the same concept as Atari tape players like the 400 and 1010? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Cool! I may have to get one sometime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Heck yea.... I want one! 600 Games?? Wow... that'd keep me entertained for a while Where do I buy? (no ebay haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jindroush Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Gunstar: No, the audio output of cd is routed by a stereo cable to the interface which has left/right switch for track selection and SIO plug for the output. I don't know why the guy didn't display it there. The cartridge is just the 2k loader, nothing else. Clint: I'll can make it for you for $60, as I said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Clint: I'll can make it for you for $60, as I said Does this come with everything I need except for the portable CD player? Including the 600+ games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 The price does seem high, you can get the MyIDE interface for around $50 and that lets you plug any hard drive into your Atari. So I'm assuming the tech isn't that much different in getting a Cd-rom attached. With MyIDE and Sio2pc it seems like a CD player for the 8bits is a little overkill but it had to be tried and I'm sure someone will develop a killer app for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 The price does seem high, you can get the MyIDE interface for around $50 and that lets you plug any hard drive into your Atari. So I'm assuming the tech isn't that much different in getting a Cd-rom attached. With MyIDE and Sio2pc it seems like a CD player for the 8bits is a little overkill but it had to be tried and I'm sure someone will develop a killer app for it I got a MyIDE and was a bit dissappointed. It doesnt work with every HD - Older Quantums work best I think - Also, due to the handler it doesnt work with alot of DOS's or games Have there been any improvements in this? I could only get MyDOS to work with it and not Sparta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Have there been any improvements in this? I could only get MyDOS to work with it and not Sparta. I was thinking of picking a new one up soon and from what I gathered on his webpage, he claimed that every IDE drive worked because of a new, updated chipset. http://www.mr-atari.com/hardware-want.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 i got in SIO2IDE interface that works with SpartaDOS, Mydos and almost any IDE hard drive i tried its rev 3.2e nir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Have there been any improvements in this? I could only get MyDOS to work with it and not Sparta. I was thinking of picking a new one up soon and from what I gathered on his webpage, he claimed that every IDE drive worked because of a new, updated chipset. http://www.mr-atari.com/hardware-want.htm Ah, Ok - I guess that is true then. At the end of the day a SIO2PC hookup to an old cheap laptop is prob the better solution IMHO. I had fun with the IDE drive but its not as simple as the SIO2PC stuff with APE and messing around with Atari DOS's isnt that fun IMHO If I could get a GUI based OS to work with MyIDE then it might be of some use to me. However DIamond doesnt work nor BOSS since they load drivers in the same area as the MyIDE ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jindroush Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Clint: Yes, everything including CD with 600+ games. I also have an idea how to leave out the cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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