Gorf Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I hope you are well soon! We love you man! Get well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelio Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Curt, Please do get well! And if you don't -will to me, your collection! (or just the 1450XLD) LOL! KIDDING!!! The 600XL is a nice little machine and I would think just about every collector has a broken one or two that could be sacrificed to the cause. Perhaps distributing a conversion kit for 600xl/800xl would even suffice! It would give everyone something to do with an obvious reward on completion. Think Heathkit! "CurtKit" or "FujiKit" Get well dude and may the Fuji be with you! Noel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 So I was up all night working on the first 7800 Basic program. Here is it's officiall release. Ready? 10 Print "Curt Rules!" 20 Goto 10 Allan Does Atari BASIC require an "END" or "ENDPROG" command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Bump!!! Still find this interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 So I was up all night working on the first 7800 Basic program. Here is it's officiall release. Ready? 10 Print "Curt Rules!" 20 Goto 10 Allan Does Atari BASIC require an "END" or "ENDPROG" command? No - it recognizes the END keyword, but it is not required. Stephen Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 So how's this coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Has anyone ever considered emulating this add on in MESS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Some thought just occured to me, how would the 'computer keyboard' connect or interface with the 7800 If it's along the lines of the original warners jobbie, there is the problem of, not all 7800's come with the expansion port (which looks like a modified sio port from the pics that i've seen) If it's connected or interfaced via a cartridge adapter (a'la 2600=5200 alike thing) that might be an option and just stick a cartridge thru port at the top and an additional sio connector for a8 i/o devices (i.,e 1050/810/1027 etc) The last option would be via the joystick ports (the cheapest and slowest option), only thing with that is, you'd have to have additional joystick connectors on the keyboard itself as i am sure the keybaord itself would take up both 7800 jioystick connectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Some thought just occured to me, how would the 'computer keyboard' connect or interface with the 7800 If it's along the lines of the original warners jobbie, there is the problem of, not all 7800's come with the expansion port (which looks like a modified sio port from the pics that i've seen) If it's connected or interfaced via a cartridge adapter (a'la 2600=5200 alike thing) that might be an option and just stick a cartridge thru port at the top and an additional sio connector for a8 i/o devices (i.,e 1050/810/1027 etc) The last option would be via the joystick ports (the cheapest and slowest option), only thing with that is, you'd have to have additional joystick connectors on the keyboard itself as i am sure the keybaord itself would take up both 7800 jioystick connectors Well everybody who knows about the 7800 keyboard knows how it connects. Why not try to do a search and find out? Then you won't have to guess. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krewat Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 The last option would be via the joystick ports (the cheapest and slowest option), only thing with that is, you'd have to have additional joystick connectors on the keyboard itself as i am sure the keybaord itself would take up both 7800 jioystick connectors Slow for a keyboard? The development system I setup for the IM/WG/SG/etc development I did was capable of downloading the entire cartridge image pretty quick. A lot quicker than the fastest typer I've ever seen, that's for sure It was on the order of, say, an entire cartridge image in a few minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Just checking in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math You Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Anyone know how many colours could be displayed using the 7800's 320 x 200 mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anything with hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Yep, see the first message of this thread. I just like to resurrect it from time to time to show Curt I think it sounds like a fun idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Curt still needs Atari's backing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Curt still needs Atari's backing. No he doesn't. (that sounds rude but I'm not trying to be, sorry) This was a GCC project that was never sold to Atari. It would be up to the designers of the keyboard to let him do it or not. I believe he has their permission. There is a lot of discussion on here from a long time ago. If you do a search on '7800 keyboard' you'll find it. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 This project only needs time, and interest. Curt announced a ways back that all were working (the keyboard, and varous cartridges). From that point I think he has been trying to figure out how to make these cheaply, and work on cases for the keyboard module. I think this could be a lot of fun truthfully. So I keep showing that I am still interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Still interested here, too. And patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Curt still needs Atari's backing. No he doesn't. (that sounds rude but I'm not trying to be, sorry) This was a GCC project that was never sold to Atari. It would be up to the designers of the keyboard to let him do it or not. I believe he has their permission. There is a lot of discussion on here from a long time ago. If you do a search on '7800 keyboard' you'll find it. Allan Sure, if you want to release a non-Atari branded unit, however I beleive Curt wants the Atari name behind it. If this is the case than he will need their blessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Curt still needs Atari's backing. No he doesn't. (that sounds rude but I'm not trying to be, sorry) This was a GCC project that was never sold to Atari. It would be up to the designers of the keyboard to let him do it or not. I believe he has their permission. There is a lot of discussion on here from a long time ago. If you do a search on '7800 keyboard' you'll find it. Allan Sure, if you want to release a non-Atari branded unit, however I beleive Curt wants the Atari name behind it. If this is the case than he will need their blessing. Ultimately I'll have to let Curt speak for himself because it's his project but I don't think he is going to stick the word Atari all over the keyboard. The only thing that says 'Atari' or has a fuji on it is the little metal label on the top cover. I doubt he would spend the money to have a metal label made up and add a lot of cost to making the keyboard. Beyond that Atari has nothing to do with it. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Curt still needs Atari's backing. No he doesn't. (that sounds rude but I'm not trying to be, sorry) This was a GCC project that was never sold to Atari. It would be up to the designers of the keyboard to let him do it or not. I believe he has their permission. There is a lot of discussion on here from a long time ago. If you do a search on '7800 keyboard' you'll find it. Allan Sure, if you want to release a non-Atari branded unit, however I beleive Curt wants the Atari name behind it. If this is the case than he will need their blessing. Ultimately I'll have to let Curt speak for himself because it's his project but I don't think he is going to stick the word Atari all over the keyboard. The only thing that says 'Atari' or has a fuji on it is the little metal label on the top cover. I doubt he would spend the money to have a metal label made up and add a lot of cost to making the keyboard. Beyond that Atari has nothing to do with it. Allan I dont know for sure either but from what I gather from his posts, it certainly came across to me as if he was looking for Atari to back him on this, and understandably so. Of course Curt can clarify this if he so feels the need to. With the new managment at Atari, many things have changed, Im sure and my guess would be that one of those things is not to sink rescources into a console or any other hardware at this time. I could be wrong and hope I am. I'd love to see a new piece of Atari hardware but I doubt we will any time soon or if ever again. Then there is the funding needed to produce these units. My guess is Curt would love having Atari's help in this respect. Edited March 13, 2009 by Gorf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I hate to rain on our lovely parade folks but I seriously doubt Atari is going to do anythingwith hardware. It was never gonna be released by Atari. This was a Legacy Engineering project the whole time IIRC. Curt still needs Atari's backing. No he doesn't. (that sounds rude but I'm not trying to be, sorry) This was a GCC project that was never sold to Atari. It would be up to the designers of the keyboard to let him do it or not. I believe he has their permission. There is a lot of discussion on here from a long time ago. If you do a search on '7800 keyboard' you'll find it. Allan Sure, if you want to release a non-Atari branded unit, however I beleive Curt wants the Atari name behind it. If this is the case than he will need their blessing. Ultimately I'll have to let Curt speak for himself because it's his project but I don't think he is going to stick the word Atari all over the keyboard. The only thing that says 'Atari' or has a fuji on it is the little metal label on the top cover. I doubt he would spend the money to have a metal label made up and add a lot of cost to making the keyboard. Beyond that Atari has nothing to do with it. Allan I dont know for sure either but from what I gather from his posts, it certainly came across to me as if he was looking for Atari to back him on this, and understandably so. Of course Curt can clarify this if he so feels the need to. With the new managment at Atari, many things have changed, Im sure and my guess would be that one of those things is not to sink rescources into a console or any other hardware at this time. I could be wrong and hope I am. I'd love to see a new piece of Atari hardware but I doubt we will any time soon or if ever again. Then there is the funding needed to produce these units. My guess is Curt would love having Atari's help in this respect. From what I understand about what Curt wrote about this, he never was going to involve Atari with this. He started talking about this (as far as I know) years before Atari (or whatever it was called at the time) was interested in making any Flashback type thing. Curt started the topic in December 2005 and had stated that some of the work had started before that. Correct me if I'm wrong but did Infogrames buy the Atari rights then? Wasn't it still Hasbro that owned them then? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 From what I understand about what Curt wrote about this, he never was going to involve Atari with this. He started talking about this (as far as I know) years before Atari (or whatever it was called at the time) was interested in making any Flashback type thing. Curt started the topic in December 2005 and had stated that some of the work had started before that. Correct me if I'm wrong but did Infogrames buy the Atari rights then? Wasn't it still Hasbro that owned them then? I think Hasbro dumped Atari earlier than that but I could be mistaken. You may be right about his original intentions. I may be mixing this up with the FB2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 So I find myself thinking about consoles and keyboard again, primarily to get on BBS's. It's a thing with me. So bumping this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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