Ross PK Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 (edited) I've noticed on your site that you need the original tape image for The Lone Raider. I'll be receiving the cassette in a coupla days, I could rip it and send it through PM if you want. Btw, what's the image on your site then, is it a disk image? Edited May 8, 2006 by Ross PK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yes, it would be nice if you could convert it to CAS format We just have a file... Basically, someone just cracked the tape and made a convenient executable. BTW, it seems there are two versions: I believe the original release had an intro similar to the early Atari tapes like Kingdom or States and Capitals... -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross PK Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 I don't know how to convert it, but I could always email the mp3 to you or someone else who can convert it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 We should be able to work it out that way. -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yes, that's possible. I have the cassette (or five), but unfortunately not a working copy right now. MP3 files can often work well for conversion to .cas format. 320k if possible... Ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Bacardi Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 I already tried to convert it but it failed :-( I think the problem is the audio track is used for music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 OK - I revisited "The Lone Raider". I've recently changed the motherboard in my PC and the new one has better quality sound hardware. I've produced two identical, and apparently error-free, .cas files from two different cassettes. Unfortunately, they don't work with the A800WinPlus emulator. The cassettes do work with real hardware, though (which is not what I remembered). Anyway, I've attached the .cas file in case anyone wants to take a look. lone_raider_test.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 (edited) The image works fine. You have probably forgotten the iron rule: to run original software with fast SIO hack turned off. Edited May 10, 2006 by Kr0tki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Kr0tki...other way round...for .cas files, sio patch must be ON...not off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 WRONG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 The image works fine. Hmmm. What version of the emulator are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Kr0tki... So why does it say on the INSTRUCTIONS... that for .cas files, you must have the sio patch ON then eh... it must say that for a reason, otherwise they would not have mentioned it in the instructions (atari800win+ that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 What version of the emulator are you using? The so-called 4.0 Final. Also tried it succesfully under Linux on Atari800 2.0.2. Kr0tki... So why does it say on the INSTRUCTIONS... that for .cas files, you must have the sio patch ON then eh... (words, words, words) Really? Where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 What version of the emulator are you using? The so-called 4.0 Final. Also tried it succesfully under Linux on Atari800 2.0.2. Thanks! I'm also using 4.0, but haven't got it to work yet, with or without the SIO patch enabled. I will work on this some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Just remember that after the first part loads and the loading screen is displayed, it turns off SIO sounds, so you will not have any audio feedback for the second part's loading process. Just wait a few minutes and the game will load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 No luck as yet. I still get an error at block 13. More work tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I don't know... Are you sure BASIC is turned off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Fro. Atari800win+ 4.0 final...Section .CAS images Usage The emulator can read and write cassette images. Writing requires the SIO patch to be enabled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Honestly, are you sure this excerpt says that you have to turn SIO patch on for CAS files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 (edited) if it helps, i'll try and copy/paste over that page of text _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cassette images (CAS) An 8-bit Atari computer stored data on a cassette as sound. That is, the contents of a computer-recorded cassette can be played in an ordinary cassette player and recorded to a WAV file using a PC. However, the emulator doesn’t support WAV files. Supported are cassette images that contain binary data, after decoding the sound. Ernest Schreurs made an utility called WAV2CAS, which converts the sound from Atari cassette to a digital cassette image (CAS). The format handles different lengths of blocks, gaps, non-standard blocks, baud rates and more. At the moment, the CAS format is supported by the emulator only partially. See http://home.planet.nl/~ernest/atarixle.html for the excellent WAV2CAS converter, which includes detailed description of the format. Alternatively, you may use any file as a cassette image. That’s because any file can be written to Atari’s C: device, being stored in standard Atari OS format. Usage The emulator can read and write cassette images. Writing requires the SIO patch to be enabled. To insert a cassette image, use File/Attach tape (Alt+T) or Cassette Control dialog box. You can position the tape by moving the slider, but usually a cassette image contains only one Atari file (real cassettes often contained many). If you want to write to the cassette image, you will have to move the slider to the “End of tape” position. To boot the tape, hold Atari Start key (F4), while performing cold start (Shift+F5). Then press Space key. Or just use File/Autoboot image (Alt+B). See also Supported file formats ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Taken from help topics, cassette images (CAS) page...atari800win v4.0 final (I'm guessing/assuming that the help file for earlier/later versions of atari800win+ use exactly the same text) Edited May 12, 2006 by carmel_andrews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross PK Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 I suppose there's no point in me ripping the game then. The sound quality is never that good on my computer from ripping things anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 (edited) if it helps, i'll try and copy/paste over that page of text(...) Yes, yes. But, actually, the excerpts you've pasted here are in contradiction with what you are trying to prove. Have you read them carefully? Edited May 12, 2006 by Kr0tki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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