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"Inverse", "Help" and "Reset" keys are currently not available on the USB keyboard.
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THECXSTICK - how to disable the face (ring) buttons
TheMontezuma replied to remowilliams's topic in THE400 Mini
What if I disable the extra buttons in THECXStick configuration - is there any way to access their functionality via USB keyboard? -
Question About Atari 400 Mini (Adding Games)
TheMontezuma replied to scottinpa48's topic in THE400 Mini
Somehow related: THE400 does not like more than 255 files per folder. When you copy a collection of games on the USB stick, it is very easy to face the problem. A solution - the NVC tool, which automagically creates folders, when copying the files. You can specify a maximum number of files per folder and it simply does the job https://github.com/TheMontezuma/NVC -
What happened to www.64kib.com (PokeyMax, Eclaire etc.)?
TheMontezuma replied to patjomki's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
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Yoomp! PAL or NTSC ?
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how to create a valid MyDOS partition?
TheMontezuma replied to Beetle's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
It is just a photo I had at hand, but I performed all the tests with IDE 2 directly inserted in the computer. BTW: After I successfully setup MyDOS partitions: The MIDICar Player: https://github.com/GSoftwareDevelopment/MIDICar-Player can be used not only with MIDICar, but also with MIDIMate modules. Until now I used it with SDX, but I was very curious if it also works with MyDOS. -
how to create a valid MyDOS partition?
TheMontezuma replied to Beetle's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
Thanks a lot, @CharlieChaplin The tool formatted the partition without any issues. However it shows the number of sectors found as 65534 (although I entered 65535 in FDISK). I created more partitions and still formatting via MyDOS was failing (regardles if I entered 65534 or 65535 sectors) and was successful with FMTDIR. I wrote DOS files on the hdd and could boot ATARI from it. I also copied some other stuff, like NUMEN demo and enjoyed how quickly it loads -
how to create a valid MyDOS partition?
TheMontezuma replied to Beetle's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
Thank you for testing. At least now I know how it should work. However emulation is not the real hardware and my IDE 2 still does not work. In the last step - initialization ('I') I get error code 139. I tried to downgrade the IDE 2 bios, but I stopped at ver 1.2, since the interface did not recoginze the existing SDX partition (created with FJC FDISK). Then I updated the bios to the latest 1.9 and SDX partitions work well again. @drac030 I wondered if you could test it on the real interface? Maybe with another CF card, not to destroy your precious data I think I have the revision C (I'm not sure how to tell): -
how to create a valid MyDOS partition?
TheMontezuma replied to Beetle's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
I did one more test - I created a new disk with RespeQt (65535 sectors, 256 BPS) and I was able to format it using MyDos. It looks like that it is a problem with APT partition or with IDE... Long time ago (with old BIOS and with a partition created with FDISK2 from KMK Toolkit) I was able to create 256 BPS partitions, which could be formatted from MyDos. [EDIT] FYI: I use 1GB CF card which I initialized with FDISK (4.73). I have no FAT - the whole space is allocated for APT. I created only one partition (65536 sectors, 256 BPS, D3, A--M flags). As mentioned before, this partition could be formatted by SDX. -
how to create a valid MyDOS partition?
TheMontezuma replied to Beetle's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
Thanks @CharlieChaplin I think the order for option 'I' should be different: D3: /N However after confirming disk initialization with "Y" I immediately get an error code 139. I just wondered - is there anything specific about IDE 2.0 Plus Interface - any settings that have to be changed for MyDos ? Can I use FDISK from @flashjazzcat or do I need to use the toolkit from @drac030 for creating MyDos compatible partitions ? [EDIT] I could successfully format this partition (65535 sectors, 256 BPS) with SDX format command. After deactivating SDX with IDE 2.0 switch and booting ATARI from MyDOS (from D1), MyDos shows: 000 FREE SECTORS when I try to display directory content of D3: -
how to create a valid MyDOS partition?
TheMontezuma replied to Beetle's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
Can anybody help me with the setup? I have IDE 2.0 Plus with a CF card. Like Beetle, I made a 65535 sector partition with 256BPS with SDX FDISK and assigned it as D3. I loaded MyDos from SIO2SD (D1). Shall I issue "O" command first? What answers shall I give? Drive size (in sectors): 65535 ? What about command "P" and "I" ? -
Thanks! Regarding a micro-controller between Atari and BT - I got some promising results with ESP32 (no need for OS patch!), but had no time to finish it: https://github.com/TheMontezuma/SIO2BT_ESP32 By the way - I have a small update regarding: SIO2BT and Android 14 I finally got the Android 14 on my Pixel 7. The good news is, that the new OS has not removed SIO2BT app and it continued to work as before. However after I manually removed the app, I could not install it anymore. The only option is to connect the mobile phone over adb and to type the command: adb install --bypass-low-target-sdk-block Sio2Bt.apk See more details: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/behavior-changes-all#security Sio2Bt.apk: https://github.com/TheMontezuma/SIO2BT
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Hi, I'm trying to understand why are there only 4 free banks available in my 1088XEL. In U1MB I enabled 1MB RAM, SDX, PBI and HDD. I don't have CONFIG.SYS on my HDD, so I expect defaults. I'm not running RAMdisk (or at least not intentionally). How can I tell who has stolen 63-4=59 banks? [EDIT] SDX manual has the answer: "If there is no custom CONFIG.SYS in the boot sequence, the standard setup from the CAR: device will install one ramdisk as drive O: and build the directory structure on it."
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This video explains some details: