Looking for an old demo w/ "House of the Rising Sun"

There was a demo for the XL that I had on disk (probably still do, somewhere), which included the song "House of the Rising Sun." If I recall the flashback I just had correctly, it had a lot of trippy GRAPHICS 9 mode effects, and I think at one point a big on-screen piano keyboard that went along with the music, Ring a bell for anyone? -- -bill! Sent from my computer

FS: SpartaDOS X and R-Time 8

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More updates that no one needs to hear

Trying to keep score. Still haven't got my Needem PB10 EPROM programmer running. I did find some software that runs under DOS. Kind of academic since my custom OS and a bunch of other stuff was all on hard drives that went for a swim. Still, it will give me a chance to do some of the stuff that makes life a little easier like burn an EPROM with fast floating points routines, change left margin start up to zero, change default colors, maybe burn another OMNIMON if the ones in my 800xl and 1200xl are gone baby gone. I've spent maybe 100 hours trying to get a copy of my playfield/FONT

Doug Neubauer on Star Raiders, Atari, POKEY, etc.

-- -bill! Sent from my computer

Adding Chips in the Atari Memory Map

In keeping with my scheme of getting a thing or two backed up to the web archive I documented a hack I did years ago. I may have posted it to the group or I may have only told Jeff McWilliams.<a name out of the past!> In my usual left handed and crosseye logic I decided to buy my own domain name and post to it. I have a real beef with doing it to web site not under my control. For one thing I don't want it to be too dilute. You look at just about any web site with a forem and between the hankie fights and warez type posts the 'good stuff' gets lost in a crowd. I love the way google

Copyright law that slipped right by me

Digital Millennium Copyright Act The current administratively-created exemptions, issued in November 2006, are: Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and that require the original media or hardware as a condition of access, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of preservation or archival reproduction of published digital works by a library or archive. A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonab

False Error 9 in TurboBASIC XL runtime?

I have a program I'm writing and I've got the following going on: 5 DIM X(4),Y(4),XM(4),YM(4) .... 100 FOR P=0 TO 3 105 X(P)=X(P)+XM(P) .... 199 NEXT P I've used the TBXL compiler to compile the program (generate a .CTB), but when the TBXL runtime hits that increment statement (line 105), it falesly throws an Error 9 (out of bounds). I tried bumping up the array size, but that didn't help. So I've written this klugy work-around: 105 Z=X(P):Z=Z+XM(P):X(P)=Z Seems to avoid the issue. Annoying, though... -- -bill! Sent from my computer

ieba (Independent Eight Bit Association)

Some readers here may remember a Group I set up with others to provide and exchange information between users of 8-bit computers. Well, one of the founders has passed away (died, that is) and Gordon Woolliscroft and I thought that as the whole 8bit scene has dwindled we ought to wind the thing up and put the money to good use, so that's what we've just done. There was about 600 English pounds in the account (my, that interest did mount up) so we have decided to split it 50/50 between a kidney research charity and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. We hope that meets

800XL keyboard problem

Hello Atari users. I was wondering if somebody can help me with my 800XL keyboard. the "-" key acts as it is stuck, and displays a bunch of ------------- on my screen. It isn't stuck, then key moves up and down like the rest of the keys do, so it isn't the springs. Any Help?

Verbose Listing

Two part explanation: 1st I am trying to get Atari Active again. I went through a comical attempt to retrieve some of my old programming data. Looks like everything I had stored on three 20 meg hard drives has gone into the ozone. Went to the extent of formatting an old original IBM 10 meg drive just to make sure everything was working. Haven't checked my floppies but I am sure they have all gone south due to storage in a damp basement. Don't cry for me Ataritina! Virtually all of my old stuff was singularly unpopular even with me and I wrote it. Lots of joystick home control, characte

VBXE in Atari Emulator

Any Atari Emulator have VBXE support? JT

Text adventure Software

> I have Adventure Writer; are you interested? Adventure Writer; CodeWriter; Write your own game. Needed: 48K, one Disk drive, printer optional.; Language Disk.; Disk, Manual & Box.......$20.00 U.S. > I also have some Music and other Software below! Let me know! Please Reply! > Please Answer! Please Reply Irregardless of your Answers! Thanx! =-=Ben=-= Advanced Music System; APX; Music Disk.; Disk.......................$5.00 U.S. Musical Computer; APX; Disk & Docs..................................$5.00 U.S. Music Composer; Atari; Cart........................................$10.

Text adventure Software

Does anyone recall any commercial or PD Text adventure creation software for the Atari 8-bit? I'm sure I have a few programs, but don't recall the names. I'm looking for one that will allow me to use graphics and sound in the text adventure. Or just a plain one, if there isn't one that'll do graphics/sound. Also, looking for the names of the Best Commercial/PD atari 8-bit Music related software. Everything from Sound Digitisers, Sample Editors, MIDI related, and etc. And names of the Best Graphics related software. Digitisers, Animation, Video related and etc. Also,

XEP 80 experienced advice needed

BobTerm has a driver for the XEP80 to do both 40 & 80 Columns! =-=Ben=-= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:15:17 -0500 I've a Xep80 still in the box, like new. I've never used it, Anyone reading this group use or have used an XEP 80? If so, I want to know does it allow all programs to work in 80 column? What are the best and worse things about it?? I was wondering if it would work with BBS software, such as BBS Express, or some of the other BBS programs? Are there any other drivers for it other than the standard Atari driver? Or any other uses?

XEP 80 experienced advice needed

I've a Xep80 still in the box, like new. I've never used it, Anyone reading this group use or have used an XEP 80? If so, I want to know does it allow all programs to work in 80 column? What are the best and worse things about it?? I was wondering if it would work with BBS software, such as BBS Express , or some of the other BBS programs? Are there any other drivers for it other than the standard Atari driver? Or any other uses? I appreciate any info you can provide

8bit emulators on PCs and Macs?

Currently which programs are the best known or used to emulate the atari 8-bit on PCs and Macs?

GORF cartridge

Will the game Gorf in a original cartridge work on XL/XE machines? Does the Gorf file version, if there is one, require a translator disk on the XL/XE?

Flgiht simulator II frozen

Flight Simulator II is being played in 2 min before is frozen. what's wrong with it ? - JT

Top Dos

Any use or have experience with Top Dos?

Integrating an Atari 800XL into an entertainment center

Hi All, I=92m setting up a new entertainment center for my family room with all of the standard modern fair, large LCD TV, BlueRay player, Tivo and such. I thought it would be fun to pull out my old Atari items from storage and permanently connect an Atari 8-bit into my entertainment center via composite video. I=92ve got several Atari 800, 800XL, 130XL, and 1200XL systems. I=92m thinking of using an 800XL. I think the biggest challenge will be cable management for the power, video and possible a disk drive cable. Does anybody have any clever suggestions for this project? T

The Atari Music Network is Live!

(WEBSITE) http://www.atarimusic.net (FORUM) http://www.atarimusic.net/atari-music-network From sequencing Tangerine Dream concerts in the 80's to tearing up the dance floor at the New York Blip Fest in 2010, Atari's reputation as a music monster machine has persisted for a quarter of a century. The secret behind its success is clear: Atari was perfect from the beginning =96 it didn't need to change. For MIDI enthusiasts, the Atari was and still is the ultimate bridge between man, music, and machine. For chiptunists, the Atari offers a canvas of unexplored sonic colors for electronic

"The Last Word"

Man, I keep finding gems this evening! Someone's screenshot of their VBXE -- see my other post -- was of an 80 column word processor for the Atari that I had never heard of, which started in 1999 and was most recently released this year (2009). http://www.atari8.co.uk/lastword/lastword.htm "The Last Word is one of the most feature-rich word processors ever written for the Atari 8-bit. It includes many of the innovative tools found in programs like TextPro and The 1st XLent Word Processor, and version 3 of the program sees the introduction of a software driven 80 column

Proprietary Atari chips being reconstructed

I saw some hints of this on Facebook, and just noticed this article at the top of the front page of AtariAge ( http://www.atariage.com/ ), which also links to their forum section, where the topic is being discussed: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/154479-new-gtia-chips/ "Atari Chips Reborn" December 14, 2009 Curt Vendel of the Atari History Museum and Legacy Engineering has been hard at work reconstructing several proprietary Atari chips, including the GTIA (used in the Atari 8-bit computers and 5200), the MARIA (used in the Atari 7800), and the TIA (

Online M.U.L.E. for Mac, Windows & Linux: Planet M.U.L.E.

Looks like M.U.L.E. is back! Planet M.U.L.E. is an economic strategy game for up to four players connected over the internet or your local network. It is based on one of the earliest multiplayer games of all time: Dan Buntens M.U.L.E. by Ozark Softscape. With the blessings of the Bunten Family, we are proud to present you the first official internet version since the game was released 26 years ago -- and it's free for anyone to play! http://www.planetmule.com/ I've yet to try it out, but I'm really glad they made a Linux version, since I don't own Windows or

"Tux's Turtle", a modern Delta Drawing

Check out my new pet project: http://tuxsturtle.sourceforge.net/ It's based on the concept of "Delta Drawing", which I have (had?) for my Atari 1200XL. It's turtle graphics, but it's even easier to use than Logo. (It's commanded with single keypresses, and responds immediately. [Backspace] both undoes the previous drawing/movement operation that you see on the screen, and removes the previous command from the program listing.) The YouTube video I've got embedded on that page should sum up the capabilities (hopefully). Enjoy! -- -bill! Sent from my computer