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Looking for an old demo w/ "House of the Rising Sun" 2 110 (3/26/2010 5:13:03 AM) comp.sys.atari.8bit 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 GRAP... bill

Doug Neubauer on Star Raiders, Atari, POKEY, etc. #2 1 79 (3/17/2010 6:56:09 PM) comp.sys.atari.8bit -- -bill! Sent from my computer ... bill

4-player Tetris-style game idea 4 79 (2/17/2010 6:42:33 AM) comp.sys.atari.8bit I just saw this: "MULTRIS.ARC Multi Tetris is a tetris clone for the MultiJoy interface. Use max. 4 joysticks for max. 4 players each filling up their on column." here: http://www.mathyvannisse... bill

[Local] Atari Party in Davis, March 14th 0 81 (2/9/2010 8:30:34 AM) comp.sys.atari.8bit Atari video game aficionados from near and far will host the second annual Atari Party in Davis, California on Sunday, March 14th. Atari Party invites the whole family to a day of games, prizes, and even a... bill

Beginning planning for Atari Party 2010 (Davis, Calif.) 5 86 (1/25/2010 8:45:13 AM) comp.sys.atari.8bit Hi all! Last March I organized an event in Davis, Calif. that I called "Atari Party." We had over a dozen Atari systems, spanning Atari 2600 through Jaguar, and over 200 games for the public to come and pl... bill

Atari ET100 ethernet adapter 1 99 (1/21/2010 10:00:35 PM) comp.sys.atari.8bit Another Curt Vendel find via Facebook: the ET100 ethernet adapter for the Atari 8-bit(?). Looks (based on the photo of a box or manual that he found) like the SX212 modem. Anyone ever hear of this thing... bill

More "Compute!" magazines available online 1 43 (1/3/2010 7:30:50 PM) comp.sys.cbm For those unfamiliar with Kevin Savetz and his "Classic Computer Magazine Archive" ( http://www.atarimagazines.com/ ), it's a digital archive of classic computer magazines. It started as the "Digital Antic Pro... bill

"The Last Word" 7 102 (12/17/2009 8:10:14 AM) comp.sys.atari.8bit 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 m... bill

VBXE - "Video Board XE" 10 152 (12/17/2009 8:05:20 AM) comp.sys.atari.8bit While reading about the resurrection of Atari chips by Curt Vendel & friends, I discovered this, which I'm fairly sure I had never heard of! Video Board XE (VBXE) Programmable, FPGA based graphics sub... bill

Proprietary Atari chips being reconstructed 0 88 (12/17/2009 7:41:23 AM) comp.sys.atari.8bit 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 ... bill

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ATARI and Spectrum are rubbish - The C64 is the king of home-computers! 69 599 (1/16/2011 1:51:33 PM) comp.sys.cbm I don't understand why people are still using crappy doorstoppers like the Sinclair Spectrum and ugly black and white heaps of trash like the ATARI 800 XL. Both of these computers failed in the 80s and l... Lloyd

Access/Linux/Palm Screenshots 2 17 (2/23/2006 5:56:14 AM) comp.sys.palmtops http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8399/access-linux-platform-demo-screenshots/ I am not sure what to call the new platform, but here is what it looks like in action. It seems to be GNOME-based, judging by som... newsgroups3 (80328)

New Zelda Pictures [ holy shit !! drool !! ] 30 40 (4/27/2005 6:34:42 AM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Holy fucking shit I cannot wait for this game -- the wait will be, and is, TORTURE. http://www.zeldauniverse.net/gallery/albums/misc/magscans/egm-may05/cover.jpg http://www.zeldauniverse.net/gallery/albums/mi... Radeon350 (32)

Palmsource to port PalmOS to run on top of Linux 46 24 (12/8/2004 3:08:37 PM) comp.sys.palmtops I just found this interesting article: http://www.palmsource.com/press/2004/120804_cms.html PalmSource will continue to offer both Palm OS� Garnet and Palm OS� Cobalt to support a broad range of mobile device... hacker1 (120)

3DPong v1.1 - Play classic Pong in 3D! 1 35 (12/4/2004 4:36:17 PM) comp.sys.palmtops Hi all, 3DPong has been updated to version 1.1 on 5 Dec 2004. This new version adds support for PalmOS 5.x. Play the classic game "Pong" in 3D. 3DPong has customizable color support and many game parameters c... jlsell98 (16)

Linux-powered handhelds, Ipods, mini-TIVO's, etc. 17 25 (9/9/2004 4:35:06 AM) comp.lang.php Hello there, Are there any out-of-the box handhelds that run Linux/Apache/MYSQL and PHP? Does Redhat, Suse, or Gentoo support any handhelds? I know the Zaurus comes close, but I've heard people have problems... jollyrogership (7)

USB Connection to Digital Camera 5 22 (7/7/2004 7:03:59 PM) comp.sys.palmtops I'm considering getting a WiFi & Bluetooth Palm or Clie to email jpegs off my Fufi Finepix S5000 camera. I intend to connect to internet via WiFi Hotspot or Bluetooth/GPRS Mobile 'Phone whilst travelling. I c... nospam9138 (3)

Simputer 4 33 (11/29/2003 12:00:09 AM) comp.sys.palmtops I think this is a very interesting project in India to developer a computer that can be used by illiterate people in third world nations. Its a PDA that runs on Linux. The official site: http://www.simputer.o... naoscapitan (21)

Zaurus SL-5500 Backlight Question 4 22 (10/25/2003 11:51:42 AM) comp.sys.palmtops I'm hoping someone can help me out - I just picked up a Zaurus SL-5500 on ebay and the backlight looks kind of dim to me. (I've definitely got it set on max in software.) But here's where I really need some in... steve6603 (1)

[Local] SLIMP3 Network Music Player demo & give-away - Linux User Group meeting, Davis, CA - Nov. 4th 1 31 (10/25/2003 12:17:57 AM) comp.os.linux.misc The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD), will be holding a meeting on: Tuesday November 4th, 2003 6:30pm - 9:00pm (Doors open at 6:00pm; please try to arrive on-time!) The meeting will be held at a ... bill127 (69)