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Atari Demo: WAP-NIAK Party 2012 Invitro

January 13th, 2012 No comments

This is a Atari XL/XE invitro for the WAP-niak 2012 Party Demo (28th-30th September at Warsaw/Poland).

Download: WAP-NIAK Party 2012 Invitro (832)

source: atari.sikorsoft.com/party/

Graph2Font v3.9.4.6 (Lite/Full)

January 13th, 2012 No comments

TomaszTebeBiela has released an update of the program Graph2Font v3.9.4.6.

This project began many years ago as a simple graphics converter for Atari but over the years the features are significantly increased. The converter runs under Windows.

Download:

source: g2f.atari8.info

SIO2SD new Firmware v3.1RC1

January 13th, 2012 No comments

The SIO2SD is a device that allows you to load games/applications into any 8-bit Atari XL/XE computers via SIO interface from SD/MMC cards.

Changelog (3.0rc5 -> 3.1rc1):

  • Virtual disks simplification.
  • Fixed turbo routines – emulation of Top-Drive (aka TOMS) and XF551.
  • More compatible SIO routines (return to timings from version 2.x – slower, but more reliable)
  • Ordinary files and empty disks are emulated as SD disks if possible (size < 90k)

Download: SIO2SD v3.1 RC1 (904)

source: sio2sd-dev.gucio.pl

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

Atari 800XL Ultimate 1Mb Installation

January 5th, 2012 1 comment

Here you can find the photos that show how is easy to install the interface Ultimate 1Mb module by Candle’o’Sin.

About the latest fix (RD4 & RD5) i have chose to put the resistors in the ribbon cable.

source: spiflash.org

New Years Disc 6th edition (2012) for Atari XL/XE

January 4th, 2012 No comments

This is the 6th edition of the New Years Disc for Atari. In this issue you can find a lots of interesting things to begin a new year with our beloved Atari.

In this issue you can find:

Disc one:

  • Fireworks (animation) by Miker
  • Hopp 20012 (game) by PP’s
  • New Year Monkey (animation) by Miker
  • New Year’s Bunny (intro) by Sikor & Miker
  • Merry Xmas 1 (animation) by Charlie Chaplin
  • 2012 Intro (PAL recommended) by Heaven

Disc two:

  • Merry Xmas 2 (animation) by Charlie Chaplin
  • New Year 2K12 (intro)  by Sikor, Innuendo & Miker
  • Scrolling Street (intro) by PP’s
  • Endtro (intro) by Blowjobb
  • new year intro 2012 (intro) by Agenda

Disc three:

  • Moon Cresta (gamepreview for VBXE) by Rybags
  • Happy Bars (intro) by MaPa & PG

Download: New Years Disc 6th edition (2012) (932)

source: atarionline.pl

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

Unboxing Ultimate 1Mb – Atari XE/XL

December 31st, 2011 2 comments
Ultimate 1Mb Motherboard

Autopsy:

After 8 long months of waiting i finally received the Ultimate 1Mb module by Candle’o'Sin.

The Ultimate 1Mb module is a expansion for Atari XE/XL.

This module allows a easy installation regardless of machine type one chooses and is not intrusive to original hardware. The Ultimate 1Mb was designed to fit in any XL/XE computer, including 1200XL and XEGS – there are no versions as such, the only diffrence might be with lenght of ribbon cables it connects to motherboard

Features:

  • To be as much solderless as possible (only RW, PHI2, HALT and RESET lines need soldering)
  • Fully flashable SpartaDOS-X with up to 320kbytes for its purposes
  • RTC module for SDX with battery backup and NVRAM
  • Fully flashable 4 OS ROM slots
  • Hardware WRITE PROTECT for whole Flash array
  • Configurable memory expansion with 4 modes of operation (disabled, 320k RAMBO, 578k COMPY SHOP, 1088k RAMBO)
  • Customizable BASIC and MISSLE COMMAND slots (also flashable)
  • System select/Memory exp mode select from integrated BIOS

source: spiflash.org atariage.com

ASAP v3.1.1 – Another Slight Atari Player

November 30th, 2011 No comments

ASAP is a player of 8-bit Atari music for modern computers and mobile devices. It emulates the POKEY sound chip and the 6502 processor.

The project was initially based on the routines from the Atari800 emulator, but the current version has a completely new original emulation core.

Changelog ASAP 3.1.1 (2011-10-26):

  • Converted XEX files may optionally display information.
  • Fixed conversion of some TYPE D SAP files (e.g. Saturday_Demo.sap) to XEX.
  • Fixed time detection for some FC files.

source: asap.sourceforge.net

Atari Dos: SpartaDOS X v4.45

November 27th, 2011 1 comment

SpartaDOS X (or SpartaDOS 4.0) is a disk operating system for the Atari 8-bit family of computers, that closely resembles MS-DOS. It was developed and sold by ICD, Inc. in 1987-93.

Ten years later SpartaDOS X considered abandonware has been picked up by its enthusiasts, and developed further. These unofficial revisions, incorporating many of the utilities written since 1992, cleaning many identified problems and including numerous improvements, are:

  • v4.31 (2005)
  • v4.39RC (2006)
  • v4.40 (a leaked-out beta, 2006)
  • v4.41 (Feb. 2008)
  • v4.42 (Dec. 2008)
  • v4.4.3 (Apr.2011)
  • v4.4.4 (Jun.2011)
  • v4.4.5 (Nov.2011)

The new SpartaDOS X 4.45 runs on the following hardware platforms:

  • intSDX128
  • intSDX128 “flash”
  • Maxflash 1Mb
  • Maxflash 8Mb (contains MAN on-line help)
  • Altirra and Atari800 emulators
  • Turbo Freezer 2005 (contains MAN on-line help, use with Freezer ROM only)
  • SIC! Cartridge (256k version contains MAN on-line help)
  • IDE Plus 2.0 (contains MAN on-line help)
  • Ultimate 1MB (contains MAN on-line help)

SDX Toolkit:

  • Set of additional programs, drivers and utilities
  • Set of SDX command descriptions for MAN utility (excerpts from the User’s Manual).

SDX images for SIDE:

  • Customized SDX images with SIDE driver are available at Jonathan Halliday’s website.

Dowload: SpartaDOS X v4.45 (932)

 source: sdx.atari8.info wikipedia

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

SillyVenture 2011 (Sv2k11) unofficial party results

November 13th, 2011 No comments

This is the SillyVenture 2011 (Sv2k11) unofficial party results.

Just to remind: The Sv2k11 is a Demo Party dedicated to all Atari fans – from Atari 2600 up to the Jaguar, right thrugh to the newest Falcon clones.

Download: Sv2k11 Stuff (905)

source: pouet.net sillyventure.pl

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

ASAP v3.1.0 – Another Slight Atari Player

September 30th, 2011 No comments

ASAP is a player of 8-bit Atari music for modern computers and mobile devices. It emulates the POKEY sound chip and the 6502 processor.

The project was initially based on the routines from the Atari800 emulator, but the current version has a completely new original emulation core.

Changelog ASAP 3.1.0 (2011-09-24):

  • WASAP/Winamp/Apollo/XMPlay file information window now includes STIL (SAP Tune Information List) and technical data.
  • Added Future Composer (*.fc) format (contributed by Jerzy Kut).
  • Written specification of the SAP format.
  • XMPlay displays STIL, tracker name and RMT instrument names.
  • The 64-bit setup package now includes the Windows Media Player plugin (useful for the Vista/7 sidebar WMP gadget).
  • Java release now includes asap.jar for WUDSN IDE.
  • asapplay in the D programming language has been ported to Linux and 64-bit compilers (by Adrian Matoga).

source: asap.sourceforge.net

Graph2Font v3.9.2.9 (Lite/Full)

September 21st, 2011 No comments

TomaszTebeBiela has released an update of the program Graph2Font v3.9.2.9.

This project began many years ago as a simple graphics converter for Atari but over the years the features are significantly increased. The converter runs under Windows.

 

Download: Graph2Font v3.9.2.9 Full (903)

Download: Graph2Font v3.9.2.9 Lite (923)

source: g2f.atari8.info

Atari ST 3rd party Hardware

August 19th, 2011 No comments
Atari ST 3rd party Hardware

Autopsy:

Third Party Hardware for Atari ST.

Hardware Description (start from left to right):

  • Brush Mouse by Golden Image.
  • Steinberg Cubase Dongle.
  • Auto Mouse-Joystick switch for Atari/Amiga.
  • UhrModul Intern (Realtime Clock) by Hard & Soft.
  • XT Expansion Interface.
  • AdSCSI ST (SCSI Interface) by ICD.
  • Drive Master by Pratical Solutions.
  • ST Eprom Bank by Ilfa.
  • Soundtrack Digital HQ Sound Sampler by ACN.
  • Marpet MP210A 4Mb ram board.

Atari SF 354 Floppy Drive (second release)

August 17th, 2011 No comments
Atari SF 354 Floppy Drive

Autopsy:

This is a single-sided 3.5″ Floppy Drive for Atari ST series. This Floppy Drive can hold 360K of data on a disk.

Atari SF 354 Floppy Drive (first release)

August 17th, 2011 2 comments
Atari SF 354 Floppy Drive

Autopsy:

This is a single-sided 3.5″ Floppy Drive for Atari ST series. This Floppy Drive can hold 360K of data on a disk.

Cumana & Power Computing Atari ST Floppy Drive

August 15th, 2011 1 comment
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Autopsy:

Cumana & Power Computing are two hardware supplier for Amiga, Atari, Oric and so on. Here we present two examples of Floppy Drive compatible with the Atari ST series computers.