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Jun 27, 2009 19:16:09 GMT
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I am dissapointed to see no mention of the Mighty Tatung Einstein.
I've had numerous C64's, an Electron with an addon pack, C16+4 and a Vic20.
Used to hate typing in games from the magazine, only to find there was a typo somewhere.
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Jun 27, 2009 19:16:31 GMT
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Last Edit: Jun 27, 2009 19:28:40 GMT by Soopahfly
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Siert
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Jun 28, 2009 10:52:22 GMT
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I used to have quite a lot of old 8-bit computers but gave up on them at some point. Then I bought an Atari 2600 a couple of years back as I used to own one as a kid... my idea was to make my own programmable cartridge so that I could transfer games from my PC to it...
After fiddling with it for a while I managed to make it read a game from a RAM chip that I had written from my PC's parallel port... So next thing to do was to buy an EEPROM but I guess I was happy enough with the result that far that I never bothered... Writing programs for the Atari 2600 is also really tricky as they have no seperate hardware for video driving so you have to code screen updates on the right frequency in your assembler code, then fiddle everything else you might want to do in between.
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Jun 28, 2009 11:06:26 GMT
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I had an Einstien. I liked the design of it. Wanted to make stuff to connect to it. Never did though. Got a lot of the mags from the user group. they would go on about how the keyboard would go stickey keys. I had that. cured it by using a size 9 DR Martin on it. I removed the disc drive and tossed the computer on the bonfire, along with a Plus 3 spectrum. circuit boards go like leather when there burnt.  I hated type ins too. never understood how to use game pokes either. |
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Jun 28, 2009 12:58:37 GMT
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Writing programs for the Atari 2600 is also really tricky as they have no seperate hardware for video driving so you have to code screen updates on the right frequency in your assembler code, then fiddle everything else you might want to do in between. I was reading a guide to this the other week, and I gave up after about 5 minutes... I had enough trouble programming machines where all that stuff was taken care of. I think there could be some great possibilities for random/semi random glitchy graphic effects though, a more controlled version of what happens when you flick the power switch about, which produces some great effects. I used this 'method' to get some raw material for this: Obviously the results were messed around with a lot here (mostly recorded off the TV screen). Perhaps using an audio signal as a control voltage instead of a paddle? I'm never going to find an Atari Video Music machine, so... |
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Siert
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Jun 28, 2009 15:49:33 GMT
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Writing programs for the Atari 2600 is also really tricky as they have no seperate hardware for video driving so you have to code screen updates on the right frequency in your assembler code, then fiddle everything else you might want to do in between. I was reading a guide to this the other week, and I gave up after about 5 minutes... I had enough trouble programming machines where all that stuff was taken care of. I wrote some very simple things and tried them on the Atari 2600 Simulators... I quickly found that the simulators aren't near good enough to simulate what would happen on actual hardware... they have a much greater tolerance to timing faults, and usually accept PAL as well as NTSC versions. (Because video driving is handled from the program code the PAL and NTSC versions of Atari 2600 games are really different). |
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Jun 28, 2009 15:57:05 GMT
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It's the same reason why I've not yet made my planned return to programming the C64 and Atari 800, I've not been able to sort out a decent PC based cross assembly and transfer system as yet, and I'm not interested in running stuff on emulators. It's just not the same.
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Jun 28, 2009 22:04:20 GMT
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Agreed, original hardware is the only way to go when searching for THAT sound/effects. In the meantime....  |
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triumph2000uk
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pre facelift 1971 triumph 2000 owner .
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I have two bbc,s a master 128 and a model a conveted to model b spec i also have a teletext adaptor great machines the amiga of there day .
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