I got FujinetChat to work on my Atari 800XL! But only after fixing some code in fujinet-firmware to get the PROCEED signal properly handled for SIO2PC.
The fix was submitted as my first PR to the fujinet-firmware project on github. It was accepted. :)
FujinetChat is an IRC client for Atari 8-bit computers written by Urchlay.
A thread on AtariAge about FujinetChat:
Here's the repo:
https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/repos/fujinet-chat
#retrocomputing #atari800xl #atari8bit #IRC #fujinet #sio2pc
DIY Atari SIO2PC-USB - comprised of a Waveshare FT232 (FTDI USB to RS232) module connected to a homemade Atari SIO connector.
This device allows one to connect an Atari 8-bit computer to a PC USB running RespeQt or Fujinet-PC to emulate various Atari storage and I/O devices.
#Atari800xl #atari8bit #atari800 #sio2pc #retrocomputing #fujinet #respeqt
The interviews on @ataripodcast are always interesting, but this one by @savetz with Nick Kennedy, creator of #SIO2PC and the #ATR disk image format, is fascinating.
ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast: ANTIC Interview 444 https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-444-nick-kennedy-sio2pc-and-atr
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ataripodcast/ANTIC_Interview_444_Nick_Kennedy_SIO2PC_and_ATR.mp3
Lots of brilliant links to follow in the show notes too.
It's funny, having been an isolated 8-bit Atari user in the mid-1980s and then having had a looooong hiatus from that world, it's weird to come back and discover in the last year or two things like ATR which (unlike say #FujiNet) has existed and been part of the culture for so long that nobody feels the need to talk about its origin and history.
Maybe that's why I found this one so interesting! Thanks, Kay and Nick!
Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and the ATR File Format Nick Kennedy is the creator of SIO2PC, the hardware and software combination that allowed Atari 8-bit computer users to use a PC as a peripheral. In 1989, this was unprecedented, a new way to connect the little Atari to the bigger world, to the (relatively) massive storage and speed of a computer running PC-DOS. For the first time, Ataris could use a PC as storage, RAM disk, and printer. Nick also created the .ATR file format, which quickly became the standard for using virtual floppy disks on Atari emulators. Nick also created 10502PC, a cable that let you connect an Atari floppy drive directly to a PC; and AtariCOM, a less well-known utility that allowed two Atari 8-Bit computers to communicate using the SIO and joystick ports. And, he created Atari-based amateur radio tools: a terminal program for packet radio, and Morse code keyer software, which he and I talked about in detail in our previous interview. This interview took place on November 1, 2024. Previous interview with Nick about ham radio:
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