Mastodawn

it feels good that i got 3 PRs approved and merged into the #atari800 emulator project just recently. two were fixes for ctrl-[letter] key handling and CAPS key handling in SDL2. the other PR allowed using -run <file> at the same time as -netsio, which enables access to #fujinetpc

#atari8bit #retrocomputing #atari800xl

The Oasis BBS May 13

C64 Q Sweep: Five Letter Q Games Face Atari on Original Hardware
#Commodore64 #Atari800XL #C64 #RetroGaming #Qix #QBert #RetroComputing #8BitGaming
https://theoasisbbs.com/c64-q-sweep-five-letter-q-games-face-atari-on-original-hardware/?fsp_sid=6629

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Amin Girasol May 3

Interesting: Jason Moore, the lad behind Atari Projects mentions that removing a capacitor can sharpen up the video signal:

> The first optional mod is to remove the C56 capacitor (shown below). This makes the image much sharper and is highly recommended. It does not affect anything else on the system. I used some small cutters to clip both legs.

https://atariprojects.org/2024/11/07/connect-the-chroma-signal-to-the-5-din-video-jack-of-an-atari-800xl-for-s-video-output-1-2-hrs/

#Atari800XL #SVideo

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eiZen Apr 23

@lefebvre
Re "much better than any 800XL keyboard I’ve tried":

You probably already know it but there were 4 different types of keyboards for the #Atari800XL, and you may have been just unlucky so far.

Here is an overview of the different variants:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/105170-600800xl-keyboard-variants/

It says type 4 were similar to the 1200XL feeling.

#Atari

600/800XL Keyboard variants

Hi Often i hear about the cheap and bad XL keyboards, and many people say the XL keyboards were almost as good as the 1200XL keyboard (which is built completely different to the 600/800XL keyboards). How can this opinions differ so hard? Well, there are many different keyboards out there! When i ...

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Feoh Apr 6

@Wintermute_BBS Yay and VolksForth is also available for the #atari800xl! :)

Feoh Apr 2

I want to do more coding for my beloved #atari800xl so I created this #fastbasic syntax highlighting plugin for Neovim!

It'll probably work on Vim too but I haven't tested it there.

https://github.com/feoh/fastbasic_neovim_syntax

#atari #basic #programming #neovim

xenos 🐧🇵🇭Mar 28

haha... i got my son, with me in the Philippines, to talk with someone in Poland over IRC using my #Atari800XL with #Fujinet-PC running #FujiNetChat. he enjoyed the experience.

#retrocomputing #atari #atari8bit

Greg Gallardo Mar 28

Using CaTer and SSH on an #atari800xl and #commodore64 via #FujiNet / #meatloaf. Fujinet-cater is a vt100 terminal for C64, Apple ][ and Atari 8-bit computers.