For the Atari there is no need to bother with ISA or any other obsolete PC standard. A simple, yet ET4000 class GFX card can be done just by using fast enough SRAM, large CPLD or FPGA, crystal oscillator and resistor network based video DAC. Then write a HDL state machine that will map the SRAM to ...

alexh wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:15 pm

exxos wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:58 am not sure what else the STE really has to offer which is of some actual use ?

12-bit palette? Hardware scrolling?

also:
- the BLiTTER
- a bigger than 192kB ROM in $Exxxxxx address range;
- LMC audio mixer in addition to SoundDMA;
- two Jag ports;
- input for external genlock clock;

I would buy that Atari 800 with power supply if it works fine. Location - Poland. ---edit--- also "$50 atari 1050 floppy drive with data cable and power supply." Shipping might be a bit high but I can get a quote if you're interested. ^-^ I'll probably attempt to double box the machine si...

I would buy that Atari 800 with power supply if it works fine. Location - Poland.

---edit---
also "$50 atari 1050 floppy drive with data cable and power supply."

cool thread

Atari Demoscene:
https://www.youtube.com/@evldhsmisc
https://www.youtube.com/@evldhs
https://www.youtube.com/@zeusgb

Various Atari stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/@CFalcon030

have you seen SidecarT (RPi connected to the ST Cart port)? Maybe there you can find an answer.

https://atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=43073
https://sidecart.xyz/
https://github.com/diegoparrilla/ataris ... berry-pico

congrats

just a great project!

If it's SIO then that isn't compatible. The SIO port on the 400/800 is a forerunner of USB, designed by an engineer who later worked upon the USB standard. SIO is just regular serial port as RS232 and it is quite easy to pair them together, you have to use voltage converter: TTL (0/+5V) vs RS-232 -...

congrats,
the price is really good and I see the stuff is in a good condition.