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Sad day: I'm having to "upgrade" from MiNT 1.12...

Last post by mikro « Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:31 pm
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by stephen_usher » Sat Nov 10, 2018 2:11 pm
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Last night I tried firing up MiNT 1.12 on my TT for the first time since the memory upgrade to 68MB and... it just sat there.

The version banner...
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Last post by mikro
Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:31 pm
Using Atari ST(E) without floppy - can be good way

Last post by Petari « Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:47 am
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by Petari » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:21 am

This is actually not that new and rare - some people do is over years already.
Why floppy is still needed in 2018, for machines equipped with some...

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Last post by Petari
Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:47 am
Hxc vs flashfloppy

Last post by PeteW « Sat Oct 27, 2018 5:13 pm
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by PeteW » Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:39 am
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Up to now I've been using a gotek with flashfloppy. I've been really pleased with the results but there are times where it can't cope with some files...
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Last post by PeteW
Sat Oct 27, 2018 5:13 pm
The Union Demo on gotek?

Last post by PeteW « Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:07 pm
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by PeteW » Sat Oct 06, 2018 12:23 pm

One demo I remember with particular fondness from my youth is the union demo. However, my ST has no floppy drive and I can't find it in a format that...

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Last post by PeteW
Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:07 pm
Flying Shark level corruption on both FlashFloppy and HxC

Last post by sandord « Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:50 am
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by sandord » Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:41 am
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I'm experiencing Flying Shark level corruption on both FlashFloppy and HxC firmwares for my Gotek Floppy Emulator.

In Steem, there's no corruption...
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Last post by sandord
Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:50 am
Adapted games: what makes them incompatible at >16 MHz?

Last post by BlankVector « Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:01 pm
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by mikro » Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:14 pm
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Today I got a great idea which was buried after 10 minutes of despair. :)

As you certainly know, there are many great game adaptations to run on the...
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Last post by BlankVector
Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:01 pm
TOS105 ROM

Last post by Cyprian « Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:46 pm
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by Petari » Sun May 06, 2018 2:11 pm
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As my TOS enhancing is near to finish (I wrote in couple threads about improved FAT16 filesystem, Virtual Floppy) - need only to add some shorter...
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Last post by Cyprian
Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:46 pm
Atari SW programming: on real HW or in emul/debug. ?

Last post by Forgottenmyname « Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:57 pm
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by Petari » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:17 pm

I looked some introduce posts recently, and seen many who talked about planning doing some programming on real Atari machines.
This reminded me on...

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Last post by Forgottenmyname
Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:57 pm
Programming the Falcon030 - dusting off an old document

Last post by dhedberg « Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:17 am
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by dhedberg » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:14 am

Many years ago I started writing on a document on how to write efficient code for the Falcon030. 20+ years later I found the document on my hard...

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Last post by dhedberg
Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:17 am
Scrolling tricks

Last post by Petari « Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:52 am
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by PeteW » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:17 am
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Some of you guys seem to be quite knowledgable on the software side of the ST, so I have a question about scrolling tricks used in games.

I've been...
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Last post by Petari
Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:52 am
Atari ST Power Pack - a request

Last post by PeteW « Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:26 pm
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by PeteW » Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:52 pm

When I got my ST I seem to remember it was a 'Power Pack' that came bundled with a good number of games including rtype, bubble bobble, buggy boy,...

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Last post by PeteW
Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:26 pm
A worrying trend?

Last post by stephen_usher « Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:43 pm
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by PeteW » Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:34 pm

Could this end up making it much harder to keep old software titles alive? Or is it a non issue?

Nintendo cracks down on retro games downloads -

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Last post by stephen_usher
Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:43 pm
Making Atari ST SW around 1987

Last post by Petari « Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:55 am

by Petari » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:55 am

This is intended as some kind of reminder for those which were active in those years, and probably as something new for those who like to talk about...

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Last post by Petari
Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:55 am
Games which use blitter on STE ?

Last post by DrF « Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:13 am
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by exxos » Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:52 pm

Anyone know any downloadable games to run from 720K floppy which use the blitter on the STE ?

Or demos which make use of blitter...

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Last post by DrF
Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:13 am
Was there any other with complete GUI OS in ROM ?

Last post by Petari « Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:51 pm
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by Petari » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:51 am

Atari ST and followers came with complete (since later 1985) GUI (so with windows, icons, mouse, menus) OS in ROM . Up to Falcon. ROM size changed...

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Last post by Petari
Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:51 pm
About driver SW influence in work with ACSI port

Last post by exxos « Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:47 pm
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by Petari » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:28 am

Since I got during last years number of questions and even some conclusions of people using my driver SW - freeware and commercial versions, I need...

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Last post by exxos
Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:47 pm
Timer tick to seconds ?

Last post by exxos « Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:04 pm
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by exxos » Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:28 pm

What did I screw up here ?! First loop in GB6 (should be like 1min or so for full test) comes out at like 244mins ?!

' get current timer tick...

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Last post by exxos
Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:04 pm
TOS after 32 years - what could be done better ?

Last post by Petari « Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:40 am
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by Petari » Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:54 pm
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This is mostly hypothetical thinking, I don't think that anyone will make some improved TOS replacement now. We have already some - probably MagiC is...
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Last post by Petari
Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:40 am
Turrican 1&2 not working with 4mb STE, TOS 1.62UK & CosmosEx

Last post by Gargoyle « Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:45 am
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by Gargoyle » Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:41 am
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Hi guys, a question mainly for Peter! I have been trying to get Turrican 2 (also the first Turrican game as well) working on my 4mb STE, TOS 1.62UK...
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Last post by Gargoyle
Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:45 am
TOS 2.06 improving - task for good C coder

Last post by Darklord « Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:10 pm
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by Petari » Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:51 pm
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I got some e-mails recently with questions, suggestions about doing same improvements as what I did in TOS 1.04/1.62 - improved FAT16 in first place....
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Last post by Darklord
Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:10 pm
I digged little in TOS, AES, and seen not good thing

Last post by Petari « Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:35 am
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by Petari » Sat May 19, 2018 1:01 pm

... again. Is it me negative, or that could be really solved better ?
So, there are couple RSC structures in TOS, which contain all txt, objects,...

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Last post by Petari
Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:35 am
TOS max 14 partitions (logical drives) limit

Last post by Petari « Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:49 pm
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by Petari » Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:02 am

It is known that TOS can handle max 14 hard disk partitions (logical drives) in range C-P . That should be enough for normal usage, but there are...

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Last post by Petari
Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:49 pm
TT Software overscan?

Last post by Cyprian « Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:57 pm
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by mrbombermillzy » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:16 pm
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Ok, this is something that doesnt really come up much anywhere. Not that I can find anyway.

Can the TT display into the L/R borders? (Im not really...
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Last post by Cyprian
Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:57 pm
Ideas to create other languages versions of updated TOS

Last post by crashman « Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:59 am
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by exxos » Sun Jun 17, 2018 12:11 pm
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In light of Petari's TOS mods, there is huge work in patching files for other languages as already mentioned in another thread.

So what if a simple...
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Last post by crashman
Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:59 am
Let's play cartoons on STE, TT, Falcon

Last post by Darklord « Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:22 am
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by Petari » Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:58 pm
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After some time again dealing with 16 color mode AV playback on Ataris.
I spotted Pink Panther collection, and it looked as ideal for some not much...
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Last post by Darklord
Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:22 am

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