Video gaming projects and general musings
Recently came across some lots of retro pickups locally. Firstly a bunch of mostly Sinclair stuff, with a bonus Aquarius. So we have here: Boxed ZX Spectrum 2+ Boxed ZX81 Spectrum + Boxed Mattel Aquarius Heap of Spectrum tape games, and some accessories. Now for the Atari ST lot: 2
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I recently picked up a bunch of retro stuff. In the haul we have:
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There are a number of games that can be played using serial null modem link ups on Amiga and Atari ST computers. For Stunt Car Racer (and possibly others) you can link an Amiga to an Atari ST for multiplayer.
Continue readingEver since the Cortex firmware was released in 2014, allowing firmware flashing of the low cost Gotek USB floppy emulator to replace Amiga floppy drives, there has been the expectation of similar firmware releases for the Atari ST & Amstrad CPC. The creator of the Cortex firmware freely released the firmware
Continue readingThere are many very good options to transfer Atari ST images to an actual Atari ST using devices like a HXC Floppy Disk Emulator or an Ultrasatan. However I wanted to transfer a few games to floppy disk using items I had on hand. This post explains how I achieved this.
Continue readingThe Atari 1040 STe can have a simple modification to switch between multiple versions of TOS quite easily. I will install the following TOS versions: 1.06 1.62 2.06 Super TOS The mod requires the installation of new chips to replace the 2 LO & HI roms that contain the TOS,
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