My #atari800xl picture of the day

The Atari 1200XL fiasco

https://www.goto10retro.com/p/the-atari-1200xl-fiasco

Welp, I finally had time to set up my Indus GT floppy for my #atari8bit

And it powers on. The lED display lights, but if I try to boot a floppy I get G5 on the LCD, which seems like a common problem because there's even a write-u pabout it on atariprojects:

https://atariprojects.org/2024/12/07/replace-the-track-0-sensor-on-an-indus-gt-floppy-disk-drive-for-the-atari-8-bit-computers-30-60-mins/

So I'll need to figure out how to get that work done.

I can't complain, I have an amazing life, but there are moments where I really sincerely wish soldering was a possible thing for me to do :)

Super glad I talked the guy on ebay down from his price given that the unit was untested :)

#FujiNet The #Retrocomputing and #Retrogaming networking adapter for #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo and more has released version 1.5 of their firmware, which adds case insensitive recursive search to CONFIG!

The newest #FujiNet firmware for #ATARI8bit, #Apple2, #CoCo, and #ColecoAdam devices has been released! A huge thank you to all who helped get this done!

Release notes here: https://fujinet.online/2025/04/02/fujinet-firmware-1-5-released/

Work in progress replica of #Atari800XL motherboard by Lotharek with built-in U1MB and RGB #atari #Atari8bit #retrocomputer

Amica the Tiger, 168x240 pixels, 56 colors, #Atari8bit computers pixel art winner of Forever 2025 party #atari #pixelart #demoscene

The Lost Temple of Gold, #Atari8bit computers game competing in the Basic 10liner Contest 2025. Gameplay https://youtu.be/b_dmU9KoZDI Info and download: https://bunsen.itch.io/the-lost-temple-of-gold-atari-8-bit-by-eric-carr #atari

#Atari BBS history! I recently came across an original disk of FoReM MPP, one of the pioneering BBS software titles for Atari 8-bit. Another step in preserving Atari BBS heritage!

#retro #retrogaming #gaming #games #atari #theatari400 #atari2600plus #atari7800plus #arcade #atari8bit

I proudly present:

My little ATARI Arcade with the beloved Atari 2600+, the "The Atari 400 Mini" (Atari 8-Bit computers) and the Atari 7800+, which is new in my collection.

Now I can play ALL Atari 8-Bit games, including homebrew games. Back in the day, I never owned an Atari computer. They were too expensive, but I started the videogame craze with the ATARI VCS 2600 with this exact design

Desperately seeking suggestions for the best Solitaire or Mahjongg games on all retro systems. Preferably with screenshots.

Even in black/white there is so much FUN here, in the ATARI COFFEE SHOP and the ASSOCIATION OF TENNIS PROFESSIONALS.

Found here, seemingly Italian:

- https://www.santellocco.com/atari/curiosita.htm

Bingo! In earlier testing with cubeSQL, I was using a known seed to validate the hashes were being creating correctly. I now have the the Atari doing generating the seed and connecting to cubeSQL (running on Linux) via FujiNet.

I found an oddity in the FujiNet b64 encode that needs some more troubleshooting to isolate. And that was causing me much grief in trying to get these complex hashes put together successfully - thus the known seed that is now removed.

I can sleep now. :D

FujiNet Battleship, new #Atari8bit computers game for Basic 10 Liner Contest 2025. Network gaming with 10 lines of 256 characters only. https://bunsen.itch.io/fujinet-battleship-atari-8-bit-by-eric-carr #atari #retrogames #retrogaming #BASIC #fujinet

WIP: A Search Tool for #Atari8bit #FujiNet users that searches the Homesoft Collection. You can pick a game, and launch it.

The next release of Mr. Paint will bring block copy and paste. And it will work across files! I’ve completed the functionality and have been testing. Just need some placement bounds control, or truncate if paste spills over screen edges, and it’s done. Expect a release by end of week.
#atari8bit #atascii #screeneditor

Another day, another big release of Mr. Paint, my ATASCII Screen Editor. Version 1.30 is out and includes five block operations and brings back some of the special characters (all the ones displayable via BBS terminal). I updated the manual significantly as well.

https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/MrPaint

I've released a few new versions of Mr. Paint over the last week. The latest from tonight is v1.08. Several new features have been added this week, code size optimized, and an updated manual with a shiny new cover page created with Mr. Paint. Available on my GitHub here:
https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/MrPaint

Have fun!

New version 0.14 of Ultima V work in progress for #Atari8bit computers featuring nice music among other things https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345354-ultima-v-wip/ #atari #retrogames #retrogaming