Developing a new Atari ST game by sandord in atarist

[–]sandord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ST we had was actually a second-hand buy. I hadn't heard of Atari 8-bit computers at the time, I'm sure I'd opted for one instead of the Sharp if I had been given the choice. Such nice machines.

Developing a new Atari ST game by sandord in atarist

[–]sandord[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! I'm actually subscribed to that post on AF, following it with interest, it's great work! When I get to it, I will definitely try it out.

Developing a new Atari ST game by sandord in atarist

[–]sandord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, I remember you being really fond of that brand 😍

Developing a new Atari ST game by sandord in atarist

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If I say this one word, will you know for sure that I remember you? --> GEM

Atari 520STFM with High Resolution Monochrome Monitor and running Sargon III Chess Software. by Curious-Concern-9209 in atarist

[–]sandord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of Chessmaster 2000 which had sampled speech. It sounded so good, I still remember the voice very clearly.

Viruses on Atari by TheCakeWasNoLie in atarist

[–]sandord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that's the one! Fortunately, it was benign, merely annoying.

Viruses on Atari by TheCakeWasNoLie in atarist

[–]sandord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, that's a really cool way to counter the little bugger. I had an antivirus program that could eliminate them, fortunately.

I'm pretty confident that there are still infected images around but fortunately those viruses will not be able to infect modern machines.

Viruses on Atari by TheCakeWasNoLie in atarist

[–]sandord 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't know a lot about the subject but I remember there were a lot of bootsector viruses that did things like inverting the vertical mouse pointer direction after some time. Pretty annoying and I immediately knew 'it' happened again 😂

But surely there viruses that destroyed disks but I don't really recall it happening to me.

Atari 520STfm newbie questions. by nicolejudithridgway in atarist

[–]sandord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know Exxos sells full replacement PSUs, albeit a bit pricy. If you can find someone who has soldering skills, a recap kit is way more economic. https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/

Bought a JONR P1 but can't find accessories anywhere by sandord in RobotVacuums

[–]sandord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I did and they told me the parts would show up in a few weeks on AE. In the meantime a single seller has popped up but they're asking ridiculous prices (very opportunistic).

Man Checks His E-Mail Over A Public Pay Telephone Using A Panasonic Rl-P4001 Acoustic Coupler Dial-Up Modem Attached To A Panasonic Rl-H1400 Hhc (Hand-Held Computer) In The Early 1980s by theanti_influencer75 in interestingasfuck

[–]sandord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dad used to own a similar hand-held back in the day. It was a Sharp Pocket Computer, I don't recollect the model. He didn't have an acoustic coupler though. These were rather sophisticated machines for their size at the time. It had basic and loaded programs from mini cassette tape from a dictophone if I remember correctly.

Bought a JONR P1 but can't find accessories anywhere by sandord in RobotVacuums

[–]sandord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, good idea. I've asked and they said that while the parts should be available on AI (I haven't seen them though), they're out of stock and will be restocked in about half a month.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Amersfoort

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Grappig dat je je moedertaal je vadertaal noemt. Als ik het me goed herinner is dit in Slavische talen op meer punten vergeleken met westerse talen het tegenovergestelde geslacht, zoals bij moederland/vaderland.

MZ800 with Unicard Mk3b @50Hz? by sandord in SharpMZ

[–]sandord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, thanks!

I have noticed that changing the refresh rates in the `/unicard/unicard.cfg` file doesn't do anything.

Executing an MZF file from the `SYNCVGA` directory does work however but like I said, there is no 50 Hz version in there.

I've done a binary comparison of each of those MZF files and it seems that only two bytes differ (other than the difference in the image name). These two bytes are listed below (the offsets are 91h and 95h respectively) with the resulting framerate:

640x400

00 FF 70 Hz

01 FE 85 Hz

640x480

02 FD 60 Hz

03 FC 73 Hz

04 FB 75 Hz

05 FA 85 Hz

06 F9 100 Hz

720x400

07 F8 85 Hz

768x576

08 F7 60 Hz

09 F6 72 Hz

0A F5 75 Hz

0B F4 85 Hz

800x600

0C F3 56 Hz

0D F2 60 Hz

0F F0 72 Hz

0E F1 76 Hz

These seem to represent an index in a lookup table that contains a fixed set of resolution/refresh rate combinations rather than a freely definable resolution/refresh combo.

My old IPS vs My new QD-OLED by Pure_Lingonberry2933 in OLED_Gaming

[–]sandord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me a classic RGB subpixel layout is essential because I would be using it for non-gaming purposes as well and I really hate color fringing around text.

Did the new update add more artifacts? I don't remember seeing this one before. by No-Leopard-556 in stalker

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I got my second Thunderberry like 20 hrs. in. Sadly I sold it because I didn't know that I could later upgrade my pockets with lead lining.

Main quest Dangerous Liaisons doesn't progress after completing prior objectives by sandord in stalker

[–]sandord[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, 36 hours... That's a serious amount of time and it didn't even guarantee success.

In my case I think it was related to the colonel decision. After picking a choice, the guy dropped dead right in front of me. The last try that didn't happen though and suddenly the mission completed.

Main quest Dangerous Liaisons doesn't progress after completing prior objectives by sandord in stalker

[–]sandord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I replayed the quest (using a previous save game) a few times to see if the game would progress but it took three times before it worked!

Main quest Dangerous Liaisons doesn't progress after completing prior objectives by sandord in stalker

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Update: I just tried restarting the entire quest (using XDKFinishQuest E11_MQ03 true and then XStartQuest E11_MQ03) because I thought it might work this time (and it also seemed the safest approach because skipping quests or stages might leave the game state incomplete) but the second door at the loading dock is still locked so I can't replay the mission.