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The SH 205 also known as Atari Megafile 20 has a capacity of 20 MB and a ACSI interface. The Atari SH 205 uses an old 20 Mb 5.25″ MFM (Modified Frequency Modulation) Hard Drives Seagate or Tandon.

Tomasz “Tebe” Biela has released an update of the program Graph2Font v3.9.2.5.

This project began many years ago as a simple graphics converter for Atari but over the years the features are significantly increased. The converter runs under Windows.

Download: Graph2Font v3.9.2.5 Full (1058)

Download: Graph2Font v3.9.2.5 Lite (951)

source: g2f.atari8.info

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from OldComputers:

The Atari 520ST was introduced at the Winter CES in January of 1985, 6 months before the Commodore Amiga. Atari did take some shortcuts, though, as the Operating System did not yet exist in ROM, and had to be loaded from floppy-disk when powered on (but then again, so did the Amiga). The 520ST also had no internal floppy drive, but later versions included it.

Bundled with an external 360K single sided 3.5 inch floppy drive, mouse and monochrome monitor, it costs $799. Both Amiga and 520ST are based on the Motorola 68000 CPU, which has a 16-bit external bus, and 32-bit internal, thus the 520′ST’ means ‘sixteen / thirty two’. The Operating System is ‘TOS’, or ‘Tramiel Operating System’.

The 520ST (and Amiga) have a graphical operating system, or GUI, similar to the Apple Macintosh, which was released one year earlier. The 520ST utilized Digital Research’s GEM GUI, although it is not nearly as nice as the Macintosh or Amiga.

One thing that IS very nice is the built-in VT52 emulation. The 520ST can act as a dumb terminal, communicating through its serial port to another system. There was a huge rivalry between Amiga and Atari users, each positive that their computer system was superior, or at least hoping it was.

In addition to the 520ST, Atari release the 1040ST, with built-in floppy drive, and 1Meg of RAM (the 520ST has 512K). Four years later in 1989, the portable ST computer appeared, the Stacy.

source: oldcomputers.net

Atari ST and Atari 7800 (Secam RGB) Gold RGB Scart Cable.

source: hardwarebook.info ebay coolnovelties.co.uk

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The Megafile series (produced by Atari) is based on RLL (MFM) Hard Disk, the MFM technology today has become obsolete.

The system includes the Hard Disk (Seagate ST-157R), controller RLL (MFM) 32D5321 and the power supply. The Megafile was connected to the host through the door ACSI, ACSI is Atari’s proprietary hard drive connector. It is similar to SCSI which was standardized later, but not directly compatible.

The other door instead allows you to connect other devices (eg. other Megafile).

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The Atari SM-124 is a high-resolution monochrome monitor designed to be used with the ST series of computers. It is capable of 640×400 resolution at 72Hz in black and white and has a very sharp picture, though the actual viewing area onscreen is quite small, a large black border of about .5 inches or more surrounding the entire screen.

For serious work on the ST, including MIDI sequencing, telecomunications, word processing, etc. the SM-124 is a much nicer monitor than it’s color counterpart

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The Mega ST was Atari’s first major enhancement to the ST line of computers. With 1MB or 4MB memory (expandable with add-on cards), built in BLITTER graphics chip, and MegaBUS expansion Slot all packaged into a nice clean pizza-box case the ST line of computers received a boost in power, expandability and professional looks.

Atari was moving forward in the right direction. Also introduced along with the Mega ST line was Atari’s direction into the desktop publishing field.

Atari introduced the SLM804 Laser Printer which attached to the Atari DMA interface port and also the desktop publishing package. Also introduced was the Atari Megafile hard drive system to add stackable harddrive modules onto the Mega ST.

This is a new HDD interface for Atari (XE/XL) computers.

Unlike of the interface IDE Plus 2.0 this uses the Compact Flash for the hdd emulation. This interface is very compacts and inexpensive.

some features:

• Inexpensive.
• Compact size.
• Built-in flashcart.
• Optimised for CF card usage (marginally faster transfers)
• Support for brand new draft Atari Partition Table (APT)
• On board, SpartaDos v4.44 flashable from atari.
• RTC clock.

source: atariage.com

AHCC is a Pure C compatible  compiler/assembler for the Atari ST and its offspring.

Download:

• AHCC v4.6 Changelog (957)
• AHCC St-guide hypertext (1089)
• AHCC 68000 binary distribution (1094)
• AHCC 68020 binary distribution (1052)
• AHCC Coldfire binary distribution (1019)
• AHCC Source distribution (1064)

source: members.chello.nl/h.robbers

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The Sic!Cart (Super Inexpensive Cart) is a low price Flash Cartridge System for the Atari XL/XE series computers.

Sic!Cart available configurations:

• Programmed GAL.
• Sic!Cart with 2Mbit memory.
• Sic!Cart with 4Mbit memory.

source: atariage.com

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IDE Plus 2.0 is a new IDE host adapter by Simius for Atari (XE/XL) computer.

Some features:

• Is not much greater than a 2,5-inch IDE disk.
• Does not require an external power-supply.
• Contains an XE (CART+ECI) connector, an XL (PBI) connector, a cartridge port, and a connector for a 2,5-inch IDE disk.
• Contains 96 KB ISP Flash ROM and 32 KB RAM available to the internal PBI BIOS and flashable from the Atari.
• Contains 512 KB or 1024 KB ISP Flash ROM for SpartaDOS X (or any other cartridge of such type), flashable from the Atari. This ROM can be physically disabled using a dedicated switch. The switch is not installed in the device shown on photos below.
• Contains a real time clock circuitry to be used with SpartaDOS X. If someone doesn’t want to use it, the module is anyway fully compatible with an external R-Time 8 or internally mounted ARC.
• A LED flashing during the I/O.

source: atariage.com

The party is organized by Maciej Grzybek also known as Grzybson/SSG. It is taking place form 27th May (Friday) to 29th May 2011 (Sunday) in Częstochowa.

This is the Official Party Reports.

Game Compo:

• 1. Octopus / Larek, sOnar, Caruso.
• 2. Quad / nosty, sOnar.
• 3. Patrol in the Space / TDC, sOnar, Caruso, Miker.
• 4. Blahblah / Xeen, Piesiu, Ooz, Miker.
• 5. Tajemniczy zamek 2 / Sikor, Miker, Ripek.
• 6. Narciarzyki / Innuendo, Eagle.

Wild Compo:

• 1. River Raid 2k11 / C.Shaw, J.Husak.
• 2. Blondie / Gonzo, Raster, Kozyca.
• 3. Subaru / Gonzo..

Download: Grzybsoniada 2011 stuff + extras (1741)

source: Grzybsoniada homepage

TURGEN SYSTEM is an acronym for “Turbo generating system”. It is a program whose main purpose is conversion of files (with focus on binary files) to various turbo systems used in former Czechoslovakia and Poland.

Output of the program is an electric signal that can be stored in WAVE files or can be sent directly to computer’s audio system. Such electric signal can be then transferred to compact cassettes and read by data recorders equipped with particular turbo system.

TURGEN SYSTEM focuses on conversion of binary files. For such purpose, set of special miniature turbo loaders was developed and integrated to the program. Also a “Wizard for binary files” is available to provide convenience during the conversion preparation.

Download: Turgen System v8.2.8 (full) (975)

source: turgen homepage

ASAP is a player of 8-bit Atari music for modern computers and mobile devices. It emulates the POKEY sound chip and the 6502 processor.

The project was initially based on the routines from the Atari800 emulator, but the current version has a completely new original emulation core.

source: asap.sourceforge.net

The Sic!Cart (Super Inexpensive Cart) is a low price Flash Cartridge System for the Atari 400/800/XL/XE series computers.

source: atariage.com