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Hatta

Member Since 13 Jun 2008
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In Topic: Any Retro Collectors in the upstate NY area?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:33 PM

I got my start in central NY. Bought my first Atari 2600 at the Salvation Army across from the K-Mart in Ithaca NY. That must have been 13-14 years ago. I dunno if the ScienCenter still does the Einstein's Attic sale, but I got my first Commodore stuff there. Huge box with 2 C128s, 2 C64s, a 1702, and at least 2 1581s and 1571s with other drives and accessories, for what amounted to pocket money for a high school student. That was back in the 90s though, before it became collectable. I actually had to give up the Commodore stuff when I went off to college, but kept the 2600!

It's a wonderful part of the country, you guys enjoy it.

In Topic: Like to get a C64. Couple questions?

Fri May 25, 2012 11:09 AM

The cartridge side of the 1541U-II only works on C64&128 machines. You can run the serial cable of the 1541U-II over to a VIC, or any other device that supports a real 1541 drive. But if you do that, *all* you get is a 1541 drive. You don't get to load PRGs via DMA, you don't get to load CRT images, you don't get the freezer functionality, etc. Still, it should be better than working with a real 1541, if you have enough room on your desk to keep a 64 AND a VIC at the same time.

In Topic: Why I will never use Xbox Marketplace again

Tue May 22, 2012 1:28 PM

Not only that, but you have absolutely no recourse under the law. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, and any complaints are handled through binding arbitration (aka Microsoft's kangaroo court). It's the wild west out there, where only the strong survive. We serfs have no power whatsoever.

In Topic: How to open SNES?

Fri May 11, 2012 10:24 AM

That's a "gamebit". You should send away for one. They're not hard to get for a few bucks.

I guess the traditional work around is to heat the end of a bic pen tube until it melts, jam it into the screw, and let it harden in the appropriate shape. I haven't tried it, because it sounds awful. Buy a game bit.

Also, there are two sizes. You want the 4.5mm size to open consoles. Get a 3.8mm to open games too.

In Topic: ST Images to Real Floppy...

Wed May 9, 2012 12:17 PM

I don't understand, why are you wanting to extract files from your .st images? They are raw 720K MFM disc images. You can dump them straight to disk and they should work fine.

If you're having trouble using typical windows imaging software because of the USB floppy, try it in Linux. Just boot to linux, plug in the USB floppy, run 'dmesg' to see which device is created when you plug in the floppy, then invoke dd like this (with file names changed to fit your situation of course):

$sudo dd if=diskimage.st of=/dev/usbfloppy

That's it, you're done. Things like this is why *everyone* should have a Linux partition handy to boot into.

The only thing that should give you any kind of trouble is determing whether your USB floppy can write DSDD disks. That is, unless your Atari has a HD disk drive. What sort of drive is attached to your Atari?

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