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Tag: Floppy Disk

Read Assembly Language from Floppy Disk for Execution in BASIC (15-30 mins)

December 5, 2020 moorejh Programming

Task: Read Assembly Language from Floppy Disk for Execution in BASIC Needed: Altirra emulator or Atari 8-bit computer, BASIC Time: 15-30 mins Introduction I have previously written posts about calling assembly language commands from BASIC. The general idea is to convert assembly language mnemonics (e.g.

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Make Floppy Disks Double-Sided (5-10 mins)

June 28, 2019 moorejh 1050 Disk Drive, 810 Disk Drive, Hardware

Task: Make Floppy Disks Double-Sided Needed: floppy disks, notcher Time: 5-10 minutes Introduction When floppy disks first came on the scene they were single-sided and had a single notch or hole on the right side that you could cover with tape to write-protect the disk.

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Explore Floppy Disk Collections (30-60 mins)

June 9, 2019 moorejh Collecting, Games, History, Software

Task: Explore Floppy Disk Collections Needed: Floppy disks Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction One of my favorite things to do with my Atari home computers is explore the contents of my floppy disk collections. I still have my floppies from back in the day and have

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Purchase an SDrive-Max Floppy Emulator (15-30 mins)

May 11, 2019 moorejh Hardware, Software

Task: Purchase an SDrive-Max Floppy Emulator Needed: SDrive-Max Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction The ability to boot software from SD card devices makes using Atari computers a breeze. These devices allow you to load up lots of executables and ATR files on an SD card and

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Purchase an Indus GT Disk Drive (15-30 mins)

February 10, 2019 moorejh Hardware

Task: Purchase an Indus GT Disk Drive Needed: Web browser Time: 15-30 mins Introduction My favorite disk drive is the Atari 810. It was my fist and I love the aesthetics. However, the 810 could only read and write about 90k of data and was

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Edit ATR Disk Images (10-15 mins)

January 1, 2019 moorejh Emulators, Software

Task: Edit ATR Disk Images Needed: Altirra emulator Time: 10-15 mins Introduction I have previously posted about backing up floppy disks to ATR files on your PC using the Atarimax ProSystem software. This process can also be reversed allowing you to write ATR files from your

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Make New Floppy Disks (15-30 mins)

August 26, 2018 moorejh 1050 Disk Drive, 810 Disk Drive

Task: Make New Floppy Disks Needed: Atari computer, disk drive, floppy disks, and DOS Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction I am a big fan of cartridges but understand and accept that the floppy disk is important and useful. I still have all of my floppies from

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