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Try BASIC Programs from a Micro Adventure Book (1-2 hours)

October 28, 2018 moorejh Books, Programming

Task: Try BASIC Programs from a Micro Adventure Book Needed: BASIC, Micro Adventure Book #2 Time: 1-2 hours Introduction When I was a kid I loved the ‘choose your own adventure books‘. It was really fun to participate in how the story took shape. I didn’t

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Create a Custom Display List in BASIC (30-60 mins)

October 21, 2018 moorejh Graphics, Programming

Task: Create a Custom Display List in BASIC Needed: BASIC Time: 30-60 mins Introduction When the Atari 400 and 800 were released in 1979 they were far ahead of their competitors in terms of computer graphics and sound. The advanced graphics were the result of

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Save an ATR File from Altirra to Your PC (10-15 mins)

October 21, 2018 moorejh Emulators, Programming, Software

Task: Save an ATR File from Altirra to Your PC Needed: Altirra emulator Time: 10-15 mins Introduction When I first started using the Altirra 8-bit emulator I decided I wanted make ATR floppy disk images that I could then save to my hard disk for

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Try GTIA Graphics Modes in BASIC (30-60 mins)

October 12, 2018 moorejh Graphics, Programming

Task: Try GTIA Graphics Modes in BASIC Needed: BASIC Time: 30-60 mins Introduction When the Atari 400 and 800 first shipped they included the Color Television Interface Adaptor or CTIA chip that creates the signal that goes to the television for display. The CTIA is

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Make a Playfield in BASIC Using Character Sets (30-60 mins)

September 23, 2018 moorejh Programming

Task: Make a Playfield in BASIC Using Character Sets Needed: BASIC Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction I programmed a game called Gene Medic in assembly language for the Atari 2600 in 2017 and am interested in porting it to the Atari 800. I am starting this

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Mad Magazine BASIC Program (10-15 mins)

September 11, 2018 moorejh Magazines, Programming

Task: Load and Run a BASIC Program from Mad Magazine (1985) Needed: BASIC, ATR File, Altirra Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction I remember reading Mad Magazine as a kid as many did during that time. What I didn’t know until recently is that there was a

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Read the Book “Racing the Beam” by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (3-6 Hours)

September 3, 2018 moorejh Books, Games, Programming

Task: Read the Book “Racing the Beam” by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (3-6 Hours) Needed: The book Time: 3-6 hours Introduction I had an Atari Video Computer System (VCS) or 2600 before I owned an Atari 400 and then 800 computer. The 2600 was

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Sound Effects in BASIC (30-60 mins)

September 1, 2018 moorejh Programming, Sound

Task: Program Sound Effects in BASIC Needed: BASIC Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction The Atari 8-bit computers had a pretty decent sound chip called the POKEY. POKEY is an acronym for Pot Keyboard Integrated Circuit. The POKEY generated four-voice sound and had some other functions such

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