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Retrópolis · @retropolis
17 followers · 43 posts · Server bitbang.social

#processinho #plasma #pentium #pcxt #msxrio #msx #microsoft #microdigital #macse #linustechtips #laser200 #joystick #intel80486 #intel #hp9100 #gui #floptical #encontrosdeusuarios #disquetede8 #davidschmenk #crt #cp #compaqportable #COMPAQ #clone #chatgpt #augustobaffa #atari8 #atari1200xl #arctic #appleii #apple #amstradcpc6128 #alphasmart #al #adrianblack #adaptador #reporterretro

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Retrópolis · @retropolis
17 followers · 41 posts · Server bitbang.social

#rm800xl #revivemachines #projetos #polonia #fpga #atari800xl #atari8 #mundoretro

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Bitwrangler · @gpimblott
26 followers · 60 posts · Server theupsidedown.uk
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Added an 800xl to my collection. Not working so start by testing the RAM as every chip is already in a socket. Needs a good clean too.

#atari8 #atari

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Goz 🕹 · @goz
538 followers · 1389 posts · Server oldbytes.space

In 30 minutes (7:30pm EST) I'll be playing Attack of the PETSCII Robots on my Atari 800XL - twitch.tv/gozgeek

#retrogaming #atari #atari8 #atari800xl

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Tim Locke 🇨🇦♥🇺🇦 · @timlocke
43 followers · 273 posts · Server techhub.social

@SanderFocus Need a Jay Miner one for his work on the Atari VCS/2600, Atari 800, and Amiga.

#jayminer #atarivcs #atari2600 #atari800 #atari8 #amiga

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Tim Locke 🇨🇦♥🇺🇦 · @timlocke
36 followers · 235 posts · Server techhub.social
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@mjgardner @FediFollows

While I agree the C64 palette is better than the ZX Spectrum palette, I find some of the colors rather drab. I much prefer the Atari 800 palette of 256 colors.

Normally, the Atari can only display 4 colors per screen, not counting the player/missile graphics (aka. sprites), but a few low resolution modes allow either 16 luminance levels of one color, 16 colors at the same luminance level, or 9 colors of your choice.

Then there are software modes. One option is to change the palette every scan line. Other software modes allow alternating between two or three palettes on each screen refresh, allowing more than 256 colors.

#c64 #zxspectrum #atari8 #8bit #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

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Tim Locke 🇨🇦♥🇺🇦 · @timlocke
36 followers · 235 posts · Server techhub.social
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@defrisselle

The Atari 800's ANTIC & GTIA video chips were also designed by Jay Miner and similarly can do software video modes like APAC to get more than 4 of the 256 colors on the screen at the same time.

#atari8 #antic #gtia #apac

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Paul (Goto 10) · @lefebvre
30 followers · 46 posts · Server hachyderm.io
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My latest Goto 10 post is up, where I talk a bit about various BASICs on the Atari 8-bit.

goto10.substack.com/p/a-basic-

#atari #atari8 #retrocomputing

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rodlux · @rodlux
92 followers · 244 posts · Server maly.io

@msxwiki yes, i has a similar experience on my a while back. Was a very quiet place though...

#atari8

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rodlux · @rodlux
88 followers · 215 posts · Server maly.io

My first experience of being online was using Fidonet, a federated bulletin board system (BBS) via dialup. Email and forum messages were pushed between each BBS at set times. My high school computing project was on it and the different forums and communities you could find. Each BBS had it's own moderators, community.

Mastodon feels a bit like that now. Back then the code was more efficient, you could be online on with less than 64k

Lets see how the pans out.

#atari8 #bbcmicro #fediverse

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ClaudioM · @claudiom
685 followers · 11957 posts · Server bsd.network

I know this is about a week old, but it's still pretty frickin' cool! :flan_cool:

atari8.co.uk/gui/

#atari #GraphicalOS #atari8 #gui #retrocomputing #classiccomputing

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