SDrive-MAX for Atari 8-bit computers
ezContents 23 December 2024
The Atari SDrive-MAX is a floppy disk emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers like 800XL or 130XE. It can replace your disk drive and cassette program recorder.
Atari 800XL PCB - soldering and troubleshooting
ezContents 16 March 2021
After collecting all the components needed for the Atari board it was finally time to solder them. But what are the chances that the project would work on first attempt? In my case it didn't and I will describe here my process of troubleshooting.
Switchable SIO2USB floppy disk interface
ezContents 14 December 2020
One of my previous blog posts that is about recreating Atari XL/XE floppy disks describes a SIO2USB interface inside my Atari 65XE. The advantage of it is that it includes a switch that lets you toggle between the USB connection and the SIO port. This way you can easily switch between a real and virtual floppy disk that can be mounted with AspeQt software and copy real floppy disks to disks images and the other way around.
Atari 800XL bill-of-materials (BOM)
ezContents 15 January 2020
In my previous blog, I have written a bit about the remake of the PCB board for Atari 800XL computer. Now I will describe the process of acquiring all the parts needed to build it.
Atari 800XL PCB remake
ezContents 24 November 2019
As a child I have owned an Atari 800XL. This 8-bit computer always had a special place in my heart. After almost 35 years I have decided to dive a bit deeper into the circuitry of this now called retro computer. What better way to start than to remake the PCB from scratch.
Recreating Atari XL / XE floppy disks
ezContents 21 November 2016
There is plenty of free software available for the 8-bit Atari XL / XE computers online in the form of ATR files. These are image files created from the physical disks. A huge database can be found on Atari Mania website.