djam / eko strikes back with SID remixes Vol2.



5 tracks out of your memories especially remixed for you Atari / C64 lovers. Consider those remixes as a Tribute to Rob Hubbard, one of the most famous guy of the 80\'s computer land.



Share this link with friends and discover or re-discover the fever of the magic of those good\'ol computer musics.

(WEBSITE) http://www.atarimusic.net

(FORUM) http://www.atarimusic.net/atari-music-network



From sequencing Tangerine Dream concerts in the 80\'s to tearing up the dance floor at the New York Blip Fest in 2010, Atari\'s reputation as a music monster machine has persisted for a quarter of a century. The secret behind its success is clear: Atari was perfect from the beginning * it didn\'t need to change. For MIDI enthusiasts, the Atari was and still is the ultimate bridge between man, music, and machine. For chiptunists, the Atari offers a canvas of unexplored sonic colors for electronica and 8-bit pop. AMN believes that Atari isn\'t just about nostalgia; its about utilizing an alternative computer platform for specialized digital music creation.



On Jan 1, 2010, The Atari Music Network (AMN) was launched, marking the beginning of an exciting new era for Atari based musicians and developers by offering news, resources, and an extensive social network area.



The Atari Music Network (AMN) Mission Statement and Features



The Atari Music Network (AMN) aims to:



* Stimulate social interaction of Atari based musicians and developers as one global community.

* Inspire and support Atari hardware and software developers to update and resell their products or place abandonware into the public domain.

* Deliver relevant news, product information, downloads, and hardware support

* Provide free marketing for Atari based musicians, albums, and events

* Bolster Atari\'s presence in the 8-bit pop scene

* Archive, catalog, and preserve Atari music software for future Atari generations

* Encourage the pirating and cracking of ex-commercial software (ethical rules apply)



AMN Currently Features



* Discussion Forums: The Heart of the Atari Music Community

* Worldwide Ebay Power-Searches: Dozens of Predefined Atari Hardware and Software Searches

* Facebook Group: Connecting AMN to a Wider Audience

* Featured News & Articles: Showcasing Atari Musicians, Developers, and Events

* Frankenstein Mods: How-to Guides of user\'s Hardware Hacks and Mods

* Hardware Catalog: An Archive of Music Related Atari Peripherals

* Software Catalog: Music Software Downloads Including Freeware and Cracked Abandonware



AMN Future Features (To be Announced)



* Atari E-Store : A Centralized, Secure, and SEO Enhanced E-commerce site to help developers reach a wider target audience

* Artist\'s Self Promotion: Dedicated Profile Pages for Artist\'s to Create Sample Albums and Promotional Materials



You can also join the Atari Music Network Facebook Group here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter ... 5513878661

2009 has so far been a quite good year for the Atari ST and STe in the demo category... and some more is to come !



Take a look at this list, and enjoy the ride :)

Hi,

The 0.0.9 version of Degas Elite XL is online on AtariTools website. This version has several improvements at the speed level for graphics. The BLOC function is operational with primary features. Application can now load/save palettes from *.PAL and *.PI1 files.

All command & text are now in english.



Have a nice day :-)

10 years after i've remixed 4 of the most famous tunes released on Atari St (Alloy run, Virtual Escape, Cybernoid 2, Monty on the run). Feel free to discover a new vision on those legendary musics.

New version of popular (mainly in Amiga world, slowly in Atari world :) ANSI C/C99 compiler is available. Short list of changes:



* Using vasm 1.4b and vlink 0.12f with many improvements and bug fixes.

* The compiler itself is for the first time compiled with optimization enabled. So it is a little bit faster and smaller.

* Included vbccm68ks (16 bit integer) in distribution, which is required for the Atari TOS target.

* The 68k config files aos68k, tos and mint do no longer have to set optimization options. The OPT directive is completely supported by vasmm68k_mot since 1.3d.

* M68k code generator: Fixed many ColdFire bugs. But the ColdFire support is still far from being perfect.

* M68k code generator: Fixed \"target error: illegal use of registers\", which could be caused by case statements, since V0.9, and during jumptable generation.

* M68k code generator: Generated illegal data constants when -const-in-data and -sd were specified together.

* M68k code generator: Fixed a crash, which could occur with constant pointers (e.g. *(int *)0x1234=x) in certain situations.

* M68k code generator: Calling a constant address no longer leads to an internal error.

* M68k code generator: Fixed a wrong condition code test when converting to smaller integral types.

* vclib: strtod() fixed: the endptr (when given) was incorrect.

* vclib: ctype.h was wrong for all 68k targets (toupper()/tolower() inlines didn\'t work).

* vasmm68k: Got a noticeable performance improvement on parsing the input source by a factor between 3 and 30.

* vasmm68k: M68k cpu settings were lost when assembling a source vbcc generated with -g option.

* vasmm68k: Wrong M68k optimization of move.w #0,An into suba.w An,An left garbage in the MSW.

* vlink: Erroneously prefered a symbol from a library over a symbol with the same name from the referencing object module.

* vlink: Fixed problem with merging common symbols from serveral modules.

* many smaller bugfixes



vbcc is both native (TOS and FreeMiNT) and cross (nearly any host) C compiler emerged from Amiga world and successfully tested on some Atari projects as well (most notably my Starstruck demo port :)

KLAVAR! is a graphic music sequencer program based on the easy-to-read Klavar music notation (no flats, no sharps and no difficult bits!) It\'s written in GFA Basic for the Atari ST.

It has also been tested on emulators (Steem, Hatari).

The application and the source code can be downloaded at the indicated link on SourceForge.

Enjoy reading, composing and playing music in minutes!

Legacy Engineering is gearing up for the holidays and to kick things off on October 15th it will release a new LIMITED EDITION USB Controller called the \"800-Series\" which celebrates the 30th anniversary of the legendary Atari 800 computer system.



So now besides the classic black USB controller which goes great with playing any video game, you can compliment you Atari 800 gameplay with this color matching classic controller. Only 250 units have been built and once they are gone, they are gone.



For more information, follow the link below.





Curt

I noticed that the ACP prototype has landed:

Ok here it is, finally ready. This actually brings with it a new compiler and linker. If you don\'t read the docs please note that the components of this archive must not be mixed with older versions.

I\'ve been working on this for a very long time and it contains 127 updated modules. The library is now interrupt free, and hopefully bug free. See the docs for a very long list of changes and corrections.

List of features:
Mostly bug fixes and enhancements.
No radical changes to the library for maximum backward compatibility.
Enhanced CPU/FPU support for machines with an 020 CPU or better (optional).
Unused code removed.
This library is actually smaller than the original library.
Improved MiNT compatibility.
Some small optimizations were done as well.
Line-A use only where it should be used.
Improved error handler with advanced debugging options.
Break key can now be cleanly used in compiled applications.
EVERY/AFTER are now cleanly implemented.
Improved hardware detection for STE only commands.
All vector hooks removed (except $B+ which is optional).

If you have any problems or the docs are unclear, please let me know. I\'ll do my best to help.
Enjoy.

Grab it here: http://gfa.atari-users.net/ftp/download.php?fn=gfa_comp.zip

Hatari version 1.3.1 has been released. This is just a bug-fix release. The GEMDOS hard-disk emulation now works together with ACSI hard disk images again and the memory dump and disassembly in the python user interface has been fixed.

AtarICQ 0.174 is released



Finally! A new release is now available, and for the first time in 4-5 years there is now a new OVL too. The new OVL is more than anything else targetting some rather serious stability problems, some of which where causing problems exclusively under MiNTnet/gluestik, and then there was the one which prevented aICQ from running on a 68000 cpu. In other worse, this new version should be well worth a closer look,especially if you have had problems with stability or performance in the past!



A huge thank you goes to Denis Huget who has made this new release possible by his great work on the OVL.

THANKS!



Important changes in the latest release:



1. AtarICQ is now able to cope with environment variable FONTSELECT when a full path is submitted instead of a process name. If a full path is sent, aICQ then tries to start the font selector (if not already running).

2. Fixed a bug in the contact list code that under some circumstances would cause a crash when swapping contacts by using up/down ARROWs.

3. Removed a debug messages that was accidently left in the final 0.173-release. It was a text message written to screen/console.

4. Fixad a small bug in the code for manually resorting (by dragging) of the TABs in the message window.

5. New feature added. The shortcut ALT+X will now trigger aICQ to remove all temporary contacts that exist at the time. The main benefit is to be able to quickly sweep your contact list clean from ICQ spammers. (Normally, you have all your contacts on the permanent list)

6. Slightly changed code for evaluating the status of online contacts. Should avoid confusion when it comes to clients using exotic status values.

7. New keyboard shortcut, ALT+H, will toggle the hiding of offline contacts.

8. OVL sources are branched from the 0089 version (newer sources were lost) :(

9. OVL tweaked to cure problem where a large SSI contact list would potentially cause the OVL to hit an infinite loop (thus freezing)

10. Speeded up the automatic requesting of basic user info to reval the nickname of UINs loaded from the SSI list.

11. Fixed a fatal bug which would strike under specific circumstances when requesting basic user info for a UIN, and the server didn\'t reply. (NOTE: The chase for this particular bug has been going on for 3-4 years, the challenge being that it was very hard to reproduce reliably)

12. OVL will now work better with 68000 CPU (no more odd address access)

13. Improved the routines keeping track of server requests, timeout of data, etc.

14. Fixed a problem with font size in the text input field for outgoing messages, striking under old Single TOS and standard AES/VDI.

15. Cured a small memory leak which happened when requesting extended user info.

16. Changed default behaviour:

-Hiding offline contacts = OFF

-Auto switch to new message = ON

17. AtarICQ now keeps track of incoming typing notifications, to be able to let them \"time out\" after a certain time of inactivity from the other end. This time is currently set to 20 seconds, after which the typing notification icon will be removed.

18. OVL can now successfully send messages to the AIM/ICQ-clone Trillian, which turned out to be rather picky.





Have fun, and don\'t forget to share your thoughts on this relese with us, after all, feedback is what keeps things like this rolling.

There is a new ARAnyM release available for immediate download (follow the link).



If any of previous versions crashed on you please try this version - we have found a bug in the libSDL that was causing that. There are also 10 other bugfixes and one small improvement in this release (see the NEWS file).



Enjoy ARAnyM! :-)

ACEC 2009 VINTAGE COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAME SWAP MEET



GREAT NEWS ATARI FANS!!!



The Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus will be holding the annual vintange computer and video game swap meet on Saturday September 12th 2009. It will be held at the same place as last year. As you might notice, we have a new name. This year we are going to include all vintage and classic computers and video games, systems, accessories, games, and software.



Oakland Park Community Building

980 Lenore Ave.

Columbus, Oh.



Right now the time for the swap meet is from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.



Admission is FREE! FREE! FREE!



That is right, it is free for both vendors and shoppers! Vendors, please contact us to reserve tables. As it will be first come first serve. We may have to limit the number of tables for each vendor. We have a new feature this year that will allow dealers to pick out what particular tables they want. Please check out our web site for further information and updates.

Hi,



September is a great date to start the payments of CTPCI.

I\'m very happy to open the final orders.

It\'s the result of a big work.



A page with price & shipping cost is available here :

http://www.powerphenix.com/CTPCI/English/prices.htm



For the less enthousiast of you, there is a page of benchs (not definitive until the DMA is usable) :

http://www.powerphenix.com/CTPCI/English/benchs.htm



And the presentation of the board with new infos and photos :

http://www.powerphenix.com/CTPCI/English/overview.htm



2 last infos : Cubase audio 2.06 running and possibility to cut PCI SLOT board for only 1 connector (Falcon case integration).



There are several ways to pay and I recommend you ways with the lower fees/taxes...



The manufacturing will begin in october...

Some parts need more than 1 months to arrive here (direct from factory far).

Shipping is planned for November IF no manufacturing problem and no added delay on some parts.

The order of shipping is simple : first payed is first shipped.

And the shipping of all boards will continue during 1 month...



There is no limit to order : if you want 10 boards, no problems ;-)

Contact me to get a reduce price for a such quantity.



I do not accept partial payment under 130 EUR...and only in 2 payments with a max of 1 month delay between the 2.

Payments with more than 2 euros missing on total will have to be complemented.



The number of produced boards will be matched on the number of order received + 20% max.

Actually the chips are pre-ordered for all pre-ordered CTPCI + 40%...

This should cover the late people even in 2 months... even if I prefer to sell all boards quickly ;-)



This is surely the unique batch of CTPCI. No others after.



If you have question that have no answer here, please email to me...I will not answer on forums.



Thank You for your support of Atari Hardware...



Regards



Rodolphe

Hi,

Dearhorse continue to make tools for ATARIs computers, for homebrew programmers. He just beginning (but already lots features working!) an editor for WIN32 target running on WIN98 to WIN7, again, to load-modifiy-save PI1 ST pictures.

The program can load all PI1 formats and save only in 32066 one. Working with options of color palette is interesting to arrange-move colors easily. I\'m waiting for more stuff !!!



downloads & screenshots are at AtariTools.fr.gd



important !!!! : In last New about 8-BIT CharEDITOR, I was wrong about the link, just swap \"gd\" and \"fr\" in adress



Best Wishes to all atarians

We\'ve had quite a few people wanting to buy EtherNats and as yet we\'ve had to turn everyone down. But now we\'ve decided to investigate if there could be a second batch of EtherNats produced. We believe that at least 60 boards need to be produced to get a reasonable unit price and a safe assumption is that the price will be higher than the first batch because it consisted of 130 boards. At the same time we will make a few modifications to the design to lower production cost. This time the manufacturing company will do *all* parts of the production, testing and shipping so our lack of spare time won\'t lead to such horrible shipping delays. This will of course also make the price slightly higher.



So go to nature.atari.org, and click the second link at the welcoming page.



/Torbjo:rn & Henrik

Nature