This forum is running for about 15 days now, and I've seen the registered members count going up slowly but steadily! I see 47 registered users, though few have actually posted something, plus I don't reckognize most of the nicknames there.

So, please, tell us something about yourselves! Who are you, your involvement with Atari 16/32 computers, why you signed up for this forum... you know, the usual stuff

I guess you know us, if you don't just read our web page for more info

Your turn!

(P.S. another reason is that because I think we're getting attention from spambots, so if you post at least here then we'll know that you are a human person )

Hi all....  KeithS/mouse_master here (depending on where you see me).....

In the past, ran a BBS in the USA called The Thieves Guild, mainly trading stuff, nothing really useful, except getting items into the US, this was my handle then.  I think it ran from 1989 to almost 1996, can't remember.

More recently, well, still not doing much.  I helped SHW track done a couple of Automation disks and supplied an uncracked game....  Most of the stuff I have done has been geared towards MiNT/CT60.  Working on the Atari port of ScummVM.  Ported SVN (at least working enough for me to use with ScummVM) to MiNT.  Working on GCC 4.1.2 for MiNT right now....

Other than that, just another lamer 

karlm wrote on 16.03.07 at 02:41:33:

Eheh, why you liddle....  I have been called worse
Romkiddy is a bit harsh though, I think I more deserve the title "Senior Romkiddie", or even "Romgrownup" would be ok,  owing to my many years of collecting countless game images that I will never actually play.

Oh yeah the introduction, here goes:
Hello everyone, to those who don't already know me I am RetroGamerUK, been into the ST for years, I am a great fan and good friend of the fabulous D-Bug (hi guys ) and many of the other crews.
I own some real STs, I am into ST games mainly although some demos a cool, I ermm thats it.

StingRay_ wrote on 19.03.07 at 16:46:43:


Well, even if your involvment with Atari computers is coding f**ktros for them on Amiga, it's still involvement Anyway, what sort of questions would you expect?

On another note, I find it deeply touching that such an anti-atarian has joined this forum and even took the time to post

Saviour wrote on 06.04.07 at 12:14:33:


Hi there,

I ordered a phantomS the minute I heard of it! But after about 1 month I got a mail from Petr basically saying that he'd like to make it more stable before producing it. Has he managed it then? Is your PhantomS behaving ok?

Indeed you did help! I'll e-mail Petr and ask him about it

hello,
snoopy the hacker that never hacked, put my name in the 3d loader of another world! picked up a copy of st doctor, diamond edge.
tracking since menu 69 medway boys.
i just love staring at starfields. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .... . . . ..
made some demo'z and menu fronts.
getting some dsp coding books.
as i have a table with a wonky leg.
Here to keep in touch.??! Making sure 030 is busy.

spectrum ste lynx falcon xe 2600
music coding some gfx. uk

Hi ppl,

Well, I'm Tobé from MJJ.
I'm coding things for STE computers, sometimes...

Happy to join another forum

Unfortunatly I went back to france before Outline... A pity if you remember that I was in Dusseldorf
But well, I'm not going to complain, I love my job
Maybe next year !

DoctorVell wrote on 29.05.07 at 15:42:24:


Welcome to our forum then!

I just wanted to say that you should get some ataris, especially the ST/Es are cheap these days. You should be able to buy some and experience the games on real hardware (much better )

hi, I'm mr.sam

my Atari owner history: VCS 2600 -> Atari 600 XL ->Atari 520 STF. All hardware still alive.

Trying to keep my Atari page up to date. 
(disk info from: Automation - Cynix - D-Bug - FoF - Superior - Medway Boys - Pompey Pirates - POV)

Additional info about Falkn.

I forgot to mention that I ran a BBS called "Dead Horse Cafe" for 2 years after
I ceased operations as "A-Online Atari."

I used an early 520 STf machine with a memory expansion of 2MB added to it.
(A trade in unit.)
The modem was a SUPRA 33kb version which, as I recall, was the fastest modem
the STf could support due to some kind of hardware bug.

What is remarkable about this is that the files were stored on an
IOMEGA 100MB ZIP DRIVE with scsi connector.
The interface was  an ICD SCSI adapter which was plugged directly into the Atari
ASCSI  port. (I forget the model of the device but it was the small beige box)
It contained files for ST, 8-bit, Amiga, and PC but anyone was welcome to donate.

Time was kept by a "Realtime Clock" cartridge plugged into the cartridge port.

The ST,s  BBS software was donated to me by one of my customers.
(Again, I cannot recall what its name was.)

The BBS required little maintenance by me and would reboot and restart itself after a
power outage. (Common here in Florida during Hurricane season due to the numerous
Lightning strikes and power line failures.)
That stuff is still around here somewhere.

A local television station sent a news crew (Jeff Patterson) here to do a story on me
and Atari shortly after the Jaguar was released.
They recorded about 45 minutes of video in my shop and after editing I was given
about 5 minutes on 2 newscasts that evening. I think it went to national feed also.
(Thanks to FORREST CARR the assistant news director who had purchased a
Falcon030 from me.)
The station is WFLA and it can be found on the net at   http://www.tbo.com ;   but I
doubt you will be able to view such an old news item.

I installed hundreds of memory upgrades beginning with a "Piggy Backing"  version
where ram chips were soldered onto the existing ram on the motherboard with some
minor rewiring of the first pin on each.
The job became much simpler when the assortment of new memory expansion boards
became available.

Some trivia here....I run NoSTalgia, the ST emulator for MACS and I have been able to
run PC DITTO (Software version) on it.   HAH!    An emulator, emulating an emulator.
Try it.

Wow - I've been registered for a while and only just noticed this thread...

My name is James and I'm the editor of RGCD, a popular yet still-in-it's-infancy CD-based magazine dedicated to reviewing the latest homebrew releases for otherwise unsupported retro machines.  Other the years I've had (and sold) many computers - the Atari ST included - and I got into retro hardware a few years ago because I personally find modern computers souless and uninspiring.

I've just spent a small fortune buying an upgraded Atari STE for the soul purpose of playing D-Bug's HD fixes and recent titles by groups like Paradize.  This might not make sense to some of you (afterall, STEEM is a fantastic emulator), but as I discovered by buying a C64 for playing demos recently, you *really* cannot beat the experience of using vintage hardware.

Anyway, what else can I say?  I'm 28, married and have a 4 month old daughter.  Heavy Stylus is actually my DJ handle - I work most weekends playing oldschool hiphop, funk, soul, and reggae throughout the south west (well, Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol anyway), and my day job involves ordering bits of equipment to maintain the railway.  Interesting, huh?

I'm proud to have rejoined the Atari scene (although I'm not actually a scener), and hope to see the machine live on for many more years.  I just wish I had the time available to learn to code!

That's me done.

Welcome aboard

Great to hear from you again!