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Farewell Atari
Many thanks for the Atari mag and all its interesting articles. Have parted with my Atari gear now but will always have fond memories of an excellent machine. Good luck to the MyAtari team.

Malcolm Dawson, UK

    Shiuming Lai replies
    Thank you for your support, Malcolm. We're always sad to lose readers but also glad that you enjoyed the magazine, good luck.

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Harlequin days
I read with interest your article on Harlequin and the game Plastron. I wrote that game and have to say you would have seen many more if people had brought the game. It was at the end of the life for the 8-bit Atari and we would have done some cool stuff we have a very good guy on board for the graphics and music called Richard Munns we could have done some cool stuff we had all the bits just that the game did not make any money so I guess it all stopped.

By the way do you know anything of the wereabouts of Steve Goss I have all the source code for the game and will make if public if I can speak to him first.

Andy Dickinson, UK

    Shiuming Lai replies
    What a pleasure to receive your mail, Andy. I clearly remember that show where I bought Plastron and I certainly would have bought more such well produced games had they come. I even took it to school on the following Monday and wowed everyone with the slick artwork and game graphics! This looked like an ST game.

    Would you have any interest in reviving some of these ideas? It seems a lot of old school game programmers are getting back into the scene at the moment and doing things never previously thought possible, or just making new stuff for fans to enjoy. A recent project that springs to mind is a new version of the cult '90s ST shooter, Lethal Xcess.

    Last I knew of Steve, he was at http://www.jetbootjack.com - good luck getting hold of him. Where is Richard Munns these days? I've enjoyed many a tune of his on the good old 8-bits.

    Finally, call me slow, but I had never played Moon Patrol until last month!

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Power supply adapter
I read with interest the posts on the fourm about using the PC power supply with the Atari Falcon, I am currently rehousing my Falcon in to an old PC AT tower, and would like to use the 350 W PSU in the tower to run my Falcon, hard disk and CD-ROM etc.

Can you tell me how I go about this or can one of the suppliers sell me a converter cable to use the AT PSU, I would be grateful for any help you can provide. 

Robert Paden, UK

    Shiuming Lai replies
    Having asked around, I've not found any ready-made adapter. In this situation, I'd look up the specifications of the Falcon and AT power connectors respectively and work from there. The Falcon only has 5 and 12 volts to be concerned about. As a hint, you will also need to find which lines on the AT power supply switch it on and off.

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Falcon upgrade help needed
I would like to know if you know an Atari expert who has had experience with a CT60. Last October the F30 and CT60 were installed by a respected member of the Atari community.

Unfortunately during transit it was found that the power supply had collapsed and fallen to the bottom of the tower, along with knocking the Eclipse card from the bus.

No permanent damage had been caused, it was decided that rather than send the computer back over the Christmas rush it would be posted at a later date.

Having been assured that all was well before final shipment back the parcel was resent. Unfortunately upon receiving the computer further problems were encountered. The problem which I have is that once power is applied the computer spins up, but my monitor goes to power save mode.

After what seemed like an age my courier has agreed that the computer is repairable. The courier needs quotes so that the claim can be closed.

Please would it be possible to provide any advice on who would be willing to look at my computer.

Thomas Jordan, UK

    Shiuming Lai replies
    My first suggestion would be Rodolphe Czuba himself. You mention you have an Eclipse card - where is the monitor plugged in when you get the symptoms, the PCI video card or the Falcon's own monitor port? Go back to basics and verify these first. Have you inspected the motherboard for signs of damage? Do you have any idea what was done to the machine during the time it has been back and forth?

    If the Eclipse has suffered, all may not be lost yet as Nature is working hard on SuperVidel (see last month's issue), which should give much higher performance, compatibility and value.

 

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MyAtari magazine - M@ilbox, August 2004

 
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