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Hi, Sorry that I do it here but do not see any portfolio section around. I want to do something useful with my portolio and I am looking for info about C compiler for it which would have some decent documentation. Any one can help? ... by the way C for ST and Falcon with some good documentation and ...

Hi,
anyone has a clue about Atari DEKA 2 PC Keyboard Interface, how efficient it is and is it worth its money?
this could sort out my problem with a keyboard and mouse but I can't find any info about this thing and do not want to buy one as long I do not know if there is a point in it. thnx

is there any point to replace magic with mint, etc?

will dig my dig and try to dig it out...

next question - anyone knows good terminal software which is able to display HEX as it comes on port?

is there any better OS than magic? lets call it more human friendly?

thnx

>Is TOS set too English?<

I use NVRAM and set it to USA however as I can see MAgic 6.2 is German - is there any Eng patch for it?
...magic 5.x fixes the problem so this is definitely v6.2 internal lang pack...

thnx, one more simple question, my magic is giving me German messages, so I understand nothing. any help with it? my keyboard is talking German too...
thnx

thnx - it is just hard to imagine how much nvdi speeds up the desktop.
I have got videl inside - will fight with it tomorrow. Is the resolution dependent on the screen? I think Videl does not adjust itself to the type of monitor in use. correct?

thnx

cool bananas, got this working. I understand than magxdesk is necessary to have whole thing operational? I have got ndvi5 going too. So jinnee is going to be in parallel with magxdesk and I can switch between each other? right? I have noticed funny thing. Lets say that I create a folder, then copy i...

1. out of "the box" magic is using GEM, how to get rid of it and replace it with Jinnee so it gets loaded instead of GEM? ? Press the Mag!C button! :D ...here I understand reconfiguring magic to load j..e so I do not have GEM there at all. Possible or not? Do I need GEM there and J...e is...

thanks for the criticism.

sorry, it wasn't my intention, I have just tried it and gave up on it. it is not the most perfect solution. best is desolder but after I did one falcon this way I gave up on another one and just "dag out" the dead cell

thnx mate, light starts blinking in the had...

I have found this:
viewtopic.php?f=74&t=9590
but it does not explain how to get those driver working with magic ;(

Lately I have found that there were different chips used for falcons over a time. So they differ a bit. MK48Txxx and MCCS146xxx - the packaging is different so cutting it to get battery out is different exercise. MK48Txxx - is solid block of plastic, battery is mounted (melted in) on right side of t...

Hi, this is not pro at all but I have to ask, since I have my falcons fixed and going I have started playing up with it. Got magic and jinnee and other stuff... now because I cannot find any information about magic like forum with details about hacking this thing or deep config I gave up after an ho...

GAL kills the whole machine, no didly dong from it. So you need good GAL to get it responding. Reset circuit was bad too, FPU, MPU, Combel was cooked so there was quite a damage. So step by step after replacing whole machine it got up. I have got clear nail polish to paint chips and all will be grea...

u24 one leg, combel one leg, all is flying like a baby now.
So now I need to get fpu and GAL-U67 and all can be put together back as it was.

thnx for help

hi, After a while I have got a time to look at it again, the ticking sound from speaker and reset going signal crazy is GAL problem - U67 if faulty and doing this. I have replaced it with GAL from my working falcon and I have the unit responding. The unit is freezing when IDE tries to reset, so far ...

thnx, why format? oh well just to see if all works, no other point in formatting ssd. Right?

Other question, anyone got SATAN DISK connected to falcon?

thnx

Hi, I have managed to push 2G Transcend SSD drive into my falcon, it works however I am unable to do any other partition setup but full one 2G partition. I have tried several drivers but my atari does not like it. Any idea why? HDX dos not want to format it and hangs during partitioning, HDDUtils wi...

however c is not OS, will try mint then.

Hi,
What would be the most useful os to use with my falcon and ct63? I am going to do mainly coding on it and do not think about using it for anything else. Most important for me will be functionality and graphical side of it. Thnx

Hunt on ebay, they are rare and go for $400-500 usd. Some are for more or less. I have got one on the table, when I fix it it will go for sale but it will be expensive because it gets most of chips new and will be moded. It is nice piece of equipment but u must be a real freak like me to pay $1000 f...

Try Simbo... Rtc is simple to fix, it can be done without any soldering, open top part of plastic cover, clean of silicone and solder in new battery. There is a topic about nvram with many examples how to do it. I would help you but I do not have time even for my dead falcon :( Good luck. http://www...

New update, I have got new/old working Falcon and when I have tested it with my diag cartridge I have found why my faulty one dies when cartridge is in. It (cartridge) is instantly requesting video, because my VIDEL is dead (I would say even more, it is shorting bus during init) then the whole thing...

I have tested the cartridge and I can confirm that it is working and correct circuit. When I get more time I will do image of it and post here.
Regards.