Atom in PC

[silcreval]

Are there any other users of Roland's excellent 'Atom in PC' card? I really like this way of working, and have one installed in an old PC.

I have a couple of questions if anyone knows these.

1. How do you get software that is on Atom disks (or elsewhere) in a form that can be used by the Atom in PC ie using the *LOAD command. The docs are great but I just couldn't figure this out. I'm fairly new to the 'new' Atom scene so apologies if this is super obvious.

2. How do you exit - for the life of me I cant figure out how you exit once in the Atom terminal.

[roland]

I do occasionally use the Atom-in-PC board. I tried mine last weekend but it seems to be broken after 30 years

The files in https://site.acornatom.nl/software-archief/file-finder/ can be downloaded and copied to your PC with the Atom board. They all have the correct header. I can also create a ZIP archive containing all those files. That might make life easier.

You can exit with the *PC command:

*PC provides control to MS-DOS
Syntax: *PC [msdos command]
If no MS-DOS command is specified, the Atom terminal program is terminated. If a command has been specified, it will be executed. The Atom terminal program then continues to run.

There is an online manual at https://site.acornatom.nl/documentatie/ ... minpc-man/ It's in Dutch but with the language flag at the top right corner you can translate it to English.

[silcreval]

Thanks Roland !

Wow that archive is mind blowing - I had no idea there was so much Atom related software. A zip file would be great but I'll have a look and see what to download.

[derek]

Hi Roland,

I read with interest the manual for Atom in PC, looks a very good.

Do you have any PCBs?

[roland]

At the moment I don’t have any pcb’s but I can try to find some boards from formal Atom users.

It’s not easy to order a few boards because I don’t have gerber files. I know they exist and I’ll also try to get these. Otherwise I can redraw them, possibly with fewer components because of larger RAM ic’s nowadays.

[roland]

I have one offer for a complete Atom-in-PC board. The owner wants €150 for it. I asked him "why"? He told me that he doesn't want the board to get somewhere in a cupboard just because somebody wants it to have. Or even worse, to re-sell.

So if there's any enthusiast who wants a board for this price, please let me know.

[Pernod]

I must've asked this before somewhere but is the 16K ROM image available anywhere?

[roland]

This should be the latest version of the 16K ROM....