Atari ST chiptune plugin for VLC
update 2018-02-09: VLC 3.0 has just been released. Here’s a compatible version of the plugin (same source revision as before). update 2017-03-18: Link updated with fresh build (VLC 2.x). A few weeks ago I spent some time with the excellent sc68 software written by Benjamin Gérard (Ben/Overlanders). It’s a suite of software that can faithfully reproduce the workings of the YM2149 sound chip in the Atari ST and convert/play songs made for it.
Atari · English · Retro · Uncategorized
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It’s somewhat easy finding modern software able to read ancient data formats (note, "somewhat"). It’s often more difficult finding the opposite - conversion from modern formats to older ones. When I’ve wanted to edit graphics using modern software (GIMP) and convert it to Atari ST I’ve so far used the excellent Netpbm package. The steps have involved converting my image in GIMP to use a colormap of suitable size, save the image as a .
Atari · Code · English · Retro · Uncategorized
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It’s retro computing time again! As part of my quite extensive rebuild of one of my Atari STE machines I want to have both an HxC SD floppy emulator as well as the original floppy disk drive mounted internally in the machine at the same time. While that in itself is just a question of making a cable that supports both, another problem quickly arises. In most cases you would want the machine to boot off the HxC (drive A:) and the internal floppy would then be drive B:.
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picoPSU Atari ST replacement guide
I just did a writeup on how to replace the original PSU in an Atari ST/E with a modern picoPSU. I’m quite satisfied with how it came out - click the link for some pretty pictures ;)
Atari · Picopsu · Retro · Uncategorized
1 minute