The NUC with a Cart is here! I have one. Playing cart games is now possible and makes the NUC a complete Atari system (with FujiNet of course). I’ll be updating my guide shortly with all the new info on the NUC+CART.
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Virtual FujiNet
This is really about running a virtual FujiNet Device on x86 machine and connecting it up with Altirra Emulator for Atari. So you can run a totally virtualized FujiNet + Atari system in a modern computer. Techcowboy has details on his blog.
VS Code and Atari 8bit
VintageIsTheNewOld has a nice series on programming in ACTION! Part 4 goes into some good detail about setting up VSCode to compile right into a virtual drive you can use on Altirra. Check it out.
FujiNet BreakOut Boxes
To help facilitate FujiNet on new platforms, Mozzwald has created a new SIO break-out box. It will fit into any current FujiNet and allow each of the SIO pins to be used with testing and prototyping on new platforms. This was used for ADAM and now the AppleII bring-ups for FujiNet. The board are available…
FujiNet Boots Apple II
Another FujiNet milestone as a FujiNet booted a AppleII with smartport ROMS. Video of the boot here. And a reaction video too. And a few days later this was replicated by booting an Apple IIc+ with FujiNet. Both systems booted into Total Replay over the internet and loaded games. Apple II should be fully supported…
New XEP80-II Videos
I’ve done some videos going over the features and output of the XEP80-II XEP Review 2 Demos on XEP XEP Review 1
FujiNet HighScore Club
bocianu has released a xex app that will let you set and register your own credentials to the HSC – High Score Cafe. As more games support this feature you can track high scores across all networked Atari players of these games. Read about it on this AA thread.
FujiNet is coming to ADAM
Video update from Thom CherryHomes– he breaks it all down and shows the first FujiNet Alpha Hardware box. I have posted a full ADAM software archive to my tnfs server: fujinet.diller.org/ADAM
Dual 800XL and 1050 PSU
Jan Beta on YT had a nice video building a custom PSU that powers both the 800XL and the 1050.
SNES Atari Controller Kit
the SNAK – SNES Atari Controller Kit for ATARI ® 400/800 / XL / XE and other computers & consoles – was submitted for the ABBUC 2021 hardware competition. Read the translated posting here, and there is a big thread on AA about joystick adpaters for more modern joys, and the software patching standards needed…