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Graphics Subsystem
How do I change the resolution on a Milan?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14467
Software
Where can I download ST(E) / Falcon games?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9151
Where are all the system/language disk for download?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8921
Can unzip use long file names?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11586
Is there any ram test utility?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1206
Programming
How do you write a boot sector program?
ANS: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=20733#p183424
How do you write the boot sector program into the floppy?
ANS: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=20733#p183543
Is there a GCC for TOS?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17035
Ultra Satan Disk
How to get correct year with Ultra Satan Disk?
ANS: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17742&start=50#p156111
Where are Ultra Satan Disk Tools located?
ANS:https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17742&hilit=clocky#p153675
Oversea Machine / eBay
How to use a EU machine in US/canada?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3990
Harddisk
How to boot from floppy by passing the harddisk?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7731 http://www.atari.forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10358 https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16263
Can I format my hard disk partition to be over 2 GB?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14329
How do I use Ultra Satan Disk with ADSCSI adapter
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=19710&p=171695&#p171695
Mouse services
What mouse are there on the Atari?
Serial: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6770
USB: http://www.atari.forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11602
Hardware
The LED at the right side of a keyboard is blinking constantly?
Blinking is hardly noticeable as the light is very dim. Is this normal behaviour?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8985
How do I make a SCART cable?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12160
What is the metal shielding for ?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15609
Are the PSU of my Atari dual voltage PSU?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14394#p122924
Operating systems
How to handle big partitions in MINT?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16775
Following are partition size by TOS version, anything bigger you need alternative OS.
OS-Release | Size |
---|---|
TOS 1.00 - 1.02 | 256 MByte |
TOS 1.04 - 3.xx | 512 Mbyte |
TOS 4.0x | 1024 MByte |
MagiC / BigDOS | 1024 MByte 2048 MByte (Compatible Dos) |
MagiC 6.1/FAT32 | Terrabyte (not MagiC 6.01) |
FreeMiNT/FAT16 | 2048 MByte (DOS/TOS comp. Partition) |
FreeMiNT/ FAT32 | Terrabyte |
FreeMiNT/ Ext2 | Terrabyte |
How to avoid the EDITOBJ.SLB error when running Jinne on Mint?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=133086&p=133086#p133086
Copy the EDITOBJ.SLB from a Magic setup into the MINT folder.
It doesn't seem to be working for everybody, as far as I can remember. Might depend on which MiNT version you're running.
What is the effect of missing RPM dependency for <program>
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=16872
Likely the dependency check isn't for the existence of /bin/sh in the filesystem, but for the existence of an installed rpm listed in the rpm database that would have provided /bin/sh. Since you haven't installed your system from rpms, this information isn't there. As long as you actually have the files for the missing dependencies, you're good to go.
How to start Unix styled applications in Jinnee?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17544
There's a setting that states which drives uses the unix styled executable bits.
Just enable it and we're good to go.
Misc
What are the methods of transferring files between Atari & PC?
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=17785
- Serial cable link and comms/transfer software
- Ghostlink and null modem cable.
- Sting and a null modem cable to make a tcp/ip network and use ftp.
- Telnet and a null modem cable for telnet file transfers.
- IDE to CF adapter and use either Linux
- some of the ways presented for Ultrasatan to mount it to the pc.
- Ethernet.
- Netusbee and a USB flash disk driver.
- SCSI or IDE CD-ROM drive.
- Network - just mount the Windows shared folder using MINT Net.
- SD card
- floppies
- scsi-ide-cf adaptor setup
- SCSI ZIP Driver, 250M.