¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ URL List¢¢ So much has been happening in the 8-¢ bit world! There are developments¢ galore, and websites have been¢ springing up to tout them. I last¢ published a list of URLs several¢ years back, and it's now time to¢ update it. This list is long, and¢ carries some annotation but not full¢ descriptions -- we'd be reading the¢ list forever if I did that! Most of¢ the sites can be viewed in text form¢ if you can connect that way with your¢ 8-bit, but SO FAR, for best results,¢ you should use a PC and the latest¢ version you can get of either¢ Netscape or Internet Explorer.¢¢ Many of these sites are connected¢ through the Atari 8-bit Webring. The¢ home page of that Webring is on the¢ list. A Webring is a way of linking¢ pages of similar interest so that¢ they can be found easily.¢¢ Since our 8-bits can't underline, you¢ will have to copy these URLs to a¢ piece of paper or print out the¢ article and then type them in from¢ the PC's browser. Remember that¢ "%7E" in 8-bit typing becomes a¢ "tilde" on the PC and that "%3a"¢ becomes a "colon" on the PC.¢¢ Here they are, in no particular¢ order:¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/¢¢ This is the home page of Best¢ Electronics, still an amazing source¢ of 8-bit hardware and parts.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.nacs.net/%7Eclassics/¢¢ STEPHEN TUCKER's home page and source¢ of his A.P.E. software and other¢ hardware and software he's developed.¢ Stephen has also made this the¢ temporary home of the soon-to-be-¢ defunct Atari area of the Cleveland¢ FreeNet.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ telnet://ape.penguinpowered.com¢¢ The second telnet-able Atari 8-bit¢ BBS! It's running the freeware BBS¢ Express on a Linux server under¢ dosemu with a proxy connection (via¢ A.P.E.!) to an 8-bit. STEPHEN¢ TUCKER, author of A.P.E. is the¢ sysop.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://members.tripod.com/%7Emorloc/¢¢ This is the home page of the Phoenix¢ Project, designed to produce a Web¢ browser for our 8-bits. Progress on¢ the project is updated frequently.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.pcc.net/dzone/atari850¢ /atari850.htm¢¢ This is an online (html format)¢ edition of the Atari 850 Interface¢ manual.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/¢ %7Epavel/atari/¢¢ This page contains some applications¢ and source code for using Linux to¢ emulate Atari 8-bits and their¢ peripherals.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.trv2.emu.cavern.com.pl/¢ sap/¢¢ Here is one source of the SAP player¢ plugin for Netscape. SAP files are¢ "rips" of the music taken from Atari¢ games and demo programs, and this¢ plugin emulates the POKEY chip to¢ play the music so that it sounds like¢ a real Atari.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://atari8.homepage.com/¢¢ This page, by NELSON NIEVES, contains¢ his tools for SpartaDos, as well as¢ links and references to other pages.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://ch.twi.tudelft.nl/¢ %7Esidney/Atari/¢¢ Here is the Atari ROM Documentation¢ project. It includes a downloadable¢ utility for mapping Atari ROM, Sid-¢ Loader (a front end for the XL-It¢ emulator, and other Atari/PC transfer¢ and conversion utilities.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/¢ %7EMarek.Tomczyk/8bit.html¢¢ This is the famous Atari 8-Bit¢ Resort. It contains lots of ABBUC¢ files and information, hardware and¢ software modifications, and links to¢ other Atari sites.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.ataricentral.com¢¢ This is the home page of Multimedia¢ Empire, Inc., a game software¢ development company. It has lots of¢ Atari-related material on it.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.cs.utah.edu/%7Eschmelze¢ /atari/index.html¢¢ This site features cross-development¢ tools to create 6502 code on a PC.¢ It's maintained by MAX SCHNELZENBACH,¢ and it features ATASM, a cross-¢ assembler.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/¢ homepages/rlink/siteinfo.htm¢¢ Here's a list of links to search¢ engines, online magazines, etc. It¢ plays a midi of the "M.U.L.E."¢ music!¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://atari.webjump.com/atari0.html¢¢ Atari Mega Game Images. These are¢ very large .ATR files that contain¢ many games each. You can download an¢ .ATR of a file called DosMenu well as¢ the Mega Game Images. Then you put¢ DosMenu into disk 1 of an emulator¢ and the Mega Game Image of your¢ choice into disk 2 of the emulator¢ and DosMenu will become a menu and¢ loader for the games in disk 2.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://cas3.zlin.vutbr.cz/%7Estehlik¢ /800.htm¢¢ PETR STEHLIK's Atari 8-Bit World.¢ This page contains many emulators (or¢ links thereto.)¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.atari-computer.de¢¢ ON-LINE World for the Atari User.¢ This site is mostly ST-oriented.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.atariworld.com/8bit.html¢¢ This site contains the web pages of¢ several Atari user groups, a facility¢ to sell or trade magazines, hardware¢ and software information, emulators,¢ and a ton of other material. PACE¢ (Pinellas County) is a group with¢ which we exchange newsletters and¢ their page can be found here,¢ although a direct URL to their page¢ appears later in this list.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://members.xoom.com/at_kiwi/¢¢ This page, in Spanish, comes from¢ Chili and is the property of the¢ "STAK" group there.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://student.uci.agh.edu.pl¢ /%7Etatar/Atari/hp.html¢¢ This one, called the BIG ATARI 8-BIT¢ HOMEPAGE, is owned by Thomas A.¢ Tatar. It has FAQs, text-based¢ discriptions of various projects and¢ pictures of famous Atarians.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Estack¢ /atarixle.html¢¢ This page is maintained by BO¢ SCHREURS. It contains information on¢ a wide variety of products by the¢ Schreurs brothers, as well as¢ information on Pool Disk Too.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://intrepid.mcs.kent.edu/¢ %7Eclisowsk/8bit.html¢¢ The site, maintained by Craig¢ Lisowski, contains downloadable (or¢ viewable, if you have the patience)¢ Atari commercials available as¢ QuickTime movies (courtesy of TONY¢ RAMOS.) You can get technical¢ articles here, as well as links to¢ other sites and to the mirrors of the¢ ftp sites developed some years ago by¢ JUSTIN and by YOGI.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.redshift.com/%7Ecdyson¢ /atari.html¢¢ CLARENCE DYSON uses this page to list¢ many modifications for our 8-bits,¢ for the SIO2PC cable, etc. He has¢ documentation on other hardware¢ projects and links to many other¢ related sites.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://members.xoom.com/doc_jike¢ /woa.htm¢¢ This is the World of Atari '98 site¢ maintained by CYBERSPACE MAGAZINES.¢ It contains many photos taken at that¢ show, so have patience while it¢ loads.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://home.clara.net/dgs/¢¢ This is the home of DEAN GARRAGHTY¢ SOFTWARE in England.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.emulators.com/¢¢ This is the home of EMULATORS, INC.,¢ and is maintained by DAREK MIHOCKA.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.pcc.net/dzone/atari8.htm¢¢ This page, called Eric's Atari Stuff,¢ is maintained by ERIC CRON. It¢ features The Atari Hardware Manual in¢ .tif format and the Atari 850¢ Interface Manual and De Re Atari,¢ both in HTML format.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ ftp://matrix.ibb.waw.pl/pub/a8/¢¢ This ftp site features a large number¢ of Polish files.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/¢ ellison/86/index.html¢¢ This is GAREE's PLACE. This talented¢ artist and cover-designer is a¢ frequent contributor to csa8, but his¢ site has little that's Atari-¢ specific.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.s-direktnet.de/homepages¢ /k_nadj/main.html¢¢ This is the home page of "HEAVEN", a¢ member of TAQART, aka Karolij Nadj.¢ Most of this page is devoted to demos¢ -- how they are created, examples,¢ technical information, and files for¢ download.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.geocities.com/¢ SiliconValley/2741/8bit.html¢¢ NYMAN's page. This is a little out-¢ of-date, but still OK, especially if¢ you're just getting started in¢ emulation. There are lots of¢ utilities for download and links to¢ other pages.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://paclink.com/home/netrunnr/emu¢ /emu.htm¢¢ This page contains emulators for many¢ of the game consoles, 8-bit¢ computers, and even graphing¢ calculators! Of course, emulators of¢ Atari equipment can be found there.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.asw.cz/%7Ekubecj/data¢ /asoft/acvt.txt¢¢ This is a text description of¢ Acvt.V1.03, which is an MS-DOS¢ utility to convert among the .XFD,¢ .SCP, .ATR and .DCM formats.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.umich.edu/%7Earchive/atari¢ /8bit¢¢ The grand-daddy of them all -- The¢ UMICH Atari 8-bit archives.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://aegis.mcs.kent.edu/%7Eclisowsk¢ /mirrors/8bit%3ayogis_site/ATR/¢¢ Another mirror of YOGI's ftp site.¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.geocities.com¢ /BourbonStreet/1055/¢¢ This is primarily a download site.¢ It is concerned mostly with .ATRs and¢ emulators but has links to many other¢ sites.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://members.tripod.com/¢ joshuawaller/atarimenu.html¢¢ Mostly ST, but of general Atari¢ interest.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://jump.to.atari¢¢ This site, called Ken's Atari 8-bit¢ page, is run by KEN SIDERS. It is¢ concerned with the PC/Atari¢ connection, and has information on¢ his Project ICE, which aims at¢ producing a native internet¢ connection for our 8-bits. There has¢ been significant progress toward this¢ goal, and you can read about it here.¢ There are files for download (Ken¢ wants YOU to test his ICE project)¢ including many utilities, and¢ information on file formats as well¢ as links to other sites.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://members.aol.com/MacFalkner¢¢ This page, in German, contains lots¢ of hardware projects and software for¢ download.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/¢¢ This is the home page of WILLIAM¢ KENDRICK's company, New Breed¢ Software, which produces software for¢ the WWW, Unix/Linux and Atari 8-bit¢ markets. The lines include games and¢ utilities.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.atari-computer.de/abbuc¢¢ This is ABBUC's home page, naturally¢ in German. There's a great wealth of¢ material here.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://pace.atariworld.com¢¢ As promised, a direct URL to the¢ website of the Pinellas County user¢ group.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.cswnet.com/%7Enkennedy¢ /sio2pc.htm¢¢ This is the official SIO2PC page.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.geocities.com¢ /SiliconValley/Lakes/7953/a8ring.html¢¢ Also as promised, here is the home¢ page of the Atari 8-bit Webring.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.atari-history.com/¢¢ This is CURT VENDEL's museum of Atari¢ products, near-products and promises.¢ It's an absolutely fascinating site¢ to visit.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://werple.net.au/%7Elions¢ /atari.htm¢¢ The Black Stump Atari page. This¢ page carries an extensive list of¢ links to other Atari 8-bit pages.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://cth.tzo.com/index.html¢¢ This is TOM HUNT's Closer To Home¢ page. There's a tremendous wealth of¢ material here.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ telnet://cth.tzo.com¢¢ This is the original Closer To Home¢ BBS, now the first telnet-able Atari¢ 8-bit BBS. TOM HUNT is running a¢ special emulated version of the¢ latest BBS Express PRO (now owned by¢ LANCE RINDQUIST) on a PC under¢ Windows 95 or 98.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.cyberroach.com/analog¢¢ This site has several issues of¢ A.N.A.L.O.G. Magazine in digital¢ form.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://ajax.umcs.lublin.pl¢ /%7Emfranczak/¢¢ TIGHT's Home Page in Polish. Click¢ on the "Atari 8-bit" link.¢ Maintained by Michal Franczak.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://plato.digiweb.com/kiffer/ATW¢ /index.html¢¢ This page is devoted to what would¢ have been a "killer" machine, the ATW¢ (Atari Transputer Workstation,) had¢ Atari chosen to continue to produce¢ and support it. There are a few ATW¢ owners scattered around the world,¢ and this page helps to keep them¢ going.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/%7Efachat/¢¢ ANDRE FACHAT has developed some¢ amazing utilities and applications¢ for 6502-based computers, mostly for¢ the Commodore 64, but with¢ applicability for Atari 8-bits should¢ somebody wish to "port" them. Some¢ Internet applications are included¢ here.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.newbreedsoftware.com¢ /xlsearch¢¢ This page is a search facility for¢ various ftp sites. Give it an Atari¢ 8-bit filename and it will take you¢ to the file! It was developed by¢ WILLIAM KENDRICK of New Breed¢ Software.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://vme.net/dvm/yac¢¢ The home page of the Yolo Atari Club¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.atarihq.com¢¢ This is the Atari Gaming Headquarters¢ home page. It contains information¢ on Atari game consoles, computers,¢ games available for them, information¢ on the big gaming shows, and links.¢ OHAUG's JOHN HARDIE is one of the¢ people who maintain this site.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢¢ http://people.delphi.com/rdetlefsen¢ /index/html¢¢ This page has a list of shows and¢ meetings. It contains information on¢ various hardware and software¢ projects, some the work of its owner,¢ RICK DETLEFSEN.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.myatari.com¢¢ Home page of B&C Computervisions, a¢ great source of 8-bit hardware and¢ software.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.members.tripod.de/twh1st¢¢ Atari Site for games, cover-shots. ¢ Maintained by THOMAS HAVEMEISTER.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://home.columbus.rr.com/ice.htm¢¢ Another link to the Project Ice¢ page.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://angelfire.com/mn/video61¢ /index.html¢¢ LANCE RINDQUIST's Video 61 is an¢ Atari retailer, who has obtained the¢ rights to BBS EXPRESS PRO, and to¢ many older Atari games that they are¢ now producing and selling in¢ cartridge form.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.users.ticnet.com/newell¢¢ This is the home page of WES NEWELL,¢ producer of many memory upgrades for¢ the Atari 8-bit computer, as well as¢ software to run them.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.pil.net/%7ESilvae¢¢ This is the Temple of Atari. It's a¢ site done in the style of a text¢ adventure and features many games and¢ utilities.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://holyoak.com/atari¢¢ This is TREVOR HOLYOAK's Atari¢ Planet. It features a BBS list,¢ news, and links to other sites.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/%7Esgl¢ /atari/¢¢ SVEN GLEICH's site featuring¢ hardware, demos, games, links, etc.¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢ http://atari-users.net/banx/¢¢ This page is devoted to displaying¢ the banners of other Atari websites¢ as links. It provides this service¢ to the owners of those other sites¢ for free.¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢¢ I've made this list current as of¢ August 21, 1999. There will¢ undoubtedly be changes between then¢ and the time you get to use it, so¢ please don't hold me responsible if a¢ URL doesn't work or some new one has¢ come along and you feel it's¢ something we can't live without.¢ Just send a short note to me and I'll¢ pass it on to the next editor of this¢ newsletter <G!>¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢
