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About two weeks on in the reboot, what systems are coming back online in upgraded fashion?
Limiting unproductive time has been going well… pulling up the old habit of having something going on everywhere… when I hit a mental limit, I can change spaces and still have things to do. The yard, the kitchen and living room, the garage studio, the bedroom office, storage… there are a lot of things that have seen noticeable progress since I’ve been focusing this way.
I still need to refine the process: some of the progress is not immediately applicable, as the grand possibilities keep presenting themselves and I frankenstein more parts onto the daily drivers. Need to set some specific waypoints, and keep moving with more focus toward changing my financial situation. I suppose this is the “organize” phase mentioned.
More finance focus, more documentation focus.
Alright, I’m thinking the best way to keep this stuff updated is to make the original post a current status report, and make new posts when there’s a change to the direction or goal.
I’ve gotten the basics back in place after tearing the system up to use the PA for Sunrise Service. I’m surrounded by sound, got my Venture Brothers running on a couple screens, and MST3K on Twitch on one.
I’m going through a life reboot right now, and the garage and its population is a big part of it… it’s where I can most get in touch with parts of me that seem lost. I’m comfortable with the basics, now it’s time to move to the next level.
Video connectivity… cables/switchers to get as much as possible displaying on the big Dell monitor. Also… get as many vintage displays working with era-appropriate machines… 7800 on Admiral TV, Atari 8-bit on C1702, need to see what’s up with the Atari 19 inch monitor.
Sound connectivity… want to get a Falcon outputting to the sound system, want to get an output sent to the Atari Video Music. Need to figure out how to get a stereo signal into jjHP1 for streaming.
As of 20250514, the 19 inch monitor does not seem to be responding. Need to check the machine to another output.
Alright, as of 20250514, the machine is running Centipede from cartridge perfectly for multiple hours at a time. Weather is getting warmer. May bring the AVG cart out here to test something that uses the keyboard, and some SALT tests.
Didn’t test the individual programs, but the TT boots up on the 19 with the F7 option as above. Need to find out more about the upgraded graphics card in there and how to use it.
The trusty Sceptre monitor seems to have given up. The Falcon, in general, is still working: I can use a VGA extender, and it shows up on the big Dell. There have been some brief screen blanks, not sure where in the chain that might be coming from.
And they live.
Think I now have seven Fire tablets of various vintage all working and responding to my account. Although a couple will no longer be considered zombies and get their own entry on this forum, there are at least a couple that remain shambolic.
jjFire8HDb – device doesn’t charge reliably, no sound from internal speaker or headphone jack.
jjFire7HDb – works fine, screen smashed.Deserving of their own entry:
jjFire810a – Got Ralf’s old ZAGG keyboard connecting to this beast. Streams from Amazon Prime, Twitch, and Discord (live streaming still to test). Considering trying to jailbreak this guy, it’s very capable, but hindered by the limited Amazon Fire environment.
jjFireHD8a
jjFireHD7a
jjFire5a – streams Amazon Prime videoNew Atari station in the garage studio with the Falcon and the TT. Getting sound from both into the mixer is next… then Cubase on the Falcon, and who knows what exactly next on the TT.
Not sure what was wrong that night, but both the speaker and external sound are working fine at the moment. Presenting NFL Football on Amazon Prime, at the moment.
It also runs the current version of Clash of Clans, interestingly enough.
Twitch freezes trying to “Go Live.”
FujiNet SSH demo: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/319605-n-ssh-demo/page/2/
FujiNet N: Handler docs: https://github-wiki-see.page/m/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/wiki/Using-the-N%3A-DeviceHaving trouble getting this guy to charge right now.
The machine will play Amazon Prime Video content, but the sound seems completely borked: nothing comes out of the speakers, and just a buzz in the headphone output. Discord also let me know it wasn’t recieving any mic input. This machine may not have any remaining practical uses.
Want to get FujiNet connecting to jjewell.com over FlickerTerm to do meaningful WP updates from an Atari 8-bit. My currently standard setup allows me to run FlickerTerm under a modern version of SpartaDOS, next step is to figure out the N: device to connect to ssh at jjewell.com. Need links to FujiNet docs for next step.
This device is current in the bedroom, going to try it out as the office Discord machine. bedroom@jjewell.com jj_bedroom
Need to get the FujiNet into the garage: I need to try the flasher program on this computer, and run some SALT carts on the ATR256XL.
