More Notes and details coming for RAPID 6! * Zero Home Page Live Stream – 2600 Atari Five Card Stud * https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2111662160
FujiNet Virtual AppleII and Atari VM
There is an entire VM available for download, when run will provide an entire virtual Atari 8bit (via Altirra & wine) and AppleII (via AppleWin/Linux) that connects to the ‘virtual’ FujiNet (aka FujiNet-PC). It’s a simple download of an ova file that can be opened by virtualBox (still free from Oracle) and run on your…
YAIL Updates!
YAIL is out with some nice updates. Brad has been hacking on it seemingly non-stop and now YAIL will save two preferences- the streaming server and the gxf mode. Both are persisted using the AppKey feature of the Fujinet where specific keys can be saved on SD card for the app to read next boot…
Fun With Yet Another Image Loader (YAIL)
YAIL is a very fun project from Brad Colbert. His code is up on github here. It is composed of a server and Atari client component. The Atari client loads (I have the xex here on my TNFS server:TNFS://fujinet.diller.org/ATARI/NETWORKING/YAIL.XEX) and presents a black screen. You need to “set server” like: set server N:TCP://fujinet.online:5556 for the…
ANTIC 105
The greatest Atari podcast is out with episode 105: ANTIC Episode 105 – Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episode-105-secret-club-meeting-with-andy-diller It may be one of the best Antic podcasts this century, and I’m not just saying that (yes I am). Lots of fun stuff on this long episode full of Atari fun– I hope they…
Rapid 5 – Extended Cut
Rapid 5 is out and so here is the extended version, with images, links and more info that can fit onto the sheet. Platforms MacFuji Board and Bring up Chris Tersteeg has done the board layout, Ben Krein did the PCB order and build of the very first boards. They work and boot the classic…
RAPID 4 – Extended Cut
This is the extended version of the RAPID #5 sheet. Since space is limited and I wanted the RAPIDs to be a single sheet, easily read in under a minute I have created this page with things that I cannot fit in the sheet- links and images! This is not a comprehensive representation of what…
Game Alerts
The FujiNet Game System (FGS) has been out for a while now and provided many hours of entertainment for Atari users who want to join and play in real-time multiplayer games from all over the world. It currently serves two games: Five Card Stud Poker and Othello (also called Reversi) for Atari clients. Lobby provides…
FujiNet Firmware Release 1.2
The anticipated 1.2 release of the FujiNet firmware is out. Use the FujiNet flasher to update any Atari, Adam or Apple FN to get all the bug fixes and enhancements for this one. Don’t have the FujiNet flasher? Download it here. It will find the FW and flash for you.
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