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Years ago with computer magazines, they used to publish source code in print… and people spent many hours typing in line-by-line from the printed page, only to find when they try to run the program, they made a typo a few hundred lines back.

Great for teaching debugging, but as programs got bigger, print became impractical. Of course they went to floppies after that.

This one is interesting, it's for an Atari ST/STe computer. We never had one of those, so no idea why we have it.

I could rig up a computer with a floppy drive, but something tells me this won't be FAT16 formatted and full of 8086 COFF binaries.

Want 640x276 pixel resolution on a plain #AtariST, 672x276 on a STe on the GEM Desktop ?

Here is Shifter Inside!

It uses only software tricks ; no hardware mod required.
Works in colour modes (low and medium resolution) only.
All GEM programs that do not rely on fixed screen resolutions should work.

Enjoy!

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zerkman.sector1.frShifter Inside v1.0 - My stuffI am releasing Shifter Inside, a program for the Atari ST/STe which uses classical demoscene-style top and bottom border removal techniques to extend the screen size of the

This week I've been playing @I_am_I's new game for the #AtariST series of machines, Galactic Panic.

I've sturggled to get into new point and click games a bit over the last few years, but for some reason with this, playing on my STE with a ropey mouse and a CRT I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

I think that's partly the experience, but also the excellent writing. Spent half an hour being stuck without getting frustrated, and that's a good sign.

insert-studio-name.itch.io/gal

itch.ioGalactic panic: a questionable adventure by insert_studio_nameA pretty stupid point-and-click adventure

I recently acquired the Sierra and Walt Disney Personal Computer Software point and click adventure “The Black Cauldron” based on the animated movie of the same name. I remember playing this on somebody’s Tandy 1000 way back when, but I never had it for my #AtariST. Maybe I’ll play it again. #Sierra #Disney