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  • Re: SideB for A8

    From hollowone@80:774/8 to hollowone on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 11:10:47
    Any SideB (3.x) cart users on this board?

    I'm pretty sure now it's a niche and the CART is discontinued due to bugs, shame.. I really liked the potential.

    -h1

    ... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (80:774/8)
  • From Phigan@80:774/1 to Hollowone on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 11:26:29
    Any SideB (3.x) cart users on this board?

    I'm pretty sure now it's a niche and the CART is discontinued due to bugs, shame.. I really liked the potential.

    This is super old but I wanted to respond anyways :). I have a SideB! And it's funny that you call it that because I do too.. not everyone likes it.

    Anyway, it's pretty awesome being able to set up those HD partitions on the SD card, and running everything SUPER fast from it. Also the SDX and all the other cool features! I hear people always say that it's a great combo with the U1MB, but I disagree.. the cart and the U1MB have a lot of overlapping features! I've got a U1MB in my 800XL, but I use the SideB cart with the XE that has the Antonia ram upgrade instead. That way they both have SDX!

    It's been a year, are you still using your SideB?
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  • From hollowone@80:774/8 to Phigan on Thursday, October 23, 2025 10:09:16
    It's been a year, are you still using your SideB?

    Yes, with 320kB RAM expanded Atari, no U1MB so no collision.
    I don't launch my atari that often though. completely under water with other projects. But I'd love to see some bugs in its OS and file browser fixed. In My version I could not go one dir up.

    Getting down the structure like in Norton Comander, easy. Up, either root or nothing. irritating. One of the project idea i had but I never realized it is to use cart's API to write my own file manager... but I'm continually way too weak with 6502 assembly and tools to seriously consider it.

    -h1

    ... -=Lordz of BooM are back=-

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (80:774/8)