LINKS

Atari websites and communities

Polish and international forums, archives, documentation and websites of hardware and software creators.

Community

AtariOnline ↗

A Polish portal with news, the Atarum forum, interviews and an Atari resource library. It publishes programming guides, hardware articles, graphics and music material, and meeting reports.

Atari Area ↗

A portal and forum for the Polish Atari community. Discussions cover programming, repairs, upgrades and emulation of 8-bit computers and other Atari platforms.

ABBUC ↗

An Atari 8-bit users' club with a forum, magazine, and programming and hardware competitions. Some resources are for association members.

Archives and magazines

ftp.atari8.org ↗

An Atari file archive: books, magazines, software and collections from former websites.

Pigwa — Atari FTP Archive ↗

An archive of documentation, software and demoscene material. It includes creators' collections, party productions and copies of former websites, covering other Atari platforms too.

Gury’s Atari 8-bit Forever ↗

Boštjan Gorišek's Atari 8-bit portal. It contains a catalogue of hardware, software, books and demos, plus source code and information about authors and publishers.

Page 6 / New Atari User ↗

An archive of British magazine Page 6, later New Atari User, and its accompanying software libraries. It contains contemporary articles, listings and guides; Atari ST material is separate from XL/XE.

Atarimania ↗

An Atari software and document database with a separate 8-bit section. Software entries include release information, manuals, packaging scans, advertisements and press material.

Programming and files

MADS and Mad Pascal ↗

Tomasz Biela's MADS assembler and Mad Pascal compiler. Software, source code and documentation for developing Atari programs on a modern computer.

SpartaDOS X Upgrade Project ↗

The DLT team develops SpartaDOS X. Its website provides images for supported cartridges and expansions, a manual, drivers and system change notes.

WUDSN IDE ↗

An Eclipse-based environment connecting an editor with assemblers and compilers. Installation instructions and examples cover Atari 8-bit and other 6502 platforms.

cc65 ↗

A C compiler, assembler, linker and libraries for 6502 processors. Atari documentation covers building programs, memory layout and library functions.

RespeQt ↗

An SIO peripheral emulator running on a modern computer connected to Atari through SIO2PC. The repository includes source code and instructions for disk images, printer and cassette support.

Graphics and music

Graph2Font ↗

An Atari graphics editor with a manual and artwork gallery. It combines character graphics, PMG objects and raster colour changes, exporting assembly source or a display program.

Hardware

Lotharek’s Lair ↗

A retro hardware manufacturer and shop. Its Atari section includes SIO interfaces, storage devices, and memory and graphics upgrades, with installation instructions.

FujiNet ↗

A network peripheral project originating on Atari 8-bit. It provides firmware, setup guides, network service documentation and supported-platform information.

SDrive-MAX ↗

An Arduino disk drive emulator with a touchscreen. The repository contains firmware, an SIO wiring diagram, and information about compatible displays and configuration.

RetroHax — Atari section ↗

Illustrated Atari computer, drive, plotter and accessory repairs and modifications. Articles include internal photographs, measurements and diagnostic steps.

Demoscene and events

Silly Venture ↗

An event for Atari creators and users. The website provides organisational information and competition rules for graphics, music, demos and other scene productions.

Emulation

Altirra — author’s website ↗

Avery Lee's Windows emulator website provides downloads, source code, change history and Atari technical documentation. The emulator includes a code and memory debugger.

Atari800 — project ↗

An open-source, cross-platform Atari 8-bit emulator. The website provides releases, supported model and media lists, and launch-option documentation.