[ Atariscne.org - News ] FLOP #69 available
The latest issue #69 of the long lasting Czech FLOP diskmag for Atari 8 Bit has been published.
Last year a pretaste of the mag art has been made available at Sillyventure and Last party. The mag itself was supposed to be released last year as well, but as life plays, the issue got delayed. As one feature, a Fujiama party report is said to be included. The diskmag comes as two ATR disk images.
🔗 Visit the FLOP website for download
[ scenemarket – latest listings ] 15.5" Asus ROG laptop screen
[Offer] Other · Surprise me (by Shantee) This is the screen of my old laptop ASUS ROG tuf505xx , the rest of the laptop is dead but the screen is working great --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/34 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ Atariscne.org - News ] In the spotlight: Richard Karsmakers blog
Richard Karsmakers aka Cronos of STNICCC party organisation fame has written a nostalgic reminiscence of the first steps of the Atari ST demoscene on his blog. The articled summarizes a brief initial time span 40 years ago and is arguably a bit boldly, entitled "The Rise of the Atari ST Demo Scene".
A closer look at the blog generally indicates that Cronos, who was also one of the former ST News diskmag editors, still has an occasional inclination to write longer articles.
Speaking of STNICCC, the next party edition is about about 6 years away. So get started with your entries! ;-)
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[Offer] Other · Surprise me (by lambdacore) So you want to build a proper early 2000s Intel Pentium II/III PC? Here is one of the legendary mainboards to do so: Asus P2B-S, HW Rev. 1.04. It features the Intel 440BX chipset as well as an integrated Adaptec AIC-7890 SCSI controller. ASUS product page: https://www.asus.com/de/supportonly/p2b-s/helpdesk_knowledge/ Other information: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-p2b-s I have no idea how many systems I built with this mainboard or it's sister mainboard P2B-DS back in the days when I was an apprentice, but it was a lot. This board comes mostly complete with everything there was in the box back in the day - minus the ATX connector retaining plate. The board was never used and is brand new. I got it when the company got rid of old spare parts no longer needed for speedy warranty repairs. --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/32 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ scenemarket – latest listings ] Made's Rare Stickers - 6 different packs
[Offer] Merchandise · 10 EUR (by Made) Pimp your your gear, phones and computers or gift them ! Rare and limited edition, premium quality. Extra stuff with all packs, signed if you ask :D 6 different packs 5 stickers per pack 1 pack = 10€ 2 pack = 20€ + 1 extra sticker 3 pack = 30€ + 2 extra stickers 4 pack = 40€ + 3 extra stickers + secret pack 5 pack = 50€ + 4 extra stickers + secret pack 6 pack = 60€ + 5 extra stickers + secret pack Limited quantities, you can reserve via e-mail (made.art@gmail.com) or discord PM. --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/31 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ Atariscne.org - News ] GCC for asm Experts (and C/C++ Intermediates) - Part 3
How GCC Actually Compiles
GCC originally stood for GNU C Compiler. Today it is the GNU Compiler Collection, with frontends for C, C++, Fortran, Ada, Go and more, a shared middle-end, and many backends. VAX and m68k were the first in 1987; today the list spans everything from modern x86-64 and ARM to legacy PDP-11 and MSP430. Each frontend parses its language and lowers it to a common intermediate representation. From there, the shared transformation passes take over, most of them entirely generic regardless of whether the target is a modern 64-core server or our humble 68000.
What happens between "C text goes in" and "assembly comes out" is roughly 360 of these passes, each rewriting the intermediate representation. Some optimize. Some check for errors. Some transform for consistency. Most do a little of everything. We will focus on the ones where our beloved 68000 needs the most help. I have put together a summary of all GCC passes for reference.
Debugging this pipeline is where the fun and the pain live. When the output is wrong, which of the 360 passes is at fault? Often it is not the obvious one; a bad decision in pass 47 might not surface as wrong, or inefficient, code until pass 180. Understanding the stages, even roughly, is the key to knowing where to look.
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[Offer] Consoles · 5-10€ ? (by v3nom) working, but condition could be better --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/29 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ scenemarket – latest listings ] Two Antenna Multiconnectors
[Offer] Peripherals · Surprise me (by v3nom) see image. working condition --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/28 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ scenemarket – latest listings ] Canon EOS Full-Frame Camera with EF(/RF) mount (cine/still slr)
[Search] Other · Surprise me (by PotcFdk) Interested in a camera compatible with Canon EF lenses. Both normal photo SLRs and also cine-variants are relevant, as long as they feature a full-frame sensor. (e.g. 5D, 6D, EOS C series) Digital only, unless you happen to have an EOS 3, 33V, 30V or 300X that you need to get rid of. In which case I might get weak... 😬 --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/27 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ Wanted! ] Design + UX for video streaming service/archive
Hi! We're renewing our SceneSat video streaming service and archive and would like to find someone who would like to help designing this. We do have a quite substantial and ever-growing collection of recorded video streams from various parties and events and want to bring this to the world in a good-looking, usable manner. Are you the person to help us out? :)[ Atariscne.org - News ] Cinderella: KUVO's Sight 4 draw
Here comes a little weekend starter kit. A production by a scener you may not haven't heard of, a release that is possibly widely overseen, for a platform many may not have heard of yet:
Kuvo of Caroline Software Incorporated released a new music disc for the Russian Elektronika BK-0010 computer (see wikipedia entry). And indeed, there is a scene for this one. And for a brief moment, the tiny Atariscene feels overdog! ;-)
Anyway, this music disk is quite a surprise, once you found it. It comes with one and a half hours of music for the twin brother of the YM2149F chip, the AY-3-8912. So Atari chipmusic stricken ears feel home immediately.
Very notably, KUVO did all of it, code, music and graphics. If you check is demozoo page you will stumble across an impressive backlog of fantastic ZX Spectrum graphics, too.
Among the tracks there are very enjoyable compositions in various styles, a good flow, sometimes laid back, sometimes uplifting and foremost nicely dynamic and catchy.
But there is more, actually, sound-wise this is way more advanced then the typical AY/YM bleepery. And a reason is found quickly, looking closely at the included VU-meters. The music disks supports 6 channels, so it is tailored for machines with two soundchips. And this offers some quality upgrade for the traditional AY soundscape, nice echoic detuned square leads, interesting slides plus reverb and delay for the masses!
Highly recommended!
The boys from Hack 'n Trade teamed up to bring you "HT's Handle Charts #1" - a take on the most cool, intimidating, hilarious or plainly absurd scene handles of all times. With fancy Amiga ANSI art by Goto80, Dino, and Sixx. View it in its colourful glory at [AsciiArena]!
[Submitted by dipswitch]
[ scenemarket – latest listings ] Apple Magic Mouse
[Offer] Peripherals · Buy me a drink (by Ramses) First model that needs two AA batteries. On/Off switch does not work, mouse is always on. Otherwise tested and works just fine. --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/26 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ Atariscne.org - News ] Atari ST Dev - Visual Studio Code Extension
The Atari ST Dev extension for Visual Studio Code is making progress.
Regis Cosnier (Dgis), the author summarizes the extension as follows:
"Atari ST Dev is a Visual Studio Code extension for building, running and debugging C, C++ and 68k assembly projects targeting Atari ST/TT/Falcon systems. It integrates a cross-toolchain using GCC/GDB, provides debug-time views for CPU registers, memory and hardware information, and hooks into Hatari's debugger via the cppdbg debug adapter."
🔗 Atari ST VS Code extension at Visual Studio Marketplace
🔗 Atari ST Visual Studio Code extension on Github
Thanks to flav_de for the hint!
[ scenemarket – latest listings ] SpeedDOS for C64+1541
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[Offer] Peripherals · Surprise me (by Noctis) Simple converter to convert DB23 to VGA. Note: NOT a scandoubler, just a passive converter so your monitor NEEDS to support 15khz and the funny resolutions/sync rates the Amiga outputs on the RGB port. Opened once to check a bad contact, but the issue resided between keyboard and chair. Hence the "warranty void" sticker. --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/24 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ scenemarket – latest listings ] GottaGo FastRAM
[Offer] Peripherals · Trade (by Noctis) For Amiga 500/1000/2000/CDTV. Designed to be installed on top of the CPU socket, GottaGoFastRAM provides 8MB of Autoconfig Fast RAM to your Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 or CDTV. It is also an excellent option for the Terrible Fire 534 accelerator, allowing you to get a total of 12MB (4+8) of Fast RAM. --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/23 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ scenemarket – latest listings ] [group order] DSpico flashcart for Nintendo DS
[Offer] Peripherals · depends on how many people are interested, but roughly €30 (by porocyon) The DSpico is an open-source and open-hardware flashcart for the Nintendo DS: https://www.lnh-team.org/ . For 39C3, I had already organized a group order for a bunch of Nintendo hacking/homebrew people. This was from before these chips were available on AliExpress. The price in that group order was higher (€30/piece) than you'd find on there, but I selected *hard gold* for the contacts, which the AliExpress sellers often forgo. (Which means, mine last longer while the AliExpress ones wear out quickly.) I did not provide stickers, so the carts have an unlabelled black look. (Condition is "mint-condition handsoldered", but I test each cart myself.) If there's any interest, I might organize another group order like this. You can come talk to me at Revision for details about the flashcart, and I can demonstrate how it works in person. --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/22 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.marketWeekly news, links and releases from the active demoscene community. This week in particular a look at the releases from Amiparty in Poland, Forever in Slovakia and all of the news leading up to Revision that is happening next week! Watch on youtube!
[Submitted by psenough]
[ scenemarket – latest listings ] All your unwanted (audio) cassette tapes
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The Re-Falcon project has been put on display at last weekend's Indianapolis Retro Computer Expo 2026.
[ scenemarket – latest listings ] Extremely basic RISC-V VGA demo platform
[Offer] Consoles · depends on how many people are interested (by porocyon) I've been working on a 'custom demo platform', with the only constraint that it should be as cheap as possible. This means, you get: * A CH32V003 microcontroller (RISC-V RV32EC, 48 MHz, 16k flash, 2k RAM) * Bit-banged VGA * PWM audio NOTE: **YOU NEED A "WCH WLink-E" TO FLASH CODE TO THE CHIP** It's capable of roughly something like "Craft" by lft (that chip only runs at 20 MHz but it can do I/O operations much more quickly, so it evens out). Unfortunately, other demo projects have taken precedence by now, but I have the parts here. I haven't fabricated any boards yet, but if there's any interest in this, I might make a few and hand them out to whoever is interested. I can bring it to Revision (and show you the code, schematics, etc.) in case you want to know more. --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/17 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ scenemarket – latest listings ] Z80 CMOS 10 MHz (Z84C0010PEG)
[Offer] Other · Buy me a drink (by porocyon) The venerable Z80, in 40-pin DIP package. Was from an old Mouser order: https://www.mouser.be/ProductDetail/ZiLOG/Z84C0010PEG?qs=ZNtr8jqNHF5GD%2FNES0%2FHWA%3D%3D . --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/16 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market[ scenemarket – latest listings ] Various microcontrollers
[Offer] Other · Surprise me (by porocyon) As bare chips. I have a wide variety of them lying around I'd like to get rid of. There's uh, * STM32F0 * STM32L0 * STM32G0 * NXP LPC8xx * ATSAMS70 [pre-opened bag] * ATSAML11 * ATMega328P * AVR32DB28P * MSP430 (G2, FR2) * GD32E230 [pre-opened bag] * Various Renesas RL78, RX, RA (Arm) chips * Altera MAX-V (CPLD) [pre-opened bag] * MAXQ622 (yep!) see image for details of which chips are available. DIP chips and the SAML11 come in an ESD-safe carton box, others are in a vacuum ESD-safe bag straight from digikey/mouser/... --- Interested? Claim this item at https://scene.market/listings/15 — or list your own stuff for free at https://scene.market