prgclb@ihuxm.UUCP (06/23/83)
I'm posting this item for a co-worker -- any replies should go to him at whuxj!abm, not to me. ****************************************************** Subject: ATARI 800 TRANSIENTS I also have an Atari 800, and experience a different transient problem. Occasionally the TV picture begins to get fuzzy and break up, but I cure it quickly by changing the TV channel off Channel 2, then back. This indicates a problem with the TV, rather than with the Atari, yet it never happens while I watch TV. I have never had the screen-wide stripe of fuzz described by Mark Young. However, I have had a much worse problem with my Atari, and would like advice if anyone knows what's wrong. Occasionally for no apparent reason--usually after I have been writing a program for 4 hours!--the d**m machine suddenly refuses to respond to the keyboard. The cursor sits there, refusing to move or make a sound when you hit any key. Thus, I can't save the program. I can't even list it to see what I've done! I suspect the problem is related to typing too fast, or hitting a particular combination of keys. Could it be a bug in the operating system? This problem is VERY rare. Otherwise, I'm quite satisfied with the Atari 800, especially its graphics, though I confess it's not easy for an amateur like me to unravel all the mysteries of color registers in various graphic modes. I especially like having the ability to invoke up to four different voices at once. Does anyone know how to get anything but square waves out of an Atari? I'd like to use wave forms of my own design... Andy Myers HL 3B-222 (whuxj!abm)
david1@aluxe.UUCP (10/19/83)
I'm having a problem with my Atari 800. When I'm editing a BASIC
program the computer will crash after anywhere from 1 edit to ?
This really upsets me. I have a cassette recorder. It would take
all night to repeatedly save the program after every few edits. Has
anyone else had a similar problem? What can be done to fix the computer?
Thanks in advance.
aluxe!david1