Path: utzoo!dciem!nttor!contact!rrwood
From: rrwood@contact.uucp (roy wood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Sparta Dos 3.2 and Happy Enhancement
Message-ID: <1990Nov16.151126.19691@contact.uucp>
Date: 16 Nov 90 15:11:26 GMT
Reply-To: rrwood@contact.uucp (roy wood)
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I'm trying to convince Sparta Dos to work with my Happy-enhanced 1050 (or is
it the other way around?).  I know it is possible to set the Happy 1050 in
U.S. Doubler emulator mode, but it's a pain to have to boot with Warpspeed
7.0, set US emu, then reboot with Sparta.  Ideally, I'd like to get a .COM
file that sets US emu mode, and run it at startup.
 
I will gladly write such a program myself and post it if someone would be
kind enough to provide the technical info regarding what SIO commands the
Happy is expecting.  Even better, if someone could provide me with the
new address/phone for Happy computers, I will order the tech. manual and
do it all myself (the phone number listed in my Happy docs connects me to
a Dentist's office in California!).
 
And finally-- is there some sort of a public source of Sparta utility
programs?  And if there is, why aren't they also on atari.archive?  And
did the crash of Atari.archive affect the 8-bit software too?
 
-Roy Wood