History of software for ATM Turbo
by Alone Coder
1991(1992?)-1993 (according to MicroArt books):
CP/M adaptation.
Program for a HAYES-compatible modem.
Honey Commander file shell.
The FED.COM program is a disk editor in CP/M mode.
CONFIG program - designed for system configuration and
formation of SR/M automatically launched at startup
command file. Allows you to determine existing ones in the system
physical and logical disks.
MVP program - a graphical interface for programs running in
SR/M. Provides direct and accordingly the fastest
interface to video memory, as well as printer drivers.
The PTE program is a convenient text editor.
The TETRIS program is a game program with special sound
effects (DAC) and smooth movement of figures. (Lost.)
The BOMB TETRIS program is similar to the famous game program
on IBM PC, with the addition of additional features and the ability
games for two.
ADC program - allows you to turn your computer into an oscilloscope
audio frequencies, as well as record speech/music in RAM and
reproduce it. DAC-ADC test and much more have also been implemented
other.
QE is a fast text editor that uses
text screen (ATM) TURBO 2 (+).
ProgramADC-DAC - designed for measuring signals (up to 8
channels) and recording them in RAM, as well as editing, processing
given formulas, reproduction, etc.
COVOX program - playback of 4-voice synthesized
music recorded in a very popular format on the IBM PC
program - SCREAM TRACKER. Especially useful for audio
how programmers design their programs. The program uses
DAC located on the computer board.
UNZIP program is an unpacker for ZIP archives. Compatible with
PKZIP packer (on IBM PC) version 1.9 and lower.
The ZIP program is a ZIP archive packer. Compatible with packer
PKZIP and PKUNZIP (on IBM PC) version 1.9 and lower on IBM PC.
"BESTSELLER: PRINCE program - translated "one to one" from IBM
PC, sound design in Russian via DAC and music
coprocessor".
And one more program that is not mentioned in the booksMikroArta:
Interactive Assign byXVR - Product (1993).
1994-1996:
Many games have been released (some of them were not written
MicroArtom, and for him to order):
Game King Under the Mountain (1994)
Game Gobliiins.
Miner game.
Game Reversy.
Game Magi Squares.
Game Color Fight.
Game Color Logic.
GameColor Lines.
Green Peace game.
Game The Hunter.
Mine game.
The ATM version of the game Land of Myths has been lost.
Several more system programs for CP/M were released, including
graphic editors GRAF, BRUSH and NDRAW.
Other programs (found in the working archives of MicroArt):
DBG_LAN - cross-parallel interface debugger and test
speed Speed.
At the same time, support for ATM1 memory appeared in the UKV emulator.
A number of demos from these years (including megadems Resonance, Sensation and
Russian Prestige), editor Megascreen 2.x, game Mystery of
Ancient Castle and the release of the game Scorpions Die Machine have
multicolor configured for ATM Turbo.
1996-2001:
During these years, only system systems were written/adapted for ATM
programs (including 8 commanders and assembler ZX-ASM) and
occasionally ATM scanning continued to be used for
multicolor - for example, in my ZX-Guide #1-3 this is supported
scan, and I didn’t know where this standard came from.
There are rumors of even MagOS being adapted these years. It is also known about
ATM Turbo memory support in Scenergy magazine. But this is not
amazing - a universal memory driver is also free
distributed in source codes.
The glory years of the Pentagon and Scorpio. While the Pentagon was developing
(memory connection diagrams, video modes,
many other schemes), around him there was a realhype, and ATM
Turbo looked in this discourse as something old and forgotten.
Marketing among demosceners, which was carried out, also played a role
Kano and his friends, they also advertised the transition to the Amiga. Many
those reading these lines can remember how they themselves participated in
this promotion :)
Few people in those days knew the real capabilities of ATM Turbo - and
they were no weaker than those of the Pentagon in the most sophisticated
configurations As, indeed, is compatibility. But we're talking about
emotions. However, publish documentation for ATM Turbo in Fido and
magazines began already during this period.
2002:
At the turn of 2001-2002Maksagor created an ATM Turbo support site.
The site later became “official” because MicroArt agreed
release hardware and software into the public domain.
Gambler has posted a collection of his demos for CP/M (2 discs), demos
written around 1998, but not released before that.
Maksagor also wrote reference materials on programming
ATM Turbo 2(+) - subsequently the book "TURBO2+. Internal
architecture and external devices."
SMT supported ATM1 in its Unreal Speccy emulator, andAlexMakeev - in his ZXMAK emulator.
Alone Coder added ATM1 support to ZXUnRar.
Sergey Zhukov wrote the first ATM Turbo 2 emulator in Java.
2003:
UKMS[z] has posted a set of utilities for CP/M ATM Turbo 2+: viewer
BMP.COM, sprite cutter CUT.COM, players WAV16.COM and
MOD.COM.
The groupNedoPC was founded. CHRV created the website(http://nedopc.com/).
2004:
CHRV has started releasing ATM Turbo 7.10 (Turbo 2+) boards. In addition, he
wrote an ATM test ROM and, together withMaksagor, released
a book on assembling and setting up a computer (revised according to
compared to the book from MicroART). The site contains many
improvement schemes.
SMT supported ATM Turbo 2+ in its Unreal Speccy emulator (up to
there was only ATM1 memory there).
Mysterious St. PetersburgTrident wrote a shell for the My Speccy newspaper
Web Paper with support for ATM hardware multicolor.
Maksagor and his comrades released a CP/M boot disk, a book
"CP/M for users and programmers", IDE-INSTALLER package and
brochure "Instructions for installing CP/M OS on a hard drive."Dhau here
he also translated the latter into English.
2005:
Caro wrote a new microcontroller firmware for ATM Turbo 7.10
and released a version of his Internet utility Ping for it.
Vladimir Kladov supported ATM Turbo 1/2 in his emulator
EmuZWin.
Maksagor wrote a package of utilities for viewing graphics (copies
320x200 SCR screen and standard Spectrum ZXS pictures) in
environment CP/M - GFX UTILITIES, and also adapted the graphic
NDRAW editor for ATM Turbo 2 (previously worked only under ATM1).
Maksagor andYuri Korsunin completely remade iS-DOS Chic for
ATM Turbo 2 capabilities (memory, text mode, HDD, CD-ROM) and
The result was the TASiS operating system.
They areandUKMS[z] released a new eXtra BIOS ROM firmware
(xBIOS), including a new version of TR-DOS - vTRDOS (supports
virtual disks with drivers), it comes with the book "xBIOS:
Description of eXtra BIOS v1.32 firmware", CP/M utilities package
xUTILITIES (TRBMOD.COM, TRDCAT.COM, TRDEXE.COM, TRDSAVE.COM,
VTRDRUN.COM) and the Virtual BIOS utility program for running various
CP/M firmware from the top pages of RAM without flashing the ROM.
Alone Coder added ATM Turbo 2+ memory driver to ALASM
adapted Perfect Commander for ATM Turbo 2+ memory and
together withShiru released the game Pang 16C (with source codes).
He also made the first attempt to make a deme to match the color of the dot -
biver16C (first for modification of 16C at the Pentagon, then
converted to ATM Turbo 2).
Yuri Korsunin wrote for TASiS CD-Player (player
audio CD), ldtrd and savtrd utilities for working with vTRDOS, SCR_BMP
(BMP to 6912 screen converter), BMP.COM (16-color viewer
BMP), the "Ball" screensaver and the set_cl utility for installation
built-in clock in ATM. ASergey Bagan aka Prusak wrote under
TASiS cmosdat utility for working with dates in CMOS memory according to the scheme
Mr. Gluk.Prusak also redesigned his iS-DOS AY-PLAYER
for universal operation under iS-DOS and TASiS, andMaxagor
adapted iS ZIP file decompressor to TASiS features
isunzjp.
2006:
Alone Coder andShiru released the first CD game Time Gal and
universal CD launcher.Alone Coder also made a separate
video player (SOULEDGE) and video converter (VideConv) - all with
sources.Maksagor made his own player in the same format, but with
menu (NedoVIDEO Player) and put it on Chaos Constructions
2006 in Wild compo work "User Support"/"Everyday life of technical support".
The fact is that at CAFe'2003Hedgehog already demonstrated
CD video on the ZX, but it was black and white. The new player was already under
the color is on point, and at first the audience didn’t even realize that the video was on
from Spectrum!
Alone Coder andShiru exhibited at Chaos Constructions 2006
Ball Quest game (with sources), an editor is also included with it
levels.
Maksagor also wrote for the TASiS operating system
screensaver "Electronic clock" and GRFview utility - viewer
pictures in GRF format (hardware multicolor).
AYuri Korsunin also wrote an image viewer in BMS format there
(color per dot) and the converter for it BMPCONV. He did it
CD-BOOT is a CD autoloader.
The sources of the demo version of the 3D adventure game were shown in narrow circles
Big L, which could support 128K (b/w), ATM Turbo 2
(memory and EGA screen) and Pentagon 1024 (memory and 16C screen).
The author of the project wasSurfin' Bird, the coder was Alone Coder.
Later the project was closed because the ideas did not fit into 128K,
and the graphics were created with restrictions for 6912 and bad
used expanded color capabilities.
The bulk of the graphics went into the New Wave 48K demo.
AlsoAlone Coder adapted the HDDoctor program for ATM Turbo 2
and released a demo-riddle CATDEMO, where the hardware was used
vertical scroll ATM Turbo 2.
Dmitry Terentyev akaDemon/Pi-Soft wrote CD-COPY for TASiS -
copier from CD-ROM.
Prusak wrote a PROTECT utility for TASiS to protect devices from
unauthorized recording.
2007:
ZET9 was written for its DNA OS operating system with open
sources for IDE controller and ATM Turbo 2 memory drivers.
Budder supported the ATM Turbo 2 IDE controller in Wild Disk Copier.
Transman released a version of the game Season of the Sakura (on
English) to match the color of the ATM2/16C point.
Shiru andAlone Coder translated the book "TURBO2+" into English.
Internal architecture and external devices" (titled "ATM
Turbo 2 Programming Manual").
Sam Style added a color-matched graphics viewer to Little Viewer
per point (ATM2/16C).
Maksagor wrote the scl2img converter for TASiS, the TESTSYS utility
under iS-DOS/TASiS (determines the type of system on which it
running) and the TFPLAYER utility for playing TSFM music (not
registered).
The iS-Packer package (ispack and unispack utilities) is essential
reworked by the author(Sergey Bagan aka Prusak) to a full
work in TASiS.
Yuri Korsunin released the resident real_cl for TASiS - timer for
counting the operating time of the system.
2008:
Breeze released demos of Borntro 2008, vD16F and ASCiI 2008 inV!tation
dentrO to match the color per dot (16C, later adapted to ATM2).
Alone Coder with the participation ofShiru released a demo for Pentagon 1024
NedoDemo, with sources (in the party version, sources support
ATM2 was not completed and was released only later) - first
place at DiHalt 2008.
Screw/OHG released a demo of Personal Nightmare under ATM Turbo 1/2,
also with source codes - second place at Chaos Constructions 2008.
In order to show the work, the author brought his ATM to the party.
Aprisobal added support for ATM memory to SjASMPlus.
Prusak wrote an RTC utility for working with clocks in memory for TASiS
CMOS according to the Mr. scheme. Gluck.
2009:
KOE demonstrated a Pentagon 2.666 computer at DiHalt 2009
two versions, andCHRV, together with LVD and DDp, began to produce
ZX Evolution boards (both computers initially supported
Pentagon 1024, ATM Turbo was added to the firmware later).
Alone Coder with the participationShiru released for Pentagon 1024
(later converted to ATM Turbo 2+) The Link demo -
first place at Chaos Constructions 2009.
Transman has released two new text and graphic quests,
this time only to match the color per point (ATM2/16C): "Book
Dead: Lost Souls" and "Three Sisters' Story" (both on
Russian language).
LCD added graphic modes to its Retro-X editor-converter
ATM Turbo.
Prusak wrote the kdi2flp utility for creating and recording to for TASiS
flop images of CP/M disks of different computers and the kformat utility
formatting CP/M drives.
2010:
Alone Coder has finally adapted Mr Gluk Reset Service to
ATM Turbo 2+ - before that it only worked in the emulator due to
lack of PLL initialization of the drive controller.
ThanksLord Vader appeared in the ZX Evolution computer
ATM Turbo 2+ support.
Buddersupported ATM Turbo 2+ memory in Universal MEMORY tester
v0.7.
DDp supported ATM Turbo 2+ in another universal memory tester.
http://dlcorp.nedopc.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=601
He also wrote tests of ATM Turbo 2 video modes.
Savelij13 wrote and periodically updates the Evo Reset ROM
Service.
Sergey Bagan akaPrusak opened a support site for ATM Turbo and TASiS
on your resourcehttp://zxbyte.ru.
He also wrote the romdisk utilities for TASiS (creating a ROM disk for
PC ORION), ima2flp for working with MS-DOS disk images, ROMKIT for
gluing the firmware file for the programmer from 1bKb pieces and
deep reworking of the iS-Edit text editor for TASiS.
2011:
On DiHalt, the ZX Evolution became the compo machine instead of the Pentagon 1024.
Alone Coder andShiru with the participation of TmK immediately posted a demo there
The Board (for screen, memory and sound ATM Turbo 2+) - second
place.
Alone Coder also adapted ALASM for text mode and wrotepreliminary version of the sprite converter from bmp to ATM code
Turbo 2 for the future graphics library.
zorel has launched the production of new ATM Turbo 7.10 boards.
Black Cat/Era CG wrote an ATM CP/M Explorer utility to work with
images of ATM CP/M disks on a PC.
Prusak wrote under TASiS the sv_trd utility for creating a system with
diskette TRD image, uns_trd by entry in the TRD image system on
flop, CUTTER for breaking any file into pieces, package of converters
is-floppy images from img to fdi and back (respectively img2fdi
and fdi2img), a package of drivers and utilities for working with LBA addressing
on the HDD and a package of utilities for accessing the extended list
HDD partitions.
Savelij13 wrote EVO ProfROM (service for the Magic button) and RST 8
Service for working with devices (screen, printer, HDD, SD card)
through a single point RST 8.
DimkaM wrote a FAT copier DMC.
2012:
Shiru, with the participation ofAlone Coder, developed Evo SDK - graphic
a library with a development environment in the C language. Asexample
Shiru wrote the game XNX, which became a hit on YouTube (82367
views until deletion).
A previously unknown authorHippiman immediately released under this
a library of original games Innsmouth and Project Robo.
DimkaM wrote a CP/M launcher for the ZX Evo, adapted it for
HDD/SD card games Prince of Persia and Gobliiins, andMaxagor
adapted the "English-Russian Dictionary" package for 20,000 words to the HDD.
Savelij13 added commands for working with FAT to EVO-DOS and made his own
adaptation of Gobliiins for screw - without CP/M.
Maksagor also published ZX-Video CD #1, androbat_e released
ATTR Aggression demo for Profi/ATM1/ATM2 memory.
Sam Style supported ATM Turbo 2+ in its Xpeccy emulator
aAlex Makeev - in his ZXMAK2 emulator.
LVD adapted ALASM and ACEdit for 80 characters per line in
text mode.
Prusak wrote the sv_image creation utility for TASiS
sector-by-sectordevice images, makefdi to create FDI with
real floppy disk and fdi2dsk - by writing the FDI image to the real one
floppy disk
2013:
Alone Coder andLord Vader (together with Yerzmyey) wrote under ATM
Turbo 2+ demo The Board II on ZX AAA demo party 2013 - second
place - and (together withn1k-o) 1K intro Chaos Zoomer 1K on DiHalt
2013 - first place.Shaos put there 1K intro Krazy Shaos
under ATM Turbo 2 and took third place.
Alone Coder also added support for ATM Turbo 2+ in ZXUnRar
RarView and Dyaview, MCX viewer, 8col editor, JPEG viewer,
CacheVox, view102, ZXZXEmul, Hexagonal Filler and Rubik's games
Cube simulator, Shim 3 and ADPCM players, written by RetroX converter
to GRF and posted an example of the source code in SjAsm for working with the screen on
ATM Turbo 2, SDK "Unreal Project" with new tile-sprite
engine and an example of converting Anaglyph 3D images. Newspaper ACNews
has now returned in a new format - text mode.
The game Uwol, Quest for Money was ported from Sega Megadrive with
TurboFM music (or AY, to choose from).
DDp was written by the JPEG over COVOX viewer.
Foxwebcreated a support site for ZX Evolutionhttp://zx.rediron.ru.
Crash Nicker has released a gift of HB SerkaFox.
Hard/WCG wrote an Fdisk program with text mode support
ATM Turbo 2.
DimkaM wrote the ZXNetUsb test, the IRC client dmirc and the FTP server ftpd
(work in ATMZ text mode with the ZXNetUSB board).
Maxagor hacked the protection-xor on ROM for ATM1 - BIOS v1.OЗRS,
destroyed and posted in an unprotected form called BIOS
v1.041R. ASavelij13 hacked the protection on MSX-DOS ROM for ATM2 and
posted in unprotected form with documentation.
King of Evil has added support for ATM Turbo 2+/3 to its computer
Pentagon 2.6bbLE.
SfS has posted a toolchain for Linux and a ZX Evo keyboard driver.
And finally, a game competition has been launched through joint efforts
"Your Game 5".
2014:
NedoDemo 2 byAlone Coder & Lord Vader (together with Yerzmyey),
DiHalt Lite (ATM Turbo 2+, TurboSound) - first place.
HNY2014 byFutureShock, DiHalt Lite (ATM Turbo 2+) - third
place.
SUCK IT! The Tunnel byCrash Nicker.
Demo version of the game Retro Kombat byTmK.
Palchanger - palette customization utility byAlone Coder. To her
attached is an example of a recolored game - AMC1 color, as well as
PC converter with Con18pal palette.
Game 2048 byAlone Coder.
Game ASCII Invaders (ATMЗ version byDimkaM ).
The game Zooming Secretary is ported from NES (original byShiru and
PinWizz, adaptationAlone Coder and nq ).
Demo version of the 3D game Space Mercenary byHippiman (with music
Splinter).
Ninjajar game! byThe Mojon Twins painted under ATM2 by Blade -
first place in the "Your Game" competition.
Edge Grinder game ported from Amstrad CPC (ATMЗ version by
Blade) - second place in the competition"Your game."
Two more ATM games were entered into the “Your Game” competition, but they
the demos were far from the final form and were not
officially registered.
Slideshow JacqueFresco_ScienceAndWarOЗ bynitrofurano - shown
at Chaos Constructions.
Slideshow andywarhol bynitrofurano.
Alone Coder has released the ConvEGA PC converter for batch conversion
pictures in color per point.
Dema Good Old DiHalt byDiHalt Visitors - third place at
DiHalt.
The ZX Evo gfx compo competition at the International Vodka Party resulted in
IVP 2014 slideshow bynitrofurano and IVP 2014 slideshow by Alone
Coder.
Animation Fractus bydeMarche (ATMЗ) - second place on Zapilyator
Compo in the genre of self-made players.
Adaptation of FUZIX OS to ATMЗ bySfS.
Lord Vader wrote the ngs_pgmflash programmer utility.
ASavelij13 released the Flash PE utility.
2015:
Demo version of the game Rusted Souls byConscience (on DiHalt Lite there was
one level is shown, today three are written).
Game Space Mercenary prologue byHippiman.
Demo version of the game Manyofus byAlone Coder (demonstration
SDK "Unreal Project" capabilities on DiHalt Lite).
There was also a demo of DiHalt Gagarin Tunneltro byDiHalt
Visitors - second place.
Zexall test for CP/M adaptedby deathsoft.
Game Spacemerc: Liberation byHippiman.
Mini-game Billiard byAlone Coder.
The adaptation of MSX-DOS 2 for ATMЗ was shown at Cosmonaut Day by
Savelij13.
Palchanger12 has been released (analogue of Palchanger for the palette in 4096
colors according to schemeDDp ).
test+run - test+launcher for programs that have ATM and
non-ATM version, byAlone Coder.
Gift Alone 34 (ATMЗ) byLord Vader & nq.
New View 48K demo byConscience (ATM multicolor supported
Turbo).
Demo of SpaceMerc: Overseers (dev. build) byHippiman.
Maksagor adapted iS-Assembler and the tap2hob utility for
features of the TASiS operating system.
Zorel has started production of the new ATM-turbo 2+ v7.18.
2016:
ACNews uniloader was made for the ACNews newspaper byAlone Coder.
Game Nomad byHippiman - shown on DiHalt.
Video player fromDimkaM (ATMЗ).
Maxagor adapted the "Matrix" screen saver for TASiS
(initially this is a MATRIX micro-demo from the Krasnoyarsk group
Siberian Group created in 2005, but with the hard drive and put to sleep
key exit), andSavelij13 converted Song in Lines into this
same screensaver.
Demo versiongames DinoRun byFlashZX - full version released in 2017
year.
To be continued...
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