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Oh wow that’s so cool! It never gets old seeing another one running :)
Well done getting it up and running!

Thanks guys!!

Now pushing hundreds of megs of files through PARCP. God I love PARCP, such a great tool. Zero glitches, not a single issue anywhere.

MagiC working brilliantly! This is so freaking cool!!! I will post shots later once I've configured it fully and transfered files.

Colors are washed out. Very noticeable in greys. Even in 16bit. More in MagiC than TOS. Will need to investimagate.

On the to-do list for the weekend

Install MiNT. The EasyMiNT SpareMiNT beast with all latest RPM (thanks @thorsten.otto) I have transfered everything over to the Raven already.
Finally build the CKBD and see if my Logi MX Keys and Ergo will work nice
Build the last RAM simm
Build 2nd ROM

That would then conclude all the actual soldering. For a while at least. Really looking forward to running MiNT again.

Alright.

2nd ROM -> Done
3rd RAM -> Done
CKBD -> Done

@agranlund, thank you for CKBD, so good to use modern devices on the Raven. Well done!!

EasyMiNT installation just completed.

I do have ONE weird issue. From time to time the screen goes blank. Never during a PARCP transfer session that can take for hours. But quite often anywhere else, TOS, MagiC, MiNT, doesn't matter. The machine still functions but can't get the screen back on without a reboot. This happens with a minimal AUTO setup and no ACC or CPX. @agranlund any thoughts?

Atarian Computing wrote: 25 Oct 2025 09:58 I do have ONE weird issue. From time to time the screen goes blank.
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This happens with a minimal AUTO setup and no ACC or CPX.

Yep, you'll need these files from the release package:
/auto/sta_vdi.inf
/nova_col.acc
/nova_col.inf

That will disable both the timeout- as well as mouse-position based screensaver activation.
The Nova screensaver stuff has never worked properly for me, not even on my Atari ST. It would just "randomly" blank the screen with no ability to bring it back.

agranlund wrote: 25 Oct 2025 10:18

Atarian Computing wrote: 25 Oct 2025 09:58 I do have ONE weird issue. From time to time the screen goes blank.
....
This happens with a minimal AUTO setup and no ACC or CPX.

Yep, you'll need these files from the release package:
/auto/sta_vdi.inf
/nova_col.acc
/nova_col.inf

That will disable both the timeout- as well as mouse-position based screensaver activation.
The Nova screensaver stuff has never worked properly for me, not even on my Atari ST. It would just "randomly" blank the screen with no ability to bring it back.

Ah, whew, thanks for that!

I just realized I seem to only have 44MB. Is this normal? I don't have any issues though and everything is running fine. @agranlund?