Josh Renaud<p>Next, I compared the good and bad files in Hex Fiend. The good ones had an "lh1" signature in the header, while the bad ones had an "lh5." </p><p>Okay, clearly they were using different compression methods. But how could I extract the lh5 ones?</p><p>Googling turned up this Keka issue on GitHub -- <br><a href="https://github.com/aonez/Keka/issues/1257" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/aonez/Keka/issues/1</span><span class="invisible">257</span></a> -- which mentions a different problematic Atari ST LZH file on Discmaster and how dexvert handles it fine.</p><p>(2\x)</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mac</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/keka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keka</span></a></p>
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Josh Renaud<p>Interesting discovery today ... Came across a cache of 20 issues of "Express Times", an electronic newsletter for sysops running BBS Express! ST software on the Atari ST.</p><p>But all 20 issues were .LZH archives. I tried to open them on my Mac using Keka, but only about half of them worked.</p><p>So I booted Hatari and used UNLZH, but it also began throwing CRC errors for several files.</p><p>(1\x)</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mac</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/keka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keka</span></a></p>
fenarinarsa :pokeball:<p>Donut 2025 by Desire (Atari ST fantasy cracktro)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQqfZeLte8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fNQqfZeLte</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a></p>
Atari Scene News<p>Atariscneorg, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> computers cracktro presented at Buxton Bytes 2025 <a href="https://youtu.be/5IXWqx-bdRg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/5IXWqx-bdRg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
Games That Weren't<p>Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck was released on many platforms during the early 1990s, but did you know that an <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> version was also underway. How far did it get and could anything of the development be saved in the future?</p><p><a href="https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/03/chuck-rock-2-son-of-chuck/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamesthatwerent.com/2025/03/ch</span><span class="invisible">uck-rock-2-son-of-chuck/</span></a></p>
zwangseinweisung<p>Remember these? 😁 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>This Atari ST RAM upgrade looks like it just ... grew into the system on its own! </p><p>(Link to private Facebook Atari ST group post) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/133161394213/permalink/10162608519994214/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/groups/1331613942</span><span class="invisible">13/permalink/10162608519994214/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/520ST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>520ST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrotech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/circuitboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circuitboard</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/motherboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motherboards</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/solder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solder</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a></p>
Josh Renaud<p>In recent weeks I've been playing "DDST," a fun adventure game for Atari ST BBSes that I had never tried before. </p><p>I *love* that it lets you save basically whenever you want. Makes it possible to avoid losing progress while exploring dungeons crowded with monsters and traps.</p><p>My wife took a quick peek while I was in a dungeon and asked if it was a QR code. Nope ... just some VT52 text art!</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/vt52" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vt52</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textmode</span></a></p>
Goto 10 Atari Newsletter<p>At 2fps, I’m amazed that anyone was able to land a plan with this!</p><p><a href="https://www.goto10retro.com/p/sublogic-flight-simulator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goto10retro.com/p/sublogic-fli</span><span class="invisible">ght-simulator</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/flightsimulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flightsimulator</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
pépé<p>« Hapy Halloween 2024 » <br>Atari ST - 320x320 pixels - 16 colours</p><p>A little image I created for a scrolltext. Having no much time for this one, I did use an AI to help for the character, digital compositing did the rest...<br>This great and creepy music has been composed by my friend Dma-Sc, in 2004, for my first Atari demo, a kind of slideshow of Tim Burton's Oyster Boy poems.<br><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atariST</span></a></p><p>In action : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7tIEkaT1HU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=N7tIEkaT1H</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p>
pépé<p>Very sad news today...</p><p>mOdmate, one of the most talented Atari sceners as musician but also graphician and writer, passed away on march 1st, 2025.</p><p>Rest in peace, Torsten.<br>Scene forever!<br><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRCB_eqxsg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=RkRCB_eqxs</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>
pépé<p>Sad news today...</p><p>After PapyCPC, who passed away last autumn, the french Atari ST scene looses another great game programmer, Shadow272 (George Lefèvre) who coded very nice games like Saboteur III or Picross ST.<br>Rest in peace, George.</p><p><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a></p>
pépé<p>« Make Sport... Not Demos ! »<br>Atari ST - 320x200 pixels - 16 colours</p><p>Submitted at Silly Venture Summer 2024 Atari ST Graphic Compo, ranked 6th.<br><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelart</span></a></p>
Atari Scene News<p>Free to print replacement faceplate and button for ALPS disk drive to make it fit in Atari ST/STe cases. <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6963155" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thingiverse.com/thing:6963155</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Atari Scene News<p>0mira (nullmira), rogue-like game for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> computers <a href="https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379934-nullmira-a-monochrome-roguelike-game-for-the-atari-st/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forums.atariage.com/topic/3799</span><span class="invisible">34-nullmira-a-monochrome-roguelike-game-for-the-atari-st/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
pépé<p>pépé likes postcards - part 2<br>Atari ST - 320x200 pixels with 16 colours - 640x400 pixels monochrome</p><p>Some pixel graphics I created last year for my Atari 1040STf, printed and ready to be posted.<br><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelart</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
pépé<p>pépé likes postcards<br>Atari ST - 320x200 pixels with 16 colours - 640x400 pixels monochrome</p><p>Some pixel graphics I created last year for my Atari 1040STf, printed and ready to be posted.<br><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelart</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
pépé<p>« United Sceners at Love Party » sticker<br>Atari ST - 320x384 pixels - 16 colours (pico-8 palette)</p><p>Submitted at Shadow Party 2024 Stickers Compo, ranked 1st.<br><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelart</span></a> <a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/tags/pico8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pico8</span></a></p>
Gears of Games<p>Let's check out "Miracle boy in Dragon Land (2024 Preview)" on the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> ... <a href="https://youtu.be/sCvRlvglOk4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/sCvRlvglOk4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Atari Scene News<p>Solid Air, 256 bytes <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> computers intro released at Lovebyte 2025 <a href="https://youtu.be/BAOzUfgHvaA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/BAOzUfgHvaA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
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