[Atari800-users] Rasp Pi Zero W w/Atari800

[Brandon <ni...@gm...>]

Hello

 

Current member of AtariAge. Been messing around with my various Pi's and
decided to make a dedicated Atari800 Zero W. Took several attempts to get it
to run smoothly testing various OSes, etc. Finally got a stable and very
smooth running set-up. Installed DietPi with no desktop and only addition
was OpenSSH to communicate with my PC on Sandisk Ultra Plus 16Gb microSD.
Set GPU memory at 256 and the rest is stock default settings.

 

Atari800 settings:

-        All stock OSes and BASIC A,B & C available.

-        High Fidelity Pokey and Stereo Pokey ON @ 22050 Hz

-        Display filtering OFF

 

That's about the only things I changed from default settings.

 

I am very pleased with the outcome, but have an odd situation on initial
warm start-up. Atari800 will randomly fluctuate at speeds between 50-80%
initially. Games and sound are real choppy. But, if I make a change in the
settings menu (don't even need to save the change) and then back out of the
menu back to the game or software I am running, it runs smoothly at 98-100%
speed. It will run at full speed with no glitches of any kind. I've tested
it for over an hour at a time.

 

It's more of an annoyance then anything. Would like your thoughts on what
might be causing that initial speed restriction.

 

Thank you

 

Brandon

(AKA nismopc @ atariage forums)