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This video shows the process of building The #Atari8bit game Eastern Front: 1941 (Chris Crawford, Atari/APX, 1981) source code into a complete runnable disk using the #Atari Assembler/Editor cartridge, using the #FujiNet in tandem. #retrocomputing #retrogaming

The #FujiNet is used to both produce complete listings from the assembler, as well as to store PC readable copies of the source code on my network server, which is exposing a Windows file share.

Because all of the resources shown here are available via the apps.irata.online TNFS server, you can follow along with your #FujiNet, if you wish.

Note: The Atari Assembler/Editor cartridge is very slow. There are lots of areas of silence while the assembly happens. I kept it in, for the sake of authenticity.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
02:24 Setting up
03:40 Mounting and creating the disks
08:30 What is on each disk?
13:00 Preparing our build and final disks
14:30 Making PC readable copies of the source code
22:40 Assembly: Thinking module
39:14 Listing of the Thinking Module
41:00 Assembly: Combat module
44:30 Assembly: Data module
1:24:30 Assembly: Main module
1:33:30 Assembly: Interrupts module
1:47:00 Doing the final load
1:50:23 Doing the final save
1:52:50 Testing the final artifact.

AtariMania page on Eastern Front 1941 Source code:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-eastern-front-1941-source-code_1792.html

AtariMania page for Atari Assembler Editor cartridge:
http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-assembler-editor_19777.html

TNFS for Atari DOS 2.0
apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit/DOS/Atari DOS 2.0S.Atari

TNFS for Eastern Front Source Code
apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit/Games/Source Code/Eastern_Front_1941_Source_Code.atr