#FujiNet

[@billkendrick1]

For folks wondering how gamelobby knew Thom's name, FujiNet has a feature called app keys, which are kind of like web browser cookies, that allow an app running on the Atari to store some records (e.g. preferences, or in this case the name to use when talking to game lobby and 5 Card Stud) on the SD card. (I used it for the RGB & brightness color tweak settings in my APOD viewer.) It's a really clever way of getting around the fact that disks mounted via FujiNet are generally read-only. (Or in the case of APOD viewer, I run it as an XEX file off of a The Ultimate Cart!)

[@Atarian6502]

Wow! That is awesome!

[@desiv1170]

Just a mini note for the originals (this is documented online already); the Atari 400 and 800. Those boot up a bit too fast and the Fujinet won't be ready if you just power up those computers with a Fujinet plugged in. The recommended option is just to manually power the Fujinet with USB first so it gets powered up before you turn on your 400 or 800. That does work fine. But I found out more recently that what I can also do is, when starting my Atari 400, hold the OPTION and START buttons when I power on my 400. It will power up and beep at you. Then you hit the System Reset button and it goes to the Fujinet, no separate Fujinet power needed. This is a great piece of kit!!!!

[@tschak909]

Yes, this is correct.

[@tschak909]

This has since been fixed in the nightly firmware updates.

[@desiv1170]

@@tschak909 Awesome!!!

[@4pelan]

Nice demo that got me started with my Atari 800XL. Thanks!

[@kranibal]

Just mind blowing!!!!

[@NorthbyWest]

Just got mine today. Good explanation.

[@yourdogsnews]

I think I need to run my Atari more.

[@madbike71]

Really Impressive!!!

[@damienthorn2917]

awesome!

[@talk2geoff]

Thanks, pal.

[@pageseven1792]

This was super cool. I have on order a Fujinet 1.3. I hope it's not to old of a version.

[@tschak909]

The version numbers refer to hardware tweaks. Every version of FujiNet can run the newest firmware. Always.

[@NotMuchHere]

I never imagined my atari doing these things in the mid 90's so I sold my originals :( luckily ebay had more ...)

[@jp2en]

Time to build the one!

[@klaso]

Thanks!

[@sideburn]

My 130xe keeps saying BASIC is loaded. For example DOS boots into BASIC, Yoomp and sector copier say to remove the cartridge. Holding down option on power up isn’t disabling BASIC.

[@Alex_Valentine]

If you haven't bought one of these yet, why haven't you?!

[@mirmarq429]

I'm on an Atari 800 and cannot scroll down any remote directory! gonna keep looking for stuff, and probably need to update the fujinet itself (linux problems rn lol), but im really confused since nowhere seems to mention this issue...

[@NotMuchHere]

this looks neat ... it seems hard to find (supply chain?) ... I noticed on the emulator you had to poke in a number greater than 2 to access drives more than 2 .. does fujinet need that poke too?

[@tschak909]

Thank you. (1) We do not build FujiNets. We design them. We do not supply them. They are completely open for anyone to build, and while we actively work with vendors so they can build them, customers should let the vendors know that they want one, so that they can be built. (2) The poke you're referring to, is specific to file management systems (FMS) based on Atari DOS 2, such as Atari DOS 2.0, 2.5, and OSS OS/A+ and DOS XL version 2. It has nothing to do with the FujiNet.

[@codymcwilliams2977]

I need some help with my Fujinet. I tried looking up as many resources as I could but still run into problems. I tried pressing the reset button on my 400/800 version Fujinet with my 600XL and rather than going back to the Fujinet menu it just goes back to what I loaded in. I can also only get slot 1 to load. I try selecting slot 2 but 1 is the only one it reads. Am I doing something wrong? I even tried putting programs I downloaded on to the SD card but they just go missing.

[@tschak909]

There are three buttons on the FujiNet. Pressing the button that's by itself, will reset the unit, so that the next time you boot, it will boot into CONFIG. If you power entirely by the computer, then powering off the computer will also reset the FujiNet. There are 8 drive slots on the FujiNet. These correspond to drives 1 to 8 (D1: to D8), just like with a real disk drive, the Atari can only boot from disk drive 1.

[@robinpickett592]

Can you copy a homesoft rom to a save file on hdd?

[@tschak909]

You can copy any file from one server to another (or the local SD card), using the copy command, inside Config.

[@lorensims4846]

This little jewell will not mount to the back of my Atari 400 oe Atari 800. I assume there's a way to attach this by SIO cable or something. I didn't buy my computers to play games, unless you mean Atari 8K Basic, Microsoft Basic, Basic A+, Atari Assembler/Editor, or MAC/65.

[@tschak909]

It attaches just fine to the SIO port on the right side.

[@lorensims4846]

The Ultimate Cart will let us run cartridge files.

[@Lumotaku]

can you download from the server to the cartrdige

[@tschak909]

what cartridge?

[@NotMuchHere]

@@tschak909 sounds like they mean (cartridge fujinet) ... it appears to be cartridge sized ...

[@tschak909]

Yes, you can copy from the network server, to the local SD card slot on the FujiNet.

[@tschak909]

Yes, you can copy from the network server, to the local SD card slot on the FujiNet.

[@javiervidaurre6325]

Why are you not showing the hardware? Thumbs down for that.

[@tschak909]

Sorry dude. I didn't have a camera setup to show it. Sorry that made you mad enough to do a thumbs down.

[@javiervidaurre6325]

@@tschak909 not mad, never mad, just disappointed. You have good info, the best I have found. This one piece of hard/software has me searching for an Atari 800. Had a 400 and 800XL 30 years ago that I used little as I am a Commodore user. The more I learn about he 800 the more I like it. I have seen other videos by you, all good stuff. I guess I need to be sold and you pushing the buttons on the unit is worth a thousand words.