14 May
2001
14 May
'01
1:44 a.m.
--- THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
The Atari 850 four port serial interface will handle
20ma current loop on
ports three and four. You could read the tapes in, store them to disk, and
upload them to your PC. I'll loan you all you'd need to do this if you
promise to return the gear and pay shipping.
As it turns out, I happen to have an Atari 800 (recently received with all
the trimmings and an original receipt - $2700 in 1981) and a PRS/01 and
a box of paper tapes. What software would you recommend for this task?
How would you get the info off of the Atari once you got in on there? I'm
sure a box of papertape would easily fit on a floppy, but is there an
exchange program so that an 8-bit Atari can read MS-DOS floppies or vice-
versa? Kermit?
Thanks,
-ethan
P.S. - I also have a passive 20mA converter made by Inmac that I think was
an option for a DECwriter - it has a similar mounting plate and the cable is
about the right length - it would have plugged into an internal 20mA connector
on the DECwriter and provided RS-232 on the other end. I can reverse-engineer
the schematic without too much trouble. It might do the trick as well, but
may require an external 12VDC source.
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