8 May
1999
8 May
'99
3:31 a.m.
On 8 May 99 at 4:31, Doug Spence wrote:
Hmm have to check that out.
It's been updated some but basicly the same.
See what I can do. I've got a couple of funky demos and other stuff.
There are quite a few sites with images available.
On 07-May-99, Lawrence Walker wrote:
It's certainly not a bad little box, but I like the design of the 800XL
better. I like the top-loading trapdoor cartridge port and the solid feel.
The 130XE feels a little flimsy to me. (And neither of them has a very good
keyboard, IMHO.)
Considering the colour scheme of the 1050, I think I'll pair up the
power-and-drive unit with an 800XL. :) I have an XF551 drive that goes better
with the 130XE.
The XF551 is getting hard to find, one of the few Atari 8bit peripherals I'm
looking for.
On 7 May 99 at 6:19, Doug Spence wrote:
Does
anyone know what kind of modem this is? And which contacts should
be wired to which contacts on the Expansion port?
Hi Doug, nice find. The 130xe is a nice little box. Looks like a junior
size ST. My favorite of the Atari 8-bits. Based on how
the guy put this together, I'm wondering whether it is
indeed a modem. The 8-bit Ataris used an RS232 interface box to connect
to printers, modems, etc. The Atari model was an 850 but there were also
3rd party versions, the MEO and the Black Box.
Atari did make some printers and modems but you need the 850 to get RS232
to connect to most peripherals or another computer to transfer disks.
Hummm... I don't know what else it could be, apart from a modem. It has a
phone cable leading out of it. It's got an RJ-11 jack poking out of the
board. And the board has the Atari logo. Of course, the original casing for
the unit is gone.
As for disk transfers, I can do that with my handy-dandy A1020 drive on my
Amiga. It reads and writes several Atari 8-bit formats just fine, including
810 (SS/SD) and XF551 (DS/DD?).
So I don't really have an urgent USE for the modem
(if that's what it is) but
I would like to see it in action. Maybe I'll have it talk to my Commodore 64,
and start WWIII. :)
The systems co-existed better than the user enthusiasts.
The
comp.sys.atari.8bit newsgroup is quite active and has an excellent
FAQ.
Oh yeah. I do have an old Atari 8-bit Computers FAQ... from April 1995. I
should probably collect a more recent version. :)
I see the Atari 835, direct connect modem, on the list
of 8-bit Atari
hardware. Could it be one of these, or did that also require an RS-232
interface?
Had some mental heartburn. Of course you could tell an interface from a modem.
Just checked my Blue Book. The 835 seems like the likely candidate. The only
Atari modems they mention are the accoustik 830 which required an RS232 port
and the 835 direct connect which didn't.
Compatible w Bell 103/113 series modems.full and 1/2 duplex 300 or 1200 bps
Power on and C-D LEDs .
Did you get
system disks with it ? Let me know by e-mail and I can
supply you with some if necessary.
I found DOS 2.5 at an earlier date, and I picked up a few disks of games. I
don't have DOS XE. I'll gladly take any .XFD or .ATR images you'd like to
send via e-mail, though. :)
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
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