18 Mar
2000
18 Mar
'00
12:58 p.m.
Hi,
....found was an Atari XE GS with no power supply or
peripherals....
....Can anyone tell me about them? How unusual are they?
What is the pinout on the power supply (it's an 8-pin
DIN)?
The GS is, as you guessed, merely a 65XE in a different case. They're not
particularly common here in the UK, but at the same time they're not exactly
rare either. I've seen about the same number of GS' at rallies as I have
XL/XE machines.
The power supply pinout is, AFAIK, exactly the same as that of the regular
XL & XE series machines.
....I assume it takes 5200 and regular Atari
400/800/1200/etc.
cartridges and the usual Atari/Commodore joysticks.
The only console which takes 5200 carts is a 5200 (anyone in the UK got a
5200 they don't mind losing?). The XE-GS plays all regular Atari 8-bit
carts - well the ones which work on XL/XE machines anyway (which is the vast
majority).
And, yes it uses standard Atari compatible joysticks.
TTFN - Pete.
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Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer.
Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
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