Mattell Aquarius (was: Re: VIC-20 Programmer's - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

31 Mar 1997

On 31-Mar-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote:

...
 This was my very first computer.  I still miss it to
this day.  I harbor 
few regrets in my life but one of them is selling this system with my 
atari 2600 to buy my first apple.  The 2600 I've since replaced (ten 
fold) and I'm sure someday I'll run into another aquarius and will have 
it too, but I can never replace the programming I did on it.  I had a 
comic book inventory database program and I wrote seevral simple arcade 
games.  My setup was the aquarius with an expansion box that plugged into 
the expansion slot that allowed two carthridges to be plugged in 
simultaneously.  This allowed a 4K memory expansion card to be plugged in 
along with other game carthridges which required the increased memory.  I 
had a 4K mem carthridge, a couple games, keypad controllers, a thermal 
printer, and two tape drives.  What a fun little system.  Some day I will 
recoup all this gear.  I just hope the kid I sold it too got as much use 
out of it as I did. 
Sam,

   Sounds like quite a system.  From the picture on the flyer I have, the
Aquarius hooked up to all the expansion gear was quite a sight as well.  As
has already been mentioned, I have two base Aquarius computers, one of which
is the Mattel variant which I recently picked up on a whim.  Would you be
interested in this machine?  It's fucntional,though needs a little cleaning
up.  You are welcome to it...just let me know.

   Jeff               jeffh(a)eleventh.com

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   Amiga 1000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari Mega-ST/2, Commodore 
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