29 Nov
1997
29 Nov
'97
7:55 a.m.
At 09:37 PM 11/28/97 -0800, you wrote:
was an Atari 130XE, the case is like my 520ST, but
I'm possitive this is an
It's an 8-bit atari (ala 800) but from later on at the very end of the 8-bit
line. Be very careful about plugging an ST ps in, I don't htink they're the
same.
It has a cartridge port that looks like it will take
the cartridges that go
in the Atari 800 I've got (it's also missing a power supply).
Same cartridges.
One major plus is it had the necessary cable to connect
the computer to the
floppy drive I picked up a month or so ago. Although the cable seems to be
intended to go to this real cool looking little box, an "Atari 850
Interface Module", which is complete with a power supply, and a operaters
That connector/cable is used for a lot of things. It's mainly(?) for the
disk drives, but hooking up to the 850 gives you standard RS-232, multiple
atari SIO(is that what it was called?) ports and possibly a parallel printer
port? There were cables that had built-in adapters to go from the sio to
parallel printers as well as ones for RS-232. Also, there were modems that
used that interface rather than a standard RS-232 and printers too.
Sorry if that's not clear but it's late and I'm still working...
What was probably the biggest find was a Macintosh
Colour Classic minus
keyboard and mouse for $5.00, only has 4Mb of memory, but it just might end
up replacing my SE/30 as my Word Processor. I just wish it could handle
32Mb of RAM like the SE/30, instead of a measly 10Mb (OK, I admit, that's
more than I need for what I'm threating).
D*mn! Why can I find bargains like that! The Mac colour (or color for our
us friends) classic is a heck of a nice machine. Still very useable in the
clsaaroom and elsewhere. P.S., there is a classic macs mailing list for
them what use <'040 macs. email me for more info...
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29 Nov
29 Nov
8:43 a.m.
At 09:37 PM 11/28/97 -0800, you wrote:
I was afraid of this, which was why I asked. Argh the powersupply curse
strikes again. I swear one of these days when I can find the time I'm
going to build a generic PowerSupply of some sort.
was an Atari 130XE, the case is like my 520ST, but
I'm possitive this is an
It's an 8-bit atari (ala 800) but from later on at the very end of the 8-bit
line. Be very careful about plugging an ST ps in, I don't htink they're the
same. It has a
cartridge port that looks like it will take the cartridges that go
in the Atari 800 I've got (it's also missing a power supply).
Same cartridges. 
30 Nov
30 Nov
3:43 p.m.
On 29 Nov 97 at 15:55, Uncle Roger wrote:
NO ! It uses different cartridges. They are slightly smaller than
the Atari 400-800 ones.
The SIO ports on the Atari 8-bits was not standard RS232 (the greedy
buggers wanted to lock you in to their peripherals) and the 850 as
well as the MEO and Black Box gave you access to standard rs232.
There are cables SIO2PC that allow connection to a PC to transfer
data using the 1050 DD . These drives could be daisy-chained together
up to 8 drives IIRC. The SIO2PC cable is also used for emulation
using any one of the numerous excellent emu. prgs. There are
suppliers still servicing the devoted market. It can use Lynx and a
remarkable local Toronto 8-bit board relays comp.sys.atari in it's
confs. There is also a net of 8-bit Atari BBS'. The very active NG
can answer any questions you may have.
ciao larry
lwalkerN0spaM(a)interlog.com
At 09:37 PM 11/28/97 -0800, you wrote:
Lovely little machine. Still in use on many BBS'. The PS uses +5 v
taken from pins 4, 1 , and 6 @ 1.5 a. Theres an excellent FAQ on the
Atari 8-bit NG.
was an Atari 130XE, the case is like my 520ST, but
I'm possitive this is an
It's an 8-bit atari (ala 800) but from later on at the very end of the 8-bit
line. Be very careful about plugging an ST ps in, I don't htink they're the
same.
It has a
cartridge port that looks like it will take the cartridges that go
in the Atari 800 I've got (it's also missing a power supply).
Same cartridges.
One major plus is it had the necessary cable to connect
the
computer to the
floppy drive I
picked up a month or so ago. Although the cable seems to be
intended to go to this real cool looking little box, an "Atari 850
Interface Module", which is complete with a power supply, and a operaters
That connector/cable is used for a lot of things. It's mainly(?) for the
disk drives, but hooking up to the 850 gives you standard RS-232, multiple
atari SIO(is that what it was called?) ports and possibly a parallel printer
port? There were cables that had built-in adapters to go from the sio to
parallel printers as well as ones for RS-232. Also, there were modems that
used that interface rather than a standard RS-232 and printers too.
Sorry if that's not clear but it's late and I'm still working...
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