GrizzLee Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I have a complete boxed US collection. Tempest Same here. All for $20 many moons ago. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-topdog Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I have a complete boxed US collection. Tempest Same here. All for $20 many moons ago. -Lee What part of the Pacific Northwest you from? I'm in the Spokane area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Another Aquarius owner here! I also have the mini expander and a 16k memory cart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdsteenoven Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Another reply to the roll call! See Aquarius serial number database or my complete inventory at http://www.vdSteenoven.com/aquarius/inventory.html Also to add to the 32K discussion: I have two 32K cartridges, one of them reads "Revision A" on the board and the other cart doesn't show any revision statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I have a complete boxed US collection. Tempest Same here. All for $20 many moons ago. -Lee What part of the Pacific Northwest you from? I'm in the Spokane area. Sammamish-Redmond-Issaquah area. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-topdog Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) Sammamish-Redmond-Issaquah area. Sweet! Love that area, especially Issaquah. Gilman village and the little learning zoo at the top of the hill there are always "must see" stops anytime we go over the mountains. Edited October 27, 2010 by the-topdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Sammamish-Redmond-Issaquah area. Sweet! Love that area, especially Issaquah. Gilman village and the little learning zoo at the top of the hill there are always "must see" stops anytime we go over the mountains. Nice, between the three of us we are like a bermuda triangle of underappreciated vintage computing. Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I have four systems (three Mattel, one Radofin version) and the usual accompaniment of accessories, cartridges, literature, and cassettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icbrkr Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I'll add mine to the serial database whenever I get it out of the box (when I can *find* the box ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Starfire Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hi, another Aquarius owner here, have mini-expander, 4K & 16K Ram packs and half a dzen games including Burgertime. Will add my serials when I get them out of storage. Cheers! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I have just a CIB Aquarius. Now I really need at least a mini-expander, and would be nice to have RAM and a cassette player. Then of course the upcoming multicart! If anyone has a reasonably priced mini-expander (doesn't need to be boxed, just working), let me know! Neat little computer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Another Aquarius owner here. I have a CIB Aquarius, mini-expander, 16K Ram pack, and 4 CIB games. Like the others, I'll have to dig out my Aquarius to get the SN, the game room is a bit of a mess since the holidays when it got used for storage purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I have a french scart cable one and offered a US one to a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrozoneorg Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I have 2. One complete system with cassette and printer from Topdog (he gets around doesn't he! ) I also got a modem from topdog. I have a Uk version basic system too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I have the Radofin version, just the computer w/a hardwired power supply. I don't have any software or accessories for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdsteenoven Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I have the Radofin version, just the computer w/a hardwired power supply. I don't have any software or accessories for it. John, That is a very interesting system. The text "Aquarius" is outlined to the right, near the power-on light. Useally the text "Aquarius" on Radofin computers is on the left near the keyboard. vs. What is the serial number on this system? Regs, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 ... The rarest items in my collection are: ... Quick Disk Drive VideoText modems (several) Aquarius Modem (x6) The Aquarius had a disk drive and MODEMS? Now I'm getting interested!! Any term programs exist for the Aquarius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 John, That is a very interesting system. The text "Aquarius" is outlined to the right, near the power-on light. Useally the text "Aquarius" on Radofin computers is on the left near the keyboard. What is the serial number on this system? Regs, Martin Its in my brother's storage unit (I think) so I don't have access to it at the moment. I took that pic about four years ago when I picked it up at a local goodwill store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Score! I just got a Mini-Expander and 4k cart for a really good price. Now I just need the tape player and the multicart I will have a Nightstalker cart to play with until then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 ... The rarest items in my collection are: ... Quick Disk Drive VideoText modems (several) Aquarius Modem (x6) The Aquarius had a disk drive and MODEMS? Now I'm getting interested!! Any term programs exist for the Aquarius? Yes, the Aquarius had an official modem that was designed under Mattel. The Videotext modems came later, after Radofin took over. The Mattel modem came with a very simple terminal program on cassette. I have a video of me using it with the StaryTTY.com portal, here: Original promotional information can be found at the Blue Sky Ranger's website: http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/media/aquarius.html#modem Although Mattel had a couple disk drives shown as "coming soon," they never saw the light of day. The Quick Disk Drive was developed and released under Radofin. Apparently, not many were made or sold. I have a prototype board that allows me to used a C64 disk drive, and that is pretty cool. However, the vast majority of Aquarius users are stuck with the common data cassette recorder, which was released by Mattel. Hopefully, Jay or someone else with the skills will give us a true flash drive for the Aquarius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Score! I just got a Mini-Expander and 4k cart for a really good price. Now I just need the tape player and this multicart I will have a Nightstalker cart to play with until then. Don't forget that most of the cassette games are in Virtual Aquarius and you can convert them to a .wav. and load them into the Aquarius using the headphone / speaker jack on your computer. edit: wait, I guess you would need the cassette cable to do that anyway, duh! Edited February 10, 2011 by Chuck D. Head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Score! I just got a Mini-Expander and 4k cart for a really good price. Now I just need the tape player and this multicart I will have a Nightstalker cart to play with until then. Don't forget that most of the cassette games are in Virtual Aquarius and you can convert them to a .wav. and load them into the Aquarius using the headphone / speaker jack on your computer. edit: wait, I guess you would need the cassette cable to do that anyway, duh! I want to save my own awesome creations. And it looks good next to the computer. EDIT: Yeah, and I would need the cable anyway, may as well get the whole deal. I actually just typed in some of the demo programs. That keyboard is the worst! Until I realized I could type at least twice as fast by just 2-finger pecking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Yes, the Aquarius had an official modem that was designed under Mattel. The Videotext modems came later, after Radofin took over. The Mattel modem came with a very simple terminal program on cassette. I have a video of me using it with the StaryTTY.com portal, here: Original promotional information can be found at the Blue Sky Ranger's website: http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/media/aquarius.html#modem Although Mattel had a couple disk drives shown as "coming soon," they never saw the light of day. The Quick Disk Drive was developed and released under Radofin. Apparently, not many were made or sold. I have a prototype board that allows me to used a C64 disk drive, and that is pretty cool. However, the vast majority of Aquarius users are stuck with the common data cassette recorder, which was released by Mattel. Hopefully, Jay or someone else with the skills will give us a true flash drive for the Aquarius. Here is a portion of the order form that came with my Aquarius. Look at those prices! Pretty ambitious! Note the disc drive, 32k ram cart, modem. Was the Extended BASIC ever released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Here is a portion of the order form that came with my Aquarius. Look at those prices! Pretty ambitious! Note the disc drive, 32k ram cart, modem. Was the Extended BASIC ever released? Now you know why so few of those Radofin-only items are so rare. Yes, Extended Basic was released, as I have a boxed copy, and some other collectors do, as well. Extended Basic also came built into the Aquarius II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-topdog Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Here is a portion of the order form that came with my Aquarius. Look at those prices! Pretty ambitious! Note the disc drive, 32k ram cart, modem. Was the Extended BASIC ever released? Oh wow! I have not seen that document before... Could you post a high res scan or hi res photos of it? It would be cool to put up on Geek Vintage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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