DamienC Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Just found a working Atari 800 at the flea market with 48k RAM, a BASIC cart, an Indus GT floppy drive, and an ApeFace printer interface. Anyway, I'm really happy to have found all this but I really don't know where to start with it. It didn't come with any working floppies (it did come with three that were folded in half, rofl). So, can anyone recommend some software and/or some newbie guides? TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Well I can't be of 100% help as I am a newbie too. I bought a 800XL last March. It was my first 8-bit computer since I sold my C=64 in 1990. I was lucky to get some cartridges with it. Most people use carts these days to play games because they are reliable. However all is not lost. There is a program called APE which lets you hook up your Atari to your computer where you can download old Atari software off the net. I don't know the website address offhand but do a google search for it or browse the old messages on this board. The topic has come up before I'm sure Other than that check eBay or this sites marketplace for cartridges to buy. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari2600Phreak Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 The person at http://strony.wp.pl/wp/j131atari/ builds cables for sale, but also has links to several freeware programs that can help accomplish getting some of the many ATR images available onto real floppies--or just using them while stored on your PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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