classics Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 I just got in 2 Atari 800s that were used as teleprompter systems. They have a rom card in place of the 3rd RAM card and a big DIN port on the back thats wired into the power circuit and a custom PCB with a 555 timer on it. Anyone seen these before? I'm dumping the software off the rom card at the moment, hopefully it will run in RAM on a normal computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Never seen one, it does sound cool...would you like to trade or sell one of those units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted February 14, 2003 Author Share Posted February 14, 2003 Possibly, I'm still rooting through what I picked up though at the moment. I'll post a link with some disassembly pictures soon. I also received 2 'Character Generator, Inc' Atari 800XL units that have been modified with a battery backup system and CG cartridge locked in a metal box on top of the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Cool I wonder if this is the stuff John Harris wrote in the late 80's. Keep us informed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted February 14, 2003 Author Share Posted February 14, 2003 Here are the disassembly photos for the CGI-800. http://www.atarimax.com/technfo/cgi800/ One of the pictures. I'll try and get the rom dump running in a emulator for some screenshots later tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 Screenshots of the teleprompter software are online now at the same URL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 this is VERY nice to see the 800 was used by professionals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Corresponging... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 800XL Teleprompter system/cartridge pictures are up. http://www.atarimax.com/technfo/cgixl/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Steve, Great job on documenting the system It's interesting that they found it necessary to fix the bad XL video with their own mod. Do you plan on investigating the video a bit further? Does it restore the Chroma on the Xl? Keep the info coming. - Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted February 28, 2003 Author Share Posted February 28, 2003 Thanks, yes I will write down what compnents have been replaced. From looking at the picture I would say they just changed the resistor values to tweak the horrible 800xl video somewhat. Screenshots of the 800XL cgi software are up. Its much better software and includes code to turn a VCR on and off via a timer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauri Plesco Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I have some old floppy drives from the 80's that I used to teleprompt with. I'm not sure I have the starter floppy's but I will look. We used to have to boot the computers with a floppy drive (dos) and then insert the teleprompter software program. From what I remember, the scripts had to be typed into the program as there were no ways to input the scripts from other computers - no usb, email, etc. but that wouldn't make sense because if I had a floppy, surely writers would have had a way to save their scripts on floppy drives? I do remember Georgia Power couriering a script to me before a shoot the next day. It was over 100 pages long (can't remember how long it really was) and it took me hours (almost all night) to type the script in. This was when I was typing 90wpm. If anyone can find information on if programs started with typing scripts in, or with floppy drives, please email me. plescoprompters@gmail.com 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrshoujo Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Just wondering... Did those ROM dumps ever happen?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 2/23/2003 at 2:58 AM, classics said: 800XL Teleprompter system/cartridge pictures are up. http://www.atarimax.com/technfo/cgixl/ I don't see them... the jpeg is broken either as a result of the forum or the op's media/gallery/etc. section of the forum being muffed. @Albert, maybe this is the part that happens on old posts... pulling from different areas of the users areas on the forum software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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