AtariGuy Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 The MyIDE interface I ordered a few weeks back arrived today..... Time to PLAY!!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Have fun!! I hope to have one, if there will be another wave (sold out!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Atari Guy - If you're having trouble getting started drop me a line - I wrote my own version of the 'Quick Start' guide which is much clearer (IMHO) - Internal or External? Ive got the External one with a 1 gig drive MyDOS is the only DOS that supports it with an External setup. An Internal one with the MyIDE OS can work with SpartaDOs 3.3a Ive been told. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 How much do these MyIDE things cost? And where can I read more about them/buy one(once they have more) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGuy Posted February 19, 2003 Author Share Posted February 19, 2003 This thing is GREAT!! Got it setup as an external now, running the MyIDE OS on eprom. I'm eventually going to make it internal, but need to decide what to put it in...a 1200XL with the kick-a$$ keyboard or the 800XL with 256K RAM upgrade... I found the instructions to be very straight-forward and easy to understand. Had it up and running quickly, except that i had to use a 3.5" hard drive...couldn't find my 2.5" IDE converter. Copied a bunch of games and other programs to it, and they run fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 You can find info here: http://home.wanadoo.nl/mr.atari AtariGuy - How hard was it to install the MyIDE OS? Thats required to get the HD to boot directly without having to use a floppy at all! Im in the process of created a 16meg games partition - Ive got all the games up to 'N' so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGuy Posted February 19, 2003 Author Share Posted February 19, 2003 Installing the OS was easy...I have an 800XL that has a 6-socket 'daughterboard' for OS e/proms. It had an empty socket, so it was just a matter of plugging it in and flipping a switch. If you have some decent soldering skills, it's easy to add a second OS... http://home.wanadoo.nl/mr.atari/dual-os.htm I'm just tinkering with the partitioning for now...that's the problem with moving...you can't find anything. That 2.5" converter is in a box somewhere...I think I'll dig around my storage unit during lunch today. If you want more info on the multi-OS 800xl I have, here's the page, although it's not finished yet. http://www.atariguy.com/atari/800xl.html Thanks, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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