Bill Lange Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 For $300 and a 1/4 tank of gas, I picked up the following this evening: Commodore 1720 (in the box) Atari 800 (in the box) Atari 810 (in the box) (w/ Happy) Atari 850 Atari 410 (in the box) Atari 800XL Atari 1050 (in the box) Atari 1020 (in the box) The Programmer kit (in the box) The Entertainer (in the box) Printer cable Modem cable Hundreds and hundreds of floppies and cassettes Should have some fun going through it all. Bill 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Nice score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkingkong Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Awesome!!! Any really good floppies or cassettes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 There are about a dozen controllers, including an Atari trackball and a set of Atari 2600 wireless controllers. There is also a Super Sketch device and related software on cartridge. Everything seems to work except the Atari 800 keyboard has no response. The option keys work but not the keyboard. I can play demon attack on it. Also the Atari 810 will boot, but it gets boot errors. I'll have to do a little cleaning and check to see if there any loose cables in the 800. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Sweet! What's the story behind that score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 I saw it on the local Craigslist for $500. I responded to the ad and offered $300 and the guy said come and get it. The guy was about 70. He said the Atari stuff was his two sons, but that he wanted to start cleaning out all the stuff from their house. I hung out and talked to the guy for about an hour or so. That was actually the best part. We talked about Jersey life, serving in the military, his butterfly "collection". He and his wife raise butterflies in their back yard, tag them, and then release them. If other butterfly enthusiast find his tagged butterflies, they can go to some website and enter where they where found. He didn't have much interest in the Atari stuff, but he was really interesting to talk to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Pick-ups like that is how a I got a Bounty Bob Strikes Back cart once. Well done on the score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmercer Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I hope you die a painful and slow death. ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I can't wish ill will on a haul for a reasonable price. Now, if you got it all for $50, I would have no choice but to put a pox on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Nice score indeed! You keeping the 1720? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Im interested in any fully working "Space Age" Atari controllers if any in the haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Nice score indeed! You keeping the 1720? Yes, actually the 1702 with the front panel door is what caught my eye. Im interested in any fully working "Space Age" Atari controllers if any in the haul. I'll take a picture of the controllers in a bit. I did see a pair of wireless Atari controllers and an Atari trackball controller along with a bunch of others. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 I got the following controllers: 4 regular Atari joysticks in various states of brokenness 2 pairs of paddle controllers 1 pair of wireless Atari joysticks 1 Atari trackball controller 1 Epyx 500XJ controller 1 misc joystick controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I like the butterfly comment. Never heard of tagging butterflies. Interesting. Grats on the haul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Bill, Did you get a chance to look through the disks? Anything interesting? Did you get any documents with the stuff? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I saw it on the local Craigslist for $500. I responded to the ad and offered $300 and the guy said come and get it. The guy was about 70. He said the Atari stuff was his two sons, but that he wanted to start cleaning out all the stuff from their house. I hung out and talked to the guy for about an hour or so. That was actually the best part. We talked about Jersey life, serving in the military, his butterfly "collection". He and his wife raise butterflies in their back yard, tag them, and then release them. If other butterfly enthusiast find his tagged butterflies, they can go to some website and enter where they where found. He didn't have much interest in the Atari stuff, but he was really interesting to talk to. I can only pray that his sons either know or won't mind. Luckily, I had great parents who supported their pack-rat son's habit, but I've heard horror stories of how parents throw or give away their kid's possessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Did you get a chance to look through the disks? Anything interesting? Did you get any documents with the stuff? Just the normal Atari hardware stuff (800, 810, 1050, 800XL, XL catalog, 1020). There was one book title "Atari XL User's Handbook". Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 I can only pray that his sons either know or won't mind. Luckily, I had great parents who supported their pack-rat son's habit, but I've heard horror stories of how parents throw or give away their kid's possessions. Before I decided to purchase the lot, I ask the guy a question and he referred the question to one of his sons, so I assume they knew it was all being sold. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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