trustandfall Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I recently came into possession of a large Atari 800 lot with some really interesting stuff in it, that I can find almost nothing about. One of the items, I already posted was Cardiac Arrest. This one, is called Magic Sac+. A search of AtariAge forums shows one post talking about it with an Ebay link back in 2010 for $199.99. I'm curious if anyones interested or wants to help me try to put a value or buyer to it? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I bought 1 this year for $6.49 and another last year for $9.99... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustandfall Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 I bought 1 this year for $6.49 and another last year for $9.99... Well that definitely helps to know! Bummer for me, haha. Did you get them on Ebay or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 It's for an ST Mac emulation, I think. You need the original roms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Well that definitely helps to know! Bummer for me, haha. Did you get them on Ebay or? Yep on ebay, the cheaper one was by itself and the other had docs and floppies. Both already had ROMs installed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustandfall Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 Yep on ebay, the cheaper one was by itself and the other had docs and floppies. Both already had ROMs installed... Interesting! I checked active and sold listings for Magic Sac+ and found no hits. Thank you for the info, I appreciate it. I think then, the most valuable thing I got in the lot is a complete copy of Ultima 2. I can only find one sold listing for that and it was back in July for $350, missing disc 2. My copy is complete with both discs. Guess that's the winner in the lot! It was actually what personally drew me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Interesting! I checked active and sold listings for Magic Sac+ and found no hits. Thank you for the info, I appreciate it. I think then, the most valuable thing I got in the lot is a complete copy of Ultima 2. I can only find one sold listing for that and it was back in July for $350, missing disc 2. My copy is complete with both discs. Guess that's the winner in the lot! It was actually what personally drew me to it. Also on ebay, I got a deal on Ultima 2 for $20, was only missing the map... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustandfall Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 Also on ebay, I got a deal on Ultima 2 for $20, was only missing the map... King of Ebay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vattari Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I bought 1 this year for $6.49 and another last year for $9.99... In that case, I believe I paid WAY too much for one last year on eBay ($180) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 In that case, I believe I paid WAY too much for one last year on eBay ($180) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Was your CIB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 In that case, I believe I paid WAY too much for one last year on eBay ($180) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk When I was buying gear for my 800 back in 2011, I paid $100 each for two 830 modems, now that was way too much Is this yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vattari Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 That looks close (possibly minus the Epstart book though). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Problem with Magic Sac+ is that the original designer left(long story) and created the Spectre 128 which was 1000% better. The Spectre 128 doesnt go for much more than $20 that Ive seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Problem with Magic Sac+ is that the original designer left(long story) and created the Spectre 128 which was 1000% better. The Spectre 128 doesnt go for much more than $20 that Ive seen. I don't have time to look, how much more does the Spectre GCR fetch? That's the desirable one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I don't have time to look, how much more does the Spectre GCR fetch? That's the desirable one! I think I got my Spectre 128 with Roms for $25. That was 6-7 years ago so maybe things have changed. It doesnt seem like these things have appreciated much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 First thing I thought of when I read Magic Sac was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I've bought 3 Spectre GCR's over the past 7 years for under $40 each and those came with the books, cable and floppies. Last 2 on ebay sold for $88 and $273... ( not looking to sell any yet ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I had so much fun with Spectre GCR. Made a website at one time dedicated to it's ingenuity... http://www.oocities.org/clu-da-bard/ Here is what I found to be compatible: http://www.oocities.org/clu-da-bard/spectrelist.html Fun to play with. My recommendations are Creepy Castle, Spectre, and Rescue in the system 6 world if you get it going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Here is what the Magic Sac+ going price is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdofak Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I have a Mitchtron ST prommer eprom programmer, a bunch of EPROMs, and a couple erasers. If anyone is interested. cheers. patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsonny Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 On 9/29/2018 at 12:29 PM, AtariGeezer said: When I was buying gear for my 800 back in 2011, I paid $100 each for two 830 modems, now that was way too much Is this yours? Anyone have the pin-out for the MacigSac serial cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWD Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Standard null modem cable i believe for MagicSac, i can't find any link to back it up but do remember reading about it long time ago as i was interested in this and how to transfer files from MAC, as i didn't have a mac (had friends who did at the time) i had to wait till i got Spectre GCR which you can just pop in MAC formatted disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsonny Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 11 minutes ago, JamesWD said: Standard null modem cable i believe for MagicSac, i can't find any link to back it up but do remember reading about it long time ago as i was interested in this and how to transfer files from MAC, as i didn't have a mac (had friends who did at the time) i had to wait till i got Spectre GCR which you can just pop in MAC formatted disks. Yeah, I think it's a fairly simple cable with about 7 wires (most ground) and using ZModem (or similar) on Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsonny Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Look what I just managed to grab on eBay. That's the difficult part solved 🙂 Will pick it up when I'm in the US next week. I will make a backup immediately so now we just need to sort out the cable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsonny Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Look what I just managed to grab on eBay. That's the difficult part solved 🙂 Will pick it up when I'm in the US next week. I will make a backup immediately so now we just need to sort out the cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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