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What's in your A8 setup?


Bryan

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My current configuration:

 

Atari 800XL (Super Video, 256K Rambo)

Teknika MJ-10 Monitor (Chroma/Luma)

Atari XF551 (stock)

Atari 1050 (stock...for now)

SIO2PC interface with custom drive disable switch.

 

At one time I had a much more elaborate configuration with an MIO and hard drives and whatnot, but SIO2PC pretty much replaced all that mess.

 

I also keep an 800XL with a PAL Antic around for running 50Hz programs.

 

-Bry

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I have a 130XE with a 30 in 1 Soft OS Mod (beta :) ), has WarpOS, MyIDE, all the Atari OS's, Omniview, and like 20 other OS's I need to explore :D

 

Then a bunch of carts and a DSR Sio2pc setup. I also have a 410 Tape Drive handy when I want to play with the language tapes. I haven't had a real disk drive in 10 years.

 

I also have a 800xl and sio2pc setup that I need to find a desk setup for and then I'll probably try the SuperVideo mod on it.

 

I posted a pic of my 130xe and 1040st in a ST thread. And yes that is Castle Crisis on top of the 130, I had to take it out to play with some other files for a bit :D

 

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Nothing fancy for me...

800XL (stock)

Atari 1050 (stock)

SIO2PC

and a TV

 

It's not set up all the time. I only pull it out periodically since I don't have a regular space for it :sad:

 

I also keep an 800XL with a PAL Antic around for running 50Hz programs.

Is this a separate 800XL or is the PAL ANTIC installed with the NTSC ANTIC?

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I also keep an 800XL with a PAL Antic around for running 50Hz programs.

Is this a separate 800XL or is the PAL ANTIC installed with the NTSC ANTIC?

 

Different machine, although it only has 64K of RAM which keeps it from running the coolest PAL stuff anyway. :)

 

-Bry

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I just have a stock 800XL connected to my PC via SIO2PC. I also have 3 1050 disk drives, but two of them are out of order, and the other one isn't hooked up. My 800XL is actually sitting on the "keyboard" shelf of my PC's computer desk, and is currently sharing a Commodore 1702 monitor with my Falcon. I'd like to eventually upgrade it to at least 256kb, or possibly get a PAL system with the memory upgrade in place. Just call me a sucker for Euro-demos. :D

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i have:

1) 130xe with 320k, SpartaDos X, Q-meg OS, Happy freezer built in + centronics printer interface

2) 800Xe with 512k, Tight Tools Pack built in + SIO2IDE interface with 2.5" drive inside the computer

3) 800XL with 1meg, RAMROD board with 3 Os,

4) 1200xl with 512K, Smart OS, Smart IDE with 3.5" hard drive inside.

5) 1050 drive with Speedy upgrade

6) 1050 drive with Archiver & BitWriter

7) 1050 drive to top drive 1050 upgrade

8) 1050 with happy board

9) Rana1000 & Indus drive as back up

10) XF551 with dual drive (2.5" & 3.5") upgraded with HyperXF

11) Couple of Supra hard drive interfaces

 

i have more to list... All stuff are packed in at storage at the moment:(

i will add pictures on sunday

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I have reduced my computers down to just he 130XE and a 1200XL, the XL has he PAL antic upgrade and is currently "under the knife" for the S-video mod and memory upgrade.

 

also:

2 1050's, one modified with built-in SIO2PC and 10502PC, the other with a US doubler. I also have a Rana drive on the way.

1010

1020

1027

PR: connection

Miditrack III interface

MicroPrint interface

ST mouse (for ATOS&APE)

1084S monitor

CX85 keypad

Atari touchtablet

Atari trackball

500XJ joystick

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My A8 setup:

 

130XE (with reserves of an 800XL and 3 XEGS)

SIO2PC (running on a P133 PC shared with a C64 with XE1541)

TV

 

Browsing eBay now for a disk drive and maybe a Commodore monitor...

 

I also have an ST setup consisting of:

1040STe (4MB)

SC1435 monitor

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Posting this got me to upgrade my 1050. Now I have a US Doubler. :)

 

The funny thing is that the 1050 always had the hardware to do true double density, but Atari wouldn't splurge for an extra 128 bytes of RAM to hold a DD sector. :(

 

The 1050 is built much like a 2600 with a 6507 and a 6532 RIOT PIA.

 

-Bry

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Well, my setup is in the closet waiting for the day when I show it to my kid...

 

I have an 800XL, a 400 w/full stroke keyboard (given to me!), and XEGS (given to me by the same person!), a 410 program recorder, an XM301 modem (can't find the guts though) a 1050 floppy...

 

That's it I guess. Still can't believe my friend gave me his XEGS (with gun, keyboard, and Bounty Bob Strikes Back!) :thumbsup:

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The funny thing is that the 1050 always had the hardware to do true double density, but Atari wouldn't splurge for an extra 128 bytes of RAM to hold a DD sector. :(

 

Ack, that's horrible. I wonder how much this would have cost them back then. No wonder double-density mods were so easy to do. I can't believe they'd cripple the drives for that reason alone. :(

 

The 1050 is built much like a 2600 with a 6507 and a 6532 RIOT PIA.

 

I didn't know they actually have a 6507, interesting. :)

 

..Al

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130XE stock

 

1050 with DOS III and DOS 2.5 --- I also have a version (somewhere) that I swear is called DOS 2.0T that supported enhanced density and has sectors tests, sector-by-sector copying, and a lot of other options that even 2.5 doesn't.

 

XF551 with DOS XE

 

OkiMate 10 (color thermal printer) with disk software

 

Trak-Ball CX22

 

Koala Pad with cart

 

SIO to parallel cable (X-Former for the ST, to upload programs)

 

lots of disks including commercial games, PD, demos, free/shareware, magazine type-in programs and more

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