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I'm interested in a tasty SNACK as well!

Toshiba had a number of 8088 variant (80C88) laptops--the T1100, the T1200 and the 1000 which came out in the mid to late 80s. I had a T1000 that I used into the mid 90s until I finally entered the brave new world of a Windows compatible machine.

There are still parallel (and serial!) port printers being made (primarily dot matrix printers), but you would still need an adapter to hook them up to your Atari. I had one (an Epson RX-80 with Texas Instruments branding on it) that I used with my 1200XL back in the day. I had to buy an adapter. Atarimania has a long discussion of the types of adapters available, although they would be used/old stock today: http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-how-can-i-use-a-centronics-or-ibm-parallel-interface-printer_45.html

I would be interested in a kit--my 800s keyboard works well, but it is only a matter of time....

This problem had disappeared, so I was being patient, but I recently tried to play Crush, Crumble and Chomp. I can't use SIDELoader for this, as it requires OSB, so I set up my SIO to PC and loaded it this way. The "keystroke" beep and intermittent input started again (although no lock-up). I think this problem only creeps up when I try to use SpartaDosX or SIO2PC, not when I only use the Loader.

Of course, no I can't replicate the issue. Has anyone encountered this before? I'm loathe to open it all up again to take pictures if the problem doesn't continue.

I just installed an Incognito and SCCC card. It seemed like everything was rosy--I had finally figured out how to mount APT drives, when I started having a persistent problem. I'll hear a beep, as if a key had been pressed, then the machine will lock up. This mostly happens when I boot through to SpartaDOS, but it has happened on the BIOS and Loader screens as well. I will get some garbage on the screen as well. I've flashed the newest firmware, so I'm guessing this is a hardware/installation problem. Any thoughts? What more information would be helpful?

Thanks, Stephen! I was so surprised that everything was working on first boot, that I was really looking hard for something I might have done wrong!

Hello, folks! I just installed an Incognito and a Super Color CPU into my new (to me) 800. Despite my age, I'm a relative neophyte to all this, particularly modding, so I was apprehensive about doing this with my baby soldering skills, but when I made my first power-on test before I put the cage back on, I was delighted when it seemed to boot right up. I took a picture to celebrate the event, then disassembled to begin the process of putting the whole machine back together. When I looked back at the picture I took, though, I saw something that gave me pause--While it booted up into Sparta DOS and Ultimate clock, I saw a message that I had not seen in any of the Incognito videos I've seen "Colleen not present." This sounds relatively ominous to me, but I wasn't sure if this was abnormal or because I hadn't configured things yet. I don't want to reassemble until I know if I need to check some of my solder points or do other trouble shooting. Is this normal for a first boot?