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Has anyone grabbed this? if so please reach out to me, I have a deal I’m willing to make, thanks!

I responded to for sale ad from Adam and here is that exchange: Me: "Would you take $X shipped?" - 5/15/23 02:26am Adam: "How about $Y shipped?" - 5/15/23 01:40pm Me: "Ok sounds good! Let me know your paypal and I'll send friend and family pay. My address is: xxx" - 5/15/23 9:17pm Adam: "Sorry, Mike. While I was waiting for your response, someone offered me full asking price for it." - 5/16/23 9:17pm Me: "And you didn't think to offer that price to me? I was after all the first person to respond to you about it.... Also I replied 21 hours ago..." - 5/16/23 10:17pm Adam: "Yes, and the other buyer offered me full price 27 hours ago. Again, I'm sorry." - 5/16/23 10:46pm Me: "Prior to that 27 hours ago you had already made ME an offer and IMHO you should not have accepted another offer without at least finishing the negotiation with me. (ie offering it to me at full price) I want to let you know I plan to leave feedback about this sale." - 5/16/23 10:55pm Adam: "Do whatever you feel you need to do. I've done nothing wrong. And I will leave "feedback" for you as well over a transaction that never took place." - 5/16/23 10:57pm Me: "You DID do something wrong, you had made me and offer and did not wait for the reply. THAT IS WRONG." - 5/16/23 10:58pm Adam: "An offer is NOT a commitment. First come, first served. Grow up." - 5/16/23 10:59pm Me: "I'm sorry I'm older than you are obviously because that is NOT how an honorable individual does a transaction. Once we both had started negotiations then the correct and honorable thing would be to finish that negotiation." - 5/16/23 11:05pm Adam: "Then you should have responded sooner. I was in no binding negotiation with you." - 5/16/23 11:09pm This is not about legality this is about performing a sale in an honorable way. IMHO this was not handled in an honorable way. Every sale I've ever done I've always given the buyer a chance to respond because most people have a life and aren't able to respond 24x7. Just offering how this went down.

Seems EricBall can’t receive messages…. I would be interested if they are still available. Thanks, Mike

Still looking….. Thanks Albert for the scammer heads up!!

Back in the day I had a Super Wild Card for my SNES and I've always wanted to get one again. I have a Super Everdrive so have no real need for it but would like to get one anyway, so I thought I'd ask if anyone has one they would be willing to sell. Thanks, Mike

Hey everyone, I purchased some Aquarius stuff from sixersfan105 and wanted to give him major props, he accommodated my request to swing by his house a month later etc, great guy! Aquarius stuff works exactly as indicated! Thanks!!!

I have an update, I was able to score an ATR-8000 that appears to include the 8088 addon, I will be receiving it shortly, this will help with reproducing the ATR-8000 and now maybe the 8088 add-on also. I plan to use this to confirm my schematic and then I will send out for the first board run! Mike

I’m interested in a model 1

Are you considering the TIPI Peb card? I am getting one...

Unfortunately Artlover hasnt been on for a while....

Hey Many thanks to pixelpedant for letting me know about this gathering, would it be ok if I join you guys!? Thanks, Mike

woohoo!!!! I will post to that thread and ask if I can attend! THANKS!!

Would people be interested in having a video conference gathering of fellow TI users to talk, help each other, work on projects etc!? Does anyone already do something like this in discord or? I would be interested in doing something like this! Thoughts? Mike

If both are available Del and I could workout a full buy of both from you as one pickup. Mike

Anyone have any 8" floppy drives they would sell? Thanks, Mike

Software Publishers Inc is what they were called when they first made the ATR8000, they later changed their name to SWP Microcomputer Products, Inc. see page 4 in http://vtda.org/docs/computing/SWP/ATR8000_CP-M_Supplement.pdf Mike

Thanks Larry!! I’ve reached out to Charles, here’s hoping he responds and has some help tracking this down. Mike

So here are my thoughts on this, if there are no copyright issues I plan to make the first batch of these reproducing the circuity as it originally was, once I get those working and then I can make changes going forward. As I said I’m not against making sensible changes but I also don’t want to deal with multiple unknowns since I don’t have a real ATR8000 to compare against. The reduction is size is really to keep the price of the pcb’s down. Should I keep the edge connectors for serial and parallel or change to DB25’s ? Mike

Larry does bring up a good issue, what about copyrights?? Does anyone know what happened to SWP Microcomputer Products?? Who ended up with the properties? Anyone know? I'd like to get permission to reproduce this for us hobbyiest. Mike

As I said in my first post I do plan to reduce the size of the pcb but I am planning to reproduce it exactly, so all its flaws will be reproduced. All the parts that make up the ATR8000 are still available, not to mass produce it no, but to make a number of them yes. Please keep in mind, I want to reproduce it because they are hard to find and I’ve wanted to use one again as I did so many years ago. I’m not looking at this as a project to flood the market with a ton of these in a new form but instead to reproduce a few. A labor of love....

Hehehe, yes I realize

Is there an open source Apple II floppy disk emulator? Maybe an open source project like https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/ Thanks, Mike

My intention was to reproduce the ATR8000 not re-implement it. I'm not opposed to the idea of changing the memory as I have changed the power but my plan was to use all the same DIP through hole components. Mike

I can't be sure, but price maybe doable around $120, that would not include cable, floppies or case. I will design a 3d printed case and might offer them at an extra cost. And shipping will not be included. I will also say this may take a little while to happen. I will post updates as I design the pcb. And again it would be helpful if anyone could actually read the U46 prom, or verify the stated content of U46 was obtained via a prom reader.

No but reading a little about what it is, most of the changes I'm making to the reproduction ATR8000 kinda meets the ATR8500, I will be making it smaller, it will use a switching power supply, but it will be an ATR8000 so no CP/M without the Atari I guess....