mons2b Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Guys, Theres a cheap Atari PC3 available to me. Should I buy it? Comes complete. JW NEW ZEALAND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I would. Historical value of course. Pretty worthless so far as productivity goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I would. Historical value of course. Pretty worthless so far as productivity goes. Maybe he could set it up to run SIO2PC? Wouldn't that be a hoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Or running a small FTP or HTTP server on it. Would be doable with DOS or a small Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Actually, I'd probably rip the guts out of it and just put a modern motherboard in. But, I'd imagine the resident motherboard is some bastardized proprietry layout, much like many of todays badged POC desktops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mons2b Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 I would. Historical value of course. Pretty worthless so far as productivity goes. I was meaning because its still an Atari . Was not planning serious use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I would. Historical value of course. Pretty worthless so far as productivity goes. I was meaning because its still an Atari . Was not planning serious use. If it just costs pocket change,grab it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumzyman Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 There was one of these on ebay a little while back, as I recall it went for ~$150 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Actually, yes the layout is non-standard, I wouldn't call it bastardized. I give Atari credit on their line of PC's, they weren't generic grey market crap, they did their own designs and actually put a lot of value-add into the units, just look at the PC-1 alone, it had every single port built in, including CGA/EGA output too. Standard PC users would've had to buy multifunction cards, video card, floppy card to get all of the features that the PC-1 came with. The PC3 is a real odd ball, as it had an 8088, from its number designation I thought it might has an 80186 or 80286, nice thing is you can always setup GEM on the machine, put in an NE2000 lan card and set it up to be a cool DOS box. Curt Actually, I'd probably rip the guts out of it and just put a modern motherboard in. But, I'd imagine the resident motherboard is some bastardized proprietry layout, much like many of todays badged POC desktops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I dont have a "real" Atari PC like the one you are talking about, but My modern PC is in a full tower SuperMicro case, that has a 1" Atari bubble sticker on the case, and when I boot, a huge Atari logo shows up where the Energy Star logo usually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I agree with Curt. One of my first DOS computers was an Atari PC-4 (I've still got it, too). Atari did a very nice job with all their PC-compatibles, and I'd definitely pick up the PC-3, but the internal components and layout that Atari chose are very non-standard. I couldn't find an easy way to install a modern motherboard in my PC-4 without extensively modifying the case, but I have considered making it into a "souped-up" XE desktop by installing a 130XE motherboard and XF551 mech inside it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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