Atari Microbox Prototype of the Micro Falcon030 case

[Curt Vendel]

Its up on Ebay, I have two such units and I'm ebaying one of them:

 

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=190092355385

 

 

Curt

[Gregory DG]

Niiiice.... Someone should mod it and put a working Falcon in it! (It is just the shell, right?)

[Tempest]

Niiiice.... Someone should mod it and put a working Falcon in it! (It is just the shell, right?)

 

I was just thinking that. But would a standard Falcon board fit in this? You'd also need an external keyboard of some sort.

 

Tempest

[Curt Vendel]

If someone were creative - they could cut a falcon in 1/2, stack it and wire it together inside. Doing an Atari to PC keyboard interface is very easy to accomplish...

 

Curt

 

Niiiice.... Someone should mod it and put a working Falcon in it! (It is just the shell, right?)

 

I was just thinking that. But would a standard Falcon board fit in this? You'd also need an external keyboard of some sort.

 

Tempest

[+doctorclu]

Very very cool!

 

If someone were creative - they could cut a falcon in 1/2, stack it and wire it together inside. Doing an Atari to PC keyboard interface is very easy to accomplish...

 

Curt

 

Niiiice.... Someone should mod it and put a working Falcon in it! (It is just the shell, right?)

 

I was just thinking that. But would a standard Falcon board fit in this? You'd also need an external keyboard of some sort.

 

Tempest

[ggn]

$500?

 

I wish I could use something like a RP machine and make a couple hundred of these...

[Trooper]

Perhaps one should buy it and shove a PS2 in there?

 

/T

[Curt Vendel]

Blasphemy !!!

 

 

 

 

 

Curt

 

 

Perhaps one should buy it and shove a PS2 in there?

 

/T

[+poobah]

Blasphemy !!!

 

 

 

 

 

Curt

 

 

Perhaps one should buy it and shove a PS2 in there?

 

/T

 

Hmmm, what about a Falcon in a re-done PS2 case?

[Trooper]

Blasphemy !!!

 

 

 

 

 

Curt

 

Haha yeah but a fun idea

 

 

Hmmm, what about a Falcon in a re-done PS2 case?

 

There's a nice idea

 

/T

[Gregory DG]

Hmmm, what about a Falcon in a re-done PS2 case?

No way. I wouldn't ruin a perfectly good Falcon for that!

[Clint Thompson]

Wow, that thing looks fantastic! Really really clean and pristine looking!

[Math You]

Atari designs were way ahead of their time.

 

If only they had put them into production.

 

Matt

[geosteve]

I remember an article in a UK magazine about modifying a Falcon030 into a case very similar to that, it even includes a case for the keyboard with an attached cord. the one they built was shown working at the end of the article. It was most likely ST FORMAT or ST USER magazine but I'm not sure, I may even still have it

[Bumzyman]

I just saw this on wikipedia while researching the Falcon030.

 

"Apparently, Atari created a number of prototypes of the Falcon040 (based on the more capable deep-pipeline, FPU-including, Motorola 68040, and using a "microbox" case), but cancelled it in order to focus developers on the Atari Jaguar. Interestingly the microbox case designed by Atari looks a lot like the Sony PS2, right down to the ability to run it vertically or horizontally. It is even referenced in the PS2 patent applications."

 

Found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon

 

Have you ever heard anything about this so called Falcon040 Curt?

Edited March 17, 2007 by Bumzyman

[Curt Vendel]

You should visit atarimuseum.com more often and have a look around -

 

Under Atari Computers ---> Atari ST/TT/Falcon ---> Atari Falcon you'll find the Atari Falcon page, go to the bottom and you'll see photo's of the Falcon040 prototype board, here is a direct link:

 

http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/16bit.../falcon030.html

 

 

 

Curt

 

 

 

I just saw this on wikipedia while researching the Falcon030.

 

"Apparently, Atari created a number of prototypes of the Falcon040 (based on the more capable deep-pipeline, FPU-including, Motorola 68040, and using a "microbox" case), but cancelled it in order to focus developers on the Atari Jaguar. Interestingly the microbox case designed by Atari looks a lot like the Sony PS2, right down to the ability to run it vertically or horizontally. It is even referenced in the PS2 patent applications."

 

Found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon

 

Have you ever heard anything about this so called Falcon040 Curt?

[+Allan]

You should visit atarimuseum.com more often and have a look around -

 

 

Hopefully Curt, you'll have some time to do some updating to your site soon. We're looking forward to seeing some new stuff.

 

Allan

[Tempest]

You should visit atarimuseum.com more often and have a look around -

 

Under Atari Computers ---> Atari ST/TT/Falcon ---> Atari Falcon you'll find the Atari Falcon page, go to the bottom and you'll see photo's of the Falcon040 prototype board, here is a direct link:

 

http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/16bit.../falcon030.html

 

 

 

Curt

 

 

 

I just saw this on wikipedia while researching the Falcon030.

 

"Apparently, Atari created a number of prototypes of the Falcon040 (based on the more capable deep-pipeline, FPU-including, Motorola 68040, and using a "microbox" case), but cancelled it in order to focus developers on the Atari Jaguar. Interestingly the microbox case designed by Atari looks a lot like the Sony PS2, right down to the ability to run it vertically or horizontally. It is even referenced in the PS2 patent applications."

 

Found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon

 

Have you ever heard anything about this so called Falcon040 Curt?

 

Did they ever make any functional 040's or did it never get that far in the design process?

 

Tempest