cephallus #1 Posted July 31, 2008 What's that PBI board? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
re-atari #2 Posted July 31, 2008 What's that PBI board? Read more about it here and here. I'm sure the OP can tell you more about it. The system on Ebay might even be the one discussed in forementioned topics. re-atari Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carmel_andrews #3 Posted July 31, 2008 I reckon that NOELLIO has made a BIG MISTAKE...It's either his system or a dead ringer for it Chrikes, if he (Noellio) was that desperate to get shot of it, he could have make sure it went to a good home via one of the (nice ?) peeps here at AA's A8 forum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monzamess #4 Posted July 31, 2008 The seller has sold 6 and has 11 left. Now priced at $75 BIN. FWIW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MEtalGuy66 #5 Posted July 31, 2008 Why? Not like its useful for anything.. Its just some company's custom kludge that lets the atari control their custom hardware (not included) through the serial port.. The "PBI device" is just some ROMs... It's an interesting piece of history.. It totally sucks compared to simillar functions commonly done on the AMIGA at the time.. Probably came from some low-budget or third-world TV station.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rybags #6 Posted July 31, 2008 It was from South America wasn't it? Maybe the technology embargo at the time meant they couldn't get 68000-based systems. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Stephen #7 Posted July 31, 2008 It's not even a PBI device. It is just a cartridge that has a blank "key" on it so it cannot get plugged in upside down. Stephen Anderson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cephallus #8 Posted July 31, 2008 Yep, those two threads have great pics/info. Cool that they dumped the cart roms. But too bad nobody scanned the custom board at high res to document the components/trace-layout. Interesting, historically, for Atari aficionados, but I don't see what possible use someone would have for this in 2008 except to take up space and collect dust... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest #9 Posted July 31, 2008 Interesting, historically, for Atari aficionados, but I don't see what possible use someone would have for this in 2008 except to take up space and collect dust... Like most collections... Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cephallus #10 Posted July 31, 2008 Interesting, historically, for Atari aficionados, but I don't see what possible use someone would have for this in 2008 except to take up space and collect dust... Like most collections... Tempest I guess I'm one of those weirdos who keeps classic computers to use them... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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