+SoulBuster Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I frequent the Intellivision forums more often than here or the ST Forum so I made the original post there. I have Atari 8-bit and ST equipment so I though I would post here and link it. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259832-my-retro-gaming-set-up/?p=3647354 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanicjay Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Okay, that gives me some serious Drive envy. also ATR8000!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Okay, that gives me some serious Drive envy. also ATR8000!!!!! I actually have 2 of them along with: 1. a spare motherboard. 2. The Co Power 88 3. Hard Drive Interface. I will be setting it up with 2 1.2 MB 5 1/4" floppies (acts like 8" drives, 1 meg ea.) I have my 720 XF551 Hyper OS Standard XF551 Hyper OS 2 Happy 1050s The Percom DSDD (actually not sure if it is DS) and the Indus The unit you see on top of the Percom is an IDE drive (not sure how big it is) along with the MyIDE Interface, first MyIde rev 3. The combo drive you see is for the ST Edited December 10, 2016 by SoulBuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanicjay Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 That's awesome. I'd love to get my hands on an ATR8000, but they seem pretty thin on the ground these days and go for hundreds when they do come up. --Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) What kind of drives would you use for it? 360s 720s or Like I am doing 1.2 mb to get 1 meg on em? Edited December 10, 2016 by SoulBuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Do you have any pictures of the ATR8000 Hard Drive Interface? I'd like to get one for my ATR8000. I actually have 2 of them along with: 1. a spare motherboard. 2. The Co Power 88 3. Hard Drive Interface. I will be setting it up with 2 1.2 MB 5 1/4" floppies (acts like 8" drives, 1 meg ea.) I have my 720 XF551 Hyper OS Standard XF551 Hyper OS 2 Happy 1050s The Percom DSDD (actually not sure if it is DS) and the Indus The unit you see on top of the Percom is an IDE drive (not sure how big it is) along with the MyIDE Interface, first MyIde rev 3. The combo drive you see is for the ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanicjay Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 What kind of drives would you use for it? 360s 720s or Like I am doing 1.2 mb to get 1 meg on em? I'd actually do my best to hunt down a compatible 8-inch drive...because big technology is cool. I might also shove the highest density 5 1/4 drive I can muster for practicality purposes. Note, I'd need to consult the ATR8000 docs to reacquaint myself with the possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I'd actually do my best to hunt down a compatible 8-inch drive...because big technology is cool. I might also shove the highest density 5 1/4 drive I can muster for practicality purposes. Note, I'd need to consult the ATR8000 docs to reacquaint myself with the possibilities. I'm in the exact same boat. Sure I could put a 5.25" or 3.5" drive on my ATR8000, but I never used 8" drives. That would be a lot cooler. I know nothing about 8" drives though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Do you have any pictures of the ATR8000 Hard Drive Interface? I'd like to get one for my ATR8000. Here is the Z-TEC 1000 Hard Drive interface: Here is a pic of the Co-Power 88, ready to be installed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 I'm in the exact same boat. Sure I could put a 5.25" or 3.5" drive on my ATR8000, but I never used 8" drives. That would be a lot cooler. I know nothing about 8" drives though. Yikes on the price: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Vintage-Parts-Accessories/175690/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=8+inch+floppy+drive disks are not as bad as I thought: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Floppy-Zip-Jaz-Disks/80136/i.html?_from=R40&_oac=1&_nkw=8+inch+floppy+disks Just an Idea of how expensive 8" would be. I was able to buy 200 1.2 meg floppies for $50. and the drives were $10 ea. brand new old stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanicjay Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Yikes on the price: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Vintage-Parts-Accessories/175690/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=8+inch+floppy+drive disks are not as bad as I thought: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Floppy-Zip-Jaz-Disks/80136/i.html?_from=R40&_oac=1&_nkw=8+inch+floppy+disks Just an Idea of how expensive 8" would be. I was able to buy 200 1.2 meg floppies for $50. and the drives were $10 ea. brand new old stock. Oh yeah, it's not a cheap undertaking. I grabbed 100 HD 5.25 floppies, New in Boxes for a grand total of $10 a few months ago. I wish I could find DD disks so cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Hello SoulBuster, Can you teach me how to getting works with my Atari 8 bits with my ATR8000 with CO-Power 88 & 64K ? In 1 day, i will connect my ATR8000 with my Atari 800 for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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