towmater Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Courtesy of the thrift store, I bought this after spotting the SIO ports. Opening it, there seems to be a set of mystery boards, I suspect this is a copy protection thingy. Can I do anything with this, or should I seal it up for the Indiana Jones-style artifact warehouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR> Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 looks like a re-cased 810 drive with the Happy enhancement, which was used to enable the drive to copy protected disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) Atari had excess warehouse stock of 810 disk drives that was cleared out to resellers, but most of them without the plastic cases. So these resellers (B&C computervisions I've heard a few times), or the end customers made their own cases to put the mech and boards inside. There's a few mentions of this on FAQ's and stuff. I'm sure others will chime in before I find one specific. Electronically, they ARE an 810. Edited April 28, 2018 by Nezgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towmater Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 Is the Happy rom backed up somewhere? If not I'll throw it in the eprom reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Happy Rom variants I think are commonly available but it might be worth grabbing yours just to verify what you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) B&C/myatari.com still sells 810 Happy upgrades for $99, and also upgrade ROMs for older Happy 810 upgrades for $24.95(2 versions depending on Happy PCB serial#). ACA008 HAPPY 810 UPGRADE 99 Turns a stock 810 into a 810 Happy drive ACA009 HAPPY 810 ROM UPGRD >5000 24.95 ACA010 HAPPY 810 ROM UPGRD <5000 24.95 Upgrade Rom for original 810 Happy Drives Edited April 28, 2018 by BillC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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