What upgrades are still sold for an 810?

[Mclaneinc]

 

Just been given a 410 and 810, well I already had them but the guy has just said they are mine to keep. Very kind of him..

 

Any Happy or other upgrades still sold by anyone?

 

I might be wrong but I think I've only seen 1050 based stuff?

 

Cherry and Happy holidays to all..

 

 

[Sugarland]

I'm not seeing any right now as well. Would like an Archiver upgrade.

[mimo]

myatari.com had some listed a few years ago, it might be worth contacting them direct?
Postage will probably kill any deal to the UK though

This is a snapshot from mid 2018
 

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ACA011 ICD US Doubler 1050 Upgrade EPROM 29.95 J2/J4 in Gives a stock 1050 true double density ACA007 HAPPY 1050 UPGRADE 125.00 Turns a stock 1050 into a 1050 Happy drive 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 ACA012 SUPER ARCHIVER 1050 CHIP 69.95 Turns a stock 1050 into a Super Archiver 1050 Requires soldering!! ACA013 PCB 810 ARCHIVE W/SIDE 39.95 Turns a stock 810 into a Archiver 810 ACA014 ARCHIVER 1050 HAPPY 29.95 Turns a 1050 Happy into a Archiver 1050 ACA015 ARCHIVER 810 HAPPY 29.95 Turns a 810 Happy into a Archiver 810 ACA016 SUPER ARCHIVER UPGRADE 29.95 Gives many Super Archiver features to any Archiver ACA054 LABEL 810 DRIVE DOTS (4) 2.00A CA052 LABEL 810 REAR DECAL SET 5.00 ACG087 LABEL DRIVE NUMBERS 2.00 ACGxxx Rubber Feet 810 Disk Drive 4ea 5.00

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ACA011   ICD US Doubler 1050 Upgrade EPROM 29.95  J2/J4 in         
Gives a stock 1050 true double density
ACA007   HAPPY 1050 UPGRADE              125.00         
Turns a stock 1050 into a 1050 Happy drive
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
ACA012   SUPER ARCHIVER 1050 CHIP        69.95         
Turns a stock 1050 into a Super Archiver 1050         
Requires soldering!!
ACA013   PCB 810 ARCHIVE W/SIDE          39.95         
Turns a stock 810 into a Archiver 810
ACA014   ARCHIVER 1050 HAPPY             29.95         
Turns a 1050 Happy into a Archiver 1050
ACA015   ARCHIVER 810 HAPPY              29.95         
Turns a 810 Happy into a Archiver 810
ACA016   SUPER ARCHIVER UPGRADE          29.95         
Gives many Super Archiver features to any Archiver
ACA054   LABEL 810 DRIVE DOTS (4)        2.00A
CA052   LABEL 810 REAR DECAL SET        5.00
ACG087   LABEL DRIVE NUMBERS             2.00
ACGxxx   Rubber Feet 810 Disk Drive 4ea  5.00         

Edited December 23, 2019 by mimo
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[Mclaneinc]

Yeah I just had a hell of a look around last night (I'm not THAT lazy) and saw old sideboards with happys on but years old, looks like its 1050 only these days...Shame but its nice to have an 810 again..

 

Not sure on an Archiver, I used to have one back then but it wasn't used much if at all it was just one of those things floating around that you could have for the price of an eprom and guess who worked in an electronic components shop

 

@Mimo Thanks for that but as you say the price and postalone just kill it, I can't imagine much of a possible reduction (in fact, quite the opposite as they are rare)...

 

Oh well, thanks people, I'll just have the nice 810 as it is and give it a service...

 

The notion was to get a bit more speed out of it as I can't imagine I'd be copying anything at all.....Anyway, thanks again people, Happy Xmas..

[+slx]

myatari used to sell rather pricey Happy 810 upgrades. 

 

There's a thread on how to add Happy functionality to a stock 810 sideboard. It's not step by step however, just a few pictures and schematics, so I did not dare to start out on that (but got a spare side board to play with).

 

Kevin Savetz interviewed the designer of the Neanderthal 810 Turbo enhancement and I think I read somewhere that it might be recreated as well, resulting in true DD and higher speed (and it would be solderless).

 

 

[Mclaneinc]

Thanks will keep watching the forums to see if anything happens but price is a concern as are shipping prices but its nice to know what is out there to buy..

 

Merry Xmas all..

[+Nezgar]

810 Archiver is interesting, but doesn't really add any performance benefit, and requires a fair bit of soldering to get it installed... Other than the faster format interleave, it doesn't add much day-to-day functionally, and I've found it's actually completely incompatible with SpartaDOS X. One of the highspeed query commands SDX regularly sends to SIO drives locks up SDX the way the archiver responds to it...

 

B&C does have 810 Happy options as mentioned above. No longer listed on the website, but if you e-mail I'm sure he still has them, but they're not cheap either, and again are a project to install, unless you get one that's already installed on a complete side-board.