TapperP Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) I really enjoyed looking through the "Old pictures of our Atari 8-bit setups" thread, but it made feel a bit sad since I don't think I have a single photo of my beloved Atari 800 from back in the day. But, at least I can take photos of my "new" Atari 8bit computer setup, and I thought it would be fun to see what other people have and how they've setup everything. So, I'll start it off with my current setup. Both the 800 and 130XE were acquired from Atariage members over the past couple of weeks, and I am thrilled to have Atari computers again after nearly 2 decades. They are both in superb condition and very clean. The monitor is a Sony PVM-2030. Star Raiders appropriately displayed as a work of art Lovely 800 with no yellowing (it may look a bit in photos but in real life it's not) Equally lovely 130XE with fully working keyboard and RAM (so happy!) Young and old, but both supermodels ? Yeah, I like Repton a lot (plus it helped me diagnose a bad RAM card) OK, there's mine, now show me yours. I know many of you have amazing Atari 8bit setups, so let's see 'em! Edited July 1, 2020 by TapperP 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 This is one of my currently-setup A8 machines. I like this particular setup because I had an 800 and 1050 through the last couple high school years, and the one I had back then was sitting on this very desk, built by my step-dad. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I love those PVM 2030s. I used to have one. Nice setup. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Here's my main A8 (and work) setup 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Kyle22 said: I love those PVM 2030s. I used to have one. Yeah, those things look nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Great setups! I only have a few pictures of my original Atari system (one is below), before I parted with everything except my then-limited Atari books collection (Compute! books only) and was unceremoniously sucked into the PC and Microsoft vortex... A few years ago, burned out from the PC life, I decided I needed Atari back in my life and— apart from a boatload of Atari gear NOT pictured that I have in storage right now— here's where things stand currently with my 1200XL workstation and accompanying collection... ________ ________ 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 This is my current disgrace of a set up, more stuff in storage but most of it is needed repair of some sort 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Tim, what days are you normally not in? The bedroom is too messy to show and my wife would KILL ME...After almost 40yrs of marriage I'm not so keen on dying.. And yes I do know the joke 40yrs, you get shorter than that for murder.. Edited July 1, 2020 by Mclaneinc 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapperP Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Good stuff! @Timothy Kline Man, I kinda lust after the 1200XL. Back when it came out I wanted one so bad, but I was a kid and damn lucky to have my 800. I bow to your awesome Atari setup! Edited July 1, 2020 by TapperP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 This is my 4th 1200xl. Currently living in the top of my wardrobe, not letting this one go. Hard to find in the UK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Chatsworth Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Timothy Kline said: Great setups! I only have a few pictures of my original Atari system (one is below), before I parted with everything except my then-limited Atari books collection (Compute! books only) and was unceremoniously sucked into the PC and Microsoft vortex... A few years ago, burned out from the PC life, I decided I needed Atari back in my life and— apart from a boatload of Atari gear NOT pictured that I have in storage right now— here's where things stand currently with my 1200XL workstation and accompanying collection... ________ ________ This isn't a "setup" it's a freakin' shrine!! Way to go...so jealous...... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 When I see stuff like this displayed so nicely I also feel jealous yet I had a lot of stuff BITD but displaying it was never my strong point, instead it sat in piles or in boxes in the corner.. Not pretty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 49 minutes ago, Max_Chatsworth said: This isn't a "setup" it's a freakin' shrine!! Way to go...so jealous...... I'm just happy that I had the disposable income at the time to build the collection and workstation to where it stands, because a year ago March that all ended when I lost my job of 10 years-- bringing to a close the EBay and Goodwill Stores hunting and adopting of Atari items. My first sacrifice was rehoming my "50 Shades of Yellow" 1200XL collection to two very kind and generous Atari-Agers in order to have some emergency funds while I sorted out what to do after being shown the door by my employer for asking that a workplace bully be redressed. The stress of that whole situation took a pretty hefty toll on my health over the previous six years to the point where the doctors were warning me I was headed for a heart attack. I finally put my foot down and so the company did, too. The co-owner's son's still there, still being enabled... but I'm slowly on the mend. This is my dream collection at this point, and I'm more than content with it and appreciate it because the time may come when I'll need to rehome it, too. --Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Everyone's setup is so nicely organized. I try my best, but it still looks cluttered. Can't seem to rid myself of stuff. When I did sell stuff, I wish I hadn't a month later. Then I spend double to get it back in the collection. A sickness, I know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Mine is sort of in between mostly because I spend most of my time archiving stuff for you guys. I should spend more time on an actual Atari. @Timothy Kline What are those Hybrid Arts boxes you have? Do you have any of the manuals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Chatsworth Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Just now, gilsaluki said: Everyone's setup is so nicely organized. I try my best, but it still looks cluttered. Can't seem to rid myself of stuff. When I did sell stuff, I wish I hadn't a month later. Then I spend double to get it back in the collection. A sickness, I know. Don't feel bad...here's my setup: Realizing I don't have any Atari hardware since 1992 or so and am trying to rebuild from scratch.... 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Allan said: Mine is sort of in between mostly because I spend most of my time archiving stuff for you guys. I should spend more time on an actual Atari. @Timothy Kline What are those Hybrid Arts boxes you have? Do you have any of the manuals? Hey there, @Allan, The three larger boxes (one was mistakenly inside the storage cabinet) are their MidiMate packages (2 x MIDIMate III, 1 x MIDIMate II), and the smaller but similarly-styled case is their MidiPatch. I haven't made it to the sound apps yet (I had adopted a compatible Casio keyboard to go-with for when I finally do), but a brief glance just now and it looks like (not counting the included MidiMate devices themselves) the manuals and floppies are present and accounted for. I believe I have maybe 3 more orphaned (no case, no docs, no discs) MidiMate devices, too, but those I keep in a storage drawer. --Tim Addendum: The MIDIMate II is lacking the manual/docs but I might have put them in my file cabinet with all the other documentation I've accumulated. But maybe not. I'm still in the process of inventorying everything, believe it or not! /facepalm Edited July 1, 2020 by Timothy Kline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Timothy Kline said: Hey there, @Allan, The three larger boxes (one was mistakenly inside the storage cabinet) are their MidiMate packages, and the smaller but similarly-styled case is their MidiPatch. I haven't made it to the sound apps yet (I had adopted a compatible Casio keyboard to go-with for when I finally do), but a brief glance just now and it looks like (not counting the included MidiMate devices themselves) the manuals and floppies are present and accounted for. I believe I have maybe 3 more orphaned (no case, no docs, no discs) MidiMate devices, too, but those I keep in a storage drawer. --Tim So your saying the bigger boxes just have the Midi-mates in them with no software or manuals and the smaller box is the Casio CZ-101/1000 midi-patch like the one below? http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-midipatch-casio-cz-101-cz-1000_19310.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Allan said: So your saying the bigger boxes just have the Midi-mates in them with no software or manuals and the smaller box is the Casio CZ-101/1000 midi-patch like the one below? http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-midipatch-casio-cz-101-cz-1000_19310.html I must've been typing up an edit of my post... but the only one that doesn't seem to have docs/manual is the MIDIMate II box/case. . . just the original disk for MIDIMate II. I have the original manuals/docs/disks for the MIDIMate III set, however. Hope that was less confusing? --Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Photos of MIDIPatch... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Timothy Kline said: I must've been typing up an edit of my post... but the only one that doesn't seem to have docs/manual is the MIDIMate II box/case. . . just the original disk for MIDIMate II. I have the original manuals/docs/disks for the MIDIMate III set, however. Hope that was less confusing? --Tim So the MidiMates include a copy of either MidiTrack I (48K) , MidiTrack II (64K) or MidiTrackIII (130Xe). http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-miditrack_19317.html http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-miditrack-ii_30989.html http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-miditrack-iii_30988.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I scanned the manuals of two of the patches here. The disks were sent off to be Kyrofluxed. https://archive.org/details/midipatchfortheyamahadxserieshybridarts https://archive.org/details/MidipatchCasioCZHybridArts and somebody (I forget) scanned the one for the MidiTrack III https://archive.org/details/MidiTrackIII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Allan said: So the MidiMates include a copy of either MidiTrack I (48K) , MidiTrack II (64K) or MidiTrackIII (130Xe). http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-miditrack_19317.html http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-miditrack-ii_30989.html http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-miditrack-iii_30988.html This is interesting... Alright, so as I mentioned, the specific MIDIMate II package might not have its manual (I'm going to assume no at this point) but... In one of the MIDIMate III packages there IS a MIDIMate II manual with the MIDIMate III Addendum for the 130XE release... whereas the other MIDIMate III package has a spiral-bound manual specific to the III. --Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, Timothy Kline said: This is interesting... Alright, so as I mentioned, the specific MIDIMate II package might not have its manual (I'm going to assume no at this point) but... In one of the MIDIMate III packages there IS a MIDIMate II manual with the MIDIMate III Addendum for the 130XE release... whereas the other MIDIMate III package has a spiral-bound manual specific to the III. --Tim It would be great if you could scan those two one day. I found the MidiMate Patch for the Yamaha ATX. Also included a picture of my set-up. MidiPatch - Yamaha DX-7 (1985)(Hybrid Arts)(US).atx 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesS Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Here is my setups. The 800XL and the 2600 share a 32" flat screen TV I bought brand new for $50. Found the 800XL when I was in a local used game store when I was looking for 2600 games. First one I've ever seen in the flesh. Also have an Uno Cart and around 10 games for it. Bought it before everything went to hell. So far enjoying it. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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