bfollowell Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) I was browsing through the Atari offerings on ebay when I came across a 600XL with a strange looking SIO cable. It was a regular SIO connector on the computer end, then a strange looking flat connector at the other. I don't recall ever seeing one like it before. Does anyone know what this is for? Edited January 15, 2022 by bfollowell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Hmm. No hints from any of the other photos in the listing. It must be to connect to some 3rd party peripheral that's not included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 It looks like a tape connector for a C64 but with too many connections (unless there's some form of stopper on the longer slot....Weird.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Well, there were third party tape drives for the Atari. If I remember correctly, I think GE may have had one the worked with Atari and Commodore, depending on which cable you used. Maybe it's for that. I'll do some digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Yep, it looks like that's what it is. I found one on ebay that had almost identical looking cables. I also found a four-year-old AA thread about that tape drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Looks like a Commodore Pet Data Cassette connector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 OMG! That is quite a contraption. Of course, it might have worked better than a 410. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzspeed Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 That definitely looks like a Datasette connector, but it's female so it can't adapt any Datasette I've ever seen to the Atari. It almost looks like it was designed to connect a C64 to an A8 via the C64's Datasette port, perhaps a way to transfer data between machines in the day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzzy1982 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I've got one of these that came in a box of extra stuff that came with an old 800. It was 100% unused after all those years. I popped some new belts in and it worked like a charm! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Just now, dzzy1982 said: I've got one of these that came in a box of extra stuff that came with an old 800. It was 100% unused after all those years. I popped some new belts in and it worked like a charm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Different adapter cables for different computers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I have one in the box as well. Never tried it. Figure I will also have to replace the belts. Any idea where to get them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I think it is for the external Commodore Pet Data Cassette. Look at the far left connector at Minute 5:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzzy1982 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, gilsaluki said: I have one in the box as well. Never tried it. Figure I will also have to replace the belts. Any idea where to get them? I have a whole box full of all kinds of belts for cassettes decks and whatnot, so I picked a few small ones out of there and matched them up. You could likely find something that would work on ebay like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224787458065 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) It's not for the pet, wrong number of pins and size... It is the GE as stated, shown below is another picture from the same auction Edited January 15, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 16 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: It's not for the pet, wrong number of pins and size... It is the GE as stated, shown below is another picture from the same auction Aw. Thanks. I need to break my GE datasette out and try it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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