Interest in Atari 400/800 today?

[Dave Farquhar]

Yesterday my wife scored a find. She located a fairly sizeable collection of 8-bit Atari stuff. I was primarily interested in the 2600 stuff, but there were also several computers--at least two 800s and a boxed 400, peripherals, and software--mostly cartridges, but also a few cassettes and some disks.

 

I haven't had time to go through it yet (this year, "Labor Day Weekend" means I work all weekend). I'm sure I'll want to keep some of it, but I just don't have room for all of it. I've never had any difficulty unloading my extra console stuff, but actually trying to trade off or sell vintage computers is a whole new area for me. Can anyone offer any guidance?

[www.atarimania.com]

Hi Dave,

 

What are the titles of cassettes and disks you picked up?

 

Thanks,

Atari Frog

http://www.atarimania.com

[MEtalGuy66]

ANy XF551 disk drives?

[tjlazer]

Any 1450XLD's ??? LOL

Edited September 4, 2006 by tjlazer

[Dave Farquhar]

Well, it looks like the only cassettes were Typing Tutor and States and Capitals. Multiple copies of Typing Tutor.

 

I thought there were disks in the stash, but the only one I located was in the 810 drive itself. It's an Elephant or a Maxell, so if it's commercial software, it's a copy. I haven't fired the drive up yet to see.

 

But I did connect all of the computers to a TV and fire them up, and all of them work. I popped the hood on the 800s, and one has 32K and the other has 48K. I don't know what the 400 has, but a PRINT FRE(0) in Basic responds 13K and some change, so it has at least 16K. The peripherals are pedestrian stuff--an 810 floppy, and 410 and 1010 tape drives.

 

Based on the prices I was able to dig up on eBay, there seems to be more demand for these Ataris than there is for a C-64 or an Apple II, so that's good. Now I know I didn't overpay. They're nice machines, especially considering they came out in 1979. Considering what else was available that year, if I'd seen one then, and I hadn't been four years old , I would have found a way to buy one.

Edited September 5, 2006 by Dave Farquhar

[+doctorclu]

Well, it looks like the only cassettes were Typing Tutor and States and Capitals. Multiple copies of Typing Tutor.

 

I thought there were disks in the stash, but the only one I located was in the 810 drive itself. It's an Elephant or a Maxell, so if it's commercial software, it's a copy. I haven't fired the drive up yet to see.

 

But I did connect all of the computers to a TV and fire them up, and all of them work. I popped the hood on the 800s, and one has 32K and the other has 48K. I don't know what the 400 has, but a PRINT FRE(0) in Basic responds 13K and some change, so it has at least 16K. The peripherals are pedestrian stuff--an 810 floppy, and 410 and 1010 tape drives.

 

Based on the prices I was able to dig up on eBay, there seems to be more demand for these Ataris than there is for a C-64 or an Apple II, so that's good. Now I know I didn't overpay. They're nice machines, especially considering they came out in 1979. Considering what else was available that year, if I'd seen one then, and I hadn't been four years old , I would have found a way to buy one.

 

Love the 800! One of my favorite Atari computers of all time.