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echo: classic_computer
to: DAMON A. GETSMAN
from: Ed Vance
date: 2012-12-14 20:43:00
subject: Atari 8-bit hardware

DAG>    I've been toying with the idea of putting together an Atari 8-bit syste
   >again for some time now.  I remember on the last system I had, a 130XE, tha
   >there was a major hardware addition made by Robert Puff that had given HDD
   >standard RS-232 interface access plus some other things to the system.  If
   >going to invest again I'm definitely going to need something of the sort, s
   >was kind of wondering how much something like this might go for now days, i
   >anybody knows.  Also wondering how easy it might be to set up hardware on o
   >to enable an ethernet link, or if any software might've been developed for
   >that might allow something like SLIP or PPP over a serial or parallel
   >connection.  If I'm going to use money on antiquated hardware I might as we
   >make sure that it's going to be somewhat useful in this day and age for me.
   >    Also, anybody out there using any Atari hardware higher than 8-bit, lik
   >any of the ST models or the TT?  I can't remember any other of their models
   >but I know there were a few more, too.
   >    God the nostalgia for the system that I first learned computing and cod
   >on.  :)  What did you guys start out with?

Damon,

Commodore 64 with one C= Floppy Drive and a C= 300 Baud Modem in 1984.

I'm just a User of BBS's.

I wish You well with the BBS Project.


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