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    Gold Atari 800

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    2 hours ago, joeventura said:

    Read the entire listing:

     

    "Untested"

    "Condition unknown - Sold as a collectors item not a functioning computer"

     

    Not a functioning computer means the computer doesn't work.

     

    It's not pinin'! It's passed on! This Gold Atari 800 is no more! It has ceased to be! 'It's expired and gone to meet its maker! 'It's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'it rests in peace! If I hadn't glued Gold to it, it'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Its metabolic processes are now 'history! 'It's off the twig! 'It's kicked the bucket, 'It's shuffled off 'it's mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-ATARI 800!!

     

    Glad we had this talk.

     

    English isn‘t my first language but „condition unkown“ and „untested“ means you don’t know in what condition the Atari is in and haven‘t tested it. Or am i wrong?

    And: Don‘t mention the gold!

    Pirated software in the late 80s

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    16 hours ago, baktra said:

    It was early/mid 90s. JRC was selling cassettes with 8-bit Atari games, openly and in their store. Using their Turbo 2000 system, they stuffed around 40 games on one cassette and sold for 99 CSK/CZK, which would be today $7.99. No license for the games, of course.

     

    Was JRC behind the Turbo2000 mod? Did they develop it? Or did they simply use it, because most czech Atari users had it?

    Pirated software in the late 80s

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Mclaneinc said:

     Atari found out about his advert and took him to court, the UKs first case re selling games, but as computer piracy wasn't a recognised thing the case was centred on him selling cartridge images on a medium they were not meant for, ie on disk. All this at the high court in central London.

     

    In the early 80s in West-Germany the big mail-order company "Quelle" was selling Taiwan knock-offs of Atari 2600 games under an new german name ("Angriff der Teufelvögel" etc) and they somehow got away with that...

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    Pirated software in the late 80s

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    The only floppy disk I still own from my original Atari equipment from the 80s is the one containing a list of software that was unbelievable to me at that time. Practically every commercial and non-commercial program that was available for the 8bit Atari in 89 is searchable via a database, including how much space it would take up on a floppy disk. The purpose of this "Software List of Fine Productions" was of course to supply young people with pirated software. You could write your wishes to the operator of this service, enclose 3DM in stamps and receive the disk with the desired content about a week later. I was 14, had 3DM and few scruples and used the service actively. I found the good man at that time via a classified ad in the legendary german ASM magazine ("no lamerz!"). Last week I dug out the disc again and - voila - it still works! Unfortunately you won't be able to order there anymore ;-)

     

    What are your pirate experiences from "back in the day"?

     

    Here are some screenshots from this pirate directory

     

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