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    What is the best single peripheral made for the Atari (past and present)?

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    To tell the truth.. who really CARES if the U1MB is a peripheral or not? It is still one of the best upgrades for the dear old A8. SIO2SD has to be about the most popular since all our old magnetic media is starting to show its age. And access to online repositories means anybody can acquire a "huge" collection of programs for their Atari. There is no need to pick to death whether something is a "peripheral" or not.. is it used and enjoyed and has it enhanced your Atari experience.. I believe that is what the OP was going for...

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    Okay folks, list em!

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    Everybody listing some pretty impressive collections, but very few with U1MB installed.. In my opinion, it is just about the best upgrade made for the 8-bit. Well, here's what I got:

    Atari 800 w/Incognito

    Atari 400 - bone stock 16k

    2 800XL's with U1MB

    2-Atari 1200XL both with U1MB

    1 130XE stock

    6 1050's - 2 Happy, 2 US Doubler, 2 stock

    850

    and too damn many 1010's and 410's (they seem to come with every damn atari I buy)

    and tons and tons of other misc atari stuff

    Any former A8 Sysops?

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    I ran Crash City BBS here in the Detroit area for about 6 months until I had problems with a co-sysop and threw in the towel. I was running BBS Express Pro and even had some of the modules I wrote circulate worldwide. Was a great time whilst it lasted, but behind the scenes issues and ignorant folks who worked oh so very hard to crash my system just sucked all the fun out of it. It's a shame really. I had a great time running it, and if I could come across some stable TCP/IP BBS software I may even consider putting it up again. I do remember some awesome times, like all-nighters playing some of the door games I wrote, players (I had a 2-line system) would login, play for a while and when they logged off it became part of the game to entice any new logins to join the game. Like I said it was a blast. Defending against an Orcian Colo-Rectal Surgeon was almost as fun as it was graphic. Those were the days...

    Best Atari 8-Bit Computer model to start collecting with?

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by Dragon375

    First you would probably want something that will run the majority of the software.. so that would be either XL or XE. Theyre getting harder to find. I recommended the XL series as probably the first thing you would want to do is drop a U1MB into it, and it is just much easier to do that on an XL (most of them have the chips socketed). After that, probably an SIO2SD of some sort to allow you to take advantage of all the software available on the internet. Next addition would probably be a SIDE2, Then a 800, and drop an Incognito (if you can get one) into that. At this point, you may want to round out your collection with 1200XL and 600XL, both of which have unique features that would add to your collection. Just my opinion, of course :)

     

    And then it's off to the ST line...

    100 Percent Real-Dinosaur?

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    I ejoy modern tech, I really do.. but the reason I got into Atari8 back in the mid-80s was the simple fact that here was a machine that I could learn, I learned BASIC, I learned BASIC XL, and when that couldnt do what I wanted I learned ML. It still gives me a kick that here is a machine that I can TOTALLY control using programming that I can write myself. Modern tech, like Windows, OSX, Android or even iOS lock most of the machine away from you and force you to jump through hoops to get the same control you can get in the very nature of the Atari8. I use my Atari cuz (even after 30 years) it is still very capable of surprising me with what it can do, a good example is fullscreen video player you can find elsewhere on this forum. I dont want to have to take a college course to learn how to program a modern system (even though a surprising amount of A8 programming techniques can be used there), I just want to have fun with my machine and learn. If it didnt do that, I can fairly say I wouldnt still be using it after all this time.

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