charliecron Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Heh..you guys think maybe using one of these... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8928/ with an 830 modem might get an 8 bit online at 300 baud? I don't see why not, cellhphones are pretty clear these days! They even make that handset with a hard line to plug into the cell phone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecron Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 eh..thats too cool, I went ahead and ordered one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 that looks cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastRobPlus Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 But what board would you dial up with your 830? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchlay Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Pretty cool but... ARGH! Why does everything have to come with those stupid over-bright blue LEDs? No reason it shouldn't work with an 830, but even if you find a dialup BBS or a UNIX box with dialup shell access, I doubt you'd be allowed to connect at 300 baud. I remember having to spend money I couldn't afford to upgrade to an SX212, because the local boards all started refusing 300 baud connections. (I wanted a faster modem anyway, so it was mainly just a good excuse to spend the money) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Heh..you guys think maybe using one of these... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8928/ LOL! That thing is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highendsystems Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Very cool and very Interesting! If only Christopher Walken had one in the movie Brainstorm.... I remember loving 1030 Express! back in my 300 'bauding' days.... ....strange that people still ask if I know anything about telecommunications between computers....hehe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hahaha. Now we just need to add a battery to the 830 to make it portable, connect it to the hacked portable 8bit laptop (http://www.benheck.com/Games/Atari_800/Ata...0_laptop2_1.htm), buy this "retro" blue-tooth handset, and... use your cell-phone to check the BBSes or play a friend at a modem-game anywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecron Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 OK, so I received my handset today! I ended up ordering the one with the cord, I figured hey if I'm ordering a classic handset, I want the cord. I've also got a pack of flash carts from atarimax on the way, hopefully I can get telelink 1 burned on one somehow.. Who am I gonna call? Who knows maybe one of you! Maybe we can get a game of Jellybeabs going? I also need a power supply for my 830, so it will be a while, but I'll post if I can get a connection... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecron Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 My crazy plan in starting to come together! muhahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 This is too much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) You should do an old-school James Bond style Breifcase with battery power and put an 8-bit and LCD screen and the 830&retro bluetooth handset all in it. Then you could walk aroung the park in a trench coat, old-school style hat and Blues Brother's style glasses, sit down on a bench and open it up and play some Jellybeans. Reminds me of some B rate 80's spy movie. Edited March 11, 2007 by Gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+poobah Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 You should do an old-school James Bond style Breifcase with battery power and put an 8-bit and LCD screen and the 830&retro bluetooth handset all in it. Then you could walk aroung the park in a trench coat, old-school style hat and Blues Brother's style glasses, sit down on a bench and open it up and play some Jellybeans. Reminds me of some B rate 80's spy movie. Or most of the "Sci-Fi Originals" on Sci-Fi..... They are like Sub-B Somewhere I have one of the old MPP-1000 joystick port modems- If you used the MPP software you could vary the baud rate until it puke (between two MPPs of course), so we'd get connects at like "490 baud". Ahhh, early overclocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 You should do an old-school James Bond style Breifcase with battery power and put an 8-bit and LCD screen and the 830&retro bluetooth handset all in it. Then you could walk aroung the park in a trench coat, old-school style hat and Blues Brother's style glasses, sit down on a bench and open it up and play some Jellybeans. Reminds me of some B rate 80's spy movie. Or most of the "Sci-Fi Originals" on Sci-Fi..... They are like Sub-B Somewhere I have one of the old MPP-1000 joystick port modems- If you used the MPP software you could vary the baud rate until it puke (between two MPPs of course), so we'd get connects at like "490 baud". Ahhh, early overclocking. I had a couple of those too. My first BBS back in 1984 ran on a 1000e. I had to devise a relay that was actuated from the other joystick port just to disconnect callers from the BBS as the 1000e would not drop carrier like the older 1000c would. But it was fun modifying the old MPP-AMIS BBS program (Atari Basic) so that other MPP callers could connect at 450 baud. Ahh.. the good old days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 So who's gonna write the new Telelink 2000 edition CUrt My crazy plan in starting to come together! muhahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 So who's gonna write the new Telelink 2000 edition CUrt My crazy plan in starting to come together! muhahaha! And what about 830 modems? Do any of the dealers still carry them? Even The Best Electronics catalog doesn't list it. They have everything else for the three, 800, XL and XE computer lines BUT the 830! B&C doesn't have it listed either...these things seem to be pretty rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 And what about 830 modems? Do any of the dealers still carry them? Even The Best Electronics catalog doesn't list it. They have everything else for the three, 800, XL and XE computer lines BUT the 830! B&C doesn't have it listed either...these things seem to be pretty rare. I would not say rare. I have seen at least 3 in the past year and nobody bids on them. So, they come up seldomly because of it. If it was commanding prices of 100+ or even 50+ consistently, you would probably find that everybody and his grandmother pulling it out of their closet. It really has not use other than display value at this time. I have not picked on up. I am still waiting on a lot that contains it for cheap and space it still limited so no need for display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecron Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Yeah they are easy to get but you gotta look out for em. I decided I wanted one, and it didnt take long (a couple months) for one to show up on ebay. I don't remember exactly how much I paid, but it wasnt cheap. I think there was even a sort of bidding war going on for a bit. I'm pretty sure it went over $50.00, now that isnt much money I know, but it did not come with a power supply, box, cart, or manual, just the plain 830. I remember a nice auction for a complete package out of Australia. I guess it had a different finish plastic, a sort of textured finish, not like the plain plastic one I have. That model is supposed to be pretty rare. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppetmark Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 So who's gonna write the new Telelink 2000 edition CUrt My crazy plan in starting to come together! muhahaha! And what about 830 modems? Do any of the dealers still carry them? Even The Best Electronics catalog doesn't list it. They have everything else for the three, 800, XL and XE computer lines BUT the 830! B&C doesn't have it listed either...these things seem to be pretty rare. With the right amplifier, I wonder if it would be possible to build something that could acoustically couple a cell phone to a modem using the hands free headset jack. Hmmm, I will have to think about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecron Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Whoa, there is a complete communicator package on ebay for a whopping $299.00. Now that's a little much don't ya think? http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Atari-800-400-...VQQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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