ATR8000 Co-Power 88 Add On

[Tempest]

Has anyone tried to use an ATR8000 with the Co-Power 88 add on? I actually have one of these beasts, but I'm not sure what PC software it's actually compatible with. I know it won't handle anything with graphics (which pretty much limits its usefulness right there), but I thought it would be fun to see exactly what I could do with it.

 

I'd also like to try out the CP/M functionality, but I have no CP/M games. I think they made some of the early Infocom titles in CP/M, maybe I can try and find one of those.

 

Tempest

[AlanD]

Try here for some CP/M disks:

 

http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-cp.htm

 

I have not tried any of them on my ATR8000 so can't give any hints. I got mine in a huge collection I bought but have never done anything more than power it up and ensure it works.

[+Larry]

Has anyone tried to use an ATR8000 with the Co-Power 88 add on? I actually have one of these beasts, but I'm not sure what PC software it's actually compatible with. I know it won't handle anything with graphics (which pretty much limits its usefulness right there), but I thought it would be fun to see exactly what I could do with it.

 

I'd also like to try out the CP/M functionality, but I have no CP/M games. I think they made some of the early Infocom titles in CP/M, maybe I can try and find one of those.

 

Tempest

 

Yes, Co-power 88 works, but all I've done is boot MS-Dos (2.0, IIRC). I've also used CP/M 2.2 enough to know that I don't care for it one bit. And also that MS-Dos was one heck of an upgrade from CP/M (IMO).

-Larry

[Defender II]

Try here for some CP/M disks:

 

http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-cp.htm

 

I have not tried any of them on my ATR8000 so can't give any hints. I got mine in a huge collection I bought but have never done anything more than power it up and ensure it works.

The link you had is dead, any current link?

[a8maestro]

Hello, can't help with a link at the moment, but our local User Group was one of the largest ATR8000 support sigs around. So I have a large library of software for it in CP/M. Nothing strickly commercial that I know of. Working to get it onto a CD or 2.

 

Rick D.