Tempest Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 This may be a dumb question, but is the Atari 810 drive compatible with all Atari software? I know it was Atari's lowest common denominator (SS/SD), so will it work with games/programs from the XL/XE era? I can't see why not, but I've been surprised before... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 It'll work with 99% of what's out there. Obviously there are some DOSes intended for DD/ED drives, and I think there were a couple titles released in ED format. -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I can't recall any commercial disk game release that wasn't compatible. Software - maybe not, since there is specialist utilities aimed at double-density drives, 3rd party drives like Indus, etc. But for generic utilities and applications, I doubt anything was made not 810 compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'm only concerned with commerical games and a few utilities, nothing out of the ordinary. Good to hear that everything works. I really need to get my 1050 fixed, the 810 is nice but it's HUGE! Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 There are about a handful of titles released in ED in the USA, Atari Planetarium comes to mind. And something in the order of a couple of dozens later European titles as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'm only concerned with commerical games and a few utilities, nothing out of the ordinary. Good to hear that everything works. I really need to get my 1050 fixed, the 810 is nice but it's HUGE! Tempest I believe both The Pawn and Guild of Thieves were Enhanced Density disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Well it appears that my XF551 reads on both sides of the disk so I don't need to lug out my 810 after all. Still, I need to get a working 1050, as the XF551 doesn't match my 800XL's color scheme. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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