AtariGeezer Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 What does an ATR-8000 w/Co-Power-88 (128k) go for these days??? Found one for sale... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 so did I... usually about $100 atmost, working... they arnt overly useful, the MS-DOS implementation has no graphics capabilities to speak of, all text, and the 80Col is software, which isnt very readable... as a disk drive, they are very capable in what they can use, 5.25", 3.5", and even 8", single and double density (but no ED)... they do have the limit of 1x speeds only... sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 So basically.. for anything you'd actually WANT to use it for, an XF551 kicks's it's ass.. and that ain't saying much.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Okay, cool... I bought an ATR8000 (64k) from a friend in Dover, DE back in '92 for $100, but hadn't heard of anyone with the co-88... Was thinking of buying the one on ebay @ $135 for a backup, but maybe not now? Saw a plain ATR8000 on ebay a few months back go for $50 (BIN), but that had a fan mounted on top. I hesitated and someone jumped on it first... Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I thought about getting one - then changed my mind because it wasn't a Corvus. I'd say it's the highest rated novelty for Atari SIO, lowest rated in usefulness The one that is for sale on ebay has and does EVERYTHING... If you are a real collector, then you will BUY IT. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 120719368170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 LOL maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 The one that is for sale on ebay has and does EVERYTHING... If you are a real collector, then you will BUY IT. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 120719368170 fraid not.. 128k is not enough to run jack shit, even in MSDOS 3.3... They did have an even more rare version of the Copower88 that would take up to 1meg of RAM.. Those can actually run useful applications written for text/mono PC/XT machines.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Okay, cool... I bought an ATR8000 (64k) from a friend in Dover, DE back in '92 for $100, but hadn't heard of anyone with the co-88... Was thinking of buying the one on ebay @ $135 for a backup, but maybe not now? Saw a plain ATR8000 on ebay a few months back go for $50 (BIN), but that had a fan mounted on top. I hesitated and someone jumped on it first... Thanks... I think i know exactly who you are talking about... I can picture his face, but am drawing a blank on his name, but would know it if i heard it... he had several of them, and was active in a Atari UG... and only used an 8bit well into the 90's... sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) Larry Catalino? He had two when I bought his spare. He's now head of the Dover AFB Computer Network Center... When were you in Dover? Edited May 11, 2011 by AtariGeezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Larry Catalino? He had two when I bought his spare. He's now head of the Dover AFB Computer Network Center... When were you in Dover? Yup thats him... he actually lived in smyrna... i was in dover at the atari user group meeting, this was about 89-91... but I actually lived in New Castle... sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Yup that's him... he actually lived in smyrna... i was in dover at the atari user group meeting, this was about 89-91... but I actually lived in New Castle... sloopy. Then we have probably met then... I was in the same user group till '92, before I got an assignment to Germany. He and I were also stationed on Guam in Civil Engineering... Is he on AA??? About Me Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Yeah your pic looks familiar, and i knew a few of the guys including Larry were in the service, so we probly have met... i remember when he got his black box, he treated it like it was made of something that could break if you looked at it wrong :') and when he demo'd it for the group, also remember when a bunch of users brought their ST's for a big midi-maze game... I havent seen or talked to Larry in probly 18 years... after i stopped going to Dover, I started going to a A8 UG in philly... i probly stopped going to Dover in '90, cause in '92 i went to the WAACE show with the people in Philly... sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Yep, the black box was his new baby... I'll have to give him a call one of these days after 17 years Good chat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 fraid not.. 128k is not enough to run jack shit, even in MSDOS 3.3... Ouch, didn't realize how much ram the co-power had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Maybe MSDos 1.0 would work Shoot, the Atari Portfolio has 128k of memory and uses DIP Dos 2.11... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well, I guess "useful" is a relative term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 you can probly play nyet.com... one of the first tetris clones, worked rather well on just about any machine from a 4.77Mhz PC on up... sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Guitarman Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 About Me Jay I grew up in Lakeside/Santee. Santana Class of '80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Worley Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 5/10/2011 at 5:53 PM, MEtalGuy66 said: fraid not.. 128k is not enough to run jack shit, even in MSDOS 3.3... They did have an even more rare version of the Copower88 that would take up to 1meg of RAM.. Those can actually run useful applications written for text/mono PC/XT machines.. That version, the 1mb-capable model, is called Copower Plus, has 32 sockets for up to 1mb of dram in 256k increments. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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