charliecron Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Finally got one. Been looking for ages! Anyone know where I can download or buy the Atari System Software for this??? Congratz! Odd someone just PM'd me asking about software/docs. I don't have any docs, besides the montior manual, but I do have the software, enjoy! Charlie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLund1 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Thanks charliecron for the files!! Now we need the Docs/manuals. Anyone have any they would be willing to post here? We have part of the PC-1 user's manual, but missing several pages. Also, I have a dead PCH204, and could use the Doc's for this too. The actual drive is bad. It just clicks once when power is applied from the original or other known working PSU. I think the 204's adapter board is ok. With the bad HD attached the activity light kept blinking as though it was trying to access the HD. But I can't be sure without a working HD. I also need a XT 83 key keyboard. The one I have that works is from my 5150, but it is a pain to move back and forth. The few I see on ebay are very expensive. AT keyboards do not work, I now have a small collection of them I tried out that I got from a local recycler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecron Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Well I dug out what I had, it's not much. But, some useful information for sure. It looks like the original photocopier cherry-picked what he/she thought would be useful. They probobly had to pay by the page back in the day to photocopy this! There is info on booting from external floppy, the keyboard, Turbo Mode, Video modes, numeric coprocessor jumpers, specs, pinouts. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLund1 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Well I dug out what I had, it's not much. But, some useful information for sure. It looks like the original photocopier cherry-picked what he/she thought would be useful. They probobly had to pay by the page back in the day to photocopy this! There is info on booting from external floppy, the keyboard, Turbo Mode, Video modes, numeric coprocessor jumpers, specs, pinouts. Charlie Very helpful!!! Many thanks again!! Anyone else have any PC-1 Docs? Specifically the yellow cover, white spiral bound manuals? Also anything for the PCH204? Thanks Everyone!! Edited November 11, 2014 by KLund1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Did you get the extra RAM chips and numeric data processor installed yet? Edited November 14, 2014 by tjlazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLund1 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Mine has 640k, and a the 8087-1, PCH204, PCM124, 2x-PC-x551 FDD's. Still working on getting the PCH204 up and running. Ordered a working 42MB HD. Still need an XT keyboard, and a complete set of Atari docs. I'll post a pic when I get the PCH204 working. Yours looks very good. What kind of monitor are you using with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I'm digging mine out for pre-sales inspection. I'll post what I find here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I'm digging mine out for pre-sales inspection. I'll post what I find here. Oooohhhhh..... Can't wait. I've been interested in picking one up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Never had the PC1 but I had a boxed PCM124 monitor. I do know where it is - I left it in the loft of my old house when I sold it, along with CUB monitors that came with some BBC computers and all kinds of other large and bulky computer junk I didn't want to hoard any longer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLund1 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I got my PC1, PCH204, PCM124 off ebay about 2+ ys ago. If I recall it was listed for parts/repair, but it was an easy fix. I think it was for about $250usd including shipping. A also got 2 PCF551's, one never opened, for $100usd at about the same time. I finally found a very close Atari matching size & color keyboard. Added a 8087, and now have a fully assembled working PC1 system. Many thanks to Tjlaser and charliecron for the disk images to get it working! Still looking for the matching doc though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archon72 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Hello fellow Atarians! I am an Atarian since 1988 with an 800XL and an ST! I live in Greece and I am a retro gamer and Atari enthusiast. I thought, you'd like to see a few photos of my Atari PC1: Yes I have the boxes as well! However, this is NOT for sale! I posted these photos in retromaniax.gr, a Greek retro gaming (and not only) forum, in Atari forum and here, to see the marvellous PC1, because I know there aren't many photos of this machine on the net. Here is the link to the original retromaniax page: http://www.retromani...;αση Note: You cannot see the photos in visitor mode. Thanx for keeping the Atari spirit alive, guys! Greetings from Greece! Well, the hosted photos are gone from my original post, so here they are again: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Does the PC-1 use the later PC version of GEM, with two preset windows, or the earlier Mac-like version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Just saw this thread and have to say, if modern Atari just took this design and released it as their Ataribox, I would buy it. Never did like the tower form factor, just seemed to make everything so generic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 So Atari PC1 has the same behavior as on IBM PC XT MS-DOS 2.11 ? Right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Just saw this thread and have to say, if modern Atari just took this design and released it as their Ataribox, I would buy it. Never did like the tower form factor, just seemed to make everything so generic. This. I would love a modern PC in this style of case, maybe updated with varying color options but still. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLund1 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 So Atari PC1 has the same behavior as on IBM PC XT MS-DOS 2.11 ? Right ? IT is an XT clone so it will run whatever dos you want. But I believe it came new with 2.11. That is what I use, and GEM seems to like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLund1 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 fellow PC1 owners! Please see this eaby auction 123187230255 I already have to two, one new, one barely used. I do not need another. But one of you guy might. 2 drives is much easier to work with if you do not have a HD Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirrell Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I was always surprised, based on Jack Tramiel's ability to cut costs, that Atari wasn't more of a force in the PC clone world. Did they not put enough of an effort into it because of the ST? Why did they not put more effort behind it, I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I was always surprised, based on Jack Tramiel's ability to cut costs, that Atari wasn't more of a force in the PC clone world. Did they not put enough of an effort into it because of the ST? Why did they not put more effort behind it, I wonder? Because somehow "Packard Bell" sounded like the name of a serious PC company as opposed to "Atari" for the average American consumer. That and they got flamed by the PC community over the lack of PC expansion slots because they thought it crazy to have ports and stuff attached to the motherboard. This was long before Intel's ATX design became standard and an expectation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwrd Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I was always surprised, based on Jack Tramiel's ability to cut costs, that Atari wasn't more of a force in the PC clone world. Did they not put enough of an effort into it because of the ST? Why did they not put more effort behind it, I wonder? I had a computer shop in the late 80's, and when the Atari rep came in to visit in in '88, he said for us to expect 90% of Atari sales to become their PC sales. That never happened, and there was no word spoken otherwise about it. We had one PC1 in and it took a long time to sell. We sold a lot more of the traditional looking XT based Atari and Commodore PC's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I was always surprised, based on Jack Tramiel's ability to cut costs, that Atari wasn't more of a force in the PC clone world. Did they not put enough of an effort into it because of the ST? Why did they not put more effort behind it, I wonder? Why would anyone buy an Atari branded PC clone in 1987? In the U.S. Tandy had a full store presence in almost every town, and the Tandy 1000 series were widely available, extremely successful, and expandable. In the U.K. and Europe, Amstrad/Schneider had their PC1512s and PC1640s which were widely available, extremely successful, and expandable. Tramiel had burned bridges left and right with both suppliers and retailers. He had a very limited distribution network, and fading brand recognition which, such that is was, potential customers associated it with games, not computers. And with the PC standard essentially being open, aiming to be the low-cost leader is a race to the bottom, as Gateway found out. I love the Atari PC1. I wish I had one. Its so damn cute. And it uses the same floppy disk and mouse interface as the ST. But I also remember looking at the PC1 back in 1988, and being told by an Atari representative that it was not expandable at all. I was surprised to find out later it does in fact have an internal expansion bus and a single 8bit ISA card could have been installed. Atari's marketing and customer support under Trameil was incompetent. Apple, Amstrad, Dell, Compaq, HP, Tandy and even IBM made money in the consumer market offering machines that were capable, but also available, and most importantly marketed and supported. Trameil never seemed to figure that last part out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Sometimes I've wondered how Tramiel was able to successfully sell Commdore computers in the States but nothing else afterwards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 He was able to convince big discount stores, like K-Mart, to carry Commodore computers. This increased his sales, but ruined his rep with dealers, since the discounters cut the computers' prices drastically. After the mid-80's most large discounters stopped selling computers, and no dealer wanted to touch anything Tramiel made. Not sure why Kmart dropped computers; perhaps they realized the cheap 8-bit market was dying, & the ST was too expensive. Or perhaps they realized selling computers required an amount of expertise they lacked. Or both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 ... Not sure why Kmart dropped computers; perhaps they realized the cheap 8-bit market was dying, & the ST was too expensive. Or perhaps they realized selling computers required an amount of expertise they lacked. Or both. I would vote for latest. This is here and now exactly same case: Media Markt and Tesco (2 biggest here) just removed PC selling divisions in last couple years. People just did not like to buy at them because salesmen were really poor with elementary knowledge, + what was in offer was not best choice. They missed experts for what to order from manufacturers, resellers ,,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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