+MacRorie Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Folks, I know this is not an A8 machine, but I am not sure where else to ask this question: Has anyone seen/know anything about this Atari Portfolio system? I mean it is obviously a Portfolio, but it is branded "Beacon PQ1000" and the serial attachment is for use with "a Beacon Sense module 03A." I think it might be slightly different than the Atari Serial Port, but not sure. ANy info would be appreciated. Google searches that I have done are not helpful. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmoo Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I found this from the FCC ID, which is more of general interest than specific to this device: https://fccid.io/EBAHPC-004 Beacon Light Products apparently had a web site at beacon-light.com but it is now defunct. That's all I've found so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 I found this from the FCC ID, which is more of general interest than specific to this device: https://fccid.io/EBAHPC-004 Beacon Light Products apparently had a web site at beacon-light.com but it is now defunct. That's all I've found so far. Thanks for the FCC information, I did not have that. Very interesting! Yeah, the website was a dead end for me as well. Hmm, well, I will keep looking. I would love to know how it interfaced with devices from this company. I have a 128M card, but the battery is long since dead and any attempts to access it without formatting it result in a "Abort/Ignore/Retry" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardianDuck Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 It probably isn't much help, but beacon-light.com was archived by the Internet Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20050915000000*/http://beacon-light.com. The later captures don't seem to work, but the one in 2005 and some earlier ones do. Nothing Atari Portfolio specific though, the site only mentions their (at the time) current products. There is a page of contact details, you might get lucky. Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Wow! Never seen this, and I am a huge Port fan, got three of them in various states of operability. Learn something new every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hmm, Atari Portfolio (originaly DIP Pocket PC, DIP Research Ltd) has Dip DOS 2.11. This one has <2, so - I think, that not only Atari made DIP Pocket on licens and that it is 100% compatible, but - maybe in other programs in ROM memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Hmm, Atari Portfolio (originaly DIP Pocket PC, DIP Research Ltd) has Dip DOS 2.11. This one has <2, so - I think, that not only Atari made DIP Pocket on licens and that it is 100% compatible, but - maybe in other programs in ROM memory. No, this one has DIP DOS 2.11, the version is 1.072 which I think is the same as the public Atari release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Never heard of that one, but interesting. Love the Port, my stuff: http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=345204 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Very cool. Never seen it either. Please keep this thread updated with any information you find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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