+kheller2 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) I was thinking this afternoon of the Atari hardware that I let go/sold and wish I hadn't. Other than a few hardware prototypes like an XTM201 which I really wish I did not sell, I miss the XMM801 and XDM121 mint in the box that I had. Seem XE gear in the wild is hard to find... Edited June 24, 2016 by kheller2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanr256 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1. ATR-8000 2. Black Box w/floppy controller 3. Antic and A.N.A.L.O.G. magazine collection -Bov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 My original STFM. Had only recently upgraded it with a 4Mb Marpet upgrade as well. Black box with floppy controller and drives. Was faulty but I'm pretty sure I could fix it now. Sold it to someone in Germany for pittance. Atari 8-bit Robotron in big box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentarian Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 My original 1200XL from 1983, and an R-Time8 cartridge because it no longer worked. (Should've kept the shell at least.) Old desk that that my Atari equipment fit ever so perfectly in. Old Antic/Analog mags and a few early Computer Shopper magazines that had Atari type in programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirx Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 two falcons and jag with basically everything that was published by anyone. I was lacking maybe two obscure carts (my company was local Jag distributor). Shit man, I gave it away basically for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48kRAM Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 As far as Atari goes, the only thing I've scrapped was a homebrew cassette interface that my dad built. I decided tapes were dead and I re-used the case and some of the protoboard. Kinda wish I hadn't now -- not that I need it, just that I wish I had it. At least I still have the 400, 810, 850, joysticks and carts. WRT non-Atari stuff, I tossed or sold a TON in a move many years ago. An Apple 2e, a Platinum 2e, lots of 2gs parts, a Sun 3/50, SparcStation 20, an Ultra 1, a Mac Quadra 840AV, several Pentium towers. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 except for my Atari 400 and an sio2pc I built in 1995.. I sold off everything else... Moving.. marriage.. not sure.. anyway.. I have a lot back now.. and enjoying it more than ever.. Thanks Atari community!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichenneke Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 ATR 8000 !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 My Computer Shopper and Current Notes magazines. I could have scanned them all. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Some earlier Antic Magazines, Compute Magazines, and all of my RAG user group monthly new papers. This was just before I became a true Atari Fan.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Atari 800 Atari 800XL Atari 810 Happy Drive Atari 1050 enhanced drive Sold these to pay for Atari 1040ST, Amiga 500 which did not live up to what I had hoped for - arcade quality videogames. Only going SNES and Megadrive did deliver that. The main reason for going A8 again - was that I always felt it's potential was not fully realised and it lacked certain games for it. And probably because there was nostalgia attached to it - in which I met some amazing people with like interests. Maybe I should try getting in contact with the guy I sold my 800 to - and see if I can repurchase it? Though I only want to pay a fraction of what it sold for. Harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 My original 800 (the one I have now is a later model; just not the same) My ANALOG and Antic collection, that I sold for about the cost of postage My Diamond cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) All of my gear, to be honest it was taken from me without choice rather than getting rid of it but the feeling is the same, the things I had were priceless to me and I had the odd rarity that simply isn't out there ANYWHERE, but so be it... Bad, bad times... It also hurts that I had a C64 collection that was MASSIVE, all real items and the odd rarity that I had to BIN because no one would collect it... The curse of moving homes, give me both of those back and I'd be a happy person... Edited June 24, 2016 by Mclaneinc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifanboi Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 All of the Atari 8 bit kit I had in the 90's that I sold to buy a Megadrive (Genesis) By then I also had an Amiga 500 and Atari ST and Mega ST 2, so I guess I felt that the 8 bits were outdated. Atari 800XL, 1050, 1010 and a shed load of original software collected over 10 years. I have now got these machines again, but the original software? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 My original 1980s 800xl with 256k upgrade installed by my Dad... The electronics gift was not passed down unfortunately. Also more recently I sold a xep80. Wouldn't mind that back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Compared to the things everyone else has described, my one regret pales but to me it was a pretty big kick-myself. It was my 1mb MIO. I loved that thing, and it was my workhorse, the backbone behind my RAMBO'd 800XL. When I came back into the scene back in April-ish, it didn't take long before I began to realize I'd never see one again. 256K 800XLs? Check. Indus drive? Check. 1050s, Atari 800s and 400s, a 1010 recorder? Check, check, and check. But darn it, I couldn't find a MIO... that is until a couple weeks ago when someone listed one on eBay for what I thought was a ridiculously low price as a Buy It Now. I didn't even stop to read the description. Blip, and PayPal'd the payment through. Then the anxious wait for it to arrive. Would it work? Was that why it was so cheap? I consoled myself with the belief that even if it WAS broken somehow, the case and mainboard were a good foundation to start from. It arrived, and off to my Atari room I went. Got it hooked up, plugged it in, flipped on the UPS power for everything, and turned on the MIO. Omigoose! It WORKED!! I spent some time refreshing my memory on how to get to the setup on it, and everything is right in my universe again. I have a 1mb MIO!! I don't know why I like the MIO so much, especially with so many better, higher-capacity options available. I just do. And you can be sure I won't make the same mistake again. --Tim 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 1400xl motherboard, had one that a customer brought in, claimed he had worked at Atari, this was around 1987, kept it boxed up and it was lost with some stuff I lost in a divorce years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 I'll add that one of the things taken from me not of my own choice was a complete mint in the box Vectrex 3D goggle. A fire took that and so much more Atari stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) ALL my early videogames and computers. Like some others here I didn't have much of a choice, with all the crazies and religious nutjobs and stuff.. The one thing I guarded extra carefully was the Apple II and all its paraphernalia. But emulation has fit the bill, and as I grew into it I found it to be better in almost every respect. Edited June 25, 2016 by Keatah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 The first 600XL I had in 1984 but I needed the money. But it probably would have just sat around anyway, and I got another one a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronizer Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 An Atari 400, Programmer, and Entertainer, along with various other cartridges, all in the original boxes and with all papers (bought it from someone who kept everything meticulously organized). Gave it away along with my NES. Sigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Ohh the humanity. Giving away an Atari 400 together WITH an NES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) ALL my early videogames and computers. Like some others here I didn't have much of a choice, with all the crazies and religious nutjobs and stuff.. The one thing I guarded extra carefully was the Apple II and all its paraphernalia. But emulation has fit the bill, and as I grew into it I found it to be better in almost every respect. Yeah, I'd like to echo that emulation has given me back almost everything and then some, and for that the various emulator writers especially Avery who made my favourite computer and its associated addon's live again properly via emulation deserve a mega round of applause. I do miss the real hardware and still feel the despair of the way it went with it all at the same time as my mothers death but I've got some hardware back and the emulator people have more than filled in the blanks along with all the preservation people (hey, I can add myself in to that a little) who made sure the software lived on... Paul... Edited June 25, 2016 by Mclaneinc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I've lost track of all the Atari bits I've given away over the years. My biggest regret was my 1029 printer though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifanboi Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I also sold a Science of Cambridge MK14 when I was really short of cash. It was the precursor to the ZX80, so sad face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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