zmame Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Good day I recently purchased a large lot of computer stuff and this was part of the lot. This is the new jewel of my collection the ATW800 i look forward to getting it running and documenting here on the atariage forum. I don't have a proper monitor to hook up to the unit as of yet. So that will be my next step. I am also going to take it apart and disconnect the PSU the mother boards and make sure its putting out proper voltage before i try and fire it up. i hope to video document it and ill keep posting my progress to this thread. see the pictures attached 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) you know how rare that thing is? amazing find, best of luck! where did you get it? Edited August 10, 2016 by Wally1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Holy friggin hell! What an amazing find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 you know how rare that thing is? amazing find, best of luck! where did you get it? Holy friggin hell! What an amazing find! I'm very aware of how rare it's paid a fair bit for the whole lot.. got lots of other rare gems too nothing this rare though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Well congrats! I am eagerly awaiting your progress reports. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 are you going to use an oscilloscope to check the voltage levels? noob question sorry haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 are you going to use an oscilloscope to check the voltage levels? noob question sorry haha No just going to use a basic meter to ensure the PSU is putting out proper voltage before i put power to the motherboard. I would feel horrible if the output was wrong and fried something. I hope to start this weekend ill post the video when its ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 can you put a youtube video up of it going or setting up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 G-d blessed you with that one. good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 can you put a youtube video up of it going or setting up i will have youtube of insides, testing, running os and all that good stuff. i have hundreds of old computers a lot of rare ones too so i want to try making youtube videos of them. Hopefully there is enough interest. I bought %90 of daves old computers collection.. i lucked in indeed my wife would say otherwise though. only stuff he kept was really old stuff altairs, early chiclet pets, and some 1st gen trs80s. here is a list of the computers he had http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Following this thread. Good luck! I would love to see what the ATW800 can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Awesome I got one myself overhere aswell. It runs but haven't done much with it, because there are no active ATW800 users around. I wonder what stuff you got on the ATW800 harddrive maybe some special code, my runs Helios 1.2 need to upgrade/install 1.3 I got overhere but find it tricky so I gonna find me a second harddisk to try on first to avoid loosing a working booting system. Post your experience here... I cleaned my ATW it was in pretty good condition mostly dust ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 you guys interested in selling your Transputers? I'll pay top dollar (as soon as i hit lotto) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Whaaa never ever ever Sent from UMI hammer with Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 you guys interested in selling your Transputers? I'll pay top dollar (as soon as i hit lotto) I have have no plans on selling it at the moment. It will be interesting to see what is on the hard drive. Software included with the unit ATW 800 boot disk 23.09.89 helios 1.1 MIRA SHADING X demos Public domain if there is anything interesting on the hard drive ill try to back it up onto my HxC floppy emulator and post the images. I will also make a list of the images above and post them so they are archived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) I always wondered what these things were for. What software was made to take advantage of them, and what are all the specs on it? There isn't even all that much information about these online. I do find it rather predictive that they had essentially a Firebee in the form of a Mega ST for this back when it was designed. Very impressive that you managed to get ahold of it! Edited August 16, 2016 by leech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank.lukas Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 -> http://www.acbm.com/atw/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 -> http://www.acbm.com/atw/ Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 This seems to be "the" ATW800 site: http://www.classiccmp.org/transputer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Not %100 sure on the specs yet im working on that.. in the mean time here is a youtube video of the machine running!! I dont have working ST monitor as of yet so that will be the next step 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatPW Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Good day I recently purchased a large lot of computer stuff and this was part of the lot. This is the new jewel of my collection the ATW800 i look forward to getting it running and documenting here on the atariage forum. I don't have a proper monitor to hook up to the unit as of yet. So that will be my next step. I am also going to take it apart and disconnect the PSU the mother boards and make sure its putting out proper voltage before i try and fire it up. i hope to video document it and ill keep posting my progress to this thread. see the pictures attached Congratulations on a great find! Mind if I ask how did you find or make this great purchase? How does someone have a ATW800 laying around to sell. Just incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Congratulations on a great find! Mind if I ask how did you find or make this great purchase? How does someone have a ATW800 laying around to sell. Just incredible! It wasn't just sitting around, i bought it from a huge collector. I find this system fascinating and like pondering how far tech would be today if this technology took off. There is even talk of the possibilities off artificial intelligence in a processing language called OCCAM. From what I have read the processor was so good at calculating it couldn't be matched until around 2007 processors hit the market (I don't know all the technical details on this yet; but i will). i found a good video that explains how a transporter works over a traditional CPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baldwin Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 thanks for the video ill add you to my youtube list. you might be abble to login to the atari by network somehow in terminal i see there are some vids of the compter on youtube to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmame Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 thanks for the video ill add you to my youtube list. you might be abble to login to the atari by network somehow in terminal i see there are some vids of the compter on youtube to look at. i got some literature i'm reading on it right now. think the easiest way would be with a monitor (obviously); if anyone knows of a guide to do this i would be all ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatPW Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 It wasn't just sitting around, i bought it from a huge collector. I find this system fascinating and like pondering how far tech would be today if this technology took off. There is even talk of the possibilities off artificial intelligence in a processing language called OCCAM. From what I have read the processor was so good at calculating it couldn't be matched until around 2007 processors hit the market (I don't know all the technical details on this yet; but i will). i found a good video that explains how a transporter works over a traditional CPU Yes, the Atari Transputer was something I've been interested for a very long time. I was told the Atari Transputer wasn't as powerful as initially thought at the time of conception which was why Atari pulled the plug on it but I definitely hope to see one in action someday and get to experience the only Atari computer I never got a chance to use. Your system looks to be in amazing shape as well right down to the trademark Atari ST detachable keyboard and mouse! I'd love to see what 2 of these computers networked together could've possibly produced. Thank you for sharing! I hope you'll have the time to get some YouTube videos up someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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