Atari8guy Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Larry said: I'm curious why you pick the MyIDE + Flash over the MyIDE-II? (I'm not criticizing your choice -- just curious about why.) I wouldn't, it was meant more in jest - I tried to pick obscure ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reifsnyderb Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Atari8guy said: I wouldn't, it was meant more in jest - I tried to pick obscure ones... Well, if we want to go that way..... 1 810 or 1050 floppy drive 1 compatible TV set 4 joysticks (We need an Atari 800 for this) 1 working floppy disk labeled "M.U.L.E." Edited July 15, 2023 by reifsnyderb 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 How about the TV Switch Box? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reifsnyderb Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, Atari8guy said: How about the TV Switch Box? That's optional. 🙂 If S-Video is being used, no TV Switch Box is necessary. M.U.L.E. is mandatory. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 ICD MIO! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 14 hours ago, Bee said: ICD MIO! Or Black Box if you lived in the 90's. : - ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 7/15/2023 at 12:04 PM, MrMaddog said: Or Black Box if you lived in the 90's. : - ) MIO wins: External RAMDISK swapped to be boot drive, with homebrew battery backup in case of power failure, to run your BBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Yep. It was pretty amazing what you could do with an MIO and spartados.. Add an R:Time8 and a 20meg SCSI drive, and you had a world class BBS suite.. Even if the whole thing was on the verge of crashing at any given moment.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 4:16 PM, MEtalGuy66 said: Yep. It was pretty amazing what you could do with an MIO and spartados.. Add an R:Time8 and a 20meg SCSI drive, and you had a world class BBS suite.. Even if the whole thing was on the verge of crashing at any given moment.. Actually until a few years ago, I ran a BBS on that very setup and it wasn't all that unstable. Carina II, 800xl (256k Rambo), MIO (256k), SH204 (with the ST host adapter removed and connected directly to the MIO) with R-Time 8 and Basic XE carts. Eventually the drive died, but until that happened it was a sweet setup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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