Missed out on an Ebay treasure trove!

[Houdini]

Ugh! Missed out on this fantastic collection by an hour or so. Another reason to not go to work and stay home and play Atari! 😞

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256581952335

 

[adam242]

Someone got a great deal on that lot at $50... many good titles! and Bop N Wrestle..

[+bob1200xl]

Who is this person? I can almost walk to EDH.

 

Bob

 

[+SoulBuster]

I picked that lot up. I'll be posting the dumps as soon as it arrives.

[Havok69]

Chipmunk! Used the mess out of that application back in the day! For um, archival purposes...

[kenp]

1 hour ago, SoulBuster said:

I picked that lot up. I'll be posting the dumps as soon as it arrives.

i do hope the disks are all in good shape.  nice score.

[MarkusKS]

What Claude 3 has to say about this picture:

 

Quote

The image shows a large collection of floppy disks for Atari 8-bit computers. Based on the visible labels and the information from the search results, we can identify several notable software titles and categories:

1. Productivity Software:
- "Movie Maker" - An animation creation program[1][3]
- "The Newsroom" - Likely a desktop publishing application
- "Atariwriter" - A popular word processing program[1]

2. Programming and Development:
- "BASIC XE" - An extended BASIC programming language
- "Action!" - A procedural programming language with an integrated compiler[1]

3. Games:
- "Star Raiders" - Atari's killer app that showcased the computer's capabilities[4]
- "Ninja" - A martial arts themed game
- "Karateka" - A popular fighting game
- "Bruce Lee" - An action game featuring the martial arts star

4. Educational Software:
- "Touchdown Football" - Likely an educational sports game

5. Utility Software:
- "Autoduel" - Possibly a disk utility or game
- "Sparta DOS X" - A popular third-party disk operating system

6. Graphics and Design:
- "Graphic Artist" - Likely a drawing or design program

7. Company-specific Software:
- "Antic" - Software from Antic magazine, which published programs for Atari computers[1]
- "APX" (Atari Program Exchange) - User-written software distributed by Atari[1]

The collection also includes disks from various publishers like Interstel, Datasoft, and Electronic Arts, which were prominent software companies for the Atari 8-bit platform[4].

This diverse array of software reflects the Atari 8-bit computers' versatility, supporting applications ranging from productivity tools and programming environments to games and educational software. The presence of both first-party Atari software and third-party titles demonstrates the platform's robust ecosystem during its heyday[1][4].

It's worth noting that Atari 8-bit computers used various disk formats, with the most common being single-density (90 KB) and enhanced density (130 KB) on 5.25" floppy disks[2][5]. The software collection in the image likely spans several years of Atari 8-bit computing history, from the early 1980s through the late 1980s or early 1990s when Atari officially ended support for the 8-bit line[6].

Citations:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_computer_software
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_computer_peripherals
[3] https://pplx-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/v1722026269/user_uploads/lbddbajwa/collection_7_24.webp.53abeb55ffebaf4b5620e7473e26559e.jpg
[4] https://atarimuseum.nl/atari-8-bit-software/
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_810
[6] https://www.a8preservation.com

 

[MarkusKS]

1. Movie Maker
2. The Newsroom
3. Atariwriter (inferred from "writer" label)
4. BASIC XE
5. Action!
6. Star Raiders (inferred from "Star Fleet I")
7. Ninja
8. Karateka
9. Bruce Lee
10. Touchdown Football
11. Autoduel
12. Sparta DOS
13. Graphic Artist (inferred from "Graphics" label)
14. Fantasy
15. Analog (possibly "Analog" magazine software)
16. The Great American Cross-Country Road Race
17. Leader Board
18. Dragon II
19. Hardball
20. APX Classics
21. Antic (software from Antic magazine)
22. Interstel (publisher)
23. Synapse (publisher)
24. Karate (possibly "Karate Champ")
25. Chernobyl (possibly "Chernobyl: The Final Warning")
26. P.S. Connection
27. Question Disk (educational software)

This list represents the clearly visible titles in the image. Some labels are partially obscured or too small to read, so there may be additional titles not listed here.

[+Allan]

Did anybody here grab this one?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176488579456

[+SoulBuster]

On 7/26/2024 at 7:16 PM, Allan said:

Did anybody here grab this one?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176488579456

I let that one go. Expensive for not enough originals.

[+Allan]

11 hours ago, SoulBuster said:

I let that one go. Expensive for not enough originals.

I was close but I had just bought a couple of other Atari 8-bit disks which were not cheap. 

 

There are a couple of extremely rare programs in this collection.

 

@www.atarimania.com

 

https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-printer-s-delight_41548.html

 

Hopefully it is someone here and they get archived.

[+Allan]

Just spent some time looking and Microtales were a couple of public domain disks for kids. Adventures with graphics. In the C & T collection they are PD081 and PD082 disks.

 

https://archive.org/details/CandTComputerActiveAtariPublicDomainSoftwareCatalog/page/n5/mode/2up?q=Microtale

 

 

[AtariPhreak]

man - would have loved to have had those original carina disks - if nothing else, to frame and hang on my “computer room” wall. .

 

 

[Tillek]

3 hours ago, AtariPhreak said:

man - would have loved to have had those original carina disks - if nothing else, to frame and hang on my “computer room” wall. .

 

 

Yeah, I tried too.   Would have been a nice addition to the VCF Midwest Atari BBS demo tables.