dr. kwack Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Looking for the following games on disk. Can be originals or backups... Archon S.A.M. Kennedy Approach MULE Infiltrator Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Hi. If you're not concerned about getting original software, you might want to think about getting an SIO2PC or 10502PC setup. Then you could just download almost any game you want. However, I'm sure you'll get "backup" disks very easily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. kwack Posted August 20, 2004 Author Share Posted August 20, 2004 OK- I've never heard of such a thing! Please tell me more or point me in the right direction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Welcome to a new world! Try: http://www.sunmark.com http://www.atarimax.com SIO2PC is a cable that lets you connect your PC to an Atari 8-bit computer. You can boot the Atari from the PC hard drive, and download disk, cart or tape images from the PC to your Atari. SIO21050 allows you to connect your PC directly to a 1050 floppy drive. The other option, of course, is to use an emulator. This allows your PC to behave as if it were an Atari computer. That way, you can just use downloaded files straight away. There is plenty of information on this in this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespertillio Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 I will chime in and say the SIO2PC rocks!!! Also the DC 800/5200 emulator rocks as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. kwack Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 OK, I followed your links, but let me make sure I have this straight- Gads I feel like such an idiot... SIO2PC will allow me to hook my 800XL to my pc. I can download Atari Computer files of any kind from the internet (disk, cass, cart). Can I also save these files on 5.25 disk once I get them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 OK, I followed your links, but let me make sure I have this straight- Gads I feel like such an idiot... SIO2PC will allow me to hook my 800XL to my pc. I can download Atari Computer files of any kind from the internet (disk, cass, cart). Can I also save these files on 5.25 disk once I get them? You can do that, or you can just leave them on the PC. You can effectively use the PC hard drive as though it were the Atari's hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Heres a page with more information on how to get disk images, etc. http://www.atarimax.com/sio2pc/ Once you have a SIO2PC interface and a regular SIO cable you can just download all the old Atari software in ATR disk images. You load those into a special program on your PC then just turn on your Atari and they load as if you had real disks. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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