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- Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Date: Wednesday, 29 Jul 1992 20:28:11 CDT
- From: Mark Czarnowski <U58578@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Message-ID: <92211.202811U58578@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: XE questions etc.
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Date: Wednesday, 29 Jul 1992 00:40:54 CDT
- From: Mark Czarnowski <U58578@uicvm.uic.edu>
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- Message-ID: <92211.004054U58578@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Questions about XE etc.
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- 2 years ago I bought an Atari XE Game System from Toys R Us at a clearance pric
- e of $80. I bought it to replace my 400 which had died earlier. The other day
- I noticed that the XE is still at the same store at the same clearance price.
- Is there anyplace else that actually sells new Atari XE's besides there? A fr
- iend of mine gave me 2 old, big, slow Atari 810 floppy drives, along with a few
- shoeboxes full of disks, and some other junque.
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- I can't find any "new" software for the XE at the store anymore. When was the
- last year any cartridge and disk games <software> was manufactured for the 8-bi
- t Ataris? <--sp? Most of the stuff I have is early 80's, and is rather bad fr
- om the graphics point of view. Is there any other game for which the light gun
- is good for besides Bug Hunt?
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- Last year I saw a 1200 baud Atari Modem beand new at a ham feat for $20. I sho
- uld have bought it. It had an RS-232 port and the IO port for the Atari. What
- is the name of this modem and is there anyone selling it that cheap new anymor
- e?
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- I had a voice synthisizer program called S.A.M., but it no longer works. Is th
- ere anyplace where I can get another copy?
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- Also, the cable connecting the keyboard to the computer has a short in it. Any
- one have a new keyboard cheap?
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- Bottom line is that I am looking for:
- 1. "New" software
- 2. The modem which I described
- 3. A better disk drive
- 4. New keyboard
- 5. S.A.M. replacement
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- I am glad to see that a lot of people besides myself still own and use 8-bit At
- ari computers ! :-)
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- Please post or email me if you can help answer my questions.
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- Thanx much!
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- Mark B. Czarnowski
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- UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Internet: U58578@uicvm.uic.edu
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- Go Cubs!!!
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