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- From: robert@harlqn.co.uk (Robert Butterworth)
- Subject: Atari 800XL monitors and IBM<->AtariDOS disks - HELP !
- Message-ID: <ROBERT.92Dec14142630@caxton.harlqn.co.uk>
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- Sender: news@harlqn.co.uk (Usenet News Account)
- Organization: Harlequin Limited, Cambridge, England
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 14:26:30 GMT
-
- Nice to see the 8bit systems going strong still.
- Due to financial problems, I'm having to sell my PC and go back to using my
- 800XL. I've been off the scene for years now, so I've got a few questions :
-
- 1. What kind of colour monitors can I plug into the RGB port on the 800XL, how
- much will they cost and where can I pick one up in the UK ?
-
- 2. Is it at all possible to get software that I've downloaded onto the PC's at
- work via anonymous FTP, onto the atari. I've got a bog standard 1050 drive (I
- used to have a double density one but it blew up !), so I don't think I can use
- proper double density disks (can I ?).
-
- 3. I've got a 200Mb Seagate ST1239A IDE drive left over from the PC. How the
- hell do I go about connecting it to the atari ? Is it possible.
-
- Bear in mind that I've no idea what's going on in the 8bit world these days.
- Thanks in advance for any help.
-
- Robert Butterworth
- robert@harlqn.co.uk
- Ta.
-