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- From: bmarcum@world.std.com (Bill Marcum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: Atari 800XL monitors and IBM<->AtariDOS disks - HELP !
- Message-ID: <BzAE1y.HxI@world.std.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 06:01:10 GMT
- References: <ROBERT.92Dec14142630@caxton.harlqn.co.uk>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- In article <ROBERT.92Dec14142630@caxton.harlqn.co.uk> robert@harlqn.co.uk (Robert Butterworth) writes:
- >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 ?
- >
- It isn't an RGB port, it's a composite port. You can use composite monitors
- like the Commodore 1701 or 1702, or a tv set that has audio/video inputs.
- I have no idea what they would cost in the UK, but here used monitors usually
- sell for $100 or less.
-
- >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 ?).
- >
- That's a problem. Your best bet is to get an RS232 interface and/or a modem.
- Or, get a double density drive. I think CSS still sells a double density
- upgrade for the 1050, but it might be easier to find a used drive already
- upgraded.
-
- >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.
- >
- Far as I know, there's no way to connect an IDE drive to an 8-bit. With an
- MIO or Black Box, you can use SCSI, MFM or RLL drives.
-
- >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.
-