Subj : Macintosh echo
To   : Dave Drum
From : Drew Klenotic
Date : Thu Mar 16 2017 19:23:40

On 15 Mar 17  08:03:56 Dave Drum wrote...

DD> I'm not up on the Atari line - was there any major difference between
DD> the 520 and 1040 besides the memory? I was pretty sure you weren't
DD> still mucking about with an 800XL.
DD> 
DD> Wait-a-minit. I still have (and fire up from time to time) a Commode
DD> Door 64 - no reason you wouldn't be fussing with a 400 or 800 machine.
DD> 
DD> ... "Pieces of Nine".."Pieces of Nine"...sorry...Parroty error!
DD> 
DD> --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3  * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) 

To which Drew Klenotic replies...

Well, actually yes, I have at least half a dozen 800xls, 2 1200xls, and a
130xe from the 8-bit line (and actually, looking to get a Commode Door 64
in the next few weeks).  I actually just put up a BBS in progress on my
main 800xl (the one I had since I was a kid).  (In progress means I leave
it up for callers, but still have some work to do with it).

As far as the ST/TT/Falcon line, I run STar Fleet HQ on a Mega 4 STE
(with the same hard drive I got for it in the mid 90's) which is the
Fidonet node BBS.  (No Fido for the 8-bit Atari BBSs).

I also have 2 520 STs, a few Mega STs, another Mega 4 STE, a STacy, 2
Falcon030s and a TT030.  I guess technically, I do have a 1040 STf but
since I bought it broken for parts I don't count it as part of the
collection.

As far as the difference between the 520 and 1040, that depends.  The
520STm (which I have 2 of) has no internal floppy.  The 1040ST is
generally really a 1040STf (or STfm) which has an internal floppy (the M
is for whether it has an RF modulator in addition to the monitor out). 
As far as I know, there was no 1040STm  There are 520STfm which in that
case, a 520STfm and 1040STfm only differ by memory.  Same with the 520STE
and 1040STE (e=enhanced and all have an internal floppy - not sure about
the modulator).

And that is your 20 line answer to what could have been a yes/no
question.


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