Subj : Macintosh echo
To   : Dave Drum
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Mar 17 2017 08:25:58

-=> Drew Klenotic wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 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> 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Most of my stack of ancient stuff from the wood-fired, steam powered, belt 
drive days has been given to others who expressed an interest or to the local 
recyclers (we have an elecrtonics/computer recycler here). I have two Amigas - 
one with a 68030 and the other with an 040 and the C=64 to go with my wad of 
Winders and Linux boxes. Currently sorting through several boxes of 
miscellaneous cables to try an condense down to manageable proportions. And 
just found a SCSI Tower that I had forgotten about - with its own power supply 
but none of the 5.25" half-height SCSI drives needed to populate it. However, 
not all is lost. I believe that NewEgg has adapters. If not Pacific Geeks just 
came back on-line.   Bv)=

.... If it weren't for Edison we'd be using computers by candlelight

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