Possible Rescue

From: John Amirault <amirault_at_epix.net>
Date: Thu Dec 3 10:06:53 1998

Stephen,
  Hi, I live in susquehanna, Pa. and would be willing to come pick this stuff
up. Please send me an email to amirault_at_epix.net Thanks, John Amirault. I
am an avid IBM PCjr collector, my brother has an atari system in Casper,
Wyo., I think.


Stephen Dauphin wrote:

> Fresh from an Atari 8-bit mailing list. In Binghamton, NY. Note the
> restrictions. Naive though they may be, at least his heart is in the
> right place. Do not contact me. Use the email address in the quoted note
> below.
>
> ********************************************************************
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:39:18 -0500
> From: jmagacs_at_ALTAVISTA.NET
> Reply to: INFO-ATARI8_at_SCORE.STANFORD.EDU
> To: INFO-ATARI8_at_VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: This will make some 8-bitter's Christmas Wish come true
>
> I am a formerly-avid 8-bitter who finally moved on to a Power Macintosh
> after 14 years of Atari. My wife won't let me keep
> my Atari stuff. While I could probably make a little money by selling it
> piece-meal, I don't want the hassle. Instead I'd
> like to give it for free to a worthy Atari 8-bit user group (do any still
> exist?) or a dedicated 8-bit enthusiast.
>
> My only restrictions are:
>
> 1. The recipient must take everything. There's too much to ship (15
> boxes!) so they have to pick it up in the Binghamton,
> NY area (probably using a van).
>
> 2. The recipient can not sell anything received from my collection.
> Since I gave it away for free, anything the recipient
> does not keep must in turn be given away for free. All subsequent
> recipients must also abide by this requirement.
>
> The collection of Atari 8-bit stuff includes the following (and more):
> 1. 5 800 XLs (one NEW in foam). 4 power supplies
> 2. 1 800/48K (very nice condition) - no power supply
> 3. 5 1050 disk drives (2 with ICD 1050 doubler upgrade)
> 4. 2 NEW 1050 drive mechanisms. One non-working 1050 drive mechanism
> with an uninstalled timing LED that may fix it.
> 5. 1 MIO/256K - serial port non-functional. RAM-disk works fine.
> 6. 1 Taxan monitor with separate chroma/lumina input.
> 7. 1020 plotter with a BAGFULL of replacement pens.
> 8. 1030 modem and a Hayes 2400 baud modem.
> 9. XMM801 dot-matrix printer
> 10. 2 NEW light pens
> 11. Animation Station touch-tablet
> 12. 4 track balls. 2 Atari pro-line joysticks. 2 original Atari
> joysticks. Paddle controller. Driving Controller (never
> found a game that used it).
> 13. NEW RT-8 clock cartridge
> 14. Unassembled SIO2PC kit with software.
> 15. A HUGE assortment of software. Both productivity (all the First
> XLent titles), NewStation, PrintShop, C compilers,
> Forth, Atari Macro Assembler, Assembler Editor, all the ICD assemblers
> and languages. 2 copies of Sparta DOS X, etc., and
> lots of games (including Flight Simulator cart and two scenery disks).
> Most are in original packaging. Also a lot of
> loose cartridges and three cases of floppies.
> 16. Lots of books.
> 17. COMPLETE collection of Antic magazine. ANALOG from early 1985 to
> end. COMPUTE from early 1985 to end. Most of Atari
> Explorer.
> 18. Lots of documentation, Xeroxed articles, etc. about Atari 8-bits.
>
> If you're interested in getting all this great stuff subject to the
> above-stated restrictions, please email me:
>
> jmagacs_at_altavista.net
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Received on Thu Dec 03 1998 - 10:06:53 GMT