Strange computer... ATR 8000

From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net>
Date: Mon Oct 12 19:08:01 1998

At 04:36 PM 10/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Picked this thing up at Wacky Willy's in Portland, OR for $5 with a floppy
>drive(actually two 5.25" drives in a case with a PS). Not quite sure what
>to think of it. It says ATR8000 SWP Microcomputer Products on the front,
>lighted power switch on front, and on the back we have two 13-pin Molex
>connectors marked Peripheral Out and Computer In, and three edge-connectors

That is a (iirc) CP/M(?) box for an atari 800. I believe it plugs into the
800 (or other 8-bit atari) and the atari is the terminal for the CP/M
Machine. Pretty amazing device. (Pretty amazing that I recognized the
name! 8^)



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