I've got my Atari 800 and ATR8000!

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Sep 15 15:43:46 2000

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Neil Cherry wrote:

> Now comes the questions, I don't know the commands for CPM does anyone know
> of a good intro to ccp? I'm hoping to get a book on CP/M soon. In the mean
> I've backed up the roms and I'm about to investigate upgrading to ZsDOS
> (or something similar). I'm hoping the ATR8000 will be able to access the
> Atari 800 drives, that way I can hook it up to my Linux box and it can act
> as a large floppy drive. I know it confusing but it really does work.

Nope, the way it works is that the Atari 800 is actually a dumb terminal
to the ATR8000. In fact, you can plug just about anything into the
ATR-8000 and use it as your CP/M "host". The ATR-8000 has it's own disk
drive ports. It can't use the Atari disk drives (without some serious
modifications).

Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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