Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> 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).
Well at least you didn't say it's not possible. I'm still happy to have it
as it's linked to my Atari collection and it's CP/M which I've been looking
for for a while. I'm going to at least attempt to add an IDE interface (ala
The Epson QX-10 example) I figure it should be possible. I do know I can
run the Atari into the Linux box (SIO2PC). The really cool thing was that
when I opened the ATR8000 up it had a Z80, CTC and WD27xx chip (or 17xx
chip), and a lot of TTL. I can build another with a Zilog S18x chip and
have integrated serial, parallel and CTC. Yes I know I'm nuts but I love
it when the old and new cause the lines to blur!
BTW, I wish I could be at the VCF show, but it's a bit far for a quick
bike ride. :-)
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Received on Fri Sep 15 2000 - 17:14:08 BST