--- THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:
> The Atari 850 four port serial interface will handle 20ma current loop on
> ports three and four. You could read the tapes in, store them to disk, and
> upload them to your PC. I'll loan you all you'd need to do this if you
> promise to return the gear and pay shipping.
As it turns out, I happen to have an Atari 800 (recently received with all
the trimmings and an original receipt - $2700 in 1981) and a PRS/01 and
a box of paper tapes. What software would you recommend for this task?
How would you get the info off of the Atari once you got in on there? I'm
sure a box of papertape would easily fit on a floppy, but is there an
exchange program so that an 8-bit Atari can read MS-DOS floppies or vice-
versa? Kermit?
Thanks,
-ethan
P.S. - I also have a passive 20mA converter made by Inmac that I think was
an option for a DECwriter - it has a similar mounting plate and the cable is
about the right length - it would have plugged into an internal 20mA connector
on the DECwriter and provided RS-232 on the other end. I can reverse-engineer
the schematic without too much trouble. It might do the trick as well, but
may require an external 12VDC source.
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Received on Mon May 14 2001 - 08:44:47 BST