VERY good weekend

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Wed Jun 12 01:29:55 2002

Doc wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Gary Hildebrand wrote:
>
> > > An Atari 1040ST with SC1224 display and mouse - works great, no
> > > burn-in, floppy reads & formats perfectly. $5.98
> >
> > edited
> > >
> > > Doc
> > I remember that one, an Amiga wannabe. Talk about a rare duck there . .
> > . . . .I think Jack Tramiel pushed that one through Atari just after he
> > bailed ship at Commode Door, to get back at his former company.
>
> Sort of "feels" like an Amiga... All I've got at the moment is
> TOS/GEM, so I don't have much of an opinion. The condition of the
> monitor was a nice surprise, though. Nice, crisp pic, and I'm not
> having to max the controls to get it.
> As soon as I figure out how to generate software disks from Linux it
> should be fun. First guess is that I'll be setting up a SLIP connection
> and trying the NFS client....
>
> Are the DMA-SCSI adapters unobtainium? Sounds useful.

I thought they had a native SCSI controller. I do know they have native
MIDI interface (opto isolated). ISTR the monitor was like the Amiga,
and was RGB _at_15.75 kHz scan rate. I'll keep my eyes and ears open on
that one. My former Amiga dealer in KC was a big Atari 8 bit/16 bit
fan. TOS/GEM was impressive, but the Linux seems to be the choice
nowdays.

I've only seen about three or four of those. Last one I saw was at a
hobby shop in Norfolk, Nebraska. They were using it as a business
computer.
>
> >
> > Nice haul indeed.
>
> Thanks. More fun than one man should be allowed!
>
> Doc


Gary Hildebrand
Received on Wed Jun 12 2002 - 01:29:55 BST