Need help with Atari 1050 disk system

From: Witchy <witchy_at_binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
Date: Sun Apr 18 18:22:28 2004

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dunfield
> Sent: 19 April 2004 00:10
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: Need help with Atari 1050 disk system
>
> Thanks for the info - I did a bit of looking and found
> several references once I mentioned "Atari 400" - turns out
> the supplies are AC, which probably explains why your DMM is
> having trouble determining the polarity.

Interesting - the one I've got here has DC markings on it! Now I'm confused.

> Ok. I'll do some more looking around as well. Do you know if
> there are any disk I/O functions build into the ROMs of the
> computer and/or drive (like the C64), or do I absolutely need
> a boot disk in order to make the drive do anything (so I can
> figure out if it works or not)?

The only Atari machine that didn't have DOS built in out of the box was the
400. All the rest from the 800 upwards supported disks because they had the
extra memory and ROM commands. It's a while since I've played with any of my
1050s though, but I know where the disks are if nobody with easier access
comes up first.

Cheers

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