Show threadCTSep 1, 2024

Quick side-tangent:

Atari had a very amusing model naming scheme back in those original home computer days. The 400 and 800 were computer models, but their peripherals took other numbers in the 8## range

The #Atari410 was a cassette drive.
(What we had first.) The #Atari810 was a floppy drive. (What we would get two of later for #DontCopyThatFloppy purposes) The #Atari825 was a dot-matrix printer. The #Atari830 was their direct acoustic modem. The #Atari850 was a weird interface module...

Amusing to check out

https://atariprojects.org/2019/04/20/purchase-an-atari-850-interface-module/
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/atari-coin-executive-the-1982-answer

I am not sure I've seen a similar model/naming scheme otherwise? Usually the "device types" are split into their own naming/numbering iteration.

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ANYway...

Purchase an Atari 850 Interface Module (15-30 mins) – Atari Projects

CTSep 1, 2024

Late as usual, though technically since tomorrow is still "weekend" for me, we can pretend I'm doing this on a timely Saturday morning! Yeah, that's the ticket.

So what #TalesOfAncientGeekery do we have in store? Can we get to M:tG yet? NO! Wait your turn! In fact, I think I added another predecessor. Maybe even one more more. We'll see. But it's getting close. Patience, my children.

We talked about my first computer already, right? Right. Well, the #Atari800 certainly meant #videogames to me for many years, but eventually with the #Atari830 it would mean something more. You see, that was the model of their 300 BAUD #modem and where I started to discover the #BBS of the time.

Yes, this got spun out of my RPG thread, since it came up. 😝