asgardia@unixland.uucp (Craig Rothman) (05/29/91)
ringo@athena.mit.edu (John L. Kimble) writes: > I'm thinking about resurrecting an Atari 65XE for simple WP/Game purposes > (it's my younger brother's you see...). > > I'll need a color monitor & a printer, as he has the 5.25" drive. > > What I'm looking for is suggestions/offers of items to buy re: > * a compatible color monitor > * a compatible printer, speed irrelevant, quality relevant > * software, especially of the WP/Spreadsheet variety > * Any other suggestions as to products which may still be available to > make this a viable machine. > > Any & all responses are greatly appreciated. Thanks, John K. '91 John, you can write me as Craigr@athena (on your system) I can help you if you are still in the MIT area. You dont need a color monitor, but you will need a tv set. Ataris work on tvs quite well just like any other system that can utilize a standard game/tv switchbox. Any printer is compatable. Just get a 850/mio/or PR connection. That will let you use whatever printer you want. If not use an atari direct connect printer, but I dont recommend any of them... especially the 1027.. Software? No problem. Can you send me email and ill send you my # then you can call me and dl textpro from me. Ive got a lot of things youd want to keep your atari up to date. Theres still quite a lot of shareware still being made. -craig