EatMyDust@nsc.NSC.COM (EatMyDust) (12/12/86)
Hello,
I have recently purchased an 800XL, it came with almost no documentation.
I am learning DOS, (Very painful), I have a 1050 disk drive that was given
to me (no documentation). What I want to do is let my 9 year old learn and
enjoy computers, other than river raid, is their any PD software out on the
net that I can start him with and also the DOS I have with the system seems
to be 2.1 (?) and I can't seem to get it to do anything, is their a book I
can buy to get started or should I go out and get a later version of DOS.
Any help you can provide will be greatly appreaciated.
Thank you, in advance,
Ken Trant
415-490-1046watters@penguin.cis.ohio-state.edu (david r watters) (05/07/90)
Atari 800XL Computer system 1 Atari 800XL Computer : 64K. Compatible with XE game system. Huge base of 8-bit software. 6502 1 SPARE Atari 800XL : Complete 8-bit 800XL - Bad composite video port. 1 Indus GT Disk Drive : 5.25" Single/Enhance/True Double density formats. LED readout of Track/Errors/Format Mode/ect. Switchable I.D./Format Mode/Write Protect/ ect. 1 Comrex dot-matrix printer : Atari 1025 compatible! 1 Atari SX212 300/1200 Baud Modem : Hayes Compatible! RS-232 or Atari port connectors. Works with all Atari or IBM compatible ports. A large amount of software including : GAMES/Word processing/Spreadsheets DataBase/Assembler/DOS XL/ ect.... Extras: Disk holders / Cartrige Games holder / Dust covers / joysticks Monitor cable / All periphial cables and power supplies. Asking $200 for everything. Will take best offer. I pay shipping! David Watters watters@cis.ohio-state.edu
mayer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Mayer Goldberg) (01/02/91)
This might be an old question/issue, so please respond to me personally at "mayer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu" ... I have an Atari 800XL and did a bit of Basic/Pascal/6502 programming on it ages ago, but I'd like to return to playing with it. The following questions come up: (1) Can I still get a modem for the 800xl? What would its baud rate be? Would something like Kermit65 be the appropriate software for connecting to bboards and getting software? (2) Is there a C compiler available for the 800XL? I once heard of a pretty good subset of C which didn't support reals, etc. Does anyone know about it? Is it worth bothering with? (3) I have a cartridge called MAC65 which has a pretty nice Macro Assembler. I heard the same company made another programming lang. for the 800XL which came in a cartridge, and came with a compiler that would produce standalone code. Does anyone know anything about that language? Is it worth pursuing in terms of what the 800xl can do? (4) If I can manage to get a modem, where could I get software from? (5) How can I get more memory on the 6502, and what would be the procedure for accessing that memory? Thanks, Mayer.