rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) (11/13/90)
I have a friend who has an original Atari 400 with 16 K. I was wondering
what the easiest way to get it to 48K would be. I have 64K worth of chips
laying around from when I upgraded my 800XL to 256K, can I use them?
Thanks,
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yea, right, thats what I said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (11/13/90)
>>>>> On 13 Nov 90 01:26:58 GMT, rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) said: > I have a friend who has an original Atari 400 with 16 K. I was wondering > what the easiest way to get it to 48K would be. I have 64K worth of chips > laying around from when I upgraded my 800XL to 256K, can I use them? You could just buy a 48K upgrade board. Atari Corp. made a 48K memory expansion for the 400 at one point. I saw it at B&C Computervisions about a month ago for something like $15. Here is the address and phone of B&C Computervisions: B&C Computervisions 3257 Kifer Rd. Santa Clara, CA 95051 (408) 749-1003 m. -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com
kimes@cbnewsc.att.com (Kit Kimes) (11/14/90)
From article <2856.273f0592@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, by (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins): > I have a friend who has an original Atari 400 with 16 K. I was wondering > what the easiest way to get it to 48K would be. I have 64K worth of chips > laying around from when I upgraded my 800XL to 256K, can I use them? I upgraded my 400 so long ago that I don't remember what chips I used or whether they are the same as used to upgrade the 800XL. However, I would recommend that he not even start putting money into a 400, assuming he still has the membrane keyboard on it. He will get tired of it real fast and not get much use out of it unless he only uses it to play games. He should consider buying a used machine if he wants to upgrade. I was at the Chicago/Milwaukee Atarifest Sunday and saw several 800, 800XL and 130XE's for sale in the 50 to 100 dollar range. It is cheaper in the long run. Kit Kimes AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL ...!att!iwtsa!kimes
ec0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward Kyun-Hee Chang) (11/15/90)
I believe that if you get some sortof carrier for theoriginal slots in
the 16K board for the
400 then you can upgrade the computer to 48K. I'm not too sure about the
internal spacing in the 400, it might be too cramped in there but
since the 400 is essentially the same computer chip compatibility
shouldn't be a question. Oh by the way you do need a new control chip
for the board. That shouldn't be too hard to find. Any surplus
eelectronics store should have some junked Atari 800s
that they can cannabalize. I might be wrong anout the chip though, you
might not need one at all.
Hey, I tried
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c.Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com (11/16/90)
Regarding upgrading the memory in an Atari 400... to upgrade to 32K, all you have to do is plug in a 32K memory card where the 16K card is.. (I've got one I could sell, if anyone's interested..) Going to 48K is a little more complicated because there aren't enough address lines on the RAM card socket... the 48K card I installed in my 400 required soldering a little template pc board onto the bottom of the motherboard. It gets the missing address lines from the cartridge socket... installation was quick and painless... (I'd sell the 48K memory board too, but I'd have to see about removing it and the template from the motherboard) BobR