weaver@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (weaver) (03/02/90)
In article <9003010814.AA11912@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> "Prinz_Arcturus" <FTJLH%ALASKA.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU> writes: >RE: 8 bit expansion port > anyone have good reference books to tell me what this thing does and >how to make it do it? Well, I don't know of any books. The standard info available (at one time?) from Atari was the Operating System Reference Manuals which are only specific to the 400/800 series. However, if you have access to back issues of Antic Magazine, they ran a multipart series on some uses of the parallel bus (the PBI - Parallel Bus Interface). I have the March 1985 issue that describes a serial port project. The author of the series was Earl Rice, "the project leader for the planned top-of-the-line 1450XL[D] computer." For those of you who don't remember, the 1450XLD had the works: built in 300 bps modem (later used (I think) in the 1030 modem), voice synthesizer, built in _parallel_ DS/DD diskette drive. There _were_ a few made, since Video Express in Columbus, Ohio sold about five of the motherboards. A friend of mine built himself a power supply and is the owner of one of the strangest 8-bit machines (sans built-in disk drive) that ever (almost) existed. ---- Andrew Weaver v30188@vax1.cc.uakron.edu (Jan-May 1990) weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (usually) 'No matter where you go - there you are.' - b. banzai