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 Atari Computer
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1980 - The Atari 810 Disk Drive was
Atari's first disk drive for its line of Atari 400/800 computers.
Providing 92K (88K formatted) of storage per disk side (only one
side was used), the 810 gave Atari computer users the ability to
quickly store and retrieve documents and program files to and from
the storage device. Up to 4 Atari 810's could be daisy chained
together via the Atari SIO bus for a total of almost 360K of on-line
random access file storage and retrieval. It used the Tandon and
MPI base drives with an internal controller. |
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1981 - The Atari 815 was Atari,
Inc's first and only true double density disk drives. The 815 utilized
both MPI and Tandon mechanisms and had both versions of the front plastic
panels to support either drive. The 815's are huge to say the least,
almost as tall as 2 810's stack one atop another. The 815's sold for
$1,500.00 in very limited quantities. Few catalogs ever displayed
the Atari 815. The 815 never made full production. |
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1980 - The Atari 820 printer
provided Atari 400/800 users with a quick and simple printer. No drivers
or special interfaces were needed. The Atari 820 printer plugged
directly onto the Atari SIO bus and allowed users the ability to make 40
column printouts which were good for tracking finances, printing out
program listings and other files. |
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The Atari 822 thermal printer was a
compact, and extremely quite printer which produced good quality 40 column
thermal printouts. |
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Atari introduced with its Atari 400
and 800 series computers its first 80 Column printer. The Atari 825
which actually a repackaged Centronics 737 printer. Earlier models had
limited capabilities, the later 825 models with the extended basic
character set had the capability of producing the Atari ATASCII graphics
character set. The Atari 825 required the use of the Atari 850 interface
module to allow it to communicate with the Atari 400 and 800 computer
because it had a Centronics parallel interface on it instead of the Atari
SIO interface which the Atari 820 and Atari 822 printers had built in. |
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The Atari 830 modem was sold
seperately and also in the Telecommunicator Package that Atari sold. The
package included the 830 modem, modem cable, 850 interface module, owners
manual, 850 technical manual and the Telelink I communications
cartridge. The kit also included signups to Compu$erve and The Source
on-line networks. The 830 was a re-label Hayes modem, with minimal
modifications. |
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The Atari 850 interface was a very
useful peripheral. The Atari 850 gave the original Atari 400/800 and
the XL systems their connection to the non-Atari world. The Atari 850
interface provided 4 separate RS-232-C serials ports and a Centronics
compatible printer port. |
