• RE: What is everybody's favorite Atari computer?

    From fC@80:774/20 to 8-Bit on Sun Sep 2 05:03:09 2018


    On Saturday, September 1st 8-Bit muttered...
    needs some work. Most unique I have is an Atari Falcon and a STacy

    You have a Falcon 030? Nice! That was my dream computer in 93. The Atari 520ST is probably my favorite. That one is when is when I really started calling BBSs
    with my 1200 bps modem. Think Interlink was the terminal program I used. Loved
    playing Stellar Empire Elite on ST boards.

    My progression went like this. Atari 400 with that god awful membrane keyboard.
    Atari 800XL, Atari 520ST, then to the generic land of x86.

    All you need now is an Atari Portfolio and a TT030 for good measure and your collection would be nearly complete. :)

    fC

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  • From 8-Bit@80:774/80 to All on Sat Sep 1 07:57:24 2018
    I am a collector so I have most including an Atari PC laptop that still needs some work. Most unique I have is an Atari Falcon and a STacy laptop. But my favorite is probably the 800XL. It was the second computer I ever owned and I bought it with my own money. $99 at K-Mart back in the early 80s.
    Unfortunately my parents sold my old computers at a garage sale when I moved out without asking (TI-99/4a, Atari 800xl, Commodore 64, Amiga 1000). But
    since then I have expanded upon that to my wifes dismay.

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  • From 8-Bit@80:774/80 to fC on Sun Sep 2 19:41:39 2018
    I actually have two Portfolios atually. I think for the ST line, I need at least one Mega STE and a TT. I think I have about five or so standard ST computers is various working comdition. My standard Mega ST2 needs a keyboard but works.

    After my Amiga 1000, I bought a Packard Bell Pentium 60MHz computer that I
    ran Wildcat BBS on for a while. I remember sending something to Intel because of the bug that was in the processor to get it replaced.

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