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From: mayer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Mayer Goldberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Atari 800XL ...
Message-ID: <1991Jan1.122901.22959@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 1 Jan 91 17:28:49 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington
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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.