Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Source for old Atari 400 parts Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 09:34:59 GMT References: <1991Feb21.000558.15650@dhw68k.cts.com> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: asgardia@unixland.uucp's message of 21 Feb 91 05:54:09 GMT >>>>> On 21 Feb 91 05:54:09 GMT, asgardia@unixland.uucp (Craig Rothman) said: > fjb@dhw68k.cts.com (Frank Bielsik) writes: >> Hi: >> >> Does anyone know of a place that has replacement parts for old Atari >> 400s? I am specifically looking for a new keyboard. >> > Why waste your time with a crummy 400? > Its a junk heap compared to some of the newer models. The 400 has four joystick ports, which makes it the only model other than the original 800 which supports a four-player game of M.U.L.E. All other models of the 8-bit are therefore inferior by comparison. > The 400 is not really worth it. Im not sure, but I dont think its > got any advantages to any of the newer models. One can also say that the newer models have no real advantages over the 400. m. -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "Never forget what gossips men are, and how they love to feel superior to so-and-so who `is having trouble with his wife.'" --Nina Fischer, "How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead" part of the Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women