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From: thaanuj@prism.cs.orst.edu (John Thaanum)
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Subject: Re: Old Atari Trivia
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Date: 31 May 91 00:16:49 GMT
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In article <2970002@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com> nicki@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com (Nick Ingegneri) writes:
>Here's a real old bit of ATARI trivia...  Does anyone remember the Atari 815
>dual disc drive?  It looked like a tall 810 and had two drives mounted 
>inside of the case.  They never shipped, but I saw some at an early 80's 
>CES show.  Rumor had it that some units had found their way into the hands
>of some users for testing.  If you found one now, it might be a real 
>conversation piece.
>
Not only that, but it was double density.  There was even another version
of DOS writted for it- DOS 2.0D.  Too bad this product never hit the shelves.
It might have been enough to deter potential Apple ][ buyers.

John Thaanum		thaanuj@prism.cs.orst.edu