Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!crackers!crackers.clearpoint.com!daveg From: daveg@prowler.clearpoint.com (Dave Goldblatt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Old Atari Trivia Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 91 17:09:23 GMT References: <2970002@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com> <1991May31.001649.3783@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Sender: news@crackers.clearpoint.com Reply-To: daveg@prowler.clearpoint.com Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp, Hopkinton MA 01748 Lines: 30 In-reply-to: thaanuj@prism.cs.orst.edu's message of 31 May 91 00:16:49 GMT ==> On 31 May 91 00:16:49 GMT, thaanuj@prism.cs.orst.edu (John Thaanum) said: 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. > JT> Not only that, but it was double density. There was even another version JT> of DOS writted for it- DOS 2.0D. Too bad this product never hit the shelves. JT> It might have been enough to deter potential Apple ][ buyers. Sorry, but that's not true. It really was just two 810 drives stuffed together. DOS 2.0D was written to deal with the two drives in one box, it was definitely *NOT* double density. How do I know? I was one of the few people who had one to play with. :-) (the computer store I bought my Atari 800 from {and worked at} had one on loan from Atari for a while -- we used to get a lot of toys from them due to the volume of the store and the locals who were fairly prolific, such as Jerry White (anyone remember him?) and Swifty Software, amongst others). -dg- -- "Look, folks, you can't save everyone. | Dave Goldblatt [daveg@clearpoint.com] Just try not to be living next to | Software Engineering (Subsystems) them when they go off." | Clearpoint Research Corporation - Dennis Miller | 35 Parkwood Dr., Hopkinton, MA 01748