Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!orstcs!prism!thaanuj From: thaanuj@prism.cs.orst.edu (John Thaanum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Old Atari Trivia Message-ID: <1991Jun04.004931.22501@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 4 Jun 91 00:49:31 GMT References: <2970002@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com> <1991May31.001649.3783@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Sender: @lynx.CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 43 Nntp-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu In article daveg@prowler.clearpoint.com writes: >==> 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 I just wanted to let everybody know that I had intended to misinform anybody. I was just quoting what I _thought_ I remembered reading in a Creative Computing article from long ago. CC really was an outstanding magazine. When it died, a couple of the editors went on to work for Atari's own magazine (Atari Explorer?). Atari canned them about 9 months ago and hired a new staff. Have any of you heard anything about what the previous editors are up to these days? John Thaanum thaanuj@prism.cs.orst.edu them