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From: dye@sx1100.UUCP (Kenneth Dye)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Old ATARI 80 column upgrades.
Message-ID: <220@sx1100.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 10:03:25 EST
Article-I.D.: sx1100.220
Posted: Wed Nov 13 10:03:25 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Nov-85 05:22:24 EST
References: <1041@drupa.UUCP> <907@lsuc.UUCP>
Reply-To: dye@sx1100.UUCP (Kenneth Dye(726031)
Organization: SPERRY Information Systems - Roseville, MN
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Summary: 

In article <907@lsuc.UUCP> jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes:
>
>     I thought there were 80 column boards available for the Ataris?
>Whoops!  Sorry, I'm thinking of Commodore 64's.
>
>                                        Cheers! -- Jim O.

	Yes, there was a BIT-3 80 column board for the old 800's.  It used
to sell for about $200, but I've seen it discounted to ~$120 just recently.
Speaking of the old 800's, I recently purchased one for a christmas present
for a friend (only $69!); when I hooked it up to see if it worked, I noticed
a vast improvement in the video output (as compared to my 800XL).  My software
driven 80-column terminal was actually (barely) readable on my AMDEK color plus
monitor, and *perfect* on my little NEC 9" monochrome.  The XL's video on the
monochrome was readable, but a little fuzzy.  What gives?  Do I have a dud
XL, or is the 800 supposed to have higher quality video?  How about the 130xe?

Ken R. Dye				SX1100 Development
ihnp4!umn-cs!ncs-med!sx1100!dye		Sperry Information Systems