Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!ccicpg!cci632!rit!ultb!ajy2208
From: ajy2208@ultb.UUCP (A.J. Yarusso )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: SpartaDOS X cartridge
Summary: Carina II and Sparta x
Keywords: Carina_II, Sparta X, SpartaDos
Message-ID: <249@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 19:30:23 GMT
References: <12252@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: ajy2208@ultb.UUCP (A.J. Yarusso (713ICS))
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Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology (Info Systems)
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Nice to see another Carina II SysOp on the net!  I ran Carina I from two
years and then went over to Carina II as soon as that came out.  My MIO
is currently being repaired at ICD, so my board is temporarily down.  I
used to run it as Phantasmal Alchemy BBS before I came to school, but I
have since changed the name to Memory Alpha. 

I have spoken to Jerry Horanoff many many times and know him quite well.
Because I knew Jerry well, I beta-tested Carina II for him (along with a
few other people).  I am also Co-Author of the RoboWar II program Jerry
offers with Carina II.  Jerry now works for ICD and he has given me a
lot of information about SpartaDos X.  Jerry got his hands on a
beta-version of the cartridge and he has made Carina II compatible with
it.  I have yet to order the Sparta X (I am a poor college student), but
I do know a bit about it.  It's a 64K cartridge that only takes up 8K of
memory in the computer.  It is in the same casing the R-Time 8 cart is
in, so you can plug another cartridge on top of it.  You can get a
directory of the cartridge like you would of any drive.

I have a lot more information on it, if you'd like.  From what I
understand, Jerry has plans to make Carina II compatible with the XEP80
(which I am fortunate to have).  The networking should also be finished
by now (I have an earlier version of networking that only works with
message areas).  Jerry plans to release the new version of Carina II
free for registered Carina II owners within a few months time.  I'll let
you know more as I hear more myself.  

The system I run consist of: 256K 800XL, 256K MIO, ADaptek 4000a,
Seagate ST225, Microscience 20meg drive, R-time 8 clock cart, INCOMM
2400 baud modem, and other misc. equipment (lots that isn't used on the
BBS, such as 3 drives, 2 other 8-bit computers, etc.).  

Albert Yarusso
ajy2208@ultb.RIT.EDU