| XF521 [message #163018] |
Sat, 26 October 2013 15:40  |
Michael Current
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:37:14 -0500, pcuser <pcuser4@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Atari has made the XF521 disk drive as 1050 compatible however the disk
> drive was not released yet when Atari 65XE/130XE came out but XF521 has
> been cancelled. Why's that?
I would presume because they had plenty of 1050 units stockpiled already.
Either that or they decided it was less expensive to manufacture more 1050
drives than to manufacture the XF521.
Either way it got to be a problem because the supply of 1050 drives dried
up well before the XF551 finally came out. This was particularly an issue
fall 1987 when Atari was launching the XE game system and touting its
ability to play all the existing 400/800/XL/XE disk games, when Atari
didn't actually have any disk drives available to sell.
> I am wondering if XF disk drive mod can be made, 1050 board and
> mechanism removed from XL style box and put into XE style. XF521 looks a
> light beige case matching the color scheme of the Atari XE. Similar as
> Commodore 1541C. Where can I find the XE disk drive mod?
For the XE style case would you use the case of an XF551?
I don't think I've ever heard of someone moving the entire innards of a
1050 into an XF551 case.
It seems like the only potential issue would be whether it would
physically fit. Or how much modification you'd have to do to the case to
make it fit.
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Michael Current ~ michael@mcurrent.name ~ http://mcurrent.name/
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| XF521 [message #163019 is a reply to message #163018] |
Mon, 28 October 2013 08:16  |
Bravo Sierra Computer
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Dont You Mean The XF551?
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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:37:14 -0700 (PDT)
Atari has made the XF521 disk drive as 1050 compatible however the disk drive was not released yet when Atari 65XE/130XE came out but XF521 has been cancelled. Why's that?
I am wondering if XF disk drive mod can be made, 1050 board and mechanism removed from XL style box and put into XE style. XF521 looks a light beige case matching the color scheme of the Atari XE. Similar as Commodore 1541C. Where can I find the XE disk drive mod?
- JT
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| Re: XF521 [message #165913 is a reply to message #163019] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 09:31 |
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Originally posted by: pcuser
On Monday, October 28, 2013 8:16:30 AM UTC-4, Bravo Sierra Computers wrote:
> Dont You Mean The XF551?
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Sorry, I am not talking about the mod neither XF551. Look for the XE Style case as XF521 that Polish or Turkish can make. I have Atari 130XE and 1050 but they look not a match.
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| Re: XF521 [message #166497 is a reply to message #165913] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 20:16 |
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On Monday, November 4, 2013 8:31:53 AM UTC-6, pcuser wrote:
> On Monday, October 28, 2013 8:16:30 AM UTC-4, Bravo Sierra Computers wrote:
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> Sorry, I am not talking about the mod neither XF551. Look for the XE Style case as XF521 that Polish or Turkish can make. I have Atari 130XE and 1050 but they look not a match.
i am not at all familiar with that one. is it a after market, or atari's own?
lance
www.atarisales.com
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