Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/21/84; site styx.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lognet2!styx!mcb From: mcb@styx.UUCP (Michael C. Berch) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Request - Atari 600XL info Message-ID: <12868@styx.UUCP> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 18:20:26 EDT Article-I.D.: styx.12868 Posted: Sun Sep 22 18:20:26 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 09:38:10 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA Lines: 23 My father has recently acquired an Atari 600XL as a premium. It has 16K RAM and is apparently a discontinued model, and none of the usual Atari dealers or toy stores seem to want to have anything to do with it. The local Atari users group had a good set of software on disk, but were unable to supply info about mundane items like the memory upgrade to 64K, how much memory you need to run the disk, etc. It seems that all the Atari people are 520ST-crazy, and have forgotten about the older machines that are still being distributed. Apparently very few 600XLs were made, but there are a lot of 400s and 800s and 1200XLs and 130XEs around. I am unsure about the relation ship among these machines and the 600XL. Are they software/DOS compatible? What about game or program cartridges? Any information about the 600XL would be appreciated, especially a pointer to a source (store, mail order, or club) for the memory upgrade and game/program cartridges. Thanks in advance, Michael C. Berch mcb@lll-tis-b.ARPA {akgua,allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,dual,ihnp4,sun}!idi!styx!mcb