As I mentioned in the Wonderful Atari 800XL, we had upgraded our 1050 disk drives with a US Doubler chip. The purpose of this chip was to 1) bring it up from dual-density to true double density and 2) greatly increase the transfer speed. The US Doubler was from ICD, a popular maker of hardware peripherals and enhancements for Atari 8-bits. We also had the P:R: Connection which allowed you to directly connect a standard parallels printer (our Star SG-10) to the SIO port.
Improving the 1050 floppy drive with…
As I mentioned in the Wonderful Atari 800XL, we had upgraded our 1050 disk drives with a US Doubler chip. The purpose of this chip was to 1) bring it up from dual-density to true double density and 2) greatly increase the transfer speed. The US Doubler was from ICD, a popular maker of hardware peripherals and enhancements for Atari 8-bits. We also had the P:R: Connection which allowed you to directly connect a standard parallels printer (our Star SG-10) to the SIO port.
Create your profile
Only paid subscribers can comment on this post
Check your email
For your security, we need to re-authenticate you.
Click the link we sent to , or click here to sign in.