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[Zedex]

I've heard tell of the 600XL RAM expansion (the 1064) having never been officially released. Apparently someone found a whole warehouse of them, and now they're fairly cheap. Is this true? Were there any other external RAM expansions for the 600XL that were released?

[bbking67]

I never saw one in the wild, though it was common to see 600XL's with 64K (after-market upgrades or internal modifications). I remember seeing a very slim parallel-bus product, but I can't remember the manufaturer.

I worked for a retailer who sold tons of 600XL's and we never sold any kind of expansion for it.

/bbking67

[Mathy]

Hello Zedex

They were released, aren't very common, but far from rare. Flashjazzcat even uses it's case for is SIO2SD's.

Mathy

[Mathy]

Hello bbking67

The guy you're thinking about might by "ctirad". But ctirad's upgrade add's at least 320kB and simulates the uses of $D301 (the address the 130XE uses), but doesn't pass-through the PBI. The 1064 add's 48kB by deselecting the 600Xl's 16kB and switching in 64kB. It practically changes your 600XL into a 800XL. You can plug PBI devices into the 1064. (Not sure if you can plug ctirad's expansion into a 1064, but if it works correctly, it should be possible)

Mathy

[sloopy]

MPP/Supra also made one...

sloopy.

[roland p]

I had one in my first Atari (600xl). I didn't know they where rare. Maybe they are common in europe? I remember the video signal was distorted when using the 1064.

[Larry]

Best Electronics still sells them. This page:
http://www.best-elec...800xl.htm#600XL

But says he's getting to the end of them...

-Larry

[flashjazzcat]

Larry, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:20 PM, said:

But says he's getting to the end of them...

For shame... it's probably one of the only cases the IDE Plus could be shoehorned into.