Atari 815 Dual Disk Drive

[ErikTheHack]

I've been looking for one of these for years. I've never even seen one of these "in the flesh". I know they were actually produced but I'm pretty sure production was limited.

Anyone know anyone that has one of these? Anyone possibly want to sell one?

-E

 

[FastRobPlus]

To talk with owners, join Atarimania.com or Atariage.com.

As you know, they are rare and really could only be owned by outlandish luck or offering tons of money.

 

[Topaz]

Yes, I know,

Yes, I know,

Both Curt Vendel, webmaster of atari-history.com and his friend Christopher Strong both have 815 drives,

In fact Chris has 3 of them and parts for 2 more,,,

He also ownes THE ACTUAL 815 drive Meseum pice that was once on display at Ataris Huston Meseum.

 

[MarkBlomenkamp]

I've been looking for one of these for years. I've never even seen one of these "in the flesh". I know they were actually produced but I'm pretty sure production was limited.

Anyone know anyone that has one of these? Anyone possibly want to sell one?

-E

I have two. The 815 Dual drive was never in production. These are from an per-production development run. I am willing to sell one.

 

[vwestlife]

As per the Atari 8-bit FAQ, the Atari 815 drive "were produced (all hand-built), but are very rare" and "Atari didn't want to release them due to severe QA problems with the drive but they had so many pre-orders they had to release something. I think they filled the pre-orders and then cancelled the model -- Most of them got returned due to problems."

 

[WCS]

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