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Atari DOS
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Atari DOS is the disk operating system used with the Atari 8-bit computers. Operating system extensions loaded into memory were required in order for an Atari computer to manage files stored on a disk
DOS 3 diskette as supplied with a 1050 disk drive
DOS 3 diskette as supplied with a 1050 disk drive
Atari 1050
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The Atari 1050 is a floppy disk drive for Atari 8-bit computers released in June 1983. It is compatible with the 90 kB single-density mode of the original Atari 810 it replaced, and added a new "enhan
Atari DOS
…which made it fast but occupied memory space. The second, more popular version of DOS from Atari was bundled with the 810 disk drives and some early Atari 1050 disk drives. It is considered to be the lowest common denominator for Atari DOSes, as any Atari-compatible disk drive can read a disk formatted with…
The 1050 was styled to match the XL series of machines.
The 1050 was styled to match the XL series of machines.
The 1200XL introduced Atari's new styling that the 1000-series peripherals matched.
The 1200XL introduced Atari's new styling that the 1000-series peripherals matched.
The rear of the 1050 has a power jack on the right, two SIO ports (in and out) in the center, and the pin switches that select the drive number on the
The rear of the 1050 has a power jack on the right, two SIO ports (in and out) in the center, and the pin switches that select the drive number on the left.