1010.
There are several models, slightly
different
in appearance,
which
bear the 410 model des-
ignation. Because production
of
the
this line has
been discontinued,
you
should be able
to
pur-
chase a
410
recorder for about
S50
.
DISK DRIVES
You're likely
to
find
two
Atari models
of
disk
drives in
your
local stores.
The
latest
of
the
two
is
the Atari 1050 disk drive,
which
sports the
low
profile styling
of
the
XL
line
of
computers. The
1050 supports
two
data storage formats (ways
of
storing information).
The
first
is
referred
to
as
DOS (Disk
Operating
System) 2.0.
Most
com-
mercial disk software
is
produced in this format.
Using
DOS 2.0 allows up
to
88K
of
storage
on
one diskette.
The
other
format
is
called DOS 3.0.
Using DOS 3.0
with
the 1050 disk drive allows
up
to
127K
of
storage on one diskette. The 1050
lists for
about
5450, and can be purchased for a
little
OVl?r
S350
with
careful shopping.
You're also bound
to
run into the older Atari
Model 810 disk
drive, which
has
now
been dis-
continued. While late-model
810s are fairly reli-
able,
they
are
noisier and they take up more
space than the
new
1050.
Model 810 drives can-
not
use
the
127K
storage format
of
DOS 3.0,
so
88K
is
the
maximum amount
of
data storage
on
an
810.
The DOS 3.0
issue
is
not
that
important,
since most software manufacturers
will
make
sure
that
their
new
programs
will
load on all
those 810 disk drives still in
use,
as
well
as
the
new
1050.
And
since it's been discontinued, an
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