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Atari XLs and DOS

Hi all,<br>I'm new to the Atari 8-bit world. I
have an Atari 600XL, 800XL and 130XE. I've been told
that the best DOS to use is DOS 2.5. But when I boot
my DOS disk it says Atari XE Operating System. I
have a DOS 2.5 boot disk, but I get a boot error when
I try to boot that. On the XL and XE computers, how
does one make a bootable DOS 2.5 disk?<br><br>Also,
when do you know to use the translator disk? I know I
have to use it on Frogger. Do you just try it with any
disk that gives you a boot error? I just bought about
150-200 disks of programs on eBay and I'm wondering if
there is an easy way to know or if it's just trial and
error.<br><br>Thanks for your help.<br>Davey B.




Sat Oct 6, 2001 4:15 am

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Try the newsgroup "computer systems atari 8-bit" for a discussion of converting tapes to the Windows "wav" format for Atari emulators. I think that stuff is ...
oldatarian
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Jun 9, 2001
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Hi all,<br>I'm new to the Atari 8-bit world. I have an Atari 600XL, 800XL and 130XE. I've been told that the best DOS to use is DOS 2.5. But when I boot my DOS...
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Oct 6, 2001
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Here is a circular answer. to make a bootable DOS 2.5 disk you have to have a bootable DOS 2.5 disk.<br>Real helpful huh. Check some of the other disk. A lot ...
hloberg
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Oct 13, 2001
1:27 am

What have you got so far?<br>I might be interested in doing some Atari stuff....
hloberg
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Oct 13, 2001
1:32 am

Thanks for the great answer! This explains much that I was wondering about Atari DOS. As far as the translator, it looks as if I'll just have to play around...
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Oct 13, 2001
4:07 am

You're my first Atari 8-bit volunteer! So far I have:<br>Atari ST game reviewer<br>4 TRS-80 CoCo writers<br>Tomy Tutor series writer<br>Possible Commodore 64 ...
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