Re: Atari 5200 info wanted

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From: Michael Schuster
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:52

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In article <1992Dec21.113648.1@pa621a.inland.com> delinck@pa621a.inland.com writes:
>    Does anyone know where I can get repair information (schematics, signal
>    diagrams, etc.) on the Atari 5200? Heck, I'll settle for a used Atari
>    5200 if the price is cheap. I have a SNES, but they just don't put out
>    games like Pac-man, Centepede, and Popeye any more. It may be a simple
>    problem in the swichbox.

The 5200 was basically an Atari 400 computer with 48K and no keyboard.
The PIO and sound chips were a little different, as I remember.
Sams used to publish a repair guide for the 400; perhaps you can
locate one of those as a starting point.

Many of the 5200 games were ultimately dumped to disk by pirates, and
modified to run on the 400/800/65XE/130XE computers.

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