ONE OWNER'S COMPLETE ATARI 8-BIT ARCHIVE — 1979 to 1990, 163 cataloged pieces, every price set from actual sold comps ($7,270+ itemized; listing based on v6 of the catalog). Every piece photo-documented — the full itemized catalog and record pages convey with the sale.
THE MACHINES (6, bench tested): Atari 800 working premium bundle (PSU, Wico Command Control, game + BASIC carts, monitor cable) · second 800 for parts/repair (powers on, scrambled video — honest) · two Atari 400s (working, PSUs + carts) · 800XL 64K · 65XE.
THE DRIVES + PRESERVATION RIG: four 1050 disk drives — TWO with confirmed HAPPY upgrades (the holy grail for disk preservation) — plus an EPROM cartridge-backup kit with UV eraser and writeable chips, the original PILL Maker software disks, and a NUMBERED first printing (copy 1225 of 2000) of Alpha Systems' "Advanced Atari Protection Techniques" — the manual that documents this exact rig.
SEALED & NEW-IN-BOX: CX42 Wireless Joysticks (sealed pair) · CX77 Touch Tablet w/ AtariArtist (unopened) · Microsoft BASIC II (sealed — plus boxed BASIC I: the complete MS BASIC family) · Koala Pad pair NOS w/ software · Star Raiders NOS · 3 OEM power adapters NIB · AtariLab science series complete (Light Module w/ factory-sealed contents + two Temperature starter sets).
HARDWARE THAT RARELY SURFACES: ComputerEyes video digitizer CIB (the scarce Atari version) · SunCom Joy-Sensor touch-sensitive joystick, boxed · ICD P:R: Connection interface CIB · Ape-Face XLP printer interface · XM301 modem CIB · a WORKING Atari 1027 letter-quality printer (most surviving 1027s have failed rollers) · Atari 410 + Panasonic program recorders.
BOXED SOFTWARE (40+): SSI wargame shelf (NAM, USAAF, Battle of Antietam, Mech Brigade, Broadsides) · Chris Crawford's Eastern Front CIB MINT · MicroProse (F-15, Silent Service, Decision in Desert) · Activision Ghostbusters CIB w/ SPA Gold seal + unused reg card · The Halley Project CIB with BOTH Atari and C64 disks, mission cassette, and never-mailed pilot certification card · SynFile+ · MAC/65 w/ DDT · SAM speech synth · EA Music Construction Set gatefold · Talk & Teach courseware · complete Atari Bookkeeper system (disks + guide + CX85 keypad, reunited).
Plus the drives-and-paper story in person: 23 loose cartridges, dealer's 1983 in-store advertising binder, Atari Technical Reference Notes with the OS source listing, 45-book reference library (incl. both editions of Mapping the Atari), 95-issue magazine library with the complete ANTIC 1985–88 run, three period monitors, and a period TV.
AND THE UNCOUNTED EXTRAS — on top of the 159 cataloged pieces, three as-found boxes convey with the lot: a box of controllers & joysticks, a box of disks, and a box of power supplies & cables.
The 10 photos are category collages — every tile is a real photo of items in this lot. Photo 1 is the whole collection at a glance; photo 2 shows it as it sits on our shelves, with the monitors and TV.
SOLD AS ONE COMPLETE LOT. LOCAL PICKUP ONLY (Richmond, IL 60071) or FREE delivery within McHenry County IL / Walworth County WI — no shipping. Best Offer welcome.
