Inverse ATASCII

This episode features Telelink I originally released in 1981, and Telelink II originally released in 1982, both by Atari.

 

 

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Box and Supplement Scans

I couldn’t find any boxes for Telelink II.

Scan of the front of the box for Telelink I:

 

Scan of the back of the box for Telelink I:

 

Atari Catalog ad for Telelink I:

 

Cartridges:

 

Telelink I in Action

At boot …

 

What happens if you try to boot with a disk (that has DOS):

 

Booting without RS-232 enabled:

 

In terminal mode:

 

 

Telelink II in Action

At boot …

 

Main Menu:

 

Help:

 

Options 1 through 3

I was unable to work with menu options 1 through 3.  Listen to the show for details.

 

Option 4 (Manual Dialing Complete)

Immediately after invoking option:

 

Connected, in terminal mode:

 

Toggling various settings on and off:

 

Option 5 (Change Stored Information)

Select which entry to modify:

 

Enter the information, and confirm:

 

Whoops!  Tried to store too much information.  The total size of both 1 and 2 can not exceed 128 bytes:

 

Change reflected in menu:

 

Instructions

Available via AtariMania and the Internet Archive.

Show Links:

• Atari Mania Telelink I: http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-telelink-i_s13320.html
• Atari Mania Telelink II: http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-telelink-ii_16405.html
• Atari Wiki Telelink I: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ATARI%20TELELINK%20I
• Atari Wiki Telelink II: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ATARI%20TELELINK%20II
• Modem Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem
• Bell 103 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_103_modem
• Hayes Command Set: http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/info/hayes-at-commands.html
• XModem Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMODEM
• Kermit Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_%28protocol%29
• CompuServe Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe
• Dow Jones News Retrieval Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_News/Retrieval
• Mont Blanc Pens: http://www.montblanc.com/en-us/collection/writing-instruments.html

 

Bit rating withheld.  Listen to show for why.

Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by Wizwars named 8 Bit Raceway.  It is used under Creative Common license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.