Dec 20, 2019
James Hugard, Neanderthal Computer Things
James Hugard was co-founder of Neanderthal Computer Things, a
company that created just one product. "810 Turbo" was a hardware
conversion board for the Atari 810 disk drive that promised true
double density storage, and faster data reading and writing. The
device, released in 1983, could be installed inside your 810 disk
drive with "no jumpers, no soldering, no extra box." It cost $295.
James wrote the firmware for the device.
Check the show notes for links to the 810 Turbo Manual and
advertisement, photos of the board, and a lively discussion on
AtariAge (in which James has answered some questions and added more
commentary.)
This interview took place on June 7, 2019.
810
Turbo ad
810 Turbo
Manual
810
Photos and software
NCT
Letter to Atari users groups
Discussion on AtariAge