Worth of Oric Atmos packet

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Worth of Oric Atmos packet

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Hi! I am a Commodore hobbyist from Finland. I know little about Oric. I have received such hardware at some point. What a worth such an entity is, if I put it up for sale. I can't find power supply for that microdisc drive. Oric works I have tested it. I think some games are unused, pretty good shape anyway.
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Re: Worth of Oric Atmos packet

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From what I see pretty much all the software you have is very common and not particularly valuable... but having the six with their black cardboard box in such a good condition is quite uncommon. The cardboard they came from is worth more than the game :D

Otherwise, you have an Oric Atmos (common item but looks in good shape), a Microdisc unit (the most valuable part of the entire lot, assuming it works), and the big black box contains a crappy joystick interface with a couple of crappy games (I have the same at home, that's the model of interface that corrupts the sound when you move the joystick).

Do you have the cables, power bricks and some floppies with it?

EDIT: just saw you wrote you did not have the microdisc PSU
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Re: Worth of Oric Atmos packet

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Yes I have the cables, and Oric power supply. 3 Floppies.
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Re: Worth of Oric Atmos packet

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If you look on the back on the disc unit, does it has a red reset button?

If it had one, then it's a master drive, which comes with the controller board, if it does not have one, then it's a slave drive, so basically just a 3" floppy disk in a case (much less useful).
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Yes, there is the reset button.
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Found Oric Magazine :)
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Re: Worth of Oric Atmos packet

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Oric disks on the right of the picture in branded packaging - which is interesting. I don't recall seeing that before.

It's a shame there is no Microdisc PSU. It'd be worth a good amount if it could be shown to be working.
Without the power supply it needs someone that already has a PSU - but it should still be worth a good amount.
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Re: Worth of Oric Atmos packet

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Seems it wants 9V and 12V, nothing that couldn't be done from existing power bricks, you just need to make sure of the pinout, and negative reference, is it like the ORIC with -4V or is it referenced to ground…
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