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need more than the 48K board.) Axlon makes a
memory board called Ramdisk, which simulates
a disk drive and is very fast. Again, this com-
ponent is elegant in design but of limited use. If
either of these products intrigues you, contact
the manufacturer for more details.
Other Peripherals
In addition to the peripherals already men-
tioned, there are numerous pieces of equipment
you can buy that allow you to use your com-
puter in different ways.
CP/M Option
One item that many Atari hobbyists have been
wishing for is a CP/M option for Atari
systems.
CP/M is actually a control program, known as an
operating system,
that generally runs on com-
puters which use a chip called a Z80 as their
main processor. The Atari CP/M module is actual-
ly a separate computer that uses your Atari com-
puter as a keyboard and can read and store in-
formation to and from your Atari's disk drives. By
using the CP/M module, Atari users will have
more software programs available to them, since
many programs need the CP/M operating sys-
tem in order to run.
Voice Synthesis
Voice synthesis, the electronic creation of
speech, is an interesting and amusing area in
which to tinker. The Alien Group Voice Box" is a
voice synthesis system that plugs right into your
Atari system (no 850 interface required). While
not much commercial software has yet been
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