So I *think* this is an Atari cable, but not sure. One end appears to be an SIO passthrough perhaps, but what would the other end have gone to? Seems a lot like a cassette interface but it's larger than that on a Commodore Datasette.
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Identify this "GE" Atari SIO cable?
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rittwage
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Probably unrelated to SIO
krebizfan
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It might be for a GE Compu-mate tape recorder which had a second box that converted Commodore or Atari signals for their seemingly standard recorder. The Compu-mate has a similar SIO to very wide connector that goes to the interface box. That might be an updated cable. The reviews and the few pictures I can find are for cables without pass through.
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/2...recorder-you-dont-see-too-oftenge-compu-mate/ is a thread on another forum with nice pictures and an extract from the manual should you locate the interface box and want to use the cable.
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/2...recorder-you-dont-see-too-oftenge-compu-mate/ is a thread on another forum with nice pictures and an extract from the manual should you locate the interface box and want to use the cable.
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Were these style connectors used for things other than SIO?
Somebody must have used them. Atari didn't invent the connector.