Atari 800 disk archive serial#
Atari 800 disk archive series#
Atari 800 disk archive simulator#

The newer design would be faster and with better graphics and sound hardware. What they ended up with was essentially a greatly updated version of the VCS, fixing its major limitations but sharing a similar design philosophy. They started blue sky designs for a new console that would be ready to replace it around 1979. While designing the VCS in 1976, the engineering team from Atari Grass Valley Research Center (originally Cyan Engineering) felt the system would have a three-year lifespan before becoming obsolete.

Atari 800 disk archive series#

Дesign of the 8-bit series of machines started at Atari as soon as the Atari Video Computer System was released in late 1977. Atari, Inc., used the term 'Atari 800 home computer system', often combining the model names into 'Atari 400/800' or simply 'Atari home computers'. The 'Atari 8-bit family' label was not contemporaneous. In 1992, Atari Corporation officially dropped all remaining support for the 8-bit line.

The primary competition in the worldwide market came when the Commodore 64, with similar graphics performance, was introduced in 1982. They were sold through dedicated computer retailers and department stores, such as Sears, using an in-store demo to attract customers. Two million Atari 8-bit computers were sold during its major production run between late 1979 and mid-1985. The 130XE has 128 KB of bank-switched RAM. The XL and XE are lighter in construction, have two joystick ports instead of four, and Atari BASIC is built-in. Both models were replaced by the XL series in 1983, thenвЂ“after the company was sold and reestablished as Atari CorporationвЂ“the XE models in 1985. The 800 has a conventional keyboard, a second (rarely used) cartridge slot, and slots that allow easy RAM upgrades to 48K. The 400 has a pressure-sensitive, spillproof membrane keyboard and initially shipped with 8 kB of RAM. The Atari 400 and 800 differ primarily in packaging.

Atari 800 disk archive serial#

The systems launched with plug-and-play peripherals using the Atari SIO serial bus, an early analog of USB.

Atari 800 disk archive simulator#

First-person space combat simulator Star Raiders is considered the platform's killer app. This architecture enabled graphics and sound more advanced than contemporary machines, and gaming was a major draw. They are based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU running at 1.79В MHz, and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips. All of the machines in the family are technically similar and differ primarily in packaging.

in 1979 as the Atari 400 and Atari 800 and manufactured until 1992. The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. The Atari 800's nameplate is on the dual-width cartridge slot coverДЈ84 pixels per TV line, 256 colors, 8 Г— sprites, raster interrupts