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The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, [2] are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. [3] The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 CPU and three custom coprocessors which provide support for sprites , smooth multidirectional scrolling, four channels of audio, and other ...
Atari's next entry was a high end home computer called the Atari 800. This system was a far more serious contender as it sported a full typewriter-like keyboard, and ...
Subject: 1.3) What is the Atari 800? Released along with the 400 in 1979, the 800 was the high-end model of the two. The 800 is the only 8-bit Atari with a Right Cartridge slot, in addition to the Left Cartridge slot as present on all 8-bit Ataris. Originally released with just 8K RAM, many were sold with 16K, later on 48K was standard.
Atari’s 400 and 800 home computers doubled as game consoles. The high-end 800 had twice the memory (a whopping 8 KB!), and a keyboard with moving keys instead of a flat membrane. Games and software came on plug-in cartridges.
Jun 30, 2018 · Video-game maker Atari entered the home computer market in 1979, introducing two models at that year’s Consumer Electronics Show — the Atari 400 and the 800. Originally conceived as a successor-console to the Atari 2600 (also known as the VCS), engineers began working on the project just after the VCS was released in late 1977. They ...
Aug 17, 2023 · The Atari 400 and 800 signaled the start of a new era in computing. Breakout, by ExtremeTech editor-in-chief Jamie Lendino, was the first book to cover what made Atari’s groundbreaking computer ...
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Feb 13, 2015 · – Atari DID end up using the 400/800 technology for their next-generation game system – the 5200. The 5200 was essentially a keyboardless 400 with bad joysticks. 😉. Don’t ask me how I know this (heh), but many of the games that came out for the 5200 were pirated and modified for use on the computer line.
