The physical system design of the atari 800 was pretty radical, when compared to the 3 other canonical home computer designs of the late1970s. This should be a complete list of personality boards released for the 800. May 09, 2014 this video is a tease of looking at an emulator with my regular atari 800 running in the background. This is the home page of the macintosh os x port of david firths fantastic atari 800 emulator. And, some atascii animation art from 1990 duration. Atari 800 demo the atari 8bit family is a series of 8bit home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992. The atari 800 can support three of these boards, giving you 32 banks of 4k each for an astounding 192k of ram. This can be one of the more tricky emulators to get set up as they require a multiplicity of bios files and configurations depending on what systems you want to utilise but it seems to run atari 5200 games pretty well.
Builtin keyboard with 61 full stroke keys upper and lower case standard controllers. Atari cx853 remove board from case for installation inside the 400 jacc 16k 1980. Neues angebotatari 800 xl, schoner zustand, funktioniert bestens top. My first home computer was an atari 800, and its still one of my favorite computers to this day. It can emulate 4 drives and you can also save onto a blank disk either on the sdrive or a real disk drive.
And due to restrictive fcc rules that precluded the open expansion slots on the. The atari 400 is named because of its 4 kb of ram memory. The atari 8bit hardware upgrade, modification and addon faq. Atari, spectre gcr and macintosh le journal du lapin. This article covers the peripherals available for atari s 8bit computer family, which includes the 400 800, xl, xe, and the xegs because the atari 400 800 8bit computers included an rf modulator, stringent fcc regulations limiting radio emissions applied. The vic20 in germany, vc20, in japan, vic1001 is an 8bit home computer that was sold by commodore business machines. Cart etc would allow the 48k unit to play games like dropzone or any of the 64k requirements wi. Atari cx852 remove board from case for installation inside the 400 16kib boardsupgrades boards may be used in any 800 ram slot or in the 400 internal ram slot. Over the following decade several versions of the same basic design were released, including the original atari 400 and 800 and their successors, the xl and xe series of computers. Atari 800 memory upgrade question atari 8bit computers. All are based on the mos technology 6502 cpu running at 1. It was announced along with its little brother, the 600xl. This video is a tease of looking at an emulator with my regular atari 800 running in the background.
Atari 400 and 800 the history of personal computing. Designed to look like a friendly typewriter, the atari 800 is an expandable system with two easily accessable cartridge ports under a front cover, and a removable top with four expansion slots inside. How atari took on apple with the atari 400 and atari 800 pcs. Atari standard display lists simply instruct the antic chip as to which types of mode lines to use for a screen and where the screen data may be found in memory. The 4mb plug in upgrade is a stfm upgrade kit designed to give 1mb and 4mb switchable ram expansion. The atari 400 and 800 were announced in december 1978, though they didnt actually start shipping until late in 1979. The problem is that its seen some rough storage conditions over the years including what appears to. The joysticks were of the standard type used on the atari 2600 vcs.
Atari computer the atari 8bit family is a series of 8bit home computers introduced by atari, inc. The os was still slightly incompatible with many original atari 400 800 software titles, but atari began to distribute a translator disk which would load up a 400 800 compatible os into memory so that the 800xl could support those programs. This little beauty works with the atari 800xl,600xl,xe,65xe and the atari 800 with 48k of memory. Overall the system is basically a cost reduced atari 800 with a fuzzier picture. Designed to look like a friendly typewriter, the atari 800 is an expandable system with two easily accessable cartridge ports under a front cover, and a removable top with four expansion. Rumor has it that these names came from some hot secretaries there at atari. Crystal computer products ccp 256 k ramcard 800 middle ram slot1986 provides 16 16kib banks of memory, one of which. Out of curiosity, i was wondering if there are any expansions for the atari 800, much in the vein of the expansions we have for the atari xlxe computers ram expansion, etc. At the time this entry was written, the readytorun downloads available emulate an atari 520st with tos 1.
The copter flies faster backwards in the 400 800 version than it does in the 5200 version which correctly matches the scrolling of the background. Atari fooblitzky 8bit 48k 400 800 xl xe 810 1050 computer video game disk. The internet archive software library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. The atari 800 maxes out officially at 48k ram, which isnt. The atari 800 maxes out officially at 48k ram, which isnt enough for most of the homebrew g. Emulate is not the right word since the atari and the macintosh used the same type of processors 68000 at that time, but the idea is there. Desktop atari 800 xl field service manual 30 pages desktop atari 800xl field service manual 30 pages. Why did the atari 800 designers choose such a radical. They are based on the mos technology 6502 cpu running at 1. Our storefront faces nw 16th ave in the central storage building. Hi ive just bought a stock atari 800 and after successfully retrobriting it up.
Looks like it was programmed for the 5200 first, and whoever converted it screwed that up. The atari 400 and 800 were capable of 320 x 192 in 256 colours using interlacing and display list interrupts dlis. However, 560 and 561 are more reliable pointers since custom dls can be elsewhere in memory. The xl expansion system would have opened the doors for the atari 8bits and allowed them to grow in all new ways. Memory expansion modifications typically involve adding a bankswitching chip and memory chips, and use more bits for bank selection. The atari 8bit family is a series of 8bit home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992. Atari 400 48k ram upgrade discontinued from tynemouth. I have several atari cartridges and most of the original manuals for the machine as well. The commodore 1750 ram 512k expansion module came with a set of demo programs, including a bouncing ball. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The system contained a full 64k of memory, had all the standard atari chips antic, gtia, pokey, pia and was in a smaller and more compact design than the 1200xl which it was designed to replace. Full credit for the installation of 5v only chips in the 16k board goes to claus and the mace users group. The 800xl, with its builtin 64k ram, exceeded the memory capacity of the 48kmaximum atari 800.
The atari peripheral emulator ape is a advanced serial application that emulates an entire subsystem of atari 8 bit peripherals using your existing or purchased ape cable. Fozztexx had an old atari 800 collecting dust and decided to pull it out and get to work. Ataris greatest hits app for ios including 100 classic atari 2600 and arcade games free today posted by iphonehacks on sep 01, 2012 in ipad apps, iphone apps if you grew up playing atari games, then dont miss out on the chance to download ataris classic games for ios for free. The spectre gcr is an expansion card for atari computers which coupled with a dedicated software emulates a macintosh plus. Appendix twelve the xlxe memory map most of the information in the first edition of mapping the atari ap plies equally well to the xl and xe lines of computers. Atari 400 1979 with a membrane keyboard and singlewidth cartridge. The sdrive max has a touch screen and works like a disk drive. First, select expands the ram of your atari 400 to the design maximum of 48k and then goes on to give you 4k more ram located in the unused rom area. Kit contents 1x 256k memory upgrade pcb 1x length of wire 8x 256k dram ics 9x 16pin noise filtering ic sockets. The 800 platform often gets overlooked in video game history due to a classification quirk that placed it in the pc category, but its library of games is. I still remember the night he showed up with our very first computeran atari 800.
Crossbow is a video arcade game released by exidy in 1983. Trs80 model 1, pet, and apple as the photo of the atari 800 main and cpu board shows, the main board was slotted, but not for the purpose of interfacing general peripherals and enhancements, like in the apple or later ibm pc. Nov 04, 2009 the atari 800 s expansion options were limited. This article will describe how to modify, test and use a 256k memory board in the middle slot of the 800. How atari took on apple in the 1980s home pc wars macdailynews. Atari made several changes to ram locations, and the os was almost entirely rewritten in the newer models. All 16k atari 400 owners should pounce on this upgrade, and thanks to tynemouth software for creating it. It was later published by absolute entertainment for the commodore 64, dos and by atari for the 2600, 7800 and xe game system starting in. In addition to the free games offered by the dog daze home page, hundreds of other 1980sera atari computer games are available for free at the following web sites. Using a 1571 disk drive it takes a number of minutes for the program to load into memory. Atarimax 256k memory upgrade for 800xl and 1200xl computers. After reading loads on here, cant seem to see if the atarimax, the.
The atari 800 used large expansion cards for the ram, rom and processor. Mosaic produced a 32k board, as well as a 64k board with 48k ram plus 4 4k ram banks. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Emulation camp, emulators for the atari 800xl atari800. Each slot could contain atari 8k or 16k ram boards. The atari 8bit family is a series of 8bit home computers introduced by atari, inc. Compared to the 400, the 800 added a real keyboard, an additional cartridge slot for a total of two, and an expansion bus for adding ram and rom packs the atari 400 could only be upgraded by a dealer. The 800 had two sections for expansion, two cartridge slots at the front under a flipup cover, and four expansion slots at the back, which could be access by turning two moonshaped plastic clips under the cartridge cover. Atari avoided an apple iistyle internal card bus, instead relying on an external serial port for peripheral expansion. We offer a complete inventory of 8 bit atari computer repair parts down to component level, switches, i. The vic20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after commodores first personal computer, the pet. Atari 400 800, common items atari best electronics home. My beloved atari 400 now has 48k ram, always wanted to upgrade the old boy to bring up to the spec of my 800, very well packaged and easy to assemble and install.
No other home computer was capable of this colour resolution at the time as inflexible as it was. Gorf video game cartridge for atari 400 800 vintage. If you purchased the kit fully assembled then there is no soldering needed to build the kit which means it is ready to plug in. Ramcram contains 16 memory chips, yielding a total of 32k. All are based on the mos technology 6502 cpu and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips. Ape has been created in the idea that anything a real, physical sio device can do. The atari 800xl was the third version of the atari xl 8bit line of computers introduced in 1983.
The atari 800 computer console contains the central processor unit cpu a nd memory in the form of the operating system readonly memory 10k rom and 8k16k standard of user programmable randomaccessmemory ram, and two expansion sockets for additional ram modules maximun 48k. The atari 800 could also accommodate up to 4 9 pin dplug joysticks through ports on the front of the machine. All are based on the mos technology 6502 cpu and were the first home computers designed. The atari 800 had more colors than the commodore 64, but the sid chip on the commodore 64 had better sounds, which attracted musicians to it. View and download atari 800xl owners manual online. Sep 11, 2009 new atari 800 laptop playing buck rogers. Atari tt 030 memory expansion 16mb, not atari st, ste, mste. The mosaic 64k select is memory expansion with a difference. The atari models 400 and 800, which were the companys first models, were excellent graphics computers, but had several problems in competing in the highly competitive home market. There is some other random stuff here with graphics animation and display lists, but nothing. Most atari 800s shipped with three of these 16kb ram cards, for a total of 48kb. The atari 800 began as a nextgeneration followup to ataris groundbreaking atari 2600 video game console. Pole position rx8034 atari 400 800 computer video game cartridge. Prototypesvaporware never officially released 1400xl similar to the 1200xl but with a pbi, freddie memory management chip, builtin modem and speech synthesis chip.
I have ported the sdl version of the atrari800 emulator to mac os x, and added a full native cocoa interface, including preferences, menus, file associations, help and more. After reading the 4864k upgrade for the atari 400 by claus buchholz, i was inspired to design a similar upgrade for the atari 800. Chips, plastics as well as complete computers and replacement motherboards. Atari 800 cx853 memory module 16k ram for sale online ebay. Be it mac, iphone, ipad or other apple products, let us be your hero today. The 800 platform often gets overlooked in video game history due to a classification quirk that placed it in the pc category, but its library of. Boards may be used in any 800 ram slot or in the 400 internal ram slot. That pia port was used for the third and fourth joystick ports on the atari 400 and 800. The atari 800 was launched simultaneously with its little brother, the atari 400. Commodore 128 1750 ram expansion bouncing ball demo.
The system came with builtin diagnostics and a help key. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Further, mosaic has taken great pains to make their 64k memory board totally compatible with all existing software. Atarimax myideii compact flash cartridge for atari xlxe computers. The atari 8bit hardware upgrade, modification and addon faq the atari 8bit hardware upgrade, modification and addon faq. Find great deals on ebay for atari 800 and atari 800 computer. According to john vurich, axlons president, the memory modules, called ramcram, can expand the atari 400 system to 32k, and the atari 800 to up to 48kbytes of random access user memory. Unlike the apple ii, however, these slots did not have access to the complete cpu bus, only the memory pins. However in july of 1984 atari, inc was acquired by jack tramiel and like so many innovative atari projects, the 1090 xl expansion system made it to the garbage dumpster and not the atari retailers shelves. Note that i always supply the actual 4mb mmu board assembled and tested. Plenty of games and demos came out which showed off this ability at the time. Ataris greatest hits app for ios including 100 classic atari. This is meant to help you learn how to write a interpretervirtual machine as well as teach you the foundations of modern programming languages.
Free atari emulators pceatarist windows, unixlike pceatarist is an mc68000 emulator for various atari st and mega st models. Since they were atari products, they were supremely strong graphical performers. You could daisy chain a tape player, a 5 14 inch disk drive, a modem, or a printer through special pin dtype jacks. It interprets atari 800 assembly language with a few extra instructions for modern computers no you cannot run atari 800 roms but if you get the assembly source than it can be interpreted. The atari 800, along with the 400, was the first computer programming and gaming system made for sale by atari in november 1979. Games and entertainment software for the atari 8bit family. Oddly enough management of atari and commodore switched and the atari st was the successor of the. The atari 800 in my collection is a 48k unit with a tape drive and an 810 disk drive pictured below. Atari had gone into the home computer business producing a line of 8bit machines based upon the 6502 cpu. In 1979, the atari 400 and atari 800 were born to fulfill this promise. The atari 800 was nice i heard, but there was a war between commodore and atari users on the bbses.
Candy was originally intended to be the next generation of the video game system, to replace the vcs. The 800xl is shown above its optional peripherals, the atari 1050 floppy disk drive, and 1010 cassette drive. All of the machines in the family are technically similar and differ primarily in packaging. The atari 400 shared many of the same components and features as the atari 800. Verify that all components are present before proceeding with installation prep. Atari800 is the emulator of atari 8bit computer systems and 5200 game console for unix, linux, amiga, msdos, atari ttfalcon, mswindows, ms wince, sega dreamcast, android and other systems supported by the sdl library. It specifications were completed in late march 1983. Not all of the thousands and thousands of atari 8 bit parts we carry are listed here. Buy atari vintage computer memory and get the best deals. Geeks4mac portland, oregons apple mac repair heroes. Home computer 19 pages desktop atari 800 owners manual. Atari was planning to release a similar expansion box.
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