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+title: Atari 1450 XLD
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Home Computer
+origins:
+- U.S.A.
+years:
+- '1982'
+cpus:
+- MOS 6502C
+params:
+  name: 1450 XLD
+  company: /companies/atari
+  company_name: Atari
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: 1450 XLD
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Atari
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Home Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: U.S.A.
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1982'
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Full-stroke keyboard, same as 1200xl
+  - label: CPU
+    value: MOS 6502C
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 1.92 MHz
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: GTIA (video output, sprites), POKEY (sound, I/O), ANTIC (video, display lists), FREDDY (memory manager)
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 64 KB
+  - label: ROM
+    value: 16 KB (the Basic is on a cardridge)
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 'five text modes, max: 40 x 24, min: 20 x 12'
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: '12 graphic modes, maximum : 320 x 192'
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: 16 colors with 16 intensities
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: four channels, 3.5 octaves
+  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RGB, cartridge, Expansion port, Tape, RS232, Joystick
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: One or Two 5.25'' FDDs
+  - label: OS
+    value: ROM Based
+  tabs:
+  - hardware
+  - emulators
+  - links
+  - docs
+  - videos
+  hardware:
+  - title: INDUS GT
+    subtitle: 5''/14 disk-drive
+    text: The Indus GT Double Density Drive is considered by many the best floppy drive available for the 8-bit Atari's with its digital readouts and smoke plexi cover.
+    image: null
+  - title: ASTRA 2001 FD UNIT
+    subtitle: Dual 5.25
+    text: Dual 5.25" FDD unit using single side, single or double density floppy drives
+    image: null
+  - title: PERCOM DISC DRIVE
+    subtitle: Advert
+    text: |-
+      March 1983 Advert said:
+
+      The Percom Data AT-88 offers 88 Kbytes (formatted) in single-density, with plug-in ease of attachment to your Atari. The AT-88 has integral power supply, "no-patch" to Atari DOS and critical constant speed regulation.\
+      Take advantage of this low introductory price of $488...
+    image: null
+  - title: CORVUS SYSTEMS HARD-DRIVE
+    subtitle: 10Mb hard-drive
+    text: |-
+      This is a 10Mb hard-drive. With up to 8 multiplexers with 8 ports each it's possible to connect up to 64 Atari 800's up to a single 10 or even 20 megabyte Atari system. Still in use Today at the Fordham Prepatory School in the Bronx, NY is a 64 Atari 800 computer network hooked up to a single Corvus Hard drive system !
+
+      The Corvus hard disk system also sported a unique and innovative back-up system called "The Corvus Mirror" which was a VCR interface system that allowed you to plug a standard Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) up to the Corvus Hard Drive System to save back-ups of the hard disk onto actual Video Tapes!!!
+    image: null
+  - title: TOUCH TABLET
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: The touch tablet was the best tool for drawing and painting. It shipped with the AtariArtist cartridge.
+    image: null
+  emulators:
+  - title: SIO2PC
+    url: http://www.cswnet.com/~nkennedy/sio2pc.htm
+    platform: MS DOS
+    text: PC emulates Atari Disk
+  - title: Altirra
+    url: http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html
+    platform: Windows
+    text: Altirra, an 8-bit Atari computer emulator
+  - title: Atari800Win
+    url: http://www.concentric.net/~Twist/atari800win/
+    platform: Windows
+    text: ''
+  - title: Atari800Win Plus
+    url: http://a800win.atari-area.prv.pl/
+    platform: Windows
+    text: Atari 8 bit emulator for windows
+  - title: WAHCE Home Page
+    url: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Node/4391/
+    platform: Windows
+    text: ''
+  - title: XFormer
+    url: http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm
+    platform: Windows
+    text: ''
+  - title: Chris Lam's Website
+    url: http://www.chrislam.co.uk/
+    platform: Apple
+    text: homepage for Horizon
+  - title: The Atari 800 Emulator for the Mac
+    url: http://www.serve.com/derekl/atari/atari_emu.html
+    platform: Apple
+    text: ''
+  - title: WACKE
+    url: http://www.ctaz.com/~jlfenton/Wacke.html
+    platform: Apple
+    text: ''
+  - title: ACE
+    url: http://www.csh.rit.edu/~shaggy/software.html
+    platform: Unix / Linux
+    text: ''
+  - title: Atari++
+    url: http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~thor/atari++/
+    platform: Unix / Linux
+    text: Unix based emulator of the Atari eight bit computers, namely the Atari 400 and 800, the Atari 400XL, 800XL and 130XE, and the Atari 5200 game console
+  - title: Atari800
+    url: http://atari800.sourceforge.net/
+    platform: Multiplatform
+    text: Atari800 is an Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator for Unix, Amiga, MS-DOS, Atari TT/Falcon, SDL and WinCE
+  links:
+  - title: 8-bit ATARI Assembly Language
+    url: http://oort.com/turbots/asm.htm
+    text: ''
+  - title: Antic - The Atari Resource
+    url: http://www.atarimagazines.com/
+    text: ''
+  - title: APE - Atari Peripheral Emulator for DOS and Windows - Home Page
+    url: http://www.nacs.net/~classics/
+    text: ''
+  - title: Atari 2600-7800 FAQ
+    url: http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dzubera/2600faq.html
+    text: ''
+  - title: Atari 8-Bit Computers Frequently Asked Questions
+    url: http://www.chez.com/cmpi/paleo/8bits/atari/faq_atar.htm
+    text: ''
+  - title: 'Atari 8-bit computers: 400/800/XL/XE'
+    url: http://www.santellocco.com/ATARI/
+    text: dedicated website in italian
+  - title: Atari 8-bit New User, Emulator Help FAQ - v2.1
+    url: http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/new_and_emu.html
+    text: ''
+  - title: Atari 8-bit SpartaDOS Project
+    url: http://www.celebritybase.net/atari8/
+    text: ''
+  - title: Atari Gaming Headquarters Main Page
+    url: http://www.atarihq.com/
+    text: ''
+  - title: Atari Magazines
+    url: http://www.atarimagazines.com/
+    text: Contains the full text of all issues of ANTIC magazine and moste of the STart ones !
+  - title: Atari XL-XE Games And Demos Page
+    url: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sgl/atari/
+    text: ''
+  - title: ATARI.ORG
+    url: http://www.atari.org/
+    text: Looking for something on any Atari machine ? Follow the links !
+  - title: ATARIARCHIVES.ORG
+    url: http://www.atariarchives.org/
+    text: Wow! This site is preserving and archiving information about & software for Atari and other classic computers. Everything here is available with the permission of the copyright holders.
+  - title: Dead Hackers Society
+    url: http://www.dhs.nu/
+    text: Downloads, tools, news and more
+  - title: Homepage Nyman Atari 8 bit
+    url: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2741/8bit.html
+    text: ''
+  - title: Ken's Atari 8-bit Page
+    url: http://home.columbus.rr.com/ksiders/atari.htm
+    text: ''
+  - title: Mac-Atari Fusion
+    url: http://www2.bitstream.net/~marksim/atarimac/
+    text: Atari 8bit Resources for Mac Users
+  - title: MacFalkner's XL Homepage
+    url: http://members.aol.com/MacFalkner/atariindex.htm
+    text: ''
+  - title: Personal Atari Web Page
+    url: http://rjespino.tripod.com/atari.html
+    text: jpeg viewer for the Atari 8-bit and some other tools
+  - title: Polish Atari Wikipedia
+    url: http://atariki.krap.pl
+    text: A lot of info about Atari (in polish)
+  - title: Reminiscing 8-Bit Atari Games
+    url: http://www.qlam.com/atari/atari.html
+    text: ''
+  - title: Satantronic Atari Crew, Atari XL-XE and Falcon 030
+    url: http://www.napri.sk/web/satantronic/
+    text: ''
+  - title: The Atari 800 XE Laptop
+    url: http://www.benheck.com/Games/Atari_800/Atari_800_laptop_1.htm
+    text: This guy explain how he made a laptop Atari 800 !
+  - title: The Atari Historical Society
+    url: http://www.atari-history.com/
+    text: The complete history of Atari Arcade and Home games and computers. Complete site with pictures, commercials (streaming), and full text articles. Amazing site !
+  - title: www.ataricave.com
+    url: http://www.ataricave.com
+    text: Atari 8-bit Games reviews, original manuals, music, maps and more!
+  - title: XL Search - The Atari 8-bit File Archive Search Engine
+    url: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/xlsearch/
+    text: ''
+  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
+    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
+    text: Programming on the Atari computers
+  docs:
+  - title: ATARI SYSTEM REFERENCE MANUAL
+    url: http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/atarixe/index.htm
+    cover: null
+    text: |-
+      [**ATARI SYSTEM REFERENCE MANUAL**](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/atarixe/index.htm)written by Bob DuHamel (1987)
+
+       compiled/archived by Ivo van Poorten\
+       type of document : PDF\
+       size : 160 KB\
+       source : [Daves Old Computers](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield)
+
+      **... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :**
+  videos:
+  - title: Atari Home Computer laser disc - Introduction
+    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54mvCo1uq5A
+    text: 'Length: 5 min 20 s'
+  - title: Atari Home Computer laser disc - Conclusion
+    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDQWvwZ-2w
+    text: 'Length: 1 min 30 s'
+  comments:
+  - author: Bryan Edewaard
+    date: Tuesday 18th March 2014
+    text: The 1400XL and 1450XLD never got to production largely because new machines like the Commodore 64 were shifting the market away from premium systems like the Apple II and more toward budget systems for the casual user. In response, Atari discontinued the 1200XL and concentrated their efforts on the low cost 600XL and 800XL.
+  related:
+  - /museum/atari-1200-xl
+  - /museum/atari-1400-xl
+  - /museum/atari-400
+  - /museum/atari-600-800-xl
+  - /museum/atari-65-130-xe
+  - /museum/atari-65xep-65xem
+  - /museum/atari-800
+  - /museum/atari-800xe
+  oc_id: 22
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603223521/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=22
+    date: '2023-06-03'
+---
+
+The Atari 1450 XLD has the same characteristics as the [Atari 1400 XL](/museum/atari-1400-xl/).
+
+Like the 1400 XL, it has a built-in modem (Bell 103 compatible, 300 baud) and the speech synthesiser chip (SC-02). Contrary to the other Atari, it uses a parallel disk drive controller (a much faster arrangement) instead of the SIO interface.
+
+Apparently The 1450 was not released because they were having problems getting the parallel disk drive controller to work properly.