--- title: Atari 800XE categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - U.S.A. years: - '1985' cpus: - MOS 6502C params: name: 800XE image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_system_s1.jpg company: /companies/atari company_name: Atari specs: - label: NAME value: 800XE - label: MANUFACTURER value: Atari - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: U.S.A. - label: YEAR value: '1985' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: Atari Basic - label: KEYBOARD value: |- Full-stroke keyboard, 57 keys, 5 function keys (Help, Start, Select, Option, Reset)\ ESC, TAB, CONTROL, SHIFT (x2), DELETE, BREAK, RETURN, CAPS, GRAPH MODE - label: CPU value: MOS 6502C - label: SPEED value: 1.79 MHz - label: CO-PROCESSOR value: GTIA (video), POKEY (Sound, I/O), ANTIC (Video), FREDDY (memory) - label: RAM value: 64 KB expandable to 128 KB - label: ROM value: 24 kb (16 KB for OS, 8 KB for BASIC) - label: TEXT MODES value: 'Five text modes, maximum : 40 columns x 24 lines' - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: '11 graphic modes, maximum : 320 x 192 pixels' - label: COLORS value: 16 colors with 15 intensity level each - label: SOUND value: 4 channels, 3.5 octaves - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 35 (W) x 23.5 (D) x 6.5 (H) cm / 1.4 kg - label: I/O PORTS value: Composite video output, Cardridge port, Expansion port, SIO peripheral port (tape, disk, printer, modem), 2 x joystick connectors - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: None - label: POWER SUPPLY value: External power supply unit (1A, 5v cc) - label: PRICE value: Unknown tabs: - photos - hardware - emulators - links - docs - videos photos: - title: 800 XE subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_system_s2.jpg - title: COMPLETE SYSTEM subtitle: '' text: Atari 800XL with its power supply unit and the XL12 tape recorder. image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_withtaperec_s1.jpg - title: GAMER SYSTEM subtitle: '' text: |- Complete system with its light gun, XC12 datarecorder (which doesn't need extra power supply), light pen and software cartridges **Bug Hunt** (for use with light gun), **Atarigraphics** drawing program (for use with light pen) and **Pole Position** (famous Formula One game). Thanks to **Edwin L. Westerhoff** image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_lightgun_s1.jpg - title: TOP VIEW subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_topview_s1.jpg - title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_atarilogo_s1.jpg - title: SIDES subtitle: '' text: One can spot the dual joystick connectors at the right side. image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_sides_s1.jpg - title: UNDERSIDE subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_underside_s1.jpg - title: REAR CONNECTORS subtitle: '' text: |- From left to right:\ • 13-pin serial connector where several peripherals can be connected in chain\ • Cartridge connector\ • Bus expansion connector\ • RGB video output DIN socket\ • RF/TV output jack\ • Power in DIN socket and switch. Power is supplied by an external 5V AC adaptor image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_rearcon_s1.jpg - title: OPENED subtitle: '' text: The keyboard is put down onto a metallic shield which surrounds the mainboard and prevents from radio frequency interferences. image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_opened_s1.jpg - title: MAINBOARD subtitle: '' text: |- The mainboard is pretty the same as the 130XE's, apart from the amount of RAM, 64 KB instead of 128 KB. **(1)** TV UHF modulator\ **(2)** 6502 CPU\ **(3)** GTIA (George's Television Interface Adapter), main video circuit\ **(4)** ANTIC chipset, manages the video buffer for the GTIA, memory access and CPU interrupts\ **(5)** 6520 PIA in charge, among other things, of the peripherals serial interface\ **(6)** Keyboard connector\ **(7)** POKEY, the sound chipset\ **(8)** OS and BASIC ROMs\ **(9)** FREDDY, the memory management and bank switching chipset\ **(10)** 64 KB RAM. The baord can support a second bank of 64 KB. image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_mainboard_s1.jpg - title: CHIPSETS CLOSE-UP subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_mainboard_s2.jpg - title: BOXES subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_boxes_s1.jpg hardware: - title: XL12 TAPE RECORDER subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/atari_800xe_xl12taperec_s1.jpg - 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: /media/museum/hardware/atari_800_indus-gt_disk-drive_1.jpg - 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: /media/museum/hardware/atari_800_astra2001fd_1.jpg - 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: /media/museum/hardware/atari_800_percomad_1.jpg - 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: /media/museum/hardware/atari_atari800_hd-corvus-systems_1.jpg - title: TOUCH TABLET subtitle: '' text: The touch tablet was the best tool for drawing and painting. It shipped with the AtariArtist cartridge. image: /media/museum/hardware/atari_800xl_touchtablet_s1.jpg 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: /media/museum/docs/couvs/doc_atarirefmanual.jpg 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' related: - /museum/atari-1200-xl - /museum/atari-1400-xl - /museum/atari-1450-xld - /museum/atari-400 - /museum/atari-600-800-xl - /museum/atari-65-130-xe - /museum/atari-65xep-65xem - /museum/atari-800 oc_id: 982 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230406043440/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=982 date: '2023-04-06' --- The Atari 800XE was the last 8-bit machine produced by Atari. It was almost the same machine as the [800XL](/museum/atari-600-800-xl/) with a case almost the same as the [130XE](/museum/atari-65-130-xe/). It was only sold in East European countries, mainly Germany and Poland. The main hardawe difference with the 800XL was FREDDIE, a new memory management custom chip (also found in the 65XE) allowing to address up to 128 KB of RAM and to better share RAM area with ANTIC, the graphics chip. The 800XE could be easily upgraded to 128 KB by adding two memory chips on board. The layout of the I/O connectors was exactly the same as the 130XE. Some games which were developed for the 130XE were compatible with the 800XE, but not backwards compatible with the 800XL. The 800XE had a short life, it was sold for less than one year. --- Thanks to Erik Klooster for this picture
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