yann64andClaude Opus 5.5
b274874139
1,289 discussions, 9,527 archived comments; pages no longer carry the comments themselves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
289 lines
12 KiB
Markdown
289 lines
12 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
title: Atari 65XEP / 65XEM
|
||
categories:
|
||
- Computers
|
||
types:
|
||
- Home Computer
|
||
origins:
|
||
- U.S.A.
|
||
years:
|
||
- '1985'
|
||
cpus:
|
||
- MOS 6502C
|
||
params:
|
||
name: 65XEP / 65XEM
|
||
image: /media/museum/photos/atari_65xep_system_1.jpg
|
||
company: /companies/atari
|
||
company_name: Atari
|
||
specs:
|
||
- label: NAME
|
||
value: 65XEP / 65XEM
|
||
- 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)
|
||
- 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
|
||
- label: ROM
|
||
value: 24 Kb
|
||
- label: TEXT MODES
|
||
value: 'Five text modes, maximum : 40 x 24'
|
||
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
|
||
value: '11 graphic modes, maximum : 320 x 192'
|
||
- label: COLORS
|
||
value: Monochrome green (65XEP), 16 colors with 15 intensity level each (65XEM)
|
||
- label: SOUND
|
||
value: 4 voices, 3.5 octaves (65XEP), 8 voices, 11 octaves (65XEM)
|
||
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
|
||
value: Unknown (65XEP)
|
||
- 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: 360 Kb 3.5'' floppy disk drive (65XEP), none (65XEM)
|
||
- label: OS
|
||
value: AtariOS (65XEP)
|
||
- label: POWER SUPPLY
|
||
value: Built-in poxer supply unit (65XEP), external power supply unit - 1A, 5v cc (65XEM)
|
||
- label: PRICE
|
||
value: Less than $400 (65XEP), less than $200 (65XEM)
|
||
tabs:
|
||
- photos
|
||
- hardware
|
||
- emulators
|
||
- links
|
||
- docs
|
||
- videos
|
||
forum_thread: 934
|
||
photos:
|
||
- title: 65XEP LARGER VIEW
|
||
subtitle: ''
|
||
text: ''
|
||
image: /media/museum/photos/atari_65xep_system_2.jpg
|
||
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: /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 65XEM AMY sound chip
|
||
url: http://www2.asw.cz/~kubecj/achamy.htm
|
||
text: Detailed history of this chip
|
||
- 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-800
|
||
- /museum/atari-800xe
|
||
oc_id: 958
|
||
source:
|
||
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230202014654/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=958
|
||
date: '2023-02-02'
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
The **65XEP** was the first portable computer Atari designed. It was first exhibited in 1985, at the CES show. With the 65XEP, Atari intended to compete with the Commodore [SX-64](/museum/commodore-sx-dx-64-executive-computer/)
|
||
|
||
It was actually a portable version of the Atari [65XE](/museum/atari-65-130-xe/) including a 3.5" 360 KB disk drive, a 5" green CRT and a battery pack. The price was fixed at less than $400, but Atari never released this machine. Apparently only one prototype was built.
|
||
|
||
At the same time, Atari announced a second variation of the 65XE, the 65XEM (for XE Music). This version featured a new powerful polyphonic sound chip called AMY with 8 independent sound voices and 64 oscillators. It was able to synthesize voice and any musical instrument sound much better than the [Commodore 64](/museum/commodore-c64/)'s SID chip. However, the AMY chip never reached production, so the 65XEM never passed the prototype stage either.
|
||
|
||
Thanks to [Cyberroach](http://www.cyberroach.com/cyromag/) for the picture.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
**About the AMY soundchip, Malcolm Ramage adds:**\
|
||
While the XEM was the only machine announced that (Should have) used the AMY soundchip, early design notes for the Atari ST also mention the chip. Using AMY in the ST, and the XEM were dropped due to a small problem, nobody knew how to program the chip!\
|
||
When Jack Trammiel took over Atari, he cut the staff down to around 500, getting rid of the old research and design teams and replacing them with many of the designers he trusted who came with him from Commodore. All the machines already in development were cancelled, including the Sierra project, from which the AMY chip came from. While demo;s of the chip in action were played when the XEM was shown, these were tests done before Atari was sold.\
|
||
Without the knowledge to use AMY, this advanced sound system was doomed to stay in the research labs forever.
|
||
|
||
<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
|