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Atari 800XE	Computers	Home Computer	U.S.A.	1985	MOS 6502C	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos hardware emulators links docs videos related oc_id source 800XE /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_system_s1.jpg /companies/atari Atari label value NAME 800XE label value MANUFACTURER Atari label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1985 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Atari Basic label value KEYBOARD 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 value CPU MOS 6502C label value SPEED 1.79 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR GTIA (video), POKEY (Sound, I/O), ANTIC (Video), FREDDY (memory) label value RAM 64 KB expandable to 128 KB label value ROM 24 kb (16 KB for OS, 8 KB for BASIC) label value TEXT MODES Five text modes, maximum : 40 columns x 24 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 11 graphic modes, maximum : 320 x 192 pixels label value COLORS 16 colors with 15 intensity level each label value SOUND 4 channels, 3.5 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT 35 (W) x 23.5 (D) x 6.5 (H) cm / 1.4 kg label value I/O PORTS Composite video output, Cardridge port, Expansion port, SIO peripheral port (tape, disk, printer, modem), 2 x joystick connectors label value BUILT IN MEDIA None label value POWER SUPPLY External power supply unit (1A, 5v cc) label value PRICE Unknown photos hardware emulators links docs videos 956 title subtitle text image 800 XE /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image COMPLETE SYSTEM Atari 800XL with its power supply unit and the XL12 tape recorder. /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_withtaperec_s1.jpg title subtitle text image GAMER SYSTEM 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** /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_lightgun_s1.jpg title subtitle text image TOP VIEW /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_topview_s1.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_atarilogo_s1.jpg title subtitle text image SIDES One can spot the dual joystick connectors at the right side. /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_sides_s1.jpg title subtitle text image UNDERSIDE /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_underside_s1.jpg title subtitle text image REAR CONNECTORS 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 /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_rearcon_s1.jpg title subtitle text image OPENED The keyboard is put down onto a metallic shield which surrounds the mainboard and prevents from radio frequency interferences. /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_opened_s1.jpg title subtitle text image MAINBOARD 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. /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_mainboard_s1.jpg title subtitle text image CHIPSETS CLOSE-UP /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_mainboard_s2.jpg title subtitle text image BOXES /media/museum/photos/atari_800xe_boxes_s1.jpg title subtitle text image XL12 TAPE RECORDER /media/museum/hardware/atari_800xe_xl12taperec_s1.jpg title subtitle text image INDUS GT 5''/14 disk-drive 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. /media/museum/hardware/atari_800_indus-gt_disk-drive_1.jpg title subtitle text image ASTRA 2001 FD UNIT Dual 5.25 Dual 5.25" FDD unit using single side, single or double density floppy drives /media/museum/hardware/atari_800_astra2001fd_1.jpg title subtitle text image PERCOM DISC DRIVE Advert 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... /media/museum/hardware/atari_800_percomad_1.jpg title subtitle text image CORVUS SYSTEMS HARD-DRIVE 10Mb hard-drive 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!!! /media/museum/hardware/atari_atari800_hd-corvus-systems_1.jpg title subtitle text image TOUCH TABLET The touch tablet was the best tool for drawing and painting. It shipped with the AtariArtist cartridge. /media/museum/hardware/atari_800xl_touchtablet_s1.jpg title url platform text SIO2PC http://www.cswnet.com/~nkennedy/sio2pc.htm MS DOS PC emulates Atari Disk title url platform text Altirra http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Windows Altirra, an 8-bit Atari computer emulator title url platform text Atari800Win http://www.concentric.net/~Twist/atari800win/ Windows title url platform text Atari800Win Plus http://a800win.atari-area.prv.pl/ Windows Atari 8 bit emulator for windows title url platform text WAHCE Home Page http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Node/4391/ Windows title url platform text XFormer http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm Windows title url platform text Chris Lam's Website http://www.chrislam.co.uk/ Apple homepage for Horizon title url platform text The Atari 800 Emulator for the Mac http://www.serve.com/derekl/atari/atari_emu.html Apple title url platform text WACKE http://www.ctaz.com/~jlfenton/Wacke.html Apple title url platform text ACE http://www.csh.rit.edu/~shaggy/software.html Unix / Linux title url platform text Atari++ http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~thor/atari++/ Unix / Linux 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 url platform text Atari800 http://atari800.sourceforge.net/ Multiplatform Atari800 is an Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator for Unix, Amiga, MS-DOS, Atari TT/Falcon, SDL and WinCE title url text 8-bit ATARI Assembly Language http://oort.com/turbots/asm.htm title url text Antic - The Atari Resource http://www.atarimagazines.com/ title url text APE - Atari Peripheral Emulator for DOS and Windows - Home Page http://www.nacs.net/~classics/ title url text Atari 2600-7800 FAQ http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dzubera/2600faq.html title url text Atari 8-Bit Computers Frequently Asked Questions http://www.chez.com/cmpi/paleo/8bits/atari/faq_atar.htm title url text Atari 8-bit computers: 400/800/XL/XE http://www.santellocco.com/ATARI/ dedicated website in italian title url text Atari 8-bit New User, Emulator Help FAQ - v2.1 http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/new_and_emu.html title url text Atari 8-bit SpartaDOS Project http://www.celebritybase.net/atari8/ title url text Atari Gaming Headquarters Main Page http://www.atarihq.com/ title url text Atari Magazines http://www.atarimagazines.com/ Contains the full text of all issues of ANTIC magazine and moste of the STart ones ! title url text Atari XL-XE Games And Demos Page http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sgl/atari/ title url text ATARI.ORG http://www.atari.org/ Looking for something on any Atari machine ? Follow the links ! title url text ATARIARCHIVES.ORG http://www.atariarchives.org/ 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 url text Dead Hackers Society http://www.dhs.nu/ Downloads, tools, news and more title url text Homepage Nyman Atari 8 bit http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2741/8bit.html title url text Ken's Atari 8-bit Page http://home.columbus.rr.com/ksiders/atari.htm title url text Mac-Atari Fusion http://www2.bitstream.net/~marksim/atarimac/ Atari 8bit Resources for Mac Users title url text MacFalkner's XL Homepage http://members.aol.com/MacFalkner/atariindex.htm title url text Personal Atari Web Page http://rjespino.tripod.com/atari.html jpeg viewer for the Atari 8-bit and some other tools title url text Polish Atari Wikipedia http://atariki.krap.pl A lot of info about Atari (in polish) title url text Reminiscing 8-Bit Atari Games http://www.qlam.com/atari/atari.html title url text Satantronic Atari Crew, Atari XL-XE and Falcon 030 http://www.napri.sk/web/satantronic/ title url text The Atari 800 XE Laptop http://www.benheck.com/Games/Atari_800/Atari_800_laptop_1.htm This guy explain how he made a laptop Atari 800 ! title url text The Atari Historical Society http://www.atari-history.com/ The complete history of Atari Arcade and Home games and computers. Complete site with pictures, commercials (streaming), and full text articles. Amazing site ! title url text www.ataricave.com http://www.ataricave.com Atari 8-bit Games reviews, original manuals, music, maps and more! title url text XL Search - The Atari 8-bit File Archive Search Engine http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/xlsearch/ title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com Programming on the Atari computers title url cover text ATARI SYSTEM REFERENCE MANUAL http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/atarixe/index.htm /media/museum/docs/couvs/doc_atarirefmanual.jpg [**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 :** title url text Atari Home Computer laser disc - Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54mvCo1uq5A Length: 5 min 20 s title url text Atari Home Computer laser disc - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDQWvwZ-2w Length: 1 min 30 s /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-800 982 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230406043440/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=982 2023-04-06

The Atari 800XE was the last 8-bit machine produced by Atari. It was almost the same machine as the 800XL with a case almost the same as the 130XE. 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.

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Thanks to Erik Klooster for this picture

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