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Atari 1400 XL	Computers	Home Computer	U.S.A.	1983	MOS 6502C	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos hardware emulators links docs videos related oc_id source 1400 XL /media/museum/photos/atari_1400.jpg /companies/atari Atari label value NAME 1400 XL label value MANUFACTURER Atari label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1983 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, same as 1200xl label value CPU MOS 6502C label value SPEED 1.79 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR GTIA (video output, sprites), POKEY (sound, I/O), ANTIC (video, display lists), FREDDY (Memory Manager), PIA label value RAM 64 KB label value ROM 16 KB (the Basic is on a cartridge) label value TEXT MODES five text modes, max: 40 x 24, min: 20 x 12 label value GRAPHIC MODES 12 graphic modes, maximum : 320 x 192 label value COLORS 16 colors with 16 intensities label value SOUND 4 channels, 3.5 octaves. Built-in voice synthesizer label value SIZE / WEIGHT 2.75 label value I/O PORTS RGB, cartridge, Expansion port, Tape, RS232, Joystick label value OS ROM Based label value POWER SUPPLY External power supply label value PRICE Unknown photos hardware emulators links docs videos 274 title subtitle text image 1400XL PROTOTYPE /media/museum/photos/atari_1400xl_2.jpg title subtitle text image LEFT SIDE From left to right: - On/Off switch\ - Cartridge slot\ - 2 x controller connectors /media/museum/photos/atari_1400xl_l-side.jpg title subtitle text image REAR From left to right: - RF video output\ - video channel 2/3 selection switch\ - RGB monitor video output\ - built-in modem sockets\ - Parallel bus interface\ - Serial I/O connector\ - Power connector (from external PSU) /media/museum/photos/atari_1400xl_rear.jpg title subtitle text image MOTHER BOARD /media/museum/photos/atari_1400xl_mobo.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 1400XL - PRO http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html /media/museum/docs/couvs/atari_1400xl_product-specifications.jpg [**ATARI 1400XL - PRO**](http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html)written by Atari  compiled/archived by www.atari-history.com\  type of document : PDF\  size : 937 KB\  source : [www.atarimuseum.com](http://www.atarimuseum.com) title url cover text ATARI 1400XL - SPEECH HANDLER SPECIFICATION http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html /media/museum/docs/couvs/atari_1400xl_speech-synthesizer.jpg [**ATARI 1400XL - SPEECH HANDLER SPECIFICATION**](http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html)written by Atari  compiled/archived by www.atari-history.com\  type of document : PDF\  size : 715 KB\  source : [www.atarimuseum.com](http://www.atarimuseum.com) title url cover text ATARI 1400XL - MODEM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html /media/museum/docs/couvs/atari_1400xl_modem-specs.jpg [**ATARI 1400XL - MODEM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION**](http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html)written by Atari  compiled/archived by www.atari-history.com\  type of document : PDF\  size : 1.1 MB\  source : [www.atarimuseum.com](http://www.atarimuseum.com) title url cover text ATARI 1400XL - TELECOMMUNICATOR TECHNICAL DOCUMENT http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html /media/museum/docs/couvs/atari_1400xl_telecommunicator.jpg [**ATARI 1400XL - TELECOMMUNICATOR TECHNICAL DOCUMENT**](http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/1400xl/1400.html)written by Atari  compiled/archived by www.atari-history.com\  type of document : PDF\  size : 957 KB\  source : [www.atarimuseum.com](http://www.atarimuseum.com) 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-1450-xld /museum/atari-400 /museum/atari-600-800-xl /museum/atari-65-130-xe /museum/atari-65xep-65xem /museum/atari-800 /museum/atari-800xe 264 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230208075813/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=264 2023-02-08

The Atari 1400 XL has the same characteristics as the Atari 800/600 XL machines exept for some new features: a new custom chip called "FREDDY" which replaces the old discrete semiconductors & TTL chips of the 600/800 XL to manage the memory. It has a speech synthesizer chip (Votrax SC-01) and a built-in modem (Bell 103 compatible, 300 baud).

Thus it was conceived as an enhanced version of the Atari 600XL and 800XL computers and was to be software and hardware compatible with all the 8-bit Atari family systems.

It seems that this computer was never marketed... All existing models are thus considered as prototypes.

This system was also called by Atari A1201, Atari 1200 XLD and Atari 1200 XLT.

Another model was announced at the same time : the Atari 1450 XLD.

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.