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History

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The Atari 800 and 400 were released in 1979 with the 400 costing $550 and the 800 costing $1000.[1]

Technology

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Compute

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The Atari 400 and the Atari 800 are powered by an 8-bit 6502 processor clocked at 1.79 megahertz.[2][3]

The Atari 400 has eight kilobytes of RAM in early models and 16 kilobytes of RAM in later models.[4] The Atari 800 has 16 kilobytes of RAM in early models and 48 kilobytes of RAM in later models.[5]

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Atari 400

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Atari 800

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Accessories

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    An Asteroids cartridge for Atari 8 bit computers.
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    Atari Touch Tablet
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    Atari touch tablet next to an Atari 800XL
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    Atari 850

External Resources

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Wikipedia has related information at Atari 8 bit family

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Atari 8-bit computers

References

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  1. ↑ "Inside the Atari 800". PCWorld. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "A History of Gaming Platforms: Atari 8-Bit Computers". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "A History of Gaming Platforms: Atari 8-Bit Computers". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.


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