Atari 800
Model or Identifier: 800
Manufacturer: Atari
Date: January 1979
USA
The Atari 800 was introduced in 1979 along with its younger sibling the Atari 400 selling for around $900. They were the first computers offered from Atari, which at this time was better known for its arcade machines and home video game system, the Atari VCS (2600). Like the 2600, most software titles came on cartridge and slotted into one of two cartridge ports. Memory could likewise be added via user accessible memory slots. Atari offered several peripherals such as cassette and disk drives, printers, modems, and even a touch tablet. These devices all used Atari?s SIO bus port.
Additional Information:
Specifications
Released: January 1979
Processor: MOS 6502B
Architecture: 8bit
Video: Antic
Audio: Pokey 4 voice
RAM: 8kb (48kb via carts)
Atari 800 on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family
Watch ""Atari 800 Home Computer 1983 Commercial"" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-QAPUXvn6tY
Model or Identifier: 800
Manufacturer: Atari
Date: January 1979
USA
The Atari 800 was introduced in 1979 along with its younger sibling the Atari 400 selling for around $900. They were the first computers offered from Atari, which at this time was better known for its arcade machines and home video game system, the Atari VCS (2600). Like the 2600, most software titles came on cartridge and slotted into one of two cartridge ports. Memory could likewise be added via user accessible memory slots. Atari offered several peripherals such as cassette and disk drives, printers, modems, and even a touch tablet. These devices all used Atari?s SIO bus port.
Additional Information:
Specifications
Released: January 1979
Processor: MOS 6502B
Architecture: 8bit
Video: Antic
Audio: Pokey 4 voice
RAM: 8kb (48kb via carts)
Atari 800 on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family
Watch ""Atari 800 Home Computer 1983 Commercial"" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-QAPUXvn6tY
Model or Identifier: 800
Manufacturer: Atari
Date: January 1979
USA
The Atari 800 was introduced in 1979 along with its younger sibling the Atari 400 selling for around $900. They were the first computers offered from Atari, which at this time was better known for its arcade machines and home video game system, the Atari VCS (2600). Like the 2600, most software titles came on cartridge and slotted into one of two cartridge ports. Memory could likewise be added via user accessible memory slots. Atari offered several peripherals such as cassette and disk drives, printers, modems, and even a touch tablet. These devices all used Atari?s SIO bus port.
Additional Information:
Specifications
Released: January 1979
Processor: MOS 6502B
Architecture: 8bit
Video: Antic
Audio: Pokey 4 voice
RAM: 8kb (48kb via carts)
Atari 800 on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family
Watch ""Atari 800 Home Computer 1983 Commercial"" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-QAPUXvn6tY