All XL models did well in the market, and in 1985 Atari again redesigned the line and released the 65XE and 130XE. All were mostly cartridge-compatible with the 400 and 800 models. Later Atari introduced a revised line of similar 8-bit machines including the smaller, lower cost 600XL, an 800XL, and 1200XL. The modem required the Atari 850 interface unit to operate. The next time you buy a MacBook or iPad Pro and pay $1,000 keep in mind that adjusted for inflation the Atari 400 and 800 today would cost $2,000 and $3,800.Ītari also sold a rather large and heavy 810 5.25-inch floppy disk drive, a 410 cassette recorder, and an acoustic-coupler modem for both machines. Priced at $550, and $1,000 US dollars, respectively, both machines were considered expensive, but by far much more affordable than the Apple II's whopping $1,500 price tag. Namely that the 400 featured only one cartridge slot and was little more than a memo pad without either a program loaded from a floppy disk, or a game or programming language cartridge such as BASIC, PILOT, or LOGO.Ī nearly unusable membrane keyboard also hobbled the 400. The Atari 800 also offered built-in BASIC and other features lacking on the 400. As a footnote GTIA was made by Japan's OKIDATA, which in the 80's also made a low-cost color printer for Atari machines: the Okimate 10.
The 400/800, and later XL models were based around 3 major chips: CTIA and GTIA, ANTIC, and POKEY.
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