ATARI XL and XE
In June 1987 our family bought Atari 800 XL as our first computer. Two years
later we replaced it by an Atari 800 XE. At the time I use the XE
computer in this hardware configuration:
- operating memory 64 kB x 5 (switchable)
- RAM Disk 4 x 256 kB / 1 MB (+ switch of physical disks, switch of Rambo/Compy Shop modes)
- OS Atari / OS QMEG 3.2 in ROM
- 2x memory WROM for editable OS (unfortunatelly disfunctional)
- port Centronics for OS QMEG using an Intel chip
- port Centronics for MD DOS through PIA (joy ports)
- stereo sound using additional Pokey chip
In addition I have a few Atari 800 XE machines, mostly without extentions.
The last grey 8-bit computer I own is an Atari 130 XE with:
- operating memory 64 kB x 2 (switchable)
- RAM Disk 256 kB (+ switch of physical disks, switch of Rambo/Compy Shop modes)
- OS Atari / OS QMEG 3 in ROM
As a remark of the beginning of my computer life era I baught a good old
Atari 800 XL and I started with expanding it immediately.
Now it has these modifications:
- RAM Disk 256 kB (+ switch of Rambo/Compy Shop modes)
- OS Atari + ROM-Disk + OmniMonXL + OS QMEG 4.04 in ROM
- stereo sound using additional Pokey chip
I also own one old Atari 600 XL which has just this extension:
With Atari XL and XE computers I additionally use this hardware equipment:
- dataset Atari 1010
- dataset Atari XC-12
- dataset Atari XC-12 (+ Super Turbo)
- dataset Datamark (Turbo, 4 track operation, acustical attantion of pressed Play)
- disk drive Atari 1040
- disk drive Atari XF 551 (+ formating of side B, manual deactive of write protection)
- harddisk connected by SIO2IDE interface
- printer Atari 1027
- printer Atari 1029
- printer Epson Stylus Color 880 (parallel port)
- printer Epson Stylus Color IIs (parallel port)
- Atari Touch Tablet (+ original cartridge with Atari Artist program)
- Atari XE System light gun
- paddles
- MultiJOY - interface connecting up to 8 joysticks
- 80-Column Video Display Controller & Paraller Printer Port Atari XEP 80
- SIOnet - game network interfaces
- SIO2PC - connecton to 16 and more-bit computers via RS232
- CD Link - connecting CD and other audio signals instead of a dataset
- other utilities: cartridges, Neu Card, cik-cak, R/C metr, ...