Atari 400 Home Computer System

The Atari 400 ($550) and 800 ($1000) were part of a series of 8 bit home computers that sold between 1979 and 1992. Atari 800 had more features such as: 48KB ram VS. 8-16KB, 2 cart slots VS. 1, Mech keyboards VS. membrane.

The computer has a custom co-processor to enable better sounds and graphics (Sprites, Display Lists). The Processor is a 6502 running at 1.79MHz.

Atari computers after this: XL Model 1983, XE Model 1985.

5 1/4 inch floppy set for Atari Computers.
Audio cassette based software in big box

Over 2 Million Atari 8 bit computers sold between 1979-1985.

Some of the manuals
2 Books about the Atari 400/800 and a cool 1984 Weekly Calendar full of history
Interesting artwork inside one of the manuals

This computer even came with a few receipts for some of the games. Its very faded and difficult to read.


Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family
https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=76

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