The Atari 800 also contains an ‘RF modulator’–a component that converts the computer’s video output into a signal that can be transmitted (via a cable) to a TV’s antenna jack.

Playing Atari 800 games became a holiday tradition for the author’s family. This year, I decided to pull a Benj and set up M.U.L.E. once again—but at my parents’ house, ...

Polish engineer Piotr "Osa" Ostapowicz recently unveiled "Atarino," which may be the world's smallest 8-bit Atari computer re-creation, according to retro computing site Atariteca. The entire ...

The Atari 400 and 800 signaled the start of a new era in computing. Breakout, by ExtremeTech editor-in-chief Jamie Lendino, was the first book to cover what made Atari’s groundbreaking computer ...

The Atari VCS 800 is a modern product, a hybrid of a PC and a games console. Fundamentally, its a bunch of modern chips in a box running Linux that will let you browse the web or emulate some old g… ...

At launch, the Atari 800 retailed for $999 with 16K of RAM (about $3,387 when adjusted for inflation), and the Atari 400 with 8K retailed for $549 (about $1,861 today).

They’re not a 2600, but the Atari 400, 800 and 1200 are awesome computers in their own right. With only BASIC built in to the ROM, they’re not especially useful or fun, as [Jeroen] found out ...

The Atari 400 and 800 were the first machines that truly bridged the divide between video game players and home computer enthusiasts. Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation is ...

I'm just surpised so mnay people played with an atari 800. Hell I still have one (2nd hand, and it was decked out to the max i.e 48k of ram and a floppy drive) More options ...

The Atari VCS 800 is now available for pre-order from Atari, Gamestop, and Walmart. It’s to be sold as part of a bundle that also includes a Wireless Classic Joystick, a Modern Controller, and a ...

The 800 platform often gets overlooked in video game history due to a classification quirk that placed it in the PC category, but its library of games is incredible.

But it was a fiasco, writes Paul Lefebvre, due to poor compatibility with Atari 400/800 software and a high price tag. — Read the rest The post 1983's Atari 1200XL: a super system doomed by a ...