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The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, [2] are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. [3] The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 CPU and three custom coprocessors which provide support for sprites , smooth ...
The 400 Mini is a half-sized version of the distinctively styled Atari 400, emulating the whole 8-bit Atari range from the 400 to the 130XE, and the Atari 5200 home console.
Designed primarily as a computer for children, the Atari 400 has an "advanced child-proof design featuring pressure-sensitive, wipe-clean keyboard". It has a single cartridge port under the front cover. The Atari 400 boots-up into "Notepad", the only built-in program.
The Atari 400 Personal Computer was Atari's entry level computer. Designed for younger children with its clean simple design and more importantly its tactile membrane keyboard to prevent damage from food and small objects. Also the keys could not be removed and swallowed by small children.
Last week, UK-based Retro Games, Ltd. announced a mini console version of the Atari 400 home computer, first released in 1979. It's called "THE400 Mini," and it includes HDMI video output, 25...
The 400 Mini is a wonderfully dinky recreation of Atari’s computer, but like the C64 Mini and A500 Mini before it, its keyboard is only there for show and doesn’t actually work. The same goes for its little cartridge flap at the top, which doesn’t open and is purely decorative.
Like Nintendo’s NES and SNES Classic, the Atari 400 Mini is a tiny version of a classic piece of video game hardware with 25 built-in 8-bit games.
The Atari 400 and 800 computers grew out of a project to provide an advanced follow-up to the hugely successful Atari 2600 video game console.
The Atari 400 was built around the MOS 6502 like many computers of the time. The processor board also contains the GTIA chip: it’s the one marked C014805. The complexity of the Atari 400 kept production costs quite high: the electronic components were spread over 4 different boards.
The Atari 400 computer is a 6502 based machine with custom graphics and sound chips that made it a gamers delight. The Atari line had a fairly wide variety of peripherals available including tape and disk drives, printers, modems and interface units.