The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, [4] are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. [5]

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. Also included is the CXStick, a recreation of the classic Atari CX40 joystick, with an additional seven seamlessly integrated function buttons and

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.

6 days ago · Nostalgic Atari fans can add the Atari 400 Mini to their collection for only $97.19 for a limited time. This is the lowest price yet for the recreation of the 1979 8-bit home computer that ...

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 …

Apr 8, 2024 · Atari's new, adorable The400 Mini ($119.99) emulates the entire range of Atari 8-bit computers, from the 400 and 800 through the XL and XE lines, plus 1982’s 5200 SuperSystem and the 1987...

May 19, 2018 · 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 and 800 were the first home computers to use custom coprocessors and the first to use special video interruptions like display lists, features that will be implemented later on the Commodore 64 and Amiga.

Jan 15, 2024 · The 400 Mini, as it is called, is a miniature replica of a fairly rare 8-bit computer. Its keyboard is just for show (much like its older stablemates) but you can play a library...

Feb 13, 2015 · Atari began development of the 400 & 800 in 1977, using the code names Candy (400) and Colleen (800). Rumor has it that these names came from some “hot” secretaries there at Atari. Candy was originally intended to be the next generation of the video game system, to replace the VCS.