To se mi nezda, my jsme meli myslim Atari800XE, muselo to byt asi tesne po revoluci, nebo ted nevim jestli tesne pred a z nemecka. A to byla naprosta bomba, nikdo v okoli nic podobneho nemel, vsichni otevrene huby a mzourali. Jen nas ucitel nas lakal do krouzku na jakesi „Zbrojovacky“ ;-) a my se smali, ze to je srot. Zvlastni, koukam zbrojovacek r.vyr. 1989 a atari xe 1985. pritom jsem si do ted myslel, ze atari je o generaci lepsi… je fakt ze je to davno, tak uz nevim.
Skutecne, historie osmibitovych Atarek je docela dlouha, vybiram jen zajimavejsi data:
1979: October – Atari begins shipping the Atari 400 and Atari 800 personal computers.
1982: January – Atari begins shipping all Atari 800 units with GTIA graphics chips, allowing three more graphics modes than previously.
1983: January – Atari introduces the 1200XL home computer.
1983: June – Atari introduces the Atari 600 XL.
1983: June – Atari introduces the Atari 800 XL, with 64 KB RAM.
1983: June – Atari introduces the Atari 1450 XL, with built-in 300 bps modem.
1983: June – Atari introduces the Atari 1450 XLD, with built-in 300 bps modem and disk drive.
1983: October – Atari begins shipping its XL computers.
1983: – Atari cancels production of the Atari 1200XL, due to compatibility and other problems.
1984: – Atari introduces the Atari 7800 ProSystem.
1985: January – Atari introduces the 65XE, for US$120.
1985: Atari introduces the 130XE, with 128KB RAM.
Ony atarka a samozrejme i komousi (ty mozna jeste vice) byly osazeny uzivatelskymi cipy, takze toho dokazaly na svou dobu opravdu dost, napriklad pri porovnani s IQckem atd. Zajimavy je, ze ty cipy nejsou uvnitr nijak moc slozite (radove tisice tranzistoru, nekde mam interni zapojeni Anticu, GTIA a POKEYe), ale navrzene jsou dost dobre.