MrGibson's Atari HomeThe start
Atari 400 -> 1979 1.79MHz MOS 6502A or 6502B 8 bit CPU Came with 4 KB RAM, 8 KB RAM, or 16KB RAM and expandable to 48K RAM Display: 40 col x 24 row text Resolution - Colors/High: 2 / 320 x 192 Resolution - maxColors: 128 / 160 x 96 Resolution - Colors/Low: 16 / 80 x 192 Max colors: 128 Atari 800 -> 1979 1.79MHz MOS 6502A 8 bit CPU Came with 8 KB RAM or 48KB RAM and expandable to 48k Display: 40 col x 24 row text Resolution - Colors/High: 2 / 320 x 192 Resolution - maxColors: 128 / 160 x 96 Resolution - Colors/Low: 16 / 80 x 192 Max colors: 128
Atari 400
Atari 800
The XL Series
Atari 1200XL -> 1983 1.79MHz MOS 6502C 8 bit CPU 64 KB RAM expandable 256k and later 576k Display: 40 col x 24 row text Resolution - Colors/High: 2 / 320 x 192 Resolution - maxColors: 128 / 160 x 96 Resolution - Colors/Low: 16 / 80 x 192 Max colors: 128 Atari 600XL -> 1983 1.79MHz MOS 6502C 8 bit CPU 16 KB RAM expandable to 64K Display: 40 col x 24 row text Resolution – High: 320×192 Max colors: 256 Atari 800XL -> 1983 1.79MHz MOS 6502B or 6502C 8 bit CPU 64 KB RAM Display: 40 col x 24 row text Max colors: 256
Atari 1200XL
Atari 600XL
Atari 800XL
The ST and XE Series
Atari 520ST -> 1985
8MHz Motorola 68000 16-bit CPU
512KB RAM
Display: 320 X 200 - 16 colors
640 X 200 - 4 colors
640 X 400 - monochrome
Atari 65XE -> 1985
1.79MHz MOS 6502C 8 bit CPU
64 KB RAM
256 colors
320 x 192, highest graphics resolution
40 columns x 24 lines text display
Atari 130XE -> 1985
1.79MHz MOS 6502C 8 bit CPU
128KB RAM
256 colors
320 x 192, highest graphics resolution
40 columns x 24 lines text display
Atari 1040STf -> 1986
8MHz Motorola 68000 16-bit CPU
1MB RAM
Display: 320 X 200 - 16 colors
640 X 200 - 4 colors
640 X 400 - monochrome
Atari 800XE -> 1987
1.79MHz MOS 6502C 8 bit CPU
RAM 64 KB
ROM 24 KB (16 KB for OS, 8 KB for Atari BASIC)
O.S. version(s) XE O.S.
Built-in software Self-Test, Atari BASIC Revision C
Colors 16 colors with 16 intensity level each
Sound 4 voices, 3.5 octaves (POKEY chip)
Text modes Five text modes, max: 40 x 24, min: 20 x 12
Graphics modes 16 graphic modes, maximum: 320 x 192 pixels
Atari 520ST
Atari 65XE
Atari 130XE
Atari 1040STf
See what sticks era
Atari Mega ST 1 -> 1987 8MHz Motorola 68000 16-bit CPU 1MB RAM 512 color video Atari Mega ST 2 -> 1987 8MHz Motorola 68000 16-bit CPU 2MB RAM Atari Mega ST 4 -> 1987 Motorola MC68000 4MB RAM Atari PC -> 1987 8MHz Intel 8088 CPU 512KB RAM Atari PC2 -> 1987 Atari PC3 -> 1987 Atari XEGS -> 1987 1.79MHz MOS 6502C 8 bit CPU 64 KB RAM 256 colors 320 x 192, highest graphics resolution 40 columns x 24 lines text display Atari PC4 -> 1987 16MHz Intel 80286 CPU 1MB RAM Atari PC5 -> 1988 20MHz Intel 80386 CPU 2MB RAM Atari ATW-800 -> 1988 20MHz Inmos T800-20 Transputer CPU 4MB RAM expandable to 16MB Mode 0 1280x980 pixel, 16 colors out of a 4096 colors Mode 1 1024x768 pixels 256 colors out of a 16.7 million colors Mode 2 640x480 pixels 256 colors out of a 16.7 million colors Mode 3 512x480 pixels 16.7 million colors Atari Portfolio -> 1988 128KB RAM Atari 520STE -> 1989 8 MHz Motorola 68000 16-bit CPU 4096 colors Atari 1040STE -> 1989 8 MHz Motorola 68000 16-bit CPU 1 MB 4096 colors Atari STacy -> 1989 8MHz Motorola 68000 CPU 2MB RAM Atari ABC 286-30 -> 1990 Intel 80286 CPU Atari TT030 -> 1990 32MHz Motorola 68030 32-bit CPU 2MB RAM expandable to 10 MB Display modes: Color: 320×200 (16 color) 320×480 (256 colors or 256 greyscales) 640×200 (4 colors) 640×480 (16 colors) palette of 4096 colors Atari Mega STE -> 1990 16MHz Motorola 68000 CPU 4MB RAM Atari ST Book -> 1990
Atari Mega ST
Atari Mega ST 2
Atari XEGS
Atari ATW800
Atari TT30.jpg
The 32 bit fight - last stand
Atari ABC N386SX -> 1991
20MHz Intel 80386 32-bit CPU
1MB RAM
Atari ABC 386SXII -> 1991
20MHz Intel 80386 32-bit CPU
1MB expandable to 8MB
Graphics Super VGA
Atari ABC 386DXII -> 1991
40MHZ Intel 80386 32-bit CPU
2MB expandable to 64MB
Graphics Super VGA
Atari Falcon030 -> 1992
16MHz Motorola 68030 32-bit CPU
14 MB of RAM with 512 KB ROM
Palette of 262,144 colors
graphic modes 320 x 200 / 16 colors
640 x 200 / 4 colors
640 x 400 / 2 colors
320 x 480 / 256 colors
640 x 480 / 16 colors
[1993-2020 Atari quit making computers]
Atari ABC 386DXII
Atari Falcon-030
The new
Atari VCS -> 2021 AMD Raven Ridge AMD Ryzen 8GB DDR4 RAM Atari THE400 mini -> 2024 AllWinner H3 CPU 256MB RAM; FLASH: 128MB
Atari VCS
Atari THE400mini