Subj : Re: can i talk about my recently aquired amiga?
To   : mary4
From : hyjinx
Date : Tue Jul 29 2025 09:31 pm


 ma>  ph> Plus one for that idea ;)... As I type this from an Atari 800XL in 40
 ma>  ph> columns.
 ma>  ph> 
 ma> ATARI 800XL yooooo SO COOOL!!!!! <3

I love the aesthetic of the original 800 myself, the XL was just great an all, but the 800 was this massive heavy thing which had a really nice keyboard and those big rom carts (x2), so from a design perspective, 800 wins all day.

What still amazes me is that the 800 and 400 were released in 1979. Some of the stuff they did was way ahead of the computers that were released for many years. Consider the C64, ZX Spectrum, etc etc. Each of those platforms were good in their own way, but they didn't come out until 1982. The Atari had it going on well befoer then!


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube)
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