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Atari is reviving its classic 800XL home computer
Original: Atari is bringing back one of its earliest 8-bit home computers https://www.theverge.com/tech/1007732/atari-console-800x
Atari has announced a revival of one of its earliest 8-bit home computers, with preorders opening for a modern edition of the 800XL. The machine was a popular BASIC personal computer in the early 1980s, and the new version targets the retrocomputing community. Enthusiasts are sharing the news and discussing how faithful the revival will be to the original hardware.
Why now: Nostalgia and retrocomputing interest make the return of a classic 1980s Atari machine newsworthy.
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- Atari is bringing back one of its earliest 8-bit home computers https://www.theverge.com/tech/1007732/atari-console-800xl-basic-personal-computer-retro-preorder # RetroComputing # Tech # Atari · the_verge@robot.villas · 2
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