Subj : Re: can i talk about my recently aquired amiga?
To   : hyjinx
From : Ed Vance
Date : Tue Jul 29 2025 12:45 pm



> 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)
> alsgeeklab.com

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As a reader of Computer magazines and Electronic articles I tried typing stuff
like 10 Print "Hi"
on all of the different home pc's in the stores.

It was years later I learned why when I pressed the Enter Key that nothing
happened on the Atari 400 or 800 I  typed it on.
I got the impression that those systems were Terminals.
Much later I learned the failure I saw was because the Cartridge slot was empty
on the Atarie's I typed on.
Without a Basic cartridge inserted in the slot those computers couldn't do
Basic 

So I started out with a C=64.
In later years a fellow at work bought an Atari 800XL, I looked at his manual
and learned it was a GREAT COMPUTER .
Ed
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