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Atari 130XE

130XE · 1985–1992 · desktop

Specifications

Cpu: MOS Technology 6502C, 1.79 MHz
Ram: max: 128 KB stock; up to 320 KB or more via well-known RAMBO-compatible expansion boards · base: 128 KB (64 KB directly addressable, plus 64 KB accessed in bank-switched pages)
Ports: Standard 30-pin cartridge slot · Enhanced Cartridge Interface (ECI), 14-pin · 2x controller (joystick/paddle) ports · Serial I/O (SIO) bus for disk, cassette, and printer · Monitor and RF video out
Display: ANTIC/GTIA chipset, up to 320x192 graphics, 256-hue/luminance palette
Storage: base: Atari 1050 5.25" floppy disk drive over the SIO bus (sold separately) · options: Cassette recorder via SIO · Extra bank-switched RAM usable as a RAM disk under an updated Atari DOS
Os Support: latest: Atari DOS 2.5 / SpartaDOS (community) · shipped: Atari BASIC and OS in ROM
Release Price: $299

Variants

Revisions

65XE65XE1985, same restyled case but 64 KB RAM and no bank switching

800XE800XE1985, European-market 64 KB sibling

Upgrade paths

RAM

320 KB+ via community RAMBO-compatible expansion boards · The 130XE's own bank-switching scheme was widely adopted by demoscene and game software, and further third-party boards extend it beyond the stock 128 KB.

~$25-40 for a modern reproduction board

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