Atari 130XE was sold and reestablished as Atari Corporation, producing the XE series in 1985.
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17 Facts About Atari 130XE
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In 1987, Atari 130XE Corporation repackaged the 65XE as a console, with an optional keyboard, as the Atari 130XE XEGS.
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In 1984, Atari 130XE reported 4 million owners of its computers and its 5200 game console combined.
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Atari 130XE realized the Commodore design would not be competitive but he was under a strict non-disclosure agreement with Atari, and was unable to tell anyone at Commodore to give up on their own design.
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Atari 130XE contracted with local consulting firm Shepardson Microsystems to complete the port.
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Atari 130XE described the machine as "something else" but criticized the company for a lack of developer documentation.
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Atari 130XE concluded by stating "The Atari is like the human body - a terrific machine, but they won't give you access to the documentation, and I'd sure like to meet the guy that designed it".
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In 1982, Atari 130XE started the Sweet 8 and Sweet 16 projects to create an upgraded set of machines that were easier to build and less costly to produce.
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Atari 130XE ordered a custom 6502, initially labelled 6502C, but eventually known as SALLY to differentiate it from a standard 6502C.
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The timing was particularly bad for Atari 130XE; the 1200XL was a flop, and the earlier machines were too expensive to produce to be able to compete at the rapidly falling price points.
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Atari 130XE had difficulty in transitioning manufacturing to Asia after closing its US factory.
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Brian Moriarty stated in ANALOG Computing that Atari 130XE "fail[ed] to keep up with Christmas orders for the 600 and 800XLs", reporting that as of late November 1983 the 800XL had not appeared in Massachusetts stores while 600XL "quantities are so limited that it's almost impossible to obtain".
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Companies stated that one reason for not publishing for Atari 130XE was the unusually high amount of software piracy on the computer, partly caused by the Happy Drive.
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The Atari 130XE has 128 KB of memory, accessible through bank-selection.
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Atari 130XE did not initially disclose technical information for its computers, except to software developers who agreed to keep it secret, possibly to increase its own software sales.
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In 1982 Atari 130XE published both the Atari 130XE Home Computer System Hardware Manual and an annotated source listing of the operating system.
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