Custom Made Atari 800 XE Laptop!
This one of a kind Atari 800 XE Laptop Rocks!!!
Congratz to Ben for a job well done. You can see the Laptop in detail and read Ben’s quick story on how he put the whole thing together at: benheck.com
“Measuring 11 3/8″ x 7 1/2″ x 2″ Ben’s Atari 800 laptop kicks major butt and includes the following features:
Uses (what’s left of ;) an Atari XE GS (Game System) the last model Atari 800 type computer from 1987.
8″ TFT active matrix display
Compact Flash “hard disk drive” utilizing MyDOS 4.53 for maximum drive size of 16 megabytes. Card is removable for swapping.
Built-in NiMH battery pack and charger (uses external plug like a normal laptop) Also battery is removable from base as with most laptops.
Full (Atari 800) sized keyboard
Built-in Player 1 & 2 controls, plus joystick ports. Built-in joypads great for playing Robotron 2084!
Brushed aluminum and wood grain everywhere! A weird combo style, sure, but I like it!
Cursor control knob - Allows you to move the cursor around the screen without pressing control+arrow keys. That’s awesome if you’re an old-school Atari programmer “from the day”
Slim (compared to an original SIO port) DB25 printer-style port for connecting to disk drives, printers or PC’s using an SIO2PC cable.”
