Well this was my poor attempt at an April Fools joke, but no one got it! Like I'd really throw out a busted 1200XL! With rare ROMS even!
Well I just assumed that someone else does stupid stuff like I do ... sometimes.
I cannot recall what became of my original 800 or my original 1200XL from back in the 80s. I do remember selling my Radio Shack Color Computer (my first PC, before I saw the light ... Atari).
But, with the price wars raging and the video game biz flowndering, I purchased a 'sewing-machine' Compaq Portable early on and believed that computers were more destined to be used in business ... who needs games.
Well, 20 some years later, things have come full circle and I've re-aquired an 800 (and an extra), as well as a 1200XL (and an extra), and a couple of 800XLs and one 130XE. I'll never throw any of it out, but my wife keeps wanting to know, "Why don't you sell or get rid of some of your Atari stuff".
Life is a continuous and sometimes humbling, learning treadmill ...