Too be fair the ATARI 800XL did have a few minor faults
Slow ass ATARI 1010 XC11/XC12 were probably the slowest of data recorders i ever known for any of the 8 bits
THE ingots were just plain junk
No S-VIDEO OUTPUT (least it's only 1 wire mod job)
LMAO how is it great put together machine when the PSU were notorious for going bang and taking the machine with it
When the basic shipped with it was utter crap often missing some of the basic commands (unless you buy something similar to Simons' BASIC )
When multiple revisions of SID and VIC II were notorious for over heating and going bang with failures
When the 1541 floppy disk drive cost as much as the C64 and yet as or slower then data cassette drive (without Epyx-Fast-Load-for-Commodore cartridge)
When the god awful VIC II chip often produced terrible video output with jail bars and vomit inducing color banding on text like being on a LSD trip
Got one this mainly for other home computer in my collection
The two home computers that give me video grief are the Commodore C64 and PLUS4 with their god awful video noise color banding on text/jail bars/horizontal waving lines
That's why i'm always atari fanboy first coz i don't have to put up with piss fucking poor cheapskate rubbish
Just wondering what are good solutions for reducing as much mains power line noise
I already have ferrite cores placed on all psu inputs/outputs and on all possible video cables
And you also forgot 1541 drive that costs as much as the C64 yet as slow as the a tape drive
In fact add epyx fast loader for more expenses just to get reasonable speed and dir function basic never really had
C64 was a joke of a general home computer it was only ever good for games when reliable
Lots of strange behavior dunno if it's the fault of the SDriveMax or the CAS dumps here:https://archive.org/details/Atari8bitPreservedSoftware2019-07-09
Ninja (1986)(Entertainment USA)(GB)[cassette] loads until block 10 then needs keyboard input otherwise wont load then loads to block 183 then wants keyboard input otherwise wont load then loads to block 183 again and game loads finally
Lone Raider, The (1983)(Atari)(GB)[cassette] loads until block 12 then needs keyboard input otherwise wont load then loads to block 85 and game loads
Zone X (1985)(Gremlin Graphics)(GB)[cassette] stops around block 10 with boot error
Eastern Front (1941) (1981)(APX - Atari)(GB-US)[cassette] loads perfect first time
If you meaning in awe of game cover art and other screenshots of other formats yes
Then after multiple failed loads only to find the Atari version is poor no