Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) I have not found what I am looking for... But in this edition of Happy Computer from 04 1986 there is already a 2nd hand Atari 800XE offer. Could be a typo of course. https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N30.1986.04-Cartman/page/n99/mode/2up/search/800xe?q=800xe The advertisement I was talking about could easily be from 1987 too. I am not sure. The only thing I know is that the 800XE was already available way before atari started to make real crappy XE computers. Those early 800XE did not suffer from GTIA bug or whatsoever. Oh and in this 1986 magazine there is also an atari 800XE on sale. https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N33.1986.07-KCz/page/n87/mode/2up/search/800xe?q=800xe Edited March 7, 2020 by Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 Ah, yeah, I was just searching there too (archive.org) and found three 800XE's for sale in 1986 issues. So, it would seem apparent that the FAQ is off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) Unless the 800XE mentioned in the Happy Computer magazines are not Atari 800XE computers, but a memory upgrade that was also called 800XE ... I found an Antic Magazine where the 800XE is offered and it seems that that is a memory expansion. https://archive.org/details/1986-08-anticmagazine/page/n107/mode/2up/search/800XE?q=800XE Hmm... this is worth the investigation. (that is on page 107; screenshot comes from that page) Edited March 7, 2020 by Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Marius said: Unless the 800XE mentioned in the Happy Computer magazines are not Atari 800XE computers, but a memory upgrade that was also called 800XE ... I found an Antic Magazine where the 800XE is offered and it seems that that is a memory expansion. https://archive.org/details/1986-08-anticmagazine/page/n107/mode/2up/search/800XE?q=800XE Hmm... this is worth the investigation. Ah, yeah, I just came across that too! It was actually an upgrade for 800XL's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 It could be 1987... Found my own post: Other posts after my post add information too! Pity that those links in my post do no longer work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 This site states that the 800XE was available from spring 1987 http://www.atarimuseum.de/xe.htm#model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 This came with my 800XE's also 1987 hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 19 hours ago, Marius said: Unless the 800XE mentioned in the Happy Computer magazines are not Atari 800XE computers, but a memory upgrade that was also called 800XE ... I found an Antic Magazine where the 800XE is offered and it seems that that is a memory expansion. https://archive.org/details/1986-08-anticmagazine/page/n107/mode/2up/search/800XE?q=800XE Hmm... this is worth the investigation. (that is on page 107; screenshot comes from that page) Those were upgrades for 800XL's and they were just called 800XE's, those are not the Atari released 800XEs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Curt Vendel said: Those were upgrades for 800XL's and they were just called 800XE's, those are not the Atari released 800XEs Nobody is claiming that they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, MrFish said: Nobody is claiming that they are. No, but Marius wondered whether '800XE' referred to the target machine itself or simply to the memory upgrade. The latter, it appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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