My Atari Computer Collection...

This is my collection of Atari Computers.   My first computer was the Atari 800XL.  I received it for Christmas in 1984, when I was 13 years old along with a 1050 5.25" Disk Drive.  About 5 months later, I foolishly spilled some coke on the keyboard, and the computer would not work anymore!  So we took it in for repairs at our local Atari repair center, in yes, Sunnyvale California!  A few weeks later we called to get the status of the repair as I was getting anxious!  The repair center informed us that they somehow lost it and offered us a Brand New just released Atari 130XE for the trouble!!!  Can you resist an offer like that?  That was a very exciting day for me!  I had not even heard about this new upgraded model with 128k...  I quickly learned about computers on that machine and it served me well for a few short years.  During that year, Atari also released the incredible 16-bit Atari 520ST and 1040ST systems!  The ST was a must have for any Atarian!  I remember drooling over it in STart magazines!  Since I was a kid I figured I would try and get the 520ST, instead of the 1040ST since it was cheaper.  I had to sell my Atari 130XE to save up for the Atari 520ST.  Once I had most of the money my Dad offered to help with the rest.  In the fall of 1986 we bought a brand new Atari 520ST computer, SC1224 Color Monitor and SF354 3.5" Disk Drive!  That was one nice system!  But due to a recurring degaussing problem on the SC1224 monitor, I later returned it for a refund due to frustration.  During this time I had also been eye balling the Commodore-Amiga 1000 system, but it was way more than I could afford.  After talking with my Dad, he offered to pay the difference so I took the deal!!  But I was always fond of the Atari computers all these years... Fast forward to the year 2000!  While on eBay I spotted a mint Atari 1040STf with SC1224 monitor!  I was intrigued so I placed a bid!  Low and behold I won!!  I guess I had a longing urge to relive my Atari Nostalgia!  I was hooked.  Ever since then I have acquired almost all the models for my collection.......

Psssst!!!

Do you need a copy of the Atari ST System Disks that originally came with your system?  If so click on disk!


 

Atari 8-bit Computers

 

Atari 400

 

Classification

8-bit Computer

Year of release

1979

Processor

Motorola 6502

Speed

1.79 MHz

RAM / ROM

16Kb / 10KB

Version of OS

A

Expansion ports

Cartridge, Joysticks, SIO: Floppy, Printer, Modem

Graphics

320 x 192 Mono Graphics, 160 x 96 Color Graphics (max. 128 Colors)

Sound

4 Channel Mono

Retail price

$499.95

Pictured:
Atari 800

How Acquired This was acquired at a Thrift Store in 2004 for .99 cents.  It was in pretty good shape just dirty.  After cleaning it up and it looks mint.


 

Atari 800

 

Classification

8-bit Computer

Year of release

1979

Processor

Motorola 6502

Speed

1.79 MHz

RAM / ROM

48Kb / 10KB

Version of OS

A

Expansion ports

Cartridge, Joysticks, SIO: Floppy, Printer, Modem

Graphics

320 x 192 Mono Graphics, 160 x 96 Color Graphics (max. 128 Colors)

Sound

4 Channel Mono

Retail price

$999.95

Pictured:
Atari 800

How Acquired This was acquired for free in 2003 from Bravo Sierra Computers in Portland, Oregon.  He was clearing out some unwanted items and offered a lot of stuff for free, so a good friend of mine and I drive down there from Seattle to pick it all up!




 

Atari 1200XL


 

Classification

8-bit Computer

Year of release

1980

Processor

Motorola 6502

Speed

1.79 MHz

RAM / ROM

64KB / 10KB

Version of OS

B

Expansion ports

Cartridge, Joysticks, SIO: Floppy, Printer, Modem

Graphics

320 x 192 Mono Graphics, 160 x 96 Color Graphics (max. 128 Colors)

Sound

4 Channel Mono

Retail Price

$599.95

Pictured:
Atari 1200XL

How Acquired This was acquired from eBay.  I paid about $40 for it along with a Atari joystick and some cartridges.  It is in pretty good condition, but the keyboard needed to be cleaned inside to get some of the non working keys active again.


 

Atari 600XL

 

Classification

8-bit Computer

Year of release

1982

Processor

Motorola 6502

Speed

1.79 MHz

RAM / ROM

16KB / 10KB

Version of OS

C

Expansion ports

Cartridge, Joysticks, SIO: Floppy, Printer, Modem

Graphics

320 x 192 Mono Graphics, 160 x 96 Color Graphics (max. 128 Colors)

Sound

4 Channel Mono

Retail Price

$299.95

Pictured:
Atari 800XL

How Acquired This was acquired for free in 2003 from Bravo Sierra Computers in Portland, Oregon.  He was clearing out some unwanted items and offered a lot of stuff for free, so a good friend of mine and I drive down there from Seattle to pick it all up!  I am planning to do the 64K upgrade hack to this when I have some time.  This model does not have a monitor jack on it!  (But I am told the European PAL models do!)


 

Atari 800XL

 

Classification

8-bit Computer

Year of release

1982

Processor

Motorola 6502

Speed

1.79 MHz

RAM / ROM

64KB / 10KB

Version of OS

C

Expansion ports

Cartridge, Joysticks, SIO: Floppy, Printer, Modem

Graphics

320 x 192 Mono Graphics, 160 x 96 Color Graphics (max. 128 Colors)

Sound

4 Channel Mono

Retail Price

$599.95

Pictured:
Atari 800XL

How Acquired This was acquired in 1992 along with two 1050 Disk Drives and a bunch of software in disk from someone selling it.  I paid $190 for the lot.  I also have two more that I found at a Thrift Store in 2004.  I paid about $3 for each of them.  One works perfectly and looks brand new, the other looks ok and some of the keys do not work.

 



 

Atari 130XE

 

Classification

8-bit Computer

Year of release

1985

Processor

Motorola 6502

Speed

1.79 MHz

RAM / ROM

128Kb / 10KB

Version of OS

XE

Expansion ports

Cartridge, Joysticks, SIO: Floppy, Printer, Modem

Graphics

320 x 192 Mono Graphics, 160 x 96 Color Graphics (max. 128 Colors)

Sound

4 Channel Mono

Retail price

$299.95

Pictured:
Atari 130XE

How Acquired This was acquired in 2003 from eBay.  It came with a 1050 Disk Drive and some disks.  It Cost me about $32.  The surprise is that the 1050 Disk Drive had a Happy Modification!  That alone was worth $50 or more!!!


 

Atari XE Game System

 

Classification

8-bit Computer

Year of release

1987

Processor

Motorola 6502

Speed

1.79 MHz

RAM / ROM

64Kb / 10KB

Version of OS

XE

Expansion ports

Cartridge, Joysticks, SIO: Floppy, Printer, Modem

Graphics

320 x 192 Mono Graphics, 160 x 96 Color Graphics (max. 128 Colors)

Sound

4 Channel Mono

Retail price

$199.95

Pictured:
Atari 800

How Acquired This was acquired in 2004 from eBay.  I paid about $20 for it.



 

Atari 16-bit Computers



 

Atari 520ST

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1985

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

8 MHz

RAM / ROM

512Kb / 192Kb

Version of OS

TOS 1.00

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy

Graphics

320 x 200, 640 x 200, 640 x 400 Graphics (max. 512 Colors)

Sound

3 Channel Mono

Retail Price

$699.95

Pictured:
Atari 520ST

How Acquired This was acquired for free in 2003 from Bravo Sierra Computers in Portland, Oregon.  He was clearing out some unwanted items and offered a lot of stuff for free, so a good friend of mine and I drive down there from Seattle to pick it all up!  This model is the rare original model with no RF Modulator and has the TOS Boot ROMs!  You have to use a TOS Boot disk to boot it up.  The problem with this is the TOS ROM image is around 256K so you are only left with 256K of RAM!  Making it almost unusable.  Interestingly this configuration was called the 260ST in Europe!

I also bought a boxed 520STm from eBay in 2003 for $10.


 

Atari 1040STf

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1985

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

8 MHz

RAM / ROM

1MB / 192KB

Version of OS

TOS 1.04

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 512 Colors)

Sound

3 Channel Mono

Retail Price

$999.95

Pictured:
Atari 1040 STE

How Acquired This was acquired in 2000 from eBay along with a SC1224 Color monitor.  It is Mint in Box!  This is the one that got me into collecting Atari Computers.

 

Atari 520STfm

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1986

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

8 MHz

RAM / ROM

1MB / 192KB

Version of OS

TOS 1.04

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 512 Colors)

Sound

3 Channel Mono

Retail Price

$599.95

Pictured:
Atari 520 STFM

How Acquired This was acquired for free in 2003 from Bravo Sierra Computers in Portland, Oregon.  He was clearing out some unwanted items and offered a lot of stuff for free, so a good friend of mine and I drive down there from Seattle to pick it all up!  This model actually has 1MB of RAM (uncommon) and a Single Sided Floppy Drive, which was standard.  Only the later batches included the Double Sided drive like the Atari 1040ST.  The problem is that most games are on DSDD disks so they will not load on this unit without an upgrade.

 

Atari 1040STE

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1989

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

8 MHz

RAM / ROM

1-4MB / 192KB

Version of OS

TOS 1.62

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 4096 Colors), Blitter chip

Sound

3 Channel Stereo

Retail Price

$999.95

Pictured:
Atari 1040 STE

How Acquired This was acquired in 2003 from eBay along with a SC1438 Color monitor, and the Link SCSI adaptor for around $150.  The case was discolored so I bought a NEW replacement case from B & C Computer Visions and it now looks Brand New!


 

Atari 4160STE

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1989

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

8 MHz

RAM / ROM

4MB / 192KB

Version of OS

TOS 1.62

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 4096 Colors), Blitter chip

Sound

3 Channel Stereo

Retail Price

$999.95

Pictured:
Atari 1040 STE

How Acquired This was also acquired in 2003 from eBay.  The case was discolored and broken so I bought a NEW replacement case from Best Electronics.  I also bought a 4160STE label to reflect the 4MB of RAM!  Atari was to release this model but they never did.  Instead, they sent dealers the new labels so they could place them on the 4MB machines.  A true collectors item.


 

Atari Mega ST2

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1987

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

8 MHz

RAM / ROM

2MB / 256KB

Version of OS

TOS 1.2

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy, SCSI-Hard Drive

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 512 Colors), Blitter chip

Sound

3 Channel Stereo

Retail Price

$1,199.95

Pictured:
Atari Mega STE with Moniterm Monitor

How Acquired I had been eyeing this rare model for a while, but the price was always over $300 on eBay.  In 2004 there was a music store selling a bunch of Atari stuff.  I spotted them selling a New in Box Atari Mega STE computer!  This was the first time I ever saw a new one sold!  Usually they were really trashed and discolored and they always ended up too expensive.  I placed a bid but was quickly outbid. A week later they had another one up for auction!  I was outbid again!  I then decided to email the seller directly and ask if they had any more.  They did!  They agreed to sell me one for $175!!!  It did not come with a Hard Drive though.  But I can always buy one later.  The model came with TOS 2.05 and 1MB RAM.  I upgraded it to TOS 2.06 and 4MB.


 

Atari Mega ST4

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1991

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

16 MHz (switchable to 8MHz)

RAM / ROM

1-4MB / 256KB

Version of OS

TOS 2.05

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy, SCSI-Hard Drive

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 4096 Colors), Blitter chip

Sound

4 Channel Stereo

Retail Price

$1,199.95

Pictured:
Atari Mega STE with Moniterm Monitor

How Acquired I had been eyeing this rare model for a while, but the price was always over $300 on eBay.  In 2004 there was a music store selling a bunch of Atari stuff.  I spotted them selling a New in Box Atari Mega STE computer!  This was the first time I ever saw a new one sold!  Usually they were really trashed and discolored and they always ended up too expensive.  I placed a bid but was quickly outbid. A week later they had another one up for auction!  I was outbid again!  I then decided to email the seller directly and ask if they had any more.  They did!  They agreed to sell me one for $175!!!  It did not come with a Hard Drive though.  But I can always buy one later.  The model came with TOS 2.05 and 1MB RAM.  I upgraded it to TOS 2.06 and 4MB.


 

Atari Mega STE

 

Classification

16-bit Computer

Year of release

1991

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

16 MHz (switchable to 8MHz)

RAM / ROM

1-4MB / 256KB

Version of OS

TOS 2.05

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy, SCSI-Hard Drive

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 4096 Colors), Blitter chip

Sound

4 Channel Stereo

Retail Price

$1,199.95

Pictured:
Atari Mega STE with Moniterm Monitor

How Acquired I had been eyeing this rare model for a while, but the price was always over $300 on eBay.  In 2004 there was a music store selling a bunch of Atari stuff.  I spotted them selling a New in Box Atari Mega STE computer!  This was the first time I ever saw a new one sold!  Usually they were really trashed and discolored and they always ended up too expensive.  I placed a bid but was quickly outbid. A week later they had another one up for auction!  I was outbid again!  I then decided to email the seller directly and ask if they had any more.  They did!  They agreed to sell me one for $175!!!  It did not come with a Hard Drive though.  But I can always buy one later.  The model came with TOS 2.05 and 1MB RAM.  I upgraded it to TOS 2.06 and 4MB.


 

Atari Stacy

 

Classification

16-bit Portable Computer

Year of release

1989

Processor

Motorola 68000

Speed

8 MHz

RAM / ROM

1-4MB / 192KB

Version of OS

TOS 2.06

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, SCSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy, IDE-Hard Drive

Graphics

640 x 400 Resolution (max. 512 Colors)

Sound

3 Channel Mono

Retail Price

FDD version: $1279.95 - 20 MB HDD version: $1989.95

Pictured:
Atari Stacy4

How Acquired This rare beast was acquired on eBay in Sept 2005!  I got the Stacy4 with Floppy drive and built in 20MB SCSI HD.  I was always after this but it was always way too expensive for me.  The usual price was way over $350, I ended up paying $275 shipped for it.


 

Atari 32-bit Computers

 

Atari Falcon030

 

Classification

32-bit Computer

Year of release

1992

Processor

Motorola 68030 / 68882

Speed

16 MHz

RAM / ROM

4-14MB / 512KB

Version of OS

TOS 4.04

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, SCSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy, IDE-Hard Drive

Graphics

1024 x 768 Resolution (max. 4096 colors)

Sound

16 Bit Stereo

Retail Price

$999

Pictured:
Atari Falcon030 with SC1435 Color Monitor

 
How Acquired This rare Atari was acquired in 2003 from eBay for around $325.  This is another rare computer.  In 2004 I bough new manuals and a box for it, so now it is Mint in Box!!  The Falcon030 was Atari's last computer before getting out of the computer business.  It was a great machine but a little too late, so it did not sell very well.

 

Atari TT030

 

Classification

32-bit Computer

Year of release

1990

Processor

Motorola 68030

Speed

32 MHz

RAM / ROM

4MB ST/16MB TT / 192KB

Version of OS

TOS 3.06

Expansion ports

External: 3.5" Floppy, ACSI & SCSI-Hard Drive / Internal: 3.5" Floppy, SCSI-Hard Drive

Graphics

1280 x 960 Resolution (max. 4096 Colors), Blitter chip

Sound

8 Bit Stereo

Retail Price

$3,499.95

Pictured:
Atari TT030 with PCT1426 Monitor (Color VGA)

How Acquired This Atari TT along with a 19" Moniterm Monochrome monitor was acquired in 2004 from a local guy selling it for $50!!!  That was one incredible deal.  It worked fine but the case and keyboard was in pretty bad shape and yellowed. So I bought a NEW top case and keyboard from Best Electronics!  So now this rare gem is a restored beauty!  In July 2005 I got the matching PCT1426 monitor from the great DoomMaster himself!!!