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ATARI XE LAPTOP

Discussion in 'SIG: Atari 8-bit News and Development' started by nysavant, Jan 12, 2025.

  1. by nysavant
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    Read about a project on the Hackaday website. A very clever person has converted a 65XE into a full blown laptop complete with U1MB, Fujinet, SD card, 6hr battery life etc.

    https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/atari-65xe-in-laptop-form/

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    There is also an accompanying YouTube video showing it all working.
     
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  2. by Andy Barr
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    Incredible, mate.

    I will skeg this out shortly and feedback.

    Amazing skills abound in the 8/16bit and retro console world.

    Looking forward to checking that cheeky monkey out toneet - whatever next - a 64bit ZX81?

    Probably :)
     
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    Utterly fantastic outcome, build quality and engineering... I'd lurve one - how much, Al?!
     
  4. by nysavant
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    No mention of price, but the guy who built it is thinking about making some for sale.
     
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  5. by Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine
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    I'd imagine your eye will water when you see the price...It won't be cheap...Lots of work on it.
     
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  7. by AlexDrito
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    Stunning project - I'm curious to check out the details of the parts used for display, box, internal connections, etc. Years ago (and on Hackaday too, IIRW) a similar project with the C64 was shown, and the mere idea was great. Gonna check the videos you guys linked. @nysavant thanks for sharing.
     
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    I reckon if it ever goes for sale you would be looking around £800 for the XE laptop.

    As for the 800XL that Andy linked to, I'm not normally a fan of custom painted computers but that is pretty neat, especially with all those upgrades.
     
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