Testing the Atari 800 laptop revision 3

This is my latest portable, an Atari 800 laptop that's vastly improved over my previous versions of this computer. The case is even more overdone than the C64, and the keyboard tilts up when open for a proper typing angle.

Includes MyIDE interface, 4 gig 2.5" hard drive, speakers, original SIO port, 128K RAM upgrade and a big screen.

Full details will be on my site once it's done, probably in a few days.

Ballblazer time!

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• atari 800
• laptop
• benheck

[KyoshoBallard]

Very nice, Ben. Very nice.

You should post more videos! They're really fun. What I'd love to see is maybe a time-lapse video of the entire build process of one of your projects. That'd be a lot of fun, and informative at the same time.

[KSRothwell]

I second this!

[MrLadysman333]

it looks awsome

[douro20]

The Atari 8-bit family was a huge technological leap forward for Atari. When the first one came out in 1978 it had the most advanced graphics hardware of any game system. Even ten years later it proved to be a contender.

[hippa2dahoppa2]

sweet dude

[JHONN77]

HELLO...i need repair power supply ATARI 800XL-130XE...i need service manual , videos repair's please....

Salute! :-)

[22RZE]

Keep up the great work Ben!! I love what you're doing. You definitely have a niche market on these.

[jbiddleston]

Hi Ben,

Great job!

Could i please ask, how did you make the case?? Is is a rapid prototype???

Thanks, John B

[atariteki]

where can i buy one ?

[fronkenpoop]

Nice, but I would have thought that the keyboard would have been better off at the front from an ergonomic perspective.

[zaxoniec]

Thanks, i check it.

I have VBXE, arrived yesterday , new smaller version,

[timofonic]

There are interfaces that adapt LVDS to put analog inputs., find for "tft driving board", "TFT A/D Board" or others. There are ones even with TV tuner so you can convert a cheap PC TFT (broken laptop too...) into a TV with minimal electronics skills. Find over google and ebay about in.

A8 uses s-video as best output, but there are an expander that features analog RGB plus tons of amiga-like graphical capabilities. This addon is called VBXE.