Atari Laptop Prototype ?

This is my Atari XL series Laptop. It was done in 4 weeks sparetime. I call it the "Atari 1500XL". It has no internal mass storage yet, so i boot stuff of my 1001 CF reader.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Atari
• 1500
• XL
• XE
• rare
• 8-Bit

[mbrandhu]

Is this really an atari? The Graphic is really incedible

[xBeetle]

It is really an old Atari 600XL inside. The blurry picture of my cam (videomode of photo camera) lets it look less blocky :)

The Demo you see is not really new, but surely one of nicest looking on Atari 8 Bit.

[mugorj]

Hey pal, really nice mod!

By the way, are you using SpartaDOS?

What is the name of the nice file loader that you are using on this video? Is this part of the CF reader package?

Thanks!

[xBeetle]

The very first menu you see is the Speeder plus OS Menu (XL OS replacement). The file loader is a basic Norton Commander clone for Atari called Toms Navigator. It works as DUP.SYS replacement for MyDOS 4.50. It is very comfortable and easy to use. It came as Software for polish 3rd party diskdrives called the Toms 710 and Toms 720.

[mugorj]

Cool! Thank you very much for your response!

Yesterday, after some researching on the net, i found some messages from you in the Atariage website, talking about the Toms Navigator. ;-)

What kind of CF interface you are using in this machine? Is it SIO2IDE? I'm wondering if the Speeder plus will work with my MyIDE interface . . . will try it anyway :-)

Thanks again for your help!

[xBeetle]

Yes, its a SIO2IDE 3.3a. Cheap and simple.

Speeder plus OS supports any highspeed SIO device, but not the MyIDE, sorry :)

[Alphasys]

Very nicely done! Specially like the way how you preserved the XL look!

[NESAtariSegaNerd]

@mbrandhu There are many tyoes of Ataris. You are probably thinking of the 2600.

[xadam2dudex]

so is this 1001 CF reader the Toshiba 1.8" HDD for laptops or a USB / memory card reader ??

[luigi112344]

personally i like benhecks version it looks cooler

[AtariAndre42]

@mbrandhu The Atari 8 bit graphics WERE incredible. The best in the world when the 400/800 machines were released in 1979 and held up for a pretty long time. Compare to the C64 that was release in 1982, that was AGES later in that period because of the fast hardware developments. I've seen this laptop at a fair in Holland, amazing work I love it !

[DeadBeatBlast]

that is rad

[vjrei]

My 8 core Mac Pro with 10GB of Ram cannot give me those 30 frames per seconds yet.

[sonick808]

freakin slick!!!!!! LOVE the 1001!

[brickman409]

that music kinda reminds me of music from the first burnout

[nicolunacba]

great job! and yaiiiiiii drunk chessboard :D my favourite Atari demo :D

[robojot]

wtf that sucks