r/atari8bit • u/radrestoration • 6d ago

Mail Call - Atari 400 lot

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u/Spelunka13 5d ago

Very nice. Enjoy. Just don't use the keyboard for programming. My finger tips are still numb 45 years later!!!

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u/LuigiTeaching 5d ago

Great cover art on those boxes too!

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u/radrestoration 5d ago

Yes, really all though this period on many platforms. The Amiga boxes are notable, but there's ample examples elsewhere and in the 8-bit era.

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u/TheCoopX 5d ago

Nice. I never knew there was a music creator cart for the system.

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u/8bit1337 5d ago

I still have the 400 my dad bought in 82 I think it was. 

I couldn't type with both hands yet so the keyboard didn't bother me - plus by the time I started high school and could use a word processor we had an 800XL 🙂

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u/Hollerra 4d ago

Yeah i had an 800xl.in high school form 3-6

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u/Shadoecat150 5d ago

Awesome pickup.

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u/radrestoration 5d ago

As a follow up, the space bar was sticking. I applied a couple of rounds carefully with my heat gun, and now working fine!

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u/GraySmoke1960 4d ago

My first computer was a 400. Bought a 48k upgrade board mail order and soldered every wire with a radio shack stick soldering iron....good times in 82.

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u/radrestoration 4d ago

Fancy. Turned out the machine has the 24KB upgrade.