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Atari 400 Mini review – an adventure in the land of 8-bit

• helsinkiandrew 3y ago
  https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1
• rbanffy 3y ago
  As the happy owner of a C64 Maxi, I can say I want to wait for a full-sized Atari 600 XL (or 130XE).
  • warrenm 3y ago
    I would love a C64 to fiddle with! Some of the tech packed into those old boxes was astonishing :) I also want a Tandy 102 (tried a simulator or two - very buggy) ... can't bring myself to spend the few hundred $$$ on eBay for one, though ;)
    • rbanffy 3y ago
      The Maxi is a very small ARM board inside a case that's eerily close to a real C64, but with USB and HDMI ports. It only "feels" like a real 64. A lot of the retro experience is the physical part - the ASCII keyboard (where the SHIFT key sets a bit) and the physical size do the trick. This is why I think someone could/should make keyboards with historical layouts, even if they are just cheap membrane ones. The layout is an important part.