Which Atari computer is best for newcomers

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  • Noted, yes I'm in it mainly for the games but will dabble in other stuff.

    For that purpose I'd recommend an ATARI 800XL with AVG Cart.

    The computer itself (like already mentioned) has a better keyboard than the XE line of computers.

    AVGCART is a cartridge that not only offers cartridge emulation but also tape and disk emulation AND (that is new) is a ram expansion compatible to already existing ram expansions (like in the 130xe). Compared to fujinet that neither emulates cartridges nor has a ram expansion feature imho AVGCART offers more value for money.

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  • But what I can say is that the keyboard of the 130xe was not as good as the one from the 800xl although it looks much better.

    There are apparently 5 different Atari XL keyboards:

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  • OK. Good to know. I can not say which one I had, but I hope that none of them has such a soft feedback like the xe one.

  • The 800xl with avg seems really neat and would be a great way to get started. I'm always l afraid you guys are right, stuff like this is definitely infectious. Thanks for the input guys. Another rabbit hole I want to go down is ZX Spectrum but it's not easy to get what you want here in the states.

  • Apart from a PokeyMax3

    The 800xl with avg seems really neat and would be a great way to get started. I'm always l afraid you guys are right, stuff like this is definitely infectious.

    Well, this might happen ;) but an 800XL with AVGCART is almost complete as you get the computer, a disk, cartridge, tape emulator and a ram expansion with these items.

    Just make sure that you do not order only an AVGCART but also the special sio and pbi (not eci) ram expansion cables (available soon) as well.

    Of course there are plenty of other useful things e.g. midi interface, multijoy interface, FujiNet, DVI output with sophia2 but none of them is necessary.

    The only thing that also might come handy is a second pokey or a pokeymax3 for stereo output but that's also not a must.