In this week’s Friday Free Post, I have an Atari 8-bit Computer quiz for you. Some of you long-time Atari devotees will undoubtedly score 100%, but perhaps the rest of you might learn some interesting Atari trivia.

Answers will be posted on Monday.

Questions

1. In what year were the Atari 8-bit computers released?

2. What is the maximum RAM that a 6502 CPU can directly address?

3. What is the largest 8-bit number?

4. What does this Atari BASIC code mean: IF STICK(0)=15

5. What memory location do you PEEK to determine if the Start key is pressed?

6. What character has the ASCII code of 65?

7. What custom chip is reponsible for sounds?

8. How many text lines fit on a GRAPHICS 0 screen?

9. What is the Atari ASCII code for a carriage return?

10. DIM NAMES(7) has how many elements?

11. What is the maximum BASIC line number?

12. How many colors are available?

13. How many sectors are on a single-sided, single-density Atari 5.25” floppy?

14. What are all the 8-bit models made by Atari?

15. How do you pause scrolling when LISTing a BASIC program?

16. Besides Atari BASIC, how many BASICs for the Atari can you name?

17. What does this command do:

    

18. How do you type the above command?

19. What PEEK do you use to determine which revision of Atari BASIC you have.

20. In what year were the Atari 8-bit computers officially discontinued?

Answers are now available!