By not finishing the disassembly you missed another modular part. The rear part of the aluminium housing hides the CPU card. AFAIK it has not been done but it would be possible to swap that card for another one with a Z80 or 6809 CPU. European (PAL) 800s have a different card and there is a replacement card called SCCC that can be configured to be either PAL or NTSC and use either “plain” 6502s or the Atari “Sally” version. Swapping the card is not enough to switch between PAL and NTSC, though.
Enjoyed my Atari 800 in high school. Used it in college for papers and logging into the university's computer for programming classes. Remember playing 4-player M.U.L.E. In the dorms. What a blast! Now use a MiSTer Pi to play Atari games of yesteryear.
I had a 400, and always coveted my cousin's 800. The fact that it had *two* cartridge slots was nothing short of amazing! I now have several different 8-bits (including an 800 sitting on the wall with my original 400) -- I don't fire it up often, but it definitely makes me happy seeing it every day.
How differently does it handle with 48k versus the default? I’ve only used the base configuration. I’m curious if you notice any difference in how it handles games and things like that.
Loved the Atari 800 my Dad bought after he let us kids have the 400. And when he upgraded to oan ST, I bought the 800 from him and picked up a Commodore monitor to go with it.
You finally got one! It remains my favorite.
By not finishing the disassembly you missed another modular part. The rear part of the aluminium housing hides the CPU card. AFAIK it has not been done but it would be possible to swap that card for another one with a Z80 or 6809 CPU. European (PAL) 800s have a different card and there is a replacement card called SCCC that can be configured to be either PAL or NTSC and use either “plain” 6502s or the Atari “Sally” version. Swapping the card is not enough to switch between PAL and NTSC, though.
Enjoyed my Atari 800 in high school. Used it in college for papers and logging into the university's computer for programming classes. Remember playing 4-player M.U.L.E. In the dorms. What a blast! Now use a MiSTer Pi to play Atari games of yesteryear.
I had a 400, and always coveted my cousin's 800. The fact that it had *two* cartridge slots was nothing short of amazing! I now have several different 8-bits (including an 800 sitting on the wall with my original 400) -- I don't fire it up often, but it definitely makes me happy seeing it every day.
How differently does it handle with 48k versus the default? I’ve only used the base configuration. I’m curious if you notice any difference in how it handles games and things like that.
Performance is the same. With the older OS and less RAM, some newer things may not work at all, though.
Loved the Atari 800 my Dad bought after he let us kids have the 400. And when he upgraded to oan ST, I bought the 800 from him and picked up a Commodore monitor to go with it.