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5.8.2008

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ATARI 1450XLD

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The Atari 1450 XLD has the same characteristics as the Atari 1400 XL .

Like the 1400 XL, it has a built-in modem (Bell 103 compatible, 300 baud) and the speech synthesiser chip (SC-02). Contrary to the other Atari, it uses a parallel disk drive controller (a much faster arrangement) instead of the SIO interface.

Apparently The 1450 was not released because they were having problems getting the parallel disk drive controller to work properly.

System unit	Description
Processor	MOS 6502C
Clock speed	1.92 MHz
RAM	64 KB
ROM	16 KB (the Basic on a cartridge)
O.S. version(s)	XL O.S.
Built-in software
Parallel Bus Interface	Yes
Colors	16 colors with 16 intensity level each
Sound	4 voices, 3.5 octaves (POKEY chip)
Text modes	Five text modes, max: 40 x 24, min: 20 x 12
Graphics modes	12 graphic modes, maximum: 320 x 192 pixels
Co-processor	GTIA (video output, sprites), POKEY (sound, I/O), ANTIC (video, display lists), FREDDY (memory manager)
Keyboard	Full stroke keyboard function keys (Reset, Option, Select, Start, Help, F1, F2, F3, F4)
I/O ports	RGB, cartridge, Expansion port, Tape, RS232, Joystick
Size / Weight
Build-in media	One or two 5.25'' floppy disk units (360 KB each), modem, speech synthesiser chip
Power supply

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