As a neighborhood has grown up around the 8-bit microcomputers of the 1980s, there have been some beautifully crafted rebuilds of traditional machines to take advantage of newer hardware or to interface to peripherals such as keyboards or screens that were unavailable at the time. commonly these have taken the type of little boards, or boards that are designed to comply with the type factor of the original machine, as well as in shape in an original case.
[mytekcontrols] has taken a different tack with his Atari 800 build, he’s created an Atari clone designed to take the most prominent upgrade boards created by the 8-bit Atari community, as child boards. as well as he’s complied with an existing type factor, though it’s not one from the Atari world. Instead, he’s made it as a mini-ITX motherboard of the type you may well be familiar with from the world of PCs.
He’s calling it the 1088XEL, since with a prominent 1MB upgrade board fitted it boasts a generous 1088k of memory. It sports the original five Atari LSI chips, as well as handles the task without resorting to surface-mount construction.
The forum thread linked above is a long one that makes for a interesting checked out as it offers in depth with the style of an 8-bit micro clone. however if you want to avoid directly to the hardware, begin at about page 13.
We’ve had more than one 8-bit Atari on these pages over the years. most unforgettable though is most likely this laptop.
Thanks [Lenore Underwood].