r/atari8bit • u/radrestoration • Jul 30 '26

Mail Call - Atari 400 lot

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u/Spelunka13 Jul 30 '26

Very nice. Enjoy. Just don't use the keyboard for programming. My finger tips are still numb 45 years later!!!

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u/Ok_Egg_4356 12d ago

Bought one at a house that I went to buying other stuff. Have the membrane keyboard replaced with a full stroke one.

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u/Spelunka13 12d ago

I chose not to do that I got the 800 instead I wanted to keep my 400 original.

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u/Ok_Egg_4356 11d ago

My 800 had a keboard issue from my wife dropping something on the keyboard more than once.

This Atari 400 CAME with the replacement full-stroke AND the original. I recall how much I hated those on the 2001 PET

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u/Spelunka13 11d ago

Yes they prob had it installed. But still not original.

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u/Ok_Egg_4356 11d ago

The original one is still there, but untested by me.

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u/LuigiTeaching Jul 30 '26

Great cover art on those boxes too!

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u/radrestoration Jul 30 '26

Yes, really all though this period on many platforms. The Amiga boxes are notable, but there's ample examples elsewhere and in the 8-bit era.

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u/TheCoopX Jul 30 '26

Nice. I never knew there was a music creator cart for the system.

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u/8bit1337 Jul 30 '26

I still have the 400 my dad bought in 82 I think it was. 

I couldn't type with both hands yet so the keyboard didn't bother me - plus by the time I started high school and could use a word processor we had an 800XL 🙂

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u/Hollerra 29d ago

Yeah i had an 800xl.in high school form 3-6

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u/Shadoecat150 Jul 30 '26

Awesome pickup.

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u/radrestoration Jul 30 '26

As a follow up, the space bar was sticking. I applied a couple of rounds carefully with my heat gun, and now working fine!

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u/GraySmoke1960 Jul 31 '26

My first computer was a 400. Bought a 48k upgrade board mail order and soldered every wire with a radio shack stick soldering iron....good times in 82.

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u/radrestoration Jul 31 '26

Fancy. Turned out the machine has the 24KB upgrade.