See below for specifications and information on this system.
Specifications and information
| Introduced: | 1983 |
| CPU: | 6502, 1.79 MHz |
| Memory: | 16K RAM, 24K ROM |
| Operating System: | BASIC in ROM Atari XL operating system on diskette |
| Input/Output: | 2 joystick ports, Atari cable bus |
| Bus: | Atari daisy-chain cable bus, connects floppy drives, cassette drives, printers |
| Other Items in Collection: | Full documentation, Atari DOS 2.5 & 3.0, various cartridges & games on diskette |
The Atari XL series replaced the Atari 400/800. The 600XL is virtually identical to the 800XL, but with 16K instead of the 800XL's 64K of RAM, and a physically smaller chassis (see 800XL page for size comparison). Both machines used the same peripherals.