BillyHW Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 What precisely are the differences between the 5200 and the XEGS, hardware-wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Wikipedia: Internal Differences between the 5200 and Atari 400/800 (and the XEGS). In addition to the differences noted in this article, the 5200 lacks the PIA chip that is present in all the 400/800 family computers. It also has less RAM (16K versus the 64K in the XEGS). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernando marrin Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 most notably , 16k vs 64k and analog vs digital controllers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 XEGS - 5200 = 48k of ram, keyboard, PIA, and 8k of rom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) joysticks that work, 4000 games,SIO, peripherals,BASIC programming language, Composite video as standard Edited May 7, 2012 by mimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 XEGS - 5200 = 48k of ram, keyboard, PIA, and 8k of rom PIA? Translate please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31336haxx0r Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Parallel Interface Adaptor. An integrated circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) joysticks that work, 4000 games,SIO, peripherals,BASIC programming language, Composite video as standard yet, I like, and use my 5200 infinitely more... Edited May 7, 2012 by Sonic R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 joysticks that work I never new the XEGS had bad joysticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) 6520 PIA (joystick/ parallel I/O ports). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Interface_Adapter Edited May 7, 2012 by twoquickcapri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernando marrin Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 AT5200 Big Ultracool System Xegs: Computer in Disguise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) . Edited May 7, 2012 by BillyHW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 yet, I like, and use my 5200 infinitely more... Games are much easier to come by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 joysticks that work I never KNEW the XEGS had bad joysticks? fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) joysticks that work, 4000 games,SIO, peripherals,BASIC programming language, Composite video as standard yet, I like, and use my 5200 infinitely more... to each their own, note I did not say that the 5200 was a bad system ( I have a 4 port and a 2 port gathering dust), just pointed out some differences Edited May 8, 2012 by mimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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