Archive-name: atari-8-bit/welcome Last-modified: January 1, 2024 Welcome to the comp.sys.atari.8bit newsgroup! Discussion about 8 bit Atari micros. Welcome to the Usenet newsgroup for discussion about the Atari 8-bit family of computers! These include the Atari 400, 800, 1200XL, 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, 130XE, and 800XE personal/home computers, and the Atari XE System console. The 400/800/1200XL/600XL/800XL computers were marketed from 1979-1984 by Atari, Inc., of Sunnyvale, California, USA, while Atari was a subsidiary of Warner Communications Inc. (WCI), the media and entertainment conglomerate. The 800XL/65XE/130XE/800XE computers and XE System console were marketed from 1984-1992 by Atari, Corp./Atari Corporation, also based in Sunnyvale, California, USA. Today, remaining intellectual property rights associated with the Atari 8-bit family of computers are owned by Atari Interactive, Inc., a subsidiary of Atari S.A. of Paris, France. https://atari.com/ ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT Kept by Michael Current, michael@mcurrent.name The latest version of this document is irregularly posted to these Usenet newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.answers, news.answers It is also kept at: https://mcurrent.name/atari-8-bit/welcome.txt NEWSGROUP BACKGROUND comp.sys.atari.8bit was created in November 1986 (as part of the Great Renaming) as a direct replacement for: net.micro.atari8 comp.sys.atari.8bit is unmoderated, and has no formal newsgroup charter. The comp.* hierarchy of Usenet newsgroups is managed by the Big-8 Management Board: https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Main_Page RELATED NEWSGROUPS alt.binaries.comp.atari8bit Programs for Atari's 6502-based orphans. (This newsgroup is not widely propagated.) de.comp.sys.atari [German language discussion about Atari micros.] fr.comp.sys.atari Machines de la gamme Atari. [French language discussion about Atari micros.] pl.comp.sys.atari Grupa dyskusyjna uzytkownikow komputerow atari. [Polish language discussion about Atari micros.] WEB FORUMS Atari 8-Bit Computers forum at AtariAge https://atariage.com/forums/forum/12-atari-8-bit-computers/ Atari 8-Bit Computers forum at atari.io https://forums.atari.io/forum/15-atari-8-bit-computers/ SOFTWARE http://www.atarimania.com/ "The World's Finest Atari Database" https://a8.fandal.cz/ Games, Demos https://www.atarionline.pl/ Games, Demos http://ftp.pigwa.net/ or ftp://ftp.pigwa.net/ "Total Demoscene Archive" http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/ Homesoft's Disk Images (games) MUSIC https://asma.atari.org/ Atari SAP Music Archive INFORMATION Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions (Michael Current) https://mcurrent.name/atari-8-bit/faq.txt https://www.atari800xl.eu/ Atari 8-Bit Computers: Vendors and Developers (Michael Current) https://mcurrent.name/atari-8-bit/vendev.txt Easter egg list (Atari Compendium) https://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/easter_eggs/a48/atari8bit.html AtariWiki (Carsten Strotmann) https://atariwiki.org/ Atariki - the Online Encyclopedia of atari.area (Polish) http://atariki.krap.pl/ Atari 8-Bit Cartridges (PitfallJones) http://www.pitfalljones.com/atari.htm Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative https://www.a8preservation.com/ Atari Cartridge Documentation Project (Jindroush) https://a8.jindrou.sh/acdp.html USER GROUPS ABBUC - Atari Bit Byter User Club https://abbuc.de/ ABBUC Regionalgruppe Frankfurt / Main (RAF) https://abbuc.de/~raf/ ACEC - Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus http://acec.atari.org/ or https://www.angelfire.com/oh4/acec/acec.html Atari klub - s.p.h.v.t. http://www.atariklub.cz/ SAK - Svenska Atariklubben https://www.sak.nu/ SCAT - Suburban Chicago ATarians http://www.scatarians.org/ SCAUG - Southern California Atari Users Group https://galacticjourney.org/scaug/ SLCC - San Leandro Computer Club https://slcc.wdgeo.com/ SPACE - Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts http://space.atari.org/ MAGAZINES IN PRINT PRO(C) ATARI (Markus Roesner) https://proc-atari.de/ Excel (Robert Stuart) https://excel-retro-mag.co.uk/