Talk:Atari 1050

Atary 1050

من یک دستگاه از ان را 1050 دارم نو هست میخواهم بفروشم 5.114.252.51 (talk) 14:10, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

The article in general has good citations, but there's a story woven through the article that comes across as personal recollections. Maybe some of this is tangential to the topic?

"In April 1982, Atari began the process of designing an improved version of the 8-bit series, which were to be known as the 1000 and 1000X. Among the changes was a new design language from Regan Cheng using off-white and black plastics with brushed metal overlay on switches and other fixtures. Along with the machines, a new line of peripherals would be released with matching styling, numbered in the 1000's in the same fashion that earlier devices had been numbered in the 400 and 800 series."

"By this time, increasing sales of the 400 and 800 and the failure of a new drive to appear from Atari led to a thriving market for third-party drives and alternative DOSes"

"The new management arrived to find warehouses filled with XL systems and peripherals. They put the existing stock on the market for fire-sale prices while they developed new very-low-cost versions of the machines."

"By 1986 the new Atari ST series was doing well in the market and interest in the 8-bit platforms waned. Even as stocks of the 1050 dwindled and then ran out entirely, no new drive was launched. An even further upgraded model, the double-sided, double-density XF551 was being teased through this period, but again the drive was not released." Dgpop (talk) 15:00, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, cites have been added for all of these. Maury Markowitz (talk) 20:04, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]