Atari PCs

"Atari's Line of Personal Computers"

Atari PC1

Introduced in January 1987 and discontinued in 1990, the Atari PC line of computers was an attempt by Atari to enter the IBM PC-compatible market. Later in 1987, the first Atari PC became known as the Atari PC1, and in the same year, Atari released the PC2 with a larger case and 5 expansion slots. There were 3 more Atari PC models. The PC3 again with 8088, the PC4 with the 80286, and the PC5 with the 80386.

The Atari PC1 was initially sold for $699 ($1,900 in today's money)

ATARI PC1 AT A GLANCE

The Atari PC line of personal computers includes the PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, and PC5 models.

These are the features of PC1:

The Atari PC1 reused the small Atari Megafile 44 Chassis without any ISA expansion slots
8088-2 Processor running at 8.0 MHz or 4.77 Mhz
512K RAM (upgraded to 640K)
EGA Graphics (Onboard NSI Logic EVC315-S), compatible with CGA and Hercules
Chinon FZ-502 5.25 Floppy Drive (360K)
It came with an 83-key keyboard and a PCM1 mouse

Later Models: PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5, and Atari ABC 386

Atari PC3 Atari PC2

New larger case (more expandable)
Intel 8088-2 Processor running at 8.0 MHz or 4.77 Mhz
512K RAM (upgraded to 640K)
EGA Graphics
Adaptec ACB-2072 RLL Controller Card
5 x 8-bit ISA expansion slots
2 x 5.25″ Floppy Drives Chinon FZ-502 360k
Atari 83-Key Keyboard & Atari PCM1 Mouse

Atari PC3

Intel 8088-2 Processor running at 8.0 MHz or 4.77 Mhz
640K RAM
EGA Graphics
Adaptec ACB-2072 RLL Controller Card
5 x 8-bit ISA expansion slots
2 x 5.25″ Floppy Drives Chinon FZ-502 360k
Optional Epson SMD-380 3.5″ 720k Floppy Drive
30MB RLL Hard Disk (Seagate ST-238R)
Atari 83-Key Keyboard & Atari PCM1 Mouse

Atari PC4

AMD 286 Processor running at 16MHz, 12MHz or 8MHz
1 MB RAM (30-pin DIPP) and up to 8 MB
VGA graphics onboard (Paradise PVGA1A-JK)
Data Technology Corporation DTC7187 RLL Controller
5 x 16-bit and 1 x 8-bit ISA expansion slots
1.2MB Epson 5.25″ Floppy Drive (SD-680L)
1.44MB Floppy Drive (Optional)
Hard Drive 66 MB RLL (Seagate ST-277R)
Mitsumi AT Keyboard (KPQ-E99YC) & Mitsumi Serial Mouse

Atari PC4 Atari PC5

Intel 386 CPU running at 20MHz, 16MHz or 8MHz
2 MB or 4 MB RAM
VGA graphics card (WD VGA Plus 16 256K)
Adaptec ACB-2372B Floppy/Hard Drive Controller
Kouwell KW-524F Multi I/O Card
PS/2 expansion slots
1.2MB Epson 5.25″ Floppy Drive (SD-680L)
1.44MB Floppy Drive (Optional)
Hard Drive 66 MB RLL (Seagate ST-277R)
Mitsumi AT Keyboard (KPQ-E99YC) & Mitsumi Serial Mouse

Atari ABC 386

The Atari ABC or 'Atari Basic Computer' was Atari's last IBM-compatible computer
Came with 386SX at 20 MHz or 386DX at 40 MHz
1 MB or 2 MB RAM
Super-VGA graphics
40 MB or 80 MB Hard Disk
1.44MB Floppy Drive
There were two versions of the Atari ABC 386 desktop (SX/DX) and even an ABC N386SX Laptop
ABC 386 PCs shipped with Ms-Dos 5.0 and Microsoft Windows 3.0