One of those computers from that era was a PC-console hybrid of sorts called the Atari XE, and [Sideburn] was able to turn one into a laptop. The retro laptop began life as an Arabic PAL version ...

It might seem silly to convert a relatively anemic Atari video game into a computer, but keep in mind ... when you think of how much memory your PC or even your phone has today.

Atari's 1200XL should have been a success of the 8-bit home computing era: modern, compact, designed to compete with the ...