Editing Atari 8-bit computers (section)

=== XE series ===
[[File:Atari-130XE.jpg|thumb|Atari 130XE]]

The 65XE and 130XE (XE stands for XL-Compatible Eight-bit)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROaNQc8IiZE |title=Jack Tramiel - Atari - Rare UK TV Appearance |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=August 6, 2022 |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724203243/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROaNQc8IiZE&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> were announced in 1985 at the same time as the [[Atari ST|Atari 520ST]], and they visually resemble the ST. The 65XE has 64 KB of RAM and is functionally equivalent to the 800XL minus the PBI connection. The 130XE has 128 KB of memory, accessible through [[bank switching]]. The additional 64K can be used as a [[RAM drive]].

The 130XE includes the Enhanced Cartridge Interface (ECI), which is almost compatible with the Parallel Bus Interface, but physically smaller and located next to the standard 400 and 800 compatible cartridge slot. It provides only those signals that do not exist in the latter. ECI peripherals were expected to plug into both the standard Cartridge Interface and the ECI port. Later revisions of the 65XE contain the ECI port.

The 65XE was sold as the 800XE in [[Germany]] and [[Czechoslovakia]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation|author=Lendino, Jamie|editor=Murray, Matthew|publisher=Ziff Davis|year=2017|page=106|isbn=978-0692851272}}</ref> to ride on the popularity of the 800XL in those markets. All 800XE units contain the ECI port.{{sfn|Current|2023|loc=1.10) What is the Atari 800XE?}}