1050 Form Factor Atari 8-Bit Motherboard

This is a complete ground up redesign of the Atari 8-Bit Computer Motherboard, created with an emphasis on more modern methods of mass storage/retrieval, beyond floppies, and beyond cartridges.

With it's built-in IDE interface and the Ultimate One Megabyte's advanced firmware, an attached CF Drive adapter will greatly exceed the capabilities of all other disk drives that came before it, including an actual hard disk drive.

The internal CART/ECI edge card connector combo provides a complete parallel expansion port, thus giving the 1088XLD a powerful future upgrade path.
    
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Advanced Music and MIDI Capabilities
If you ever found yourself envious of the C-64's renowned SID chip, a precursor to the Apple IIGS Ensoniq wavetable synthesis sound chip, no longer will this be the case. Because when it comes to sound effects and music, the XLD's built-in Dream Blaster MIDI Synthesizer capability outshines them all. Couple this with dual Pokey chips, and you have the ultimate audio experience in full stereophonic sound.

Speaking of MIDI. The 1088XLD provides a MIDIMATE compatible MIDI interface, sporting not only the typical MIDI-IN and MIDI-OUT jacks, but also a fully buffered MIDI-THRU port. Utilizing the Synth Source select switch, either MIDI-OUT or MIDI-IN can be directed at the internal S2 synthesizer module that we talked about earlier, or simply routed out to an external MIDI device of your choosing.

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PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Connectivity
Uses any PS/2 device and converts it into a form that the Atari OS will understand, while also bringing advanced macro functionality, independent of any constraints of existing programs and applications. With advanced directional porting of the ST 'like' mouse emulation to either joystick 1 or 2 via keyboard control.

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Next Generation Video
Because of it's inclusive UAV video board, the standard composite and S-Video sources are of a quality rarely ever seen on any Atari 8-bit computer. And with an easy upgrade path for either a VBXE or a Sophia video board, beautiful RGB/VGA output is also possible in tandem with the standard video, or in lieu of.

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Captures that Original Atari Look and Feel
To really give it a truly XL flavor, this imaginative re-creation uses a form factor that will drop directly into a virtually unmodified, non-working, and long abandoned Atari 1050 Floppy Drive case. Bringing new life to where there was none before.