Hardware Department

Welcome to the Hardware Department!

The Hardware Department is responsible for the following tasks:

  • Organizing the Hardware Competition
  • Searching for and researching new hardware
  • Publicizing new developments
  • Managing special activities
  • Facilitating interest groups
  • Searching for hardware to release into the public domain

Like all sections at ABBUC, we need your support. You can find the latest updates in the News section and on the forum.

First Steps for Beginners

Click here for the ABBUC Hardware Catalog which provides brief descriptions of original ATARI hardware. If you have any additions or corrections, please send them to hardware(at)abbuc.de.

Hardware Catalog

In the long term, it will gradually be expanded to include third-party and homebrew hardware.

Past Hardware Competitions

ABBUC organizes annual competitions to support the development of new hardware and software. As part of the hardware competition, quite a few interesting peripherals and extensions have seen the light of day in recent years: - Turbo Freezer 2005 - USB Cartridge (USB input devices on the cartridge slot) - S/XEGS-RAM_Cartridge 128k (cartridge) - SIO2USB (USB flash drive as a floppy drive) - SDrive (SD card as a floppy drive) - CMI08 mouse interface (USB mouse as a joystick/paddle/drawing tablet) - BIOS4Config (multiple OS + configuration module) - 512k S-RAM (Z-Ram) - ASCB (replacement for SIO ports) - 7.16MHz Board (faster CPU for the 1200XL) - 512k Flash Megacart (rewritable cartridge) - NUN-Joy (Nunchucks as a joystick) - 1MB EEPROM module (rewritable module) - Turbo-Freezer 2011 - USB2SIO (connection to PC via USB) - 65C816 board (faster processor in XL/XE) - IIC-Bus Adapter (IIC-Bus devices on the joystick port) - Thunder Blaster (sound card for the cartridge port) - Klick (keyboard click from the ATARI) - UltraJoy PRO (intelligent multi-joy) - 4MB Flash Cartridge (rewritable cartridge) - SIO2BT (access to ATR files via Bluetooth) - MegaSpeedy (all-in-one floppy speed booster) - SysCheck II (hardware diagnostics for assembled computers) - MidiJoy (the ATARI as a sound-generating MIDI instrument) - MultiJoy Hub (combines two Multijoys into one large Multijoy) - CXB14 (sacrificial housing in XL design for switches, jacks, etc.) - Debug Display (live display of memory contents) - ATARI XL – FPGA PBI Board (development board for PBI extensions) - ATARI XY Controller (motion-sensitive analog joystick) - CX40 Replacement Board (CX40 with microswitches) - JoyRec (records and replays joystick actions) - Revive 1027 (replacement rubber print head for ATARI 1027) - CLM17 (Use lightgun/lightpen software with a modern display) - AtariDuino (SIO/joystick port interface for Arduino expansion boards) - AntiX (PAL/NTSC converter in a single unit) - PokeyMax (Stereo-capable Pokey replacement) - PowerMeterCart (CPU load display in a module housing)

More information about the entries in the hardware competitions