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Atarabic...
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:37 pm
by bazino
Ever seen this Arabic 65 XE ?
Very strange, isn't it ?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:34 pm
by Atari Frog
The Arabic 65XE is still pretty mysterious. It may have been sold in countries such as Saudi Arabia or Kuwait but no info has been found yet.
IIRC, there were also some specific programs in Hebrew for Atari computers sold in Israel.
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 2:47 am
by Arqueologia_Digital
Well, i never saw this thing...but it´s a nice item for collecting
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:27 am
by alanseau
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:50 am
by Andre
Atari Frog wrote:
IIRC, there were also some specific programs in Hebrew for Atari computers sold in Israel.
Exactly, I got a computer (it's a 800XL) with Hebrew character set from Nir Dary some time ago. Pretty strange to write text lines from right to left ... and in demos the scrollers move from left to right. Even worse, you have to start with the manual at the end in order to get started
Another feature of the Hebrew computer I got is the option to switch between Hebrew and Latin character set, which eases the pain sometimes
André
Re: Atarabic...
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:57 am
by Andre
bazino wrote:Ever seen this Arabic 65 XE ?
Yes, I think John Hardy has one and as far as I can remember John had/has a story concerned with this special arabic version of the 65XE as well.
Unfortunately I forgot the story
There should be some more of these arabic Ataris float around, as you can see from Arnaud's post.
André