Editing Atari 8-bit computers (section)

===Production timeline===
<timeline>
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:25
PlotArea  = left:115 bottom:110 top:20 right:10
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat= mm/dd/yyyy
Period    = from:01/01/1979 till:06/30/1992
TimeAxis  = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
Legend    = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4
ScaleMajor= increment:1 start:1979
ScaleMinor= increment:2 start:1979

Colors =
  id:400_Line       value:green         legend:400_&_800_Line
  id:XE_Line        value:blue  legend:XE_Line
  id:XL_Line      value:orange      legend:XL_Line
  id:Lines       value:black       legend:Vertical_lines_are_Product_Announcements
  id:XEGS    value:lavender      legend:XEGS

LineData =
  at:01/05/1979 color:green layer:back
  at:12/13/1982 color:orange layer:back
  at:06/10/1983 color:orange layer:back
  at:01/05/1985 color:blue layer:back
  at:01/05/1987 color:lavender layer:back
  at:01/01/1992 color:black layer:back

BarData =
  bar:400 text:"400 & 800"
  bar:5200 text:"5200"
  bar:1200XL text:"1200XL"
  bar:600XL text:"600XL"
  bar:800XL text:"800XL"
  bar:65XE text:"65XE"
  bar:130XE text:"130XE"
  bar:800XE text:"800XE"
  bar:XEGS text:"XEGS"

PlotData =
  width:10 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
  bar:400 from:06/05/1979 till:05/01/1983 color:400_Line
  bar:5200 from:11/01/1982 till:05/21/1984 color:400_Line
  bar:1200XL from:03/01/1983 till:07/01/1983 color:XL_Line
  bar:600XL from:07/01/1983 till:07/15/1984 color:XL_Line
  bar:800XL from:07/01/1983 till:02/14/1985 color:XL_Line
  bar:65XE from:05/05/1985 till:06/02/1991 color:XE_Line
  bar:130XE from:01/05/1985 till:02/02/1991 color:XE_Line
  bar:800XE from:05/05/1987 till:01/01/1992 color:XE_Line
  bar:XEGS from:08/05/1987 till:02/14/1991 color:XEGS

  width:3 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
</timeline>

The production timeline is from 1979 to 1987.{{sfn|Current|2023|loc=1.10) What is the Atari 800XE?}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pctimeline.info/comp1978.htm|title=Chronology of Personal Computers|date=April 3, 2014|access-date=February 5, 2015|author=Polsson, Ken|pages=1978|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912005639/http://pctimeline.info/comp1978.htm|archive-date=September 12, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>