Introduced in 1985 in markets including North America and the UK as a
direct replacement for the 800XL, the 65XE is a low-end version of the 130XE.

All 65XE machines include 64K RAM, and the FREDDIE memory management chip.

The 65XE does not include the PBI port as on the 600XL/800XL, but later-
production 65XE machines include the Enhanced Cartridge Interface (ECI) as is
present on all 130XE units.

Normally boots with Atari BASIC (Revision C) enabled; Hold down [Option] on
startup to boot without BASIC.

The 65XE was produced in both NTSC (North America) and PAL (Europe) versions:
  o  NTSC (North America) without ECI port (common early production)

  o  PAL (Europe) version without ECI port (uncommon early production)

  o  NTSC (North America) with ECI port (uncommon late production)
     - NTSC 130XE motherboard

  o  PAL (Europe) version with ECI port (common late production)
     - PAL 130XE motherboard
     - identical to 800XE
     - reports of some 65XE machines previously labeled as 800XE machines
       and vice versa.

Rare variations of the 65XE:
  o  Arabic, http://www.savetz.com/vintagecomputers/arabic65xe/

The 65XE was made in Taiwan (early production) and China (late production).

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