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From the online Atari museum: Sensing a need to add a more serious numeric setup for its Atari 800 computer system, Atari introduced the Atari CX-85 numeric keypad which plugged into one of the available front joystick ports on the Atari 800 and using a special driver will allow the numeric keypad to be used with any Atari program or for programming in BASIC or other programming languages. The numeric keypad was also packaged into 2 packages: The Atari Bookkeeper and The Atari Accountant. Unfortunately Atari did not see the numeric keypad as a necessary part of a standard keyboard and this product was not incorporated into the Atari XL line of computers which would have given them a more serious and professional look.
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