They even carry overclocking kits that can increase performance by over 33 percent of the stock configuration! 33%, maybe even more! We're talking almost double-digit megahertz!

Software distribution was via ROM cards like this one, the base File Manager and Tutorial card that came with each Portfolio.

@djsundog That looks very similar to a Lynx game card.

@remotenemesis I believe hardware-wise they're almost identical

The base system at launch cost US$400, which is like USD$800+ in cool 21st Century fiat currency, so I got it for pennies on the dollar.

Shrewd investor, me. Finding that purchasing power sweet spot.

@djsundog

With all your vintage computing going on its got to be a real relief that you can network them together with the contents of anyones kitchen junk drawer.

@djsundog just 30 years of discarded one-off cables and long-abandoned adapters

@Mainebot local computer store guy gave me his last null modem adapter with a look of respect and awe a few months ago, so now I am really just trying to live up to his mental image of who I must be.

@djsundog @Mainebot

IT WAS LIKE 400 ADAPTERS TO HOOK IT UP TO A TV

@djsundog

The only one of us who can truly claim to be future-proof. Goodspeed O7

@Mainebot @djsundog

To me, the future seems more like the past than it ever did before. :)

@djsundog @Mainebot my friend, i believe you _are_ that image.

@djsundog I'm reading this store page, and it looks like you can even "& Knuckles & Knuckles" it:
"Pass through bus connector allows you to Connect a second Atari 256K Memory Expander to increase your Portfolio’s total Memory to 640K"

@kepstin & Knuckles & Knuckles & Game Genie even

@djsundog Somehow I'm surprised Best still exist after all these years each time I check up on their web site...

"Best Electronics in the Atari business since February 1, 1984."

@donblanco it's on my list ;)