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The Atari 2600


Episode 110


I don't usually cover video games. When I do, you know it's for a weird reason. This episode we are looking at the Atari VCS 2600, it's strange hardware, and how it fits into the larger story of the rise of microprocessors. These new tiny chips were already changing the world, but they brought along their own problems.

Selected source:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/atari-2600 - Inventing the Atari 2600

https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/09/102658257-05-01-acc.pdf - Al Alcorn Oral History

https://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_bob_whitehead.html - Bob Whitehead Interview


Published on 2 years, 6 months ago






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