Schnurrikowski

Hi Guys! Is there any specific literature concerned with Atari's advertising campaign (US and Europe) for the VCS from 1977 onwards?

Top notch msx and gfx ... and the game is finished

I found another early publication: Intelligent Machines Journal, Februar 7, 1979. It seems we see Atari 400 and 800 versions as presented on CES in January.

The FCC approval was in August.

While doing some research I stumbled across two ads for Atari 400 and 800 published in Interface Age ... from May (!) 1979. Although the design looks final there are some minor differences. Are there any older ads?

Now, THAT I call a nice rendition! You are a genius. Big thumbs up!

Amazing! Perhaps you could change the background-color a bit?

Not exactly a game but the Chaos system to be used with modified tape drives (up to 6000 Bit/s) uses compression.

You should be careful with your harsh comments. The game under question is an extremely rare test marketing version. Full story can be found at arstechnica website.

I own that book already (it's not that new). Do you have some page numbers at hand that confirm your claims? What is the title of the other book you mentioned but could not get?

I have a pong console made in Hong Kong in my collection that was manufactured in 1976. Also, what makes you sure that the production was ended in 1979/80?

Thanks! Wow, 1993. Creepy

Very interesting. What makes you sure it's from 1992?

Atari Home Pong was the first one with dedicated LSI-chip (LSI = 'large scale integration').

There are some errors in that list, e.g. Interton Video 3000 was released in '76, Odyssee by ITT Schaub Lorenz was released in 1973.

Wow, outstanding! Thanks!

That's indeed interesting news. Thanks for sharing!

I am shocked! RIP, Curt. Anyone knows what happened?

I like both, composition and instrumentation. Thanks for the superb tune!

Wow, that looks fantastic!

Update: The US patent No. 4,359,222 entitled "Hand-held electronic game playing device with replaceable cartridges" by Smith et. al. mentions the Intel 8021.

Thanks for the info. I found some hints: Sean Riddle claimed to have 8021-dumps of three different Microvision games. Best regards, Knurri

Hi! I stumbled across several websites and retro magazines with hardware specs of the Microvision handheld made by Milton Bradley. I tried to verify that there was indeed an Intel CPU, namely 8021, included in earlier versions of the handheld. But I couldn't find anything that proves the Intel version. Old magazine reports from 70s/80s, service manuals or even plain pics of a circuit board showing the Intel chip - nothing came up. Was there really such a version or is this just another urban legend? Any help appreciated! Best regards, Knurri

I wrote the article about the AY-3-8500 in German Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/AY-3-8500) not so long ago. I was not able to find anything about the production stop of the chip - and I did a LOT of research.