Cebus Capucinis Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Ataribur! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIMM Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 welcome Nolan! I will see you at the Big Bang event in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_Larson Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I doubt Nolan will come back here and read this thread, but here's my question anyway: Steve Wozniak claims in his book that he basically offered the Apple II design to Atari via Al Alcorn but was told that Atari was too busy with the video game market to do it. Is that true and do you remember Al or anyone else ever mentioning it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion1052003 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) Nolan..What are your plans for Atari 2.0? James Edited April 29, 2010 by orion1052003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) Ask the "Lady of the Lake" about the sword Edited April 29, 2010 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool kitty89 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I doubt Nolan will come back here and read this thread, but here's my question anyway: Steve Wozniak claims in his book that he basically offered the Apple II design to Atari via Al Alcorn but was told that Atari was too busy with the video game market to do it. Is that true and do you remember Al or anyone else ever mentioning it? That would have been the Apple I kit design, not the later Apple II computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Any sword worth its salt would have a name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool kitty89 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I though it was the "Sword of Ultimate Sorcery" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) I don't know if he gets back here to read these,but if you want ask him something: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/118893-avc-live/page__view__findpost__p__2001414 Edited April 29, 2010 by Dan Iacovelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Where's the SwordQuest sword?IIRC,I read somewhere it's mounted on a wall in Tramiels house,or should i say MANSION? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 It wasn't that the company was too busy. It was that Atari was in the middle of Home Pong which was a tremendous amount of cost and resources to do. Also home computers were a very iffy thing still and would've required a tremendous amount more of capital and resources to get started and maintain and it was a new market to enter. Atari was an entertainment company - games were a proven profittable path to pursue. Home computers were a big gamble to jump into at that time. Nolan put the "Steve's" in touch with several VC's to help them get going, and get going they certainly did. Curt I doubt Nolan will come back here and read this thread, but here's my question anyway: Steve Wozniak claims in his book that he basically offered the Apple II design to Atari via Al Alcorn but was told that Atari was too busy with the video game market to do it. Is that true and do you remember Al or anyone else ever mentioning it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Jack has some serious digs - his "house" looks like a mini Fort Knox. :-) Curt Where's the SwordQuest sword?IIRC,I read somewhere it's mounted on a wall in Tramiels house,or should i say MANSION? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NolanB Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Did you program a game in college called Fox and Geese? Could you tell us about the game and the experiance of programming the game? I programmed several games but the one that played the best and was sent around the country was Fox and geese. In the game the fox could move in any direction at twice the speed of the geese there was only one fox. The geese could move up to the right or the left. If a goose was alone the fox could eat it. If there were two geese adjacent he could not. The object was for the fox to either eat all the geese or escape past them. The geese won if they trapped the fox against the upper part of the screen. The number of geese was variable. 3 geese almost always lost 7 geese always won, Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NolanB Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 welcome Nolan! I will see you at the Big Bang event in August. I hope to start attending as may of the Atari fan groups as possible. My schedule is not set and we have to make sure that Marty is disarmed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NolanB Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I doubt Nolan will come back here and read this thread, but here's my question anyway: Steve Wozniak claims in his book that he basically offered the Apple II design to Atari via Al Alcorn but was told that Atari was too busy with the video game market to do it. Is that true and do you remember Al or anyone else ever mentioning it? It is true. Remember that Atari at the time did not have the cash to fully exploit the 2600. We ended up selling to Warner so we could finance the inventory. We were growing very quickly and were always short on cash. (am I sorry for that mistake ---you bet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NolanB Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Nolan..What are your plans for Atari 2.0? James We plan to give you guys some previews but not for a few months. We have to bake this cake for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NolanB Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Where's the SwordQuest sword?IIRC,I read somewhere it's mounted on a wall in Tramiels house,or should i say MANSION? After my time and I have no Clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 What´s about the erotic movie??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Did you program a game in college called Fox and Geese? Could you tell us about the game and the experiance of programming the game? I programmed several games but the one that played the best and was sent around the country was Fox and geese. In the game the fox could move in any direction at twice the speed of the geese there was only one fox. The geese could move up to the right or the left. If a goose was alone the fox could eat it. If there were two geese adjacent he could not. The object was for the fox to either eat all the geese or escape past them. The geese won if they trapped the fox against the upper part of the screen. The number of geese was variable. 3 geese almost always lost 7 geese always won, Nolan Wow, thanks for the reply! I would like to program a version of this game for the 2600. I'm not much of a programmer though so I don't even know if I can do it, but I can try. It's going to be a while though because I have a college course to finish first. From your reply I get the impression that the geese can only move forward and diagonally. Is this correct? Also, what shape is the board and how many squares are there? I wonder if the original game you wrote has been preserved somewhere. That would be cool if it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool kitty89 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It wasn't that the company was too busy. It was that Atari was in the middle of Home Pong which was a tremendous amount of cost and resources to do. Also home computers were a very iffy thing still and would've required a tremendous amount more of capital and resources to get started and maintain and it was a new market to enter. Atari was an entertainment company - games were a proven profittable path to pursue. Home computers were a big gamble to jump into at that time. Nolan put the "Steve's" in touch with several VC's to help them get going, and get going they certainly did. And it was the Apple I design, right? (the kit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I have started a new thread here where we can continue this discussion: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/162342-discuss-atari-history-with-nolan-bushnell/ ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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