Allas Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I find this web with interesting designs for Atari 8bit computers. I never had seen before. http://www.designsojourn.com/awesome-hand-rendered-atari-computer-concepts/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 The "900 concept" looks so nice, yet in the end they went with the XEGS, which is arguably the most ugly product Atari ever produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 The "900 concept" looks so nice, yet in the end they went with the XEGS, which is arguably the most ugly product Atari ever produced. Ha Ha I agree! And it's the most space-consuming A8 with the keyboard, whose cord is too short to justify. Damnit, I still want one for the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Yeah, the keyboard is an utter joke WRT the cord. I suppose one downside of the 900 concept is that it'd have likely been a multi-board job, plus possibly not so roomy inside to chuck modern-day expansions into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Yeah, the keyboard is an utter joke WRT the cord. I suppose one downside of the 900 concept is that it'd have likely been a multi-board job, plus possibly not so roomy inside to chuck modern-day expansions into. Hmmm... maybe *that's* the design Curt should use for his Atari-compatible project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 The "900 concept" looks so nice Hmm, it looks like it's just a painting of what it might look like, so I guess it might not have looked the same way in production-- but I really don't care for the keyboard arrangement, with the rows of keys lined up in perfect columns, instead of being offset from one row to the next as on a normal keyboard. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/CONCEPTS/concepts.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Yeah, the keyboard is an utter joke WRT the cord. Quite easy to solve by extending the cable. I suppose one downside of the 900 concept is that it'd have likely been a multi-board job, plus possibly not so roomy inside to chuck modern-day expansions into. You want room inside? Well, what about that XEGS ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Yeah, the keyboard is an utter joke WRT the cord. Quite easy to solve by extending the cable. I suppose one downside of the 900 concept is that it'd have likely been a multi-board job, plus possibly not so roomy inside to chuck modern-day expansions into. You want room inside? Well, what about that XEGS ? Yup, I got a bunch of PC joystick extender cables for my 5200 and just tried one with the XEGS keyboard. Works perfectly. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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