Vandal968 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Everyone knows that Atari named engineering projects after attractive secretaries such as Colleen, Candy, Stella, etc. Has anyone ever figured out who these people were? It would be really interesting to see photos of the actual people that inspired these internal product names. cheers, v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Here's Stella: Oh yeah, that's hot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 YEAAHHHH!!! look at those nice round.... uh... wheels? heh, yeah I have known stella for years... Colleen and Candy is who pics would be nice of :') (twenty says there was a woman named stella, but she got pissed about her name being used... women are like that for some reason, or is it just the ones i dated/married? ;') sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hello Sloopy (twenty says there was a woman named stella, but she got pissed about her name being used... Or somebody at Atari's wife was jealous and her husband (the guy at Atari) used the bike as a "get out of jail for free" card. sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandal968 Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hello Sloopy (twenty says there was a woman named stella, but she got pissed about her name being used... Or somebody at Atari's wife was jealous and her husband (the guy at Atari) used the bike as a "get out of jail for free" card. sincerely Mathy Ok, even if the 2600 is named after the bike, I suspect that the bike is also named after a secretary. Seriously though, when people interview the original Atari folks they should try to get the full-names of these people, it's an interesting aspect of the history. cheers, v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Most stories I read say they named stuff after "well endowed female employees" but one or two says "engineer's wives". I think the well endowed story is the much better one, even if it doesn't turn out to be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I heard an interview with Dan Corona, one of Atari's engineering managers, in which he said that "Colleen" was Colleen O'Grande (not sure about the spelling). She was one of the secretaries, and apparently liked walking around in loose-knit tops that didn't cover very much. One can certainly understand why she would have, uh, "inspired" the engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 The only known photograph is this one... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31336haxx0r Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Colleen's hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The only known photograph is this one... ...Man, cracking-up here in laughter... :D Now it's pretty clear to me why I liked "Colleen" so much... even now, after all these years. F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Need a band aid, just getting blisters on my hand.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31336haxx0r Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Yeah, she's got a beautiful design... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Really? Candy looks like the cameraman has just ... Um ... Flashed at her while Colleen looks like she's just been punched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 IS there a nude cheat out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) Really? Candy looks like the cameraman has just ... Um ... Flashed at her while Colleen looks like she's just been punched. LOL! Thought that as well. Colleen looks like she's having one of those seizures people got from the flickering games. Or at least was doing the one cheek sneak. Edited September 11, 2011 by jetset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernal Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I aint afraid of no ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Really? Candy looks like the cameraman has just ... Um ... Flashed at her while Colleen looks like she's just been punched. LOL! Thought that as well. Colleen looks like she's having one of those seizures people got from the flickering games. Or at least was doing the one cheek sneak. Nah! She looks like she just sat on something, with her arms supporting her... Maybe someone caught her with a hidden cam... F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31336haxx0r Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Maybe someone caught her with a hidden cam... Shhhhhhhhhh! Don't tell her! I still need to retrieve that camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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