Rick Dangerous Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 So after the fatboy slim thread I've been wondering where else one might find reference to the Atari ST computers in popular culture? Were they in any movies or TV shows, mentioned in any song lyrics or books? I have been watching movies and shows lately (X files, Seinfeld) and really enjoy spotting the computers of the era on the shows. I NEVER saw Atari's growing up, just Mac's and Windows machines, (with the occasional Commodore or Amiga) so i'm curious if they were in front of me somewhere all along. Thanks and looking forward to seeing what comes up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/167422-atari-st-in-movies-and-tv/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/167422-atari-st-in-movies-and-tv/ Awesome! There is a good start (shoulda used the search feature, d'oh!) Anything anyone has stumbled upon since this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galax Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Quite a few examples from movies at this site: http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=86 (probably mentioned in the above thread) Not sure if it's 'popular culture', but I did see STs around day to day: In Montreal in the late '90s when you bought concert tickets ad an Admission outlet they would always use an ST with mono monitor to process and print the ticket. I found this in an archived CV of someone called Denis Vallée: 1986 to 1987, Concept Électronique Microflex Inc.Software Engineer As a Software Engineer, I have participated in the design and implementation of a distributed ticket selling and reservation system (Billetech). This system has grown to become the Admission Network (www.admission.com), which was later bought by Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com). Technical environment: Atari ST 520, TOS, C, 68000 Assembler, Gimix 20 (68020), OS/9, telecommunication hardware Edited February 11, 2016 by galax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galax Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Halt and Catch Fire Season 2 is mentioned in the other thread but strangely they never really used the STs, sticking with the C64s instead! (screenshots found on Twitter) Edited February 11, 2016 by galax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Nobody mentioned blockbuster Terminator 2 - young John Connor broke in ATM with Atari Portfolio. Edited February 11, 2016 by ParanoidLittleMan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Nobody mentioned blockbuster Terminator 2 - young John Connor broke in ATM with Atari Portfolio. jc_atm.jpg When I saw that in the movie as a kid I thought it was the coolest thing ever! I wonder what you can actually do on one these days.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amimitl2 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Might also mention that the PlayStation 2 was inspired by an Atari Falcon prototype, in its design: Edited February 12, 2016 by Amimitl2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junosix Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) I've always found the patent information for the PS2 that mentions the Microbox is a bit strange, seeing as the Microbox looked very similar to this earlier HP workstation, and which the PS2 looks more like: Edited February 13, 2016 by Junosix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Might also mention that the PlayStation 2 was inspired by an Atari Falcon prototype, in its design: falcon_protoype_vs_playstation_2.png I was trying one day to find a prototype of the Falcon040, thanks for posting it. Is there any more pictures of it around? It really does look similar to the PS2 design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amimitl2 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I was trying one day to find a prototype of the Falcon040, thanks for posting it. Is there any more pictures of it around? It really does look similar to the PS2 design. There are not that many pictures around, but there are some: And there are some info about it here: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=270 ________________________________________________________ There was a later microbox prototype as well: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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