Maury Markowitz Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I was trying to catch up my listening of Antic podcasts - up to 2016 now! - and in passing it was mentioned that the 800 was designed to look like a Selectric. This is painfully obvious as soon as it was mentioned, but I had never made the connection before. This really needs to be wiki article, does anyone have a solid ref? I couldn't find any in google books, lots of hits for ads with the 800 and the actual typewriter, but nothing connecting the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Lots of different models, but a quick search finds more than one very close match, e.g. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I doubt there's going to be any concrete stuff still around unless its in the folders of Atari Museum somewhere. It was probably some chat at a designers meeting that probably got to memo stage. I doubt Atari would have wanted to say too much incase IBM had a swipe at them. However, we live in hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mclaneinc said: incase IBM had a swipe at them Well, they did. It was more IBM's own swipe at the 800, that brought them closer to their product line: And here's the link with id: Tom Hardy's confirming the story: http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5256 So I would say, it is less of Atari and more of IBM's own work to make it really look like such... Edited May 12, 2021 by Faicuai 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) And the mock-up picture done for a possible IBM-Atari PC deal that fell through looks even more like a selectric! EDIT: @Faicuai be me to it by a moment!?DOH! Edited May 12, 2021 by Gunstar 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Wow, you live and learn.. Thank you Faicuai.. Paul.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Gunstar said: EDIT: @Faicuai be me to it by a moment!?DOH! Nah, what matters is that you were right on the money (as usual). ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Now if someone can just show me a picture of "Colleen" and "Candy", the employees that were the inspirations of for the 800 and 400. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 51 minutes ago, doctorclu said: Now if someone can just show me a picture of "Colleen" and "Candy", the employees that were the inspirations of for the 800 and 400. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spancho Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 39 minutes ago, mimo said: Is that Colleen or Candy or both 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Spancho said: Is that Colleen or Candy or both Or maybe his girlfriend, and he's just not telling us ? ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, mimo said: 1 hour ago, doctorclu said: Now if someone can just show me a picture of "Colleen" and "Candy", the employees that were the inspirations of for the 800 and 400. NO! We want the 1978 version, not the 2021 version 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 45 minutes ago, Spancho said: Is that Colleen or Candy or both To me it looks more like Selectrix - The Mistress of the Dark 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Stephen said: NO! We want the 1978 version, not the 2021 version You should have said ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 3 hours ago, doctorclu said: Now if someone can just show me a picture of "Colleen" and "Candy", the employees that were the inspirations of for the 800 and 400. As for Colleen, my best guess would two versions: In the hallways and front-desk: While working at the cube: Can't yet figure out Candy, though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarialoha Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 A few pics to compare. (I also just had to show you guys those other vintage models because they are so cool ?.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarialoha Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Sorry that model was not exactly the Selectric. Here is one, with the colors that kinda look like a faded Atari. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Funny - I never really considered this, but when typing in BASIC, once you entered a line of a certain length, you'd get the buzzer. Same as the bell on a typewriter before having to advance to the next line. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 10:18 PM, Faicuai said: As for Colleen, my best guess would two versions: While working at the cube: Can't yet figure out Candy, though... As some sources claim they were selected for being „well-endowed“ and it seems rather unlikely for that to refer to an inheritance, I suspect that you might have followed a wrong lead... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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