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One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. I have currently have eleven different Atari-models, three from Commodore and one other model in my collection.
Atari's 8 bit computer were never really famous in Sweden. As far as I can recall the first time I really heard about Atari and their home computer was probably in 1988 or something, and then it was the Atari ST.
I've might have spotted an 8bit Atari at a computer party around that time, but I never saw one close up or played around with one until the end of 2011, when I got this one from a Swedish auction-site.
This is the Atari 600 XL, a 6502 based 8bit computer from the early eighties with Swedish characters. Unfortunately the keyboard is broken on this one, the circuit board got a crack in it and several of the switches for the keys are broken and would need repairing. Apart from that it seems to work OK, I got it with a cartridge game and that one runs nicely on it.
This one is now sold as I was lucky to get an 800 XL for free. It will have a new life with a new keyboard.
Scanned and retouched this old Atari fold-out catalog poster for a friend. Thought I'd share. Giant, full size scan!
Atari 2600 PCB composite. I photographed it from the top and bottom, cropped each to the correct size rectangle at 300dpi (perspective-corrected), and overlaid them.
One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. I have currently have eleven different Atari-models, three from Commodore and one other model in my collection.
This is one of my Atari Portfolios, which I acquired in 2010. Well used by it's previous owner, but still works as it should. Have got an parallel-interface, extra memory and some other accessories for it now.
This is my Atari ST on Twitter. Its connecting via my Linux server over a serial terminal session. Its kinda cheating, but I dont have ethernet for my ST.
Dont forget to checkout www.retrocomputers.eu for more info about my retro computer collection.
These are not really comic book ads, but videogame magazine ads. No way in hell I'm creating a special set, though. As it is, my 1980's geek pedigree is on full display. I remember way more about this stuff than I should.
Nevertheless, this was 1982 and it must be stated for the record that this ad was an out and out fabrication. Atari never had the best graphics, usually they hid this in their ads with small screenshots and hyperstylized illustrations or photos. But here they put their lameness on full 8 bit display and unabashedly ignore the obvious: these graphics sucked even for the time.
Everyone knew Intellivision wore the graphics crown especially with sports, although at this juncture in 1982 Colecovision was poised to step in and claim the prize.
Atari 5200 #alttext 8x8 pÃxels representation of the #atari5200 #microhobbit #retrodrawing #retrogaming
One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. I have currently have eleven different Atari-models, three from Commodore and one other model in my collection.
The Atari Stacy was Atari's first attempt at building an portable computer based on the Atari ST. It it the market in the end of 1989.
In 2011 I was looking to buy an Atari TT, inspired by a friend who just bought a Commodore SX64, a portable Commodore 64, which was kind of his dream computer. The TT was the computer I always dreamt about owning, so now I was searching Ebay and other places for one.
At the same time as I the TT I was going to buy on Ebay, there was an Atari Stacy for sale on Ebay as well, located in Stockholm. As this is a quite rare model as well, I thought it could be worth to try to win the action, and luckily I did.
My friend who bought the SX64 picked it up for me in Stockholm. The seller told him he was glad I won it, I was bidding against someone from South America, so the seller worried about how he would pack it and ship it.
This Stacy is pretty battered and well used, it has been used for what the Atari ST is best known for, it's MIDI-capabilities. The floppy drive was replaced and not working very well, and the 20MB hard drive was just making lots of noise. The ASCI-port and the internal SCSI-adapter seems broken as well, and the back light, which is known for it's limited life span, is barely working. Some keys on the keyboard isn't working due to a broken connection, but still it has one of the nicest keyboards I've ever used.
I've replaced the floppy and removed the hard disk (it had leaked some gooey fluid too all over the internals of the computer). I'm thinking of replacing the backlight with a modern LED backlight.
The Atari 2600 Joystick is a tiltable stick attached to a base with one action button. It allows for four directions of input – eight when allowing for two directions at once. Modern joysticks allow for analog input, but early joysticks were usually digital and the Atari 2600 joystick was no exception. Tilting the stick in a direction completes a circuit within the controller, sending an electronic signal to the console. Early joystick controllers are similar in capability to D-Pads, though much larger and not easily manipulated with a single finger or thumb. Especially among children, an entire fist might be needed to grip the stick.
LEGO Atari Asteroids, Asteroids diorama in the foreground.
Nikon D610 - Lomography Petzval 58mm Æ’/1:1.9 Bokeh Control Art Lens
Æ’/1:1.9 circle aperture plate
This is my boy Atari, he is a Pit Hound mix. He is the sweetest big mouth doggy in the world. He likes to people watch from the upstairs window. Kinda a creeper huh.. lol. Thought i would give you a glance into his people watching.