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Pong, in many ways, represents the beginning of civilization as we know it today. Highlights of my tour of the Henry Ford Museum.
1196 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale, California
Former Atari Corporate Headquarters 1984-1996
Now partially empty, photo taken in 2009
Tari, was a short lived company during the "2600" day's of computing, they were later sued for copyright reasons.
The fan is directed to pull air through the hollowed out cartridge, from the vents on the bottom and front
After 3 years of research I finally was able to get my Atari STe hooked up to my LCD monitor. The key is the GBS-8200 HD Converter and some simple sync conversion from the STe monitor ouput. Still needs some tweaks (and a real cable made) but it's already amazingly useful.
Amusement Machine from Atari, 1265 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA
This model: 38100 (SN: UR00629) can be seen and played in San Francisco, CA (kind of amusement machine museum at pier)
More about this game:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_Position
Pole Position Commercial:
Nothing wrong with this stick, I just felt like opening one up for a photo. :)
Atari Age magazine circa 1982 had an article telling how to reverse the direction on joysticks, if you were one who wanted to play a flight game the same way as one actually flies a plane (pull down to raise the nose) or otherwise mess with other people. You can see in the lower right on the 2600’s base that the wires from the cord just slip onto the contacts on the board… yeah, just move a couple around, that’s easy.