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I was rather obsessed with the Atari Jaguar in 1999... with prototypes of the VR headset and many other items.... this was the grail of my game room back in te day.
I still have the cat on top of the shelf tho! :)
The Atari ST Book laptop! Only 2,000 of these were produced! This is an Ultra rare french version. Only 50 of were made.
OLD SCHOOL!
They hardly even referred to it as an Atari, it was marketed as a Sears-sponsored video arcade for the home. Still works too.
It's almost the size of an IBM Selectric. Featuring not one but TWO cartridge slots so you could have a game and BASIC in at the same time.
at the upper right you can see an Apple //e.
I wrote a lot of software with this computer, including 5 Scifi Video Games. See about this at www.angelfire.com/scifi/atari/ImageoriginsCOM.html It is currently working as a burglar alarm in my apartment.
They don't make computers like this anymore. Well, they wouldn't would they. They lasted too long.
I've described my first computer, from 1986, many times; 500k RAM, No Hard Drive, No CD/DVD Reader, No Internet etc.
The Atari 520ST was a snip at £970 (including an Epson dot matrix printer, a box of double sided double density floppy discs and a ream of paper). See www.flickr.com/photos/jakeyjb/5621576496/in/photolist-pyQ... Using it for accounts and word processing (as well as playing the awesome game 'Megaroids'), my whole life (for 11 years) was held on a dozen double-sided double density 375k floppy discs.
Finally managed to photograph it (or one absolutely identical) in it's final resting place - The Science Museum in South Ken (Oct 2014). Not sure about the coloured dots on the keys - that's defo a bit of customisation.
But the rest, as they say, is history.
LOL, as I believe young people would say.
I finished up the Atari painting but had forgotten to post the final. Of course if you are detail oriented you'll notice that the joystick isn't entirely accurate, but it was going to be difficult to add some of those little details. I think it works as it is though.
Bought this for a dollar at a convention. Showcasing the inside and all the classic games for historical preservation