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skunkadelic t1_j6n7fqa wrote

My big sister had one of these and I would spend hours on it when I went to her house. I'm a senior sys architect now and I attribute my love for computers to this.

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wunderbraten t1_j6n7fxc wrote

Things I have learned by reading the article:

  • the Atari 800 does have an Atari key on the keyboard (bottom right)

  • Stock Market is a game. I knew it!

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Impossible_Pop620 t1_j6nc5p0 wrote

It's hard to explain to kiddos that the concept was new. Not updated hardware/OS, better speeds, bigger screen. New types of machine.

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THB_TX t1_j6nfrgp wrote

Bought mine around 1982. Don't remember the price, but the BX in Germany sold me the cassette drive also and I paid $400 USD for it.

Had a subscription to magazine that included some programing. Each following month they would send out bug fix code. Those were the days!

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jdmackes t1_j6ngj95 wrote

I have like 5 of these that I bought from a guy a few years ago for 50 bucks. Came with a floppy drive, dot matrix printer, tape drive, all sorts of stuff

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varment72 t1_j6ngu5p wrote

My first computer. Loved that thing

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harveyroux t1_j6o6a1i wrote

$550.00 brand new, thats some cheddar back then (1979). Lol, I still have an original Atari 2600 with the case and all the games, still works too and I still play it from time to time. Damn things are bullet proof.

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snarkuzoid t1_j6p6kek wrote

That was a helluva machine in its day. Blew the doors off the competition. Sigh.

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