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Episode 110 - The Atari 2600
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I don't usually cover video games. When I do, you know it's for a weird reason. This episode we are looking at the Atari VCS 2600, it's strange hardware, and how it fits into the larger story of the rise of microprocessors. These new tiny chips were already changing the world, but they brought along their own problems.
Selected source:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/atari-2600 - Inventing the Atari 2600
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/09/102658257-05-01-acc.pdf - Al Alcorn Oral History
https://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_bob_whitehead.html - Bob Whitehead Interview
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Manage episode 366436142 series 2527547
I don't usually cover video games. When I do, you know it's for a weird reason. This episode we are looking at the Atari VCS 2600, it's strange hardware, and how it fits into the larger story of the rise of microprocessors. These new tiny chips were already changing the world, but they brought along their own problems.
Selected source:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/atari-2600 - Inventing the Atari 2600
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/09/102658257-05-01-acc.pdf - Al Alcorn Oral History
https://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_bob_whitehead.html - Bob Whitehead Interview
157 jaksoa
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