kentmurphy
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Hopefully this isn't a repost.
This series of videos is amazing. It shows Atari designers, engineers, and graphic artists at work in 1982.
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=1 of 4&Atari=Atari1
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=2 of 4&Atari=Atari2
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=3 of 4&Atari=Atari3
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=4 of 4&Atari=Atari4
There are a number of interesting clips in these videos.
In part 1 right around the 3:18 mark there is a closeup of a terminal. Pause the video and look closely at the screen. The user is using the finger and talk commands. You can even see the results of the finger command which lists user names and what they were doing. The date on the screen is June 23rd 1982. Did they use some flavor of Unix at Atari? There is another screen closeup where a developer appears to be debugging code. I see what appears to be registers at the top and assembly code in the lower right corner. Anybody know what tool he is using?
Part 2 focuses on designing the various ICs and the cabinet art. At about the 2:52 mark you can spot a cabinet mockup in the lower right corner that I have never seen before. The sideart and cabinet itself look really neat. Anybody know what it is?
Part 3 shows some marketing folks testing Centipede. What I found interesting is when the female marketing person states they expect Centipede to appeal to females. There are also some neat shots of the manufacturing facility. You can see cabinet sides being cut, artwork being applied, etc. Very cool.
Part 4 must have been shots for an Atari Club Med promotional video. I believe that's been talked about on here before, but I really have no idea what it was all about. There is a really nice shot at about the :30 mark.
If you haven't seen these videos take the time to watch them. Very interesting.
This series of videos is amazing. It shows Atari designers, engineers, and graphic artists at work in 1982.
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=1 of 4&Atari=Atari1
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=2 of 4&Atari=Atari2
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=3 of 4&Atari=Atari3
http://starcade.tv/starcade/showstream-atari.asp?no=4 of 4&Atari=Atari4
There are a number of interesting clips in these videos.
In part 1 right around the 3:18 mark there is a closeup of a terminal. Pause the video and look closely at the screen. The user is using the finger and talk commands. You can even see the results of the finger command which lists user names and what they were doing. The date on the screen is June 23rd 1982. Did they use some flavor of Unix at Atari? There is another screen closeup where a developer appears to be debugging code. I see what appears to be registers at the top and assembly code in the lower right corner. Anybody know what tool he is using?
Part 2 focuses on designing the various ICs and the cabinet art. At about the 2:52 mark you can spot a cabinet mockup in the lower right corner that I have never seen before. The sideart and cabinet itself look really neat. Anybody know what it is?
Part 3 shows some marketing folks testing Centipede. What I found interesting is when the female marketing person states they expect Centipede to appeal to females. There are also some neat shots of the manufacturing facility. You can see cabinet sides being cut, artwork being applied, etc. Very cool.
Part 4 must have been shots for an Atari Club Med promotional video. I believe that's been talked about on here before, but I really have no idea what it was all about. There is a really nice shot at about the :30 mark.
If you haven't seen these videos take the time to watch them. Very interesting.
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