Looking at the Atari 400 Part 2
A technological revelation
In Part 1, I wrote about my experience with the Atari 400 as my first computer. In Part 2, I’ll be writing about other details of the Atari 400.
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It’s amazing how well-loved the Atari 400 is! I’ve gotten so many great responsive to the original post, including this note from Joe Decuir, one of the original designers, on LinkedIn:
I also wrote about Mr. Decuir’s work with USB in my post Primordial USB on Atari 8-bits.
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