Atari

Atari 2600 TV Ads

I stumbled across a Digital Press CD-ROM and on CD 2, I found a fun collection of old-school TV ads.

Jul 22 • Paul Lefebvre

Atari ST Advertising

The Atari 520ST was introduced in 1985 just one short year after Jack Tramiel acquired Atari from Warner Communications.

Jul 9 • Paul Lefebvre

An Atari Origin Story

I recently wrote My First Atari ST and reader Mark Miller chimed in with his own Atari story in a comment to that article, which was both long and…

Jul 3 • Mark Miller

My First Atari ST

I got my first Atari ST shortly after I started college.

Jun 25 • Paul Lefebvre

Connecting Peripherals to Atari 8-bit Computers

Computers today generally have just one primary type of input/output port: USB-C or Thunderbolt, both of which use the USB-C connector.

Jun 18 • Paul Lefebvre

Compute!'s Atari ST Reference Books

Perhaps the best Atari ST reference guides.

Jun 11 • Paul Lefebvre

Summer of '85: DOSBOS is rejected by ANALOG Computing

Although my first Atari computer was the Atari 400, we were able to upgrade it to an Atari 800XL by 1985.

Jun 3 • Paul Lefebvre

Released in 1983, Miner 2049er was an incredibly popular game for the Atari 8-bit.

May 28 • Paul Lefebvre

My 1993 Atari Mega STE Retro Battlestation

I recently came across a photo of my original Atari Mega STE setup from 1993.

May 20 • Paul Lefebvre

My Retro Computer Collection

As you start down the retro computing path, you’re going to end up with more than a few computers.

May 13 • Paul Lefebvre

Inside the Atari 800

Let take it apart and look at the guts of the Atari computer that started it all.

May 6 • Paul Lefebvre

More Atari 8-bit Cartridges

Cartridges were somewhat common on 8-bit computers.

Apr 29 • Paul Lefebvre

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