Oct 12, 2015
Dan Horn, Infocom
Dan Horn stated as a programmer at Scott Adams’ Adventure International, where he programmed the Atari version of Treasure Quest. Then he moved to Infocom where he was technical director, then became head of the microcomputing group.
This interview took place on May 21, 2015.
Teaser quotes:
“The...
Oct 9, 2015
Leslie Wolf, Product Manager for Atari Logo and AtariLab
Leslie Wolf was a product manager at Atari from 1981 through 1984. She managed the design and development of educational hardware and software products such as Atari Logo software and AtariLab. In this interview, we talk about Pricilla Laws, whom I previously...
Oct 7, 2015
Dr. Priscilla Laws, AtariLab
AtariLab was a hardware and software package for the Atari 400 and 800 computers. The AtariLab Starter Set with Temperature Module was released in 1983. The Light Module add-on was released in February 1984.
AtariLab was developed at Dickinson College under the direction of physics...
Oct 4, 2015
On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: we learn about new software and hardware for the Atari. We learn about marketing. We learn that we’re . . .
Recurring Links
Oct 2, 2015
Harold Lee, Home Pong Designer and the Man Who Hired Jay Miner
In 1974 an engineer by the name of Harold Lee
had become burnt out from his work designing arcade game boards and
he quit and left Atari. No sooner had he left then he would
receive a call from Allan Alcorn. Al asked Harold a
question - "Could Pong be put...