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From: fseipel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Frank E Seipel)
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Subject: Re: Old Atari Trivia
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 Some interesting trivia, but I have one correction: Atari finally DID
release a lightpen (I used to have one). I think they did so in '84. It
came with its own special cartridge drawing program, which was really
quite nice (IMHO). I was impressed at the time that they hadn't merely
repackaged Koala Paint, as they had done for the Atari Touch Tablet.
Speaking of light pens, you can make your own: There was an article on
the subject in a very early issue of Creative Computing (now defunct).
It may have been 1981. Then there was the Atari Paint program, which used
a joystick for input.

 The code names for the original Atari 4oo and 8oo were Colleen and Candy.