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From: collin861@snake.cs.uidaho.edu (Dean Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Old Atari Trivia
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Date: 30 May 91 19:55:11 GMT
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In article <2970002@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com>, nicki@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com (Nick Ingegneri) writes:
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|> [stuff deleted]
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|> Another product that never made it was the Atari lightpen that was announced
|> with the inital release of the Atari 400/800.  Atari's legal department 
|> stopped them from ever shipping due to fear of lawsuits.  They weren't to
|> keen on the idea of kids poking at the picture tube with a pointy wand.

Thats funny, I own an Atari light-pen...  It works great, too!  It never
fails to impress people about the capabilities of an Atari.  It comes with a
really neat drawing program (AtariGraphics, I believe), complete with
pop-up windows and special "star-trek" sound effects...  I believe it
came out shortly after the 600XL and 800XL were introduced, although
my memory is fading...

|> [stuff deleted]
|> 
|> I remember the excitement I felt way back in late '79, (or was it early '80)
|> when I bought my Atari 800 with 8k of ram, a 410 tape drive, and a Star
|> Raiders cartridge.  As I recall it cost about $1100 back then.
                                                 ^^^^^
Ouch!  I could barely afford my $180 600XL when it came out! :-)


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