A weekly circular advertisement for a Toys R Us store located in the United States. The date is from December 1987, showing Christmas toys. Toys included in the ad: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Sega Master System Barbie Transformers Fisher Price toys Action Max Casio & Yamaha keyboards Radios, Walkmen and stereos Tiger handhelds Intellivision Atari 2600 Jr Boardgames Teddy Ruxpin & Grubby The Heart Family My Little Pony Talking Jill doll Mattel Spectra doll Bicyles Lego Cozy...
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Topics: Toys R Us, advertisement, circular ad, Christmas, 1987, Barbie, Transformers, Video Games, ad
Various lessons and handouts from Atari Computer Camps used in 1983. These were provided to me by Paul Somerfeldt, who was a teaching assistant at Camp Atari and whom I interviewed in the special ANTIC podcast episode about Atari summer camps. I believe that all of these files are duplicative of the more complete camp curriculum uploads here and here — but am uploading them separately just in case.
Topics: Atari Computer Camps, Camp Atari, Atari Computer Camp, BASIC Programming, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400,...
These pictures of Atari 8-Bit hardware were included on the Atari POOLDISK 1.0 CD-ROM and are in the public domain. They were on the CD-ROM in .PCX format, dated 1995, and converted to .PNG by Kevin Savetz in 2015. The resolution is pretty low, I suppose due to the nature of digital cameras in 1995. I am also uploading the original .PCX files in a .ZIP, though I'm not sure why you'd need them. The description in the pictures directory says: "In this directory, you see our collection of...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari hardware photos, Atari 130XE, Atari 800XL
Various Atari Computer Camp Brochures, Flyers, Staff Manual, and Ephemera from 1982 and 1983
Topics: Atari Computer Camps, Camp Atari, Atari, Computer Camp
The attached .atr file is the unreleased, unfinished Star Raiders II game for the Atari 8-bit computers, created by Aric Wilmunder in 1983 when he worked for Atari coin-op. Use with an Atari emulator or on real hardware. Also attached: guide to controls in the game and " The Authoritative Star Raiders II", Aric's description of why the game was created. An audio interview with Aric is published in Antic - the Atari 8-Bit Podcast . Jan 16 2016: The source code and original design...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 800, Star Raiders, Star Raiders II, unreleased software, Atari 400, Doug Neubauer
Photo of the Atari CX-2000 (VAL) video game, designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates.
Topics: Atari, VAL, CX2000, Atari 2600, Atari VCS, Henry Dreyfuss Associates
It's the source code for the seminal Atari 8-bit computer game, Star Raiders, complete with comments. If this is something you appreciate, please make a donation to the Internet Archive . The Atari community has converted this listing to text for easy search and compilation, visit here for info .
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From The Ahl Collection A November 1989 Atari Computer News Release stating that Atari Computer Introduces The Portfolio Palmtop Computer: Compact, Cost-Effective and Adapted MS-DOS Commands
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Portfolio
Atari Corporation Annual Report 1993
Topics: Atari Jaguar, Annual Report, Sam Tramiel, Jack Tramiel
This version of the Atari 400/800 Operating System Users Manual is dated November 1980. This appears to be an early edition of the document meant for in-house use at Atari, with formatting and content differences from the publicly released 1982 version .
Topics: Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, Operating System. User Manual
Presenting The Atari 1200. Circa 1982. (This is obviously before the computer was named the 1200XL.) Harry Stewart told me: "Here is the outline for an internal presentation of the Atari 1200 to ??? The first two pages are the outline of the entire presentation, and the following pages contain the material that I presented. From the looks of the material the audience must have been technical, rather than management. The presenters were Paul Laughton, Scott Scheiman, and myself."
Topics: Atari 1200, Atari 1200XL, Atari 8-bit, Atari internal documents, Paul Laughton, Scott Scheiman
Atari 1982 Dealer Advertising Planner
Topics: Atari, Atari 800, Pac Man, Star Raiders, Atari 8-bit, newspaper advertising, Atari trademark, Atari...
This module teaches about the internal workings of the Atari 8-bit computers and how programs are executed in the machine. Covers: - assembly language and machine code - number systems and conversion - machine memory - central processing unit (6502 CPU) - additional chips (ANTIC POKEY GTIA etc) This packet was available at Atari Club Med.
Topics: Atari 8-bit architecture, Atari 400, Atari 800, 6502 chip, assembly language programming, Atari...
2600 (Stella) Programmer's Guide, by Steve Wright (December 3, 1979) Updated by Darryl May (July 1, 1988). Manual for programming the Atari 2600 Video Computer System by Atari. Includes overview of television protocol, TIA chip programming (including sound, graphics, interrupts, player-missile graphics), PIA chip programming, timers, port access), summary of access. Additional note on SECAM compatibility.
Topics: color, registers, scan, microprocessor, port, tia, horizontal, objects, graphics, electron beam,...
An introduction to assembly language programming on the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari Assembler Editor. This packet was available at Atari Club Med. The required Advanced Topics Diskette is also attached.
Topics: Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, 6502 programming, 6502 chip, Atari Assembler Editor, assembly...
Atari Educational Software Directory — Fall 1983
Topics: Atari software, Atari 8-bit Atari 800, educational software, computer history
This is the very first version of the Atari 800 operators manual, written in 1979 by Liza Loop. Only 200 of this version were printed. There are many differences between what's shown in this manual and the actual production hardware and software. An interview with Liza Loop is here: https://archive.org/details/LizaLoopInterview
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Topics: Atari 800, manual, Atari 8-bit, Atari BASIC, prototype
An internal memo from Atari dated October 14, 1980, found inside an Atari Assembler/Editor cartridge manual. Written by Scott Scheiman of Atari
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari Assembler Editor cartridge, 6502 programming, 6502 bug,...
Dan Kramer’s Atari Engineering Notebook 1980-1982 This is a scan of Dan Kramer’s Atari engineering notebook. It contains his notes from October 2 1980 through February 11 1982. Lovingly scanned by Kay Savetz on September 13, 2021. The original was returned to Dan. Dan Kramer worked at Atari from 1980 to 1984 in the consumer engineering group where he created products for Atari home computers and home video games. He championed the creation of the Trak-Ball accessories for the Atari game...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 810 disk drive, Atari RC Stella, Atari Remote Control VCS, Atari 2700, Mattel...
Pamphlets for Atari 600XL, 800XL, 1400XL, and 1450XLD computers.
Topics: Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL, Atari 1400XL, Atari 1450XLD
Colleen Calculator Atari calculator cartridge, 1979 by Carol Shaw source code printout, for Atari 400/800 computers. This is a later (final?) version of the source code for Colleen Calculator by Carol Shaw. (An earlier version is here ) Lent to me by Carol Shaw with permission to share. At Carol's request, the original printouts are in the collection of The Strong Museum of Play. Here's an earlier version. A community member has digitized this code in these images. It is available at...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400. Atari 800, 6502 assembly language source code
Atari Program Exchange Software Catalog Spring 1983 Edition
Topics: Atari, Program, Exchange, APX, Software, Catalogue, 1983, 8-bit, 800, XE, XL, International, UK
Cartridge dump and pictures of rare K-Byte K-DOS on cartridge. For Atari 400/800 computers
Topics: K-Byte Software K-DOS, KDOS, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, Atari DOS
Curriculum for Atri Club Med — a BASIC programming resource book for self-teaching programming. Disk of related problems is also uploaded.
Topics: Atari BASIC, Atari Club Med, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, Atari Special Projects Group
Atari Corporation Annual Report 1992
Topics: Atari Corporation, Annual Report, 1992, Atari Jaguar
Atari Corporation Annual Report 1994
Topics: Atari Corporation, Annual Report, 1994, Atari Jaguar
Atari Dealer Reproducible Advertising Art and Data Sheets
Topic: Atari Advertising Art
Guide for training and assistance in use of VisiCalc, an electronic spreadsheet for the Atari 800 and 1200XL. DRAFT 2 June 1983 by Karl L. Zinn, Ann Arbor, MI. This packet was created for, and available at, Atari Club Med.
Topics: Visicalc, Atari 800, Atari 1200XL, spreadsheet, Visicalc guide, Atari, Atari Club Med, Club Med,...
The Atari Computer Camps logo, scanned from a binder that was given out to campers. Update June 1 2015: I found a version of the logo with a 1200XL on it (vs. an Atari 800 on the first version I had found) so added it here.
Topics: Atari computer camp, Atari 800, Atari 1200XL, Atari 800, Atari logo
Atari Interactive Debugger — an M.Sc Dissertation by T.P. Love at the University of Liverpool.
Topics: Timothy Love, Atari ST, debugger, Motorola 68000, C programming language, Motorola MC68000, Atari...
Atari Dealer Service Alert Issue #1, Technical Advice Notices
Topics: Atari Dealer, Technical Advice Notice
Letter to Users' Groups About Atari's Trademarks
From The Ahl Collection March 23rd, 1981 Atari Product Release announcement New Features, Tougher Play In New Asteroids Deluxe Game From Atari
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Asteriods Deluxe
A price list for the Atari Company Store for employee purchases, dated August 24, 1981.
Topics: Atari, employee purchases, company store, Atari 400, Atari 800
From The Ahl Collection Atari Computer Dealer News July-August 1988
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Atari Computer Dealer News
A tutorial on mixing graphics modes on the Atari 8-bit computers using custom display lists. Focuses on Atari BASIC. This packet was available at Atari Club Med. Vertical blank interrupts (VBI) Atari screen RAM
Topics: Display Lists Interrupts, Vertical Blank Interrupts, Custom Display Lists, Atari 800, Atari 400,...
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WE CAN — Wholesome Effective Computer Applications Network and Atari present PREFIXES, version 1, Disk #1409 Manual by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) May 31, 1982
Topics: Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, MECC, Atari, WE CAN, Prefixes, reading comprehension,...
This is the English version of the development manual for Atari's Jaguar video game console. The manual has been digitized and made available by Lars Hannig (Starcat). The system SDK is also included.
Topics: atari, jaguar, program, dev, development, manual, sdk, source
Atari Corporation Annual Report 1990
Topics: Atari Corporation, Atari ST
From The Ahl Collection March 10. 1992 Tramiel testimony Atari Corporation vs. Nintendo of America, Inc.
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Nintendo, Tramiel
Colleen Floating Point Routines by Carol Shaw Circa 1979 More accurate versions of the following Shepardson routines: EXP, EXP10, LOG, LOG10, SIN, COS, ATAN, SGR, and POWER.
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 800, Shepardson Microsystems, floating point, Atari BASIC, 6502 assembly language
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Original brochure for Atari Institute For Educational Action Research. Copyright on the back says 1982. Ted Kahn, who scanned this from his files, says it's from 1981. I tend to believe him.
Topics: Atari, Atari Institute For Educational Action Research, Ted Kahn, Sherman Rosenfeld, Alan Kay,...
Atari XL/XE Diagnostic Error Codes Rev 3.4
Topic: Atari Diagnostics SALT
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WE CAN — Wholesome Effective Computer Applications Network and Atari present METRIC AND PROBLEM SOLVING, version 1, Disk #1404 Manual by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) February 15, 1982
Topics: Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, MECC, Atari, WE CAN, Metric system, Metric and Problem...
From The Ahl Collection Atari Computer Midi Notes from January 1989
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Atari Computer Midi Notes, Midi
From The Ahl Collection Atari Computer News Release from November, 1989. Atari Computer Leads MIDI Market With Innovation, Superior System Performance
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, MIDI
notes on the FORTH Assembler For 6502 Microprocessor for Atari 8-bit computers
Topics: FORTH Programming Language, 6502 chip, 6502 assembly language, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800
Correspondense from Atari Program Exchange to programmer Richard Wiitala from 1981 through 1984. Provided courtesy of Mr. Wiitala. He was the author of the educational game Number Blast, published by APX.
Topics: Atari Program Exchange, APX, Atari, Richard Wiitala, Number Blast
Atari PILOT Internal Specification Initial release 11 November 1980 Prepared by: Harry B. Stewart NEOTERIC This manual describes the implementation details of the Atari PILOT language interpreter for the Atari Personal Computer System. September 1, 2016: added another scan of the same document, but this copy has hand-written edits by Harry Stewart.
Topics: Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, Atari PILOT, PILOT Programming language
In an email to me on 13 Feb 2019, Gregg Squires (Manager of Hardware Engineering at Atari from February 1982 – December 1984) wrote: Attached is a handout prepared for a high-level meeting with C Level Execs and Managers of various departments. Atari at that time saw itself as a computer company, not just a game company, and we were all very proud of the development of the XL Series Home Computers. I was very proud of this product because of all the work I did. I relished the design of the...
Topics: Atari 600XL, Atari 8-bit, Critical Path Management
From The Ahl Collection August 5th, 1989 memo from David Ahl to Jack and Sam Tramiel outlining a plan to Save Atari.
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Ahl, Tramiel
"Eastern Front (1941) Scenarios For 1942, 1943, 1944". By William Ted Farmer. Published in 1983 by Atari Program Exchange. This set includes the manual, .ATR disk image, and a picture of the disk. An add-on to the game Eastern Front (1941) by Chris Crawford. For Atari 8-bit computers.
Topics: Eastern Front 1941, Chris Crawford, APX, Atari Program Exchange, Atari 8-bit, Atari 800, Atari 400,...
Atari PASCAL Execution Monitor Source Code version 1.0, March 1 1982, by W. Saville and M. Lehman
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari PASCAL, PASCAL programming language, APX, Atari Program Exchange, source code
A collection of Atari news releases (press releases) provided by Victor Cross, who was a freelance copyrighter for Atari from 1982-1984. An interview with Victor will run in ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit podcast (AtariPodcast.com). Atari 2600 Alpha Beam Atari 2600 Big Bird's Egg Catch (Sesame Street) Atari 2600 Cookie Monster Munch (Sesame Street) Atari 2600 Donald Duck's Speedboat (Disney) Atari 2600 Dumbo's Flying Circus (Disney) Atari 2600 Galaxian Atari 2600 Kangaroo Atari 2600 Krull Atari 2600...
Topics: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari press releases, Atari news releases, Disney, Sesame Street, The...
From The Ahl Collection November 28, 1978. Warner Communications Inc. Press Release: Atari Enters Personal Home Computer Industry
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, 400/800, Warner Communications, Press Release
A silly video produced internally at Atari around Christmas 1981. Shows the Atari workplace and many employees.
Topics: Atari Corporation, 1981, Christmas video
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Atari in Action — Atari Institute for Educational Action Research newsletter v1n1, Fall 1982.
Topics: Atari Institute for Educational Action Research, Atari, Ted Kahn
Proposed Colleen/Candy Game Standards Rev. A Discusses behavior when a game cartridge is used with the Atari 400/800 computers Atari internal memo from George Simcock dated March 26, 1979
Topics: Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, Atari memo, George Simcock
Atari internal memo about problems with a beta version of Atari BASIC programming language
Topics: Atari BASIC, Atari 800, Atari 400, Atari 8-bit, memo
This packet, available at Atari Club Med and/or Atari Computer Camp, is all about band weaving, including rigid heddle weaving and card weaving. It covers weaving techniques and a computer program for designing weaving patterns. The Atari software disk image is also included in this upload.
Topics: Atari, Atari Club Med, Band Weaving, Rigid Heddle Weaving, Card Weaving, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400,...
A catalog of Atari Demopacs for the Atari 400/800 computers
Topics: Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, demopac, Atari programming
Scans of Gray Chang's handwritten notebook detailing the development process of the Atari 400/800 game Claim Jumper, published by Synapse Software. Kevin Savetz scanned this notebook, with permission from Gray, in December 2014.
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Topics: Atari 800, Synapse Software, Claim Jumper, Gray Chang, Dog Daze, assembly language, software...
Unofficial Atari Computer Users Groups 1982-12-01
Atari Dealer Service Alert Issue #2, Technical Advice Notices
Topics: Atari Dealer, Technical Advice Notes
From The Ahl Collection Atari Cosmos 3-D Programmable Game System info
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Cosmos
From The Ahl Collection A November 1989 Atari Computer News Release Atari Computer's STACY - A Full-function Laptop For Complete Processing Capabilities In Today's Key Operating Environments Eight typed pages
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Stacy
1050 Duplicator Misc information
Topic: Atari 1050 Duplicator Misc Documents
Joe Decuir's 1978 engineering notebook from when he worked at Atari, including design concepts (lots on the Atari 400/800, especially the ANTIC chip) feasibility studies, meeting notes, teardown of competing products (such as Magnavox Odyssey 2) Scanned from Joe's notebook with his permission. Pages 102 through 199 are not written on, and therefore not scanned. There is also another notebook, from 1977 . Scanned July 14 2016 by Kevin Savetz, savetz.com
Topics: Joe Decuir, Atari, Atari 800, Atari 400, Atari 8-bit, computer history, engineering notebook,...
June 5th, 1983 Sunnyvale, CA Atari Product Release Atari Introduces 28 New Games Including Arcade Hits; Deliveries To Begin On First Educational Products From the David H. Ahl Collection
Topics: Atari, Atari 800, Atari 8-bit, Product Release, Ahl Collection
From The Ahl Collection Thirty-seven pages of Atari Dealer News From September 1988
Topics: The Ahl Collection, Atari, Atari Dealer News
How To Start an Atari Computer Users Group draft 1
The Magic Room, a film about Atari Computer Camps, shot in 1982, released in 1983. Watch The Magic Room Trailer My interview with Bob Elfstrom , one of the filmmakers Podcast episode about Atari computer camp The Magic Room Production Documents Robert Elfstrom Productions Executive Producer Linda S. Gordon Executive Consultant Lauren Dunbar Produced/Directed by Robert Elfstrom and Lucy Hilmer Edited by Michael Chandler Associate Producer Gloria S. Borders Music by Sasha Matson Photographed by...
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Topics: Atari, Atari Computer Camps, Computer Camp
Atari Diagnostic Cartridge Evaluation Memo, Atari internal memo by Keith Ball and Brian Johnston dated April 23 1980. Re Atari 400/800 computers.
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari Diagnostic Cartridge
Manual for the unreleased Atari PILOT II programming language for the Atari 400/800 computers Circa 1982 This product was announced in Atari catalogs as Atari SuperPILOT, but never released.
Topics: Atari PILOT, SuperPILOT, PILOT programming language, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800
Atari Corporation Special Meeting Of Stockholders 1996-07-15
Topics: Atari Corporation, JTS
