Comments on: Atari! http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/ The shame of library collections! Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cathy http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-1282 Cathy Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:57:23 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-1282 Books like this make me feel so young. I've never even seen an Atari, nor known anyone who owned one. I'm 23 and 3 months pregnant with my first child. I am now wondering what my child will think of books like the ones on this website. He/she probably won't even know what any of these words and terms mean! Ah, well I will stop there before I start getting all philosophical. Leave it to me to ponder the meaning of life over a book about Atari. Books like this make me feel so young. I’ve never even seen an Atari, nor known anyone who owned one.

I’m 23 and 3 months pregnant with my first child. I am now wondering what my child will think of books like the ones on this website. He/she probably won’t even know what any of these words and terms mean!

Ah, well I will stop there before I start getting all philosophical. Leave it to me to ponder the meaning of life over a book about Atari.

]]> By: Syl http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-1269 Syl Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:59:08 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-1269 I remember my brother and I following that square dot around the black field on the TV screen like a ping pong ball. We thought this was a pretty hip game to have. Later Pacman and Mario. I remember my brother and I following that square dot around the black field on the TV screen like a ping pong ball. We thought this was a pretty hip game to have. Later Pacman and Mario.

]]> By: Giuseppe Cavaleri http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-1192 Giuseppe Cavaleri Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:15:01 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-1192 I have an Atari 400 with a Basic cartridge to write the code for Atari games... that book would be so wonderful to have. I've always wanted to do something with that little box of Atari goodness. I have an Atari 400 with a Basic cartridge to write the code for Atari games… that book would be so wonderful to have. I’ve always wanted to do something with that little box of Atari goodness.

]]> By: Seth http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-984 Seth Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:47:54 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-984 This book should be relocated to a special collection since it has relevance to the DIY and Maker communities. There are tons of retro hackers who would love to get ahold of the information contained within. As a reference here is what you can do with another retro system: http://hackaday.com/2009/06/15/c64-twitter-client/ This book should be relocated to a special collection since it has relevance to the DIY and Maker communities. There are tons of retro hackers who would love to get ahold of the information contained within. As a reference here is what you can do with another retro system: http://hackaday.com/2009/06/15/c64-twitter-client/

]]> By: terryann http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-645 terryann Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:57:30 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-645 i so totally want this book. i recently saw an atari in a pawn shop. i'm going back to get it now;) i so totally want this book. i recently saw an atari in a pawn shop. i’m going back to get it now;)

]]> By: lou http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-563 lou Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:17:58 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-563 Surely this could still be of use to someone, possibly an historian or retro-obsessed hipster? Perhaps it should be relocated to a special collection or history section, rather than removed from the collection altogether. Surely this could still be of use to someone, possibly an historian or retro-obsessed hipster? Perhaps it should be relocated to a special collection or history section, rather than removed from the collection altogether.

]]> By: NT http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-562 NT Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:54:28 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-562 I had an Atari Computer in the 80's! I could have used this thing I had an Atari Computer in the 80’s! I could have used this thing

]]> By: Barney http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-432 Barney Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:15:31 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-432 That is too cool. I had an Atari 400. There used to be a magazine for them too with basic code you could type in every month. I remember one month it was a pac man type game with a dragon replacing the the pac man. That is too cool. I had an Atari 400. There used to be a magazine for them too with basic code you could type in every month. I remember one month it was a pac man type game with a dragon replacing the the pac man.

]]> By: William http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-406 William Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:52:45 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-406 Me wantie! Me wantie!

]]> By: Claire http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/atari/#comment-369 Claire Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:23:43 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-369 Really nice cover design. Really nice cover design.

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