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Read the Book “Once Upon Atari” by Howard Scott Warshaw (6-8 hours)

July 31, 2021 moorejh Books

Task: Read the Book “Once Upon Atari” by Howard Scott Warshaw Needed: The Book Time: 6-8 hours Introduction I have previously posted about the video “Once Upon Atari” which documents some of the history and culture of Atari in the early days. The video is

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Purchase the Book “Art of Atari” (5-10 mins)

June 20, 2021 moorejh Books, History

Task: Purchase the Book “Art of Atari” Needed: Web Browser Time: 5-10 mins Introduction I loved looking at the box art of Atari 2600 games and imagining playing them. Atari did an amazing job with the artwork. As such, I was very excited when the

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Purchase or Download the Atari 8-Bit Programming Reference Book “Mapping the Atari” (5-10 mins)

June 20, 2021 moorejh Books, Programming

Task: Purchase or Download the Atari 8-Bit Programming Reference Book “Mapping the Atari” Needed: Web Browser Time: 5-10 mins Introduction Any serious programming on the Atari 8-bit computers requires interacting with various memory locations on the Atari. Some of these memory locations are free for

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Read the Book “The Creative Atari” (30-60 mins)

May 31, 2021 moorejh Books, Programming

Task: Read the Book “The Creative Atari” Needed: Web browser Time: 30-60 mins Introduction As I have previously posted, Creative Computing magazine was published from 1974 until 1985 and covered all of the major computing platforms including Atari. They had a number of great articles

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Purchase the “Atari Projects” Book (5-10 mins)

August 30, 2019 moorejh Books

Task: Purchase the Atari Projects Book Needed: Web browser Time: 5-10 mins Introduction I have really enjoyed completing and posting the projects on this web page. Earlier in the summer I decided to curate 50 of the approximately 80 posts and create a book focused

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Read the Book “Atari Inc.: Business if Fun” (10-15 hours)

July 26, 2019 moorejh Books, History

Task: Read the Book “Atari Inc.: Business if Fun” Needed: “Atari Inc.” book Time: 10-15 hours Introduction This book is a tour de force in Atari stories and history and is a must-have for any Atari enthusiast bookshelf. As Curt Vendel states in the Foreword,

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Read the Book “Atari BASIC” (1-2 hours)

July 21, 2019 moorejh Books, Programming

Task: Read the Book “Atari BASIC” Needed: Atari Basic by Albrecht et al. (1979) Time: 1-2 Hours Introduction My first two books were Your Atari Computer and Atari BASIC. They are still a great way to get familiar with the Atari 400 and 800 if

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Read the Book “De Re Atari” (3-6 hours)

November 17, 2018 moorejh Books, Programming

Task: Read the Book “De Re Atari”  Needed: De Re Atari  Time: 3-6 hours Introduction When the Atari 400 and 800 computers were released in 1979 they were a closed system. That is, only Atari personnel knew the details of the hardware that were necessary

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Read the Book “Racing the Beam” by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (3-6 Hours)

September 3, 2018 moorejh Books, Games, Programming

Task: Read the Book “Racing the Beam” by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (3-6 Hours) Needed: The book Time: 3-6 hours Introduction I had an Atari Video Computer System (VCS) or 2600 before I owned an Atari 400 and then 800 computer. The 2600 was

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Read the Book “Terrible Nerd” by Kevin Savetz (3-6 hours)

August 19, 2018 moorejh Books

Task: Read the Book ‘Terrible Nerd’ by Kevin Savetz Needed: The book Time: 3-6 hours Introduction Many of us grew up with Atari home computers in the 1980s. I certainly did with my Atari 400 and then 800. Those were great times and many of

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Read the Book “Breakout” by Jamie Lendino (3-6 hours)

August 11, 2018 moorejh Books

Task: Read the Book “Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation” by Jamie Lendino Needed: The book Time: 3-6 hours Introduction Learning about Atari history and trivia on the web can be difficult since the information is fragmented across multiple different web pages and

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