Task: Read the Book “Compute’s Second Book of Atari” Needed: Web browser or book Time: 2-3 hours Introduction I previously posted about “Compute’s First Book of Atari” that was a must have in the early Atari library. Compute! magazine published several of these books including
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Task: Read the Book “Compute’s First Book of Atari” Needed: Web browser or book Time: 2-3 hours Introduction The first three books I owned were “Your Atari Computer“, “Atari BASIC“, and “Compute’s First Book of Atari”. The third book is a compilation of Atari articles
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Task: Play Gold Rush from Compute! Magazine on an Atari 8-Bit Computer Needed: Web Browser, Emulator, and/or Floppy Disk Time: 10-15 mins Introduction It was common in the early 1980s to get software by typing in program listings from magazines like Antic or Compute!. This
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