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MidEngineManiac
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AUG 15, 02:53 AM
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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AUG 15, 03:15 AM
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By "season", do ya mean we can be doin' the "huntin"? *pew pew pew*
SOOOOO sick of this sh*t - I don't hate 'em. but I don't want to put them up on pedestals and such...
Do whatever you want with yer "naughty bits"...
*shrugs*
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82-T/A [At Work]
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AUG 15, 07:11 AM
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82-T/A [At Work]
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AUG 15, 07:13 AM
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The Atari feels misrepresented...
Rinse... this is from your hometown... what say you about the old Sunnyvale powerhouse?
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rinselberg
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AUG 15, 12:10 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
The Atari feels misrepresented...
Rinse... this is from your hometown... what say you about the old Sunnyvale powerhouse? |
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I was never a "gamer" and I had no acquaintance with any of the people who made video games a "thing."
I'm sure there are resources that are freely available to review some of that history.
When I "did" software, I was coding in Fortran (for the most part), and it was never anything that would have run on anyone's personal computer or playstation or anything like that. I worked on a number of different projects and programs for exactly five different companies, including Lockheed. Some of the projects were classified.
I think of that time and what it was like for me as worlds apart in almost every way from Atari. But since Atari wasn't even a thing to me (except for the name), I don't even know what I don't know, about Atari.
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williegoat
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AUG 15, 12:21 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
When I "did" software, I was coding in Fortran (for the most part), and it was never anything that would have run on anyone's personal computer or playstation or anything like that. I worked on a number of different projects and programs for exactly five different companies, including Lockheed. Some of the projects were classified.
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I had a family member who did Fortran with Martin back in the '60s.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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AUG 15, 12:23 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
I was never a "gamer" and I had no acquaintance with any of the people who made video games a "thing."
I'm sure there are resources that are freely available to review some of that history.
When I "did" software, I was coding in Fortran (for the most part), and it was never anything that would have run on anyone's personal computer or playstation or anything like that. I worked on a number of different projects and programs for exactly five different companies, including Lockheed. Some of the projects were classified.
I think of that time and what it was like for me as worlds apart in almost every way from Atari. But since Atari wasn't even a thing to me (except for the name), I don't even know what I don't know, about Atari.
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Atari was revolutionary for the time... I recently purchased something called the Atari 50, which you can buy for Atari's latest video game system, the Atari VCS...
... and yes, this is a real thing!!! I have two of them!
Anyway, the Atari 50 "game" allows you to go through the entire history of Atari from beginning to current... and there's a whole bunch of videos, tours, and interviews of current members.
Damn Rinse... you live in Sunnyvale and never played an Atari 2600? There's got to be a museum somewhere around there... you should check it out.
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MidEngineManiac
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AUG 15, 12:26 PM
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If I lived in Sunnyvale I wouldnt bother with games either, I'd be too busy trying to get into Buffy's pants ! 
(Buffy the vampire slayer for the slow ones  )[This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 08-15-2023).]
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rinselberg
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AUG 15, 12:28 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
I had a family member who did Fortran with Martin back in the '60s. |
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Martin? Martin Marietta. Which became the "Martin" in Lockheed Martin.
I so seldom have reason to remember Martin Marietta that it was really odd when I read that. I was thinking Martin? Who's Martin? Then I thought of Rowan & Martin.
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williegoat
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AUG 15, 12:30 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Martin? Martin Marietta. Which became the "Martin" in Lockheed Martin.
I so seldom have reason to remember Martin Marietta that it was really odd when I read that. I was thinking Martin? Who's Martin? Then I thought of Rowan & Martin. |
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Yes. Orlando.
 [This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 08-15-2023).]
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