Original upload date: Mon, 06 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 04:56:58 GMT
On the 40th anniversary of the release of the Atari 400 and 800 computers, Joe Decuir, co-designer of those computers, keynoted Vintage Computer Festival East to discuss the creation of those machines
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and what was learned.
Joe Decuir worked as an engineer at Atari from 1975-1979, where he helped develop the Atari VCS and Atari 800. He then worked at Amiga from 1982-1984 on the Commodore Amiga 1000 computer.
This talk took place May 5, 2019. Videography courtesy of @thegurumeditation (Facebook), @thegurumeditate (Twitter)
Vintage Computer Federation: https://vcfed.org
VCF Discord: https://discord.gg/u4ybsBK
0:00 Start of Video
0:36 Bill Lange - Introduction
2:14 Joe Decuir
4:48 Agenda
13:55 Racing the Beam
17:04 Saving $.50
30:28 Antic & Graphics
32:50 Games - "using this stuff"
36:00 Productivity
38:16 SIO and later USB
44:37 400 and 800 Computers
50:02 RF and the Atari
51:39 BIOS
56:51 Lessons Learned
1:02:11 Next Generation Machine
1:08:38 Modern Atari Hardware
1:12:58 Design Credits
1:18:10 Wrap up
