1984 articles on Xante, Romox & Micro-Mate

[orangest]

While doing some cleaning out, I found an issue of Video Review magazine from 1984. Flipping through, I came across this page with articles about the retail downloading of game data. I'd never heard of the Atari-Activision joint venture to crack down on downloading, or the Coleco-AT&T joint venture; the picture of the Romox unit was what caught my eye. Also thought it was funny that they had an article about the Micro-Mate and Prom Blaster on the same page. Also, anyone have a Cumma unit?

 

 

[pinball22]

Interesting stuff... thanks for posting it. "Cumma" seems like a really bad name choice.

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

Indeed, very interseting article. Thanks for sharing!

[macdlsa]

Found and arcticle on PC Mag, March 1984.
I "edited" and restored it... hope it would be fine

Edited April 24, 2015 by macdlsa

[school_girl_in_a_short_dress]

Found and arcticle on PC Mag, March 1984.

I "edited" and restored it... hope it would be fine

PcMag_Xante.jpg

awesome stuff

[CRV]

This 1983 newsletter talks about various proposed electronic distribution systems.

[Lynxpro]

Wireless downloads in 1984. Yet another thing snuffed out by the aftermath of the industry crash. When Nolan Bushnell said that we lost out on a good 10-15 years of innovation due to the industry crash, he wasn't kidding. Add to that another good 10-15 years of promising start ups that were snuffed out by venture capitalists scared of Microsoft ruining their investments, it's no wonder we don't have personal jetpacks or flying cars today.

 

I wonder if there was any discussion of merging Activision with Atari Consumer during this time...