New Atari 8-bit scans and video

[tschak909]

I find it hilarious that Rob Zdybel ISN'T the last name in the directory.

 

-Thom

[Savetz]

Dan Kramer (primarily known as the trak-ball guy) sent me his engineering notebook from his time at Atari. it's amazing.

 

https://archive.org/details/dan-kramer-atari-engineering-notebook

[Savetz]

Dan Kramer sent me a bunch more great material, which I have scanned and uploaded to Internet Archive:

• Atari 2700 Schematics and parts lists: https://archive.org/details/atari-2700-rc-stella 

• Atari Cosmos partial schematic and parts list: https://archive.org/details/atari-cosmos

• Atari 810 side board schematic: https://archive.org/details/atari-810-side-board-schematic

• Atari 800XL SECAM schematics and parts list (Rose): https://archive.org/details/atari-800xl-secam

• Atari 600XL/800XL PAL to SECAM Converter (Yvette): https://archive.org/details/Atari-600XL-800XL-PAL-to-SECAM-converter 

• Atari 5200 and 7800 cartridge library list: https://archive.org/details/atari-5200-7800-cartridge-library-1984-08-28

 

[ClausB]

On 10/30/2017 at 1:47 PM, Savetz said:

LNBUG 2 Manual: https://archive.org/details/LNBUG2

Wow, I missed this when you posted. Interesting Colleen prototype memory maps on pages 16 and 20.

[andyhants]

On 9/15/2021 at 2:49 PM, Savetz said:

Dan Kramer (primarily known as the trak-ball guy) sent me his engineering notebook from his time at Atari. it's amazing.

 

https://archive.org/details/dan-kramer-atari-engineering-notebook

Wow that's amazing - looks like it's a prop from an Indiana Jones movie 😮

[Savetz]

I have recently recovered a couple of items!

 

One: Atari Demo Compilation, a videotape of Atari Research’s work in computer animation and character design made by Valerie Atkinson and Ann Marion. Dated March 1984, four months before Tramiel fired everyone. This videotape was submitted (and I believe, shown) at the SIGGraph Computer Aided Design show in 1984. It has video of the Fish Tank demo and Artificially Motivated Objects demo — both of which I’d heard about in interviews but the code has never been found AFAIK. 
https://archive.org/details/Atari_Demos_1984-03-07_November_Demo_September_Paper_Poly_Demo_Atari_800_Fishtan

 

Two: the Atari Corporation Prospectus and Form S-1 from when Tramiel took the company public in 1986. It took me three years (almost exactly, to the day) to get these documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission. 400+ pages of interesting material. For instance, check out the list of Atari’s subsidiary companies on the last page of the S-1 form. I'm sure there are plenty of interesting tidbits and little-known facts hidden in these pages. Let us know what you find! https://archive.org/details/atari-corp

 

-Kay