Atari Rescue Group Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 (edited) I found a Mitsubishi Luma video phone today. Looks pretty cool but I have no idea how it works. Does anyone have the instructions for it they can make a copy of for me? It looks like the one on this page but it doesn't have the Atari name on it of course: Atari Museum Page Edited April 20, 2005 by Atari Rescue Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Rescue Group Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 Question #2 -- Does anyone have a Luma Phome like this who I can try to test it with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 I have like six of them. PM me and we can talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Disn't they feature the 'Luma phone' in one of Kubrik's 'space' films , can't remember which one it was but, Leonard Rossiter (of rising damp fame) was seen using it in the film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Question #2 -- Does anyone have a Luma Phome like this who I can try to test it with? 841551[/snapback] Yes, I have one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Disn't they feature the 'Luma phone' in one of Kubrik's 'space' films , can't remember which one it was but, Leonard Rossiter (of rising damp fame) was seen using it in the film You're thinking of 2001. That was a bit before Atari would have made these. And I prefer to think of him as Leonard Rossiter of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin fame... the show where his character tried to come up with an idea which would utterly fail... a "grot shop", which was esentially a thrift store, so of course it was a smashing success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Apparently some people in Japan are still using them - http://www.jearn.jp/Teleclass/luma/LumaTalks.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hmm.. I thought these were strictly prototype units and were never released? That's interesting to see they are still being used in Japan... and Ferris, you have 6 of them? Wow... Your selling me a pair when? heh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 (edited) Hmm.. I thought these were strictly prototype units and were never released? That's interesting to see they are still being used in Japan... and Ferris, you have 6 of them? Wow... Your selling me a pair when? heh... 943096[/snapback] Clint, no - Atari's video phone was actually released as the Mitsubishi Luma Phone (hence the name in the discission). Curt's model is a Luma Phone as well. As far as I know, it was the only product of Ataritel that eventually made it to market. Edited October 6, 2005 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Just thought I'd add a picture of this, does anyone else have one of these as well for their Luma Phone? Its a multiline/pbx type switch that connects through a large cable in to the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdsl Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 This topic has been dead awhile but I was just thinking of how this lumaphone is sitting in a closet. I've had it for a few years now. I like the video output, the images look great and blocky on my TV. Anyone stateside on the forum still have one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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