ATARI ARTICLES



 
 
NY Times: Industry Doubts: Atari (May 1985)

 
1981 Business Week Article: Atari's Bet on Home Computers
 
The Atari Sweet 16 Project
 
"Two Births" By Bill Wilkinson
 
Atari's 10th Anniversary Article: From Cutoffs to Pinstripes
 
Atari 8-Bit: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
 
Atari 8-Bit Upgrade/Modification FAQ
 
Robert A. Jung's Atari Timeline
 
TOP SECRET: Confidential Atari-Amiga Agreement
 
Parallel Bus Interface: Specifications (Feb. 3, 1983)
 
The Creator of GEM: Gary Kildall of DRI
 
 Atari Star Raiders Advertisement

 
  The 30 Secrets of Atari
 
  Atari's Mass Burials and Misplaced Inventories

 
  Atari TV Commercial Listing

 
Cloak & Dagger: The Inside Story
 
Spring 1979 Letter from Ray Kassar
 
Atari: Christmas 1978
 
Sneak Peek: Atari's Game Room
 
The Real "STELLA"
 
Atari PCB Facility (1979)
 
Atari's IBM 370-148 Mainframe
 
Interview: Joe Decuir (2600 Design/Atari SIO Design)
 
Odd Couple Puts Lionel on the Fast Track
 
The Bold Move Forward: IBM and Jaguar 64

 
Aug 20, 1993:  Atari makes comeback with new video game

 
Nov 4, 1993: Video Market no longer a 2 player game

 
Sept 28, 1994: Atari Press Release, Sega Agreement Part 1

 
Sept 28, 1994: Atari Press Release, Sega Agreement Part 2

 
Hasbro Releases Rights to Publish Jaguar 64 Games!!!

 
What went right at Atari.  By Bill Haslacher

 


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Atari 8-Bit Chipset Technical Data & Information
Antic Chip Technical Data
(2.8mb Adobe PDF)
Pokey Chip Technical Data & Schematics
(1.4mb Adobe PDF)
GTIA Chip Technical Data & Schematics
(1.1mb Adobe PDF)
Serial I/O Interface Handbook
(638K Adobe PDF)
Atari Speech Handler ERS
(715K Adobe 3.0 PDF)

Detailed confidential document on the device handler program to control the speech sythesiser in the Atari 1400 and 1450 computer systems

 

Atari 1400/1450 Modem
(1.1MB Adobe 3.0 PDF)
Detailed confidential technical documentation of the design and implementation of the internal Parallel Bus Interface modem in the Atari 1400/1450 computers
Atari 1400 Telecommunicator
(957K Adobe 3.0 PDF)
Detailed confidential technical document detailed the design and implementation of the Atari 1400 Telecommunicator modem cartridge for use with the Voltrax SC01 Speech Synthesiser chip (1450XLD's used SC02 chip, not compatible)
Atari CGIA Chip
(90 pages, 4.4MB Adobe PDF)
Detailed confidential Atari Semiconductor Group (ASG) document fully detailing all the technical specifications for a combined ANTIC/GTIA chip.
Atari FGTIA
(56 pages, 2.3MB Adobe PDF)
Detailed confidential Atari Semiconductor Group (ASG) document fully detailing all the technical specifications for the SECAM version of the GTIA chip

 

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