Curt Vendel

Those who may have missed it, its been officially announced....

Coming Summer 2012 in time for Atari's 40th Anniversary, Marty Goldberg and I will release Volume 1 of our Comprehensive History of Atari (from its beginnings to July 1984) and hopefully by the end of the year 2012 Volume 2 will follow (July 1984 to March 1998)

The reason why these are coming out in 2 volumes is, there was no way, short of the book being 1,200 pages, to do the proper and just history of Atari and not some watered down rehash like whats been done over and over, this goes into areas and information, well beyond anything ever done before...

7 years of research, 1,000's of documents and hundreds of interviews are coming together to give everyone the most Comprehensive History of Atari ever told.


http://www.atarihistorybook.com

(Plus something else will be coming out very soon.... will let you know.)



Curt

Taking silent PM offers on this huge selection of original 1982-1984 CES/Comdex Press Releases, photo's, brochures, and announcements for the Colecovision & Adam Family Computer.

Complete Set, not breaking up. Only very serious offers, otherwise will put up for auction, don't post offers in thread, send me PM or email to curt (at) atarimuseum (dot) com

Complete Listing of items in photo:

Coleco ADAM & Colecovision - Original Comdex/CES brochures, photo's & Press Releases (1982-1984)

Press Release October 15, 1984 (Coleco Ships 5 1/4" Disk module & Adamlink DC Modem) 2 pages
Press Release November 1, 1984 (Coleco begins shipment of 5 1/4" disk drives for Adam) 2 pages
Press Release November 12, 1984 (Coleco ships new monitor cable for Adam 2410) 2 pages
Press Release November 1, 1984 (Coleco ships Address Book Filer and Autodialer for Adam) 2 pages
Press Release May 31, 1984 (Coleco ships SmartLogo program for Adam Computer) (2 pages)
Press Release November 12, 1984 (Coleco ships software for C64 and Atari Computers) 2 pages
Press Release January 6, 1984 (Coleco holds Adam Update - announces new peripherals) 3 pages
Press Release January 6, 1984 (Coleco and Honeywell establish Adam Service Network) 2 pages
CES Flyer - January 1984 (Coleco & Honeywell Announce A New Service Agreeement!
CES Flyer - January 1984 (Coleco & Compuserve Announce ADAM On-Line!
Immediate Release - (Coleco Signs Dragon's Lair License Agreement with Starcom) 2 pages
Immediate Release - (AT&T and Coleco Announce Agreement - Develop Interactive Game) 1 page
Press Release January 6, 1984 (Independent Software Manufacturers Market for Adam) 2 pages
Press Release January 6, 1984 (Digital Research and Coleco Announce CP/M for Adam) 2 pages
Press Release January 6, 1984 (Coleco Announces Lines Expanded) 2 pages
Press Release January 6, 1984 (ADAM) 4 pages
Press Release January 6, 1984 (Coleco Introduces Adam Software Lines) 3 pages
Press Release Janury 6, 1984 (Coleco introduces Adam hardware peripherals) 3 pages
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco Markets Innovative Private Call Phone) 1 page
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco Announces Colecovision/Cabbage Patch Kids Promotion) 2 pages
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco Provides Educational software for Colecovision) 2 pages
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco Announces Software for Atari, Commodore and Apple) 1 page
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco announces software development program for Adam/CV) 2 pages
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco Markets Extensive Software Line for Adam) 2 pages
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco Markets Adam Hardware Peripherals) 3 pages
Press Release June 3, 1984 (Coleco Announces The 1984 Adam is Ready) 3 pages
Press Release September 21, 1983 (Coleco Introduces Adam) 4 pages
Press Release September 21, 1983 (Coleco holds Premiere showing of Adam) 2 pages
Press Release February 9, 1984 (Colecovision Software Lines Expanded) 2 pages
Press Release February 9, 1984 (Coleco Shows Adam Hardware Peripherals) 3 pages
Press Release Febraruy 9, 1984 (ADAM) 4 pages
Press Release June 1, 1982 (Coleco Enters Programmable Video Game Market - Colecovision) 4 pages
Press Photo - Adam 2410, Adam-CV 2404 January 17, 1984
Very Larger Fold out ADAM Brochure - Comdex Fall 1983
Adam Calc 8.5"x11" Brochure
Coleco presents ADAM (The Colecovision Family Computer System) 8.5"x11" trifold brochure
The Experts Speak ...and the 1984 Adam is Ready! (Issue III) 8.5"x11" trifold brochure
Now Command the Powers of Adam 8.5"x11" foldout brochure
CES Jan 84' - Command the Powers of ADAM Software 8.5"x11" trifold brochure

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Curt

Andrew and Atari legal worked out everything several weeks ago and in fact things worked out so well Atari would like Andrew to consider working with their head of Social Media and made all of the introductions...

I went to Andrew's domain today and it still has the old message about his domain going over to Atari legal which is obviously no longer the case.... I've been looking forward to Andrew putting the good old atari2600.org content back up onto the site so we can all enjoy it again....

OKay,

So, do you want a NEW console that is 2600/7800 compatible in the

2600jr Style:
http://www.pugo.org/...Atari2600jr.jpg

Or

3200 "System X" Style:
http://www.atarimuse...lvia/sylvia.JPG


With the 7800 Expansion Module moving to shipping shortly, it would be the intention to incorporate its features inside this new console, so it would all be built in - the high score keeping, pokey and so forth (just not the SIO and keyboard ports) So this would be a new super-7800 system. It just comes down to, which design would you prefer? The 3200 console is slightly bigger then the 2600jr, but around the size of the 7800 console, it is a more complex casing so the product cost would be higher due to the case, just keep that in mind.

This would NOT be an Atari product, it would not be licensed to use the Atari name, it would however be under a very well known video game company name that some may feel is equally as important as Atari. So this would be done and sold under a non-Atari name, it would be an Atari-compatible system only.

Need as much input from people as possible by Sept 15th please... thanks.

Curt

Some people asked me if I could post Information and such on the Corvus Systems for Atari

Here is the link, the manuals are up, software and more coming shortly....


http://www.corvusmus...tari/index.html