Clint Thompson Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Scan provided by Lost Dragon - Enjoy! TrekMD, RickR, Lost Dragon and 3 others 6 Quote 7800 - 130XE - XEGS - Lynx - Jaguar - ISO: Atari Falcon030 | STBook |STe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 This was never released, no. The keyboard in the photo is just a mock-up. Rowsdower70 and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Starpath could've made it happen. MaximumRD, Justin and Lost Dragon 3 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 don't forget the Spectravideo CompuMate keyboard was released........... Lost Dragon, Justin, MaximumRD and 1 other 4 Quote Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Was this from Atari Age magazine? Nevermind...found it...Atari Age Volume 2, Issue 1: http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari_age_vol_2_no_1.pdf Edited June 7, 2016 by RickR Lost Dragon and Arenafoot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickglovescec Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Wow, this is cool. Too bad they never released it. Lost Dragon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 @Arenafoot:Huge thanks for putting up that piccy, i'd heard said keyboard was released, but until now, never seen one myself, very much appreciated. looks like alot of them have sold on eBay recently: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=atari%20compumate&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684 they sold from $26.59 to $79.99 Lost Dragon 1 Quote Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballblaɀer Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Lots more about this, including very comprehensive design notes, over at the Atari Museum. And they "said it could not be done"... ha! Atari 5200 Guy, Lost Dragon and RickR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Lots more about this, including very comprehensive design notes, over at the Atari Museum. And they "said it could not be done"... ha! There was a lot done with the VCS they said couldn't be done. It might seem primitive but it has done a lot. Lost Dragon, Ballblaɀer and Clint Thompson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) More info about "My First Computer" AKA "2600 Computer" AKA "The Graduate": http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#graduate Edited March 14, 2017 by Scott Stilphen Justin, Clint Thompson and Lost Dragon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) Fixed link. There's a link to an excerpt from Brian Bagnall's excellent book "On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore": http://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/bagnall_vcs_keyboard.pdf Soon after PVI was formed, Jack Tramiel heard PVI approached Atari and filed a ("exploratory") lawsuit against them, claiming they stole trade secrets. PVI were forced to disclose details of their VCS project. Tramiel insisted that was his product, and pursued the case. The Graduate was ultimately cancelled by James Morgan when he took over as the new Atari CEO in 1983. An ongoing lawsuit against PVI by Commodore was likely the main motivating reason for its cancellation. PVI eventually won, but it cost them several years and approximately $300,000. There were 3 other companies that worked on VCS keyboard peripherals, only one of which was released: Entex: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#piggyback Unitronics: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#expander Spectravideo: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#compumate Edited March 14, 2017 by Scott Stilphen RickR and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 I remember seeing the Atari keyboard in the Atari Age magazine and feeling very excited about it. Too bad it was never released. Lost Dragon 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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