Justin Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 The Retroist has a nice article about Alan Alda and the Atari Touch Tablet. You may enjoy checking it out, it has a commercial too: http://www.retroist.com/2015/09/29/alan-alda-used-an-atari-touch-tablet-and-you-should-have-too/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 This again reminds me of the almost-future we could have had if Atari had not failed in the end. "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 "The Retrofuture"..... This puts me in the mood for Blade Runner Welcome to the short bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakerman Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Blade Runner...one of my all-time favorite movies. It's cool to see Atari splashed in the backgrounds...sadly a future that never was...only 4-5 years to catch up to that movie's time frame...will we have flying vehicles and Androids in time? I have the original and directors cuts on VHS, Laserdisc and the final cut on DVD. And an HD version of the final cut I recorded to DVR off Direct TV. I've only watched it about 200 times...still got a few hundred more to go before I ever get sick of it. "Slugs, he created slugs?...Is this not the work of a complete incompetent? I would have started with Lasers, 8 o'clock, day one."-Evil (Time Bandits) "...burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me..."-theme song (Firefly) "I try to respect him, I really, really do, but he's just such a Smeg-head."-Lister (about Rimmer, Red Dwarf) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfox Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Ahh yes, I very much have great fond memories of the Atari Touch-Pad, trying to figure as a kid, how the hell did it know where my brush was on the pad on the TV?. lol. I created some cool images with the Atari Touch-Pad and a copy of Kola-Paint Happy days shame that this was over 30 years ago now..but yes, if Alan Alda was man enough to take Atari's Cheque then it had to be worth it! Unofficial Atari: a Visual History WWW.GREYFOXBOOK.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakerman Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 At least in that picture the Atari system is all hooked up with cables running out the back, etc., not some "photo-op" shot with a fake picture on the TV screen. I think Alan is actually using it, if even only long enough to scribble on the touch tablet and have the picture taken! Alan Alda- As Hawkeye: " I could have used one of these at the 4077th! For what, I don't know, but I'm sure Frank would have protested, and Hot-lips too, and that's all that matters!" "Slugs, he created slugs?...Is this not the work of a complete incompetent? I would have started with Lasers, 8 o'clock, day one."-Evil (Time Bandits) "...burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me..."-theme song (Firefly) "I try to respect him, I really, really do, but he's just such a Smeg-head."-Lister (about Rimmer, Red Dwarf) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I have a Koala Pad, which is pretty similar in design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I have a Koala Pad, which is pretty similar in design. Koala Pad for my TRS-80/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 owner here too! 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...
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