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Well, Woz wired it. There was no software, right?

• greenyoda 6y ago
  Right, it was TTL logic - no microprocessor (too expensive at the time), no software. Also, Woz's design wasn't the one that was ultimately used: > Atari was unable to use Wozniak's design. By designing the board with as few chips as possible, he made the design difficult to manufacture; it was too compact and complicated to be feasible with Atari's manufacturing methods. However, Wozniak claims Atari could not understand the design, and speculates "maybe some engineer there was trying to make some kind of modification to it." Atari ended up designing their own version for production, which contained about 100 TTL chips. Wozniak found the gameplay to be the same as his original creation, and could not find any differences. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)#History_and_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)#History_...
  • prox 6y ago
    Whatever happened to that computer club, does it still exist, the Homebrew Computer Club?
    • TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
      Now it's called Hacker News. Well - kind of. At least a little.
      • oblio 6y ago
        HN, half Homebrew Computer Club, half "get rich quick" schemes, half California housing law discussions.