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Recent News
August 25, 1998 Next-Generation Online's World of Atari 98 report	Who was there, what was shown, and is Jaguar BattleSphere for real? These questions and more answered in Next Generation Online's report on World of Atari '98.
August 25, 1998 Next-Generation Online reviews Battlesphere	The most anticipated, and belated, Jaguar game finally shows itself at the World of Atari 98.
Tuesday, March 17, 1998 Pong gets a new shot at fame	"A piece of Silicon Valley's star-studded history got dusted off Monday, ready for another shot at the big time. The rights to a portfolio of popular Atari video games of the early 1980s were sold for $5 million to Hasbro Inc., the Rhode Island-based toy giant, for reissue in updated formats."
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Atari History
Atari demonstrates the first CD-ROM drive	Need further proof of Atari's innovation? Look no further than the announcement and demonstration of the first CD-ROM drive at the 1985 Summer Consumer Electronics Show.
Monster Memory	A closer look at the CD-ROM.
Did You Hear Anyone Say "Goodbye"?	A look at the end of Atari, by former Atari employee Don Thomas.
The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same	Another article by former Atari employee Don Thomas.
Atari: Comany Background	An excerpt from a report I did in college in 1993.
The Birth of Atari...	Discovery Online, You Shoulda Been There --- Pong
A Very Short History of Atari	From the Homepage of Sacha Hofer
Atari: from boom to bust and back again	April 1995 Next Generation Magazine article. From the homepage of samadams@sgi.net, with scanning help from Bethany Kopchak. Good history, insights, and interviews
The Atari 400/800 and OSS	Good story about the birth of the 400/800 and Atari DOS
The Atari Exhibition	The best site I've seen for product history, insights, and some great pic's. This is the site of Hans-Martin Krober, a former Atari employee who worked on the Unix project, MultiTOS, and tools for the Jaguar development system. A "must-see" site.
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Computer and Video Game History
I.C.When	The Chronological History of Video Games and Computers by Donald A. Thomas, Jr., Curator. This site is HUGE! Mr. Thomas has provided a very comprehensive and well researched chronology of events in the history of computers and video games. A *must see* site.
Vintage Computer Festival	The Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) is an event held to celebrate computers and their history.
Videotopia	Presented by the Electronics Conservancy, Videotopia is an amazing exhibit of classic video games, complete with interactive displays detailing the history of video games, and how video games work. Look for it at a science museum near you.
The Home Computer Hall of Fame	Lot's of computers represented, but the Atari section has a bit of wrong info.
The Virtual Museum of Computing	Links, general historical info
Smithsonian Computer History	A bit dry, but some good historical info if you dig
The History of Computing	Lots of info and links
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