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atari video music: forgotten 1970s tech

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Atari Video Music

Everyone remembers Atari for their famous video game consoles, arcade games and even home computers. Being a child of 1970s and 80s technology, I’m surprised that I don’t ever remember seeing this oddity.

The Atari Video Music was released in 1976 and was an analog video synthesizer that could generate a kaleidoscopic light show on your TV screen when hooked up to your stereo…

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August 24th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob