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Unboxing a 1984 Atari Peripheral, 25 Years Later

Harry writes "When you come across a 1984 Atari Touch Tablet for sale cheap--in the original, unopened box--it would be a crime against computer history not to buy it, open it, install it, and use it, and to document the whole process with photos and commentary."

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  1. Re:14 pages... by jandrese · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget that you also get an average of 30 words per page to go with the picture.

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  2. Allow me to add something by Corpuscavernosa · · Score: 4, Funny

    "it would be a crime against computer history not to buy it, open it, install it, and use it" AND install Linux on it. :)

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  3. Re:Annoying format. by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. Exactly what I was looking for. An extension to Firefox that doesn't work with Firefox 3 and hasn't been actively worked on since 2006. Witness the power of open source!

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  4. ...Cut to a rain-soaked freighter in the Atlantic by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    That belongs in a museum!

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  5. Woah now. by The+Real+Nem · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm using my 1984 Atari Touch Tablet you insensitive clod; one 535 x 383 resolution picture per page is a lot to ask for.

  6. Re:...Cut to a rain-soaked freighter in the Atlant by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have top men working on it now.

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  7. Re:Here is your peice of herring by hesiod · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who has time to click a page 14 times

    Someone who has the time to read the first page of it, read comments about the page, and then spend five minutes constructing a complain explaining why he wouldn't click "next"?

  8. Re:...Cut to a rain-soaked freighter in the Atlant by Themer · · Score: 4, Funny

    TOP... MEN.