23 Sep
2003
23 Sep
'03
8:01 a.m.
AFAIK, there's a 5200 and there's a 7800. But
I've never
heard of a 5800 ... did I miss one somewhere?
You know, I never realized that before.
Atari had the 2600, then the 5200 (2600 x2) then the 7800 (2600 x3)
Was the 2600 a number picked for a reason? Something that was doubled and
then tripled in later models? Or were they just a bunch of phone phreaks
that designed the first one :-)
-chris
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23 Sep
23 Sep
8:28 a.m.
Was the 2600 a number picked for a reason?
I'm sure I read an explanation of where it came from, but
right now I cannot find it. Someone will doubtless chip in
soon with an answer.
I think the later models were deliberately multiples
of the earlier ones (twice as good, etc.)
then tripled in later models? Or were they just a
bunch of
phone phreaks that designed the first one :-)
I don't know when phone freaking started in the US, probably
the 1960s. It was certainly established early in the 1970s,
which is when the "Cap'n Crunch" stuff happened. So it's
possible, but I suspect that the explanation is more prosaic.
Antonio
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