This is how Photochoppers rolled in the olden days: Put hood on Atari; take a screenshot; develop film; paint edits on prints with watercolor; invent scanning device to transfer image into digital 16 color file that spanned 200 floppy discs; upload to BBS over 300 baud modem, giving yourself enough ratio to download ever phreaker howto; bear witness to the first recorded invocation of the term ‘ROFL.’
You’ve Come a Long Way Baby [Core77]
Todd Kleinert’s vaginal centipedes write:
You titled an article today Atari XL Screenshots, but you didn’t show an Atari XL in the picture. The model shown, is in fact an Atari 800. The XL series was two-tone black and white, while the machine you picture is a solid tan color. The XL line also had brushed aluminum accent trim. The unit you showed was the first Atari computer offered to the public, and was followed by the 400, 1200XL, then finally the 800XL and 600XL. The XL line was noteably smaller than the 400/800 series, and was roughly the size of a modern PC keyboard. If you’re going to post fluff and call it news, at least get your facts straight.
