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A popular computer, up there with Microsoft and PC. Fun to kick down the stairs because of their crappiness (read: freezes up every 0.0000000005 seconds)
Hey guys! Let's go bowling with my new Apple computer!
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the greatest album ever.
Radiohead made it under capitol records
put on that ok computer it's the shit.
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computer jockey (as opposed to DJ or disc jockey). comes from the theory that, since many DJs no longer spin actual vinyl, and the spinning of CDs on CDJs may even wane in the future towards complete use of sound files, the title of the DJ should also change to represent the shift in our culture towards all digital media, and to indicate the ending of the "disc" era.
while some might argue that it doesn't matter if one spins actual discs in order to have the title DJ, others argue that the distinction between CJ and DJ gives due respect to those who paved the way by learning the arduous processes involved in wax manipulation.
...and tonight we have a special guest for you. Computer Jockey Skribble on the keyboard rockin the house!
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Has-been computer company with a cult-like following. Great graphics, not compatible with anything (see proprietary). Would have been a good computing system for beginners had Microsloth not stolen some of its ideas. Overpriced, doomed to go the way of the Atari and Commodore. Makes a great boat anchor.
Steve was really pissed off when he found out Bill took his idea for Windows and started developing software for IBM instead of Apple computers.
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crappy immitation for the pc. barely ever works, very slow
If i owned an apple computer i would burn it.
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A computer that is neither functional or interesting looking. Used to do guassian blurs and such with amazing speed. Horrible at games.
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The Home Computer, aka Personal Computer, of the late 1970s. Notable models were the 400, 800, and 800XL. The 1200XL actually came out before the 800XL and was a joke. The 65XE was simply an 800XL made over to resemble a Commodore 64. All of these models included a game cartridge slot that was compatible with the then-current Atari game cartridges.
The 800XL came with 64k of RAM. Most users wondered what we would ever do with that much memory. An external 5.5 inch floppy disk or cassette deck drive was optional.
The entire computer was built into the keyboard. Atari computers generally used an external converter that reproduced both video and audio through a television.
Atari computers rapidly lost market share in the 1980s due to Atari's preoccupation with video games and game consoles so that when Atari employees Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed the first Apple computer, they had to start their own company to produce it.
Atari was the Home Computer to have until the Apple came out.
As was standard for the era of Atari's golden age, their computers only had rudimentary operating systems, so most operating instructions were written into each software application.
Their primary competitor, Commodore, entered the market late, with a Home Computer that wasn't good for much besides games and greeting cards, even though Atari was still better at those tasks due to better color and sound support. For a time, more Commodores were sold than Ataris due to better marketing. Other players in that era included the Timex/Sinclair and the TI 99/A.
Atari eventually developed IBM-compatible PCs in the late 1980s, but it was too little, and far too late.
Nothing short of a power outage would make an early Atari computer crash.
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