“I think we sold ten at full price”.
The chances are that you might never have heard of the Atari Video Music. Released in 1977, not long before the all-conquering Atari VCS, it was a device that somewhat resembled a hi-fi component, with a shiny oblong metal body sandwiched between two wooden panels.
The idea was that you would pump music into it via your stereo, and then it would output pulsing shapes on your TV screen that moved in time to the music. An array of buttons and dials on the front would then let you tune these visuals to your heart’s content, adjusting things like the number of diamond shapes and the extent to which they pulsed. It’s a fascinatingly odd piece of kit.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“I think we sold ten at full price”.
The chances are that you might never have heard of the Atari Video Music. Released in 1977, not long before the all-conquering Atari VCS, it was a device that somewhat resembled a hi-fi component, with a shiny oblong metal body sandwiched between two wooden panels.
The idea was that you would pump music into it via your stereo, and then it would output pulsing shapes on your TV screen that moved in time to the music. An array of buttons and dials on the front would then let you tune these visuals to your heart’s content, adjusting things like the number of diamond shapes and the extent to which they pulsed. It’s a fascinatingly odd piece of kit.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
