[torontocbm] Re: Lost Atari E.T. Cartridges found!
- From: Robin Harbron <macbeth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:31:24 -0400
On 2014-04-27, 1:43 AM, Ernie Chorny wrote:
See -
http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/ataris-et-the-extraterrestrial-cartridges-found-in-landfill-1
for the story on finally finding these cartridges.
Perhaps interestingly, there are some Ontario connections with this: the
company behind the dig, Fuel Industries, is based in Ottawa. The CEO
grew up here in Thunder Bay and in the mid/late '80s he was starting to
become another Commodore buddy of mine when he suddenly announced he was
selling his Commodore 128 to buy an electric guitar. To me, this was
pure madness! I'm glad he found his way back to his geek roots and he's
apparently done very well with his business.
By the way, though the media is presenting the dig as an urban legend
that's surprisingly true, my friend Marty Goldberg (who I frequently see
at the Commodore show in Chicago each fall) did a bunch of research in
his recent book "Atari Inc.: Business is Fun" that predicted this
outcome; they even had some of the old Atari staff present at the dig
and they basically were pointing out where to dig to the excavators.
The only surprise to them is how good shape everything is still in after
30 years.
Robin.
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