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Videl wrote:DarkLord wrote:Ordered Volume 1 just now....
@DarkLord - Than you for the order! I sent you an e-mail FYI
dhedberg wrote:I'm mostly interested in the 2nd volume as I never owned any 8-bit Atari system.
If I may ask, how many more books of the first volume do you need to sell before considering printing the second volume?
Videl wrote:If you guys can spread the word, it might help us get there even quicker!
dhedberg wrote:There's been several books and movies about Atari Inc., telling us the story, giving us lots of pictures and arts, but not a single book that gives us insight in Atari Corp. and the development of the ST, MegaST, STe, MegaSTe, TT030, Falcon030, Lynx, and Jaguar. I'd love to read more about Atari Corp. and the employees (their backgrounds, their views on the projects and the company, etc). Interviews with software and hardware developers, managers, marketing people. Pictures of offices, prototypes, etc. That's a story that's never been told and I'm afraid never will be told at any depth. I had high hopes for the Atari Corp. - Business is War book, but it seems like it'll never be released. It's getting harder and harder to write this book as many of the people that can tell the story have passed away or simply no longer remember the details.
I'd be prepared to pay some serious money for an in-depth book about Atari Corp.
dbsys wrote:dhedberg wrote:There's been several books and movies about Atari Inc., telling us the story, giving us lots of pictures and arts, but not a single book that gives us insight in Atari Corp. and the development of the ST, MegaST, STe, MegaSTe, TT030, Falcon030, Lynx, and Jaguar. I'd love to read more about Atari Corp. and the employees (their backgrounds, their views on the projects and the company, etc). Interviews with software and hardware developers, managers, marketing people. Pictures of offices, prototypes, etc. That's a story that's never been told and I'm afraid never will be told at any depth. I had high hopes for the Atari Corp. - Business is War book, but it seems like it'll never be released. It's getting harder and harder to write this book as many of the people that can tell the story have passed away or simply no longer remember the details.
I'd be prepared to pay some serious money for an in-depth book about Atari Corp.
I fully agree. What you describe are exactly my feelings and my views.
Videl wrote:I put this book together because I wanted more about Atari, including Atari Corp. too! I've talked to Richard Miller, Les Player, Ira Goldstein and Tim King among others about Atari Corp. and got a few nuggets of information from them, but it was a long time ago and macro details get hazy. Unless you could sit down with Shiraz Shivji himself, I think the details would still be general enough at this point. The amount of files Atari Corp. destroyed before they left 1196 was heart breakingHopefully we can read a more in depth book someday, but I'm not sure the level of detail you wish for will be possible.
I was lucky to get some photos from inside 1196, including a Christmas Party, and I have some other rare Atari Corp. images in the book as well. All I can say is, I've put a book together that isn't the same as anything already done, otherwise it wouldn't be worth my while or more importantly, yours. If you like Atari, both books will compliment what you already have and know.
Including: XL/XE/XEGS/ST/TT/STACY/PC/ATW/STE/PORTFOLIO/MSTE/ST BOOK/LYNX/FALCON/JAGUAR/PROTOTYPES/GAMES/DEMOS and more all in one book
Karl
dbsys wrote:dhedberg wrote:There's been several books and movies about Atari Inc., telling us the story, giving us lots of pictures and arts, but not a single book that gives us insight in Atari Corp. and the development of the ST, MegaST, STe, MegaSTe, TT030, Falcon030, Lynx, and Jaguar. I'd love to read more about Atari Corp. and the employees (their backgrounds, their views on the projects and the company, etc). Interviews with software and hardware developers, managers, marketing people. Pictures of offices, prototypes, etc. That's a story that's never been told and I'm afraid never will be told at any depth. I had high hopes for the Atari Corp. - Business is War book, but it seems like it'll never be released. It's getting harder and harder to write this book as many of the people that can tell the story have passed away or simply no longer remember the details.
I'd be prepared to pay some serious money for an in-depth book about Atari Corp.
I fully agree. What you describe are exactly my feelings and my views.
EmpireAndrew wrote:Me too!
I stopped checking for updates on “business is war” as I got the feeling it just wasn’t happening. It’s sad to me that the 8 bit Atari gets all the love, so many people I work with in IT here in the USA that are in their early 40s or older don’t even know the ST etc ever existed...
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