Dating Tip #238: Find A Computer Demo Center : " The Atari 800, with its 1.79MHZ 8 bit processor, was manufactured from 1979 until 1982 when the 1200XL took its place. Of course, the upgraded machine was considered a 'bomb,' says the Atari Museum , because it didn't have any expansion slots, an external bus connector and featured only 2 of the 4 controller ports users got with the 800 — which of course makes the 800 the ultimate console for double dates. I'm sure Leonardo DiCaprio will cover this in the Atari movie . [image via Fiction Romance via Retrospace Zeta via .tiff ] Previously: 101 Classic Computer Ads One shot: Karsten Schmidt's Atari 800XL/XE scrapbook Bit by bit: Atari Museum releases Atari 7800 Dig Dug, Centipede ... T-Shirt: Exploded Atari 2600 One shot: A Clockwork Orange, the Atari 2600 horrorshow "
Just a fly in the ointment, Hans...