Encryptor Board...

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Mon Jun 30 18:24:56 1997

On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, James Carter wrote:

> At 11:06 PM 6/29/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hmmm. Interesting hypothesis. However, these boards are circa 1983,
> >while the 7800 is circa 1986 or something.
>
> The 7800 was completed and commercially ready in '84, but shelved by Atari
> (Tramiel) because of the apparent end to the videogame console industry
> that year, and their focus became home computers. But then in '86 when
> Nintendo started raking in millions showing that videogame consoles were
> more than a passing fad, they finally released the 7800 system.
>
> The 7800 was originally going to be upgradable to a 20K computer with a
> $100 keyboard/computer cartridge planned for late '84. Early model 7800s
> even sport the expansion port that was to be used to attach peripherals
> such as modems and printers. None of this was ever released.

Good info. I posted on comp.sys.atari8 but nobody has responded yet. I
did find out that I have another one of the Encryptor boards, so that
makes two. This one has label that says "Futurex".

Sam
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