harrymcc writes: Atari’s first home computers, the 400 and 800, were announced at Winter CES in January 1980. But they didn’t ship until late in the year — so over at Fast Company, Benj Edwards has marked their 40th anniversary with a look at their rise and fall. Though Atari ultimately had trouble competing with Apple and other entrenched PC makers, it produced machines with dazzling graphics and sound and the best games of their era, making its computers landmarks from both a technological and cultural standpoint.
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