Random Controller of the Day

Keyboard Controller
🗓️ c1979
➡️ Atari 2600

The Atari Keyboard Controller was a 12 buttoned device for the Atari 2600.

You could combine two of them together to program the VCS using the BASIC programming cartridge by Warren Robinett

Programs were limited to 96 characters, so you wasn't going to be able to code the next Yars' Revenge

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@Joysticks I got this at home :) its fun! But really cumbersome to code with.
@gpowerf yeah I tried it once! That was enough!

@Joysticks > Programs were limited to 96 characters

On the upside: you can fit 5 programs in a toot.

@loadhigh Now I’m wondering how easy it would be to make a Toot->Atari Basic->Toot back results
@Joysticks Writing any kind language interpreter that'll run on the 2600 with its 128 bytes of RAM without expansion is kind of a miracle, albeit not the most useful one...