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🗓️ 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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Apr 19, 2023 at 12:38pmWeb
Show threadDr. Guillermo Power Apr 19, 2023
@Joysticks I got this at home :) its fun! But really cumbersome to code with.
Show threadJoystick DirectoryApr 19, 2023
@gpowerf yeah I tried it once! That was enough!
Show threadCONFIG.SYS: LOADHIGHApr 19, 2023

@Joysticks > Programs were limited to 96 characters

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

Show threadJoystick DirectoryApr 19, 2023
@loadhigh Now I’m wondering how easy it would be to make a Toot->Atari Basic->Toot back results
Show threadGourdApr 19, 2023
@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...