Atari 2600
Edge of domain Atari · US · 1977 · MOS 6507

Atari 2600

This one sits at the edge of what the method covers — vector displays, add-on hardware, or design that fights the one-machine, hands-on approach. It may earn a curriculum; it may stay a reference. No lessons here today, and we won't pretend otherwise.

The honest bit This isn't a dead end. The page is real — there's just no curriculum on it yet.

The machine itself

CPUMOS 6507
Architecture8-bit · 6502
Typeconsole
RegionUnited States
Made1977 · Atari · Sunnyvale, California
Further afield

In the meantime

/sinclair-zx-spectrum/

Start on a live machine

The Spectrum is ready today — same craft, same bar. A fine place to begin.
/vault/

Read about it now

The Vault holds history, people and culture — no curriculum required.
/systems/

See the whole fleet

Every machine we mean to teach. Find where this one sits.