Funny coincidence
Funny coincidence
Yesterday I had a talk with another retro geek, and he mentioned, that Atari actually had a subsidiary here in Brunswick, where I work.
I was curious and researched a little. Seems like Atari had a development lab here for 2.5 years, until 1990. When I heard the address, I had to laugh out loud... it is Julius-Konegen-Strasse 24.... which is the workplace of my wife
Just called her and told her, she was sitting in a sacred site
In addition, this was only a couple of km aways from Commodore, who had a production facility here in Brunswick... Again sacred site, but a different religion
I was curious and researched a little. Seems like Atari had a development lab here for 2.5 years, until 1990. When I heard the address, I had to laugh out loud... it is Julius-Konegen-Strasse 24.... which is the workplace of my wife
Just called her and told her, she was sitting in a sacred site
In addition, this was only a couple of km aways from Commodore, who had a production facility here in Brunswick... Again sacred site, but a different religion
Ingo 
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Re: Funny coincidence
That made me laugh a bit
Were I am in the UK we had KIXX, CodeMasters, Ocean, US GOLD offices/distribution units few others during the late 80's to mid 90's and a bit later a IBM/Cyrix place. No idea why they all came to be around here.
This could be a interesting topic finding all the old offices and buildings and seeing what once was?
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Nice idea
The company that took over the old facilities of Commodore just recently set up a small Commodore museum there. Still have to pay it a visit Ingo
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Whenever I pass Unit 1, Station Lane Industrial Estate, Witney I doff my cap to the old headquarters of Memotech.
I also grew up only a few miles from Kempston in Bedfordshire, the home of the Sinclair peripheral maker, "Kempston Microelectronics".
I also grew up only a few miles from Kempston in Bedfordshire, the home of the Sinclair peripheral maker, "Kempston Microelectronics".
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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I felt the same travelling through Slough on the train with the Atari UK headquarters. The building used to stand out but alas it is no more. It was pulled down a few years ago.stephen_usher wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:45 pmWhenever I pass Unit 1, Station Lane Industrial Estate, Witney I doff my cap to the old headquarters of Memotech.
https://goo.gl/images/Te7M3F
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stephen_usher
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That's a *VERY* early 80's classic design style.Icky wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:15 pmI felt the same travelling through Slough on the train with the Atari UK headquarters. The building used to stand out but alas it is no more. It was pulled down a few years ago.stephen_usher wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:45 pmWhenever I pass Unit 1, Station Lane Industrial Estate, Witney I doff my cap to the old headquarters of Memotech.
https://goo.gl/images/Te7M3F
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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Actually not even ugly.... I like it
Ingo
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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I knew I seen something very similar before somewhere...
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Ingo
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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How much beer you had
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