Subj : Re: Atari 400; meh.
To   : Nightfox
From : StormTrooper
Date : Sat Aug 05 2023 04:24:36

 Ni> I'd heard Steve Jobs got a contract with Atari to develop a game for them
 Ni> (along with hardware to play it on), and he had Wozniak help with it but
 Ni> lied to him about the amount Atari paid (saying it was less than it was)
 Ni> so that he (Jobs) wouldn't have to share as much of the earnings with
 Ni> Wozniak.

That was meant to be in the real early days pre Apple.. but its supposed to be a thing.  Woz was able to design something hardware based that was simpler and cheaper than whatever the Atari engineers came up with.

ST

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