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Vas Crabb
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Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist?
05/10/20 03:32 AM


> > Not so in the case of Tennis for Two. To my knowledge, it was only exhibited in one
> > location, at one particular laboratory, on one particular set of analog computer
> > hardware.
>
> Hmmm, so it was only at that one place? It might still fit because it's a "Game shown
> in an exhibition / museum". I'll talk it over with the folks there.

It was essentially a recruitment device – taking an analog computer set up for solving ballistic weapon trajectories and making it do something that still looks cool to someone with no domain knowledge. It was supposed to make kids consider a career there. Kind of like how the Atari Bradley Trainer was put on free play at army recruitment centres.







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* Do these PC-10 games even exist? Foxhack 05/04/20 05:30 PM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? Diet Go Go Fan  05/04/20 09:22 PM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? Foxhack  05/04/20 10:24 PM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? Diet Go Go Fan  05/05/20 11:57 PM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? Foxhack  05/08/20 12:40 AM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? MooglyGuy  05/08/20 10:07 AM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? Foxhack  05/08/20 04:54 PM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? Vas Crabb  05/10/20 03:32 AM
. * Re: Do these PC-10 games even exist? Diet Go Go Fan  05/08/20 01:46 AM

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