[game_preservation] 1974 Atari memo by Jobs

[Benj Edwards]

I think the biggest thing it speaks to was Jobs' hubris and immaturity 
at the time.  He put "Steve Jobs / All-One Design" on the title page of 
the memo.  He was a regular employee of Atari, if I'm not mistaken, but 
he pretended he was doing contract work on behalf of his own fictional 
design company.

By the way, I think I found a complete PDF of the memo set here:
http://www.atarigames.com/pdffiles/stevejobs.pdf

I can guess who sold it, but I suppose I won't say.

Benj

On 2/13/2013 11:28 AM, Devin Monnens wrote:

> Thanks for the info, guys! Will have to check out Frank's article 

> (it's on the to-read list, which keeps growing ever-longer...).

>

> So I'm guessing this doesn't tell us anything new or interesting about 

> World Cup Soccer? (Not that it was a particularly influential 

> title...) Or Jobs's design abilities at the time?

>

>

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Martin Goldberg <wgungfu at gmail.com 

> <mailto:wgungfu at gmail.com>> wrote:

>

>     Devin, nothing significant other than it's a pre-Apple Steve Jobs

>     document. Just shows the type of low level tech work he was doing

>     for Atari on the nightshift. I know the person who was auctioning

>     that off (they wish to remain anonymous) and they more than got

>     their money's worth between that and the Apple I.

>

>

>     On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com

>     <mailto:dmonnens at gmail.com>> wrote:

>

>         http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57442500-37/steve-jobs-1974-memo-to-atari-to-be-auctioned/

>

>

>         This is old news, but I thought some folks here would have

>         been aware of it. The memo sold for $27k - quite a lot for

>         five sheets of paper.

>

>         http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57454271-235/steve-jobs-atari-memo-sells-for-$27500/

>

>         Marty - have you seen this document? Is there any significant

>         information on it?

>

>         -- 

>         Devin Monnens

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