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Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by cpeterso » Fri, May 31, 2013, 9:11 PM UTC

Slightly off-topic, but I am extremely impressed that the New York Times has online archives of their 1983 stories. (I almost wrote "1983 website", but then I caught myself. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/28/business/atari-parts-are-d...

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by mindcrime » Fri, May 31, 2013, 9:11 PM UTC

FollowSteph3 wrote: post #16

I hope someone posts about it when the documentary is available.'it could be a while...

I hope it's more exciting than Al Capone's vault.[1]

[1]:http://bestofthe80s.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/geraldo-and-al-...

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by officemonkey » Fri, May 31, 2013, 9:19 PM UTC

deadfall wrote: post #11

raldi wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just use the voting arrow.

Why? It is not like you can trade in Karma points for a new car. Just another popularity contest.

Signal vs. Noise. This whole thread is noise, which is why I'm downvoting every comment in it (including mine.)

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by officemonkey » Fri, May 31, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

rocky1138 wrote: post #17

While I'm a huge Atari fan and I really want to see what's under the dirt, a small part of me will be sad that this legend will come to an end when I do.

I wonder if the cartridges will work better if you blow the dirt out of them before plugging them in?

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by liberalfool » Fri, May 31, 2013, 9:46 PM UTC

Now if someone would find an Amiga dump to excavate. Just sayin'.

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by deadfall » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:05 PM UTC

deadfall wrote: post #4

sp332 wrote: post #2

Next they need to go after the 1986 Apple Lisa landfill! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_lisa#The_end_of_the_Lisa

Yes, yes, and yes.

Anybody else want to downvote this? Please feel free. Lulz

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by d0gsbody » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:15 PM UTC

Off-topic, but Alamogordo is a beautiful area. Very close to the White Sands National Monument. If anyone is ever in that area, I'd recommend visiting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_National_Monument

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by jjs » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:16 PM UTC

m501 wrote: post #15

I wonder if part of one of these shipments made it to Juarez, the city in Mexico right across from El Paso, TX and not too far from New Mexico. One day a truck full of flattened, new Atari game boxes appeared my street. All the kids around the neighborhood started taking boxes from the truck and someone figured out you could toss the flat boxes like freesbies. We had tons of fun throwing these boxes around and it did…

So the box was more fun without the game cartridge...

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by acqq » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:41 PM UTC

d0gsbody wrote: post #27

Off-topic, but Alamogordo is a beautiful area. Very close to the White Sands National Monument. If anyone is ever in that area, I'd recommend visiting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_National_Monument

And I know Alamogordo as the site of the

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)

Re: New Mexico's 'Atari Dump' to Be Excavated

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Post by leke » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:45 PM UTC

I remember reading about someone looking into this years ago. Just googled the story: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/66637-ataris-landfill-adve...