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Photography, period advertisements, and promotional material. Click any image to view it full size.

Hardware Photography

Atari Video Music C-240 console, high resolution The C-240, high resolution Complete-in-box Atari Video Music fully laid out with all contents Complete in box — full contents Atari Video Music with original box and manual With original box & manual Atari Video Music visualization in action Visualization in action Atari Video Music in use on a television In use Atari Video Music C-240 promotional product photo Promotional product photo Atari Video Music schematic diagram Full schematic Atari Video Music C-240 front panel, straight-on view Front panel, straight on Atari Video Music C-240 in profile showing walnut side panels Walnut-panel profile C-240 with original switch box and matching transformer Switch box & matching transformer

The Alcorn Sealed Unit (RR Auction, 2022)

Al Alcorn's factory-sealed C-240 — serial 56786-E, in his possession since 1977 — sold at auction on August 18, 2022. Read the full story. Lot photography courtesy of RR Auction.

Factory-sealed Atari Video Music shipping box, top view The sealed carton Sealed Atari Video Music box, reverse angle with serial label Reverse angle, serial panel Box end panel hand-marked serial number 56786-E S/N 56786-E Al Alcorn's signed letter of provenance Alcorn's provenance letter

Advertisements & Promotional Material

Sears Big Book catalog page for the Atari Video Music at $169.95 Sears Big Book catalog page — $169.95 Sears advertisement for the Atari Video Music, circa 1977 Sears ad, circa 1977 Atari Video Music print advertisement Print advertisement Atari Video Music period advertisement Period advertisement Cropped Atari Video Music advertisement scan Advertisement scan Atari Video Music promotional image Promotional image

Atari History (1972–1977)

The machines and milestones surrounding the Video Music — from the arcade cabinet that started it all to the console that shared its video DNA.

Original Pong arcade cabinet, 1972 Pong arcade cabinet, 1972 Atari Home Pong console, 1975 Atari Home Pong, 1975 Sears Tele-Games Super Pong console Sears Tele-Games Super Pong Atari VCS 2600 with woodgrain panel, 1977 Atari VCS (2600), 1977 Computer Space arcade cabinet, 1971 Computer Space, 1971 Atari 800 home computer, 1979 Atari 800, 1979 Starpath Supercharger cassette adapter Starpath Supercharger, 1982 Excavated Atari cartridges, Alamogordo dig, 2014 The Alamogordo dig, 2014

People & Places

Atari headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, 1976 Atari HQ, Sunnyvale, 1976 Robert J. Brown, inventor of the Atari Video Music Robert J. Brown Al Alcorn with the Pong prototype Al Alcorn Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari Nolan Bushnell Harold M. Lee, Atari engineer, 1944-2021 Harold M. Lee (1944–2021)

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