THE LIVING ARCHIVE

From punched cards to autonomous collaborators: the ideas, people, languages and systems that taught machines to follow—and increasingly interpret—human intent.

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Atari VCS: The Platform Investment That Turned Games Into a Cartridge Ecosystem

Warner's acquisition of Atari financed the VCS, transforming video games from one-off hardware products into a programmable cartridge platform with recurring software economics.

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