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Kathy Forte, Atari's early applications group
Kathy Forte worked at Atari in the applications group for about a year beginning late 1979. She worked on an unreleased relational database application, and for a while spent half of her work time as Atari's puppeteer.
This interview took place on April 27, 2016.
Teaser quotes:
"And it said 'What is the Atari 800?' And I saw ... 'It's game machine! It's a personal computer! It's a salami sandwich!'"
"Kind of a sarcastic game. ... The helicopter would spray malathion and people would become deformed. It was really sick!"
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Kathy Forte, Atari's early applications group
Kathy Forte worked at Atari in the applications group for about a year beginning late 1979. She worked on an unreleased relational database application, and for a while spent half of her work time as Atari's puppeteer.
This interview took place on April 27, 2016.
Teaser quotes:
"And it said 'What is the Atari 800?' And I saw ... 'It's game machine! It's a personal computer! It's a salami sandwich!'"
"Kind of a sarcastic game. ... The helicopter would spray malathion and people would become deformed. It was really sick!"

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