Re: Amiga, Mac, Atari

["Wildstar" <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

"Kelli Halliburton" <kelli217@crosswinds.not> wrote in message
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> Laser drilling units in 1979? For a little company like Atari? I don't
think
> so.
>
> Wildstar, please get a sense of proportion. Technology costs go down as
you
> go forward in time, which means that they go UP when you go BACKWARD in
> time. We're talking about stuff that happened between 20 and 25 years ago!
A
> Commodore 64 cost US$600 when it was released.
>

Laser units where around for QUITE awhile and Atari ran off the finance
backbone of Warner Communication which was a fairly large comapany. One
Laser drill was $1 million then. I can build one by cutting a ruby and  use
of a few mirrors, magnifying glass and some stuff. Making one can be done
sort of inexpensively. Basically focus a high concentration of light through
a ruby and you get a ruby laser. At the right frequency and intensity it
will cut.

Though building one from home is hard but with a company expense it isn't a
problem. Just need a Ruby,emerald or Saphire. That's the key component of a
laser. They are not a Billion dollar device for corporation only for general
public. Besides they only add two to four digits for general public so its
above financial reach for home use.

Lasers where used in the early 70s and Atari handhelds where late 80s. Lynx
for example was late 80s.