Digital Archaeology: Dell Latitude D531

The Dell Latitude D531 is an AMD based laptop. The Latitude was Dell's business line of computers. Recently, they've changed their naming schemes to be much more generic as if to obfuscate things. The vast majority, even at this time, were Intel based. However, the D531 was released as a budget model.

Digital Archaeology: Dell Latitude D531

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (201-204)

All of the photos in this set were processed in August 1979 and it looks like they were all taken the same day. These show some people out on a lake waterskiing probably somewhere in Michigan.

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (201-204)

Micro Adventurer (March 1985)

Micro Adventurer is a 1980s era computer gaming magazine that emphasized adventure games, simulations, and war games. The March 1985 issue includes:

Micro Adventurer (March 1985)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Atari 2600)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platform: Atari 2600 The Atari 2600 had a very long life that started all the way back in 1977. The last commercial games for that system were not released until 1991 (1992 in Europe). As a consequence, there were a large number of games that production started on but for one reason or another were never finished. Many prototypes have been found throughout the years, some quite playable and others not so much. One Such prototype is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Apparently, Atari went so far as to license Snow White from Disney (or maybe it was part of some other larger licensing deal?) but managerial indecision about what kind of game it should ultimately be led to delays that eventually led to cancellation. It was thought that no coding was ever done until a prototype showed up on eBay in 2000.

It turns out there were two prototypes (that anyone knows about so far anyway). The first is dated November 9th, 1982 and is about 50% complete and has parts that are somewhat playable though it doesn't make for a very enjoyable game. The second, dated December 9th 1983 is a somewhat different game that is simpler but less complete. Screen shots above are from the more complete version.