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A Real Computer? Exploring the Bally Computer System aka Astrocade

I was surprised to see the fairly obscure Bally Home Computer System video game console listed as a home computer in the 1979 Popular Science Buyer's Guide. Is it really a legitimate computing platform? Known by many names, including the Professional Arcade, and the Bally Astrocade, we explore the system both as a video game console, and by attempting to program the famous 10 PRINT using its Astro BASIC videocade cassette cartridge. To support 8-Bit Show And Tell: Become a patron:   / 8bitshowandtell   One-time donation: https://paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell 2nd channel:    / @8-bitshowandtell247   1979 Home Computer Buyer's Guide:    • 1979 Home Computer Buyer's Guide: Apple II...   End credits music is "Mind Virus" from the album "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs: A Soundtrack" by Bedford Level Experiment: https://bedfordlevelexperiment.bandca... Resources / Further Reading on Bally: https://8bitworkshop.com/blog/platfor... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_A... https://ballyalley.com Index: 0:00 The many names of Bally's console: some history 2:35 A real home computer? BASIC, newsletters, 3rd party 5:48 Videocades, cassettes, cartridges? 8:39 A tour around the system: keypad, ports, expansion 11:29 Specifications + product number 13:13 Controllers + Gunfight + Checkmate 17:26 Calculator + Scribbling 19:07 Space Invaders / Astro Battle 2009 22:05 10 PRINT in Astro BASIC? 28:30 Conclusion: great manual! 30:27 Thanks!