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ANTIC Interview 103 - Courtney Goodin, Compu=Prompt Teleprompter
ANTIC Interview 103 - Courtney Goodin, Compu=Prompt Teleprompter
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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Courtney Goodin, Compu=Prompt teleprompter
Compu=Prompt was the first electronic, personal computer based teleprompter, which ran off of an Atari 800XL computer. It was created by Courtney Goodin, who won an Emmy award for it, for “Pioneering Development in Electronic Prompting.”
He also created the Atari graphics programs Color Print and Graphic Master, both of which were distributed by Datasoft.
This interview took place on December 4, 2015.
Teaser Quotes:
“This software is probably one of the most expensive pieces of software sold that ran on the Atari.”
“We sold systems to companies like IBM, we sold to JC Penney, we sold them to the Defense Intelligence Agency - the government.”
LINKS
Photos of the device from the eBay listing: http://imgur.com/a/oc6S6
Device on eBay
Proprompt: http://proprompt.com
1984 InfoWorld article mentioning Compu=Prompt
Antic magazine article about Color Print and Graphic Master: http://www.atarimagazines.com/v2n10/ComputerArt.html
Compu=Prompt was the first electronic, personal computer based teleprompter, which ran off of an Atari 800XL computer. It was created by Courtney Goodin, who won an Emmy award for it, for “Pioneering Development in Electronic Prompting.”
He also created the Atari graphics programs Color Print and Graphic Master, both of which were distributed by Datasoft.
This interview took place on December 4, 2015.
Teaser Quotes:
“This software is probably one of the most expensive pieces of software sold that ran on the Atari.”
“We sold systems to companies like IBM, we sold to JC Penney, we sold them to the Defense Intelligence Agency - the government.”
LINKS
Photos of the device from the eBay listing: http://imgur.com/a/oc6S6
Device on eBay
Proprompt: http://proprompt.com
1984 InfoWorld article mentioning Compu=Prompt
Antic magazine article about Color Print and Graphic Master: http://www.atarimagazines.com/v2n10/ComputerArt.html
Released:
Dec 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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