This PC was almost an Atari

#pc #msdos #retro In 1982 Roger Badertscher and a group of renegade designers and engineers quit Atari, taking plan for a new kind of PC compatible with them. Dubbed the Mindset, this machine flipped the script on the original IBM PC - eschewing industrial boringness for flashy appearance. But the Mindset wasn't all for show, inside it featured what might be the first graphics accelerator either, allowing it to render more pixels, more colourfully, fifty times faster than IBM's CGA. This machine attracted the attention of computing luminaries like Bill Gates of Microsoft, and even might have become the Atari ST, had Jack Tramiel, out for revenge against Commodore, purchased the company in 1984! Sadly, Mindset never had the financial wherewithal to promote itself effectively, and despite finding a small niche in the design and video production markets, ended up flopping hard, and was liquidated in late 1986, early 1987. This video will explore the legacy of the company that, with a bit more money and better timing, might have been been a player.

00:00 Corny Intro
03:04 Introducing the Mindset
18:20 Exploring the Mindset, Mindset VPS and PVGS
33:00 Testing Mindset Software