Atari-Amiga Deal

Introduction

At the 1983 AMOA show in New Orleans, Dave Morse meets Atari coin-op division President John Farrand. Discussions go well and that November a contract is signed.

Contract With Atari

On November 21st, Amiga and Atari sign a contract to use the Lorraine chipset for video game applications. Recipients are Dave Morse at Amiga and Mike Albaugh of Atari's coin-op division in Milpitas. Preliminary hardware specifications are included with the contract. During a budget meeting on December 20th, engineer Steve Bristow lists '1850 XL - 68000 based clones of Amiga game player system' on his engineering log sheet of proposed computers.

1984

Atari and Amiga reconvene at the January CES in Las Vegas where Amiga are demonstrating their Lorraine computer prototype. On March 7th Atari deliver a $500,000 check to Amiga. Included with the check is a letter outlining previously discussed terms, which is signed by Dave Morse and John Farrand.