ANTIC Interview 35 - Michael Phillips, Atari Bench Tech
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Michael Phillips, Atari Bench Tech
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\\nMichael Phillips worked as a bench technician at Atari from February 1981 to June 1984, doing component level repair of Atari video game systems, personal computers, and peripherals.
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\\nBecause Michael is a lifelong stutterer, he didn\\u2019t want to do a voice interview \\u2014 but he was willing to be interviewed by email. Because this is an audio podcast, I\\u2019ve enlisted Randy Kindig to read Michael\\u2019s responses. You can also read the original written version of this interview via the link below.
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\\nThe interview was conducted via email, February 2015.
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\\nTeaser quotes:
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\\n\\u201cBeating the device in question...was part of being a good tech. The key is knowing how hard and where to hit.\\u201d
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\\n\\u201cMisspellings, bad English and odd terminology were par for the day. One guy once referred to the I/O cable as a \\u2018hose\\u2019.\\u201d
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\\n\\u201cOne I vividly remember was an 810 [disk drive] that came back 3 times. The guy claimed it would randomly erase disks, but we could never find a culprit...\\u201d
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