ANTIC Interview 67 - Ted Richards, Atari Connection Magazine

Published: July 30, 2015, 7 a.m.

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Ted Richards, Atari Connection Magazine

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Ted Richards was Editor In Chief of Atari Connection magazine, Atari\\u2019s in-house computer magazine; and was Marketing Communications Manager for Atari Home Computers, where he worked on print and package design, from 1981 to 1984.

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This interview took place on April 19, 2015.

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Links:

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Atari Connection Magazine scans

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40 Year Old Hippie Brings The Computer Age Home

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Ted Richards\\u2019 web site

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Teaser Quotes:

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\\u201cAntic was a competing magazine, so to speak, at the time. I forget the editor\\u2019s name, he was quite a guy. . . [Jim] Capparell. He was always meeting with Atari executives, trying to persuade them to shut down our magazine.\\u201d

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\\u201cSo when the Tramiels came in, they confronted him and they asked him \\u2018Who are you?\\u2019 And Arnold says \\u2018Who are you?!\\u2019 And they said \\u2018Him we like. He stays.\\u2019\\u201d

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