Artifact Details

Title

Circuit board

Catalog Number

102729384

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is an early consumer Pong circuit board prototype. Key features are two potentiometer controls. Quoting from the 26 Feb 2010 letter from the donor: "The Home Pong Prototype Board was my first attempt at a PWB for our first consumer product. The difficulty was meeting the FCC standards for RF emissions without adding too much cost. The FCC standards did not envision a high speed digital device which emitted lots of interference around 100 MHz."

Date

1974

Manufacturer

Atari

Identifying Numbers

Other number 003658 4 Etched on the solder side at the top
Other number PAT. NO. 3793483 Etched on the solder side at the top

Dimensions

overall: 3 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 in

Category

Component/circuit board

Credit

Gift of Al Alcorn

Lot Number

X5633.2010