Many people were involved in the planning, design and engineering of the 8-bit
Atari computers. This section attempts to identify the key engineering
personnel at Atari and their roles, with the understanding that such a list
necessarily oversimplifies the true nature of complex product development.
Some sources: https://archive.org/details/JoeDecuirEngineeringNotebook1977,
https://archive.org/details/JoeDecuirEngineeringNotebook1978,
http://dougneubauer.com/atari/
Atari 400/800 hardware designers:
Steven T. Mayer - Chief system inventor/architect
Jay G. Miner - Project manager, system architecture
Douglas G. Neubauer - POKEY designer (also wrote Star Raiders)
Joseph C. Decuir - System co-inventor/co-architect; ANTIC designer
George McLeod - CTIA/GTIA logic designer
R. Scott Scheiman - Digital circuit designer; serial bus protocol
Francois Michel - ANTIC logic co-designer
M. John Ellis - Vice president (VP) of engineering
Wade B. Tuma - Director of engineering
Niles E. Strohl - Project engineering
John Vurich - Product planning manager
Kevin P. McKinsey - 800 industrial designer (case)
Hugh M. Lee - 800 industrial designer (case)
Jeffery O. Nelson - 400 industrial designer (case)
Douglas A. Hardy - 400 industrial designer (case)
- Other notable contributors:
- VP research and development Al Alcorn
- Director of microelectronics Robert J. Brown
- Programmers Al Miller, Larry Kaplan, Bob Whitehead
- Coin-Op Division engineers Dave Stubben, Mike Albaugh
- Cyan Engineering unit engineers including Ron Milner
- Chipset development technicians: Jim Luby (ANTIC), Steve Smith (CTIA),
Mark Shieu (POKEY), Steve Stone (POKEY), Delwin Pearson (POKEY)
Atari 1200XL hardware designers:
Steven T. Mayer - VP Research & product development
Gene B. Rosen - VP engineering
David R. Stubben - VP engineering
Larry Plummer - Director of Engineering, production specification
David Owen Sovey - Project engineering, production specification
Ajay Chopra - System architect, production specification
Mark Lutvak - Product manager, Director of Product Management
Regan L. Cheng - Industrial designer (case)
Atari 600XL/800XL hardware designers:
Steven T. Mayer - Atari SVP engineering; WCI Labs president
Gregg Squires - Project Manager
Robert (Bob) Card - Principal Engineer
Steven Ray - Critical Electronics Layout Designer
Joel Moskowitz - Mechanical Engineer
Philippe des Rioux - Project engineer
Glenn Boles - Project engineer
Ajay Chopra - Parallel Bus Interface specification
Andrew Soderberg - Product marketing manager
Regan L. Cheng - Industrial designer (cases)
Atari 800XL("800XLF","SECAM ROSE")/65XE/130XE hardware designers:
Phil Suen - Director of engineering
Vincent H. Wu - Project manager
David Owen Sovey - Project engineer
Richard C. Pasco - FREDDIE logic design
John Skruch - Product manager
Ira Velinsky - 65XE/130XE industrial designer (cases)
XEgs/800XE hardware designers:
Jose A. Valdes - Development engineer
John Skruch - Product manager
Ira Velinsky - Industrial designer (cases)
Atari Operating System designers and programmers are given elsewhere in this
FAQ List.
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