Spectravideo’s Compumate Turns Your Atari 2600 Into a Computer

We are talking suburban high tech here! Compumate came with a membrane keyboard and was equipped with a phone jack for use with a standard tape connector. Was it great? No, but I still wanted one so that I could use the sweet sweet DRAW program.

It allowed for very simple animation (9 cycling frames), but I was still convinced I could become the next Walt Disney.

Here is a little video of the Compumate in action: