Ted Dabney
Co-Founder of Atari Inc. (1937ā2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Frederick "Ted" Dabney Jr. (May 2, 1937 ā May 26, 2018) was an American electrical engineer, and the co-founder, alongside Nolan Bushnell, of Atari, Inc. He is recognized as developing the basics of video circuitry principles that were used for Computer Space and later Pong, one of the first and most successful arcade games.
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![]() Ted Dabney (left) in 1972 with a Pong arcade cabinet and fellow Atari employees Nolan Bushnell, Fred Marincic and Allan Alcorn | |
Born | Samuel Frederick Dabney Jr. (1937-05-02)May 2, 1937 |
Died | May 26, 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 81) Clearlake, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Electrical engineer |
Known for | Co-founder of Atari, Inc., co-creator of Computer Space |
Spouse | Carolyn Dabney |
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