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04-01-2014, 23:32
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG_c-LAGD0FZjXqB47Cl9s016-ymQ&url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/01/04/atari-game-tunes-echoes-medieval-angst/tsbXRJzY2bSlFoEUYCdcuJ/story.html"><img src="//t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSLomrshZIGQPnhzMEb8wXg19v9nWmtM bf7y5UYdHoxxaWKLV7o3oskNY7D" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Boston Globe</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG_c-LAGD0FZjXqB47Cl9s016-ymQ&url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/01/04/atari-game-tunes-echoes-medieval-angst/tsbXRJzY2bSlFoEUYCdcuJ/story.html"><b>In <b>Atari&#39;s</b> game tunes, echoes of medieval angst</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Boston Globe</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The immense success of the <b>Atari 2600</b> came despite profound technological quirks — which included its musical capabilities. Sound was controlled by the Television Interface Adapter, the same chip that governed the console&#39;s graphics, and the tuning <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=d4DCgOj7YJx5ZTM&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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