Did you know Poland is the global epicenter for Atari computer nostalgia? Apparently, back in '80s and early '90s as the Soviet empire was crumbling, Atari computers were actually available at hard-currency stores in Poland and remained very popular even as decadent western consumers moved on to more modern machines.
Anywho, this legacy probably explains why it's a Polish engineer who has come up with an Atari recreation shrunk down to the size of a postage stamp. Built to the specifications of Atari's 8-bit computer line, which began in 1979 with the Atari 400 and 800 systems, the Atarino Pico is no mere emulator (like the Atari 400 Mini). Instead, it uses FPGA or field-programmable gate array chips to fully recreate the logic of the original system.
