Description
A demo for Atari 8-bit computers by Vector Collective, first shown at the Claymont Gathering in 1983.
Provenance
Deposited by Port Larkstead Demoscene Archive, which had held it unread for years. All of the work survives. The repairs are listed in the record’s damage map.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
28b67cc14970f7fb10ec4b6a908ec89395b3913842d21ee37cbb60613df68f8f- Last verified
- Oct 18, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-ATARI8-5 · lz-6502 core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-ATARI8-5, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on Atari 8-bit computers.
Cite as: Vector Collective, Copper Machine (1983). Lazarus Archive, LZ-22934.