Lazarus Archive · LZ-38455

Scanline Machine

Kinetic Union, 1989. Demo for Atari 8-bit computers.

Description

A demo for Atari 8-bit computers by Kinetic Union, first shown at East Rockhaven Party in 1989.

Provenance

Found in a school storeroom when the building was cleared. The label reads ‘Backup — final’. Independent reads agree bit for bit.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
e4a072947e306718a65c56a545e44464c392d4c13e13abe6aa9201d4bc727295
Last verified
Oct 1, 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.

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: Kinetic Union, Scanline Machine (1989). Lazarus Archive, LZ-38455.

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