Chris is immediately mollified.

Credit: Chris Crawford

He ushers you into a back room, where he shows you Kimtanktics, a wargaming machine he created from a KIM-1 microcomputer kit and various calculator parts in 1977-78.

Credit: Chris Crawford

Oh wow, that IS a big capacitor!

Must be about the size of a Coke can. Crumbs! This seems important, you should pop that information in your knapsack.

Chris happily chats with you about the creation of Kimtanktics, and then asks whether you want to meet his old Atari chum, David Crane.

Yes please, let’s meet David Crane.