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Bally Home Library Computer Ad (JS&A)(Scientific American)(Sept 1977) Home Library Computer.
"Scientific American," September 1977.

     This is a three-page ad for the Bally Arcade (at the time the system was called either the "Home Library Computer" or "Library Computer"). This ad was printed by JS&A, the only authorized dealer at the time, in Scientific American magazine in the September 1977 issue on pages 15-17. Although the ad claims that the system would ship in four weeks, no customers are known to have received a Bally Arcade before January of 1978. This ad, in color, was also run in JS&A's first catalog.
  1. Bally Home Library Computer Ad (1977) - Full Text Version
     Even in January of 1978 some people, in this case probably Bob Fabris, had doubts about parts of the ad being true. This marked-up version of the ad is from the Bob Fabris collection. It doubts such ideas as playing chess on the phone against another player and speculates on if the storage media will be punch cards or tape.
  1. Bally Home Library Computer Ad (1977) - Marked-Up
JS&A Catalog (1977) JS&A Catalog.
1977.

     If you bought a Bally Professional Arcade in 1977 or 1978, then it was from this company, and very likely because you saw this ad. Two versions of this catalog are available for download, but they are both identical (I converted one to B&W for faster download).
  1. JS&A Catalog (1977) - Color Version
JS&A Catalog (1978) JS&A Catalog.
1978.

     If you bought a Bally Professional Arcade in 1977 or 1978, then it was from this company. This is the much expanded version of the ad; this one even has a picture of the computer expansion keyboard. Two versions of this catalog are available for download, but they are both identical (I converted one to B&W for faster download).
  1. JS&A Catalog (1978) - Color Version
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