News - Jan.96 - Jun.96
From: Atari SIG (xx004@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Date: 08/19/99-06:40:11 PM Z
From: xx004@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Atari SIG)
Subject: News - Jan.96 - Jun.96
Date: Thu Aug 19 18:40:11 1999
Time Capsule - News - Jan.96 - Jun.96
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Atari merger with JTS Mar.08,1996
MIST AtariFest VII in Indy JULY 13 Apr.13,1996
Atari/JTS Merger, wire report Apr.20,1996
More About MIST July 13 May.18,1996
New Atari Magazine (fwd) May.18,1996
Don's Wacky Deal #2 May.18,1996
Classic Atari OnLine 0696 Jun.19,1996
Article 438 of freenet.sci.comp.atari.news:
From: cb541@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James R. Gilbert)
Subject: Atari merger with JTS
Date: 8 Mar 1996 11:32:50 GMT
I figure everyone knows this, but it is worth posting anyhow.
In late Feb. '96, some financial officer of Atari Corp. announced
that Atari was proposing a merger with JTS. JTS officers would
control Atari (i.e. the Tramiels would not be in control of
Atari). Atari stock would represent 60% of the merged company,
meaning, I guess, that Atari stockholders would be the majority
in the newly merged company. JTS biggies are Tandon and
Seagate guys (the 'T' and 'S' in JTS, I guess.) I don't know
if JTS still makes Tandon and Seagate drives, I don't think so.
Atari stock on the AMX went up following the announcement some.
>From about 2 to a little over 3 in a few days. There is no
idea what JTS would do with Atari, at least as far as I know.
It seems the Tramiels are trying to the best they can for
Atari stockholders, as the stock did go up after this.
Atari Games video arcade is a separate company. Now, there
are probably copies of official announcements which could
be informative, and I did some guessing, but I think what
I said is basically correct and that this info is Atari
news.
Article 439 of freenet.sci.comp.atari.news:
From: Stewart Edward Huffman <shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us>
Subject: MIST AtariFest VII in Indy JULY 13
Date: 13 Apr 1996 21:51:20 GMT
New date for MIST, the Mid-Indiana AtariFest for an 8th year, is July 13.
The town is full of racers and auto buffs, and there's hardly a sleeping
room to be had later in the month ... so MIST is July 13.
Same place ... two ballrooms at the Best Western Waterfront Plaza Hotel
... and room to spread out the merchandise as well as the crowd. Last
year's event attracted nearly 350 ticket-buying Atarians (almost as many
as the year before, although it may not have looked that way since we were
not so crowded). Charlie Sears is ready to take table reservations, and
he might be enticed to get you a special spot if you call early and pay
up early: Call his home at 317.535-4829 or leave him mail on his
Crossroad/MIST BBS at 317.535-1643 or 317.780.5473 (FidoNet 1:231/310.0
and AtariNet 51:203/8).
You can reply to me here at shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us (and I do
intended to get back on GEnie, assuming it continues to be the Atari
Place to Be ... but I have been playing the WWWeb Games a lot lately).
Hotel rooms will be scarce even on July 13, the Best Western people tell
us, but they agreed to give us a deal about $5 more than last year:
$55 Single or $61 Double ... but you MUST RESERVE the room JUNE 12 --
30 days in advance of the MIST Fest to get that rate (and probably to get
a room at all). To get the rate, DO NOT call Best Western's 800 number;
you must call the Indianapolis hotel itself and make the reservation with
the Conference Staff. If you call at night or on a weekend, leave a
message for them to call you back. They do that. The Indianapolis phone
number is 317.299.8400 and the ConferenceStaff extension is x393.
It's not a bad place to stay, as you know, even if the restaurant leaves
something to be desired some years. The indoor pool is nice and there are
several franchise restaurants nearby, as is the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway and the Indianapolis Raceway Park.
What else? We anticipate an incremental increase in our costs, but
nothing dramatic. We will get contracts in the mail real soon now.
E-mail me with any changes in address you suspect might delay mail in the
Postal Service. There are too few of us to let anyone get lost or strayed.
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Stu Huffman, Indiana Dept. of Education: shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us
US Snail at Home: 610 Artist Drive, Box 1215, Nashville, IN 47448-1215
At Work: State House 229, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
Office Voice: 317.232.6618 FAX: 317.232.6618
Home Voice: 812.988.7558
(Indianapolis is always Eastern Standard Time, Never on Daylight Time)
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Article 440 of freenet.sci.comp.atari.news:
From: aa700@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Current)
Subject: Atari/JTS Merger, wire report
Date: 20 Apr 1996 20:37:44 GMT
By Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 14--Atari Corp.'s long, strange story took another odd twist
Tuesday as the Sunnyvale video company announced plans to merge with JTS
Corp., a start-up manufacturer of computer hard-disk drives in San Jose.
Once the deal is completed in May or June, the combined company will
take the JTS Corp. name -- although Atari Corp. will continue in business as
a subsidiary manufacturing the Jaguar video-game system and developing
personal computer games.
Atari shareholders will own 60 percent of the merged company. Atari
Chairman Jack Tramiel and his family now hold 42 percent of Atari stock, so
they'll get 25 percent of the new entity.
But Tramiel, who took control of Atari in 1984, won't be the boss. He'll
take a seat on the board of directors, while JTS will continue to be managed
by two disk-drive industry veterans: Chairman Jugi Tandon and President Tom
Mitchell.
Tramiel and his son Sam, now Atari's president, will continue to run the
video-game business for at least the immediate future.
Atari has been nearly swamped by years of heavy losses, and the Jaguar
has never become a credible force in the $6-billion-a-year video-game
industry. Only 150,000 Jaguar units have been sold since the system's launch
two years ago; Sony Corp., in comparison, has sold more than 500,000 of its
Playstation units since their introduction in September.
Despite its red ink, which includes a loss of $22 million on sales of
just $12 million in the first nine months of 1995, Atari has always held onto
considerable cash reserves and now has about $50 million in the bank.
"We had a surplus of cash and I felt we needed to invest this cash in
areas other than the game business," Tramiel said Tuesday.
Atari may be trading one big risk -- the video game business -- for
another. The disk-drive industry is huge, but constant pressure to make
higher-capacity drives at lower costs has forced numerous companies into
4bankruptcy.
Up front, Atari is providing an immediate bridge loan of $25 million to
JTS; if the merger falls through, the loan will be converted into JTS stock
that will be retained by Atari.
Tramiel also denied persistent reports in recent weeks that Atari
intends to sell its few remaining assets. The company has laid off almost its
entire staff, and now functions with a skeletal crew of 30 people in
Sunnyvale and 10 workers at an office in the United Kingdom.
Atari was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell, who invented the first
video game -- "Pong." The company grew to become one of the biggest in
Silicon Valley and was sold to the company that is now Time Warner Inc.
before nearly collapsing in the early 1980s when consumers suddenly grew
bored with video games.
JTS, in contrast, is growing rapidly.
The company was formed in February 1994 by Tandon, when he bought the
assets of a defunct disk-drive company called Kalok Corp. Tandon had
previously founded Tandon Corp. of Los Angeles, which made disk drives in the
1970s and early 1980s, then switched to making PCs. Tandon Corp. fell victim
to the first big PC price war in 1992 and entered bankruptcy proceedings in
early 1993.
Tandon first met Tramiel in the 1970s, when Tandon Corp. supplied disk
drives to Commodore, a computer company then owned by Tramiel.
Mitchell, JTS's president, worked for Tramiel as Commodore's general
manager in 1978 and 1979. He then left to help launch Seagate Technology Inc.
of Scotts Valley, now the world's largest disk-drive producer. Mitchell left
Seagate in 1991 to become president of Conner Peripherals in San Jose, then
moved to JTS last year before Conner was acquired by Seagate.
JTS, which has 160 employees in San Jose and 1,300 workers at a
disk-drive production plant in Madras, India, is trying to convince laptop PC
manufacturers to switch to a new type of hard disk. Laptop computers today
use 2.5-inch diameter hard drives, which are more expensive to manufacture
than the larger 3.5-inch drives that are common in desktop PCs. JTS is
offering a compromise: a thin 3-inch drive that shares the low-cost
manufacturing methods of 3.5-inch drives, while taking up no more space than
thick 2.5-inch drives.
The company has gotten an order from Compaq Computer Corp. of Houston,
which is expected to ship laptops with the JTS drives by June. Compaq has
also helped fund development work at JTS and has convinced another disk-drive
manufacturer, Western Digital Corp. of Irvine, to start making a small number
of 3-inch drives.
But JTS still faces a considerable struggle in convincing laptop makers
to switch to 3-inch drives.
"It's my understanding Compaq's interest is still somewhat limited,"
said Robert Katzive, vice president of the research firm Disk/Trend Inc. of
Mountain View. "Maybe there's room (for 3-inch drives), we'll just have to
see."
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Visit Mercury Center on America Online (keyword: MERCURY) or Mercury
Center Web, the World Wide Web site of the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News.
Point your Web-browsing software to http://www.sjmercury.com
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15:28 02-14-96
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1996--Analyst Lee Isgur of Jefferies
& Co. Inc. raised his rating on Atari Corp. (ATC) to ACCUMULATE from Hold
due to Atari's announced merger with JTS Corp. and the likelihood that
Atari's growth in 1996 will accelerate dramatically.
CONTACT:
Jefferies & Co. Inc.
Lee Isgur, 415/263-1417
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED ENTERTAINMENT
--
Michael Current, 8-Bit Atari FAQ & Vendor/Developer Lists maintainer
User groups: CAIN, SPACE, NWPAC / mailto:mcurrent@carleton.edu
Article 441 of freenet.sci.comp.atari.news:
From: Stewart Edward Huffman <shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us>
Subject: More About MIST July 13
Date: 18 May 1996 22:14:41 GMT
For the MIST AtariFest VIII
At Indianapolis JULY 13
Let's Hope HADES and MEDUSA
Make the Trip With Toad
Vendor Packs Are in the Mail
But Many Addresses Out of Service
Contracts and packets for vendors, developers, and user groups have
been in the mail for weeks for the 8th Mid-Indiana ST MIST AtariFest
on July 13, 1996 -- but too many are coming back with addresses
marked "Forwarding Order Expired."
If you have an updated address or know a friend who changed
his/her Postal Service mailing address in the last 12 or 18 months,
let us know by Email.
The MIST address is: < shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us >
Dave Troy at Toad Computers just announced that a new 68040/060
machine called HADES should be available by the end of May --
so maybe there can be one or two for the show in Indianapolis.
Well under $3,000. HADES -- it's hellishly fast! It comes from the
Swiss folks who also cloned the Atari as MEDUSA. Email to Toad:
< dave@toad.net > (or on the Web: < http://www.toad.net >
July 13 is a 1996 date for MIST. Fact is, Indy is full of racers and auto
buffs all summer long, and there's hardly a sleeping room to be had
later in the month ... so the traditional last of July date for
MIST Fest is changed to July 13.
Same hours as in the past: Open at 10 a.m. and close where there's
no one left. That's 10 a.m. Indianapolis Time (11 Eastern Daylight
Time). Indianapolis is year-around on Eastern Standard Time --
Never on Daylight.
Same place ... at the two ballrooms at the Best Western Waterfront
Plaza Hotel ... and room to spread out the merchandise as well as the
crowd. Last year's event attracted nearly 350 ticket-buying Atarians
(almost as many as the year before, although it may not have looked
that way since we were not nearly so crowded).
Charlie Sears is ready to take table reservations: Save $10 NOW off
the $75 rate for commercial vendors/developers or $35 rate for
user groups. (A $10 discount applies to vendors and groups
PAID BY JUNE 15. Send Charlie a check today -- address below.)
(And yes, we still have a smaller $10 space to accommodate
individual users who are not part of a group -- but solo slots
don't include the $3 admission ticket and user groups and
vendors get two admission tickets included in their table rates.)
Charlie has the room layout in tentative form, and he might be
enticed to get you a special spot if you call early and pay early:
Call his home at 317.535-4829 or leave him mail on his
Crossroads/MIST BBS at 317.535-1643 or 317.780.5473
(FidoNet 1:231/310.0 and AtariNet 51:203/8).
You can reply to me at < shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us >
(and I do intended to get back on GEnie, assuming it continues
to be the Atari Place To Be ... but I have been playing the
WWWeb Games a lot lately and had no time for GEnie).
Hotel rooms will be scarce even on July 13, the Best Western
people tell us, but they agreed to give us a deal about $5 higher
than last year: $55 Single or $61 Double ... but you MUST RESERVE
the room by JUNE 12 -- 30 days in advance of the MIST Fest to get that
rate (and probably to get a room at all). To get the rate, DO NOT
call Best Western's 800 number; you must call the Indianapolis hotel itself
and make the reservation with the Catering/Conference Staff. If you call at
night or on a weekend, leave a message for them to call you back. They
do that. The Indianapolis phone number is 317.299.8400 and the
Catering/Conference Staff extension is x393.
It's not a bad place to stay, as you know, even if the restaurant leaves
something to be desired during some years. The indoor pool is nice and
there are several franchise restaurants nearby -- plus the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway with Indy Car Museum and Indianapolis Raceway Park.
MIST in Indy July 13 ... it's the place to be!
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Stu Huffman, Indiana Dept. of Education: shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us
US Snail: State House 229, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
Office Voice: 317.232.6618 FAX: 317.232.8004
Home: 610 Artists Dr, Box 1215, Nashville, IN 47448-1215 V:812.988.7558
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Article 442 of freenet.sci.comp.atari.news:
From: Stu Huffman <shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us>
Subject: New Atari Magazine (fwd)
Date: 18 May 1996 22:18:38 GMT
FYI ... in case this message didn't reach some of you. We have invited
TJ to bring his Atari magazine story to a vendor table at MIST Atari Fest in
Indianapolis on July 13 ... Best regards to you all...
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Stu Huffman, Indiana Dept. of Education: shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us
US Snail: State House 229, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
Office Voice: 317.232.6618 FAX: 317.232.8004
Home: 610 Artists Dr, Box 1215, Nashville, IN 47448-1215 V:812.988.7558
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 17:01:45 -0700
From: Thomas Ferreira <tj@godfather.com>
To: shuffman@ideanet.doe.state.in.us
Subject: New Atari Magazine
Let me introduce myself. My name is Thomas (TJ) Ferreira and if you have
not noticed lately in the Atari newsgroups that I have been posting notes
about a possible new Atari based magazine that I may be producing. Here are
the letters I have posted thus far:
************
#1 message *
************
Hello there folks! I am doing a little research and thought the newsgroups
would be a great place to start. I have been toying with the idea for years
to produce an Atari based magazine and would like to get some feedback from
all you Atarians out there.
Here in North America we do have (2) very fine Atari based magazines; Atari
ST Informer from USA and Current Notes from Canada. I want to feel the
waters and see if the current market would receive well a new and fresh look
at an Atari based magazine.
I have many very good, fun, and new ideas for this Atari magazine and am
almost to the point of jumping aboard and joining the Atari magazine crowd.
This magazine will mostly cater to the Atari computer line but will have
some info for the gamers at heart.
If you are one that currently subscribes to other Atari magazines and would
most likey subscribe to a new magazine, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!
Please email me at:
tj@godfather.com
Just let me know your thoughts and if you truly believe you would be a
potential subscriber.
Thanks for help and look forward to many many responses. I would also love
to hear from other Atari based magazines on there ideas and insights of the
Atari magazine market.
Thanks Again!!!!
Thomas Ferreira
*************
#2 Message *
*************
I have had this message posted online for a couple days and have had a good
amount of responses. If you have not responded so far my email about your
ideas and thoughts of this new magazine, THEN I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I wish to hear your ideas and responses. Do you want to keep the Atari
platform ALIVE and WELL?? Then respond and be heard. I want this magazine
to happen for me, for you, for advertisers, and for all computer
enthusiasts. This Atari platform is FUN and we have years of life left
right now if we all work together. You never know, if we keep the ball
rolling long enough, someone or some company may bring back the Atari
concept! Would it not be great if someone acquired the rights to say the
never release ST BOOK notebook that Atari was producing and revamp slightly
for todays market!! I would buy one for sure.
Anyway, I want to hear from you and need the further data to get the
magazine going. EMAIL TODAY!!!!!
Original Letter below......
I removed because you have above....
Anyway, as you can tell I am actively collecting data so I can make this
possible venture a reality. Since you are still dealing with Atari product,
do you believe you would be interested in this new magazine to:
A.) Advertise
B.) Subscribe
C.) Sell Retail if you are a dealer
D.) Make available to your user groups if you are part of a club
E.) etc...
I want to make sure enough readers and advertisers are out there for this
new magazine. If you develop products, I would also like to discuss
possible special subscription rates for your registered users. If they buy
your product, they also get special rates on this new magazine, etc...
Ideas like this so we can all benefit and keep the user informed. I have
many dealer/developer ideas I would like to use when the time comes and
would like to discuss....
Anyway, just pop me a note about your thoughts on this project and we will
go from there.
Thanks,
Thomas Ferreira
Article 443 of freenet.sci.comp.atari.news:
From: aa700@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Current)
Subject: Don's Wacky Deal #2
Date: 18 May 1996 22:20:21 GMT
TO: Atari Devotees at Large
FR: Earthbound Internet Inhabitant (a.k.a. Don Thomas @ Atari)
REPLY TO: 75300.1267@compuserve.com
SUBJECT: *VERY* LIMITED OFFER (5/10/96 - 5/31/96) AND WHILE SUPPLIES
LAST REVISED: 5/15/96 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Okay, it's May and I'm sniveling all over the office. The four T's think it's
because I want to do another wacky sale, but it's actually because my hay
fever symptoms are going ballistic. But, heck, if they want to believe I'm
"dyin'" to instigate another frenzy on some cool Atari stuff, who am I to say
otherwise. Right!?
The excuse this time is that the warehouse has finally relocated (which they
have) and they need to find ways to make room without stacking each and every
box neatly from floor to ceiling (which they do). So what a wonderful
opportunity to host a brand new sale to help them with their little (big)
problem. Besides, we make people happy.
So, with much ado, I have worked with Big Ray over at our warehouse and we
have isolated some nifty thingos for you to ponder.
THIS IS IMPORTANT. If you choose not to read and understand sale terms there's
a BIG chance we will reject your order and someone else may beat you to some
items you want. Please permit me to be blunt...
GREAT PRICES, LOUSY SERVICE
These items listed below are available at outstanding values and do NOT
include personalized phone services such as phone orders or checking on
shipments (until 15 business days have passed). Your order will be printed and
entered and I will contact you ONLY if we determine one or more items cannot
be fulfilled. All items are "as-is" and probably don't have boxes or
instructions (all games have instructions although they may be photocopies).
These are trade show returns, refurbs, store returns, reclaims, employee use
items, media review returns, developer on-loan returns, etc. (Some new items
may be mixed in for fun.) There are NO REFUNDS and the standard 90-day
warranty will not apply.... BUT every item is guaranteed to work for a 30-day
period or it will be replaced or repaired at Atari's option. Some of the items
may have slight scratches or other small cosmetic packaging flaws. None are
being sold under new conditions. All items are in limited quantity and subject
to prior sale. It will be best to order by credit card so that we can adjust
the transaction accurately if we are unable to ship everything requested. I
cannot hold product for money orders to arrive.
Okay, enough with the lawyer stuff already! Here's how to order... Send me an
E-Mail to:
75300.1267@compuserve.com
OR
fax the information to 408/328-0909
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE on these items. You may also snail mail your order with
a money order (or credit card) to:
Don's Second Wacky Deal for Internet Dude persons
c/o The Atari Corporation
P.O. Box 61657
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1657
Money Orders, MasterCard or Visa accepted as valid payments. Your order MUST
include:
Name (First and Last) Snail Mail (shipping) address City, State, Zip,
Province, Apartment, Tree, etc. Day and night and girlfriend's phone numbers
Internet address Exact payment in Money Order form OR MasterCard/Visa number
and expiration
If you placed a MasterCard or Visa transaction with Atari in the past 120
days, we will be happy to look it up. You may also leave the credit card
number off the order and request someone to call you for it. Please be advised
if you are difficult to reach, it can delay your order.
As a rule, shipping is $5 for every $100 (or fraction thereof) of your order.
Foreign orders or odd lot orders will have a modest surcharge which cannot be
determined until the order is boxed for you. Please allow for shipping costs
to vary accordingly.
So are you still with me? (By the way, all prices shown do not include
shipping/handling and applicable California taxes). Prices are all U.S. funds
only.
One last thing, all items are first come, first serve. Asking questions about
the products will not reserve them for you. <g> Your order will be printed and
placed in sequence for the order takers to input. If we have the product and
your order is complete and your payment is accepted (approved by the bank), we
will finish the order and ship within a couple of business days. If we cannot
complete the order for any reason, the order takers will move to the next
order and I will reply in E-Mail to you for additional feedback. Please
understand, at these prices, we want to prioritize orders we can process. If
you require a great deal of service prior to your decision to purchase, please
contact your nearest retailer. Please be advised that S&H may be adjusted. If
you are ordering heavy items, expect that S&H may reflect that.
ATTENTION DEALERS: Yes, you may take part in this offer. All terms apply the
same for everyone. No additional discounts or terms apply.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
Assorted Lynx Software
Any 1 = $12 ($12 ea)
Any 3 = $33 ($11 ea)
Any 5 = $45 ($9 ea)
Any 10 = $75 ($7.50 ea)
Add identical title = $6.50 ea
Note: I can probably get my hands on most any title published by Atari with
exceptions to the following:
AGAIN, THESE ARE *NOT* CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:
Blue Lightning
California Games
Checkered Flag
Electrocop
Gauntlet
Hard Drivin'
Lemmings
Lynx Casino
NFL Football
Ninja Gaiden
Ms. Pacman
Paperboy
Roadblasters
Warbirds
World Class Soccer
Xenophobe
Zarlor
Mercenary
Note that Battlewheels, European Soccer Challenge, Bubble Trouble, Super Off
Road and Qix are not Atari titles. Please do not ask for third party titles
except for Joust or Robotron.
To see a complete list, go to Lynx Products & Prices. Note that no matter how
many you buy, you get the second (or third, etc.) of the same title for only
$6.50 each. $6.50 titles do not count toward volume discounts.
Lynx Add-Ons.....
Lynx pouches $5 each
Lynx carry cases $12 each
Battery pack $4 each
Lynx power supply $8 each
ComLynx cable $2.50 each
Deal of deals... $1 BATTERY PACK with Power Supply purchase
NEED A LYNX?...
Lynx with 4 (random)games $55 each / 2 for $80
Note: These are systems with 1 of 5 different prepacked software assortments.
No, I cannot guarantee what titles or that more than one purchased system at
this price will have different games.
BLUE LIGHTNING DEMO CARDS...
When Atari discovered that the chain stores we're not too good at keeping the
Lynx turned on and "playing" something in their stores, Atari manufactured
specially designed "ever-on" Lynx systems. The systems had the on/off button
shorted out so that the system would automatically come on when the stores
lights were turned on each day in the morning. To accompany those systems,
Atari also provided special versions of BLUE LIGHTNING so customers could see
a game in play on the Lynx no matter when they looked at it in the glass case.
I have found a limited number of these demo cards. They are labeled as demos
and the Blue Lightning game that plays on it is NOT interactive. No Lynx
controls work with this cartridge. I can offer them to collectors for $5 each
or $3 if the order totals $25 or more.
A DIE HARD FAVORITE...
Jaguar demo kiosk $150 plus $130 S&H
These are the big, 200 lb. jobbers we take to trade shows. The ones I can sell
are trade show returns and may have minor flaws (like a little sticky tape
that comes off with lighter fluid). You have to provide the monitor and the
Jaguar. The SC1435 is a perfect fit (No, I don't have any). The SC1224 works
okay too, but you need to find a cable (or use ICD's CATbox <wink>). I have
SC1224's listed below. If you have seen these things, you know how much fun it
would be to own one. Perfect for bedrooms, rec rooms, the garage, or in the
lobbies of professional offices where children could be entertained. If you
haven't seen these things, then picture a cabinet that looks just like an
arcade machine. Convenient shelf for small monitor and there's room for the
Jaguar AND the CD-ROM (barely).
OKAY WE DIDN'T SELL MANY LAST TIME (SO I LOWERED THE PRICE)...
SC1224 color monitor $18 plus $20 S&H
Don't be silly, it cost more to ship it. Of course you need one.
NEW LOW BLOWOUT PRICE...
PCM124 PC Monochrome 12" $20 plus $25 S&H
THIS WAS HOTTER THAN I EVER EXPECTED, SO I MADE THEM FIND MORE!...
Atari binders
1 = $2.00 ($2.00 ea)
3 = $4.00 ($1.33 ea)
5+ = $1.00 ea
These are cool 3-ring binders; all in great condition. All from the Warner
days. Great for office, school, collections, whatever.
BACK TO YESTERDAY'S FUTURE.......
SF354 Single-Sided Drive $18 each (Great for classic 16-bit computer games or
applications).
GREAT DEAL #2 only $2 with any order over $25.
BUY ONE, TAKE IT APART, CHECK IT OUT!...
XM301 8-bit modem $4
PORTFOLIO PHINDS........
Smart Parallel Interface $5 each
PC Card Drive $5 each
64K Memory Card (batteries may be doorknob dead):
1 = $12 ($12 ea)
3 = $27 ($9 ea)
5 = $35 ($7 ea)
10 = $50 ($5 ea)
25 = $88 ($3.52 ea)
100 = $99 (.99 ea)
520STe SPECIAL SOFTWARE FIND...
DS4921 Discover Extra Software $18 each
The discover pack is a collector's treasure. It is a specially boxed set of
software distributed with the 520STe in Europe and some made it to the U.S.
for possible pack-ins here. There are 5 disks. Contents include a "Language
Disk", "Final Flight Program Disk", "Final Flight Data Disk", "Sim City/Robot
Monsters Program Disk", "9 Lives Program Disk" and a specially bound book with
instructions for the entire set. There's only a few of these sets and I expect
them to go fast.
ST GAME and LEARNING SOFTWARE ARCHIVES...
DS5007 Home Planetarium
DS5018 Missile Command
DS5019 Star Raiders
DS5058 Moon Patrol
DS5068 Biology, Vol. I
DS5073 Chemistry, Vol. II
DS5079 Robotron
DS5080 Crack'd
DS5097 Equation Builder
Any title on this list = $7.50
Any two = $12 ($6 each)
Any three = $15 ($5 each)
Any four = $16 ($4 each)
Five or more = $3.25 each
ST APPLICATION SOFTWARE ARCHIVES...
DS5057 Word Flair
DS5125 Desk Set II
TP6104 LDW Power (SORRY! -SOLD OUT-)
STALKER
TP90004 Band In A Box
Any title on this list = $20
Any two = $32 ($16.00 each)
Three or more = $14 each
COOL COLLECTOR STUFF TO THROW IN YOUR ORDER...
Atari Patches (.25 each)
Federated Pens (.15 each)
Atari "Player on Board" plastic diamonds for windows - includes suction cup
(.75 each)
BE READY FOR HALLOWEEN...
If you really want a BIG piece of Atari's 8-bit history, here's a chance to
get some one-of-a-kind stuff that I want, but don't have space to store it.
These go back to the Pac-Man days. I have 2 Ms. Pac-Man costumes (character
costumes a la Disneyland, promotional events)and I have 2 ghost costumes. They
look like they're in good shape with the exception of understandable warehouse
dust and dirt. Three of the costumes are in original boxes. The good news is
that we'll take only $100 each costume, but the bad news is that it costs
another $100 S&H to ship. If you want these, we're talking refigerator size
cartons, so you better have storage space and you WON'T be able to hide this
purchase from the wife (significant other). First come, first serve, U.S.
shipping destinations ONLY.
FLASH UPDATE!!! As of 5/15/96, both Ms. Pacman and one of the ghost costumes
have been sold leaving only one ghost. If you want this, submit your order
soon.
JAGUAR SNEAKS (AT THE END OF THE LIST)...
Wolfenstein 3D $9 with any cart purchase at regular price
Zool2 $9 with any cart purchase at regular price
Bubsy $9 with any cart purchase at regular price
Trevor McFur $9 with any cart purchase at regular price
Raiden $12 with any cart purchase at regular price
Dino Dudes $9 with any cart purchase at regular price
Cybermorph $9 without any qualifying purchase
Regular priced software must be purchased at same time. See Products & Price
Lists for a complete list. Don't have a Jaguar? Take advantage of any Jaguar
cartridge offer above and add a complete Jaguar (refurb) for $55.
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User groups: CAIN, SPACE, NWPAC / mailto:mcurrent@carleton.edu
Article 444 of freenet.sci.comp.atari.news:
From: dschmud@heartland.bradley.edu (David Schmudde)
Subject: Classic Atari OnLine 0696
Date: 19 Jun 1996 19:52:29 GMT
CLASSIC ATARI ONLINE 0696
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Editorial........
........CAO #1 was a sucess!
........Updates in "my" Atari world
Classic Atari News........
........Cart Price guide (by Mr. Hess)
Special Pac-Man issue!!!
Still got Pac-Mania? Find out:
"Which Pac-Man is the best?"
2600/7800 Section........
........Pac-Man (2600)
........Mrs. Pac-Man (7800)
........Jr. Pac-Man (2600)
Computer Section ---
News........
........A new Atari magazine?
8-Bit Software........
........Pac-Man
........Interactive Books on Disk (Programming)
Game Comparisons........
........War of the Pac-Men!
8-bit Hardware........
........One JoyStick Spy Hunter (Comp)
........Black Box by CSS (Comp)
Novice Section........Pratical Black Box
Atari Around the Internet........
........Computer Sites on the Internet
Atari History Section........
........Atari: a New Company in a New Market
Current News Bits........
........Is Atari out of videogaming?
CAO brings you both sides of the story
........Fight For Life (Jaguar)
........Interview With Francois Yves Bertrand
Disgrace to Plastic........
........E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (2600)
Voting........
........Favorite Vaporware
Atari Good Deals (Sell/Buy Section)
Picture........
........A picture of Don Thomas in 1990
(2nd Week)
available at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dschmud/dsatari.htm
CompuServe (8-bit Atari Version also)
West Coast MidWest East Coast
CatScan BBS MidNite Serenade Toad Hall BBS
(209) 239-1552 (309) 697 2752 (617) 567-8642
Under CAO #4 (617) 569-2489
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