SPACE Newsletter - January 1994

January 1994

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, January, 1994 Editorial

by Joe Danko The tethers of SPACE should probably be very concerned, possible onhappy with their lewsletter Editor by now. There was nothing potilished in Dember and this Janoary issue is a poor product and late to boot. There is no defense that can be aade to muse such behavior. seeaking now as an individual, I will say that Joe Danko' a life b!S been in disorder for the last two 1onth1. I 1oved If workplace fro■ Ro•,,ille to Eagan. lhen I say "I 1oved ■Y vorbJlace•, that is a literal interpretation. I 6ad to 1ove mt of the co1pater 6ardwm and practically all of the office fro■ the DIISYS IIRCS site to the UIISYS IllOROB with 1inual assistance. Add to that going to Metro U., dealing vith Thanksgiving Christau three ■alfunctioning aato■obiles and, co■pater probleu at ■f c~arch and adjusting to working rotating shifts again and we hm a do■estic train wreck that is just now being cleared off the tracks. I a■ trying to find a place elm to Maplewood Mall that bas doplication cheaper than Kinkos. I will say that doing it at Unkos is certainly a pleasure. They did 2-sided copying and staplin_g in about 10 1inatu. I would consider help fro■ so■eone who 1s able to spennore ti■e and trouble getting the nm~etter copied, stapled, folded, stapled and stuped. Tbe co1plete procm 1s very tm consllllng. As yoa will see in this publication, SPACE will be needing a new Recording Secretary and a new BBS Sysop. The SPACE BBS has beco■e S01ething of a bot potato. Ky/monal observation is si■ilar to Alos Jackson's. Is it worth the ezpenae an trouble? I belim it is bat it bas beco■e apparent over the years that the ATARI 8-bit coapoter is a notoriously unreliable platfor■ for a 7 day a week, 24 boor a day operation like a BBS.

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IIIdiillter aadnm 1h01 ~Lin leb. '94, in Blaine, KIi. This idea will discussed at future ■eewg1. Hike riµpatrick, club BBS, suggested having a club auggestion boz for ideas for fund raisers. Sher■ Brickson said arrange1ents for a suggestion box will be 1ade. A club telber, Pat lrenn, ■ade the annoonce1ent be had a printer, a 13txe co■puter and a 11551 dist drive, and software and cartridges for sale at the ■eet1 Dg,

The last ite1 of business to talk about was the club's Cbrist■as Party at the Dec. Meetinq. A potluck list was circulated a■ong the 1e■bmhip to sign up to bring a food 1te1. Beverage and ■eat will be provide by cllib. Asuggestion vas Christia& Party.

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¢Sher■ Brickson minded the 1e■bmhip, the ■ore 1eabers who siqned op to bring a potluck ite■ for the party, the better the party, He thanked mryone for coting to tbe ■eeting.

lleeting adjoorued at 8:25 pa.

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Space Christw Party '93 lbat can I _say! It see1& every year the Space Christos Parties get better and better. lirst the Christua Parties are always a success because of the hard work and planning of the Christua Party Couittee. This includes The litzpatricks, Sher■ !ricbon and other people.

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Second is the food at the Party. The food table was loaded with food such delicious ha■, Ray Wafer's fa■oas potatoe salad, Al Robles's fa■ous special K-bars and lots of other delicious food ite1s. And the President's great M cdonald' s Orange Drillk(I could of drank a gallon of it) .

Space 1eeting started at 7:40 pa. All officers present, empt Matban Block, club president. Sbm Erickson, vice president, presided over 1eeting. Shera welco1ed everybody to mting.

Third was the Raffle for prizes and the trivia contest. Many nice prizes were won by club telbers. The trivia contest was gets better every ti1e. Ihm the President co■es op with Atari question I don't know. But ve me lucky to have people like Larry Serflaten and Alos Jackson on our side to answer the trivia questions right so our side won. The other side was very good at answering fhe trivia questions too bot ve won. It was a very fun party and I can't wait till ve have our next club birthday party.

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for a recap of the Oct. aeeting ainotes fro■ recording secretary, llike leist. The club treasurer, Greg Le inter gave a treasury report. Talked about so■e of the club's incurred expenses. The club's treasury stands at $516.29.

Election of officers took place for the club. The 1otion was ■ade to elect the slate of officers. Larry Serflaten 2nd the 1otion. for old business, Sher■ Bricuon talked about the Ha■fest, that was held Oct. 30, at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Kn. He talked about the fun tiae the Space Booth volunteer had at the show. ralked about the i■provmnts this year. Better flea ■arket itm cleaner restrooas, and no big lines for getting food and refresh■ents. Encouraged mbers to volunteer for future shows, where the club booth would be. for new business, couents were ■ade on the new nevsletter fomt. Many expressea they liked it. lliers advertising the Space Atari club will be circulated by club's software person Lance Ringquist. DiscmioD was ~rought up on how to 'build up the club's treasury. Sher■ Brickson, club vice president brought up the idea of eli■inating free ■e■bmh1p for officers, Most of the officers agree ,with this. This will be brought op in January '94 when the club's bylaws can be reviewed. 1e■bers

The idea of findinq a cheaper costing 1eeting spot was discussed or even a no cost location . Afomr location that didn't cost the club anything will be checked into. Asuggestion was ■ade to have another fund raiser like the Bob Puff visit was suggested. Mike Fitzpatrick, club BBS. SfSOP, said the Bob Puff visit is alots of hard work and preparation. But 1f 1e■bm would like Bob Poff to 1ake a return, be would. Another suggestion was 1ade for a fund raiser, A■e■ber suggested having a club ruuage sale. It was discussed when to have it, Ihm to have it. It was suggested to have it at the next electronics show. This would be the

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Recording Secretary Hathan Block, President of Space opened the 1eeting at 7: 40 pa. He velcmd everybody in attendance. He introduced the officers of the club. All officers wm present except Joe Danko. club newsletter editor. Kathan Block said be bas always looked forwards to past Christtas parties and is looking forwards to the Cflrist1as party after the ■eeting. Mike litzPatrict, present B.B.S. sysopl said a nev B.B.S. sysop 1USt be found because be has to step don fro■ tne position. If any c1ob 1e■ber is interested in assllling the duties, they should contact hi■, Sher■ Brickson, or lathan Block. Terry Streeter, a club 1e■ber expressed interested in the position. To save 1oney for the club, Greg Leinter, club treasareri suggested that ■ail coting to a post office boz cote to his house. This wou d save the club so■e 1oney that has to be paid out for a aonthly post office box. This idea will be considered. Larrr Serflaten de■ostrated the disk of the aonth. ¢¢Kathan Block, club president~ asked the officers of the club to step forwards to the Christtas Party fooa table and serve thmelves first. Kathan thanked everyone for coting. ¢¢Meeting adjourned at 7: 50Pa. Mike leist Recording Secretary

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Treumr'1 Report for lomber, 1993 by Greg Leitner

199/100+) Por Sale/lantedr 8esaage1 100 (16949) - Reply to 199 Another year bas coae and is al1ost gone and here ve still are. lbat do Title: the scary you suppose, if you vere a betting person, the odds vould be that an 8-bit Author, TIN GEARII club would survi,e another year? iiell here are 1y reasons I feel that our ro: TOK STILIIACB (iecvdl club voald be a sure bet for 1994. Posted, San 2-Jan-94 at 12:06r91at 1. lfe have Officers that vant to keep their positions for another year lell, I've got two prograa recorders sitting aroand here and I already which 1eana they care enough about the welfare of the Club that they are gm 1y cousin 1y old 4N, a recorder, and I transfered a bunch of N/L willing to sacrifice their ti1e for it. • gaaes to tape. There is a trick to loading N/L progrw fro1 tape. r also 2. The 1elbers as a vbole realize vben the treasury is iD need oi their gm bi1 1y old 1030 lode1 but theres so1ething vrong vith that old 40f support and everyone contributes to see that the Club rm.ins fimcially where it ignores devices other than a recorder llhich only ascs the strong. gnd.,aud.in, and a data pin. 3. Just to use one of 1any ez~les, ve have 1elbers such as Rlcb· vbo r figure r can giJe it to •Y neighbor. It'll give his kids so1etbing to do at least . probably doesn't have 1ucb tiae to devote to the 8-bit anyaored but vbo still sbovs up at the 1eetings to give us bis technical support an kDovledge, Vith all this going for us bov can ve not survive? 140/50+I Software Talk: gessage: 40 {t5632) It looks like ve are going to end the year with a balance of around $50f.0f. Not too shabby. Por the 100th of fovelber ve pretty 1ucb broke em vith ezpems outpacin9 our receipts by just $7.25 . lfe took in $105. ee, including one mbersb1p renewal and baij expenses of $122. 25, including 1onthly BBS phone bill and the newsletter. Also ve bad an additional expense for the rental of a table at the Haafest late in October. So our banlc balance nov stands at $599.04. See you all at the Decelber 1eeting and let's have a great party to celebrate our success for another good year.

Treanrer's Report for Dember, 1993 by Greg Leitner Another year bas coae and is al1ost gone and here ve still are. lbat do yoa suppose, if you were a betting person, the odds vould be that an 8-bit club would survive another year? Vell here are 1y reasons I feel that our club would be a sure bet for 1994, 1. lfe have Officers that vant to keep their positions for another year vbicb 1eaoa they care enough about the welfare of the Club that they are willing to sacrifice their tiae for it. 2. The mbers as a vbole realize vben the treasury is iD need of their support and everyone contributes to see that the Club mains financially strong. 3. Just tJ use one vf 1a11y m1plea, ie bm "Jeabm-suct aa Rich ,to probably doesn't have 1ucb tiae to devote to the 8-bit anyaore1 but vbo still sbovs up at the 1eetings to give us his technical support ana knowledge. ilitb all this going for us bov can ve not survive?

srm I FOIIRD OR m SPACB BBS Utt by Joe Danko Message, 93 !161281 Title: Joysticks Author: Craig Larson Toi All Posted: Thu 2-Dec-93 at 91441etp1 I vas at a newly opened store near 1y house in Colulbia Heights call Unique Thrift Shop. It is located next to the Ace Hardware store near 37th Ave. and Stinson Blvd. I sav banging op on a rack approxiaately 20 Atari type joysticks vith fire buttons and a couple of those paddle sets. All of these itm me mked 95 cents each. The me banging up by the cords about 3 or 4 isles away fro1 the vest outside vay on pegboard books. Por those vbo don't kDov ae, !'1 an Apple II 8 bit oat vbo buys al1ost anything for Apple II co~uters. I at syapathetic to users of any 8 bit co1puter line whose aanofacturer dropped supp9ft on the product, Soae of the parts used in the Atari are the sue as the Apple II.

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Author, Larry Serflaten Tor All Posted: Kon 5-Jul-93 at 9: 33: 00p1 Replies: 2 If roa like this gate bat find you cant see all the screens because you get kil ed too early, I bm a surprise for you! I have found the one byte that detmines bov aany 1en are given at the start of each gate. This one value is noraally 3 but I have successfully changed it to over let! The byte is 7592 bytes fro1 the beginning of the file. The BASIC prograi below shows bow to alter this byte to AIIY VALllB you mt! 10 om t3,8 0, "D1BLDASHI.OBJ" 20 OPBN t4,4,0, "D1BOl!LDBR.DSH" 25 RBN . IOse correct filenaae!) 30 FOR M TO 7591 40 GBT t4,A:PUT t3,A 50 HIT I:TAAP 100 60 GBT t4,A:Pllt tl,100:RE!! NU VALllB 70 GET t4,A:PUT 131!:GOTO 70 let CLOSB 13:CLOSB t4 110 END H!v11 PIIR! Message 1 42 ft5705 l - Reply to t40 Title: BOULDER DASH Author: Ratfian Block To: Larry SerflateD (Recvd) Posted: Tue 13-Jul-93 at l:43:00at I cannot believe yoa, this 1s fantastic! Hov on earth did you figure this out? Are you ripping code out of couercial software Dov? latban Block {42/50+ I Software Talk: gessage1 43 (15710) - Reply to t42 Title: BOULDER DASH Author: Larry Serflaten To: Nathan Block (Recvd) I1 jost DBHRl!IIED to &m fan vith 1y coaputerl I couldnt viDD vith only 3 1en at the start so r vent in and logged vbere every '3' was in the file. I then systeaatically changed every one (one at a ti1e I antill the nulber of 1en changed. Nov I can get to every screen and have played all of 1ml 1 (A-Pl soae of these screens are bard to figure out! 143/50+ l Software Talk: 8essage, 44 (t5730) - Reply to t43 Title: BOULDER DASH Author: Nathan Block To: Larry SerflateD IRecvdl Posted: Fri 16-Jul-93 at 1:43:00at That is hilarious! You sfiould bring that to the Deit 1eetinq, I have passed both BOULDERDASH 1 and BOULDERDASB 2 vitbOUT cheating! Kathan Block llessage: 180 I16854 l Titler CSS Sale

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Au~!: fijhard !lier Posted1 !on 21-Dec-93 at 41341etpa Repliess 1 I just received a Sale flyer today fro• Coaputer Software Sercies. Black Box with floppy board for $3e9.95! lro1 vhat I understand, the floppy board vith handle 1.44 !leg Drives. The real kicker11: CSS is nov carryin~ the ICD/OSS cartridges NAC65 ACTIOR, Basic IL and IE. Also, along v1th a nev 8Bit co1pany tbey vili 1aking and saleing the Mi1e 8!! ! ! (line Toned Kngineering is the nue of the nev Co1pany, ) Richard !lier 1182/200+I Public Interest: Messages 183 (16857) - Reply to 1180 Title: CSS Sale Author: TIii GE!RII Toi Richard !lier (Recvd) Posted: Tue 21-Dec-93 at 1:4910011 Re~lies1 0 I wonder if the sale 1eans that there just trying to get rid of there inventory before they go out of bussiness. I dont know really.

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lle;m:: Ti1el! Author: !los Jackson Toi All Posted: Sun 2-Jan-94 at 11:50:00p1 lell, Bobbi and I have been paying close attention to the bbs for abaut the ~a!t 2 1,nths, and have ~m to this conclusion .... It is no longer viable to have Spectra• Analysis BBS online. There are a total of 6 users who really bother to call the syste1 on a regular basis and add SOie input to the syste1 to keep it going. The fact of the utter is that Spectra• Analysis BBS is nov a very dead syste1. film is not enough activity to warrant the expense of keepin~ the syste1 online. fhat is really the botton line here and even though I don't like it, that is just the vay it is. There is just not enough support to keep the syste1 online anyaore, despite efforts to keep things interesting to the general public. Therefore, on Wednesday, January 5, 1993, Spectrua Analysis vill cease to exist. lbat I will no longer do is keep the systea active for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I will not give up •I phone line, nor will I totally take the bbs offline. I also will not se 1 1y node to anyone. I will continue to purchase upgrades and support Mroducts and any future upgrades that it aay co1e out with. I will concentrate all of •Y ti1e to beta testing for K-Products, and I vill continue to network, but reality has set in, and I lcoov that the tiae that bas been established for this syste1 bas long past, and even though I don't want to call it quits, it see1s that the ti1e to do so bad passed. You will find that Spectrua Analysis will continue to exist, only ecause for certain tim of the week, the bbs will be online, but the userlog will only be set up for a total of tvo users, 1yself and Bobbi. So, progress has once again beat s01ething that could have been SOie kind of value, or just plain lack of interest bas set in and has told a story that could not be accepted until now. So all good tiliugs 1us~ me to an eod, but thtil aqaiu, I ~ii~lio uvt all good things are good to all people. For 1e anyvay1 its been nice to sem those who have been interested in knowing vbat 1s going on. I will nov go private, and continue to be available for those of rou vho are lefti and have an interest in the 8-bit. Nay peace and bapp ness be with al of you throughout 1994. bos Jackson

Atari Corp. vill score a nev level of video-gm perforaance this fall vith the introduction of Jaguar, a 64-bit RISC-based syste1 offering real-ti1e 3-D shaded surfaces vith texture upping. file $200 systea, able to tap into the ~roving network of cable and telepnone video services, Vlil take viaeogues into a graphics real; once the provinc~ of lidrange 3-D workstatins. In yet a further departure, the syste1 will be built by IBII Corp. Jaguar billed as an interactive 1ulti1edia syste1, is based on an Atari-designed proprietary 64-bit RISC processor and its proprietarr digital signal processors. file cartridge-based syste1 features 24-bit true color graphics, shaded 3-D polygons and real-ti1e texture 1appiog. Atari clai1S that Jaguar offers four tim the processing power of the current 16-bit videogaaes fro1 Sega and Rintendo, and believes it is even 1ore powerful than the coaing 32-bit ARI! CPU-based aacbine fro• 300 Co. "If a spaceship goes around a 100n, or a ~erson walking on a street turns on the mt corner, every object, mry detail in such scenes is reproduced in shaded 3-D iaages with texture. It's truly aming stuff,· said Atari president Saa Truiel. --Dense ASIC' s-fbe syste1' s graehics perfonance is coapared bI the coapany to that of the 3-D engines in 11drange Unix workstations. And ike those engines, Jaguar is based on advanced, very dense digital ASIC's. Jaguar's core consists of two chip setsl one holding the 64-bit RISC processor and the other containing DSP nardvm. "But the partitioning between the tvo chip sets is aabiguous. • said Richard Killer, vice president of research and develop1ent at Atari, as the tvo share so1e functions. The tvo sets a~parently pack a vhole range of co1ponents, including controllers! video processors and encoders, leaving outside the'

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The 64-bit RISC processor is ca~able of processing video data at a high rate, handling various video effects as well as full-1otion video co1pression on its ovn, Killer clai1ed.

Message: 91 (t6747) Title: Rev Sysop Author: Sysop To: All Posted: lion 6-Dec-93 at 313810lp1 Replies: 0 SPACE will be needing a nev Sysop as of Jan 1994. Ky ti1e, energies, and phone line need to be dedicated to other endevours.

--Lots of bandvitb·· Atari would not disclose any 10re about the core !SICs, such as gate counts or data bandwidth, but Killer pointed out that Atari engineers bad to concentrate 1ost of their design efforts on bus bandwidth. "Graphics eats a lot of bus bandwidth. i'bat' s available today for other 64-bit processors such as PoverPC is only just enough for vbat we want to do,• be said. "lbat ve designed is right up on the level of expensive 64-bit processors.•

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lilit, fhe chip sets vill be 1anufactured by "one of the top four silicon vendors in the world" using the "mllest geo1etry• available, said Killer. It is believed that with Jaguar Atari bas heme one of the early custo1ers for a ujor Japanese 0. S-1icron !SIC process, but the co1pany would not confin this.

operating systm. !be co1paoy designed and built a 16-bit!rototype bo1e-entertainaent 1acbine two ears ago, said Saa Tmiel, but scrappe the plan in favor of a grand atte1pt to eapfrog the 16-bit systm that me then comg onto the 1arket. But then Atari engmers started to look for enabling technology, "there were no RISC erocessors and no DSP's that fulfilled our requiments, especially at our cost,• said Killer . Atari's design tm even bad to develop its own HDL si1ulation tools, he said.

, aanufacturing volu1e is essential to tile Jaguar plan. The · , tends to introduce an add-on PC card featuring tile co1pany' s ·y 64-bit RISC processor, said Tmiel. 'It could also help um,e the cost of our chip sets,• be said. .1tari is also considering licensing tile chip set to other silicon vendors, but bas not detmined any details yet, said Traaiel.

fhe future holds 1ore integration. But before working on the ulti1ate, a syste1 on a chir the next ste~ for Atari's engineerin~ tm is to shrink what is currently a set of rather large custo1 chips farther, reducing the whole syste1 to 'one processor one DRAM, one ROM and one custo1 chip,• said Killer. fbe co1pany is iooking at both synchronous DRAMs and Ra1bus DRAMs for future use, "but we are waiting to see soae of the standards issues get settled first,• he noted.

'People tend to for_get that, unlike business users, cmu1ers do have 1uch higher ~xpectations in video t11ality, speed and cost,' Hiller said. 'In order to 1atch that de1aod, we had to really push the technological envelope, driving the chip counts down, designing the syste1 to be highly aanufacturable and depending on the saallest geo1etry process technology.•

Killer does have a technological wisll list. 'First,· be said, •we'd love to have 0. 3·1icron process technology as soon as possible for custo1 !C's. Second, we 'd like to see soae fO!'I of svochronous DRAMs appear as a standard couodity DRAM, and, naturally, a ·very high bus bandwidth to produce higher video persor1ance. The mstioa 11provmnts for faster bus interfaces so far have been very disappointing for us. Lastly, I'd l~ve. to play the ~tari Jagu.ar syste1 9n a 10 I 10-foot _di~play. I'• w~1t1ng for a very 10w cost, 1011 power, nrge-scmn-sm disp1ay, usinq probably not an active matrix but no-type technology.• · In the long run Jaguar is designed not just as a mtridge-based gm 1acbine. It wil1use a 32-bit expansions port to connect to cable and telephone networks, and a digital signal processing port for 1ode1 usage and connection to digital audio peripherals, This I/0 structure reflects Ti1e Varner' s 25 percent stake in Atari. •rn the ~ourse of our product develop1ent, ,e've bad frequent discussions with fiu Varner. It bas set the direction for our aacbine to have :able and telep~:ne connections,• said Leonard Tmiel, 'lice president of

--!BK the OEM-Atari will also push the envelope in another wayf turning its back on traditiional Kast Asian 1aoufacturing sites and calling on BK to build Jaguar. !BK, working with a 30-aontb contract worth $500 1illion, will be responsible for co1Qonent sourcing, quality testing, console asse1bly, packaging and distribution, and will build tlie syste1 at its Charlotte, R.C., facility. The 1otherboard will co1e fro• an !BK-approved aanufacturer,. said Herbert lfatkins, director of application solutions aaoufacturini at IB11 Charlotte. ~vr IB!tt producing the atari Jaquar syste• ■akES it for the first i.iae a ujor OE!! for bignly cost-co1petitive, ms coosu1er-electronics products, Watkins noted.

'To aanufacture one of the IOSt sophisticated ~m 1acbines in the world, we needed s01eone who understood a higb-volu1e, fast digital aachioe, • said Killer. 'IBKwas a natural choice.• According to IBM, the prototypes of the Atari Jaguar syste1 will m e out in July, mp-up 1odels in August and ms-Productions versions in Septelher. fhe systen will be available first on a 1i1ited basis in the fall in New York antf San Francisco areas. Anational rollout is scheduled for next year.

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The Jaguar Rollout! Kamber 4, 1993 - Bob Brodie Host - Lou Roct1a <[HoSTI Sf.LOU> This is the night we've been eagerly anticipating .. . tne official Jaguar rollout fro1 Nev York City with a live report on the news conference held just two hours ago. As usual for our Dateline Atari RTC's, our special guest is the Director of Co11unications, Bob Brodie, Despite a very hectic and miting day Bob bas chosen to give GBnie users the first accounts of this evening 1s news conference. Elmhm ill t!:e Atari ST Round!able thm is 1rowing mitmnt about the Jaguar, the !lost of new gaae developers ana the unbelievable cli1b of Atari stock wbicll llit a bigh of 12 1/8 today! Before we begin, a special welco1e to all new participants in the Real Ti1e Conference and a friendlv 'welcoae back' to our growing nu11b~r of regulars. This evening's conrerence 1ay get quite busy at 1y end so please be patient and I will queue you for your questions and couents as soon as I can. Now, without further ado, heeeeeeeere's Bob! <[Bob & Ronl BOB-BRODIE> lfelco1e one and all!! lie have just returned tofro1 the jungle!! Atari has just rolled out the 64-bit ho1e entertain1ent syste1 a standing roo1 only audience on the 48th floor of the fiae-Life Building in Rew York City. I a1 joined here tonight with 1y wife Jerri, Ron Kovacs and John Gagne

of the z•Ret News Service. lie are coting to you live fro1 the Para1ount Hotel on 46th St in Manhattan. lie invited tbe cast fro1 Les Miserables, but they were too busy to attend. : ) They're just across the street. What we have witnessed tonight is a new era for Atari Corporation. The introduction and announcmnt of release of the Jaqaar, a 64-Bit ho1e entertain1ent 1achine. On band at the press conference were Jack Traaiel1 sons Saa, Leonard and Garry 1yself, Bill Rehbock, Jaaes Grunke, Augie Ligoun, rmy Valeski, John Skroch, Susan McBride, Purple Ha1pton, and 1any other staff 1e1bers fro1 Sunnyvale. Major press agencies such as CBS. RBC, ABC, m and local reporters fro1 the New York fms, lfall Street Journal, entertain1ent and Atari 1edia were in attendance at the event. Heard fro1 nearly ALL of the attendees me 11011 and shouts of mitmnt fro1 the .Presentation hosted by Sai fmiel. Guests me greeted b_y three 1ale and fmle jet black leather and vinyl costu1ed jaguar cats. Tropical foliage, flowering baaboo, 1oist fog, blue and green tinted pin spots and anml cries, deep fro• within tbe heart of the jungle. Inside the concept changed dmatically, encircling the entire event were Atari Jaguar and Lynx kiosks accented vitb blue neon rods, ice blue ein spots and 1ore tropical foliage. Positioned in tvo corners of the roo1 were me cages with the jaguar-costu1ed dancers. Saa gave a presentation, acco1~anied by video displays of the Jaguar TV comrcial, and sales videos for the retail stores. There was no erpense spared to convey the 1essage~ to tbe attendees that Atari is serious about aarketing the Jaguar. No less than 12 screens oositioned throughout the root carried the video, as well as Jaguar ga1e pla~. 10 Jaguar kiosks me stationed throughout the roo1, each showing a different video gaae title. John Skrucb and other e1ployees were also prowling the crowd with pre-production BPROK carts in hand, ready to show the visitors the future of Jaguar gaaing. Atari announced the signing of a n111ber of nev developers for the Jaguar tonight, including Virgin, Interpla_y1 Kicroprose, UBI Soft, Gre11insGraphics, KillenlUll, and Accolade. Accolade will nring Bobsy, Jack Hicklaus Gold Al Michaels Announces Hard Ball, Brett Hall Hockey, and Charles Barkley Baslcetbali to the Jaguar. Atari Gaaes announced that they 11111 be using the Jaguar as a board for their arcade gms. There will be a few other developers that will be announced in a eress release a little later on, as well as 1ore details regarding the specific titles that they will be developing for the Jaguar.

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