Atari Bulletin Board 1990 01

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ATARI BULLETIN BOARD / January 1990 / Atari Interface Magazine 
by Bill & Pattie Rayl 
  
TOS 1.4 in 2 CHIP SETS 
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  TOS 1.4 is now available to Mega ST owners in the two chip, Masked ROM  set.  
Those Atari owners who waited are rewareded with ROMS that will take far  less  
power than the six chip set and will easily install in the newer STs with  old  
2 chip TOS. 
  Those  owners who did install six chip TOS 1.4 set to replace their old  TOS  
1.2 two chip set had to install four sockets to hold the extra ROMs, and  some  
even had to replace parts on the motherboard because the six chip sets drew so  
much power, other "working" buffer chips didn't. 
  If  you'd like the two chip set of TOS 1.4, call your local dealer  or  Best  
Electronics at (408)243-6950, and ask for Atari Part #CA400407. 
  
STACY IS APPROVED 
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  The  Stacy has finally passed FCC certification and will befin appearing  on  
dealers shelves late January as the Stacy 2 & 4. The Stacy 2 is a 2MEG version  
and the Stacy 4 is a 4MEG version. Both editions will come with 40MEG internal  
hard  drives. No word yet on when the low-end Stacy (1MEG and no  hard  drive)  
will be available. 
  
CANADIAN ADS 
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  The Stacy and STE were featured recently in a Canadian comerical durning the  
Grey Cup. This is reportedly the biggest game in Canada. 
  
THE LYNX SHIPS 
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  The  Lynx was apparenly a big success with hoppers over the holiday  season.  
The shipments to Sears and the New York City area were completely sold out  in  
a very short time. 
  There  was one report of a Toys R Us having sold out of 200 Lynxs  in  under  
two  hours. The Lynx also had a full page spread in a Sears  Holiday  catalog.  
Other press to feature the Lynx includes Business Week and TV Guide. 
  
ATAI CORP. SUES NINTENDO 
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  Atari  has  filed a lega action against Nontendo and  Pepsi-Cola  for  their  
recent ads in People Magazine. The ads showed the Gameboy with a super-imposed  
color  picture  of the Mario Brothers arcade game. Pepsi has isssued  a  press  
release clarifying that the Gameboy is a monochrome machine. 
  Nintendo  also made big news in The Wall Street Journal with a  report  that  
the US Justice Department is investigating Nintendo for its business practices  
and the monopolization of 80 percent of the video game market. 
  As  of MidDecember, Atari stock was $9.25 per share with more  than  100,000  
share traded each day on the 13th and 14th. 
  
NEW PRESIDENT NAMED 
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  Back  at Sunnyvale, changes are being made at Atari headquarter. Mike  Moran  
has left Atari after spending only a few weeks as President of Atari computer.  
David Harris has been moved over from the Atari Calculator division. 

NEW DEVELOPER RULES 
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  Charles  Cherry,  Atari's Developer contact, is  busy  re-registering  Atari  
developers. There is now a two-tiered support system for commercial developers  
and public domain programmers. Commercial developers will receive more support  
from  Atari with lists of registered owners, dealers and user groups,  updated  
quarterly.  Atari  also plans to work with commercial developers  and  putting  
them in contact with foreign distributors. 
  PD  software  programmers obtain the normal developers kit and  the  monthly  
newsletter, but no access to the Atari databases. For more information on  the  
new developer requirements, contact Charles Cherry at (408)745-2000. 
  Bob Brodie, Atari User Group Coordinator, stated on-line that his boss, Bill  
Crouch,  is  supposed to be working on new and less restrictive  Atari  dealer  
requirements. We had no more information on this at press time. 
  Atari  users in Michigan will be able to question Bob Brodie in person on  a  
recent developments and topics. He will be addressing the Ann Arbor  Macintosh  
club,  and will be speaking to all interested Atari user group members at  1pm  
on the 18th in the Anderson Room at the UofM student union. 
  
ONLINE NEWS 
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  Bob Puff was recently made a SysOp for CompuServe. Bob Puff may be  familair  
as the programmer of BobTerm and MyDos. Well don, Bob! He is a regular in  the  
sunday Night Conferences on CIS. 
  
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                           A.I.M. Januray 1990 
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