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Atari Bulletin Board - 1990 January
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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