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Z*NET ATARI ONLINE MAGAZINE September 22, 1990 Issue #538
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Acting Publisher/Editor : John Nagy
Z*Net New Zealand: Jon Clarke Staff Columnists : Terry May
Advertising : J K Tarpinian Z*Net Canada: Terry Schreiber
Distribution : Bruce Hansford Z*Net Germany : Mike Schuetz
Z*Net England : Paul Glover Contributor : Dr. Paul Keith
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CONTENTS:
Acting Editor's Desk ............................John Nagy
Troubled Times, mixed with great shows.
Z*NET NEWSWIRE ...........................................
New GEM, maybe a MEGA STE, The FLASH, and more...
GLENDALE: GEM OF THE WEST .......................John Nagy
Full Eyewitness Review of the West Coast Show.
PUBLISHERS, DEVELOPERS THREATENED BY ELITE ......John Nagy
Resolution may be soon... over 30 threats of lawsuits.
WAACE SHOW UPDATE .......................Press Information
THE East Coast show is COMING... ATARI WILL ATTEND!
TT IMPRESSIONS .................................Jon Clarke
The new GEM in DETAIL, courtesy of Z*NET NEW ZEALAND.
Z*NET ECHOS: FOREM IS ALIVE! ..............Terry Schrieber
Z*Net's Canadian correspondent with news from the North.
CODEKEYS! ...............................Press Information
The latest product from CODEHEAD SOFTWARE.
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The Acting Editor's Desk....
by John Nagy
This is a troubled time for Z*NET and the Atari community. Threats of
lawsuits are being made to many individuals (see the story below).
Although it already appears that a resolution may be close, one of those
so threatened is Ron Kovacs, editor and publisher of Z*NET Atari Online.
His attorney has advised him to withdraw from any written contact with
the Atari community until he receives a letter stating that the matter
is resolved. While there is an expectation that this may be very soon,
for now, Z*NET ONLINE is in my hands. We are sorry for any disruption
or delay in our service which may occur due to being short-staffed. I'd
like to extend my thanks for the rapid and supportive reaction of most
of the Atari community to our report of the Elite lawsuit threat. It
was, in my opinion, exactly what Elite needed to witness in order to
re-evaluate the effectiveness of their tactics, which they claim were
made to reclaim their good reputation in the community. It appears to
me to have had the opposite effect. Perhaps a new plan, being made now,
will be more effective and less offensive.
Keep in mind that Ron and I (and all of our writers) have real-life jobs
where we work hard and do what we don't necessarily want to do, in order
to support ourselves and families. Z*NET is what we do in our spare
time (with our spare money!) just for the pleasure of doing it. When
things like this strike (and it has been all too often), the pleasure is
not there. I hope Z*NET will be able to continue.
This week we have a lot of GLENDALE news to cover... last week's issue
was VERY late getting out due to the business of doing the show all
weekend. In case you missed issue 537, it's still worth going back to
get, as it covered the DEUSSELDORF Atari show (the largest in the world
with tens of thousands of attendees), as well as some early Glendale
impressions. Now we will cover more about the show itself, with future
articles covering some of the seminars in some added depth.
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~~~ Z*NET NEWSWIRE ~~~
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32 MHZ! PLUS NEW DESKTOP FOR THE TT, MEGA STe?
Leonard Tramiel officially announced last weekend that the production
TT030 computer would indeed have a 32 Mhz 68030 CPU, a fact reported by
Z*NET over a month ago. It is expected to perform about 1.7 times
faster overall than the "prototype" 16 Mhz TT's that have been sold to
some developers. Another new announcement was that GEM has been totally
re-written for the TT. The resulting desktop is much more versatile and
pleasing to look at and work with. Developers with the old TT's are
being offered both the CPU and desktop upgrades. Z*Net had an
opportunity to see the new GEM and found it to be remarkably like
NEODESK in appearance and operation. We talked to Gribnif Software's
Rick Flashman, who confirmed that while Gribnif had no hand in the
design of the TT desktop, Atari acknowledged that the public acceptance
of NEODESK influenced their design concepts. Custom editable icons for
any program, programs on the desktop, "live" icons that allow dragging a
data file to an application to simultaneously load the application and
the data, and a fancy new Control Panel are some of the features of the
new desktop. It will NOT be adapted by Atari for the ST line of
computers, but the new Control Panel is to become standard with the STE
computers. It features clever images including a turning head wearing
earphones to graphically show stereo balance, etc. Further, it is said
that the MEGA STe idea is still alive at Atari, and that if it is ever
committed for production, the MEGA STe will probably carry the new
desktop, as the Mega line will then be seen more as "small TT's" than as
"big STe's". It was observed that perhaps Atari could have left Gribnif
to design a TT NEODESK, but as another developer sagely explained while
pondering the fact that his own hard drive host adaptor would be
unnecessary on the new TT, "It's the third party developer's place to
patch holes we find in existing hardware, not to dictate where we want
the holes to be in future hardware." (See a more complete look at the
new TT DESKTOP later in this Z*NET.)
BBS EXPRESS IS SOLD
The popular BBS program, BBS Express! ST, was purchased from ICD, Inc.
by Rick Taylor, a longtime Atari enthusiast and programmer, but new to
the commercial scene. Written by the well respected Keith Ledbetter,
and marketed by ICD since its inception, Express will now be marketed
under Rick's new "T-Squared" software company. Rick is a longtime
Express sysop, and has shown to be a fine programmer with his BBS
utilities such as "ChatPerfect" and "Quotes." Although popular, BBS
EXPRESS hasn't been updated since 1987. New development is expected to
begin almost immediately on an update, but no specifics are known (even
by Rick) at this time. The new support BBS number for Express is (714)
357-6806. However, it may be a few days before the conversion from
personal BBS to support BBS is complete.
THE FLASH PREMIERS WITHOUT ATARI
Reported in Z*NET a few weeks back, the new TV series "THE FLASH" is to
have Atari computers featured in many scenes... but on the premier
episode last Wednesday, the only computers seen were... old IBM PC's.
It may be that the pilot episode was filmed some time before the rest,
and that Atari's will be seen on later shows. A question that comes to
mind is "who will see them"? "The Flash" is slotted against THE
SIMPSONS and COSBY. Can you say "Cancelled"? I knew that you could.
NEW FLASH TO PREMIER
A wholly different FLASH, this one the telecom program favored by most
Atari users, will soon be updated to version 2.0 by Antic Software.
Rumored for some time, START MAGAZINE's Tom Byron spilled the details at
lunch at the Glendale Atari Show. SOON. BETTER. More when we can tell
it to you.
NEW CALAMUS
From Nathan Potechin comes news of availability of a new version of
CALAMUS, the very popular Desktop Publisher. New features in it are a
Text Raster option (text can be any shade or intensity) and the ability
to define the weight of a text outline. The overall speed and
stability has been enhanced as well . Calamus 1.09N is now available for
release. For the first time since December 1988, there will be a charge
to update: US $29.95 or $34.95 CDN. Visa, Mastercard or Money Orders
only. Further, Nathan adds that he picked up another clip art library.
Again it's GEM Metafiles. This new library (#3) has a selection of over
300 files and will cost US $49.95 or $59.95 CDN.
MIRTHFUL FONTS CLOSES; BLOWOUT SALE (PRESS RELEASE)
"It's True. Almost a year ago I purchased the Calamus Font Editor and
soon thereafter I began work on a Cyrillic version of Times. Then came
Opiate, then Carolina, then a few more. In all twelve font families
have come out under the Mirthful Fonts! label. As many of you know, I
have recently joined the Cherry Fonts team. I had always been impressed
with Todd and Gregg's work - and not a little envious! - and apparently
they liked my work too. The hook-up was natural and the offer was just
too sweet to pass up. (By the way, Cherry Baskerville is now
available!). Anyway, the upshot of this all is that I have a whole bunch
of disks, a whole lot of labels, and a lot of other things that I just
want to get rid of and to do that I am offering a special deal on the
purchase of the entire set of fonts en masse. You get all of the
various cuts (39 total!) for just $50! Isn't that absolutely shocking?!
Send/Make Payable To: Mark N. Crislip Box 5311 Columbia, SC 29250.
Offer ends October 17, so act now!"
CHERRY FONTS UPDATE - Press Release
"It came to our attention that a bug in earlier versions of our font
rendering software causes our previously released fonts to react
adversely to the new version 1.09n of Calamus (Sept. 90). If you're a
registered user of any Cherry Fonts, and expect to order this new
version of Calamus then you'll need to contact us and request the
updated fonts. The update is FREE! We can only replace the fonts that
we have received the registration cards for. If you have bought lots
and only sent in one card we can only replace the fonts represented by
THAT registration card. Its serial number is coded to let us know which
FontPak it was in. Make sure you send in ALL of your registration cards
(throw them in an envelope and save on postage!) If you bought directly
from us before we used registration cards then we have your purchase
information on file. Simply drop us a line and request the update.
Cherry Fonts, Unit #4 - 2250 Tyner Street, Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada
V3C 2Z1 Phone: (604)944-2923"
EPSON OFFERS PORTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
Epson announced a 5.8-pound personal computer that includes an 80386SX
processor, black-on-white VGA graphics, a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive and
a 20 MB or 40 MB hard drive. The Epson NB3s includes standard I/O ports
that allow it to connect to serial and parallel printers, external VGA
monitor or a numeric keypad, and the 20 MB and 40 MB hard disk drives
are removable. The NB3s has a black-on-white screen that produces 16
shades of gray with 640-by-480 resolution. Available in late 1990, and
will be displayed at the Comdex show in Las Vegas, Nov. 12-16.
NIPPON BRANCHES INTO COMPUTER BUSINESS
Nippon Steel announced this week that it would start to market portable
computers in the United States in November and granted $15 million in
funding for its new U.S. subsidiary to promote the sale of the computer.
TOSHIBA DEVELOPS NEW HARD-DISK
Toshiba announced a new hard-disk drive for small personal computers
this week and claiming it more than doubled the capacity of conventional
2.5-inch drives currently available on the market. The new drive has a
memory capacity of 43 megabytes compared with the maximum storage
capacity of around 20 megabytes on existing 2.5-inch hard-disk drives.
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GLENDALE: GEM OF THE WEST
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Show Review by John Nagy
Billed as "Perhaps the Largest Atari Show Ever in the USA", the Southern
California Atari Computer Faire, version 4.0b, also called the GLENDALE
SHOW delivered at least part of the promise. While less than 3,000
total visitors filled the huge Glendale Civic Auditorium on September 15
and 16, those who came saw more ST developers and dealers than had ever
been assembled for previous domestic Atari shows. Over 40 exhibitors
and groups filled 55 floor tables plus the entire stage in this fourth
in the series of user-group Atari shows held in Glendale. As before,
the host for the show was John King Tarpinian and the HACKS Atari
Computer Club, although many other clubs were also represented at the
Glendale Show.
Official paid attendance was 1607 on Saturday, and 852 on Sunday for a
total of 2,459. It is estimated that as many as 200 more visitors were
admitted each day without tickets, due to working at the show or via
press passes, to courtesy passes, or to whining. Although a smaller
turnout than was anticipated, the show was a roaring success when
measured by sales, satisfaction, and participation. Most vendors
reported significantly higher sales at Glendale than at any recent Atari
show of any size.
A major reason for the high spirits that prevailed throughout the show
was the dynamic involvement of Atari in all parts of the show.
Attending to the large and varied Atari Corporation booth that took the
entire stage of the auditorium were Bob Brodie, Don Thomas, Art Morgan,
Ken Badertscher, Dan MacNamee, John Townsend, and more. Even Leonard
Tramiel and Elie Kenan (the new Manager of Atari USA) spent all day
Saturday at the show, talking to visitors, looking at displays,
participating in seminars, interviewing developers, and generally adding
whatever they could to make the show succeed.
Seminars were very well received, with Bob Brodie kicking off the first
one on Saturday with a polished and personal talk, while Leonard Tramiel
kibitzed from the sidelines. Bob gave us hope for what is to come from
Atari under Elie Kenan. Other highlights of the seminars: Dave Small
singing Neil Young favorites while reminiscing about MAC emulation
coding; Rick Flashman debuting NEODESK 3 to an amazed audience; a frank
talk about the TT given solo by Leonard Tramiel; a panel of developers
in the IAAD talking about how they can work together to help us all; and
a panel of ST magazine publishers. Look for detailed reports of a few
of these seminars in coming weeks in Z*NET.
Highlights from the show floor - exhibitors and what they brought with
them:
ATARI CORPORATION: Filling the stage with all the current hardware, and
a special mini-studio setup featuring the HOTZ MIDI TRANSLATOR was
manned by Jimmy Hotz throughout the show.
LYNX PLAYGROUND: Continuous play at dozens of LYNX machines on new
release game titles (and even several that are not yet available to the
public!) covered the entire area in front of the stage.
AMERICAN MUSIC: This North Hollywood music dealer is also one of the
country's largest movers of Atari hardware. They showed the latest in
MIDI and music applications and were frequently surrounded in name
musicians.
BECKEMEYER DEVELOPMENT TOOLS: One of the original developers of Atari ST
software, Beckemeyer now offers a range of systems that allow a
unix-like multitasking environment for the Atari. They also talked a
lot about their new systems that will be compatible with the TT030.
BEST ELECTRONICS: Brad Koda brought his amazing collection of bargain
Atari trinkets, parts, and products for every need you might imagine.
BILL SKURSKI ENTERPRISES: Bill's books and videotapes on using the Atari
computers have helped thousands of new users.
BRE: Brad Roltgen offered a remarkable and massive library of public
domain and shareware disks and popular commercial software at great
discounts.
BRANCH ALWAYS SOFTWARE: Seattle based Branch Always Software offered the
world premiere release of Quick ST 2.2 at Glendale.
CODEHEAD SOFTWARE: CodeHead debuted a brand new product at Glendale
called "CodeKeys". A press release is elsewhere in this issue of Z*NET.
COMPUTER NETWORK: The newest Atari dealer in Southern California,
Computer Network hadn't even held their grand opening before the show.
They literally brought the store, and set up walls of racks for a very
large assortment of hardware and software deals.
COMPUTER OFFICE PRODUCTS: Another dealer, this one offered eye-popping
assortments of MEGA-COIL colorful extension cables for Mega Keyboards.
D.A. BRUMLEVE: Although her luggage was missing for Saturday's showing,
Dorothy Brumleve did well in sales of her programs focusing on children.
A new title in her line, TELEGRAM, was able to be shown and sold Sunday,
when her bags arrived at the hotel. Dot remained chipper, regardless.
DOUBLE CLICK: Makers of DC DESKTOP and DC UTILITIES, Double Click
offered their innovative utilities at attractive prices.
GADGETS BY SMALL: New from Gadgets for Glendale was MEGATALK. Retailing
for $299, it was sadly NOT available for sale. Dave and Sandy Small
also gave us a look at the newest version of the SPECTRE GCR software,
version 3.0! The 68030 board was not shown.
GOLDLEAF: The first true "document processor" for the Atari, WORDFLAIR,
had a new version released for the first time at the Glendale show.
Version 1.1 is smaller, faster, and has utilities included to help make
it easier to use.
GRIBNIF SOFTWARE: New for Glendale was NEODESK 3! This evolution of the
Atari desktop was one of the most popular items at the show and sold
like wildfire.
GROVE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Offering classes both in music and computer
application in music. Interesting!
ICD, INC.: The first showing of ADSPEED, ICD's new hardware accelerator
for any ST or MEGA computer, was at Glendale. The $299 board was
profiled in ZNET #536, and drew lots of attention and orders. It should
be available for sale at WAACE in October.
THE KING'S DOMAIN: Another public domain software company, they sold
lots.
MICHTRON: One of the oldest and best known developers, importers, and
distributors of Atari software, Michtron offered good deals to the
public and to other dealers as well. Rumor has it that Michtron might
be bought by Talon, the original Supercharger importer.
MID-CITIES: Another major dealer in the Los Angeles area, they had a
very large display and a very good price schedule.
MIGRAPH: Liz and Kevin Mitchell showed off the Hand Scanner with
Touch-Up. Dazzling on the Moniterm!
NEOCEPT: WORD UP version 3.0 has been a hit in its several months of
release, and sold well.
RIO/DATEL: A major distributor of unique hardware and software for the
ST, RIO/DATEL also was selling the SUPERCHARGER IBM emulator. Talon,
thought to be the exclusive importer, said that this was a limited (500
unit) test by the makers of Supercharger.
SOFT-AWARE: Richard Skraley demonstrated and sold the remarkably easy to
use relational, graphic database system called THE INFORMER II.
SOFT-LOGIK/SAFARI FONTS: Jay Pierstorff of the Computer Safari displayed
his original PAGESTREAM FONTS and represented SoftLogik.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS: A new developer offering a new databasing
system for the home.
SLICCWARE: Another desktop replacement system, SliccTop will be a
multitasking environment... when it is finished. Looked promising, but
it has been shown incomplete for many months.
SPROKITS: Tim Lewis has a variety of original and imported items for the
Atari line, including custom travel cases for everything from the LYNX
and the STACY up through monitors and hard drives.
ST INFORMER: The popular monthly newspaper/magazine of the Atari world,
here to participate and to report for the next issue. ST INFORMER also
is the developer of the UNIVERSAL ITEM SELECTOR, and they showed a
UNIVERSAL NETWORK system that will allow any network system to be
interconnected. Although not finished, it looked promising.
ST JOURNAL: The newest ST magazine, featuring comprehensive reviews and
a no-playing-around attitude, ST JOURNAL offered their third issue even
before general release. They sold 700 copies... that's one for every
four people in attendance!
TALON: Original importers of the amazing SUPERCHARGER IBM EMULATOR for
the Atari, Talon showed how versatile it is.
WUZTEK: The respected makers of Multisynch Monitors for the Atari,
WUZTEK showed "Softswitch", which for the first time lets your color AND
monochrome programs co-exist! Also, their DEKA PC keyboard adapter.
XOTERIX: A newcomer to the Atari market, Xoterix offers applications and
hardware for the tiny PORTFOLIO computer, including a 20 meg hard drive!
It was remarkable! Can a local area network be far behind?
ZUBAIR INTERFACES: Affordable and versatile memory upgrades and now
Z-KEYS, an IBM keyboard adapter for any ST, were offered by Zubair.
Also showing ATONCE, the 80286 IBM board for the Atari, which looked
like a jewel of engineering. Zubair also showed their hand scanner, to
be available soon with software from Germany that will be real
competition for MIGRAPH.
User group tables were busy all through the show, and there were plenty
of candidates for membership. John King Tarpinian tells Z*NET that only
one in 20 attending the show used the $2 user group discount, which was
posted clearly and promoted in all advertising.
Advertising for the show was in both the major L.A. newspapers as well
as on a popular rock music radio station. Atari invested over $20,000
in the advertising, managing it directly from Sunnyvale.
The "disappointing turnout" is only one of comparative degree... the
Glendale show did as well as any other "major show" this year. It may
be that the shrinking userbase of Atari computers, along with the
growing attitude of "computers as appliances" is cutting the interested
public back to where 3,000 is all one can hope to reach at such a show.
Overall, the Glendale show was largest, best organized, most positive
event held on the West Coast in years... more proof that User Group
shows need never be "second rate".
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Z*NET NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
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PUBLISHERS, DEVELOPERS, USERS THREATENED
WITH LIBEL SUIT BY ATARI ELITE - RESOLUTION MAY BE NEAR
coverage by John Nagy
Z*NET offered a Z*BREAK special report this week with news of legal
threats to many individuals in the Atari community. Due in part to the
immediate outcry of concern on the part of developers, users, and Atari
Corporation officials, that threat has been at least placed on hold.
Here is the original text of out Z*BREAK (#10) - Please note that the
text of the actual letter has been corrected for spelling in this
release, a fact not known to Z*NET when it was published. The original
letters have many obvious typing and spelling errors.
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Z*BREAK #10, 9/19/90
Z*NET publisher Ron Kovacs, ST children's programs developer
D.A. Brumleve, and reportedly as many as 31 other persons,
publishers, and companies in the Atari community have been sent
letters from ATARI ELITE's attorney, threatening legal action
for libel. Atari Elite is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Atari club
that was named in numbers of allegations of piracy related activity
affecting the PACE Atari show, held in April '90. The show had
the lowest attendance of any nationally promoted Atari show to
date, and some observers tied both the failure of the show and
what appeared to them to be widespread open piracy to the Elite
group. Many well known persons in the Atari community commented
or questioned those commenting. Z*NET and other media covered
the event with reprints of several messages from both sides of
the resulting dispute. Now, those persons and companies are
being served an ultimatum: present a public admission and apology
or see the Elite in Court. Here is an excerpt of a typical
letter:
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WILLIAM E. SPEAKMAN, JR.
AND ASSOCIATES
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
WASHINGTON TRUST BUILDING
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15301
(412) 228-4465
September 12, 1990
REGULAR AND CERTIFIED MAIL
This office represents The Atari Elite and has been retained to
seek redress from you and others for defamatory utterances and
writings.
You have apparently disseminated to the general public statements
which indicate that it is the policy of the Atari Elite and the
practice of its members to:
1. Engage in criminal conduct.
2. Consciously and repeatedly violate copyright laws.
3. Disparage other user groups and attempt to sabotage an annual
show.
Particularly shocking is the fact that you have little, if any,
first hand knowledge of the facts. Your assertions were
evidently based on secondary and tertiary sources.
You actually published unsubstantiated defamatory remarks,
obviously without making any effort to verify the veracity of
them.
Your actions constitute libel per se which renders them
actionable without necessity of showing damages.
I am authorized to inform you that the board of directors of The
Atari Elite will consider the matter closed if you issue a public
apology and admit your accusations of piracy and other misconduct
were baseless and without foundation in fact. Should you not
make the apology and admission, the board has authorized me to
institute suit to seek vindication and damages through the legal
process. If the apology and admission is not made by October 12,
1990, I will conclude that you do not intend to do it and will
proceed accordingly.
The lawsuit, if filed, will name you and others as defendants.
Very truly yours,
William E. Speakman, Jr.
WES:bcm
cc: The Atari Elite
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Mr. Speakman is not presently available for comment.
It seems to Z*NET that this letter is more of an attempt to
prevent fair comment than to promote fair investigation. Ms.
Brumleve and Z*NET have not as yet formulated their response to
this threat against free speech and freedom of the press. We
encourage all developers or others who may have received similar
letters from the Elite to contact Ron Kovacs as soon as possible.
We have not been given a list of those who are being threatened,
and we are concerned that the letter may pressure some recipients
to admit to acts or opinions that may be untrue, perhaps even to
the detriment of other recipients who wish to preserve their
legal rights in this matter.
Preliminary reaction at Z*NET has been a decision to suspend any
further coverage or attendance of any future user group Atari
show until such time as the legal rights and limits of
liabilities can be determined. Z*Net has also received word that
Atari Corporation is now considering taking a similar stance and
may cancel their WAACE appearance scheduled for October, pending
verification of the situation and charges being made. Atari's
Bob Brodie attended the PACE show and was one of the many who was
vocal about the show, and it is not known at this time if Brodie
or Atari are among those who are to be threatened by ELITE.
Anyone affected by this situation is encouraged to call Ron
Kovacs immediately in order to help reach a group consensus on
appropriate action.
Ron Kovacs: (908) 968-2024 (Voice, courteous evening hours and
weekends Eastern time, please.) BBS: (908) 968-8148 24 hours.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (End of Z*BREAK #10)
Almost instantly upon the posting of this report, the Atari community
mobilized in both word and deed, and Atari Elite was made to know that
if their intent by this action was to clear their name, it was NOT
working! After many calls, major discussion of the situation at an
online conference on GEnie, and messages on GEnie and BBS's, the
community made it's point clearly. Interference in the WAACE show due
to ELITE's action would be VERY badly taken.
Finally, Bob Brodie of Atari came forward with a public joint statement
for Atari and the Elite. Here is the complete text:
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The following is a joint statement from Atari Computer Corporation, and
the Atari Elite user group.
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There has been concern in the Atari community this past week concerning
the upcoming W.A.A.C.E. Atarifest, and Atari Corporation's planned
appearance there. There has also been concern regarding the threat of
some legal action by the Atari Elite user group against a number of
individuals, as reported by Z*Net.
From Atari's standpoint, the company did not want to find themselves
embroiled in another highly charged emotional confrontation, like they
did at the PACE Show. At the PACE Show, a large wound was inflicted on
the Atari community. Allegations of flagrant piracy were made, and the
people of the Pittsburgh area were outraged by all the inflammatory
dialogue concerning their community.
The Atari Elite had made it known to Atari Corporation some time ago
that they felt the accusations against them were in fact groundless. Bob
Brodie agreed to listen to their side of the story. The president of the
Atari Elite, John Karlovich, promised to send information to Bob Brodie
that would demonstrate that the Atari Elite was not the type of group
that they have been portrayed to be. However, the material has not yet
been received by Brodie. Apparently it has been lost in the mail.
Without the material that they Atari Elite has promised, Bob Brodie has
taken the position that none of the material exists, and that the Atari
Elite has made empty promises. The Atari Elite has taken steps to
rectify this, and has assured that the material to prove their position
will be delivered to Brodie no later than the W.A.A.C.E. Atarifest.
In the aftermath of the PACE Show, many people have the impression that
the Atari Elite is an organization whose sole purposes are to operate a
lending library of commercial software, and to promote software piracy.
The Atari Elite is very upset about this misconception, and after much
consideration, retained an attorney to seek legal redress. The attorney
was instructed to review the information that had circulated among the
Atari community, and to seek a public apology from those that had
defamed, slandered, or otherwise injured the Atari Elite. At the
conclusion of his examination of the evidence, the attorney for the
Atari Elite issued letters to a number of people. The letters demanded a
public apology from these individuals. If an apology was not received by
a particular date, the letter threatened legal action. Unfortunately,
the attorney was not advised of the impact to the Atari community of
this action just before another show. As is now known, the letters
arrived less than one month before the W.A.A.C.E. Atarifest.
Bob Brodie of Atari Corporation had been told by the membership of the
Atari Elite months ago that they had chartered a bus for the W.A.A.C.E.
AtariFest, and would be there in large numbers. At the time, Brodie did
not have any problem with that, as he was hopeful of seeing another side
of the group than had been projected. However, with the promised
material of the Atari Elite not delivered, plus the threatening of a
suit just before the show, Brodie felt that the group was determined to
cause havoc at the W.A.A.C.E. Show. Rather than permit that to happen,
Brodie reported to his superiors his concerns, and consideration was
given to not attending the W.A.A.C.E. Atarifest. From Atari
Corporation's position, the time would be better spent preparing for the
1990 Fall Comdex than dealing with another controversial show.
Naturally, the organizers for the W.A.A.C.E. Atarifest were appalled to
learn that Atari Corporation might withdraw from the show. Atari
Corporation had committed thousands of dollars to the show for print and
radio advertising, a large contingent of personnel, equipment for
developer use during the show, and promised developers access to the new
TT computers in a private setting for de-bugging sessions. Atari had
also proposed a contest for Lynx players, where Atari would award a Lynx
to winners in the competition. Clearly, the withdrawal of Atari
Corporation's support would be a major blow to the shows chances for
success. Further, as developers learned of this possibility, they began
considering not attending the show.
The Atari Elite was contacted, and questioned about their intentions for
the show. They had not taken into consideration the timing of the
attorney's letter, and not considered the impact on the W.A.A.C.E.
Atarifest. When informed of Atari Corporation's intentions, they quickly
realized that they could once again be painted as scapegoats for a
disastrous east coast show. This was not the intention of the Atari
Elite. All that they were seeking was a public apology that they feel
they deserve. Further, John Karlovich, president of the Atari Elite had
been under the impression that all of the material promised to Brodie
had long ago been delivered.
During a telephone conference call with ST-Report, the Atari Elite and
Atari Corporation have established a working agreement for this problem.
The Atari Elite has promised to attend and promote the W.A.A.C.E.
Atarifest. The Atari Elite has given assurances that they will not be a
disruptive influence at the show. The Atari Elite has further agreed to
instruct their attorney to notify all parties that received letters
threatening suit that all action is being postponed. At the W.A.A.C.E.
Atarifest, John Karlovich of the Atari Elite will meet with Elie Kenan
and Bob Brodie of Atari Corporation to resolve these problems. Atari
Corporation has agreed to attend and support the show in the fashion
originally planned. The Atari Elite is pleased to have an opportunity to
present their case to the new head of Atari's U.S. subsidiary, and
recognizes the magnitude of this offer.
To conclude, both Atari Corporation and the Atari Elite wish to express
their sincere apologies to the organizers of the W.A.A.C.E. Atarifest
and to the rest of the Atari community for any problems that their
actions may have caused. Both organizations wish to encourage everyone
to attend the W.A.A.C.E. Atarifest. This is the first time a show on
the east coast that has received this level of support and involvement
from Atari Corporation. Let us makes this a time of coming together for
the Atari community to resolve any other problems in a productive
manner. We are grateful to ST-Report and Z*Net for their involvement in
the resolution of this matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(End of Joint Statement)
While Z*NET is pleased to see that the WAACE SHOW is not threatened any
longer, the legal threat to those who received the letters is only "on
hold" until the meeting at WAACE. This is not completely reassuring.
Some readers have asked why this particular threat is being treated more
seriously than several other lawsuit that have been bandied about
before. Our position is that this one is very different than any before
- it is by user groups against other users. It symbolizes a major split
with the tradition of teamwork and common goals within the Atari
community. As such, the Elite threat may mark a turning point in
coverage and treatment of Atari events in the online and print press.
We will continue to follow this story here in Z*NET.
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READER COMMENTARY
by Mike Brown
This is in reply to your recent bulletin regarding legal action by the
"Atari Elite".
In my opinion, this legal action will serve no useful purpose at this
time - such action only further tarnishes the image of not only the
parties initiating the action, but the entire Atari community. The PACE
show episode was injurious to many parties, and now, just as the injury
appears to be healing, it is re-opened by this unprecedented legal
action.
Like it or not, Usergroups and those who promote Usergroup shows are
subject to the glare of public exposure and opinion. This is a risk
that we must accept in our attempts to serve our membership, and educate
the public about Atari and their products. We must face the comments,
good or bad about our efforts, like adults, and take appropriate steps
to change those things that the public and media feel are wrong and
improper.
It is particularly unfortunate that a side result of this legal action
is a re-evaluation of participation by Atari Corp in Usergroup shows.
Now is the time when Atari Corp needs to be encouraged to step up its
support of Usergroup shows, not to be discouraged and made to feel
threatened.
As you know, LCACE (of which I am an active member, officer and board
member), is well along in the process of organizing "Chicago AtariFest"
for November 11th of this year. One of the last things that we (or any
other show organizer for that matter) needs to face, is fear of legal
action against their show or participants in the show. There are enough
work and risks involved in producing Atari-related shows for the public
without these additional concerns.
As a temporary measure, I will propose to our board that we formulate
some sort of a document that will protect the rights of our participants
and the press to make fair and honest statements or opinions relating to
our show. Our exhibitor contracts currently state that "no pictures or
recordings may be taken of the show for the purpose of advertising
without written permission of the (above named) show organizers"; this
is the only statement we currently have in writing that fits coverage of
our shows by media or participants. I'm looking for guidance in the
wording of this proposed document, so any help, other ideas, or opinions
would be appreciated.
If any organized protest against the proposed legal actions by the
"Atari Elite" comes about, I and LCACE would "be interested" in
participating.
Mike Brown, Lake County Atari Computer Enthusiasts
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WAACE AtariFest '90 - Update and Vendor List
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(from Press Releases)
The Washington Area Atari Computer Enthusiasts will hold WAACE AtariFest
1990 on October 6 and 7 1990. This event will be the premier East Coast
event for people who are interested in software and hardware for Atari
computers. The show will be staged at the Sheraton Reston Hotel in
Reston, VA. Show hours will be from 10 am to 7 pm on both days. In
addition to the shopping bargains available from approximately thirty
vendors there will be a full round of demonstrations, tutorials, and
seminars. A banquet on Saturday evening will feature Charles Johnson of
CodeHead Software with the topic, "Atari Through the LOoking Glass" and
Current Notes Magazine's "Author of the Year" award. Special mixers
will cap off the evening's festivities. Approximately 3000 visitors
from all over the USA, Canada, and other foreign countries attended the
1989 edition of the show.
Admission charges are $5 for one day, with a 2-day pass available at $7.
A discount rate is available for ticket purchases by user groups.
Children under 12 will be admitted free.
The Sheraton Reston Hotel is a spacious, attractive facility located in
a parklike setting near Washington, DC. The hotel is offering a special
room rate of $59 per night plus tax to Fest goers who reserve by August
6th. The hotel room rate includes 2-day passes to the show for room
occupants. Call 703-620-9000 for reservations. Be sure to mention
AtariFest '90.
The WAACE show has established itself as the premier Atari event for
East Coast Atari fans. Bob Brodie, Atari Corporation's, goodwill
ambassador, has labelled the WAACE show as one of the two "must see"
events for Atarians held in the USA.
AtariFest '90 Vendor List as of 16 September, 1990
Alpha Systems Application & Design Software
Atari Corp Best Electronics
Branch Always Software Chuck Levin Music Center
Codehead Software Computer Digest
Current Notes, Inc D. A. Brumleve
Data Innovations Debonair Software
Double Click Software Dr Bobware
FAST Technology Frontier Software (UK)
Gadgets By Small GEnie
Goldleaf Publishing, Inc Gribnif Software
ICD ISD Marketing, Inc
Joppa Computer Products L & Y Electronics
Michtron SLICCware
Step Ahead Software, Inc Talon Technology, Inc
Toad Computers WizWorks!
Zubair, Inc
1990 WAACE Atarifest Seminar List
Saturday, October 6
11:00 AM "Live & Uncensored: Sex, Lies and Video Games"; Mike
Vederman & Paul Lee, Double Click Software
12:00 PM "Desktop Publishing with Calamus"; Nathan Potechin,
ISD Marketing, President
1:00 PM "Atari Corporation : Live!"; Bob Brodie, Atari
Corporation, Manager of User Group Services
2:00 PM "Everything you've wanted to know about Wordflair &
Wordflair II"; Lauren Flanagan-Sellers, Goldleaf
Publishing
3:00 PM "Neodesk 3: The Ultimate Desktop"; Rick Flashman & Dan
Wilga, Gribnif Software
4:00 PM "ST Report"; Ralph Mariano, ST Report Online Magazine,
Publisher
5:00 PM "Mass Storage Devices for the Atari ST"; David Troy,
Toad Computers
Sunday, October 7
11:00 AM "Introduction to Desktop Publishing using Timeworks
Publisher ST"; Joe Waters, Current Notes Magazine,
Publisher
12:00 PM "Kid Progs"; D.A. Brumleve
1:00 PM "Atari Corporation: Technically Speaking!"; John
Townsend, Ken Badertscher and Cary Gee, Atari
Corporation Technical Staff
2:00 PM "Software Acceleration"; Darek Mihocka, Branch Always
Software
3:00 PM "The GOOD Way to Back Up Your Hard Drive"; Jeff
Lomika, Tid Bit Software
4:00 PM "Software that Shines"; J. Andrej Wrotniak, Debonair
Software
5:00 PM "International Association of Atari Developers";
Featuring members of International Association of
Atari Developers headed by president Nathan Potechin
of ISD Marketing
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This is a message captured from UseNet and written by Tomas Felner.
From: felner@b.inf.ethz.ch (Tomas Felner)
Subject: TT desktop & prices
Today I finally had a chance to see the 32MHz TT live on a big trade
show here in Switzerland. What impressed me most and what seems not to
be known so far to the general public, is the new TT desktop. Do you
like shells like NeoDesk and Gemini? Well, now you can have most of
their functionality on your TT, in the official Atari TT TOS. Here are
some first impressions from the new desktop after playing around with
the TT for about an hour:
- quite a few new menu entries have been added in the desktop
- most (all?) menu entries can be invoked with a single keystroke and
those keys are user configurable
- you can assign a full pathname to the function keys and thus invoke
your favourite programs with a single function key keystroke
- you can now have an unsorted index (nice for auto folders)
- you can choose the background color from a menu entry
- there's a menu entry 'Desktop Configuration' where you can set and
configure quite a few things, which I don't all remember
- you can select a number of logical drives and then search for a file/
folder on all those drives. When the search was successful, a window
with the file/folder opens. And this search is very fast!
- you can read another .INF file and change the look of the desktop
- you can switch between several different color tables
- you can have a different border, text and background color for each
part of a window (like close button, expand button, title bar,
vertical scrollbar, left arrow, up arrow, etc ...)
- you can drag any files on the desktop, leave them there, assign
different icons to them, and give them different names (i.e. move the
1stWord icon to the upper left corner, change the icon to something
cute looking, and name it "Wordprocessor")
- those icons apparently can be edited somehow and you can add you own
ones (I didn't see this but someone told me)
- there's a completely new control accessory with many new options
- there's a new and fast GDOS
- and probably there's a lot more I didn't find out about ...
I really liked all those new features. I am only surprised that no one
ever mentioned this so far. How come? The version I played with was in
German. Maybe it's a product of Atari Germany and not yet available in
English, but I have no idea? Anyway, congratulations to those Atari
hackers (Ken, Alan ?) who came up with this!!!
But now for the big question: Are those poor users who cannot afford to
get a TT also going to see this new desktop on their 520, 1040 and
Megas? If the answer is yes, when is this going to be the case? And
here comes an answer to the question 'How much will I pay for a TT?'.
The following are the official prices from Atari Switzerland. The TT is
supposed to start selling these days here in Switzerland (and also in
Germany I think). (US$ 1.- = SFr. 1.30)
Basic set: TT, 68030, 32MHz, 40MB disk, 720KB floppy, mouse, keyboard
Basic set with 4MB: SFr. 4990.- (US$ 3850.-)
6MB: SFr. 5690.- (US$ 4380.-)
8MB: SFr. 6290.- (US$ 4850.-)
Extra: PTC1426 Multisync color screen, 14" SFr 990.- (US$ 760.-)
PTM146 Mono screen, 14" SFr 330.- (US$ 250.-)
TTM194 Mono screen, 19", 1280x960 SFr 1890.- (US$ 1450.-)
So, a 4MB multisync system is approx US$ 4600.-
an 8MB multisync system is approx US$ 5600.-
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Tomas Felner, felner@inf.ethz.ch
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated to Atari at all. I am just a user who
reports to the net what he has seen on a big trade show in Switzerland.
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FOREM ALIVE AND KICKING - UPDATE
Yes FoRem BBS is alive and doing better all the time. The program is
being updated and with the current conflicts in regards to Turbo BBS we
might see some users switching back.
Full Moon is now the official Support BBS for FoReM ST and FoReM PC.
Please direct your questions, problems and bug reports to me.
If you wish to have access to the recent updates of FoReM ST by Bill
Turner you must do one of the following:
1) Mail a copy of your original receipt for FoReM ST to Bill Turner or
to me:
STeve Rider
20 Cargill Ave
Worcester MA 01610
2) Mail a copy of the front cover of your FoReM manual to Bill Turner or
myself.
3) Convince Bill Turner or myself that you are a legitimate owner of
FoReM. Describe in detail from whom you purchased FoReM and explain
why you cannot meet one of the criteria above. These cases will be
treated on an individual basis.
This procedure will give you access ONLY to Beta versions of FoReM and
the now released general update which is version 2.5.1a of FoReM ST.
Bill Turner is now producing further enhancements to FoReM ST. Access
to these NEW versions (above version 2.5) will be given only to those
who have submitted payment of a $40 per year upgrade fee to Bill Turner.
(Do not send payments for upgrades to me please!)
Bill Turner's address is:
211 Echo Lake Rd.
Watertown CT 06795
New customers purchasing FoReM from me will be shipped whatever version
is most currently released. The price will remain $74.95 + $5.00 S&H
even after Bill adds new features.
If you are running a copy of FoReM which you obtained in other than a
legal fashion please consider purchasing FoReM which will instantly give
you access to updates here.
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If ordering FoReM PC 360K 5.25" 1.2meg 5.25" 720K 3.5"
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(please note, depending on the media you select we will try to include
at no extra charge some popular PD or shareware utilities as well )
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Payment must be made in form of cash or check made out to:
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We will ship the most current released version of FoReM ST or PC. You
will be welcome to call Full Moon BBS for various programs which are
often used with FoReM such as doors, the FNet mailer, CrossNet and more.
Full Moon can be reached at (508) 752-1348 at speeds up to HST/9600.
ATARI IN RESEARCH
I originally wrote this article for the Puget Sound Atari News for
people who were complaining that the Atari wasn't taken seriously, but
a friend of mine was asking about Vax emulation on the ST so here is a
short article covering both.
TRIUMF at the University of British Columbia is a large Cyclotron or
particle accelerator that is used in nuclear research. They use a
mainframe VAX system which is networked into over two hundred Atari ST's
throughout the complex. The Atari is used as a terminal running the ST
640 VAX emulation software. The ST's are networked through the serial
ports to the main computer.
The VT640 emulator allows for graphics so that any part being designed
can be shown on screen an rotated on an "X" or "Y" axis. Most systems
in use are monochrome because of the resolution permitted. Look for
VT640.ARC on Genie, Z-Net BBS or your local bulletin board.
MORE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Quality Learning Systems developers of "Schoolware" educational software
for the MacIntosh and IBM markets is looking into the Atari market. In
a discussion with Kelly Kroeker (Chief Executive Officer) I pointed out
the merits of the Atari systems pricing and ease of use for the younger
market as well as the programs that were now available for the Atari.
Kelly informed me that should they decide to release an Atari version
that the developement time would be minimal as most of the program was
written in Turbo C and could probably be brought accross with minimal
effort.
Quality Learning Systems
Unit "D", 151 Front Street
Penticton B.C. Canada
V2A 1H8
(604) 492-2592
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PRESS RELEASE:
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There are other keyboard macro programs available for the Atari ST, but
we at CodeHead could not find one that has the features, compatibility,
ease of use, and flexibility that we like, so we put Charles F. Johnson
to work and he has created a brand new macro program worthy of the
CodeHead name.
Macros are sequences of keypresses and mouse actions which can be
"played back" by simply pressing a key or combination of keys. CodeKeys
consists of an AUTO folder program and an accessory. Here are some of
its features:
o Record or play back macros at _any_ time, no matter where you are,
in or out of any application, GEM or TOS.
o Macros can be recorded in real time for realistic playback with exact
timings.
o Any combination of keypresses may be used as the "trigger" key to
start a macro's playback.
o Any combination of keypresses and mouse button presses, along with
mouse positions and timings, can be included in your macros.
o Macros can be later edited to tighten timings and make them fly.
o Full macro editing features include copy, cut, paste, replace,
delete, and append.
o The CodeKeys accessory has keyboard commands for all functions.
o Up to 32 macros can be defined with up to 128 events each.
o Macro definition files can be loaded and saved.
o Macros can call other macros for incredible power and flexibility.
o Repeating and delayed macros allow automated tasks such as periodic
saving of data files within applications.
o Macros can be played automatically upon bootup.
o CodeKeys can be disabled or re-enabled at any time.
o A special feature allows HotWire users to automatically load macro
files for use with specific programs.
o Macros may be named, displayed on screen, and printed for handy
reference.
o Resolution-dependent macro definition files can be automatically
loaded for 6 different resolutions.
o CodeKeys runs in all resolutions, on all STs and the TT.
CodeKeys is excellent for creating keyboard equivalents for menu items
in programs which don't offer them. And unlike other programs which
claim to do the same thing, CodeKeys does so with complete compatibility
-- all programs, all TOS versions. You can also create macros which
will produce any string of characters which you frequently use such as
your name and address, allowing you to easily enter letterheads with a
single keypress. Another powerful use for CodeKeys is to have it load a
particular data file after running a program. Since CodeKeys allows you
to go in and out of programs, the possibilities for automation of
frequently performed tasks are staggering. Your own imagination is the
only limitation of CodeKeys. Suggested retail price: $39.95. CodeKeys
and all of the other fine CodeHead Software products are
available from your local dealer or from:
CodeHead Software
P.O. Box 74090
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (213) 386-5735
Fax: (213) 386-5789
We accept most major credit cards. If ordering by mail, include a check
or money order for the amount indicated plus $2.00 shipping ($3 Canada,
$5 Europe). If your dealer doesn't have CodeKeys, ask him/her to order
it!
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