Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1990 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LTURNER 2-JAN-1990 15:43:12.18 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: LTURNER Subj: New Baby This is to annouce the arrival of a new addition at the Moore house. His name is Evan Alexander Bettencourt Moore. He was born on Saturday, December 30, at 10:21A. Weight -- 7 lbs 10 oz Height -- 20 1/2 inches Mother and baby are home and doing well. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY 3-JAN-1990 10:35:59.52 To: @sys$mail:hardware CC: MCCARTHY Subj: 32Kx8-45 Static RAM pricing. 32Kx8 45nS static RAM 1990 pricing. Motorola MCM6206P45 1K $18.00 5K $17.00 (Written quotation from Motorola) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::ROTBERG "Professor of Gonzo" 4-JAN-1990 13:52:47.12 To: @STATUS CC: Subj: STUN Runner Status Report STUN RUNNER STUN RUNNER GAME DEVELOPMENT STATUS STUN RUNNER DATE: January 4, 1990 PL: ED ROTBERG DATE STARTED: 28 APR 88 9 JUN 88 PROJECT LEADER: HALLY START DATE: 2 MAY 88 LAB: STUN RUNNER (MULTISYNC) EXT: 1727 OR 1720 NUMBER : 511 TEAM NU | | SCHEDULE or | MISSED DATES | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROJECT START: < 2 MAY 88> 1ST REVIEW: < 6 JUL 88> 8 JUL 88 MULTISYNC PCB DEBUGGED < 1 AUG 88> 2ND REVIEW: < 2 SEP 88> 24 AUG 88 15 AUG 88 3RD REVIEW: < 10 NOV 88> 4 NOV 88 14 OCT 88 FOCUS GROUP: < 22 NOV 88> 16 NOV 88 4TH REVIEW: < 31 MAR 89> 20 JAN 89 13 JAN 89 FIELD TEST: < 14 APR 89> 7 APR 89 10 MAR 89 FIELD TEST #2: < 16 JUN 89> FIELD TEST #3: < 7 JUL 89> PROD RELEASE: < 4 AUG 89> 28 JUL 89 2 JUN 89 26 MAY 89 FGA: < 18 SEP 89> 25 SEP 89 15 SEP 89 21 JUL 89 This is the final status report for STUN Runner. Thank you for your patience! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DURFEY 4-JAN-1990 15:36:33.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: car for sale For Sale: 1990 Mazda Miata, Red, basic model $17,800 or best offer. See in parking lot today. erik X1755 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 8-JAN-1990 09:29:49.49 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: CER's Users on MIKE may now submit Component Evaluation Requests on-line by typing 'CER' at the VAX system prompt ($). The program will prompt for information about the component, and forward the request to Component Engineering for processing. The user should be prepared to answer specific questions such as Atari part number, vendor part number, vendor contact and phone numbers. The program allows for several comment lines, in which the user may include whatever information may be appropriate. If additional information and/or samples are required, the Component Engineer assigned to each request will contact the requester if needed. The user will be notified when the CER has been completed, and the results of the evaluation. Users on BERT or ERNIE may also: RUN ERNIE$USERDISK:[SPECS]SUBMITCER ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCCARTHY 8-JAN-1990 13:38:07.20 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE,JOE,LEON,POPKIN CC: MCCARTHY Subj: SOFTWARE UPDATE SCICARDS PLOT USERS : I have made some changes to SCIDPLOT and SDBATCHPLOT, to add alternate title format sheets. If I broke it, let me know. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 8-JAN-1990 17:28:05.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: Brainstorming -- Thursday -- 12:00 -- RSVP! This week's brainstorming session is the one you have all been waiting for!!! It is your chance to offer advice on how to: Improve the game development process Increase productivity Maximize creativity Make the work place more fun! Many of your ideas, generated during the '88 brainstorming season have been implemented: You asked to have the opportunity to see what other people are working on and to get feedback on what you are working on: Walkabout Friday. You felt like sometimes you put a lot of work into the Game Initiation packet, only to find that management did not agree with the direction you chose: Concept Approval prior to Initiation. You wanted to be able to dedicate someone to playing your game to look for bugs: Tengen and outside play- testers. You wanted more productive game reviews: Game playable in advance, review agendas. You wanted Marketing to be more involved throughout the whole project instead of just near the end: Weekly project meetings with Product Manager. You wanted RAM to simulate the graphics ROM for development: G1 has this feature. You wanted higher salaries, more vacation, and free lunches: Well, you can't have everything!! So RSVP to this VAX address by 9:00a.m. Wednesday (1/10) to sign up for this once-a-year opportunity! As usual, lunch will be provided in the luxurious Central Conference Room promptly at 12:00 noon, Thursday, 1/11/90. Thanks!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::RAINS 8-JAN-1990 17:30:59.06 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE,@SYS$MAIL:ALPHATEAM,@SYS$MAIL:NUTEAM CC: Subj: ".ROM" files and MIXIT I am working with Dave Shepperd on some code which will eventually become a portable mixit-style program (to run on VAX, UNIX, PCs, Ariums, or whatever). In looking over the various flavors of files supported by mixit and the PROM programmer utilities, the .ROM format stands out as a particularly arcane and difficult to implement file type. So I would like to know who is using .ROM format, for what purpose, and which features of the format are being used. Depending on the response, we may not implement .ROM format in the new program, or we may only implement a subset of .ROM format functionality (DON'T PANIC: the current VAX version of mixit would still be available for .ROM files). Please reply via VAXmail. Your silence will be interpreted as "don't-care bit" indicators. Lyle ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DURFEY 10-JAN-1990 17:19:10.48 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: New name for Hard Drivin' We are looking for a new name to be used for the updated version of Hard Drivin'. Currently we are using Hard Drivin' 90 but are looking for something that does not date the game. Some suggestions so far: Harder Drivin' 20% Harder Drivin' Teen-aged Mutant Ninja Drivin' You get the idea. Also, we are looking for a logo or name for describing the link capability. Such as : Simu-link Linx What ever. Send any ideas to this address. Thanx erik ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 10-JAN-1990 17:30:41.39 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SUTTLES Subj: Bug Enhancement Report (the first of many) With the recent upgrade of VMS, we got new features in almost every utility that VMS has. Some of you know about them from complaints about out-of-date command tables (we're working on a better solution for that). At any rate, MAIL is no exception; it has new stuff (bugs or features, you guess) too. Mail changed it's database quite a bit. It now keeps track of which printer you want (SET QUE TTxx, see the door of the printer room for details), and you can choose your editor, and you may opt to be asked for CC names or not. All of this stuff gets saved when you exit mail for the next time. Except for Wordmarc users, you don't have to wrap a command file around mail (MAIL$EDIT or MAIL$PRINT) in order to get it to do what you want. Go into mail and do a SHOW ALL to find out your environment. SET what you want different. Of course, it has a price. In the process, it lost track of the current message count for most accounts. Read all your messages, and then do a READ/NEW to A)display an error message and B)set the count to zero. Some time soon, we hope to let you know about some of the more helpful changes. Soon as we figure out if any are helpful... Watch this space for further details. the Dave (the Herculean) and Sometimes Steve show ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::HUNT "THUNDER JAWS -- RUSTY & NATALIE" 10-JAN-1990 20:58:06.62 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: PLAY IT NOW! ThunderJaws ThunderJaws ThunderJaws ThunderJaws ThunderJaws NEW AND IMPROVED!! The latest/greatest version of ThunderJaws is now available for playing in the Engineering common area... SEE the beautiful prisoners transformed into lizard creatures... FEEL the appreciation of said prisoners... FLY through the air on the new jetpacks (2 player games only)... HEAR the taunts of Madam Q... FIND new and exciting bugs... All this and more(!) are waiting for you NOW! This version is a pre-field-test version and should be very playable! Thank you for your support, The ThunderJaws Team ___________________________________________________________________________ To: Becky Depew Fr: Jed Margolin Re: Hard Drivin' (the Saturday Morning Cartoon Show) Dt: 11 January 1990 Main Characters: John: Race Car Driver in his late twenties; Terry: Teenage Boy, on the pit crew Jennifer: Teenage Girl, on the pit crew The series takes place during summer vacation which is why the teenagers are not in school. The Hard Drivin' team goes around the country competing in auto races. The auto races are not the focus of the show, but merely the backdrop because the team has adventures and battle bad guys. Like drug dealers. When things get really desperate John makes his way to an arcade with a Hard Drivin' Cockpit Game. He gets in it, starts it up, and recites a magic phrase. The Hard Drivin' Game is transformed into a real, jet powered car which John drives out through a wall of the arcade that has opened for him. Every show is resolved this way. There are lots of arcades, so there can be lots of ways for the Hard Drivin' car to make its exit. Most of the time John will be the hero but sometimes Terry or Jennifer will be the one. (It is especially important that Jennifer gets to do it, too.) Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 11-JAN-1990 16:07:02.46 To: OWENS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Driver Sound Programmed Parts I am have been meaning to ask you about it but I got caught in a time crunch. We are building more Drivers in March, so, because Production has a lot of 27256s I changed the Driver Sound Board so it divides the Sound Wave Roms in two banks which can be independently selected to be 27512s or 27256s. Bank 1 contains eight sockets and Bank 2 contains four sockets. This is because the existing sound data takes four 27512s which will be replaced with eight 27256s. The Hard Drivin' upgrade kit will include additional ROMs ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OWENS 11-JAN-1990 16:15:59.46 To: KIM::MARGOLIN CC: Subj: RE: Driver Sound Programmed Parts If we are to make a 256 version of the sound roms, then we will need to do a formal release of these parts. I assume you have already selected the program part numbers for these new codes, (which is ok), what I need now is formal documentation and memory masters to complete the release. As an option you can submit a CER just to add the part numbers to the AVL, for the parts planners over in MFG and complete the release with memory masters at a later date. Let me know what you want to do. RLO ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 11-JAN-1990 16:19:08.83 To: OWENS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Driver Sound Programmed Parts I am have been meaning to ask you about it but I got caught in a time crunch. We are building more Drivers in March, so, because Production has a lot of 27256s I changed the Driver Sound Board so it divides the Sound Wave Roms in two banks which can be independently selected to be 27512s or 27256s. Bank 1 contains eight sockets and Bank 2 contains four sockets. This is because the existing sound data takes four 27512s which will be replaced with eight 27256s. The Hard Drivin' upgrade kit will include additional ROMs which will be 27512s in order to be compatible with the Sound Boards in the field as well as the new boards. The 27256s contain the same data as the 27512s in the last Rev only split up. I have prepared documentation which I will give you tomorrow (Friday) The other two parts are programmed GALs. I have a lot of questions about how programmed GALS are released and bought (because we buy them programmed). Do we provide them with a programmed part or a computer file? What if we want the security fuse blown? Do they test the devices with our test vectors or do they generate their own? (Do they test them with anybody's test vectors?) By the way, I have programmed the part's pn in the User Signature bits. Unfortunately the Data I/O cannot read them except as fuses in ones and zeros. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 11-JAN-1990 16:41:40.83 To: RAY,MONCRIEF CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Productivity About your brainstorming memo. The single largest factor in determining productivity is the availability of tools. I am talking VAXes and PCs. Every second wasted waiting for the VAX to respond is irretrievably lost, not to mention unproductive. The VAXs have been steadily getting slower until last week when they went down a whole notch. Even so, there are still people running Makes and other processes on KIM that could be run on one of the Batch VAXes. Running these processes on KIM brings the system to its knees, so that even ordinary EDTs are impossible. Until the issues of computers is addressed, the issues of creativity are pretty much immaterial. This is not a request to attend the meeting. Thanks, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 11-JAN-1990 19:16:51.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SUTTLES Subj: more system stuff If you are one of those who works with command files, including your own login command file, you need to read DOK:UTL$.DOC . This applies particularly if you are the local guru (the one everybody asks "How come my computer ...") If you are one of those who asks the local guru, nevermind. If you don't know how to read the file, you don't need to, and won't want to. Its full of system stuff, and your guru will take care of you. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LTURNER 15-JAN-1990 11:24:51.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: LTURNER Subj: New Baby Congratulations to Byron & Bing Sheppard on the arrival of their new son. Vital Information: When: Sat. Morning, Jan. 13 Weight: 6 lbs. 13 oz. Height: 20 1/2 in. Name: Calvin Mother and Baby are doing fine. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 17-JAN-1990 13:57:15.96 To: @sys$mail:ee CC: SHEPPERD Subj: Excuse me, did you say you needed tail? Looking for tail? Seems like there's always a need for tail and the threshold of pain has been getting lower for those of us who want it but can't get it, so I did something about it. If you are thinking what I think you are thinking, then think again. I'm talking about the tail of a file. It's sometimes handy to look at the tail end of a file, especially a .LOG file from a batch job in progress. Unix has a nifty program called TAIL which does just that so I wrote a version for VMS. It copies the last n RECORDS of the specified input file to the specified output file (defaulting to SYS$OUTPUT) making the output file attributes EXACTLY the same as those of the input. Currently it only supports standard sequential files, not indexed or relative (hardly anybody uses relative or indexed files). All the record formats are supported except UDF (undefined). The output file inherits the record attributes of the input file but they are otherwise ignored. It can read a .LOG file while it is being created during a batch job. Login or RESTART to get the symbol, then type: $ TAIL [/number] input_file [output_file] where [] denotes optional data. The [/number] defaults to /23 so you can get 1 screen's worth. The input_file is required and there are no defaults. The output file defaults to SYS$OUTPUT (your terminal). Some examples: $ TAIL BATCH.LOG !shows the last 23 lines of the .LOG file $ TAIL /100 BATCH.LOG !shows the last 100 lines $ TAIL /1 FRED.EXE FOO.EXE !copies the last block of fred to foo ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 18-JAN-1990 10:49:29.63 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: 3M'S 164PIN PQFP'S JED THE BEST THAT 3M CAN DO WITH THEIR SOCKET IS $13.25, AT THIS TIME. TOM C ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 25-JAN-1990 13:57:17.57 To: MEYETTE CC: MARGOLIN Subj: AT Power Supply AT Power Supply ---------------- The supply we need must be in an AT compatible case and have the following voltages. The currents are minimums. +5V at 18A +12V at 6A -5V at 0.5A -12V at 0.5A It would be useful to compare the cost for the above supply with the supply we are using in our prototype which has: +5V at 22A +12V at 8A -5V at 0.5A -12V at 0.5A Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 26-JAN-1990 09:58:29.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: TEMP RECEPTIONIST As you all know by now I'm leaving to have my baby, today is my last day. Liane will be replacing me while I'm out. Please be helpful by letting her know who you are when you're answering a page, when you want her to page someone for you make sure you give her the extension you're at. I've noticed that some of you aren't checking your dial tone for message waiting and your messages are sitting up her for a long time. Please remember if you've left your office for any length of time to listen to your dial tone when you return, I know it,s aggravating to check your phone everytime and never have a message, but that's the way the new system works. It would be helpful if you introduced yourself to Liane when you're passing through the lobby. She's a pretty girl so I know some of you single guys will be tempted to STAND AROUND and SMALL talk her ear off, (you know who you are) but please don't. We want her to have a comfortable stay here at Atari, besides answering the phones will keep her busy enough. (said with a smile!) Thanks for your help and understanding see you in a couple of months. Stephanie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::JACKIE 26-JAN-1990 11:28:08.11 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,JACKIE,FUJIHARA,BENZLER,MOMODA CC: Subj: 1990 TRADE SHOWS FOLLOWING ARE THE DATES OF THE 1990 TRADE SHOWS ACME - MARCH 9-11, CHICAGO AMOA - OCTOBER 25-27, NEW ORLEANS JAMA - TENTATIVE DATES SET FOR OCTOBER 3-5, TOKYO From: BERT::FUJIHARA 26-JAN-1990 15:26:29.89 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: FUJIHARA Subj: COMPETITOR GAMES Per Linda B., who called from Golfland Milpitas (test site for Thunderjaws), Sega is testing a new 3-player game this weekend only: ALIEN BUSTERS: Fighting game combined with shooting. Theme is like a combo of the Aliens and Gremlins movies. She says it's not a bad game but supposedly they will be pulling it after the weekend. FINAL FIGHT: New Capcom game, is also there and earning fairly well. $329 this week placing it right behind the top 3 (Mutant Turtles, Cyberball, Hard Drivin'). This game is supposedly doing well right now in many locations. If you're in the area this weekend, check it out. Mary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 29-JAN-1990 16:29:26.11 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: Terminology survey Well, I'm confused, so I decided to turn to the august community of erstwhile scholars we know as sys$mail:ee to answer a question (or set of them). First a little background. When I started working on ASAP, I needed names for data items of 8, 16, and 32 bits. The first and last were relatively easy, 8 bits was the minimum addressable unit, so it was a byte. 32 bits was the size of all registers and the data bus so it was a word. That means 16 bits would be a halfword. This was simple, self- explanatory, and had historical precedent (IBM 360, PDP-10, etc). I toyed with the idea of calling them char, short, and int, but someone (I forget who) flamed me severely so I abandoned that approach. So loading 16 bits was done with a LDH (sign extend) or LDUH (zero-fill) while loading a whole machine word was LD. So far, so good. The fly in the ointment was that I was assembling with a set of macros for MAC65, and .word generated 16-bit data while .long generated 32-bit data. I cobbled up a version of MACAS to use .hword and .word respectively, but I have never been _real_ happy with this and am getting less so. When I ran the idea of reverting to the old definitions past the two Eds, they agreed, but went on to say I should _also_ re-name the instructions. Under the proposed scheme we would have: old new means LD LDL load a 32-bit machine word ST STL store a 32-bit machine word LEA LEAL load the effective address of a 32-bit word LDH LDW load a 16-bit halfword with sign extension LDUH LDUW load a 16-bit halfword with zero-fill STH STW store a 16-bit halfword LEAH LEAW load the effective address of a 16-bit halfword LDB LDB load an 8-bit byte with sign extension LDUB LDUB load an 8-bit byte with zero-fill STB STB store an 8-bit byte This leaves open the question of just what we should call the 32-bit entity in comments, circuit diagrams, etc. It _is_ a word, but we have pre-empted that (pardon the expression) word to mean something else. "long" means something to C programmers, but not neccesarily to everyone. Also there is the not-inconsiderable problem that my daughter's initials (LEA) would no longer be a valid mnemonic :-). Other than then over-40 references to words in the spec (and who knows how many in various programs) the proposed scheme has merit, but I am still bothered. So I'd like each of you who cares (or doesn't) to reply telling me: "I prefer the proposed way as stated" "I prefer the proposed way, except forget the gratuitous 'L's" "I prefer the current way" "I prefer C (char) and S (short) and whoever disagrees can eat my..." "I don't care (and promise not to whine and snivel about final choice)" Those giving one of the first two answers should also be prepared to fill in the blanks in the following sentence: "You should call 32-bit quantities ______ in the hardware documentation" Of course none of this would be neccesary if we hadn't all stopped learning after the PDP-11 or 8086, but as it confuses me too..... Thank you for your support. Maybe next week we can get into how I could have been so brain-damaged as to make the sucker little-endian, with a latched carry, and no _____-straddling memory-references (I need that term soon :-) Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FUJIHARA 29-JAN-1990 16:49:00.28 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: FUJIHARA Subj: GAME AWARDS Atari Games has recently been recognized for the outstanding quality of games produced in the past year. During the London ATE show, HARD DRIVIN' received the "Game of the Year" award from the British trade association and Atari Games was given an engraved crystal bowl which will be presented to the Hard Drivin' design team. Then, at the German IMA show, the association nominated both HARD DRIVIN' and TETRIS as "Best Video Game for 1989". This was the first time two games from the same company have ever shared this honor. Our German distributor, Nova, is often our #1 distributor in the world, and it is quite rare that a manufacturer is congratulated to this degree. On another front, one of the leading consumer video magazines, "Video Games and Computer Entertainment" awarded four of our games for Best of 1989: Hard Drivin' - Best simulator Cyberball 2072 - Best sports Escape - Most innovative Stunrunner - Best arcade game These awards will be published in the February issue, which has now been issued. Our games were selected based on a poll of the editorial staff at the magazine. I received individual wall plaques for these awards today and will arrange to have them prominently displayed in our lobby. Congratulations to all those who helped earned these terrific awards. Mary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 30-JAN-1990 15:13:38.39 To: CLARK CC: MARGOLIN Subj: 320_15s Tom, Please put the following 320_15s on the AVL, TMS320E15FZL 44 pin, Ceramic Quad, windowed TMS320P15FNL 44 pin, PLCC, OTP TMS320E15JDL 40 pin DIP, Ceramic, windowed TMS320P15NL 40 pin DIP, Plastic, OTP Thanks, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 30-JAN-1990 15:24:24.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: SUTTLES Subj: Oh no, more stuff for sale!! A number of people have asked me about a second phone line at their house, some for computers, some for a business, and some for their kids. You'll need to decide if it applies to you, but I just got a Radio Shack flyer that offers a two-line desk telephone for $40 (usually $60, when they stock them). You plug in one jack and buttons on the faceplate let you select line 1 or line 2, and there is a HOLD feature. It has last- number-redial, and can be set for rotary or touch-tone dialing. In appearance, it looks like our brown phones with extra buttons above the flash button. Unlike ours, they will work on the public network (at your house). They do not have the flash button, for those who buy those special services (message waiting and the like). Yes, this is Radio Shack. It is good enough to last out the warranty, but then it is guaranteed to break. On the other hand, a "good" one that WILL last a long time runs around $150, and doesn't have as many features. And yes, I'm thinking of getting one myself. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::MARGOLIN 31-JAN-1990 16:23:04.40 To: ROBBINS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: part numbers Lori, These are the part numbers you needed for the DSK Board (formerly DSP32 Board) 137412-115 IC,Software_Protection,Type_0115,SLAPSTIC NCR 137665-1020 IC,OTP,PLD,20MHz,44P_PLCC TEXAS_INSTRUMENTS TMS320P15FNL The 137665-1020 will be socketed. I will try to find out the part number of the socket as soon as I can. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::MEYETTE 31-JAN-1990 16:27:54.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Missing Pages Will the person who has Section 3 of the IBM AT Technical Reference Manual, containing the power supply specifications, please let me borrow it. Thnx, Rick Meyette, Ext. 1752 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 1-FEB-1990 18:52:33.92 To: @SM:ENGINEER CC: Subj: ZMODEM, the second generation Here's the latest scoop on ZMODEM transfers. 1) I changed the program to use 1024 instead of 64 byte blocks to transfer. This should speed things up a bit. 2) The problem with some files not transferring seems to stem from the method used to upload the file to the VAX in the first place. I'm talking about .RAD files we tried as tests here. If the file is uploaded using NFT COPY on the PC, the PC looks at the first 512 bytes of the file, and if a carriage return is found, decides the file is a text file, and proceeds to transfer the file as text, creating a STREAM file on the VAX, which will cause ZMODEM to barf when trying to tranfer it. If no CR is found, the file is created with fixed length records. The sneaky thing here is that this error may or may not show up depending on the contents of the file. The way around this is to ALWAYS transfer BINARY files (like .RAD) to and from your PC using NFT COPY/BLOCK. This forces the file into the correct form on the VAX. Text files are OK to transfer without the /BLOCK option. If you have a file that won't transfer, a quick fix is to transfer it down to the PC via NFT COPY/BLOCK, then NFT COPY/BLOCK it back. This should fix the file so ZMODEM will work OK on it. Let me know if you run into any other problems using SZ or RZ. -- jim P.S. I'm going to stick in wildcard processing as soon as I get the chance. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OHARA "gems - the giant killer" 2-FEB-1990 16:06:20.61 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: OHARA Subj: Temporary Disappearence Just a note from your friendly neighborhood mail/office supply/et al man to the effect that I will not be available to handle the mail or supply requests in my usual efficacious manner during the period betwixt and between 10 Feb 90 and 25 Feb 90. My last day will be Friday the 9th of February and Monday the 26th will be my first day back. Dennis Nale and Yvette will be handling mail. Supplies can be gotten by being extra nice to either Yvette, Sandi or perhaps June. Be good, Be nice gems ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 5-FEB-1990 14:30:20.05 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: message Whoever is interested in receiving their phone messages by vax, please vax a message to Liane letting her know. Thank you! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 5-FEB-1990 14:42:40.56 To: FRANZELLA CC: MARGOLIN Subj: I would like to receive my phone messages by vax, but when I tried to vax this message to Liane I was informed there is "no such user LIANE" . Does she have an alias? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 5-FEB-1990 14:44:35.36 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: message Regarding vax mail messages - whenever you want to send a message to Liane please use "Samaniego". Thank You! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 5-FEB-1990 15:07:46.79 To: SAMANIEGO CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Phone Messages I would like to receive my phone messages by Vax Mail. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 5-FEB-1990 15:46:45.00 To: MARGOLIN CC: SUTTLES Subj: the NEC Spinwriter PLEASE! DO NOT take your printouts from the middle of the pile without taking care of the pile. The baskets will only start to stack printouts if they are empty. They will continue to stack if you leave them alone (and luck is with them) but you, yes you, personally guarantee that every printout after the one you dig for will be mangled if you don't take care of the whole pile. This still applies if yours is the last job. If you can take the time to find your job, then you have time to empty the basket. If you don't, it still dumps the following listings on the floor. I find it interesting to note that every time this happens, ALL banner pages are removed which identify the culprit. I have had it with cleaning up the room after others; since I can tell who the culprit is by other means, I'll send them this annoying message for a few times, and if that doesn't work, I'll let the public know. None of this is new. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 6-FEB-1990 13:20:32.99 To: SUTTLES CC: MARGOLIN Subj: NEC Spinwriter I am guilty. Yesterday, I removed a listing from the Spinwriter and did not remove, separate, and stack the couple of listings in the basket. One reason for this is because I am frequently unsuccessful in separating the paper without it tearing. I assume that people use the Spinwriter because they are going to use the printout for something reasonably important. I am surprised to learn that the output from the Spinwriter is so volumious that it spills out onto the floor. I am puzzled by your reference to the header sheets being missing, thereby making it difficult for you to trace the culprit. I have never seen the Spinwriter produce a header sheet. Are we both talking about the Spinwriter in the Printer Room or have I been missing something? I do observe proper printer etiquette regarding the Printronix printers. As long as we are on the subject of the Printer Room, it would be nice to have a working terminal in the Printer Room or its vicinity, for those times when something gets screwed up and I need to log on to get a listing. (My office is a long way from the Printer Room.) It would also be nice to add an additional terminal to the DIO Room so that both the 288 and the 29 can be used at the same time. Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 6-FEB-1990 13:43:08.94 To: SANDY::MARGOLIN CC: SUTTLES Subj: RE: NEC Spinwriter With reference to the header sheets, it is a stock message. As you correctly infer, the problem applies more often to the Printronix printers than it does to the spinwriter. However, as you also point out, anyone wanting printouts worthy of retention uses the spinwriter; unfortunately, this includes printouts of online documentation, and quite a few people use it for printing mail message, status reports, and general memos. It does indeed spill out onto the floor. It would cure the stacking problem if you would simply remove the detritus from the basket and put it on the shelves. It is assumed that when people pick up their listings, they check for a complete listing. Finding an appendix, it would only be reasonable to assume they would remove the others' listings from their own, and leave them for the others involved. The reason I sent the message (the reason I send it every time I do so) is because there were enough printouts following the missing one to cause problems. Admittedly, this is contrary to general supposition (nobody thinks we use that printer, but we go through more supplies for that one than both printronix combined. With regards to a terminal in the printer room, there is one. It is usually powered off because it has a problem with overheating. It is across from the Spinwriter. With regards to another terminal in the Data I/O room, there are already two in place. We have eight ports tied up with the current configuration, because we have to provide DIO support when either Kim or Charm is down; four ports are present for each system. In order to add a terminal to control the other DIO at the same time would require the addition of four more ports (a terminal and a device port on each of two systems). We don't have the wiring, the free ports, or any working terminals to support this, and we also lack the space to put the equipment if we did. Lastly, the usage is highly sporadic. The 29 can go for a week without any usage, and then the biggest obstacle to getting it is other people using it, not the 288. If you find a problem using the 29 because of 288 users, you might point out to them that there is another 288 near Ed Logg's lab, with an associated terminal. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 6-FEB-1990 14:43:58.65 To: SUTTLES CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Spinwriter message Since you want me to handle Spinwriter listings already in the basket on those few times I use the Spinwriter, then fine, I will be happy to. Since you don't want to put in a separate terminal in the DIO Room for the 29, then fine, I will handle being frustrated when I come to use it and find it the 288 occupied by somebody whose ROMs are done but they are nowhere to be found. BUT, don't tell me the terminal in the Printer Room is functional, because it is NOT. Yesterday, I tried to use it; the screen is too dim. And even when it was working, it didn't work properly. Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::WOOD 6-FEB-1990 15:43:21.48 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Company vehicle use It is now company policy that company employees are not--under any circumstances--permitted to use company-owned vehicles for personal use. Only those employees who are on the company's designated drivers' list will be permitted to drive company-owned vehicles for company business during scheduled work hours. This policy must be strictly enforced in order to limit the company's liability exposure and maintain good standing with our new insurance carrier. Dennis Wood ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD 6-FEB-1990 15:46:49.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: RE: Company vehicle use Alright, who left the beer cans in the van? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 6-FEB-1990 16:08:16.12 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: SHEPPERD Subj: New release of LLF I just released version 3.1 of LLF. It has a few bugs fixed from 3.0, mainly in handling exception conditions and reporting warnings where not really appropriate. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 7-FEB-1990 13:19:49.31 To: MCCARTHY CC: MARGOLIN Subj: User Signature Fuses " To select the ABEL device file for the GAL follow these rules " 1. Registers are required. " Use the P16V8R. " 2. No registers, but feedback from 8 I/O pins is required. " Use the P16V8R. " 3. No registers, but feedback from 6 I/O pins is required. " Use the P16V8C. " 4. No registers or feedback, but 8 terms per output are required. " Use the P16V8S. The 16V8 has 64 bits available for user data, starting at fuse 2056. Unfortunately the Data I/O does not have a decent way of reading it. fuses "User Signature Word [2056..2087] = '052-'; [2088..2119] = '1139'; The 20V8 has 64 bits available for user data, starting at fuse 2568. fuses "User Signature Word [2568..2599] = '052-'; [2600..2631] = '1140'; I use the User Signature Word for the programmed part number. (052-1140 is 136052-1140.) Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 7-FEB-1990 13:34:57.93 To: @SM:ENGINEER,@SM:ANIMATORS CC: Subj: ZMODEM updated Greetings, SZ, that nutty little ZMODEM file download program now supports full VMS wildcards for filenames. For instance, sz [petrick] ! This will send all files in the petrick dir. sz [-]*.com ! This sends all .COM files in the directory above the current directory. sz [...]puma.* ! Sends all files in any subdirectory of the current subdirectory that are named puma sz p* ! Sends all files starting with the letter p of any file type. Anyways, you get the idea. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::ROTBERG "Professor of Gonzo" 7-FEB-1990 15:55:53.49 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Somebody out there likes us!!! Path: dms!motcsd!apple!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ariel!lazlo From: lazlo@ariel.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) Newsgroups: rec.games.video Subject: Re: Arcade classics Message-ID: <1523@ariel.unm.edu> Date: 7 Feb 90 06:28:08 GMT References: <3180@rouge.usl.edu> <13345@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Reply-To: lazlo@ariel.unm.edu.UUCP (Lazlo Nibble) Distribution: usa Organization: (White Boyz Doin' The) Hot Death Mall Dog Lines: 22 While I can't say for sure that any of their more recent machines is destined to become an arcade classic in the sense that Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Asteroids did, I *will* say that the one company that's managed to stand for exceptional creativity and high quality games in the past four or five years has definitely been Atari. They've been on a stone-cold roll since Marble Madness and haven't let up since. I could wheel out titles in my sleep: Indiana Jones, 720, Road Runner, Toobin', APB, Xybots, Vindicators, Paperboy, Cyberball, S.T.U.N. Runner, Hard Drivin', Super Sprint, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters, Gauntlet, Tetris . . . there must be a dozen more . . . They're all wonderfully *different* games, lots of neat ideas, and not a SINGLE GODDAMN CHOP-SOCKEY/HAND-TO-HAND-STREET-COMBAT GAME IN THE BUNCH! A plague upon the houses of the manufacturers that are cranking out that sort of garbage month after month after month. Good lord, even Williams . . . Lazlo (lazlo@ariel.unm.edu) ------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: "Hey, don't look at ME!" ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 7-FEB-1990 16:39:42.10 To: SHEPPERD CC: MARGOLIN Subj: TMS320 Macro Assembler ;This is what used to work: .TITLE DSOUND .ENABL USD,LC .INCLUDE TMS320.INC .ASECT .RADIX 16 .ENABL AMA ; Driver Sound Tests routines for TMS-320 ; ; Programmer: Jed Margolin ; ; Date: 8/5/85 ; ; Hardware: Driver Sound ; ; MAC65 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Use: ; MAC65 TMS320.MAC/NP ; LINKM TMS320/NP ; LTO TMS320 ; This produces TMS320.OL with TMSCODE and TMSEND Labels ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : code ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 7-FEB-1990 17:13:22.32 To: MARGOLIN CC: SHEPPERD Subj: tms320 Change the following and should work: old: .INCLUDE TMS320.INC new: .INCLUDE UTL$MAC:TMS320.INC old: ; Use: old: ; MAC65 TMS320.MAC/NP old: ; LINKM TMS320/NP new: ; Use: new: ; MAC65 TMS320/LIS !/LIS only if you want a listing file new: ; LLF TMS320.OB/MAP !/MAP only if you want a map file ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 8-FEB-1990 14:13:42.32 To: SUTTLES CC: MARGOLIN Subj: My Phone There have been several times where people have called me from the Outside and my phone has not rung. I would like to be able to get Outside calls. Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::SHEPPERD 8-FEB-1990 14:18:37.31 To: MARGOLIN CC: SHEPPERD Subj: TMS320 assembly procedure The old stuff: ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Use: ; MAC65 TMS320.MAC/NP ; LINKM TMS320/NP ; LTO TMS320 ; This produces TMS320.OL with TMSCODE and TMSEND Labels ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The new stuff: ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Use: ; MAC68K TMS320/LIS !/LIS only if you want a listing ; ^^^ use a different assembler ; The creates a TMS320.OB object file. ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plus you have to add to and change a couple of things in your TMS320.MAC file: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- New | Old -------------------------------- 80 ----------------------------------------- .psect TICODE | .=0 .globl TMSCODE | TMSBEGIN: | -------------------------------- 88 ----------------------------------------- .=TMSBEGIN+10 | .=10 -------------------------------- 94 ----------------------------------------- .=TMSBEGIN+30 | .=30 -------------------------------- 1168 --------------------------------------- TMSEND == .-TMSBEGIN | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then you can LLF the TMS320.OB file with your 68000 code directly BUT you will need to include it in an options file: TMS320.OPT: FILE (TMS320.OB additional_68k_files_to_link ...) LOCATE (TICODE_ : 0x0000 TO 0x3FFF OUTPUT 0x????) DECLARE (TMSCODE 0x????) where the ???? is the address in 68k address space where you want the TMS320 code to reside. (NOTE that the section name is TICODE_ with a trailing underscore, even though the .psect name in the .MAC file doesn't have a trailing underscore). The global symbol TMSCODE is set in the options file by the DECLARE directive and TMSEND is set by the assembler. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 8-FEB-1990 15:30:35.51 To: SHEPPERD CC: MARGOLIN Subj: TMS320 I made the changes in TMS320.MAC and it seems to run, except that it insists on assembling statements even after '.END' on TMS320.OPT: I would like the TMS code to appear after the program segment like it did before. The following is my old locate file: locate(PROGRAM TICODE: #1000); locate(VECTORS: #0000); locate($$seg14 : #0FFC000 TO #0FFCFFF ); Does this need to change and what is 0x0000 TO 0x3FFF and do I need to fill in the 'x'? How do I tell it there is an .OPT file and whom would I tell? TMS320.OPT: FILE (TMS320.OB additional_68k_files_to_link ...) LOCATE (TICODE_ : 0x0000 TO 0x3FFF OUTPUT 0x????) DECLARE (TMSCODE 0x????) The following is how I used to link it. Does it need to change? $ LLF DSOUND,TMS320,STUB,dsound.lc/opt/sym/map $ EXIT Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SHEPPERD 8-FEB-1990 15:59:51.83 To: SANDY::MARGOLIN CC: SHEPPERD Subj: RE: TMS320 >I made the changes in TMS320.MAC and it seems to run, except that it insists >on assembling statements even after '.END' .END is only advisory (it's a comment as far as the assembler is concerned) except if there's a label on it in which case the label is read to be the program start address. >on TMS320.OPT: I would like the TMS code to appear after the program segment > like it did before. The following is my old locate file: Oh. This will require some more work. I'll have to fix a problem in LLF in order for you to do that. > locate(PROGRAM TICODE: #1000); > locate(VECTORS: #0000); > locate($$seg14 : #0FFC000 TO #0FFCFFF ); > >Does this need to change and what is 0x0000 TO 0x3FFF and do I need to >fill in the 'x'? 0x is another way of specifying hex (it's the C syntax for hexidecimal). The 0 to 3FFF is to locate the TMS320 program in TMS320 address space (0-3FFF or whatever) and the OUTPUT is to locate that block of code into the 68000's address space. LLF won't do what you want directly, I'll have to figure something out. In the meantime, you can put the TMS320 code somewhere in the 68000's address space that doesn't conflict with the 68000's program. You might make your option file (DSOUND.LC) look like: FILE (DSOUND STUB TMS320.OB) locate(PROGRAM : #1000 TO 7FFF); locate(VECTORS : #0000); locate($$seg14 : #0FFC000 TO #0FFCFFF ); LOCATE (TICODE_ : 0x0000 TO 0x3FFF OUTPUT 0x8000) DECLARE (TMSCODE 0x8000) Change the 7FFF and 8000 to whatever is appropriate (wherever there is room for the TMS code). Then you link it with: $ LLF dsound.lc/opt/sym/map $ EXIT ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 8-FEB-1990 16:33:17.60 To: SHEPPERD CC: MARGOLIN Subj: TMS320 I changed DSOUND.LC to: FILE (DSOUND STUB TMS320.OB) locate(PROGRAM : #1000 TO 7FFF); locate(VECTORS : #0000); locate($$seg14 : #0FFC000 TO #0FFCFFF ); LOCATE (TICODE_ : 0x0000 TO 0x3FFF OUTPUT 0x8000) DECLARE (TMSCODE 0x8000) and ran $ LLF dsound.lc/opt/sym/map $ EXIT and got: $ @LNK %LLF-E-ERROR,Segment is not present in object code locate(PROGRAM : #1000 TO 7FFF); ^ %LLF-E-ERROR,Expected ':' here, assumed DECLARE (TMSCODE 0x8000) ^ %LLF-W-WARN,Segment {VECTORS } at 00000000 overlays another segment or reserved mem %LLF-I-INFO,Completed with 2 error(s) and 1 warning(s) MARGOLIN job terminated at 8-FEB-1990 16:27:52.85 Accounting information: Buffered I/O count: 183 Peak working set size: 930 Direct I/O count: 202 Peak page file size: 3319 Page faults: 4226 Mounted volumes: 0 Charged CPU time: 0 00:00:07.88 Elapsed time: 0 00:00:21.31 Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SHEPPERD 8-FEB-1990 16:58:15.37 To: SANDY::MARGOLIN CC: SHEPPERD Subj: RE: TMS320 > FILE (DSOUND STUB TMS320.OB) > locate(PROGRAM : #1000 TO 7FFF); ^ need a # or 0x here > [...] > DECLARE (TMSCODE 0x8000) ^ apparently need a : here. > >%LLF-W-WARN,Segment {VECTORS } at 00000000 overlays another segment or reserved mem To fix this (or at least make LLF shut up about it), you'll need to make a small change to TMS320.MAC: new old ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- .GLOBL TMSCODE | .ASECT .PSECT TICODE | TMSBEGIN: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- .=TMSBEGIN | .=0000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- .=TMSBEGIN | .globl TMSCODE | .psect TICODE | TMSBEGIN: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SHEPPERD 8-FEB-1990 18:02:21.93 To: MARGOLIN CC: SHEPPERD Subj: Assemble and link TMS320 again. It ought to work From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 8-FEB-1990 18:25:33.15 To: SHEPPERD CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Thank You It seems to work. Thank you. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 9-FEB-1990 08:03:24.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: JUST A REMINDER: You have two days left (today and Monday) to place your flower order for Valentine's Day delivery on Wednesday the 14th. Orders must be paid for by Monday for those of you who have already ordered. Checks are accepted and need to be written out to "The Flowerman". THANKS! Liane ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 9-FEB-1990 13:29:35.42 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: in search of the comfort zone Forget the comfort zone. I'ld be happy with a themostat control around here that would work right. On the other hand, I should be used too this kind of stuff comming from the other building I thought the grass looked greener on this side. Ha... Is it just me or is it hot in here? Farrohk ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 9-FEB-1990 14:12:42.14 To: SHEPPERD CC: MARGOLIN Subj: It broke After adding some code it assembles ok but gives the following message during LLF: $ LNK %LLF-E-ERROR,.TEST expression computed true: ;DMA too big %LLF-E-ERROR,.TEST expression computed true: ;DMA too big %LLF-E-ERROR,.TEST expression computed true: ;DMA too big %LLF-I-INFO,Completed with 3 error(s) and 0 warning(s) MARGOLIN job terminated at 9-FEB-1990 14:08:47.68 Accounting information: Buffered I/O count: 181 Peak working set size: 1040 Direct I/O count: 180 Peak page file size: 3352 Page faults: 4032 Mounted volumes: 0 Charged CPU time: 0 00:00:08.35 Elapsed time: 0 00:00:19.70 Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 9-FEB-1990 14:54:24.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: GreenHills Structure padding In the process of defining some offsets in an assembly program to reference a structure in 'C', I did a little experiment and was (a bit) surprised. You may be aware of the padding needed when a structure contains elements larger than a byte. What you may not be aware of is that GreenHills (by default) applies that padding even to structures that do _not_ contain any elements larger than a byte. That is, the following C: struct three_byte { char a; char b; char c; } foo[2] = { {1,2,3},{4,5,6} }; will normally produce the following assembly: foo: DC.B 1 DC.B 2 DC.B 3 DCB.B 1,0 ; <- note bogus padding byte DC.B 4 DC.B 5 DC.B 6 DCB.B 1,0 ; <- Yep, another one This has the dual disadvantage of complicating structure passing to GNU CC (which only pads if it should), and increasing the size of your data tables for no good reason. Fortunately, I have since discovered that -x132 will tell the compiler not to do that. Now all I need to do is change my definition of ncc and re-compile all my sources that reference structures with only char elements. Oh well, the devil finds work for idle hands. In case you are interested, I do not (offhand) know of any "US" routines that would be broken by this. Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::SHEPPERD 9-FEB-1990 19:15:17.40 To: SANDY::MARGOLIN CC: SHEPPERD Subj: RE: It broke The .TEST is an assembler directive that instructs LLF to check the value of an expression and print the accompanying error message if the test is true. The TMS320.INC file has a .TEST directive in the OOP (One Operand Instruction) primative which checks that the value of the one operand is less than 128. The assembler doesn't flag the error because I had you put the ram variables in a relocatable .PSECT so you wouldn't get the LLF warning about overlapping sections and therefore it doesn't know what the value of the variables are until link time. Until I can figure out a way around this, you'll either have to live with an LLF warning or not finding out about ram "out of range" until link time. There is another bug, however, since LLF is also supposed to give you the line number in the source file where the .TEST directive was given. Damn. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 9-FEB-1990 19:19:12.27 To: CHARM::SHEPPERD CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: It broke ok ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "OF SISKEL, EBERT, & CAMERON" 12-FEB-1990 12:47:12.56 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: FOR SALE FOR SALE ONE MIKE TYSON PUNCHING BAG - SLIGHTLY USED- $19.95 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 13-FEB-1990 11:28:21.37 To: MCCARTHY,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: DISCONTINUED USE OF A PART NUMBER SINCE WE ARE USING MORE CMOS SRAMS, I HAVE GONE AHEAD AND DISCONTINUED THE USE OF PART NUMBER 137558-XXX FOR NEW DESIGNS, AND REPLACED IT WITH PART NUMBER 137535-XXX AND 137667-XXX. THE TITLES ARE: 137535-XXX IC,SRAM,CMOS,8KX8,XXNS,28P,.6DIP 137667-XXX IC,SRAM,CMOS,8KX8,XXNS,28P,.3DIP NOTE: "XX" IS THE SPEED OF THE DEVICE PART NUMBER 137558-XXX CALLS OUT NMOS PARTS, AND BY GOING TO CMOS, WE CAN SAVE MONEY AND IMPROVE THE DELIVERY TIME ON THE PARTS. ALSO, SAVE IN POWER. IF THERE IS ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS, PLEASE FEEL FEE TO CONTACT ME. TOM C ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::HUBBERSTEY 13-FEB-1990 12:02:34.24 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: HUBBERSTEY Subj: Possible EEPROM problem SOFTWARE TYPES: There is a race condition involving the EEPROM unlock circuit. This can be cured with a very simple software change. See your hardware guy to see if this is a problem with your hardware. HARDWARE TYPES: A typical EEPROM lock circuit is shown below: /UNLOCK ____ | +---o---+ | S | GND --|D Q|---- /OE | | | | /WL --|> | | | +-------+ The problem is that /UNLOCK and /WL occur at the same time, plus or minus a gate delay or two. If the path for /WL is slightly slower, the EEPROM will not get unlocked. The solution is to do the unlock with a byte write to the high byte only. This suppresses /WL and the problem goes away. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 13-FEB-1990 13:15:57.32 To: CLARK CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Power AT Power Supply ---------------- The supply we need must be in an AT compatible case and have the following voltages. The currents are minimums. +5V at 18A +12V at 6A -5V at 0.5A (I told Rick Meyette that 0.3A is ok) -12V at 0.5A (I told Rick Meyette that 0.3A is ok) It would be useful to compare the cost for the above supply with the supply we are using in our prototype which has: +5V at 22A +12V at 8A -5V at 0.5A -12V at 0.5A Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 13-FEB-1990 13:21:28.75 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: "AT" POWER THANKS TOM ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 13-FEB-1990 16:03:08.39 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: VOICE-ACTIVATED-ROM'S ANYONE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO A BILL BRADFORD FROM MOSEL, ON VOICE ACTIVATED ROM'S, LET ME KNOW BY 10AM TOMARROW, FEB 14. I CAN ARRANGE TIME WITH HIM ON FRIDAY. THANKS TOM C ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 13-FEB-1990 16:43:06.85 To: BERT::CLARK CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: VOICE-ACTIVATED-ROM'S what is a voice activated ROM? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 14-FEB-1990 07:15:55.87 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: VOICE ACTIVATED ROM'S SORRY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT A VOICE- ACTIVATED-ROM IS. THEY HAVE MAINLY USED IN TOY'S LIKE, THE BASEBALL THAT WHEN THROWN MAKES THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS. ANY SOUND CAN BE PROGRAMMED INTO THE DEVICE AND THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, IT CAN BE ACTIVATED BY DIFFERENT MEANS, EVEN BY VOICE. THERE COULD BE SOME INTERESTING GAMES FROM THIS I WOULD THINK. . ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 14-FEB-1990 09:38:34.26 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! For those of you who ordered flowers, "The Flowerman" said they will be delivered around noon today. Please don't forget to pick them up and please help me out by telling me your name and what you ordered. I'm still trying to remember the faces with the names. THANK YOU! LIANE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 14-FEB-1990 09:54:11.21 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: MESSAGE STEPHANIE HAD A BABY BOY!!!!!!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 14-FEB-1990 10:47:47.57 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: MESSAGE HI JED. YOUR DENTIST OFFICE CALLED AND HAS SET AN APPT. FOR YOU FOR TOMORROW AT 1 PM. PLEASE CALL MARGARET TO CONFIRM OR CANCEL AT 323-1381. LIANE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::HARPER 14-FEB-1990 14:22:04.60 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Teeth Games If you've been at Atari a number of years you might be able to help me... A dentist friend of mine contacted me and says he's interested in using computers to teach young children about good dental habits. He wants to design a game that is fun to play, but also would instruct the kids how to brush correctly (don't forget to floss!). He said he heard of an old game written by someone at Atari called "Plaque Wars" or "Plak Wars" or something just as original. I seem to recall hearing about this, but I just can't place it. It was probably written for the old 800 computer. If you know ANYTHING about this program, I would appreciate the information, and it's for a good cause! Thanks! Dennis Harper ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::HUNT "THUNDER JAWS -- RUSTY & NATALIE" 14-FEB-1990 15:52:46.19 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: New Version of ThunderJaws... The latest ThunderJaws is now playable in the Eng. common area... FEEL the crush of the turbines and filters... RIDE the Great Green Gondola (if you can find it)... SLIP past the deadly Pulsar Rays... JUMP onto the "Spinning Blades of Death" (and survive!) SEE the lightning and HEAR the thunder! Again, as always, all new and previously unreported bugs earn you... BIG BUG BONUS POINTS. Collect the whole set! The ThunderJaws Team ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "OF SISKEL, EBERT, & CAMERON" 15-FEB-1990 13:44:01.48 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: movies Tonight, two good flicks at the same time! Channel 2 - 8 pm: "Something Wild" with the now famous Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels. She picks him up and takes him for the ride of his life. Great musical score, too, for all you lovers of Live 105 Modern Rock. Channel 44 - 8 pm:"At Close Range" with Christopher Walken and Sean Penn. The elder of the two plays a crazed criminal that his boys to follow him into his line of work. The film is a moody psycological thriller of sorts. (fill in the blank on line two - "wants")oops! A very interesting movie about the power of influence a father can have over his son and what happens if he loses that power. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 15-FEB-1990 14:26:59.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: MESSAGE UPDATE ON STEPANIE'S BABY BOY. HIS NAME IS DAVID ANDREW AND HE WEIGHED 7 POUNDS 8 OZ. AND IS 20 INCHES LONG. THEY'RE BOTH DONING FINE AND THEY'LL BE HOME TOMORROW. LIANE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 15-FEB-1990 15:28:08.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: MESSAGE OOPS! MY LAST MESSAGE HAD A TYPING ERROR. IT SHOULD BE "DOING" NOT "DONING" O.K., I'M FAR FROM PERFECT... LIANE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 15-FEB-1990 18:46:33.09 To: CLARK CC: MARGOLIN Subj: 44 pin PLCC Socket I need a production style 44 pin PLCC socket to check the board layout before we go out for film and have boards made. Could you get me one today, please? Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::HUNT "THUNDER JAWS -- RUSTY & NATALIE" 15-FEB-1990 22:53:44.13 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: COME PLAY THUNDERJAWS!!! NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION!!! THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS THUNDERJAWS is going out on Field Test TODAY!!! Please play the game out in the common area and tell us if you find any bugs, especially in wave 3, the tube and geothermal plant waves. Also, if you happen to kill the oil derrick monster at the same time it kills you, watch what happens and let me know. Reporting this oil monster circumstance is worth TWO BUG BONUS POINTS, bug or no bug. So get out there and earn those points. Norm is in the lead with 4, Kelly and Glen are next with 2. Norm and Kelly are on vacation, so now is the perfect time to try and catch them!! Thanks, The ThunderJaws Team minus Rusty ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "OF SISKEL, EBERT, & CAMERON" 16-FEB-1990 09:06:01.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: HOW TO BE A TOTAL TATER It's going to be a cold rainy yuchy evening. Maybe the best thing to do is just put on your fez and slippers, hop on the sofa, and follow this line-up: 1. First, check out the photo on page 1 of the San Jose Merc; George Bush doing his Jimmy Swaggert impersonation. 2. Watch the tape of the movie that you didn't watch last night. 3. Invite all your campy friends over, gather up all your unused coathangers, and watch "Mommie Dearest" on channel 44 @ 8 pm. 4. Then quickly switch channels to channel 9 and watch Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters in "A Patch of Blue". Shelley Winters plays mommie dearest to a blind girl, who in 1965, can't see that Sidney is black and that anything is wrong with him befriending her. It is a heartwarming tale and Shelley Winters is meaner than Joan Crawford could ever be. Sidney Poitier is great, as always. The movie starts at 10:30. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::PEREZ "Ralph Perez" 20-FEB-1990 08:56:20.95 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: HELP I have an IBM PC and I need DOS 3.3 to run my modem. Does anyone out there have a copy of IBM DOS 3.3 or know if there is a way to run MS DOS on an IBM? I would mucho appreciato any helpo! Gracias, Ralph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 20-FEB-1990 09:04:51.30 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: MESSAGE HI JED. JOHN BELAMY FROM AMP CALLED AT 8:45 AM AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO RETURN HIS CALL AT 255-3830. LIANE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::ROWE "Rofo" 21-FEB-1990 13:55:15.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: DAY CARE URGENT!!!! Looking for day care for two year old starting next week. please call Rob Rowe 434-1745 or (home)945-0153 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 22-FEB-1990 12:58:38.11 To: CLARK CC: MARGOLIN Subj: DSP32C Tom, We just received a copy of the bug list for the F32 and F33 versions. In the process of fixing the bugs in the F32 they introduced new bugs in the F33. We can live with the bugs in the F32. We cannot live with the bugs in the F33. The entry in the AVL is for the F33. Please change it to call out the F32. From: 137661-080 IC,CMOS,DSP,80ns,164P,PQFP,25mil AT&T_MICROELECTRONICS M-WE-DSP32C-F33-080 137661-100 IC,CMOS,DSP,100ns,164P,PQFP,25mil AT&T_MICROELECTRONICS M-WE-DSP32C-F33-100 To: 137661-080 IC,CMOS,DSP,80ns,164P,PQFP,25mil AT&T_MICROELECTRONICS M-WE-DSP32C-F32-080 137661-100 IC,CMOS,DSP,100ns,164P,PQFP,25mil AT&T_MICROELECTRONICS M-WE-DSP32C-F32-100 Thanks, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::WILLIAMSON 22-FEB-1990 15:04:58.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,WILLIAMSON CC: Subj: I HAVE A PACKAGE IN RECEIVING FROM DESIGNER MOULDING WITH NO NAME OR PO NUMBER. THE PACKAGE CONTAINS DIFFERENT COLORED MOLDING SAMPLES. IF IT IS YOURS OR SOMEBODY YOU KNOW PLEASE CONTACT ME AT EXT. 3934 THANK-YOU ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 22-FEB-1990 15:25:30.08 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE,@SYS$MAIL:MARKETING CC: SUTTLES Subj: printer problems, and temporary solution The printer known as MKT$PRINT (near James O'Hara's office) is broken. I've arranged for most stuff that would go there to go to RAINS$PRINT (in the old PPS equipment room, across from the animators), which is a similar type of printer. If you need help finding it, Dennis Nale is posting a map on the old printer. When it is fixed, things will quietly revert to the way they were before. If you have problems sending stuff (it doesn't come out at all), see me, and we'll come up with a workaround for that application. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 22-FEB-1990 20:36:44.87 To: MARGOLIN CC: MARGOLIN Subj: hello test this message is deliberately left non-empty. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OHARA "gems - the giant killer" 23-FEB-1990 15:48:31.19 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: OHARA Subj: Rumours concerning me I'm gone Thank You to all of you who've made this job bearable if not an always a pleasure. I wish you well. farewell James Brendan O'Hara ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 26-FEB-1990 10:53:04.13 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Farewell Lunch - Dave Theurer As you may know, Dave Theurer volunteered for the layoff. Join us for a farewell lunch on Wednesday, 2/28/90 at 12 Noon. RSVP to Downend. Details forthcoming - probably Mexican or pizza for lunch. John Salwitz is arranging for a plaque commemerating Dave's products: Soccer, Missile Command, Tempest, I Robot, and APB. Am I missing any? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::WOOD 26-FEB-1990 15:46:23.87 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: COMPANY MEETING Mr. Nakajima will hold a meeting for all employees on Tuesday, February 27, at 2:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Please plan to attend. Dennis Wood ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LTURNER 26-FEB-1990 17:34:48.89 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: LTURNER Subj: Engineering Meeting There are two meetings scheduled by Rich Moore for Wednesday, Feb. 28. The first meeting is at 10:00A in the Engineering Common Area for all engineering departments except Design Services. The second meeting will be at 11:00A in the Central Conference Room for only Design Services. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD 26-FEB-1990 19:14:11.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: BRAD Subj: What now? Well, they've left... We feel either sad because they are gone, or guilty for staying behind and not volunteering instead. I'm sure most of them will do just fine (or perhaps better) out there in the 'real world'. But now we should start thinking of the future and how to turn this company around. I'm not much for sending out messages but I am one for asking for ideas and contributions from people. I personally feel that the ones receiving this message are the salvation of this company. We need to start planning for the future and this forum seems to be a good place to start. I suppose it would do no good to complain about the past and the lack of cooperation from upper management (complaining has never worked in the past). But, I'm going to jump on my soapbox for the remainder of this paragraph: Through the years I've heard at almost every 'large' meeting complaints about the lack of communication from management to the masses. Complaints about the absence of an explanation of what our company's strategic plan is (or if there really is one!). I've never heard an explanation, and I bet that when we meet again we still won't hear one. How can we work for the common good if we don't know what the common good is? I admit that they have a VERY tough job. And, we are somewhat at the mercy of the volatile industry we're in. And, I also admit that engineering management has made great strides in developing good constructive methods to help in the creation of products (we've seen better brainstorming meetings, the start of concept approval meetings, pitch sessions -- I think that Rich Moore, Chris Downend and John Ray really care about us and the company). These changes have made projects run smoother and we really produce a better product. I guess my biggest complaint is the lack of general direction and explanation of our stragetic plans. [stepping off of soapbox] Yeah, I guess I'm sticking my neck out a bit since I'm one of the managers (but lower management... LOWER!). It would seem that I should keep my mouth shut and go with the flow. But, I can't. I feel that we all should be heard. We all should have a say in where OUR company is going. So, I'm soliciting ideas, comments and anything that you feel would contribute to help our situation. Several ideas have been talked about in the past but never really considered by management (trying out other markets, creating new ones, there's more but I won't list them here -- we have a lot of creative people in this company!). We can revisit those ideas and/or any other topic you wish to discuss. All I ask is that you stay lite on complaints and heavy on suggestions AND that you send your messages to '@sys$mail:ee' and not to me. Remember: be constructive. I tend to agree that complaining about an issue is of no use unless it's done in a constructive manner (for instance, if you complain about an item, let's hear your ideas for improvement). Lastly I'll leave you with this long quote from Charles Swindoll's "Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life": " Edward Roy had a problem. Earthy, but not earth-shattering. Not very enjoable to talk about at dinner either, but big enough to make the man struggle through a few sleepless nights. He ran a lowly business - JIFFY JOHN of Pompano Beach, Florida. Five hundred portable toilets for rent. Band concerts, construction sites, church picnics, outdoor gatherings of any size could rent his product. But that wasn't Ed's problem. As expected, when he started his business in 1982, lots of folks in Florida needed a place to be alone when they were caught out in the open. Rentals were up. That was good and bad. Now he had to figure out what to do with all the sewage... that was the problem. Many a man would've thrown his hands in the air in exasperation and spent half his profit to have somebody haul off his product's product. Not Ed. There had to be a better way. In his search for a solution, he found a solar-heating process that turned sewage into fertilizer. Then came a masterstroke of marketing: instead of trying to sell the technology directly to local Florida communities, his company expanded and began to operate three $3 million plants itself. Under this new arrangement, the company would treat sewage for a fee and convert it into fertilizer, which was, in turn, sold for a substantial profit. A limited partnership soon produced the cash - the JIFFY INDUSTRIES, INC. provided a good tax shelter. I suppose we could say Edward Roy literally turned his problem into a project. And what a project! Jiffy stock turned in the year's best performance on any American exchange, rising from 92 cents a share to a whopping $16.50 - a spectacular 1,693 percent gain. Newsweek magazine recently reported that "with dozens of states suffering from a surfeit of sewage... Jiffy's 'Anaerobic Digester' is catching on everywhere." .... Gross though it may seem, I doubt that I'll ever forget the problem Edward Roy had with his johns. He simply refused to let all that stuff get the best of him. What a lesson for all of us! Life is difficult... really very little more than an endless series of problems. Do we want to moan and groan about them or face them? Do we want to teach the next generation the disciplines involved in accepting and solving them or encourage them to run and hide from them? I appreciate and agree with Scott Peck, M.D., who wrote: ... it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.... It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct." " - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD 27-FEB-1990 08:32:05.50 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: BRAD Subj: EARGANOMIX If you missed the last Computer Chronicles it will be shown today at 11am in the audio/animation theatre. TOPIC: Ergonomic design in the computer-user workplace. (ya know, it's about those necessary items that companies feel are too extravagant to purchase for you. But, if they don't in 10 years we'll all end up looking and walking like George Burns..) - brad - ps. the tape lasts about 20 minutes ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 27-FEB-1990 08:51:10.15 To: MCCARTHY,CLARK,HOFF,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: DUPLICATE PLCC PART NUMBERS We are presently carrying three part numbers for PLCC sockets. they are P/N 179252-XXX, 179250-XXX and 179237-XXX. Only, part number 179237-XXX shows any WHERE-USED, while, part numbers 179237-XXX and 179252-XXX shows any stock. I would like to inactivate for new designs part numbers 179250-XXX and 179252 -XXX. This would require that the stock for part number 179252-084 be sold off or exchanged for credit. this stock is from 3M/TEXTOOL and needs a special tool to remove the PLCC from the socket (Note: the sources for part number 179237 all use the same tool and 3M/TEXTOOL is changing over to the same style socket). We presently have 1250 pieces in stock of the 84 pin socket. If we want to use them we can, but remember they need a special tool. On part number 179252; I believe that this was established for SHOWVIEW and only called out the AMP sockets. After Geoff Barker and I ran shock tests for Morgan, it was determined that other manufactures could be used in his application. I would add AMP to part number 179237-XXX. If everyone is in agreement, I would like to do this, this week. Any questions, please feel free to contact me. THANKS TOM C ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 27-FEB-1990 09:42:32.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: EARLY LUNCH DUE TO THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, THE CAFETERIA WILL STOP SERVING LUNCH AT 1 PM TODAY ONLY. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 27-FEB-1990 09:59:26.43 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: THIS IS A CORRECTION TO BOB FRYE'S MESSAGE ABOUT THE EARLY LUNCH SCHEDULE. THE CAFETERIA WILL STOP SERVING AT 1 P.M. TODAY ONLY. THANKS! LIANE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 27-FEB-1990 10:21:02.72 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: George Burns One thing you can say about George Burns is that he is way over 90 years old, and at that age, smokes 15 cigars a day. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 27-FEB-1990 11:54:06.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: Eaeganomix and GEORGE BURNS From: KIM::DROBNY Subj: George Burns One thing you can say about George Burns is that he is way over 90 years old, and at that age, smokes 15 cigars a day. I know what you mean Cris, I mean if you live to be over 90, smoke all the cigars you want, and always have a bunch of babes bangi.. I mean hanging all over you, you must be doing something right. Brad, maybe it won't be so bad if we all look like good old "GEORGE BURNS" in ten years. Do you think George got his start here at ATARI? Are we gonna be working here for another ten years? I guess we'll find out today @ 2:00 Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LTURNER 27-FEB-1990 15:27:46.27 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: LTURNER Subj: Engineering Meeting The Engineering Department Meetings scheduled for tomorrow have been cancelled due to a meeting conflict. Tentatively they will be held on Friday. More information later. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 27-FEB-1990 17:06:11.00 To: BELL,MARGOLIN,OWENS CC: Subj: CER-7445 - Completed From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 26-FEB-1990 13:29:00.16 To: AVL CC: Subj: AUTO-CER ============================================================================== ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 7445 ============================================================================== REQUESTED ACTION: NEW PART APPLICATION: PROJECT: HD THE RACE USED ON ASSEMBLY: PART NUMBER: GENERIC: DESCRIPTION: IC,Pr_Memory_Masters,Hard_Drivin/Race MANUFACTURER: MFG P/N: CONTACT: PHONE: COMMENTS: CC: MARGOLIN,OWENS ============================================================================== ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES: Jed, in the future, please login to node mike and type CER at the system prompt to submit new CER's. Sending me regular email only serves to delay processing of your requests. ref: 136052 (Hard Drivin) 136068 (HD Compact) 136078 (HD/Race-Compact) ============================================================================== AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER | IC,Pr_Memory_Masters,Hard_Drivin/Race | 136077-XXXX ============================================================================== DISPOSITION: x_APPROVED __DISQUALIFIED __TEMPORARY APPROVAL __REJECTED __OBSOLETE __RESTRICTED APPROVAL AVL ACTION: __ADD VENDOR x_RESERVE NEW P/N __REVISION __REMOVE VENDOR __CONVERT P/N __STATIC SENSITIVE ============================================================================== ASSIGNED TO: DATE APPROVED DATE JB 2/27/90 ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 27-FEB-1990 17:07:00.99 To: BELL,MARGOLIN,OWENS CC: Subj: CER-7446 - Completed From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 26-FEB-1990 13:31:31.50 To: AVL CC: Subj: AUTO-CER ============================================================================== ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 7446 ============================================================================== REQUESTED ACTION: NEW PART APPLICATION: PROJECT: HD RACE/COMPACT USED ON ASSEMBLY: PART NUMBER: GENERIC: DESCRIPTION: IC,Pr_Memory_Masters,Hard_Drivin/Race,Compact MANUFACTURER: MFG P/N: CONTACT: PHONE: COMMENTS: CC:MARGOLIN,OWENS ============================================================================== ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES: ref: 136052 (Hard Drivin) 136068 (HD Compact) 136077 (HD/Race-Cockpit) ============================================================================== AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER | IC,Pr_Memory_Masters,Hard_Drivin/Race,Compact | 136078-XXXX ============================================================================== DISPOSITION: x_APPROVED __DISQUALIFIED __TEMPORARY APPROVAL __REJECTED __OBSOLETE __RESTRICTED APPROVAL AVL ACTION: __ADD VENDOR x_RESERVE NEW P/N __REVISION __REMOVE VENDOR __CONVERT P/N __STATIC SENSITIVE ============================================================================== ASSIGNED TO: DATE APPROVED DATE JB 2/27/90 ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LTURNER 27-FEB-1990 17:57:10.19 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: LTURNER Subj: More Information The Engineering Meeting has been rescheduled for 3:00P on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the cafeteria. All departments are to attend this meeting. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MOSER 28-FEB-1990 15:02:31.26 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: better late than never Born Today [only 17 days late] To Deborah Short and her husband Peter Crosman Miles Frederick Crosman born Feb.28 at 8:47 am 9 lb. 13 oz. 20 1/2 inches long Both Mom and baby are happy and healthy. The Animation Department is delighted with its new addition. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::DAVE 28-FEB-1990 17:05:48.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: A PROPOSAL FOR AN "ATARI EQUIPMENT ADVANTAGE PLAN" This is just off the top of my head (what a mess) but just to stimulate some discussion here goes. What if the company gave every engineer/programmer/animator an official capital equipment budget of say 5% of their base salary. This money could be spent on any equipment (within reason) that the person felt would aid them in achieving the goal of 25% more efficiency. The amount of paperwork to justify/wheadle/cajole this would be kept to an absolute minimum. people would be allowed to combine their allocations to make bigger group purchases. They would be allowed to carry over some percentage of the unused money into subsequent years. To assuage management fears of frivolous purchases perhaps people could be allowed to trade in their allocations for 20 cents on the dollar if they chose at the end of the fiscal year, reducing the incentive to squander. Finally, I bet some programmers and engineers would avail themselves of a feature where the company would match employee contriutions to the "plan" at a 3 to 1 rate for those "extra needs". I know that a vast majority of the people seeing this message would spend their allocation wisely and to the immense benefit of the company. I also feel that additional benefits such as employee admiration for managements enlightened attitude and the sense of being trusted and treated as professionals would accrue. SO THERE. WHAT DO UUUU THINK? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 28-FEB-1990 17:14:29.49 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BIKE Subj: ATARI EQUIPMENT ADVANTAGE PLAN The plan sounds very enticing, but I think we need some set of metrics which can be used to determine whether or not we are working 25% more efficiently as a result. How do we tell if it worked? Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 28-FEB-1990 17:21:46.42 To: CLARK CC: MARGOLIN Subj: 1 Meg EPROMs For alternate sources to the TI TMS27C010-170 I suggest you start with parts that have the same pinout. There are three different style pinouts and I have chosen the one embodied by the 27C010 because it is compatible with 27C512s with minor addressing changes. I need 170 ns or faster. Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::COMSTOCK 28-FEB-1990 17:41:33.91 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Atari Equipment Advantage Plan Besides, how many want everybody to know what 5% of his/her salary is? We're all reasonably good at arithmetic. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 1-MAR-1990 06:54:37.93 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: 27C010'S I CHAECKED A THIRD TIME AND ALL OF THESE VENDORS ARE PIN COMPATIBLE WITH TI'S PART. ALSO, THEY HAVE SPEEDS OF 170NS OR FASTER. I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON THE COMPATIBLITY TO THE 512'S, BUT IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THEY ARE, BUT HAVE ONLY THE MINOR ADDRESSING CHANGES NEEDED TO MAKE IT A 1MEG. TOM ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::WILLIAMSON 1-MAR-1990 09:18:22.54 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,WILLIAMSON CC: Subj: PACKAGES FROM RECEIVING THIS MESSAGE IS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW PARTS ARE HANDLED WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THE 675 BUILDING. REGUARDING SMALL PACKAGES THAT COME INTO RECEIVING THEY WILL BE DELIVERED BY DENNIS NALE WHEN HE MAKES HIS ROUNDS EACH DAY (CALL DENNIS FOR HIS SCHUDULE). FOR LARGE AND PALLET DELIVERIES, THE REQUESTER WILL BE CALLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND ASKED WHERE TO DELIVER THE MATERIAL. FOR HOT PARTS YOU MUST CALL RECEIVING EXT.3934 AND GIVE ME INFORMATION ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR, I WILL MAKE A NOTE AND CALL YOU WHEN THE PACKAGE COMES IN. THANK-YOU STEVE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 1-MAR-1990 10:57:09.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Atari Advantage program While we are dreamin' (I mean really dreamin here), I think that the equipment budget should be by department, with the manager/supervisor making the decision on where to spend the money for the group based on input from individuals. This protects sensitive information, gives mid-level managers some clout, and allows easier pooling for large purchases. 5% is way to low. Starting with a $40K annual salary (some make more, some make less), 5% yields $2k per year per person. For my group, I need to buy an Arium for each programmer at about $15k each (Ariums have quick downloads and offer source-level de-bugging; both improve productivity considerably). I need to buy 2-3 Mac's at about $6k each, and I need some new scopes (2-3K each) and a good logic analyzer for the 68000 at maybe $20k. So about $150K in round numbers would do it. Spreading that over 3 years, for $50k per year means I need more like 10% of the salaries for my group. Now we can all dream more accurately. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 1-MAR-1990 11:33:47.94 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: ATARI $$$ $ expenditures While alot of you are trying to come up with an equipment advantage plan, and call it "DREEM'N " or just pushing to become more ( %25 ) efficient, I'm wondering about why $150 k is considered to be TOO LARGE an amount for finance to cough-up to fund our equipment needs.!??? Also, something else that's been bothering me for some time now is how ATARI and TENGEN can afford to provide our EXECs with luxury ( 560 SLs ) automobiles while they have a difficult time funding our essential equipment needs. I may be out of line on this one since I don't know for a fact that who pays for their Mercedeses and BMWs, but one would wonder about such lucrative accomodations. During early 80s, when CHRYSLER corporation was going through hard times LEE IOCOCA made a promise to the american public that he would turn things around and pay back the money we loaned his company. He did all that for an anual salary of $1 . Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ICY::BRAD 1-MAR-1990 11:44:20.47 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: I WAS WONDERING....,BRAD Subj: I was wondering.... If I added 25% hours to my work week.... I'd be working around 72 hours a week.... And I'm sure that your calculations would exceed mine! Question: If coin-operated games have been around for 2000 years, what slang did they give the industry? Answer: Denari-op ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 1-MAR-1990 13:11:25.63 To: CLARK CC: MARGOLIN Subj: 27C010s Some of the parts on the sheets you gave me were not compatible with the 27C010. Also, I don't understand why you think you have to check into the compatability with 27512s. The 27C010 has a particular pinout. Don't lump the part in with any other part with a different pinout. If you do, and we buy them, they won't work on my board, which I designed for 27C010s. Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "OF SISKEL, EBERT, & CAMERON" 1-MAR-1990 13:21:22.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: LEE IOCOCA When Lee Iococo worked for only $1/year, he also bought almost all the stock in the company for about a dollar. There is always a hitch, Farrokh P.S. remember back when we used to be stockholders in our own parent company? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 2-MAR-1990 14:14:15.96 To: @SM:ENGINEER,@SM:ANIMATORS CC: Subj: RADMOD has moved I have moved RADMOD.EXE to utl$exe:. You may have to change your login.com to deal with this. The line from your login.com should now look similar to this: $ RADMOD :== $ UTL$EXE:RADMOD.EXE Instead of something like this: $ RADMOD :== $ EE$USERDISK:[THEURER.PPS]RADMOD.EXE If you have a special version of RADMOD that you've been using, let me know so I can restore it where you can find it. I noticed ones called RADMODBLOOD, RADMOD2, RADMOD3 and a few other versions, but don't know if they are current or experimental versions. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 2-MAR-1990 14:20:35.79 To: @SM:ENGINEER,@SM:ANIMATORS CC: Subj: New CELPROCESS version I have put a new version of CELPROCESS in utl$pps:. The new version has a fix to CLOSE REDUCTION that makes it actually work, thanks to R. Moore. There are also a couple more lines in the help that attempt to describe the params. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 2-MAR-1990 14:48:51.69 To: @SM:ENGINEER,@SM:ANIMATORS CC: Subj: More Theurer stuff Ed Logg asked me about the other Theurer programs, such as TEK, VPIF, PBROTATE, PBREPLICATE. TEK is now in UTL$EXE: VPIF is now in UTL$EXE: PBROTATE -- correct me if I'm wrong, but these are obsolete PBREPLICATE I found PBREPLICATE in [theurer.pps.OBS] and couldn't even find PBROTATE. If these are truly not obsolete, let me know and I will move them to utl$PPS: Also, any other tools Dave has that you use should be moved out of his directory and into the UTL directories. He has a huge collection of .EXE files that I'm not even going to guess what they're for, so if you have some you use tell me and I'll save them from eventual disappearance from the VAX. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 5-MAR-1990 09:37:23.32 To: MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: DS II PCBs Rick; I would like to make a request to get 2 DSII PCBs installed on my development stations before April 7. I would also like to get two RAM PCBs to go with them. I am expecting a considerable amount of graphics soon and I want to download them rather than burn EPROMs. I am willing to live with no audio for several months. When can I get these? I have asked Max to install the fast background which has never been installed on Stun Hardware with 288 lines. At the same time he was to install the new No-Lag code. I hope this does not cause any delays in his schedule. I have also asked Eric to correct one of the feedback joystick PCBs. It drifts to the left. Do you know any experienced helicopter pilots or instructors? Rob Rowe knows a test pilot at NASA but I would like a local second source to ask questions on handling and especially the feedback aspects. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 5-MAR-1990 12:27:50.01 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: A BABY KANE MAKING HIS DEBUTE OVER THE WEEK-END WAS: CHARLES BRANDON KANE WEIGHING IN AT 7 LBS 7 OZ 19 INCHES BORN ON MARCH 4 PARENTS: TERI AND BERRY MOTHER AND WEE ONE ARE DOING FINE. LABOR WAS FAIRLY EASY AND RELATIVELY SHORT.BERRY SAID IT WAS THE CHILI NACHOS HE FED HER FOR LUNCH THAT DID IT!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 5-MAR-1990 15:56:52.63 To: MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: DSII or RAM PCBs? Rick; I talked to Max today and he suggested that I wait before I get the DSII PCBs. It would be great if I could use 2 RAM PCBs. If these are not available or if it is not easy to connect them to the ADSP, then give Karen the schematics to do 2 wirewraps for me. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FUJIHARA 6-MAR-1990 12:35:17.81 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,HAYES,STEWART,SHIRLEY CC: FUJIHARA Subj: COMPETITOR INFO The latest issue of RePlay reveals even more new product info for ACME. (Anne Hayes distributed a recap of other known competitor products which was circulated to all ACME attendees this week.) -Fabtek has "Sports Match" which is Tetris, but the tiles are sports- related. ???? -Leland has a 3-player game called Pig Out which gives some indication of game play... -Grand Products will debut a new tavern piece called Slick Shot which combines a mini pool table with video game play. -Meltec has a new redemption called Lunar Golf which is supposedly doing well. Sega also has a new 3-player dedicated driving piece called Rough Racer which is likely to be at ACME. This was rumored to be a very low-key show but it now appears that there will be an abundance of new products. Mary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 8-MAR-1990 09:42:14.43 To: MARGOLIN,BEHENSKY CC: Subj: ADC never complete Yesterday I tried to run my program and it hung in READPOTS waiting for the last pot conversion to finish. Resets of the PCB did not help. I had to enter Jed's self test and then retry my program before it would run. There is something I am not reseting and I would like to know what it is and why it is not my code now and where it should be. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 9-MAR-1990 18:07:26.10 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: Productivity Brainstorm Report I have finished documenting and collecting feedback from the productivity brainstorms in January. Since they are about 5 pages for each session, I decided not to take up valuable disk space by sending the results to each of you. Instead, I encourage you to read the document [ray]bsprod.doc. I have them posted on my bulletin board -- feel free to copy them or mark them with YOUR comments. Or, send me mail with your comments. I have also given Rich and Chris hard copies. I will refer to these ideas as I have spare time to tackle those areas I can contribute to. I hope others will too. Thank you to all of you who contributed these ideas!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 12-MAR-1990 11:40:34.70 To: MARGOLIN,MONCRIEF CC: Subj: WW RAM PCBs Jed; I have both RAM PCBs. One seems to work fine and one fails the RAM test. Could you get the board debugged? Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 12-MAR-1990 16:17:57.66 To: OWENS,MARGOLIN,BEHENSKY CC: Subj: 136052 - HARD_DRIVIN MEMORY MASTERS 136052 - HARD DRIVIN MEMORY MASTERS 12-Mar-1990 Page 1 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136052-0101 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10H 136052-0102 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10J 136052-0103 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10K 136052-0104 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10L 136052-0105 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-0106 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200S 136052-0107 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200T 136052-0108 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200U 136052-0109 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200V 136052-0110 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200W 136052-0111 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200X 136052-0112 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200Y 136052-0113 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-0114 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210S 136052-0115 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210T 136052-0116 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210U 136052-0117 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210V 136052-0118 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210W 136052-0119 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210X 136052-0120 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210Y 136052-0121 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137396-200,45N 136052-0122 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137396-200,70N 136052-0123 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,65A 136052-0124 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,55A 136052-0125 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,45A 136052-0126 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,30A 136052-0127 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,20A 136052-0128 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,5A 136052-0129 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,65C 136052-0130 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,55C 136052-0131 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,45C 136052-0132 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,30C 136052-0133 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,20C 136052-0134 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,5C 136052-1101 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10H 136052-1102 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10J 136052-1103 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10K 136052-1104 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,10L 136052-1105 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-1106 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200S 136052-1110 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200W 136052-1111 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200X 136052-1113 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-1114 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210S 136052-1118 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210W 136052-1119 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210X 136052-1121 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137396-200,45N 136052-1122 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137396-200,70N 136052-1123 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,65A 136052-1124 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,55A 136052-1125 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,45A 136052-1126 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,30A 136052-1135 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137454-250,10H 136052 - HARD DRIVIN MEMORY MASTERS 12-Mar-1990 Page 2 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136052-1136 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137454-250,10K 136052-1137 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137454-250,10J 136052-1138 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137454-250,10L 136052-1139 IC,Pr_GAL,Hard_Drivin,137646-025,95A 136052-1140 IC,Pr_GAL,Hard_Drivin,137646-025,95C 136052-1141 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,65A 136052-1142 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,55A 136052-1143 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,45A 136052-1144 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,30A 136052-1145 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,20A 136052-1146 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,5A 136052-1147 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,65C 136052-1148 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-250,55C 136052-2105 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-2106 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200S 136052-2113 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-2114 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210S 136052-2121 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-200,45N 136052-2122 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-200,70N 136052-3105 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-3113 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-3121 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-200,45N 136052-3122 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137447-200,70N 136052-3125 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-250,45A 136052-4205 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-4206 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200S 136052-4210 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200W 136052-4211 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200X 136052-4213 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-4214 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210S 136052-4218 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210W 136052-4219 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210X 136052-5105 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-5106 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200S 136052-5110 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200W 136052-5111 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200X 136052-5113 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-5118 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210W 136052-5119 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210X 136052-5910 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200W 136052-5911 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200X 136052-5918 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210W 136052-5919 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210X 136052-6805 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-6806 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200S 136052-6807 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200T 136052-6810 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200W 136052-6811 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200X 136052-6813 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-6814 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210S 136052-6815 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210T 136052-6818 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210W 136052-6819 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210X 136052 - HARD DRIVIN MEMORY MASTERS 12-Mar-1990 Page 3 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136052-6905 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-6906 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200S 136052-6913 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-6914 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210S 136052-7105 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-7113 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-7205 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-7213 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-7805 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-7813 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R 136052-7905 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,200R 136052-7913 IC,Pr_EPROM,Hard_Drivin,137444-200,210R ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 13-MAR-1990 10:04:50.21 To: MARGOLIN,MONCRIEF CC: Subj: I am down Jed; This morning my development system died. I found that I cannot read my self test EPROMs. The starting PC and SP are incorrect and change depending on the time of day. I wonder if there is a bus conflict with the new RAM PCB? I will try checking the self test EPROMs, but I will need someone to look at this since Eric is gone. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CLARK 14-MAR-1990 11:31:04.28 To: RAY,BRYANT,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: DEVIATION #939 Deviation Authorization NO. 939 was completed without component engineerings signature. As it turned out, part number 37-82S123 was inactivated back in Oct 1988. These parts could have a quality problem, due to storage conditions. If it is not too late, I suggest that these parts be tested prior to being programmed, or preferably, not used at all! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 14-MAR-1990 16:49:02.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: Atari Hall of Fame I am PROUD to be an ATARIAN!! I am proud that for more than a decade we have consistently designed the most innovative games in the world!! If you are also proud, and would like to share this pride with others, then read on.... At one of the recent brainstorming sessions, we discussed turning the Berlin Hall into the "Atari Hall of Fame". The intention is to put up posters, graphics, plaques, sell- sheets, etc. to display all of the games we have taken to production. We would also have a list of the people who worked on them. If you would like to help make this happen, then please RSVP to this VAXaddress. We need more ideas and volunteers to help organize this expression of our pride. In a week or so, I will schedule a lunchtime get-together (with those who reply) to discuss this plan further. Thanks!! John P.S. Thanks to John Salwitz for suggesting this! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::ROTBERG "Professor of Gonzo" 15-MAR-1990 10:24:56.63 To: MONCRIEF,LOGG,BEHENSKY,MOTT,BIKE,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: Noname support request for Applied Research Rick, Here is my formal request list for your groups support for Ed Logg's helicopter game. These requests may or may not overlap what Ed L. has requested from you already. 1) We need to either have a modified version of Max's universe CAD -> sector matrix conversion program, or access to said source so that I can modify it myself. I have spoken to Max and he is aware of the changes that we need which will support the wrap arounds scheme that we are planning to use. 2) We need a driver board modified for use as a universe cad tool. The modifications can be done by Farrohk, but appropriate documentation will be necessary. Also, since our object database is still very much in flux, a ram based system (as opposed to ROM) is highly desireable. Do we have Farrohk MTO this board set, or will you handle it? 3) One situation that continually arose during the development of S.T.U.N. Runner was that I would implement something, that you folks could use, or Max or Steph would implement something that would be very useful to us in our project. Alas, even though we often saw each other daily, informing each other of these new features & improvements did not happen in any orderly fashion. This was especially apparent at the end of the STUN when Max came over and added a whole bunch of error detection code to the system based upon changes that had been accumulated in teh Driver code over the time period after which we first go the system code from Applied. Now there are at least 3 projects using the same basic system. I propose that we meet to discuss ways in which this exchange of information can be made in a timely yet painless fashion, especially since none of the projects share any actual source files. This could go a long way towards speeding up development for all projects concerned. - Ed Rotberg - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 18-MAR-1990 21:33:11.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: WOOD,DEPEW,RAY Subj: New Sega game at Milpitas Golfland -- "Columns" Columns appears to be a test game at Milpitas Golfland. It is in Sega's metal "Aero City" cabinet (like the one we got from them when we were looking at their Tetris). It is somewhat like a Tetris/KLAX combination -- things falling from the top of the screen, you guide them into holes in the bottom of the screen. Nice music, 2 independent, simultaneous players. All shapes falling (one at a time -- you can see the next piece) are three blocks tall, with a jewel in each block. The jewels are different colors -- you try to get three of the same color in a row -- vertically, horizontally, or diagonally (sound familiar?). When you get three (or more) in a row, they disappear. You can get some neat chain reactions (I didn't try for the "Big X"). It gets faster and faster until the shapes reach the top of the screen -- Game Over (like Tetris). They also had Bloxeed, a version of Tetris with special shapes (16ton, bomb, etc.) and 2 player competitive (if you get more than one line at a time, it sends the lines to your opponent). Sega did their normal first class job implementing both games. I did not play them long enough to form a longevity opinion. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LIANE 20-MAR-1990 14:44:49.99 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: HI. Just for your information...Lorene is the new receptionist until Stephanie returns. Please help her out (name, X numbers etc.) and be patient like you have been with me. I'll be in Human Resources for awhile...Thanks so much! Liane ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DIEKNEITE 21-MAR-1990 09:04:52.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: DIEKNEITE Subj: hypodermic syringe The audio group is looking for a syringe so that we can try filling a cartridge with ink on a bubble jet printer (thus saving substantial $$). I tried to buy one a Longs last night, but they wouldn't sell me one. Does anyone know where a syringe can be purchased? thanks, dd ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 23-MAR-1990 14:18:26.99 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: PARTY! PARTY, PARTY, PARTY.... YEAH! In case you haven't noticed we have fallen behind in our customary celebrations of completed games. So it is time to play catch-up and have one big party for all of them. The games this party is to cover are : Vindicators, Tetris, Escape, Skull and Crossbones Stunrunner and Cyberball 2 (or whatever it was called) ( KLAX and Badlands will be saved for more party enjoyment later!) The party is a celebration of all the Atari Games employees, who have worked deligently to see that we produce the best products possible. It also will give everyone here the opportunity to meet some new faces and get reaquainted with some "oldtimers." Since we will have to get a lot of partying in all at once the Executive Committee has been nice enough to let us all leave early next Friday March 30th to get down this piece of business we have let slip for so long. But you must get all of your Reviews and Fieldtests scheduled that day taken care of before you leave. Let's not abuse this expensive favor. Sooo.. Be there on Friday March 30th at 2:30 pm 'til dark. at The BIG, TOO MANY GAMES TO NAME, ATARI BAR-b-QUE Party in ED LEVIN PARK (the one at the end of Calavares in Milpitas) at the SPIRNG VALLEY campsite. (Maps will be posted at the coffee stations next week.) Food, Beverages, Horseshoes and Volleyball will be provided. All other party devices like Frisbees, Aerobies, Softballs and Waterballoons will be welcomed. ( Execs say we must leave no sooner than 2:00 pm.) BE THERE! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD 26-MAR-1990 11:19:02.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: SDI DATABASE FYI The US government has released databases relating to the Star Wars Project. If you're interested in obtaining the databases contact the Pentagon. Apparently the databases are available by modem. - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 27-MAR-1990 14:06:33.57 To: @REVIEW.DIS CC: BIKE Subj: Review You are invited to C Y C L O T R O N F I R S T R E V I E W When: Thursday, March 29, 2:00pm Where: We'll meet first in the Cyclotron Lab and then move to the Executive Conference Room. Please RSVP to this VAXmail address. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 28-MAR-1990 14:22:24.48 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SUTTLES Subj: Phone shutdown (Holy Plug Puller, Batman!) Because of the power problems, I have to fix the phone systems (for 675, 735, and 1623) this weekend. I picked Saturday, March 31. I wrote up a memo describing the details, and it will be posted on the bulletin boards. To save disk space and keep you from falling asleep. I'll suggest you read it there. How's that, Ed? One favor, though: Tengen doesn't get junk mail. Please try to pass the word. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::HARPER 28-MAR-1990 15:11:12.79 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: Get Centered! If you use hall effect controls or pots in your video game, read on... How many of you programmers use the dreaded POTS.C routines? Well, I have a little goodie for you. Late one night, Andy and I were wrestling with some controller problems. It seemed we could not get the "automatic" centering to work. In fact, the actual centering code was never executed. We finally found this bug that I am sure is in some production games, don't let it be in yours! FIND THIS STATMENT: pots_midtmr[ bank ] = -1; /* count down in seconds */ CHANGE IT TO THIS: pots_midtmr[ bank ] -= 1; /* count down in seconds */ If you have this bug, it continually reset a countdown timer to minus 1 and NEVER takes the branch to the mid adjustment routine. Nifty, huh? -Dennis ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::AVL 28-MAR-1990 17:20:30.11 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Introducing AVLNOTES Many users have asked for a way to get supplemental information on Atari parts and components via their terminals. Introducing AVLNOTES, a VMS help library. It works just like the VMS HELP library your accustomed to, but with new topics. At the "Topic >" prompt, you enter an Atari part number. As in any VMS help library, a question mark (?) will cause a list of available topics to be displayed, or you can type HELP for more detailed instructions. There are two (2) methods of accessing AVLNOTES. 1) No need to login to some obscure node, AVLNOTES will work from anywhere on our network! Just type: @AVLNOTE:AVLNOTES At the system prompt ($). You can define a word in your LOGIN.COM file to do this for you, such as: AVLN*OTES :==@AVLNOTE:AVLNOTES 2) On node MIKE, users of AVL will receive AVLNOTES whenever 'Display by Atari Part Number' is selected and the Atari part number searched for has a corresponding AVLNOTES entry. Users of ATARI$AVL:SEEAVL will receive AVLNOTES whenever a corresponding AVLNOTES entry exists. AVLNOTES only has a few entries at this time, but we're adding to it almost daily. If you wish to have a note added to any Atari part number, send your proposed note via EMAIL to anyone in Components Engineering (MEYETTE, CLARK, OWENS or BELL). ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 28-MAR-1990 20:25:30.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: QUARTERLY CLEANING The Maintenance Engineers will be waxing the Omega and Alpha labs, as well as, the corridor that runs from the engineer entrance to the warehouse on Saturday, March 31st. Please help in our spring cleaning efforts by moving objects that may impede their progress.(This includes any equipment in the corridor) If it is at all possible to avoid these areas, please do so. Thank You For Your Support, Bob Frye ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 29-MAR-1990 10:42:46.89 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: ATARI VS POWER OUTAGES P.G.&E. HAS JUST INFORMED ATARI THAT ALL POWER TO BUILDINGS 675 & 735 WILL BE SHUT OFF THIS SUNDAY 4/1/90 FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM. THE MAINTENANCE WORK P.G.&E. WILL BE DOING SHOULD ELIMINATE THE OUTAGES WE'VE BEEN HAVING. TWO THINGS.... DON'T FORGET TO POWER DOWN BEFOR YOU LEAVE THIS FRIDAY AND THIS MESSAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH APRIL FOOLS' DAY. THANKS AGAIN ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::SHEPPERD 29-MAR-1990 12:07:16.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SHEPPERD Subj: More about power and stuff Since there's gonna be no electricity on sunday, I'll stop by on saturday evening and shut off all the computers. I'll turn everything on again sunday night. On an unrelated note, for the last couple of days there's been some kind of automated dialer that is calling every number in the area looking for either a fax or a modem. This might be a hacker trying to break in to computers or some advertising company trying to find faxes so they can send adverts for their products. So, just to be safe, I've turned off the modems. I'll turn them on again later. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 5-APR-1990 13:12:43.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: equipment Pat has asked me to look after the maintenance of lab tools/equipment. So I'm asking all you techs. and EEs to help me with this. I need to know for starters about any and all soldering stations which are extra or out of order so that I can fix, or throw them out and buy new ones. If any of you engineers have stuff around your office (like soldering irons, scopes, or meters) and you hardly ever use them, please come forward and share them with the rest of us. Drobny says we need to have a backpack that holds our scopes, meters and... so that no one can e can count on having the equipments when we need them steel our tools from our benches and we can count on having the right tool when we're called up to do a job. But carrying around all that stuff could break a techs. back. Instead I ask all you engineers/hackers/technical know it all/others, to simply remember that around here there are only a few technicians and we usually do a good job of keeping our tools in order but rather than becoming possessive with our tools (like a previous tech) we would rather if others respected the following: 1_ Tools belong to the LABS, they aren't much use to anyone when stashed away where no one can find them. 2_ If you want us techs to fix your stuff, don't borrow our stuff without asking, or at least leave a note and remember to bring the stuff back when you're done. We don't like to have to go looking for our tools. My older brother's a programmer and all my life I've had to protect my tools from his abuse. I sure hope I won't have the same problem at work too! Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 5-APR-1990 14:14:01.34 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: lunch My response to your complaint is that you and the people in your department should not feel that you must eat the specials that are offered on TUE and THUR. And after all since Sophie's regular menue offers a wide variety, I'm sure you can find other items to your liking. Farrokh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE::THOMPSON 5-APR-1990 13:08:28.88 To: KHODADADI CC: Subj: LUNCH I HAVE SEEM SOME OF YOUR RECENT REVEIWS OF THE LUNCH BEING OFFER BY AL, I AM SURE YOU ENJOY THE FOOD BEING SERVED; BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT MOST ATARI EMPLOYEE'S DO NOT SHARE YOUR VEIWS. I HAVE COMPLAINS FROM MY DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE SERVING OF FOOD FROM IRAN,AND WELL AS YOUR REVEIWS. I THINK IT GREAT THAT SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEE'S ARE ENJOYING THIS RECENT CHANGE IN THE MENU --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::THOMPSON 5-APR-1990 14:39:27.52 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Tuesdays and Thursdays Special Obviously Farrokh has decided to share our personal conversation concerning the cafeteria's serving of Iranian food on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I've received complaints from people in the adminstrative area as well as accounting about the outside customers using our subsidized facility for their benefit. In addition I have received complaints concerning the food in general. I would be interested to find out what vaxland users true feelings are in regards to the Tuesday and Thursday specials and outsiders using our cafeteria. I encourage Farrokh to also respond. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 5-APR-1990 15:26:41.00 To: THOMPSON CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Cafeteria I patronized the cafeteria regularly until about two or three years ago when they were infested by ants and showed no interest in getting rid of the little buggers. I have not eaten there since then. I do occasionally purchase soft drinks from the machine in the front of the building. Unfortunately, the selections can be empty for days at a time. I avoid drinks with caffeine and the machine up front is the only one stocked with Sprite. None of the machines are stocked with 7-UP. I don't particularly mind Farrokh's menu messages. For worse are the insipid mesages concerning the Atari Survivor's Baseball Team. Since both of these have taken the form of continuing operations I suggest that mail distribution lists be created for those interested in receiving mail of that nature. Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 5-APR-1990 16:31:13.65 To: @SM:JUNK CC: Subj: More food commentary I don't know Rick Thompson decided that MOST of the rest of us don't like the Tues and Thurs specials, but he sure didn't ask me. I'm happy to try something different instead of that ol' burger a day. So far, I've only been able to try the Iranian special a few times, and it has been good each time. Usually, when I get to the lunch room (about 12:30), the Iranian special is all gone. SOMEBODY must be eating it or it wouldn't sell. I'm sure Rick doesn't like it, but that doesn't mean we all hate it. Perhaps you should get out more if the lunch special offends you. They do have other items on the menu, and there is a whole range of food in the general vicinity. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::MILTY 9-APR-1990 09:08:00.08 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: EXOTIC MENUS OUTSIDE VISITORS SUBSIDIZED FACILITIES THE "REGU ..........................NO COMMENT. MILTY ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "OF SISKEL, EBERT, & CAMERON" 9-APR-1990 09:40:55.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: gotta have it Who has a tape of last night's "Twin Peaks"? Please write.. P.S. On another subject: If anyone wants to know our opinions on the food service, they might refer to all the questionaires we have already completed on that subject. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BURGESS "Andrew" 9-APR-1990 09:58:48.10 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles For those of you interested in trying to figure out what the children of today see in the Ninja Turtle craze, I rented the first animated movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins" I have placed it in the Animator viewing cubicle for those of you who wish to see it. I will be returning it this evening so please rewind it when you are finished. Andy ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::HARPER 9-APR-1990 10:09:12.93 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Making Hay... Does anybody in VAXland know of a good, CHEAP gardener who works around the Los Altos/Sunnyvale area? I don't need anything fancy, just a small field of weeds mowed and some trimming. I got a bid over the weekend for $200! Is this reasonable? If you know anybody (an enterprizing young person, perhaps) who will do this cheaper, please let me know via this VAX address. Thanks! -Dennis ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 9-APR-1990 10:23:05.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Translate Chinese Can anyone out there translate a short Chinese inscription? If so please respond via Vaxmail or phone x1739. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::MILTY 9-APR-1990 10:35:13.57 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: VIDEO CLASSIC IN TODAYS MINI MART ADS TODAY...MISSLE COMMAND....$200 379-0115 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 9-APR-1990 12:26:24.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: SHE'S BACK!! WELCOME BACK STEPHANIE!!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::MOMODA 9-APR-1990 14:56:27.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: MOMODA Subj: props Does anyone have access to football shoulder pads? They don't have to be in good condition. In fact, the more used they look the better. Also, we need BLACK knee and/or elbow pads. Your help would be appreciated. Dial either 3799 or 1701. thanks, ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 10-APR-1990 15:19:47.72 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Facility notes The cafeteria will close the grill at 1: 45 pm tomorrow, Wednesday 4/11. Tengen will be closed at 3pm on Thursday 4/12 for a power shutdown by PG&E. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 11-APR-1990 11:01:21.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: ID CHANGE To avoid any further confusion with the other Turner (aka Kelly) regarding the vax mail, my id has been changed from LTURNER to LOIS. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 11-APR-1990 13:23:43.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Jupiter Engineering We have received some mail addressed to Jupiter Engineering c/o Atari Games. Is anyone expecting this, or know who it belongs to? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 17-APR-1990 12:58:55.06 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: ATARI VS PG&E PG&E WINS AGAIN... ANOTHER ELECTRICAL POWER SHUTDOWN COMING THIS SUNDAY I WILL UPDATE THIS INFO AS TO THE HOURS AS SOON AS I RECEIVE WORD. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 17-APR-1990 12:03:27.77 To: @SM:ENGINEER,@SM:ANIMATORS CC: Subj: New RADMOD I put a new version of RADMOD into UTL$EXE:. The only change is when running in batch mode, much of the input prompting (the screenfuls of explanations of commands) has been suppressed. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::NATALIE 17-APR-1990 17:46:27.71 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Party Just a reminder that the Tupperware Party is TOMORROW, Wednesday, at 12:00 noon, in the Engineering Conference Room. If you want to order stuff, I can place your order tomorrow when the Tupperware Lady is here. It would be nice if you had it ready tomorrow, but if not, Friday is fine. But in either case, have your money ready with your order. Make checks payable to "Hi Time Sales". There is 7.25% sales tax. Thanks, Natalie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 18-APR-1990 18:37:10.54 To: SMITHSON CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Shifter The file that contains the Shifter Functions is in: EE$USERDISK:[MARGOLIN.MSYNC]RICKSOUNDTEST.C The function you should look at is 'SHIFTER()' Pay no attention to the stuff about sounds (or to the man behind the curtain). Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 19-APR-1990 13:51:20.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: 401K If you want your 401K you can pick it up today in Yvettes office. Or tomorrow. Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 19-APR-1990 14:05:28.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: 401K PICKUP Correction: If you want your 401K STATEMENT, you can pick it up in Yvettes office today, OR it will be MAILED to you tomorrow. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 19-APR-1990 14:12:10.58 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: BUILDING POWER THE POWER SHUTDOWN SCHEDULED FOR THIS SUNDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::NATALIE 19-APR-1990 15:29:48.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Tupperware Order Deadline The Deadline for Tupperware Orders is TOMORROW, Friday, and 12:00 noon. If you need an order form, stop by my office, or call me at x1794 and I'll drop it off. Don't forget to bring your check or credit card. Mastercard and VISA are accepted. Thanks, Natalie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 20-APR-1990 14:13:29.03 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: CER-7535 From: MIKE::MARGOLIN 20-APR-1990 14:10:08.41 To: AVL CC: Subj: AUTO-CER ============================================================================== ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 7535 ============================================================================== REQUESTED ACTION: NEW VENDOR APPLICATION: DSK Board PROJECT: Hard Drivin's Fastest L USED ON ASSEMBLY: PART NUMBER: 137448-170 GENERIC: 27C512 DESCRIPTION: IC,EPROM,Ceramic_(UV),CMOS,512K_(64Kx8),170ns MANUFACTURER: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS MFG P/N: TMS27C512-1N CONTACT: DON MULLIKEN PHONE: 748-2264 COMMENTS: ============================================================================== ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES: ============================================================================== AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER | | ============================================================================== DISPOSITION: __APPROVED __DISQUALIFIED __TEMPORARY APPROVAL __REJECTED __OBSOLETE __RESTRICTED APPROVAL AVL ACTION: __ADD VENDOR __ASSIGN NEW P/N __REVISION __REMOVE VENDOR __CONVERT P/N __STATIC SENSITIVE ============================================================================== ASSIGNED TO: DATE APPROVED DATE ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 20-APR-1990 14:23:51.47 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: My drill's wrench Some inconsiderate friend of mine has borrowed my drill's wrench and left no note behind. Please return it to me. I need it. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 23-APR-1990 11:01:14.34 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BIKE Subj: Tax Deductible Vacation Are you planning your summer vacation? Are you looking for something new and adventurous? Earthwatch is a non-political, non-profit organization which organizes volunteers to work with scientists on expeditions in 60 countries around the world, including many expeditions in the United States. You can go for a week or a month, or however much time you have. For example, you could help research volcanoes in Costa Rica or help rescue Cape Cod's marine life. You could work with archaeologists unearthing tombs in Egypt or with an Australian ecologist who needs help collecting data on Kangaroo Island's plants. If you have mountain climbing skills, you could help a Wyoming mammologist take a Big Horn census in the Rockies. You could observe porpoises from a dinghy off the coast of Hawaii. This is just a small sample. There are many, many more. Your transportation to and from expeditions, all membership costs, and all expedition costs are 100% tax deductible. For information write Earthwatch at 680 Mt. Auburn Street, P.O. Box 403, Watertown, MA 02272. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 24-APR-1990 10:40:05.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SHEPPERD Subj: Power outage PG&E says they will turn off the power to this building on saturday 4/28/90 beginning at 5am and they'll turn it back on around noon. So...I'll turn off all the computers friday evening before I go home (around 9pm) and turn them back on saturday around noon. You might be advised to turn off your terminals, development systems, etc. before you leave on friday. Just a reminder, without power there'll be no phones, lights, computer access of any kind or Schlage access to the building. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::FREITAS 25-APR-1990 10:24:16.47 To: MCCARTHY,HUBBERSTEY,MARGOLIN,STEWART,BRESHEARS,WILLIAMS,SMITH,FREITAS CC: Subj: BURN-IN ---------------- 25-APR-90 10:10:32 Pg 1 LISTED BELOW ARE THE RESULTS OF THE BURN-IN TESTS. THE BOARDS WERE BURNED IN, 10 AT A TIME, FOR 2 HOURS AT 70 DEGREES C WHILE POWERED UP IN THE ATTRACT MODE. DATE TYPE TEST QTY FAIL 3/6 KLAX 100 1 3/15 BADLANDS 50 1 4/16 BADLANDS 200 0 I WOULD LIKE TO SET UP A MEETING ON FRIDAY, APRIL 27, AT 11:00 AM FOLLOWING THE ENGINEERING STATUS MEETING, TO DISCUSS THESE RESULTS IN GREATER DETAIL AND ESTABLISH A BURN-IN STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE. JIM ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 26-APR-1990 12:51:22.32 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: RAY Subj: Data I/O Unipak 2B is back from repair ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 26-APR-1990 13:04:52.17 To: MIKE::FREITAS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: BURN-IN Cannot make 11am meeting. How about 1:30pm instead? Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING, EXT 1750" 27-APR-1990 09:35:38.95 To: BURNIAS,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: CER-7535 - Completed From: MIKE::MARGOLIN 20-APR-1990 14:10:08.41 To: AVL CC: Subj: AUTO-CER ============================================================================== ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 7535 ============================================================================== REQUESTED ACTION: NEW VENDOR APPLICATION: DSK Board PROJECT: Hard Drivin's Fastest L USED ON ASSEMBLY: PART NUMBER: 137448-170 GENERIC: 27C512 DESCRIPTION: IC,EPROM,Ceramic_(UV),CMOS,512K_(64Kx8),170ns MANUFACTURER: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS MFG P/N: TMS27C512-1N CONTACT: DON MULLIKEN PHONE: 748-2264 COMMENTS: ============================================================================== ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES: 1) ADD TEXAS INSTRUMENTS PART NUMBER TMS27C512-1NL AND TMS27C512-1JL TO PART NUMBER 137448-170. 2) ADD THE FOLLOWING TEXAS INSTRUMENTS PART NUMBERS TO THE INDICATED ATARI PART NUMBER: 137448-300 TMS27C512-3NL 137448-250 TMS27C512 137448-200 TMS27C512-2NL ============================================================================== AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER | | ============================================================================== DISPOSITION: X_APPROVED __DISQUALIFIED __TEMPORARY APPROVAL __REJECTED __OBSOLETE __RESTRICTED APPROVAL AVL ACTION: X_ADD VENDOR __ASSIGN NEW P/N __REVISION __REMOVE VENDOR __CONVERT P/N __STATIC SENSITIVE ============================================================================== ASSIGNED TO: DATE APPROVED DATE TOM CLARK APRIL 27,1990 ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 27-APR-1990 10:51:04.70 To: DURFEY,MARGOLIN CC: BIKE Subj: Pots Selftest isn't reading the pot inputs on the Control Input screen anymore. I'm pretty sure it used to get a timer interrupt during selftest and it doesn't now. Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 27-APR-1990 12:05:56.68 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: MCCARTHY Subj: Data I/O alert. DIO alert ! We tried to upload an AMD 27c512 at the Data I/O 288 programmer. What we got was a destroyed device. When the Data I/O did auto F/P selection it got FF/FF. The correct F/P code is DD/A4. When we attempted to do the upload the device was destroyed. Later we did a "LOAD FROM MASTER" on another AMD 27c512 and that worked ok. I called DATA I/O and they said that they are investigating a problem with AMD 27c512 parts and 288 version 4.1 The engineer is going to call me back with further details. He had not heard of destroying devices. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 27-APR-1990 12:25:48.75 To: @sys$mail:junk CC: MCCARTHY Subj: Disposal of lab surplus. There are several old monitors, game boards, power supplies etc. in the Labs. (See a technician, or the junk pile outside the BLOODSPORT lab.) If you are interested in acquiring any of these items, they can be yours for a VERY reasonable amount. Available material will be displayed at a location to be announced, (a lab or the common area) in the afternoon of Wednesday May 9 for review and purchase. See Pat Mc Carthy, John Ray, or Chris Downend for details. Anything left on Monday 5-14 will be sold to scrap merchants. Anything acquired for personal use must be removed from the building by that date. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 27-APR-1990 14:20:38.75 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: messy trees Once again I'm calling upon the people who read their junk mail for some advise, help, and input to this problem. What problem? I've had it with my neighbors trees. They're messy and turn my pool into a swamp. Has anyone had experience with cutting tall trees ? (about 40' high) What's the safest way to get up that high with a chainsaw in one your hand? 1. A 40' extension latter. 2. Climb the tree. 3. Rent a lift. 4. Any other suggestions? Professional guyes want between $1500 to $2000 for this job. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 27-APR-1990 16:27:08.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: REMINDER THERE WILL BE A POWER SHUT DOWN ON 4-28-90 FROM 5:00 A.M. TILL 12:00 P.M. DON'T FORGET TO TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTERS AND TERMINALS. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 27-APR-1990 16:41:16.78 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TRAFFIC WARNING 880 S.BOUND NEAR THE 101 INTERCHANGE IS DEAD-LOCKED. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 30-APR-1990 10:56:57.24 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: The Radio Does anyone out there listen to KOIT 96.5 FM. between 9am and 5pm. If so please let me know, I'll tell you why when you reply. Thanks Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 30-APR-1990 15:09:28.56 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: LAST LAUGH COUPONS This coupon entitles the bearer to four free admissions for the 8:00pm show at the San Pedro club only. Valid until May 8th. If you would like one or more, ther're at the main lobby desk. Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::MOMODA 30-APR-1990 16:55:45.16 To: FUJIHARA,BENZLER,PIERCE,BLOOD,RAY,MOORE,DOWNEND CC: MOMODA Subj: Amer. Technos - Combatribe New game at Sunnyvale Golfland (3-plyr version) and Milpitas (2-plyr). Option switch changes from two to three players. Big oversized muscled guys with lots of violence. Smashing two heads together, swing enemies around by feet, throw video games at enemies. Lots of interesting features and making big money according to Technos. $440 in 4 days at Milpitas and $169 on Saturday alone. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "I AM WHAT I AM" 1-MAY-1990 08:22:52.87 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: mia Our spool of custom 3-conductor ultra-flex cable is missing! The entire future of the company is hinged upon the return of the precious wire this morning. We must have it to build Gumball games. In the past people would come and take a handful of terminals or a length of wire, but it seems now the rage is to take the entire bin of parts, or the entire spool of cable. This is not acceptable. Please get up from your chair and return it right now. My apologies to the people this message doesn't pertain to........ ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "I AM WHAT I AM" 1-MAY-1990 14:42:26.27 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: MIA continued The missing cable has not been recovered, however, we have discovered the the cable strippers that are adjusted to precisely strip the very delicate cable are also missing. We would just like to commend the scum-sucking-dog who took our cable for having the good taste to take the right tool for the job. Please be aware that you should just twist the tool once, then bend the jacket to break it free, so as to not nick the wire underneath. It is kind of a tricky operation so I wish you good luck with it. Bye for now....Oh by the way, we have just one tie wrap gun left if anyone would like to come and take it. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 1-MAY-1990 17:19:52.42 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: EPROM Prices I just talked to Mary Burnias about EPROM prices. She is buying 1300-1500 1 MEG EPROM's for Hydra production so we have some REAL price data. It looks very good. The leadtime issue is a concern however, and Rob Bryant is advocating a spec buy on 1 MEG EPROM's as needed on Bloodsport and other projects. 1k 5k 10k T.I. 27c010-200 $5.75 5.75 5.75 10 week leadtime Toshiba 9.25 8.35 8.15 8-10 week Mitsubishi 9.10 8.87 8.64 4-8 week Atmel 6.00 5.80 5.70 ? - worried about lawsuits ? Since 10 weeks is too long for our June 14 production date, Mary went to distribution (Wylie) and with some leverage from TI, got the price down to $6.30. Mary says the 27c512-200 costs $2.75 (EPROM) or $2.40 (OTP). So, (2) 27c512 @ $5.50 are only slightly less than (1) 27010 @ $5.75. When you consider PCB space, and handling costs, the 27010 probably have the edge - finally. I asked Mary to get a reading on the stability of the $5.75 from TI. If the forecast is stability (particularly on rising indications), then we are at the point of making a strategic decision of switching to 1 meg EPROM's in our designs. Engineering management will discuss this further, but it looks like something to plan on. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 2-MAY-1990 10:14:34.90 To: MARGOLIN,MONCRIEF CC: Subj: New feedback joystick Jed; Wade has a prototype of the new feedback joystick. Can you get with him to design an interface for my use? What is needed in the way of hardware and software changes? Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DURFEY 2-MAY-1990 17:08:10.36 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: For Sale 1979 Elkhart 31' travel trailer. Fully self contained. Full length awning. Electric tongue jack. Air conditioned. Excelent condition. Asking $7850 or best offer. I will probably have it here to see by Monday the 7th. Erik @ x1755 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BRESHEARS 3-MAY-1990 14:58:23.54 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: OODLES OF POODLES (PUPIES) HERE IT IS, AT LAST, YOUR CHANCE TO PURCHASE A AKC REG. SILVER MIN. POODLE OF YOUR VERY OWN. PUPPIES ARE 3 WEEKS OLD AND ARE READY TO GO IN 4 MORE WEEKS! RESERVE YOUR VERY OWN LIL DARLIN' NOW! 2 MALES AND 2 FEMALES AVAILABLE......HURRY, BE THE FIRST ONE TO PICK AND WIN A FREE CAN OF DOG FOOD AND COLAR! SEND INQUIRERS VIA VAX OR CALL ME @ X3908 THANKS.....JIM ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 4-MAY-1990 12:15:22.64 To: @sys$mail:hardware CC: MCCARTHY Subj: PAL - DATA I/O software update. The DATA I/O interface program for pals/gals has been changed a little. The next time you program a pal you will notice the changes. There is a little less typing to do, and a little more information presented. If I broke it, let me know. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::MOTT 4-MAY-1990 13:39:04.78 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: COME PLAY THE NEW VERSION OF HARD DRIVIN'!!!!!!! Come play the latest version of Hard Drivin' in the engineering common area!! We are very interested in comments on the new response (lower display lag and faster update rate). There are also three different cars to choose from. Let us know what you think of them. And try the new autocross track-- a "whole new driving experience"!! (Also let us know of any bugs--we know about the high score table display bug (if you don't make a champ lap).) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::HUBBERSTEY 7-MAY-1990 11:45:07.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: HUBBERSTEY Subj: Oki ADPCM chip The Oki ADPCM chip we use is very sensitive to noise on the +5 line (this is because the D/A is fed from +5). I recommend that we start using an RC filter on the +5 to this chip to reduce the noise. Values of 33 ohms and 47uF seem to work fine. Do not increase the resistor value much beyond this or you may induce CMOS latchup in the chip. Tim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 8-MAY-1990 16:18:17.18 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: SUMMER MATINEE, 1990 AMC THEATRES IS ANNOUNCING THEIR SUMMER MATINEE PROGRAM. THE AMC MILPITAS 10, THE AMC SUNNYVALE 6, AMC OAKRIDGE 6, AND THE AMC SARATOGA 6 THEATRES WILL BE FEATURING A FULL COMPLEMENT OF G AND PG RATED FEATURE LENGTH FILMS EACH MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALL SUMMER LONG. THESE MOVIES HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY CHOSEN TO PROVIDE HOURS OF ENJOYMENT TO CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, AND AT A LOW PRICE. TEN MOVIES FOR ONLY $7.50! THAT'S ONLY 75 CENTS PER MOVIE! TWENTY FILMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM, AND EACH FILM SHOWS FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT EACH COMPLEX, WHICH ALLOWS YOU AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE FILMS OF YOUR CHOICE. SHOWTIME FOR EVERY MOVIE IS 10:30 A.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE TWENTY MOVIES BEING SHOWN ARE: ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS RAINBOW BRITE UNCLE BUCK THE NEVER ENDING STORY THE WIZARD THE CARE BEARS MOVIE BILL & TEDS EXCELLENT ADVENTURE AN AMERICAN TAIL BIG CHARLOTTE'S WEB TURNER & HOOCH THE LAND BEFORE TIME GHOST BUSTERS POUND PUPPIES BEETLEJUICE THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKING THE PRINCESS BRIDE THE BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER MOVIE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK THE TICKETS HAVE TO BE ORDERED, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY A PACKAGE (10 FOR $7.50) PLEASE SEE ME BEFORE JUNE 1. HUMAN RESOURCES ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 8-MAY-1990 18:11:23.69 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE,TAKAICHI,FRYE CC: RAY Subj: Tidy Fridy -- Friday May 11 TIDY FRIDY TIDY FRIDY TIDY FRIDY TIDY FRIDY TIDY FRIDY This Friday, May 11 is TIDY FRIDY. We will have an area in the back of the building to put all of your unneeded cabinets, controls, PCBs, monitors, and junk. (Next week will have a big "sale".) The goal is to clean out the labs, offices, common area, cages, etc. of all the junk that tends to accumulate. Please dress appropriately for the occasion!! You can begin sorting your stuff any time this week. Chris, Pat, and I will come by after lunch on Friday to help you decide what should be tossed (if you need the help). Those of you who own games should put your name on them (clearly) or put them in your office. They should be out of the labs/common area by 5/14. Refreshments will be provided Friday afternoon to quench your thirst after working so hard!! (Gatorade?) John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 8-MAY-1990 23:10:19.34 To: @PROJECTS CC: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE,MCCARTHY Subj: HARDWARE SPECIFIC SUBDIRECTORY. If not already done please create two subdirectories in your project account. 1. [project-name.RELEASE] This is the directory to which you will copy your released code. This directory should be treated as a program MASTER. It will contain the AROMREL.DOC file that is the key to those files. It will also keep the released PAL/GAL jedec files and other hardware specific files that are required for your game. It does not need to include the PAL/GAL source files. This directory and the AROMREL.DOC file are required long before you actually release code, in order to create an accurate parts list, so if you create it now we won't have to bother you when you are trying to make field test deadlines etc. It is also a good idea to have a subdirectory in this directory to hold stable and matched versions of your program, graphics and audio before release. It is hard to debug hardware when we have mismatched rom codes. 2. [project-name.PAL] This is the directory that will contain all the source codes for PALs, GALs, hardware specific PROMS etc. Engineers and Techs: please use these directories to develop and maintain your PAL sources. This makes the files available to those that need them, and everybody knows where to go to find them. It also ensures that these sources are archived properly at project end. To make this more convenient the game engineer and technician should have full access to the [.PAL] directory by ACL (access control list). If you do not know how to set up an ACL I will be glad to help. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 9-MAY-1990 10:29:41.39 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: Refreshments for TIDY FRIDAY GATORATE? Personally I prefer MILLER GENUINE DRAFT LiGhT It's tastes great and it's less LESS fiLLinG, it won't weigh you down so you can lift heavy junk around the labs All dAy... Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 9-MAY-1990 14:49:51.13 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Milpitas Golfland The following competitor test games are at Milpitas Golfland: 1. G-LOC from Sega (actually, not a test game) Moving seat After Burner type. 3 tokens to start, 2 to continue. 2. Columns from Sega -- see earlier mail 3. Boulder Dash from Data East Sort of Dig Dug. Dig your own maze, collect jewels, things fall on your head. 4. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OWENS 9-MAY-1990 16:53:45.55 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Missing Car Keys Help!!!!! I seemed to have miss placed my car keys! A rather large collection of keys, with gold Ford ignition and trunk keys. If found please call ext. 1753 or turn into the front desk. RLO ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KWINN 10-MAY-1990 10:55:05.16 To: @sys$mail:junk CC: KWINN Subj: Earth Day II: The Cafeteria Hey, Fellow Atari Employees, I had a thought just the other day. It ran something like this: "Say, Paul, with all this hoopla about Earth Day, and the generally Conservationist attitudes of the general Atari populace, why are we eating every cafeteria meal off of polystyrene plates? Those things will easily outlive us all in whatever land fill they end up. And that's without even counting the possibility of the Chloro-Flourocarbons used in their manufacture making the ozone layer more hole than ozone, thereby shortening our afore- mentioned lives considerably. "So," I continued (having secured my rapt attention), "how about if you send out a message suggesting switching back to the paper things we used to have? Surely the folks around here would gladly pay the extra 1 or 2 cents per meal it would take to use the environmentally superior stuff. Surely a groundswell movement is just one VAXmail message away." So, was I right?... YOU make the call. Paul "I don't want a tan THAT bad" Kwinn ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "I AM WHAT I AM" 10-MAY-1990 11:23:43.01 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Ozono-fluoro-carbons Come on, pal, Earth Day is over! We don't have to worry about the dumb ole Earth for another 20 years. I like the way the styrofoam cups kinda float outta the cabinets when you open the door and land on your head. When you are in a boring meeting, it would be almost impossible to make fingernail sculptures on the side of paper cups. And besides all that, I LIKE the way Omar's lunch melts into the plates! The lunch wouldn't quite taste the same if it had to stand on its own merits for taste and aroma. Our Doughnuts arrive in paper boxes, what more do you want? Added Note, seriously folks: All the styrofoam plates and cups we use in a week don't add up to the amount of styofoam in one of our game shipping containers. But I don't know of an easy solution to that one. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "I AM WHAT I AM" 10-MAY-1990 11:38:03.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: addendum Don't you hate it when the grocery clerk has your nine-grain-sprouted- wheat bread shoved in the plastic bag, and then asks, "Plastic, okay?" That way you have to be the heavy and say "NO", and then you get that look while they pull it out. You should insist that they ask you if you would like paper or plastic. It just a little thing, but it always peeves me. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 10-MAY-1990 14:17:01.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Earth Day II : ATARI Great idea Paul, a few cents extra for paper plates/bowls/cups would be a cheap solution to fight the overwelming effects that polystyrene waste has on our enviornment, and I'ld be willing to go the extra mile to do my share. Heck I would even bring my own silverware from home rather than using the plastics from the cafeteria. But don't you think we're over reacting to all this polution around us? After all why should I care about what's gonna happen to MOTHER EARTH after I'm gone anyway. I'm definitely not worried about the possibility that some day my grandson will not be able to enjoy fishing and other outdoor recreations because I don't even have a kid. Come to think of it this polution thing sort of defeats the hopes for having a family and completely relieves me of the burden of parenthood, so hay its not such a bad thing after all !!. You know Carole has a good point too about the food flavor. I mean some people have gotten to like the flavor of melted polystyrene in their lunch specials. I'ld think twice about tampering with peoples taste buds if I were you. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 10-MAY-1990 17:40:16.42 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: SUTTLES Subj: Earth Day re-revisited I agree there was an awful lot of hoopla regarding Earth Day. While I wouldn't put it the way Farrokh did, I also want to pass on a planet my children can enjoy. But it seems to me that everybody is missing the point. ("Look, isn't that cute? They're all out of step but my Johnny!") Not all styrofoam is manufactured with CFC as a byproduct. In fact, almost all manufacturers have already changed by this time to environmentally BENEFICIAL procedures and products. Most styrofoam (polystyrene, McBoxes to you family types) are already biodegradable. They don't last as long as the paper equivalent. The real problem is: We are running out of dump sites. Nobody wants one in their backyard, and more and more land is becoming somebody's backyard. Many plastics (including McBoxes) and some papers are PHOTOdegradable. They dissolve in sunlight within a few months. But because nobody wants to deal with disposables after they have been disposed, they are sealed in odor-resistant, opaque PLASTIC bags (5 mils thick, not a wimpy 2!), hauled off to a landfill, and become part of the strata by the same afternoon (so they don't smell). Part of the disolving process involves conversion to inert gasses. But since they don't get any light, they don't disolve anyways. Paper is NOT an environmentally freindly alternative. To start with, paper is made out of trees we need to stay trees (I remind you that paper is about twice as dense as wood--it takes more trees than you think). And, paper also needs air to decompose. If any of you have tried burning a magazine or newspaper in the fireplace, you'll realize what I mean. We have archaeologists digging in our own country. They are pulling out of dumps, completely intact, unread newspapers that are in mint condition...from the 40s. By the TONS. We are making our landfills (what a euphemism!) completely sterile. Because the microorganisms that decompose waste produce chemicals which smell badly, we perfume our dumps and impregnate them with chemicals to retard their growth. And then we mash everything so that it can't be penetrated except for boring holes through the materials. The microorganisms can't eat all at once, they have to eat from the outside in. We go to great lengths to ensure that the return to the environment is stretched from as little as a few months to well over 100 years. The point I'm trying to make (you were wondering, weren't you?) is this: Make all the difference you can, cause if none of us does, that's no difference. But know the difference you make. It makes absolutely no difference if you bury a paper plate or a plastic one for the next hundred years. It makes no discernable difference if you recycle a paper plate or a plastic one. The key issue is not paper versus plastic, it is bury versus recycle. What you can do that makes the biggest difference, is to NOT THROW STUFF OUT. Recycle. When you get packing peanuts, don't toss them in six wastebaskets. Send your original box, still 90% full of peanuts, to shipping. Toss your pop cans in any of the collection boxes (you probably know of several). Try NOT to use your trash can. Don't BUY disposable stuff. Don't use paper plates at home to avoid washing plates. If you don't read your paper, cancel the subscription. If you do, save them & give them to the Boy Sprouts. If we all cut down in the amount of trash we throw out, we will help solve one of the real problems. I don't have any solutions that would be generally acceptable as far as what to do with the trash once we throw it out. I'm not sure there is one. We've re-evaluated that every time a dump closed. Within a few months, another one opens. They have life expectancies even before they open. They know just how long we can collect the trash from this size area and pile it on this much square feet, before height becomes a problem. I haven't quite figured out the solution to the rainforests, or world hunger, or AIDs. But it seems to me that we must be spoiling for a war or something, because we are more interested in having a cause than in knowing what it is. I was both impressed and apalled at the Earth Day special for its depth and its aim. Apparently a number of other people also were impressed. That's great. Let's all do something that makes a difference. The soapbox is now open. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 11-MAY-1990 12:13:33.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE,TAKAICHI,FRYE CC: BIKE Subj: Coincidence??? Nick at Night has been airing 7 consecutive nights of Donna Reed shows. Isn't it funny that our Tidy Friday happens to coincide with the DONNATHON? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "A Legend in her spare time" 14-MAY-1990 09:07:40.79 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Dick Tracy Most of you might already know this, but I just read about it this weekend. So that the movie, "Dick Tracy" would have the look and feel of the comic strip, the entire film was shot in only seven colors that are used for newsprint comics. All of the sets, wardrobe, cars, and make-up were designed in these colors. I can't wait to see it, it sounds very interesting. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 14-MAY-1990 13:35:56.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Night Out If you want a night out after work one day during the week, Brandons has a really good jazz band playing every Tuesday night called Little Night Music. Music starts at 8:00pm. They're friends of Marie Julians and she said they're worth the wait. Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 14-MAY-1990 16:40:31.08 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: 1986 Toyota Supra for sale A friend's father is selling his 2nd car. If you're interested, or know someone that may be, there is a picture of the car at the main lobby desk. Here are some of the features: Manual 5-speed Transmission Disk/Power Brakes Anti-lock Brake System Power Steering Cruise Control Air conditioning Power Locks/Windows Power Seats AM/FM Cassette Stereo Rear Defrost The car has only 22,650 miles on it. (2nd car) $ 12,900 or Best offer. Call Rick at Home (xxx)xxx-xxxx Work (xxx)xxx-xxxx ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 14-MAY-1990 23:18:14.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Lost and Found I found a key that has a tag that has North Gate Storage written on it. If it belongs to you, please retrieve it from the main lobby desk. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 15-MAY-1990 13:38:30.73 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: LOIS Subj: Drinking Glasses Please solve the mystery. This morning there were 20 glasses all washed and ready for the seminars to be held Wed. and Thursday. As if by magic 3 of the glasses have disappeared. If you find one please return it to the coffee station in Design Services. THANKS Lois ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::DUTTON 15-MAY-1990 15:43:07.76 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CARPOOL IS THERE ANYONE INTERESTED IN CARPOOLING WITH ME FROM MODESTO? PLEASE CALL ME AT 473-9423. THANKS GARY DUTTON ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 15-MAY-1990 17:08:22.33 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: Junk sale -- Wednesday -- May 16, 1990 JUNK SALE Tomorrow, Wednesday, for 1 day only, you are welcome to purchase junk for the nominal price of $1 if it's smaller than a bread box and $5 if it is bigger than a bread box. You are on your honor to pay Lois for it (donut fund). You are NOT allowed to bring it back into this side of the building - - it must go home with you on Wednesday. If it is too big to fit in your car, you can put a tag on it that says it is sold; but you must take it by Friday or it will be sold to a scrap dealer. (Obviously, the junk is "As Is" -- no warranties expressed or implied.) There are some pieces of equipment that Pat McCarthy is going to sell to a used a equipment dealer (HP, GenRad, Wang). If you are interested in these "specially marked items", then see Pat --he will give you a better deal than the dealer gets. The junk that is available is within the yellow bands. It includes the furniture that is next to the Video Edit Lab. It does not include the Hard Drivin' cabinets nor the junk along the wall leading to the Edit Lab. Have fun, and don't hurt yourself! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::SALWITZ 16-MAY-1990 11:41:13.30 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: RV Fun Hey all you RV fanatics.. Some friends and I are taking a 25' RV up to Ashland Oregon and want to stay over in the Shasta area on the way up. Problem is, we will be arriving around 1:00 to 2:00 AM! Do you have any info/recomendations for me? A few of us will sleep outside, while a few sleep inside. I am looking for info on where we can stay. JFS JFS x1723 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD 16-MAY-1990 13:31:36.66 To: MARGOLIN CC: MONCRIEF,MOORE Subj: Just for the record.... The PASS SYSTEM was erroneously included in the 'scrap pile' to be sold. It is not for sale. If you could put it back in CAGE #3 I would appreciate it. If you would rather not be bothered with putting it in the cage let me know and I will return it to the cage. - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "A Legend in her spare time" 17-MAY-1990 08:49:17.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: VCR Time It's on! It's on TV! It's on tonight! "The Manchurian Candidate", channel 2, 7:30.......... (a movie that couldn't possibly be cut, henceforth 7:30) It's so good, I don't think I'll tell you anything about it. (If you are stuck on Twin Peaks, you'll have to tape one) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::WEST 17-MAY-1990 13:03:26.25 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: computer system 4 sale FOR SALE: Microtech computer, 30 mb drive, 640k RAM, 2 d.d. drives, printer (Star MP-10), monitor, software... $1,000 or b.o. Call Chuck Plitsch if interested: (xxx) xxx-xxxx. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MORRIS 17-MAY-1990 13:09:58.52 To: @sys$mail:junk CC: Subj: Tandy 100 Laptop computer For sale For sale: (Last chance for a great deal!!!) Tandy 100 Laptop computer, 32k, with 300 baud internal modem. TRP 100 portable printer. Portable floppy disk drive. Super ROM, includes: Lucid spread sheet, Write ROM text processor, data base, thought outliner all in ROM. Model 100 data manager system software on cassette. Ultrascreen software on disk. Disk power utility. All the original manuals for hardware and software. 5 books on model 100. AC adapters for all units. Carrying case holds computer, disk drive and printer. Asking price $350 for everything. I have all the stuff here if you want to see it. Call Jim at x3798 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 17-MAY-1990 17:44:14.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: going my way? I need a ride to the shop on Dela Cruze Blvd to pick-up my Z. If anyone reading this today is going towards Santa Clara, and could give me a ride, I would appreciate it. Farrokh 17:41 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::ANTIGRAV 18-MAY-1990 09:40:02.95 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: ams trick maybe you already know it... but Sam and Minh showed me a way to get into TRAnsparent mode on an AMS that is hooked to a board that's been powered down. It's always been frustrating to need to use a terminal and be faced with > NO TARGET VCC So all you need to do is 1) take the terminal off-line with NO SCROLL 2) enter the AMS-specific reset keystroke (usually CTL-X or CTL-Z) 3) type TRA and follow it with a couple of keystrokes 4) put the terminal back on-line with 5) and VIOLET! it's connected! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 18-MAY-1990 10:46:53.52 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Wrestling for information. Does anybody out there have the wrestling team "The Bushwacker Brothers" on tape. Any other information about them would also be welcome. MSP 1764 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PLOTKIN 18-MAY-1990 11:00:06.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: innovative video games I taped a two-minute segment off the newscast last night, which explored new developments in video games at the Lucas Skywalker Ranch. The tape will be shown at 4pm today (Friday) in the animation lounge (next to Brad's office). Sharon ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 18-MAY-1990 15:03:29.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: promotion WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION AND TRANSFER OF PETE BARA TO THE POSITION OF SUPERVISOR, SHIPPING/RECEIVING/STORES, FOR TENGEN. PETE HAS BEEN WITH ATARI GAMES SINCE 1978, MOST RECENTLY AS A WAREHOUSE SPECIALIST IN CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS PROMOTION AND TRANSFER IS IN RECOGNITION OF PETE'S SKILLS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SUCCESS OF ATARI GAMES AND TENGEN OVER THIS TWELVE YEAR PERIOD. PETE WILL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INTEGRITY OF TENGEN'S FINISHED GOODS INVENTORY, AND THE SUPERVISION OF ALL MOVEMENT OF TENGEN PRODUCT. CONGRATULATIONS, PETE!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 18-MAY-1990 17:07:07.12 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: lost and found I found one of the special baseballs that goes to the pitching machine. Whoever got the pitching machine can have this ball as well - give me a call. Chris @ x1719. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::EVELYN 21-MAY-1990 07:58:02.04 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: BUICK SALE *************** 1981 BUICK - 2 DOOR DIESEL $2500 OR BEST OFFER CONTACT CONNIE X 3706 OR ROSIE 247-5381 FOR MORE INFORMATION!!!!! From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 22-MAY-1990 14:27:57.46 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: MCCARTHY Subj: ABEL manual Who has the ABEL manual. I need it. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::WILLIAMSON 22-MAY-1990 15:43:45.83 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,WILLIAMSON CC: Subj: I HAVE A BOX IN RECEIVING FROM MIDWESTCO WITH NO NAME. ITS A TRANSFORMER THAT WAS TESTED BY THEM. IF ITS YOURS CALL EXT. 3934 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 22-MAY-1990 16:19:31.23 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Mere Christianity Over the next several weeks a group is meeting to read and discuss a classic book written by C.S. Lewis. Lewis presents a logical and persuavsive argument for the Christian faith in his book entitled, Mere Christianity. Lewis states his purpose in the preface as, "But in this book I am not trying to convert anyone to my own position ... I thought that the best ... service I could do for my unbelieveing neighbours was to explain and defend the belief that has been held common to nearly all Christians..." The plan is to read a few chapters on our own each week and then meet for freefrom discussion. If you are at all interested, please join us. We have a few extra copies of the book so don't worry about that. We will be meeting on Thursdays at 12 noon in the Central conference room - bring your lunch. Thursdays, 12 noon, Central Conference Room ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 22-MAY-1990 17:22:33.91 To: KIM::MCCARTHY CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: ABEL manual Don Pauuw might have it. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::DURFEY 22-MAY-1990 17:47:28.51 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: f From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 22-MAY-1990 16:42:18.49 To: DURFEY CC: Subj: the real story From: KIM::DOWNEND 22-MAY-1990 16:16:37.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Mere Christianity Over the next several weeks a group is meeting to read and discuss a classic book written by C.S. Lewis. Lewis presents a logical and persuavsive argument for the Christian faith in his book entitled, Mere Christianity. Lewis states his purpose in the preface as, "But in this book I am not trying to convert anyone to my own position ... I thought that the best ... service I could do for my unbelieveing neighbours was to explain and defend the belief that has been held common to nearly all Christians and hold them down in sheer bordom for several hours while I do so..." The plan is to read a few chapters on our own each week and then meet for free-form sexual activity with each other. The idea is to make people around us believe that we are talking christ (to repel them away), while each and every one of us will take our turn haveing sex with those others that are in the meeting. If it is not our turn then we can discuss the positions that are at that time being utalized, Or create new thrusting motions of our own. If you are at all interested, please join us. We have a large table in the conference room that will oblige two couples at a time. We also have a few extra copies of the book that have not been copulated on, so don't worry about that. We will be meeting on Thursdays at 12 noon in the Central conference room - bring your lunch. Thursdays, 12 noon, Central Conference Room ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::HAYES "Ann Doyle Hayes, ext 3747" 23-MAY-1990 15:42:07.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: "Dollar Coin" ALERT !! ALERT !! ALERT !! USA Today is running a "Phone in Your Opinion" -- "Should we replace dollar bils with dollar coins?" PLEASE CALL THIS TOLL-FREE NUMBER 1-800-255 5463 TODAY between 6:00 am and midnight (EDT) to leave a message!! "USA Today will publish as many of your "letters" as possible on this page Friday". (two guest columnists views appear on todays issue page 10A -- phone in letters should appear on Face-Off or Inquiry on Friday). Please pass this phone number to anyone in the industry you might talk with today. This is a good opportunity to get our message out!! Please call. Regards Shane Breaks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::HAYES "Ann Doyle Hayes, ext 3747" 23-MAY-1990 16:49:11.29 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: "Dollar Coin" ALERT!! ALERT!! ALERT!! My last message was not very clear..... PLEASE VOTE FOR THE DOLLAR COIN Our industry needs this change from dollar bills to dollar coins. We need to start charging more per play and if we have the dollar coin it makes it somewhat easier. We need all the support we can get. Thank You Shane Breaks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 24-MAY-1990 09:28:03.91 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Fire Birds The movie Fire Birds (aka Wings of the Apache) starts tomorrow Friday May 25. Check it out and let me know how you like it. For those of you that have seen or played my game, let me know what parts are the most exciting and should be added to my game. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 24-MAY-1990 10:23:03.89 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Sally Jessy Today on Sally Jessy Raphael they had kids who had leukemia on the show. They were asking the kids, "if you had one wish what would it be". Most of the kids wanted to meet someone famous and they had the person they wanted to meet back stage as a surprise. One little boy asked for a Hard Driven Game and they had a stand up Hard Drivin game on stage for him. If you didn't already know about this, I thought I'd tell you all that you helped give a very sick boy a wish come true. Isn't that special!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BUCHOLZ 24-MAY-1990 14:50:54.50 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TIMECARDS TIMECARDS FOR WEEKENDING MAY 26 ARE DUE BY 9:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, MAY 29, DUE TO MONDAY'S HOLIDAY. IF YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE THE TUESDAY MORNING DEADLINE, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR TIME CARD ON THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY. REMEMBER TO CORRECTLY CODE THE FOLLOWING WEEKS TIMECARD (WEEK ENDING JUNE 2) WITH HOLIDAY PAY, 143H. MICHELLE BUCHOLZ ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::WEST 24-MAY-1990 16:17:54.47 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: New Moon (not Blue Moon) ASTRONOMY NEWSFLASH * * * There will be an extremely thin sliver of a new moon tonight, visible just above the horizon between west-northwest and northwest thirty minutes after sunset. To see it, you'll need to use binoculars and scan above where the sun set below the horizon. How new is it? Only 16 hours old on the West Coast. Happy viewing. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 24-MAY-1990 16:40:02.51 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RAY Subj: The command POST A strange thing happened recently -- the VAX was very slow. So I used a couple of tools for finding out what was loading it down and found out that it was JUNK MAIL. 25% of KIM was being used to send out a message to everyone on the JUNK mail list. When you use the normal SEND command (within the MAIL program) to @SYS$MAIL:JUNK, you tie up your terminal and the computer for quite a while. A better way to send mail to a large group is to first create a file that contains the text you want to send and then issue the following command (from the $ prompt, not from within MAIL): POST filename.txt @SYS$MAIL:JUNK "Subject" This will send the mail as a batch job on a fast computer. Your terminal is not tied up and you are not bogging down the slow computers. Thanks!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD 24-MAY-1990 19:36:49.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: BRAD Subj: First Impressions: Windows 3.0 I downloaded this from BIX. If you're interested in the new MS WINDOWS release read on. If not, you might as well delete this message now. ========== microbytes/features #261, from microbytes, 24552 chars, Tue May 22 18:31:40 1990 ---------- TITLE: FIRST IMPRESSION: 3's The One Windows 3.0 Carries DOS Into The 1990s by Jon Udell Users of DOS PCs rejoice! Windows 3.0 will breathe new life into your machine. Microsoft has bundled a graphical environment, a suite of desktop applications, a DOS program switcher, a Windows multitasking executive, a V86 multitasker, and a virtual memory manager into a single package. Windows has long aspired to change the face of DOS computing--not just for Excel or PageMaker addicts, but for the rest of us. A year ago that transformation seemed unlikely. Today it appears inevitable. Windows 3.0 finally consummates the Windows/DOS marriage. That's good news for the 386 crowd, and great news for the silent majority: 286 owners who've lately been made to feel they've bought an Edsel. Windows 3.0 runs in three modes: real, standard, and 386 enhanced. When you type WIN at the DOS command line, Windows scopes out the local hardware configuration and starts up in the appropriate mode: real on an 640K-byte XT or AT, standard on an AT with at least 256K of extended memory or a 386 with less than a megabyte of extended memory, and 386 enhanced on a 386 with more than a megabyte of extended memory. All modes share the same radically improved graphical interface, and enhanced suite of Windows desktop applications. Standard mode adds the ability to run Windows 3.0 applications in 286 protected mode--that is, with direct access to up to 16 megabytes of extended memory. 386 enhanced mode adds more: Preemptive multitasking of DOS programs running in V86-based virtual machines, and demand-paged virtual memory. You can override the default startup behavior--for example, you can type win /r to start Windows 3.0 in real mode on a 286 or 386. And to run an existing Windows/286 or Windows/386 application, that's just what you'll have to do. Windows 3.0 is fundamentally a DOS extender. The DOS-extended programs that it can execute--Windows 3.0 applications--must abide by the same laws that govern all protected-mode applications. That means, among other things, that a program can't write to a code segment, perform segment arithmetic, compare segment addresses, or load a segment register with a value other than one provided by the operating system. Most existing Windows applications--and virtually all the major ones--will require a tune-up in order to comply with Windows 3.0. But the associated trauma won't be as severe as you might think. Even ordinary DOS applications in general port readily to DOS extenders. Windows programs, written to a far stricter API that was designed with protected mode in mind, find the transition even easier. Moreover, Windows developers have been working with 3.0 for months; many have already completed their ports. At least one shipping application, Word for Windows, won't even require an upgrade--it's already 3.0-compatible. The New Windows Desktop By design, the Windows desktop closely resembles that of OS/2 1.2. And yes, that means that like PM, Motif, and NextStep, Windows offers what seems to have become the sine qua non of the modern graphical user interface: Buttons shaded to create a three-dimensional effect. But there's a far more significant enhancement. Both PM and Windows support child windows that run as windows or as icons within the boundaries of a parent window, sharing its menu bar. You can see two examples of this behavior in the photo. Both the File Manager (similar to OS/2 1.2's File Manager) and the Program Manager (Windows 3.0's primary shell) contain child windows in active and iconic states. I've yet to see another Windows 3.0 application that exploits this technique (which IBM's Common User Access style guide calls the multiple document interface, or MDI) as fully as File Manager and Program Manager do. But the new SDK includes an MDI code skeleton, and I hope many applications will adopt this style. Other GUIs' window systems pale by comparison. They limit you to a single top-level desktop. Windows 3.0 (like OS/2 1.2) supports a hierarchy of desktops. Each records the arrangement of windows and icons running in support of a task. You can collapse the whole aggregation into a top-level icon, thus sweeping away a huge amount of visual clutter. And you can recall the task with all its associated context at a single stroke. Here's a practical way to manage a dozen tasks, each with one or more windows--even on a standard VGA screen. You interact with Windows and DOS by way of five key desktop applications: File Manager, Program Manager, Task List, Control Panel, and Print Manager. File Manager, like its OS/2 counterpart, views disk drives as an outline processor does. Its primary child window presents a directory tree; you single-click on nodes to show or hide their descendants. Double-click on a directory node, and File Manager opens a new child window that lists the files in that directory. You can opt for an iconic or textual display, sorted in a variety of ways. As with the old Windows MS-DOS Executive, you can select and launch DOS or Windows applications directly, or indirectly by way of documents associated with applications. New conveniences include the ability to copy and move files and subtrees using the mouse, to invoke an application by "dragging and dropping" a compatible document onto its icon, and to search for files. File Manager and Program Manager If you inspect the photo carefully, you'll see that File Manager knows that the highlighted drive icon represents a network drive. (The same holds true for CD-ROM drives.) That's just a glimpse of Windows 3.0's network awareness. It goes much further. The product provides extensive hooks for a variety of networks--including MS-NET, Lan Manager, NetWare, and VINES. When you install Windows 3.0 in the presence of one of these networks, it loads a corresponding driver. (NetWare users take note: You'll also need to update your network shell components by way of NetWire or the Novell hotline.) The network driver provides many conveniences. From File Manager, for example, you can execute Connect Net Drive. It provides a graphical interface to MS-NET's NET USE, NetWare's MAP, or whatever command your network uses for this purpose. With Browse, you can look through the list of available servers and mounted volumes for the drive to which you want to connect. The specific form that this dialog takes will, again, vary according to your network. File Manager, like the Macintosh Finder, is fundamentally a disk organizer. Program Manager works quite differently; it's a task organizer. If you prefer the disk-oriented approach, you can make File Manager the primary shell; just open WIN.INI and specify shell=winfile.exe. But Windows 3.0 defaults to the Program Manager, and for good reason. Its elements are groups and program items. Groups are child windows that contain iconic program items which, in turn, refer to applications and optionally to associated documents. But when you create groups, add program items, and copy or move program items between groups, you're not manipulating the applications or documents themselves. You're manipulating pointers to them. The added flexibility takes some getting used to, but it's extremely useful. You link program items to applications by way of Program Manager's Properties dialog. Here you supply an application's command line: A .EXE (Windows or DOS executable), .PIF (Program Information File that tells Windows how to allocate resources for a DOS program), .COM, or .BAT file, along with command-line arguments if required. Unless you declined the offer, the Windows setup program will have scanned your local (and network) drives and created program items for all the DOS applications for which Windows provides predefined .PIFs. Like File Manager, Program Manager can tile or cascade its active child windows, and arrange those running as icons. You can select and activate any group window or group window icon from a list. And you can minimize any group window, or minimize Program Manager itself. Task List, Control Panel, Print Manager Task List pops up when you double-click on the desktop, press CTRL-ESC, or choose Switch To from any window's control menu. It can tile or cascade top-level windows, arrange top-level icons, enumerate tasks, switch to a task, or kill a task. Incidentally, the several mouse and keyboard procedures for starting Task List typify Windows 3.0. Like its predecessors, and despite its greater complexity, Windows 3.0 operates quite nicely under keyboard control. No one will want to use the product without a mouse, but power users will appreciate the dozens of keyboard shortcuts. The Control Panel provides a suite of configuration tools. Some of the tasks you can perform here include: Reset the desktop colors; install or remove printer and screen fonts; attach to an alternate network server; configure communications ports; install and configure printers; specify multitasking settings for 386 enhanced mode. In the Colors dialog, you can switch to an alternate desktop color scheme, or invent your own. The Ports dialog repairs one longstanding deficiency: At last Windows itself supports XON/XOFF flow control. The Printers dialog illustrates another facet of Windows' new network awareness. Once you've specified a port (say, LPT1) and a printer (say, HP LaserJet), you can browse network print queues and connect the port to a queue that supports your selected printer. Windows intelligently offers to bypass the local spooler and print directly to the network queue. With earlier versions of Windows, you had to disable spooling entirely in order to use network queues. Now you can configure spooling on a per printer basis. Print Manager handles both local and network queues. Even when you bypass the Windows spooler to print straight to a network queue, you can use Print Manager to monitor the job's progress. Local queues display only jobs printed from Windows applications, but network queues--thanks to the intervention of the network driver--list all your print jobs. By default, a network queue won't list other users' jobs, but you can ask to see the complete list and (again depending on the specific capabilities of your network and its Windows driver) you can even browse network queues to which you're not connected. The desktop applications offer extensive online help. Like OS/2 1.2, Windows 3.0 documents itself hypertextually and, in its SDK, provides tools and protocols that enable applications to follow suit. The Windows 3.0 applications I've seen do take advantage of the help engine, which lends a nice consistency to the environment. I particularly like the way the help system enables users to annotate online documentation. Wide Open Spaces As I write these words, I'm running Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode on a 20Mhz, 4MB, 80386-based Gateway 2000. Task List reports that I'm running FoxBASE (in a virtual DOS machine), Epsilon (in another virtual DOS machine), five Windows 3.0 desktop applications (File Manager, Program Manager, Paintbrush, Terminal, and Notepad), and three additional Windows 3.0 applications (Microsoft's Excel, Samna's Ami Professional, and Asymetrix' Hypercard-like ToolBook). CHKDSK, which I ran in each of the two DOS sessions, reported 477K bytes of free DOS memory--scarcely less than the 486K bytes available to DOS after I booted and loaded my network drivers, but before I launched Windows. Meanwhile, Program Manager reports more than 10 megabytes of free Windows memory. How can this be? Well, DOS multitasking based on the V86 mode of the 80386 processor is nothing new. But add protected-mode Windows applications running in extended memory with access to virtual memory, and you're really pushing out the envelope. It's a different story on a 286--but not too different. On the DOS side, you substitute program switching for DOS multitasking, you give up hardware protection, and you get somewhat less DOS memory. Running Windows in standard mode on a 1-megabyte Compaq 286e, I found that a secondary DOS session saw 44K bytes less free memory than did the boot session. On the Windows side, you give up virtual memory. Yet although standard mode appears limited when you compare it to 386 enhanced mode, it legitimizes the 286 in a way that no other software product ever has. You can still run multiple DOS applications reasonably, side by side with Windows applications. And those Windows applications, using as much extended memory as you care to install, will really be able to stretch their legs. DOS extenders come in two flavors. 286 extenders, such as Rational Systems' DOS 16/M, break through the 640K memory barrier, enabling programs to run in extended memory on a 286 or 386. But they still form addresses with 16-bit offsets, and so can't manipulate data objects larger than 64K. 386 extenders, such as Phar Lap's 386|DOS-Extender, also break the 64K segment barrier. They run only on a 386, but can form addresses with 32-bit offsets and so present a ``flat'' 4Gb address space to applications. Windows 3.0 is a 286 extender. It runs programs in extended memory, but even on a 386 those programs don't see the flat address space characteristic of Phar Lap, Unix, or OS/2 2.0. To manipulate, for example, very large bitmaps, Windows 3.0 programs must still resort to the huge memory model which "tiles" segments. Although Windows 3.0 does offer 386-specific features--V86 multitasking and demand-paged virtual memory--the 80286 is its true target platform. And while the 64K segment limit may be inconvenient, the 640K limit has been Windows' ball and chain. That's gone now, and both 286 and 386 users will reap the benefits. Existing Windows applications, once converted, will enjoy what amounts to a free lunch. And developers who just couldn't contemplate working in real-mode Windows will think much harder about developing for Windows 3.0. Living With Windows 3.0 Like many people, I've always thought of Windows as an application launcher, not a working environment. I'm no fan of DOS shells; the ones I've tried feel like straightjackets. But the notion of a dual environment in which DOS and Windows applications coexist was always alluring. And so with each successive version of Windows, I've put the WIN command into my AUTOEXEC.BAT, just to see how long it could survive there. Earlier versions of Windows never lasted more than a day. This one's a keeper. For the first time, the Windows/DOS coexistence entails relatively few compromises. DOS sessions see more memory than in previous versions of Windows--in standard mode as well as in 386 enhanced mode. Even more important to me, access to network services removes what had been a major obstacle to sustained use of Windows. For example, Windows used to simply reject a message sent over a network. Now it fields the message and presents it in a Windows alert box. The only major sacrifice--and this will be a problem for many users--is that you can't use protected-mode memory managers like QEMM and 386Max with Windows 3.0's standard or 386 enhanced modes. Some of the things I've learned about Windows aren't new to 3.0. Like Windows/386, Windows 3.0 supports cut-and-paste operations between windowed DOS programs and Windows applications. One evening, while connected to BIX by way of Windows Terminal, I used the BIX search command to generate a list of messages. The next step was to reformat the message numbers as a comma-separated list, and feed that list to the FILE command. I copied the SEARCH output from Terminal's buffer to the Clipboard, pasted it into my DOS text editor, built a macro to reformat the numbers, and pasted the result back into Terminal. What's new--to me, anyway--isn't the cut-and-paste feature itself, but the opportunity to use it. You'd never load Windows just to cut and paste between applications. And you'd never load it just to run one of its accessories: Notepad, Write, Terminal, Paintbrush, Calendar, Calculator, and Cardfile. But if you establish the Windows desktop as your working environment--and 3.0 makes that eminently practical--you'll find that it has a lot to offer. I've always used Notepad for quick text-editing tasks in the Windows environment, but now I find Write perfectly adequate for memos and correspondence. Paintbrush, derived from ZSoft's PC Paintbrush, operates in color and improves in many other ways on the old Windows Paint program. Since it supports both .PCX and .BMP (Windows bitmap) formats, it serves as a gateway between DOS- and Windows-based image processing programs. Terminal now handles binary file transfers; while not a "full-featured" telecommunications program (there's no scripting capability), it's nevertheless quite useful. The new Calculator adds a scientific mode. It supports trigonometric and statistical functions, and can operate in binary, octal, and hexadecimal number systems. Even Cardfile--a sort of rolodex that can store scraps of text and (black and white) images--turns out to be surprisingly handy. Like the Mac's Scrapbook, Cardfile holds a persistent collection of clipboard items. Raster Rainbows Right out of the box, running on a standard VGA display, Windows 3.0 looks more colorful than its predecessors. Tasteful use of color has much to do with that impression. Although you can change the desktop's color scheme, you'll be hard put to come up with a better one. But there are also more colors to work with. Earlier versions of Windows could use just eight of the sixteen pure colors available in the VGA 640x480x16 mode; Windows 3.0 uses them all. Behind the scenes, there's a whole new color architecture waiting to be exploited. The new Windows API defines 1-, 4-, 8-, and 24-plane device-independent bitmaps. These formats, compatible with OS/2 color bitmaps, extend the device independence that Windows applications enjoy to the realm of color imagery. Hardware color capability, not Windows itself, becomes the limiting factor. To support color-intensive Windows applications, the new API also defines a set of palette-management functions. These facilitate orderly arbitration among applications competing for the use of a limited supply of colors. An application can define a list of colors that it requires, in order of importance. When it runs in the foreground, the application gets first choice of the colors available in the system palette. Background applications contend for the remaining colors; they receive consideration in reverse order of activation. If the system palette runs out of free colors, Windows maps some or all of their requests to the closest colors already in use, taking each application's specified color priorities into account. Windows reserves a pool of 20 static colors; that's the default palette used for window titles, menu bars, and other standard desktop elements. That means most applications won't need to concern themselves with the intricacies of palette arbitration. And on a 16-color VGA display, it's not even an issue. But as Windows 3.0 drivers for more capable video boards arrive, and as Windows applications begin to exploit 256 and more colors, the palette manager will come into its own. Video Seven and 8514/A drivers do come in the box, by the way. But most users of better-than-VGA display hardware will have to wait a while to find out what Windows 3.0 can really do with color. Running DOS Applications When you run DOS programs under Windows 3.0, standard and 386 enhanced modes correspond closely to Windows/286 and Windows/386. In standard mode, DOS programs run fullscreen and uninterrupted. You can have one or more DOS sessions; each swaps to disk when you switch away from it. Standard mode does improve on Windows/286 in several ways. There's more memory for DOS programs because Microsoft has dropped a little-used feature of Windows/286--the ability to window "well-behaved" applications. And Program Manager and Task List make it easier to find and switch to your DOS applications. Windows 3.0's 386 enhanced mode, like Windows/386, creates a powerful hybrid environment. The Windows session, within which Windows applications multitask cooperatively, itself multitasks preemptively with one or more virtual DOS machines. A DOS program can run fullscreen or in a window; ALT-ENTER toggles between the two display modes. You can window textual and (with restrictions) graphical displays. Each virtual machine inherits and can customize the boot DOS session. Since the original TSR memory hit propagates to all virtual machines, it's best to start lean--for example, with just network drivers--and load extras on a per-session basis. There's no AUTOEXEC.BAT for virtual machines, but you can use .PIF files, in conjunction with .BAT files, to tailor DOS sessions for specific purposes. The 386 enhanced mode outclasses Windows/386 in several respects. Virtual memory enables you to run more DOS sessions. And you've got greater control over how those sessions multitask. A Windows/386 .PIF file offers three options. Foreground means run only in foreground, while background tasks run concurrently. Background means run in foreground or background, while background tasks run concurrently. Exclusive means run only in foreground, and halt all other tasks. Windows 3.0 preserves and extends these options. You can adjust each DOS task's (or Windows' own) foreground and background timeslice. A new form of the exclusive mode gives a DOS task all the cycles it wants while active, but enables Windows to switch away from it when idle. When there's an interrupt pending to a virtual machine, Windows temporarily boosts its priority to maintain crisp keyboard response. And in special cases, you can speed up a DOS program by locking its EMS, XMS, or conventional memory. Virtual machines require virtual devices. Windows provides drivers for the basic ones--disk, video, keyboard--but you might run into a problem with a less common device. For example, my floppy-controller-based tape drive won't work with Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode, so I can't run tape backups in the background. What about DOS-extended programs? For now, you have to drop down to standard mode to run 286 DOS-extended programs like Lotus 1-2-3 release 3, and to real mode to run 386 DOS-extended programs like IBM Interleaf Publisher. But there's hope of better things to come. The DOS extender companies are working hard to comply with the new DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI), which will enable Windows 3.0 (or any other "DPMI server") to multitask protected-mode applications. It sounds even scarier than VCPI (Virtual Control Program Interface), but the current popularity of DOS extenders and the likely success of Windows 3.0 will probably make DPMI a reality. The OS/2 Killer? Has Microsoft committed corporate fratricide? Yes and no. Windows 3.0 addresses, and satisfies, many pressing needs. Rarely does an operating system upgrade render existing hardware so much more useful. 3.0 will delight longtime Windows fans, and win many new converts. Developers are flocking to the platform, in some cases shifting their focus from OS/2's Presentation Manager to Windows. The Windows momentum that has been building for the last year or so is about to become a tidal wave. But scratch the elegantly polished surface, and you'll still find creaky old DOS. OS/2 really is much better. Its multithreaded architecture, 32-bit programming model, High Performance File System, and rich Graphical Programming Interface should, eventually, earn it the respect it deserves. Windows 3.0 could be the best thing that ever happened to OS/2. It's ideally positioned to draw huge numbers of DOS users into the realm of GUI-based multitasking. Many will remain happily within the Windows fold. As client/server applications evolve, the Windows 3.0 client workstation--communicating with servers running OS/2 or its competitors--seems destined to become an important industry standard. But power users who yearn for a better foundation under the graphical desktop will find the move from Windows to OS/2 quite natural. In the meantime, on both technical and strategic grounds, Windows 3.0 succeeds brilliantly. After years of twists and turns, Microsoft has finally nailed this product. Try it. You'll like it. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 25-MAY-1990 13:45:48.78 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: message Alan Murphy called at 12:00pm. He's having a BBQ 479-8277 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 25-MAY-1990 15:05:52.92 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: message Please disregard message about Alan Murphy. I didn't mean to put it on junk opps!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::SMITH 26-MAY-1990 11:58:31.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: THE BIRTH OF MRP Today, May 26th at approximately 8:25am, MRP was born at ATARI Games. It has been gently and caringly produced by the Production Control Department over the last few months. It is still a little shaky, a little vunerable, but it shows great promise. The promise, for those of us that are not familiar with MRP, is a faster, more controlled, and more accurated response to the nervous nature of the Master Schedule which is driven by the whimsical market place. MRP (Material Requirements Planning) is a tool that is used, in one form or another, by ALL of the Fortune 1000+ companies. It is a tool that will provide ATARI Games to more effectively compete at the Global Manufacturing Level. We must learn how to use this tool effectively and creatively, this will come with time. The real purpose of this memo is to thank everyone in the company for the great support that is being provided to manufacturing so that we could make MRP happen. Thax again, Tom Smith ps. accurated should be accurate ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::JULIAN 29-MAY-1990 09:08:08.62 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CES MEETING JUST A REMINDER! THERE IS A MEETING TODAY AT 1:30 FOR ALL CES ATTENDEES. IT WILL BE IN THE MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM AT TENGEN. MANDATORY!!!! THANKS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 29-MAY-1990 09:43:26.99 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,STEWART,SMITH,BRYANT,BRESHEARS,FREITAS,HINDORFF CC: RAY Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 6/1/90 -- 3:30 - 5:00 Walkabout Friday is this Friday!! Munchies will be provided by those zany characters from the RAMPARTS lab. So come by the labs, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and negative). FRIDAY, June 1, 1990 3:30-5:00 P.M. ALPHA, NU, & OMEGA LABS John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 29-MAY-1990 11:35:28.27 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: New 'game' at Great America I was at Great America yesterday (doing my weekly market research, of course), and I noticed a "spacey" new "attraction" called LazerTron (I think). It is not in the same area as the midway and the bank of Final Laps, but is next to the Edge. It costs $3 for one person or $5 for a team of two people and lasts about 3 minutes. (There was no line forming at this attraction!) After you pay your money, you are given a battery operated gun about 2 feet long. You are given the instructions "when you see a robot, shoot him right between the eyes". When the doors open, you go into a darkened room. A light goes on illuminating one of about 10 robots -- lights flash if you get him between the eyes. The robots (just sitting there, not moving) light up randomly all around you for about 45 seconds, then you are told to go to the next room. There are a total of 3 rooms. (This whole attraction is the size of an RV trailer.) When you leave the third room and go back outside, you can see a TV monitor that displays your score and the last 5 scores. It was basically Whac-a-Mole or a shooting gallery. It was not much fun and far too expensive. It could only work where you have a steady stream of "suckers". John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 29-MAY-1990 12:47:47.07 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: General Meeting -- Wednesday, May 30, 10:00 -- Cafeteria Engineering management is supposed to be passing out the following memo this afternoon. To save time, here it is, electronically.... Inter-Office Memo Atari Games Corporation To: All Permanent Employees From: Sandi Brown Subject:General Meeting Date: May 29, 1990 There will be a general, all employee meeting on Wednesday, May 30 in the 675 Cafeteria. All permanent employees of Atari Games, Atari Operations, and Tengen are being asked to attend. The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. Please be prompt. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 29-MAY-1990 14:31:36.29 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message christen from qci called at 10:19am 5/29 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::EYLER 29-MAY-1990 18:21:43.08 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Suspense/Mystery Does anyone out there have a vhs copy of Dorothy Sayer's Lord Peter Whimsey story "Five Red Herrings" Episode 4? My wife & I watched the first 3 & missed the last one. We just have to know what happens. Thanks, Chuck ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::STARK 30-MAY-1990 08:11:45.54 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Styrofoam... Some of the recent information put fourth on junk mail regarding safe polystyrene (styrofoam) was potentially misleading. Here is some additional information from the book "50 SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THE EARTH": BACKGROUND: What we think of as "styrofoam" is actually polystyrene foam. This material is made from benzene (a known carcinogen), converted to styrene, and then injected with gases that make it a "foam" product. The gases often used are CFCs - which "eat" ozone molecules, depleting the Earth's vital ozone layer. The alternatives to CFCs at present aren't wonderful. One is HCFC - 95% less damaging than CFCs, but still a threat to the ozone layer. Others are pentane and butane, hydrocarbons that contribute to urban smog. So non-CFC foam merely trades one kind of environmental problem for another. IT'S GARBAGE: o Polystyrene foam is completely non-biodegradable; it just won't go away. Even 500 years from now, that foam cup that held your coffee this morning might be sitting on the Earth's surface. o Because of its very structure - containing large amounts of air - all "styrofoam" (regardless of how it's made) takes up a lot of space for its weight. This means it wastes enormous amounts of precious space at already-bulging landfills. o Polystyrene foam is deadly to marine life. It floats on ocean surfaces, breaks up into pellets resembling food, and is consumed. When sea turtles, for example, eat "styrofoam" its buoyancy keeps them from diving; it clogs their systems and they starve to death. SIMPLE THINGS TO DO: o There are no such things as "safe" polystyrene foam. Don't use it. Avoid foam packaging in egg cartons, disposable picnic goods, etc. o If you eat at fast food restaurants, ask for paper cups and plates. *************** Additional note: the cafeteria folk don't mind if you bring your own plate & utencils. They also don't mind putting small items (egg on muffin, etc) on napkins instead of styrofoam plates. As the consumer, YOU have the final vote. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 30-MAY-1990 12:25:24.55 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BIKE Subj: Remodeling I need a good plumber and electrician in the Sunnyvale area. Can you recommend anyone? Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::ERDMANN 30-MAY-1990 16:26:28.95 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: THIS IS NOT JUNK MA-PLEASE READ IT Allright you guys.... It's finally here! RECYCLING There will be two bins for collection: One for aluminum (cans, etc.) and one for glass (bottles, etc.) They will be conveniently located: One set in the engineering comman area One set in the cafeteria One set in manufacturing (probably in the lunch room) ***PLEASE use the bins that are nearest you. To date there is no official recycling program in the city of Milpitas so a lot of concerned people are going to do a lot of extra work to gather everything up and get it to the correct facilities. ( big round of applause to Bob Frye and Brenda and her staff and to Ed Logg ) So pleeeeeeze let's keep up our end and take that extra two minutes to get ALL of you cans and bottles to the bins. We can't let them get piled up in the offices and the cleaning people will not take them for you. The next on our agenda for a cleaner Atari is recycling paper and getting all the styrafoam products down to the minimum...(remember to try to bring and use your own coffee mugs and plates\bowls in the cafeteria!) Bob Frye has promised to have all the bins installed by tomorrow (thursday) so watch for them! Thank you Concerned Atarians for a Better World ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 30-MAY-1990 20:50:45.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: SHEPPERD Subj: More garbage for our mental landfill... Just to throw more trash into the heap about recycling I thought I'd mention that there was an archeologist on TV last week (I believe his name is Dr. Rafferty) who has been studying our (USA citizens) refuse at dumps and landfills all across the country for the past 15 years. His findings are very interesting even though the sample size is limited. He and his crews have been using the procedures adpoted and used by most modern archeologists, so I don't have any reason to believe that he's lying about any of this. I can't remember everything, but the high points are: 20 years ago (1970) 11% (by volume) of the country's trash was plastic products (which I believe included styrofoam and stuff like that). Today (1990) 12% (by volume) of the country's trash is plastic products. Not the substantial difference that I've been led to believe from other sources. He claims that even though we are tossing more plastic stuff away, it takes up less space (i.e. it squashes down to a very small volume). This is not to say that throwing away plastic is a good thing nor that we can continue to toss stuff as we are, only that if we stopped doing it all together it wouldn't make as big a difference as we have been led to believe. 20 years ago about 17% of the country's trash was paper products. Today 36% of our trash is paper products. This includes all forms of magazines, junk mail, newspapers, napkins, paper plates, etc. This one item (paper products) represents the single largest component of our trash content. Everyone thinks it is disposable diapers and plastic, but according to his measurements, everyone is wrong. If this is true, it appears evident to me that if we want to reduce the rate of landfill expansion, we must cut back on the disposal of all forms of paper products. If we didn't use paper we wouldn't have to throw it out and we'd save some trees too. Although he didn't state exactly how much, he implied that telephone books are a major contributor to this mess. (Personally, I think newspapers would win the award hands down for being the greatest waste of resources and the largest contributor to landfill expansion). He also claims that there really is no such thing as "bio-degradable". To demonstrate that idea he dug up from a landfill a copy of the San Jose Mecury News looking like it had been rained on but otherwise in decent shape only the date on which it was printed was sometime in 1963. He also pulled out numerous supermarket coupons also dated in the 60's. The point being that they might be biodegradable in a techincal sense, in a practical sense they are not since it will certainly be hundreds and maybe even thousands of years before all traces of this garbage is gone. Paper is not biodegradable. He also pointed out that items that are supposed to be biodegradable are actually comprised of components which will "degrade" at different rates. For example,the components of some of the inks that are used in and on the so called "biodegradable" products are toxic and as their "host" degrades these toxins are released and will eventually end up in our ground water. It might be that these things are better left right where they are. Can anybody be sure that whatever they make their "biodegradable" junk out of is itself not toxic or will not become toxic? Does anybody know if the components of the ink used in newsprint is non-toxic under all circumstances? P.S. Starting tomorrow, we'll be disconnecting all the printers, Xerox machines and Fax machines. P.P.S. Just kidding. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 31-MAY-1990 09:34:56.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: One more item on garbage - RECYCLE For those of you who are not aware, I have been recycling cans, glass, newspapers, and magazines for quite some time. I have boxes in my office and lab for your use. There is no need to dump the weekly supply of magazines in the can when you can place them in a box in my office. As long as the volume is small I do not mind taking all the recycle to PCC or some other organization. If someone wants the extra money and wants to take my cans or whatever, please feel free AS LONG AS it is recycled. It never ceases to amaze me how someone can walk by my office and throw a can in the trash when there is recycle box next to the trash can. Maybe, it was my upbringing, but it is really tragic to live outside Seattle, where Seattle now has it's dump, and see the newspapers, etc pile up and see the acres next to your property stripped of trees to be made into paper products. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::SMITH 31-MAY-1990 10:11:43.25 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: USA TODAY DOLLAR COIN SURVEY RESULTS Does anyone in VAX Land know the results of the USA Today phone survey about the DOLLAR COIN ? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 31-MAY-1990 10:52:45.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED I wouldn't call the survey anything close to statistically significant, but the phone in replies that were printed were about 66% against and 33% in favor of the dollar coin. They didn't report any complete tabulation of the results, they just printed the actual verbatim replies from about 25 of the phone calls. Consumer perception is that the coin is bulky and heavy, paper is much easier to handle. There is also a lot of negative feeling about a dollar coin due to the failure of the S.B.A. coin. It is this negative consumer response that we (the coin-op industry) are fighting and it is going to be an uphill battle. Write your congressman!!! --Linda ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "A Legend in her spare time" 31-MAY-1990 12:55:58.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Metro Does anyone know what happened to the stack of Metro's that disappeared this morning from the cafeteria? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 31-MAY-1990 13:09:39.06 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: joan alpin called 5/31 11:00am 280-3789 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::MEYETTE 31-MAY-1990 13:39:39.43 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: VENDOR LIST To search the vendor data list that Erwin created just type: SEA ATARI$AVL:VENDOR.LIS Rick ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 31-MAY-1990 14:38:08.58 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: vendor list To search the vendor list, define a word in your login.com like this: VEND*OR :== SEARCH ATARI$AVL:VEND.DAT This file is maintained as a Datatrieve domain which you can also use for your searches, the domain is CDD$TOP.AVL.VEND ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 31-MAY-1990 14:39:11.35 To: MIKE::BELL CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: vendor list Thank you. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LICHAC 31-MAY-1990 16:13:36.72 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: RECYCLING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS I have the perfect solution to fixing one part of the recycling issue...beverage containers. 1. The deposit on cans and bottles should be raised from the low CA redemption value to maybe $.10. Now the container has real value to most people, not just some. I still bend over to pick up a dime but not a penny. 2. The retailer that sells a certain brand of beverage must also redeem those containers. So, now when you walk into the store you will be carrying a lighter bag than when you walked out. At this point there is incentive to get your money back or trade there again and not pay more deposit money. 3. The wholesaler or bottler that drives that very heavy truck loaded with liquids from the factory can now return, no longer empty, but doing something useful. The same goes for the guy or gal wheeling these cases in the store. Full cans in...empty ones out. The bottler and retailer is to be responsible for the recycle of the containers. 4. As I recall, this is the way that Oregon does it. Containers are to be clean and not crushed. The beverage trucks up there have a special bin area in the back for transporting empties 5. By forcing bottlers and retailers to be part of the solution there is a possibility of even having reusable bottles in the system again. 6. After watching recycling efforts flounder for the last 20 years, I think for the most part, Californians don't really care. Voluntary efforts work to a point, but major things will happen when you squeeze someone's wallet. The bottling industry is very powerful and has effectively blocked any real advances in recycling containers in my opinion. In the past Californians have voted down measures that cause inconvenience or economic committment to recycling. 7. Oops! I kinda drifted away from the plan and to my attitude..... 8. So, when you review legislation at voting time, look for the key notes! 1. Bottlers and retailers are bad guys when it comes to accepting responsibility. 2. Californians respond when someone else has their money (significant deposit). More people will participate when it's two bucks instead of .20. 3. Bottlers and cigarette companies are brothers. Look for sneaky fronts like the 'citizens committee for choice' during campaigns. 4. Voluntary good citizen recycling efforts are only a start at solving the problem. Besides, all those cans lying around just remind you of the junk that you put through your body!!! From RADICAL MAN, JERRRRRY ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 1-JUN-1990 10:33:58.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: Just when you thought it was safe... I have implemented a new set of coin routines, which has been "alpha tested" on Hard Drivin and a few other games. Now the hard part- making it the "official" set. If you don't give a rodent's posterior about coin handling, stop now. Ok, for starters, here are the new options: Free play (yes/no) Discount for continue (yes/no) Bonus Threshold (number of coins needed for bonus: 2-9) Bonus Award (number of coins added each time threshold passed: 0-3) Game cost (1-8 coins) Right mech multiplier (aka value, 1-8) Left mech multiplier (aka value, 1-8) At present there are a few, uh, features that bear changing: * The game program must "know" where the "discount" bit is stored and deal with it. * The old kluge of clearing bc and bccnt "at the right time" is still needed. * cn_credit still reports (credits * 12), although with game prices as high as 8, The multiplier _should_ be 840. On the other hand, the table of strings for normalized fractions would get out of hand... * MAXCOINS is still 30 (up from 25) which could be a problem for operators using five-dollar-bill acceptors and wanting to give a bonus for a five, but allowing a $.25 continue... * The usual problems of the hardware guys braiding the coin inputs and wanting software to unbraid them. * The current (as I type) version apparently resets the options to defaults if a coin comes in before the mainline sets coin_modes to the value in the EEPROM. (Yes, I'll fix it, but it's part of the problem with the first "feature" above, and I didn't see it until I started composing this.) * The current code (descended from System I) doesn't really deal with compilers/machines that have non-atomic add-to-memory. GreenHills (or Gnu CC) on a uni-processor 68k has no problem, but ASAPs or multi-68k games may lose coins once in a blue moon. * For reasons having to do with System I (again) the current code declares its variables "extern" and lets "someone else" allocate them. This is almost never needed and never a real good idea. * I'm sure I missed some. Anyway, I'd like to call a meeting of "Concerned Citizens" to clean up this mess. Please let me know when you are available (presuming you'd like to help out) Backward compatability to System I is not our top priority, but experience has taught me not to make gratuitous changes. Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "A Legend in her spare time" 1-JUN-1990 10:57:48.49 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: recycling recycled I live in San Jose. San Jose has curb-side recycling. Everyday I trek outside with my paper, aluminum, and glass separated. Once a week I take the bins to the curb. Once a week someone comes along and steals my aluminum. Some of you would say that is okay, since the aluminum is getting recycled anyway. But if it continues to happen, the City won't have enough money to continue to send out the trucks, and they will probably scrap the whole program. But they do still pick up the glass! Then I read in the Merc News that the glass recycling company for the city took all the glass to the dump, because they couldn't find any buyers for it. Recycling has a poor chance of working unless there are big incentives (read "pressure") on manufacturers and bottlers to buy used glass. It is probably cheaper and easier for them to buy new glass. And yes Jerry, I do remember always taking my old coke bottles to the store when I was going to buy some more. The system seemed to work in those days. Since recycling programs are now so poorly managed or utilized, it seems like there is only one thing left to do: Take your bottles to the store and stand there while the merchant refills them with whatever it was that you wanted. (Yuch! Bulk mayonaisse?) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 1-JUN-1990 11:45:20.73 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message Rhonda wants you call her. 6/1 11:15am. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::MARGOLIN 1-JUN-1990 14:28:36.81 To: ALLEN CC: MARGOLIN Subj: I received a message that you wanted me to call you. I did, at 1:09pm and at 2:23 pm. You were not in. Suggest you use VAX Mail. Regards, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FUJIHARA 1-JUN-1990 14:45:55.10 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: FUJIHARA Subj: COMPETITOR INFO Here's the latest on new competitor products: - Bally has a football version of ArchRivals called Pigskin which is supposedly dropping quickly on test. It is in the June issue of RePlay. Sounds like it has great potential, but the earnings info is per several distributors and Frank C. in sales. - Technos' Combatribe kit for 2-3 players is the current hot piece selling for around $1200 net to distributors. It also is shown in the June trade mags...looks very much like 3-player Double Dragon. They are saying orders are between 3000-4000 so far. - Taito is having a distributor meeting next week and is supposedly showing a track-ball based HORSHOE game...don't know the name or exact price but it is targeted as a low cost kit for bars. Sounds familiar doesn't it?? We will report back to Shooz team as more info comes in. -- Mary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "A Legend in her spare time" 4-JUN-1990 08:37:31.12 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: okay, one more thing on recycling... How about...... a ten cent deposit on pampers? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "A Legend in her spare time" 4-JUN-1990 08:57:01.24 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: By the powers vested to me by absolutely no one, I do officially and irrevocably proclaim today: BJORK DAY In honor of her birthday. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::ANTIGRAV 4-JUN-1990 09:09:29.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: EMERGENCY FUN CALL :::::::::: GOLF TOURNAMENT :::::::: Jose has phoned Pleasant Hills Golf Course and arranged for a tournament of 30-40 players on Saturday, July 14th at 11:00. They will only hold that time until THIS AFTERNOON! so we need to get a confirmation from as many players as possible as quickly as possible. PLEASE RESPOND BEFORE NOON or as soon as possible because Jose will go down and submit a deposit on the course if there is sufficient interest. The preliminary estimate on cost is about $20 a person... if we add extra amenities (prizes, BBQ, etc...) we'll deal with that later. BUT HURRY! Please reply to LIPSON or ANTIGRAV or X1970 or Jose... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 4-JUN-1990 10:33:11.49 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Company Picnic Tickets for the picnic go on sale today. You can purchase your tickets from Human Resources. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LICHAC 4-JUN-1990 14:52:20.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: MORE RECYCLING THE SOFT DRINK BEVERAGE COMPANIES GAVE THE KISS OF DEATH TO ANY HOPES OF REUSABLE CONTAINERS WHEN THEY INTRODUCED THE 2 LITRE PLASTIC BOTTLES. DON'T FORGET TO SCREW THE ALUMINUM CAP BACK ON BEFORE THROWING THEM IN THE GARBAGE....... THE FANCY SHAPE ON THE BOTTOM IS DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO STAND THE BOTTLE UP, BUT WITHSTAND THE CARBONIZATION PRESSURES INSIDE, THIS MAKES THEM HARD TO CRUSH EVEN WITH THE CAP OFF. I NOW GET TO BUY MOTOR OIL IN THE SIMULAR TYPE OF HARD TO DESTROY BOTTLES. ATTITUDE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 4-JUN-1990 15:00:13.28 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Dave Theurer Memorial Refrigerator Who put the beer in the refrigerator outside the Hydra Lab? Well let me explain an interesting property of water. It expands when it enters a frozen state. Let me further explain what happens to glass under pressure. IT BREAKS CAUSING AN UGLY AND SMELLY MESS. To the owner of the 5 six packs of beer, please clean up your mess. To all users of this refrigerator, please clean out your belongings. The refrigerator will go outside sometime tomorrow for defrosting/cleaning. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 4-JUN-1990 21:03:05.47 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: SUTTLES Subj: More on the command POST Last week, John Ray sent out a mass mailing about mass mailing. The bottom line was that you could (and should) avoid interactive use of MAIL if your usage wasn't really interactive. He suggested: $ POST filename[.txt] @SYS$MAIL:JUNK "Subject" ...which will in fact work. But it requires a change in thinking; you must remember the order, and the quotation marks around the subject are required, unless you have a single word, all-capital subject. And quoting things in commands is sometimes icky, too. What John didn't know (cuz I didn't tell him) is that there was an improvement to POST. The above still works. But whatever you don't supply, you will be prompted for, as with most VAX commands. And, when you answer a prompt, quotation marks aren't required. So you can say something like: $ POST filename (and then a CR; filename will default to .TXT) To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK (or whatever you want, including a list) Subject: Anything you want to talk about, how you want it to look. ...Or, if you think this way, $ POST filename @SYS$MAIL:MARKETING,@SYS$MAIL:TENGEN Subject: Sample of mailing to more than one list at a time. ...Of course, you can do it the old way, which still works: $ POST filename[.txt] @SYS$MAIL:JUNK "Subject" As always, if it works, that's great, but if not, you're on your own. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Brad Fuller x3788 - AUDIO GROUP" 5-JUN-1990 09:53:27.63 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: Still waiting for that MAKE to finish? Hardware down? Increase your productivity and reduce stress by experiencing our SONIC STATION STAtion.. station.... AND it's available NOW! Now.. now.... 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TOday.. today... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SALWITZ 5-JUN-1990 10:01:25.34 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Plastic Beverage Containers In reference to the LICHAC memo concerning plastic beverage containers. These containers ARE recyclable. I know that there is curbside pickup of these containers in Fremont, Newark, Union City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose and other places in the bay area. These containers can also be sold at various centers. As you know, the most effective way to cut down on waste, is to not throw out. A good place to start is with the disposable coffee cups. Please, please don't use them.. bring in your own mug. By using a coffee mug, you will be helping to cut waste, and you may find your cup-o-joe tastes better. If you need a mug, we can get you one. thanks, JFS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LICHAC 5-JUN-1990 13:40:01.46 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: RECYCLING MY GUT FEELING IS THAT MOST PLASTIC CONTAINERS ARE NOT RECYCLED BY ANYONE OTHER THAN MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBANITES. I JUST CAN'T PICTURE THE LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS,SUCH AS N.Y.C., ADMINISTERING SUCCESSFUL RECLAIMATION. I HOPE I'M WRONG. IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE AN INEFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY TO KEEP REMANUFACTURING THE SAME THING WHEN IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. JOHN'S COMMENT ABOUT THE COFFEE CUP IS THE POINT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE, MAYBE NOT SUCCESSFULLY: MAKE THE BEVERAGE CONTAINER ONCE, WASH IT AND USE IT AGAIN. IF THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE, MAKE THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM ECONOMICALLY MANDATORY SO THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT ARE FORCED TO PARTICIPATE. IF WE CAN'T MANAGE THE RELATIVELY SIMPLE PROBLEMS, HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH NUCLEAR WASTE? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SUBSTITUTING PAPER PRODUCTS FOR PLASTICS IS AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. MY NEXT OUTBURST WILL COVER THE WAY THE NAVY DOES IT........ CORRECTION: I HAVE NOT BEEN RADICAL ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FOR YEARS NOW. THESE COMMENTS ARE FLASHBACKS. JERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RUSTY 5-JUN-1990 15:00:14.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RUSTY Subj: Recyclables revisited (yet again) Speaking of plastics recyling... At the current time, it is actually easier to recycle SOME plastics than it is to recycle glass (other than to re-use the glass containers). However, the demand for both recycled glass and plastics is lagging behind the various local and state programs around the country that are rapidly coming into place which requires the return of glass and plastic containers (and also paper products, for that matter). This appears to be a transitionary problem however as the recycled products industry begins to take shape. In just the last 3 months, the demand for recycled plastics from the 2-litre beverage container has shot up dramitically. There is an outfit in the southeast that uses the ground up plastic from these containers to make RUGS. They use approx. 55 2-litre bottles per square yard of carpet and they make carpet by the thousands of linear yards each day! They did not have a reliable supply (hence their lack of interest in using recycled products) until AFTER the state of New Jersey came down HARD on all of its citizens to perform MANDATORY seperation of trash into all products which are recyclable. (This was due to the fact there is only a single landfill site left in the entire state!) They even have garbage cops which inspect curbside trash to make sure there is nothing there that should be in the recycled bins. Fines up to $5000 have been levied against repeat offenders (usually landlords which have a tough time getting all their tennents to cooperate)! Anyway, the point of all this is that the creation of an entire infrastructure to handle recycled products does not happen overnight, and there will be cases such as the one that happened locally where tons of glass had to be taken to the landfill instead of recycled. BUT, the facilities to use these products ARE beginning to pop up (especially in the area of recycled paper products which has been around for a long time, but has not been able to keep pace with the recent increase in the growth of recycled product). SO... Whatever form of recycling you use, do it! At the very least, you are developing habits which are a positive step toward keeping garbage out of landfills and sooner or later (hopefully sooner), ALL of the stuff we put out for recycling will actually help reduce the demand for those same raw materials! Enough soapbox... Rusty ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHOOZ 5-JUN-1990 15:37:26.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: New Game to Play ::::::::: SHOOZ! the VIDEO GAME :::::::: Now in the common area! Play the World's Finest Horseshoe Game of Distinction! (and tell us about any bugs too...) we're going out on test so thanks for your help. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "A Legend in her spare time" 5-JUN-1990 15:37:59.12 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Just trying to put out more messages than Jerry on this subject. I see the problem is that there are just too many people using too much stuff. We should reduce the need for recycling by reducing the amount of useless packaging. People buy all this pre-packaged stuff in the first place because they are lazy or don't have time............ and then we expect them to take all this extra time to recycle the package they bought to save time. People buy prepared beverages because the don't take the time or effort to make their own. (Remember Ice Tea and Lemonade?) We never used to be able to buy individually wrapped ultra-pasteurized cheese food and squeezable ketchup. Have you noticed that all this overly-packaged food is all stuff that isn't healthy for us to eat or drink anyway? So maybe the answer isn't to make recycling easy. Maybe it should be absolutely mandatory and incredibly cumbersome .........so then people will stop buying all this packaged stuff to begin with. Then we can put all our out-of-work citizens to work washing bottles and returning them to the mayonaisse manufacturer.(....but then that will use a lot of water, oops, next problem....) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 5-JUN-1990 16:45:57.47 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: OSM changes To OSM users: There is a new version which has a few cosmetic changes. The only noticable change is the lack of messages like "n lines delted in ...". If you wish to enable these use -d2 (debug level 2 = information). -d0 is the paramter to use if you only want errors. -d1 gives warnings and errors. Ed Logg ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 6-JUN-1990 06:05:36.35 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: REMINDER: Are you _STILL_ waiting for that MAKE to finish? Well then, expand your musical awareness and experience the pleasure of exploring new horizons with SONIC STATION (tm). * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MILTY 6-JUN-1990 09:41:03.16 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: golf stuff san jose muni is having their annual "tent"sale...25%-50% off most stuff some duffers are going a lunch time...reply here if you're interested. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 6-JUN-1990 10:01:32.53 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: FOR SALE YVETTE HAS A BEAUTIFUL COUCH THAT SHE PAID 1,200.00 DOLLARS FOR, SHE'S MOVING REAL SOON AND NEEDS TO SELL IT. SHE'S ASKING $500.00 OR BEST OFFER. IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE, DONE IN SOUTH WESTERN COLORS, WITH THROW PILLOWS. IF YOUR INTERESTED CALL HER AT X3754. THANKS STEPH ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 6-JUN-1990 10:17:44.63 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: COUCH I FORGOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT IT'S ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Brad Fuller x3788 - AUDIO GROUP" 6-JUN-1990 10:25:46.33 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: FREE Single and Double sided 5 1/4" disks Available at the SONIC STATION ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 6-JUN-1990 10:28:21.42 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: two items for today a) How to solve part of Tengen's trouble: Compile a list of all of the Toys R Us stores in the country and each of us while we have a free moment at our desk during the day or evening can call a few stores and ask "Do you have Gauntlet?"; "Do you carry RBI Baseball?"; etc. Ask all your friends and relatives to go to the store with sad-eyed little kids and ask for Tengen titles. Inundate all the stores that don't carry Tengen. It might work. b) Tonight: If you liked "The Big Chill", watch the movie that they ripped off - "The Return of the Secaucus Seven" tonight on 36 at 8 pm. This was John Sayles first big movie. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Brad Fuller x3788 - AUDIO GROUP" 6-JUN-1990 11:02:59.12 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Does anybody have a copy of MS-DOS 4.01? If so, please reply - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 6-JUN-1990 17:27:05.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: SMASH TV @ Milpitas Golfland I forgot to give you my weekly Milpitas Golfland report on Monday!! They have the new Williams game SMASH TV. It is a two player game with ROBOTRON controls. I didn't get very far, but the idea was to kill the hordes of bad guys that come into the room you are in through doors at the edge of the screen. It didn't seem to be attracting much attention (although the arcade was pretty quiet). John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 7-JUN-1990 08:45:13.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: movie Tonight, "House of Games", channel 2 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Brad Fuller x3788 - AUDIO GROUP" 7-JUN-1990 09:38:40.99 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: MORE FREE 5/14" single sided and double sided floppies Located at the SONIC STATION ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PLOTKIN 7-JUN-1990 11:01:10.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: car talk I need to have the wheels on my car balanced for high-speed driving,i.e., freeway driving. To my knowledge this is a little more involved than just regular ol' wheel balancing. can anyone out there recommend a place in Milipitas (or even the immediate environs) for such a service? Thanks, Sharon #3783 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SHOOZ 7-JUN-1990 12:28:03.58 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Color Animation We have created what I believe to be a fairly useful general utility to do color animation (flashing & rotate) in a very painless yet speedy fashion. If you are interested, the set of routines you need will allow to start an individual color flashing in any palette, or a contiguous group of colors rotating in any palette. The rate of update and, for rotates, the direction of rotation can be set at initialization. Multiple animations can be going on in the same or different palettes. The rotuine to be called during VBLANK is written in assembly and optimized for speed. Starting an animation requires only one C level function call. Individual animations can be killed by a C level call, or all current animations can be killed by one call. All necessary initialization routines have been provided. The flashing routines are set up for IRGB where: I is bit 15 of the color word R is bits 14-10 of the color word G is bits 9-5 of the color word B is bits 4-0 of the color word This code is easily modified for other color configurations. The code assumes that each entry in any palette is one word (16 bits). It should work for any size palette with slight modification, but it has only been tested on 16 color palettes. The C rotuines need to have typdefs for U8 ... S32, as well as approriate hardware locations. The asm code needs to have the definitions for SWITCH1 and SLFTST. You need the following three files, all which are in ee$ useridsk:[shooz] canim.c structs.h canimasm.asm Good Luck, - Ed - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::WOOD 7-JUN-1990 16:29:56.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Atari Games Repurchases Stock of Major Shareholder I am pleased to announce the signing of a definitive agreement by Atari Games to repurchase 100% of the Atari Games stock now owned by Namco. As a result of this transaction, Namco will also receive Atari Operations Inc. after paying additional cash and other consideration to Atari Games. Atari Operations Inc. operates more than 40 video game arcades in the Western and Southeastern United States. Once completed, the transaction leaves Time Warner Inc. as the only major outstanding shareholder of Atari Games. The sale of Atari Operations will not have any impact on personnel at Atari Games or Tengen Inc. This transaction is subject to the approval of both companies' boards of directors. Such approval is expected shortly. I'm telling you this now but please keep this information Company Confidential until a formal press release has been issued by both companies. This formal press release is expected at the end of next week. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 8-JUN-1990 06:05:59.33 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: Don't Forget! Increase your productivity and reduce stress by experiencing our SONIC STATION STAtion.. station.... * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DURFEY 8-JUN-1990 10:01:30.20 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Son of RUBBER Where does all the rubber go??? You know ... when after about 40 thousand miles you go down to the donut store (tires) and have a brand new set of radials stretched around your rims. I'm not talking about the used carcasses which we all know about, but, where does all the rubber go that used to make up the tread on your tires. Yes of course, it wears off, but where does it go? You don't see Cal Trans shoveling the rubber dust off of the shoulders do you? Does it go into the pavement?? I don't think so. Does it go into the air we breathe? I'm sure that Goodyear Tire and Rubber would like to elaberate on this. More to think on. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 8-JUN-1990 10:32:11.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: PET NOISE POLUTION What do you do with the neighbors crazy/horny cats at 3am if you don't have a 12gauge shot gun around to quiet them down with? Besides, hocome the neighbors pets always bring their problems to your yard rather than resolving their petty differences on their OWN HOME TURF ?? Does anyone have a 12gauge or a pellet gun with enough kick to sterilize cats ??? If so, can I borrow it for a couple of nights ???? Farrokh PS. All you animal rights activists, please refrain from responding to this message. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 8-JUN-1990 11:25:43.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: SUTTLES Subj: Canine discrimination (or "Why are they called man's best friend?") I have one for the animal activists. I can relate to Farrokh's problem...my solution is to throw a tennis ball at them (I'm not a very good shot, but they don't seem to like the general idea, and move along to Farrokh's neighborhood). It's amazing how rutting cats sound like a lost two-year old child bawling its head off. Anyways, I am a confirmed cat hater. Kittens are fun, but then they turn into cats. My neighborhood is overrun by cats, which doesn't help my attitude any. Here is my question: How come I have to keep my dog penned up, and can only walk him on a leash, not only near my house but also almost any publicly accessible area, when cats can go anywhere they please, not excluding my front yard or roof or garbage cans, which they seem to prefer empty? When is the last time you saw a cat and its owner in the same place? Does anyone know what a cat leash looks like? Aren't you glad that cats and dogs aren't people? Just what do you figure would happen to the civil rights movement if some races were forced to stay inside or be leashed, while others could wander about as they wanted, doing whatever damage they pleased? Just a little more of that "food for thought"... sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 8-JUN-1990 11:31:26.90 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BIKE Subj: Laws preotecting cats Farrok, Shooting your neighbors pets is completely illegal and you can go to prison for it. There was a case recently about one of the Cosentino grocer's sons who was arrested for shooting cats. What you should do is trap the cats and take them to the humane society. They rent traps. The number is 727-3383. Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 8-JUN-1990 12:49:48.78 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: The final chapter I'm amazed at the number of people who took my first message seriously. Ya I'm sure!! I used to have a cat myself at one time you know. I loved that thing dearly and then One day it disappeared. I wonder of someone shot it. Anyways, alot of people have warned me of the leagal consequenses of shooting cats and killing them. I suppose it'ld be ok to shoot them as long as I don't kill'em. Who wants to have to clean up after dead cats anyway. So you don't have to worry I won't kill'em. Someone suggested that I chase them away with water hose, but that would upset the water coservationalists, and don't we have alot of them around here! But that's another can of worms I don't want to open. Actually I find it rather inconvenient to have to get up in the middle of the night and drag out the water hose to spray the annoying cats. That doesen't work that well anyway because I'm liable to get myself all wet in the process and not be able to back to sleep afterwards. I liked Steve's way of dealing with the problem the best. At least he's the one guye who understands me on this one and can see it humorously. I'm closing this one with a last request to all of you who have a cat and I don't want to see this thing develope into some junkmail show down (like the enviornmental thing). So as a final note; IF YOU OWN A LOVELY CAT, PLEASE KEEP IT CONFINED TO YOUR OWN HOME. GET IT SPAYED AND IF YOU'RE FINDING ITDIFFICULT TO COPE WITH DON'T JUST OPEN THE DOOR AND LET IT OUT TO TEAR OUT YOUR NEIGHBORS YARD. IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THAT YOU CAN'T DESCIPLINE YOUR ANIMAL. Farrokh PS. You're not automatically assumed to be an irresponsible pet owner, so don't take any of this personal unless if you're guilty of the above. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 8-JUN-1990 13:47:00.80 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Los Gatos Does any one out there know of a way to silence a bunch of ruthless Mocking birds that stay up all night chirpping away just to keep me up at night. I thought of training my cats to chase them away, but they are too busy running from the neighbors shot-guns in the evening, so their schedule is full. Somebody mentioned trying to squirt them with a water hose, but my neighbors probably wouldnt like me showering a full stream of water against their bedroom window at 3 A.M. Of coarse they wont be there because they will be in the garage loading up their shot guns. Maybe we could construct pellet-gun pellets out of styrofoam thats recyclable. Also, does anyone know how I can keep those word-of-the-day people from knocking at my door at 8:30 on Sunday. I tried chasing them away with my shotgun but they just make sounds of horniness and keep coming back. Someone mentioned that I could probably try the water hose on them, but if I do this, I will get all wet and wont be able to get back to sleep at 8:30 Sunday morning and end up having to watch re-runs of Vic Coburn, the faith healing wonder. But I must say that I am NOT a cat hater. Some cats are jerks just like some people are jerks. But I would like to think that my kitties are safe in my neighborhood rather than have to worry about what the neighbors might do to them. Its bad enough you have to worry weather they are going to get run over by some doehead that insists on driving 65 in a 25. Or that they might just run away and not leave a note. Or that they might accidentally climb into somebodys car and accidentally get driven to Gilroy. Now I can better know all my neighbors for I will have to keep tabs on who in the neighborhood has insomnia this week. Or were you all just kidding? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 8-JUN-1990 18:24:41.69 To: MCCARTHY,HUBBERSTEY,LEE,MARGOLIN,MEYETTE,BELL,SMITH CC: TAKAICHI,DOWNEND,MONCRIEF,MOORE,RAY Subj: DFM Data Base meeting -- Wed. June 13 -- 2:00 -- Central Conf. Room The DFM (Design For Manufacture) project has been broken down into sub-committees. I have volunteered to be chairman of the sub-committee on data bases. The main emphasis of this particular project is to make the data bases (MANMAN and AVL) more useful and accessible to the design engineers. This includes adding fields to the data bases. For example: Preferred Part EEM (or other standard) commodity code Location of reference data sheets It also includes designing a screen layout that is useful to the design engineer so that he can see in one place all of the relevant information that is important to his selection of parts. It also includes any other areas we agree need improvement. Please bring your open minds and your ideas to this meeting. Thanks!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 11-JUN-1990 11:09:16.77 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Wheres the Basket? Will whoever 'borrowed' the output basket (box) from the CAD$PRINT printer please return it... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::EYLER 11-JUN-1990 15:10:15.78 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Birth! There's a new Moser! Born June 9, Saturday Morning at 5:34am. Her name is Anne Elizabeth Downing. She weighs 7 Lbs. 1 oz. and sheho hospitin the hospital a couple more days. I hear she's cute & has reddish blonde hair. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 11-JUN-1990 17:44:53.20 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: REMINDER: Increase your productivity and reduce stress by experiencing our SONIC STATION STAtion.. station.... * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PAUL 12-JUN-1990 09:20:34.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: For Sale **** HOME WANTED FOR ELDERLY TURNTABLE *** Pioneer PL-117D Belt-driven, fully automatic Price: $10 or B.O. Before I send this 12 year old friend out to pasture (Goodwill? Alviso?), I thought I'd check to see if anyone out in VAXland has any interest in taking it in. Its gotten a little crotchety in its old age and won't turn off when you ask it to do so. Some adjustment also need to be done with the automatic play. Not worth spending $60 - $100 per hour to get it repaired. But if you have any mechanical skills, it could be worth your while. It also needs a new stylus. Get it while you can, before these things go the way of the hoola- hoop. John (x3782) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 12-JUN-1990 15:56:58.83 To: MARGOLIN CC: BIKE Subj: Object ROM On my curent setup there's 256K of object ROM. Is that expandable? Is so is it difficult? Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DIEKNEITE "Music is the Best" 12-JUN-1990 16:40:19.11 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: DIEKNEITE Subj: New Music Don't forget that every week, the music changes at the SONIC STATION. COME FEAST YOUR EARS. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::DRIVER 12-JUN-1990 18:14:58.57 To: MARGOLIN,BEHENSKY CC: Subj: CAR NAMES From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 12-JUN-1990 16:14:53.40 To: MONCRIEF,DRIVER,MOORE CC: BENZLER Subj: AUTO LICENSING According to Becky, we could sign a contract with GM to use any of their car names (including Corvette, Trans Am, others) IF we pay them a fee, and IF we use excusively GM cars on the game (that means no Ferarri I guess). Another possiblity is that Peageot (sp?) sounds like they would be willing to let us use their name for FREE. But that may not be terribly appealing to our target market. Anyway, GM will be sending contracts/releases, etc., as well as a complete list of all of their car model names to choose from. Personally, I'd rather stick to GM as long as the price is not astronomical. --Linda ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::NATALIE 13-JUN-1990 09:48:11.18 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Free Lunch Hey Kids! I'm looking for feedback on simple games to put in a bartop "game-pack". I'll have several stations set up so you can come and try them out, then tell me what you think. So come and play some games during lunch! When: Tuesday, June 19, NOON Where: Central Conference Room Lunch will be provided. RSVP to this address so I can order enough food. Include food preferences if you like. I'll do what I can to keep everyone happy, but no guarantees. Thanks, Natalie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 13-JUN-1990 11:23:10.08 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Comb If you have lost your comb, I found one right outside the Central Conference room door. I have it at my desk if you want to claim it. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::LIPSON 13-JUN-1990 13:31:38.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: play me ::::::::::::: PLAY GUMBALL RALLY! :::::::: We've put GUMBALL RALLY in the common area again!! This is the released version, so in theory has no bugs... it's available for you and even more importantly, for any kids you would like to entertain now that it's summer vacation. If you see any bugs/lockups/stuck cars, please respond at this address.... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 13-JUN-1990 15:04:51.35 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: REMINDER: Are you _STILL_ waiting for that MAKE to finish? Well then, expand your musical awareness and experience the pleasure of exploring new horizons with SONIC STATION (tm). * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Brad Fuller x3788 - AUDIO GROUP" 13-JUN-1990 21:59:02.19 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BRAD Subj: It's About Time! P I T C H S E S S I O N # 2 Will be held on July 25th at 2pm in the Central Conference Room. Yes it IS about time to have your chance once again to present your game idea to project teams in what we call a 'PITCH SESSION'. Here's your chance to let others hear about that great game idea you had at the last brainstorming session. (AND, just for doing the pitch, your team will receive an incentive of $100!) CAN YOU AFFORD TO PASS UP THIS OPPORTUNITITY? Of course not! Get your buddies together and stop by Lois Turner's office for your free Pitch Session Packet. It will outline what a Pitch Session is and show you how to present your idea. You must also contact Mary Fujihara to have a Product Champion appointed to your group. And, if you require animation support please see Sam Comstock. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 14-JUN-1990 10:29:09.10 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: James dean James Dean only made three movies, two fo which will be on the tube this week. Tonight, it's "Rebel Without a Cause", his first movie. Tomorrow, my personal favorite, "East Of Eden" will be on. We all remember the story from ninth grade Lit class. of course. In both movies, James Dean plays the troubled-but-good-teenager-that-no one-understands that actors and directors have been trying to copy ever since. Both movies will be in the channel 44 8pm movie time slot. Watch and enjoy. p.s. I never get tired of watching East of Eden...truly great stuff.. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 14-JUN-1990 13:24:32.29 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: GAME ROOM IT SEEMS THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COMPANYS AROUND US WHO HAVE BEEN MISINFORMED ABOUT THE USE OF OUR GAME ROOM. LATELY I HAVE HAD TO ASK NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELONG HERE TO LEAVE THE GAME ROOM, THERE RESPONSE TO ME IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD BY THERE FRIENDS THAT THEY CAN USE OUR GAME ROOM. SO I'VE POSTED A BIG NOTE ON WHITE PAPER, ABOVE THE NOTE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS SAYING THE SAME THING. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE VISITING YOU AND YOU SEND THEM TO THE GAME ROOM WITH NO ESCORT, PLEASE INFORM ME FIRST IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO GET THE THIRD DEGREE FROM ME. (ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK IN THE 735 BUILDING) THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION, STEPHANIE (RECEPTIONIST) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 14-JUN-1990 13:51:32.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: beach And what about all the people coming over to enjoy our beach, volleyball, umbrellas, showers, and toilet paper. They are coming by the carloads in their jams and ray bans. We aren't providing sunscreen for all these people, are we? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 14-JUN-1990 18:12:39.26 To: MCCARTHY,HUBBERSTEY,LEE,MARGOLIN,MONCRIEF,MEYETTE,BELL,SMITH,JACKSON,JANG CC: TAKAICHI,DOWNEND,MOORE,RAY Subj: DFM Database -- 1st meeting summary DFM -- DATABASE SUB-COMMITTEE Summary of First Meeting -- 6/13/90 J. Ray 6/14/90 Attendees: Jed Margolin, Rick Moncrief, Tim Hubberstey, Sam Lee, Pat McCarthy, Jeff Bell, Mike Jang, Art Jackson, Tom Smith, John Ray Preferred Parts List (PPL) We agreed that a PPL is important and that we want to do it. It will be an additional data base that is just a list of part numbers that are preferred. Designers should use parts from this list when reasonable, but they may use parts from the "Active" parts list without any special approval process. We discussed methods for getting parts on to and off of the PPL. Rick Meyette and the Components Engineer will be involved in further discussions on this topic. The ideas that were suggested are: The initial PPL: We will generate a list of parts called out on games in production during the last year. Parts on this list will be crossed out by a group of interested people (designers, component engineers), based upon standardizing on RAM speeds, etc. The remaining list will become the PPL. Adding/deleting parts to/from PPL: Approximately once per quarter, the interested group will get together to discuss additions and deletions. The candidates for addition are new parts during the last quarter and any other parts the interested persons would like considered. The candidates for deletion are any parts not used in production during the past year and any other parts the interested persons would like considered. This procedure should be finalized by July 13. The initial list of parts should be generated and reviewed by July 27. The PPL should be implemented by August 17. Designer's Tools There are two phases of design that need to be addressed. The first phase is in searching through the data base to see what the possible parts are, and tagging those that should be considered in the second phase. For this first phase, we discussed the "Generic" field vs. the "Description" field. We felt that if we could make the Description field consistent and complete, we would not need the Generic field. Tom Smith proposed that we look at the IEEE standard for descriptions. Assuming Component Engineering agrees with this decision, I would like to task them to come up with a standard for descriptions by August 10. (Ideally, it would be an industry standard that is already well- documented and de-bugged.) This standard should be approved by this committee by August 17. All new parts will be assigned descriptions according to the standard. Preferred parts should have the new descriptions (where required) by October 1. The remaining parts should receive new descriptions on an ongoing basis until completed. The second phase of design that needs to be addressed is in viewing pertinent information about those parts selected in the first phase. There is a great deal of information useful to the designers in the AVL and MANMAN. We discussed ways to make this more accessible. Pat McCarthy will put together a list of what is available vs. what is desired. The interested parties will meet and finalize what should be done. Some of the possibilities are: Write a special program for the designers that quickly displays the info. they need. Document the programs that are available so that more people can use them. Pull a subset of the database in to a text file (weekly) that can be searched more quickly than the data base. Pat should have his first pass list of available programs and desired features by July 9. He should get together with the interested parties and come up with the desired programs by July 16. Depending on the complexity, the programs could be ready by the end of August. Additional changes may be requested after using the new programs. Pat and Mike Jang should work together to determine what changes might be necessary to make the programs more useful to the Design Services groups. MANMAN Engineering With a smaller group (Smith, Jackson, McCarthy, Ray), we discussed the advantages MANMAN Engineering would provide. The advantages are significant, and Tom Smith will document (as he has time) the specific advantages that would be beneficial to Atari. The cost is $12,000, which seemed to some to be a far better benefit/cost than the nifty new paper shredder. Please let me know if you feel any dates are unreasonable or have any corrections or additions to this summary. Thanks!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 15-JUN-1990 08:02:54.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: vcr alert If you are going to tape East of Eden tonight, it is going to run two and one half hours long. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::MOTT 15-JUN-1990 13:10:48.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: New Hard Drivin'--COME PLAY!! A new version of Hard Drivin' is now in the Engineering common area. It has a new concept in "lap" car on the autocross track. So come by and give it a try!!!! (Let us know of any problems, too!!--And thanks for all of your previous comments.) Thanks, Applied Research (Hard Drivin' Team) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 15-JUN-1990 15:04:39.82 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: Don't Forget! Increase your productivity and reduce stress by experiencing our SONIC STATION STAtion.. station.... * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::BLOOD 15-JUN-1990 15:41:52.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Pit Fighter! In the Common Area! Got the Friday, not-quite-done-with-work-for-the-week blahs? Wouldn't it help to beat various oddball tough guys into so many bloody pulps? Sure it would! You KNOW that's what you need! You know that's what the Pit-Fighter team (which is still hoping to go out on field test today) needs!! Please come beat up our bad guys! Now! (In the unlikely event you find bugs, let us know...) Pit Crew ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 18-JUN-1990 11:55:02.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: RAY Subj: RAY SHERMAN -- New Employee -- Sr. Component Engineer I am pleased to announce that RAY SHERMAN has joined Atari as Senior Component Engineer, reporting to Rick Meyette. Ray will be at work today through June 21, then on LOA (pre- planned vacation) until July 9. For those of you who have not met Ray, please feel free to stop by the Component Engineering offices to introduce yourself. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 18-JUN-1990 13:06:38.43 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: red hand truck Will the person who has OMEGA labs red hand truck please return it. We can't move BLOOD SPORT to it's new location untill you return the hand truck to OMEGA labs. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 18-JUN-1990 15:04:14.65 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: REMINDER: Increase your productivity and reduce stress by experiencing our SONIC STATION STAtion.. station.... * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 18-JUN-1990 16:13:41.11 To: @SM:JUNK CC: Subj: Our local recycling effort -- even easier It's come to my attention that a number of people would or do recycle by way of making piles of cans and/or bottles in their labs, offices, cubes etc. If you would like your personal stash periodically collected for you, drop me a mail message, and I'll come around (probably after-hours) and collect them for our local recycling effort. Alternatively, drop them in those cleverly disguised blue bins marked "GLASS" and "CANS" scattered about the building. You've probably missed them in the lunchroom. From the perennially empty state of the bins there, I figure no one can see them. They're there, just a few dozen feet from the regular trash cans ... just waiting for you to fill them up. You know they want it. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 19-JUN-1990 10:53:26.43 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TRAYS PLEASE RETURN ANY TRAYS TO THE CAFETERIA THAT YOU MAY SEE LYING AROUND. THANKS SOPHIE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FUJIHARA 20-JUN-1990 10:00:43.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: FUJIHARA Subj: SEGA TEST GAME Sega is testing a coin-op version of their MOONWALKER game at Milpitas Golfland. Apparently, they hyped this game quite a bit at the CES for their home system, but now they may be considering it also for coin-op. It is a fighting type game (3 player) featuring Michael J. and has a special "Dance" button which acts like a super power move...when used, Michael breaks into a dance routine and his enemies join in and get wiped out. Per David at AOI, he likes the game despite how corny it is. Income is supposedly pretty good. I would be interested to hear feedback from anyone who does go by to take a look. Mary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 20-JUN-1990 10:10:04.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: Milpitas Golfland -- New Games Milpitas Golfland has the following new games (as of last night): Sega -- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker -- 3 players = 3 Michaels Good music (if you like MJ), TMNT point of view Data East -- Gate of Doom -- fighting, medieval theme Williams -- Smash TV Romstar -- Snow Bros. Sega -- Columns Mercs, Combatribe KLAX John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GRAHAM 20-JUN-1990 10:20:20.95 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CAR FOR SALE A friend of Jack Aknin's has a 1983 Dodge Aries for sale. Automatic, 4 door, AM/FM, new front tires, 99K miles. Great running car! The owner is moving to Europe so he must sell. $1200 or best offer (blue book is $1800) If you're interested call Jack at 3743. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RUSTY 20-JUN-1990 14:34:47.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RUSTY Subj: Wagner's Ring Cycle on PBS Is anyone else out there recording Wagner's Ring Cycle being shown on PBS this week? I lost about 15 minutes during last night "Die Walkure" portion and would like to borrow a tape from anyone who recorded it in order to dub in the missing 15 minutes. Thanks, Rusty ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 21-JUN-1990 09:23:01.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: T-SHIRTS IF YOU'VE ALREADY PURCHASED YOUR TICKITS BUT HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED YOUR T- SHIRTS, PLEASE PICK THEM UP FROM ME AT THE MAIN LOBBY. THANKS STEPH ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "It is clear that the first rule for a composer is to be dead" 21-JUN-1990 10:15:02.33 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: FREE: Little Smalltalk for UNIX On both a TAR tape and a VMS tape. Documentation comes with it. - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 21-JUN-1990 13:50:10.54 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: BADGES IF YOU HAVE ANY VISITOR BADGES PLEASE RETURN THEM TO ME, I'M DOWN TO FOUR AGAIN!! THANKS STEPH ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::WALLERS 22-JUN-1990 06:57:39.49 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: VACATION TO EVERYONE I WILL BE ON VACATION TILL 9 JULY 90 IF YOU NEED SOME THING DONE AND HAVE A NICE 4th. Kurt Wallers ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 22-JUN-1990 08:36:10.92 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Maps If you need a map to Marine World, you can pick them up at my desk. Just help yourself. Thanks, Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SALWITZ 25-JUN-1990 09:18:53.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: LOST CAMERA My wife left her camera on one of the benches in the Ski Point picnic area on Saturday, during the company outing. We figure it was on the bench for about 20 minutes, when she remembered it was left there. I can't remember the make, but it was one of those "do-it-all" cameras with a square, black carrying case. thanks, JFS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 25-JUN-1990 11:08:51.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,HINDORFF,STEWART,SMITH,BRYANT,BRESHEARS,FREITAS CC: RAY Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 6/29/90 -- 3:30-5:00 Walkabout Friday is this Friday!! Munchies will be provided by those death-defying characters from the NES SKULL & CROSSBONES lab. So come by the labs, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and negative). FRIDAY, June 29, 1990 3:30-5:00 P.M. ALPHA, NU, & OMEGA LABS John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 25-JUN-1990 13:27:08.47 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: EARTHQUAKE I'M SENDING THIS MESSAGE OUT FOR SOPHIE AND AL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN PLEASE CONTACT AL OR SOPHIE. THEY NEED 1.MEDICAL SUPPLIES 2.DRY FOOD 3.CANNED FOOD 4.TENTS 5.BLANKETS AND MEDICINE THANKS SOPHIE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 25-JUN-1990 14:18:20.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: PIERCE Subj: Linking games. Hello For our next game we were planning on creating a game which have the ability to be able to be "Linked" with another "Link-able" game unit. As we started investigating our communication software and hardware options we found others here at Atari were planning on making their games "Link-able" or "Linking Freindly". We also found that most of these people were not necessarily coming up with the same answers. So.. There will be a "Linkable Games Conference" Tuesday June 26th in the Central Conference Room. @ 2:00 pm The purpose is for everyone who is doing a game that communicates with other units or has ideas/experience about ways we might all proceed to get together and come up with solutions to this. Why heck if we all get together we might be able to have it all on one common hardware using the same software! Please come if you can. MSP ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BUCHOLZ 25-JUN-1990 14:35:36.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: TIMECARDS DUE TO THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY, TIMECARDS FOR PAY PERIOD END JUNE 30 ARE DUE IN THURSDAY, JUNE 28 BY 9AM. PAYCHECKS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON JULY 3 FOR NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 25-JUN-1990 15:09:10.60 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: REMINDER: Increase your productivity and reduce stress by experiencing our SONIC STATION STAtion.. station.... * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 25-JUN-1990 16:51:20.70 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: This week's Sonic Station (tm) selection: TALKING HEADS "Remain In Light" * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 26-JUN-1990 11:48:56.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: PIERCE Subj: Linking Meeting time change. All those attending todays Game Linking software/hardware Meeting today please note: The time has changed from 2:00 pm to 2:30 today. It is still in the Central Conference Room. Please come if you are doing a link-able game. Thanks MSP ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 26-JUN-1990 13:17:09.29 To: @SM:ENGINEER,@SM:ANIMATORS CC: Subj: New RADMOD release I've just put a new version of radmod into utl$exe:. This version: - fixes a few bugs dealing with 24-bit TIFF and PICT files. - allows the input filename to be specified on the command line. For example, you can now type RADMOD BATMAN.PICT instead of RADMOD BATMAN.PICT - Changes a few default responses to be more in line with usage. Dither output file is now NO by default. CR for data fork or R for data fork now works correctly (a CR will really get the data fork) for Pixel Paint files. - You can now force a 256 color PICT file to a given palette. - The menu color of output RAD files is now set to the inverse of color 0 so the menus and toolbox in RAD are always visible. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::ALLEN 26-JUN-1990 13:59:44.63 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,ALLEN CC: Subj: HERBALIFE THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO SHED MY WINTER COAT. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE IN VAX-LAND KNOW OF AN HERBALIFE DISTRIBUTER IN THE MILPITAS AREA (CLOSE TO WORK) OR IN THE SOUTH SAN JOSE AREA? I AM JUST ABOUT OUT OF MY CURRENT SUPPLY, SO I NEED IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE CALL ME @ EXT. 3905 OR VAX ME BACK. THANKS! - RHONDA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DIEKNEITE "STAND UP AND USE YOUR EARS LIKE A MAN (C. Ives)" 26-JUN-1990 14:32:49.78 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: DIEKNEITE Subj: Audio Workshop AUDIO WORKSHOPI SUBJECT: Communicating about music. DATE: Thursday July,12th TIME: 2PM Music, being a primarily subjective medium, is often difficult to discuss. Because of this, communication regarding music in video games can be hindered. WorkshopI addresses this problem by exploring different ways musical ideas can be discussed and imparted. Although it is primarily aimed at Project Leaders, Game Designers and Programmers, anyone who's interested is welcome. Please reply via vax mail or phone (3793) if you are interested in attending. dd ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::SMITH 27-JUN-1990 07:22:24.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Materials Responsibility I will be on vacation thru July 11th. During my absence Rob Bryant will be responsible for all materials related activity. This will include Shipping, Receiving, the Stockroom and of course the never ending cycle of material and production planning. Have a nice 4th of July. Thanx, Tom Smith ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 27-JUN-1990 11:52:03.95 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: It's here, the game you've all been waiting to see and play. Drobny and I are proud to present you SMASH TV from Williams So bring your baseball bats and smash SMASH TV ASH TV SH TV H TV TV V V Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 27-JUN-1990 12:19:27.89 To: @SM:JUNK CC: Subj: There's a speed trap on McCarthy (lunchtime Wed) Careful on your way to lunch. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 28-JUN-1990 18:04:18.94 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: MCCARTHY Subj: power on reset. Timing specs for power on reset. See Johns mail message below for a statemant of the problem. The Power-on circuit (100kohm/.1uF/2N3506) is not designed to reset the microprocessor. It is designed to reset the watchdog counter that resets the microprocessor. The RC circuit has a time constant of 10mSeconds (which means about 3 mS to a valid logic level). I checked this on the wonderful new toy and it is so. POWER-ON comes up about 3mS after the 5 volts stabilizes. The counter is then cleared and holds the microprocessor reset line for 7 video frame intervals, about 116 mS. before releasing the Microprocessor on its merry way. The data book specifies that a 68000 must have 100mS after stable 5volts before reset can be released. But if you disable watchdog, the counter is disabled, and the microprocessor reset line is released on the first VBLANK after POWER-ON goes true, i.e. somewhere between 3 and 19mS after the 5 volts stabilizes. With this the 68000 is not happy. So if you want a board to power up happy, either do not disable watchdog, or design a more elaborate watchdog circuit. Of course an easy fix would be to beef up the capacitor for field test games that want the watchdog disabled. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 22-JUN-1990 17:39:17.10 To: MCCARTHY CC: LEE,RAY Subj: Reset circuit Pat -- The Pitfighter programmers decided to disable watchdog for field test because they wanted to hear about it if there were any lockups. Unfortunately, the PCB does not reset properly, so the game takes several tries to come up. Last week, we assumed it was just one board. When two more boards exhibited the problem today, I thought we should check into it. Sam had Glenn put a much bigger cap on the reset circuit (1uF) and the problem went away. I would guess what is happening is that the reset line is going high before the voltages are stable, and the processor tries to bring the system up but can't. Should we investigate this further and change the values around for the "standard" reset circuit so that reset does not go high until the voltages are really stable? I'll bet your nifty new scope could find the problem pretty quickly (if driven properly). This may apply to more than the G1 hardware. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 28-JUN-1990 22:17:45.83 To: LEON,JOE,SMITH,STEWART,WRIGHTNOUR CC: RAY,DOWNEND,MONCRIEF,MOORE,LEE,HUBBERSTEY,MARGOLIN,MCCARTHY Subj: standardising radial caps This looks like a positive step. Any comments anyone. Pat. From: KIM::HUBBERSTEY 28-JUN-1990 18:34:08.89 To: MCCARTHY CC: HUBBERSTEY Subj: Radial vs. axial capacitors I talked with Don Wrightnour about what is and isn't auto-insertable and he said that the machines can only handle up to 0.8" lead spacing. The 47uF axial capacitor we currently use, 124009-476, has a PCB footprint larger than this and so can't be auto-inserted. Don also said that where hand insertion is required, his preference is for radial components. So . . . I am going to standardize on a 25 volt radial unit, 123015-476, for future designs. I'd also like to suggest that we standardize on a few voltages for electrolytic caps since the board space and cost differences usually amount to pennies and it would mean stocking fewer parts. 25 volts is a good number for general use since it gives at least a 30% working voltage margin in most of our audio circuits. Tim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BLOOD 29-JUN-1990 10:27:35.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Slapstic-2 Hey, programming-types, Has anybody actually used the SLAPSTIC-2 (that's versions 111 thru 119) shell game? Please contact Paul Kwinn (1743) as soon as possible. Thanks, PK ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 29-JUN-1990 11:28:43.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: message THE CAFETERIA WILL BE CLOSING TODAY AT 1:30 PM. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND! THANK-YOU SOPHIE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 2-JUL-1990 14:16:11.25 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Awesome movie on tonight........"Firefox" ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 2-JUL-1990 15:04:11.04 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: REMINDER: This week's Sonic Station (tm) selection: NONE: Happy Fourth of July! * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 3-JUL-1990 08:33:33.36 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Used book blowout I noticed this on UseNet, and think some people here will find it interesting: Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: jeske@src.dec.com (Steve Jeske) Subject: 150,000 used books for sale in P.A. (+ some records) Keywords: books, records, used Date: 2 Jul 90 21:04:37 GMT In downtown Palo Alto, maybe 100' South of University on Cowper, an unusual used book store just opened on Saturday. It will only exist until 4 August and is to liquidate the 150,000 used books this man collected, while planning to open a used book store. Instead, the story goes, he's taken a job as a college professor somewhere in Canada, and doesn't want to take the books with him. There are maybe a dozen rooms, with more in the hallways, and the prices seem more reasonable than at most used book stores. Lots of pre-sorted categories, with additional ones being brought out from his bulk storage and priced/sorted constantly (their sign says only about half are currently displayed). If you've been looking for some specific titles, or just like to browse in such places, you owe it to yourself to check the place out. They are open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, and provide free refreshments, popcorn, pretzels, corn chips, liquids. Aside from being a satisfied customer, I have no connection with the place. (I just wish I'd been there Friday night, when they charged $2 admission for the right to buy first.) As a minuscule sampling of what the place has to offer, I noticed a 1985 hardback of Samuelson's Economics for $2, more than ten p.b. copies of Herbert's Dune, five hardbacks of Fixx's running book, more than a dozen copies of Comfort's The Joy of Sex and Jackson's Color Me Beautiful, some in hardback, a pocket Chinese-English dictionary as well as a similar one from Eastern Europe (Czech?), children's books, 20' of shop manuals for a variety of cars/trucks/cycles, books on planes and flying, hobbies, lots of general fiction as well as specialized genres: Westerns, SF, mysteries, romances. I bought some out-of-print solar energy books, as well as Ian & Sylvia's first album; I'd been looking for it for a long time. All in all, a place worth visiting. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::LIPSON 3-JUL-1990 10:22:57.87 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: this would be quite a trick... what is this thing? in the Merc: SALES OF TOY HALTED: A federal court on Friday temporarily halted sales of S. S.F's Lewis Galoob Toys Inc.'s GAME GENIE until a copyright suit by video game giant Nintendo of America seeking a permanent ban can be heard. GAME GENIE is a device that allows video game players to give unlimited free 'lives' to game characters, increase the firepower of game weapons or increase the jumping ability of characters. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 3-JUL-1990 13:43:23.54 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: fyi There are ads running on the TV and in magazines & newspapers about the 200th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. These ads are awe inspiring in their statement that although we have had the Bill of Rights all these years, we must strive everyday to protect those freedoms granted to us in those few written pages. These freedoms are the basis of everything we call "American" included the supposed "American Dream". At the end of these ads, while you are wiping the tear from the corner of your eye, you notice that the ads are paid for by Phillip Morris and R.J. Reynolds corporations. Well, this changes everything, doesn't it! They are using the Bill of Rights to protect your freedom to kill yourself with cigarettes. That certainly trivializes the importance of our guaranteed freedoms. It goes deeper than that for me. Phillip Morris and R.J. Reynolds are the biggest contributors to Jesse Helms (other than Bank of America) in the country. How does that make you feel about the ads now? Jesse Helms has set the machine in motion to take away just about every freedom of self expression and personal choice we have. It is very strange how we have allowed these people to use the flag, the Constitution, and the Bill Of Rights to take away every thing they stand for. They have to be stopped. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 9-JUL-1990 11:42:16.93 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: EPROM PROGRAMMER update 1. The broken Data I/O is out for repair - expected back by 7/17. 2. IMI and other Data I/O 288 moved to printer room. Old space is becoming a lab. Within 2 months the VAX 11/780's will be retired and replaced with MicroVaxes which produce less heat so the air temp can be raised in the printer room; will also enlarge the printer room at that time. 3. The PAL/PROm programmer is in alpha lab at the Data I/O site. 4. I have complaints that 8 1MEG sockets on a Data I/O is not enough. Please note that 8 1MEGs is equivalent to 16 27512's. I do not know of a SET programmer with more than 8 1 MEG sockets...any leads out there? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 9-JUL-1990 12:06:28.80 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: MCCARTHY Subj: Field Test VCR interface. There is a new and improved interface to the VCR for field test games. (The old interface had the Game emulate the remote control by driving an LED.) At Tims suggestion, and Minhs implementation the new interface is much easier to use. It only required one latched output from the game. A LO out means record. A HI out means stop. Power on is taken care of automatically, without programmer intervention. If the connector to the VCR is disconnected, then the normal VCR buttons and remote control work properly. One VCR has been modified to accomodate this. The other two (am I right that there are three VCRs) will hopefully be done soon. If you are going to use this interface, please let the tech. know as soon as possible, as it will take time to prepare the VCRs the first time. (A small PCB needs to be installed into the VCR). Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 9-JUL-1990 15:05:34.73 To: @sys$mail:engineer CC: Subj: REMINDER: This week's Sonic Station (tm) selection: NONE: Happy Fourth of July! * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 9-JUL-1990 16:46:39.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: This week's Sonic Station (tm) selection: 20th Century Music Sampler * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::EYLER 9-JUL-1990 17:26:22.23 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: New Atarian Nick & Janice Stern just had a new baby girl! Born on July 9th at 1:15 a.m. she's Emma Dorothy Stern. 8 lbs. 7 oz. & 20 3/4" long. Mom's still in the hospital after a surprisingly short labor. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 9-JUL-1990 21:21:12.70 To: SMITHSON CC: MARGOLIN Subj: directory The Cyclotron version of self-test for the multisync board is in [Margolin.Bonnie]. [Margolin.Msync] is the current Hard Drivin' Compact version and you would probably not like it. Sorry for the mistake. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 10-JUL-1990 09:50:07.51 To: KIM::MARGOLIN CC: BIKE Subj: RE: directory I figured it out. I copied the directory over and made the change. It's fine for now. Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DURFEY 10-JUL-1990 09:57:57.70 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 9-JUL-1990 16:52:24.90 To: DURFEY CC: Subj: please no more From: GAWD::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 9-JUL-1990 16:45:18.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: This week's Sewer Station (tm) selection: 20th Bowel Music Smeller * The Flatula Group * (tm=toilet music) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::DRIVER 10-JUL-1990 11:55:26.22 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: New Race Drivin' with SUPER STUNT track New version of Race Drivin' is in the Engineering Common area. There is now a SUPER STUNT track featuring a mountain road, split jump, open loop jump, double corkscrew loop, roller coaster ramp and MORE!!!! Step right up and test your skill!!! (Contains the original tracks with the new autocross track with your best lap in phantom mode). And please write your comments in the comment binder. Thanks, Hard/Race Drivin' Team ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges" 10-JUL-1990 15:58:40.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: Sonic Station Mail 2 people have indicated that they would NOT like to receive the weekly musical selection for the Sonic Station. If you would also like to be removed from the mailing list please reply. If you would like to continue receiving weekly updates DO NOT reply. Thanks! - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 10-JUL-1990 16:00:59.32 To: KIM::BRAD CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: Sonic Station Mail PLease remove my name from the mailing list for the sonic station. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 11-JUL-1990 11:26:06.22 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: BJORKQUIST,MCCARTHY Subj: 20v8-25 GALs Thunderjaws used two 20v8s in Rev b production boards. Cost price $2.15. The raw Atari part number is 137647-025 but we do not buy them blank. The programmed part number for Thunderjaws is 136076-1075 or -1076. Karen can ask Mary Burnias to get some, blank or programmed. We should maintain a stock of 100 or so in engineering. If you happen to check the price on the computer, it says $1.05. This is wrong, and is being changed. While I have your attention, Mary asked me to pass something on. Some of the vendors know how many GALs (and other parts) we will need for a particular game before Mary does. They then put pressure on her to get the full order, making her life difficult (two different vendors can not get the full order each). If you are talking to a vendor you should use phrases like "The board uses quite a few." and "The game is doing really well." instead of saying "It uses 5 and 1000 have been released so far." No vendor should ever know how many games (past or present) have been released or sold. This is sensitive Company confidential information. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::MCCARTHY "Pat" 11-JUL-1990 17:39:00.80 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: MCCARTHY Subj: G1 hardware. The next step. Do you have plans for using the G1 hardware in a future product. Do you have a wish list for G1 hardware. Get it together and come to the Wish-list-for-G1.1 (or is it G2) meeting : next Tuesday 7-17-90 10:00 am engineering conf.rm. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DIEKNEITE "STAND UP AND USE YOUR EARS LIKE A MAN (C. Ives)" 12-JUL-1990 08:35:48.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: DIEKNEITE Subj: music workshop There are a couple of spots (i.e. chairs) left. SUBJECT: Communicating about music. DATE: TODAY TIME: 2PM PLACE: Central Conference Room Please let me know if you want to come. dd ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DIEKNEITE "STAND UP AND USE YOUR EARS LIKE A MAN (C. Ives)" 12-JUL-1990 08:44:22.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: DIEKNEITE Subj: music workshop There are a couple of spots (i.e. chairs) left. SUBJECT: Communicating about music. DATE: TODAY TIME: 2PM PLACE: Central Conference Room Please let me know if you want to come. dd ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 12-JUL-1990 13:04:32.63 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RAY Subj: Harvard Graphics, Dialog I am taking a class where the instructor expects us to: 1. Give a presentation using overhead slides generated from Harvard Graphics (or equivalent). Since it costs about $300, I thought I would try to borrow one for a few weeks. Do any PC users have Harvard Graphics (or equivalent) that I could borrow for about 3 weeks? 2. Log onto Dialog for a few hours. Does anyone have an account or the manual for Dialog? Has anyone used it before? Thanks in advance!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 12-JUL-1990 15:07:30.46 To: OWENS,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: 136077 - RACE MEMORY MASTERS 136077 - HARD DRIVIN/RACE MEMORY MASTERS 12-Jul-1990 Page 1 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136077-1025 IC,PR_GAL,137647-015,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,40B 136077-1026 IC,PR_GAL,137647-015,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,60B ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::BRAD "Music is the art of thinking with sounds" 13-JUL-1990 14:16:28.55 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: REMINDER: PITCH SESSION: 2pm. July 25th Central Conference For all you game designers and project leaders: If you are interested in hearing new game ideas please plan to attend. For all you potential pitchees: If you are interested in pitching and haven't contacted me please get in touch with me very soon. - brad - x3788 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 16-JUL-1990 17:22:15.73 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Data I/O 288 The Data I/O 288 is repaired. I put it in the Printer room. Report any problems to me. Thanks, Chris. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 17-JUL-1990 16:44:59.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: PARTY!! THE SALE OF ATARI OPERATIONS INC. TO NAMCO HAS BEEN FINALIZED. AS A FAREWELL GESTURE, ATARI WILL HOST A COMPANY-WIDE PARTY ON FRIDAY, JULY 20, AT 3:30 P.M., ON THE PATIO OF BUILDING 675. COME ONE, COME ALL!! SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BRAD "Music is the art of thinking with sounds" 18-JUL-1990 13:45:33.24 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: Just One More Week! That's right, just ONE MORE WEEK to go! The PITCHERS are almost ready and you are invited to the 2nd Pitch Session next wednesday (July 25th) in the Central Conference Room at 2pm. (just in case you can't make it, the session will be video taped) - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 18-JUL-1990 15:06:32.60 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: FACILITY NOTES Any one having information on the white camper parked in the rear of our building, please call x3752. Also seen parked with the camper, is an old Chevy green pickup with a Kawasaki bike. Also, just a reminder... there will be paving repairs being done between 675 and all around 735 this Saturday, July 21. Thanks, Bob ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::DRIVER 18-JUL-1990 15:07:12.09 To: MARGOLIN,MONCRIEF,BEHENSKY,MOTT,DURFEY CC: Subj: linda's comments From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 10-JUL-1990 18:26:55.17 To: DRIVER CC: BENZLER Subj: GREAT JOB!!! Well, you guys really have everybody excited over here tonight. It is a day to write in the history books. Jerry Momoda played drove the Super Stunt track and came away with a big smile and not even one criticism (dispite the funky graphic bug in the track select screen). He is usually the biggest critic around when it comes to games. You even have Dennis Wood coming by my office after playing and saying that he really had fun with it. Even our lawyers are smiling! And just now Mary and Bob Sheffield were literally running over to the Engineering area to try it... (...and I'm gonna be right behind them for another try.) --Linda ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 19-JUL-1990 10:41:42.04 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Jewlers Screw drivers Hey Hey You all, Someone borrowed my Jewlers screw driver set awhil back and even though I was assured it would be returned, it was not. Much like several tools. Nevertheless, I would really appreciate it if you would all think for a second and then take a look around to see if you might have them lying around somewhere. They are in a small red and clear plastic case about 6" by 2". Thanks I hope ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 19-JUL-1990 10:59:43.62 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: BARBARA WALTERS' SPECIAL Did anybody out there in Vaxland record the Ba-ba Wa-wa special on "The Perfect Baby" last night? I forgot to set up my machine yesterday and I'd really like to see the show. Do any of you have a copy that I can borrow? Thanks! --Linda ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 19-JUL-1990 14:57:41.91 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: IN SEARCH OF A PRECIOUS COMMODITY We are planning to do some filming for a Race Drivin' promotional video tape tomorrow and I am in need of costuming help. Customer Service no longer has Hard Drivin' t-shirts or jackets in stock, so I must appeal to all you race fans out there in VAXland. I have asked a few people that have shirts and/or jackets to bring them in for me to borrow tomorrow, but I need at least two more. Can you help? If you have a Hard Drivin' t-shirt or jacket in size Large or Extra Large that I can borrow for a day, please respond to this address or call me at X-3788. I assure you that your shirt/jacket will be returned to you! --Linda ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 19-JUL-1990 16:38:25.50 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: STUN If anyone has a working STUN game around here please let me know. I have an ADSP board with ADSP time-out error and I'ld like to compare it with yours. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 19-JUL-1990 16:43:14.56 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: We need our stinkin' badges back!! Well, here we are again at our quarterly plea for the many misdirected visitor badges. If you have one, please return it to the main lobby desk. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 19-JUL-1990 18:41:56.59 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: ADSP question I think I'm on the right track, after I replaced the LS245 buffer that's tied to PMD16-19 (failing ram locations suggested problems on this bus) the symptoms changed. Now the ADSP 2100 test nolonger runs (before it said that 9E & 10E were bad) , now it just waits a while and then says: HIGH BANK MEMORY TIME OUT. Question_ Does the self test have to read the roms on ADSP in order to pass this test, or they only matter in the game? Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 19-JUL-1990 19:04:41.33 To: KHODADADI CC: MARGOLIN Subj: ADSP II Tests I do not know what version of ADSP Tests you are using, but in general there are two modes of ADSP Tests. 1. Tests that are run by the 68010. All of the ADSP RAM (Program, Data and Sequential Output) can be tested this way. Note that the RAMs are tested at 68010 bus speeds which are much slower than ADSP-2100 bus speeds. Graphics ROMs are not accessible to the 68010 bus. 2. Tests that are run by the ADSP-2100. The ADSP Program and Data RAM are tested this way. Note that if the ADSP-2100 Program RAM is bad it might not be able to run the test program. The program is solely in Program RAM; Graphics ROMs do not contain program and do not have to work to run the tests. However; incorrect ROM data is a major cause of game program crashes, especially when the ROMs are in the wrong socket. Let me see if I understand this. You replaced a buffer and now nothing works. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 20-JUL-1990 10:16:19.68 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: ADSP Thanks for the info. I'll keep digging more, and as far as the tests go it passes all other ADSP tests except for 2100 test. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BRAD "Music is the art of thinking with sounds" 20-JUL-1990 10:38:38.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: BRAD Subj: PITCH SESSION: RSVP In preparation for the Pitch Session next week I need to know how many people will be attending. Please respond by Monday July 23rd if you will be attending the Pitch Session. - brad - PITCH SESSION: #2 WHERE: Central Conference Room WHEN: Wed. July 25th 2pm (Pitchers: I already know who you are, no need to RSVP) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 20-JUL-1990 11:44:59.33 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: B.B.Q. JUST A REMINDER THAT THE FARWELL B.B.Q. FOR A.O.I. IS TODAY AT 3:30 PM OUTSIDE OF THE MAIL LOBBY! From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 20-JUL-1990 11:55:45.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CORRECTION OOPS! THE B.B.Q. WILL BE HELD OFF THE MAIN LOBBY. SORRY! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 23-JUL-1990 10:09:41.16 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Phone List I know it's been awhile since we've put out an updated phone list but it's FINALLY done. If you would please come by my desk at your convience to pick one up for yourself, or for your department. I would greatly appreciate it!! Thanks Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::NATALIE 23-JUL-1990 11:15:44.41 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Opinion Poll for the new HORSE Game Who are your favorite professional basketball players? I'm taking a poll, and the winning 4 will have a satirical character named after them. Include a funny name if you think of it, ie. Tragic Johnson, or Larry Turd. Thanks in advance, Natalie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 23-JUL-1990 11:43:06.93 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: cordless drill battery Has anyone had to replace the battery in a B&D cordless drill? The one I got doesn't hold it's charge longer than 5 seconds, so I was wondering about the cost and if it's worth to replace it or just buy a new one. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::ALLEN 23-JUL-1990 15:43:04.27 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,ALLEN CC: Subj: IBM COLOR MONITOR IF ANYONE OUT THERE IN "VAX-LAND" WOULD LIKE TO USE THE ABOVE MONITOR (FOR ATARI RELATED USE), PLEASE CALL ME @ EXT. 3905, OR MAIL ME. I HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD ALSO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. THANKS, RHONDA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 23-JUL-1990 17:35:09.79 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: SEE_HARNESS Users on node MIKE may now examine the Harness Components Handbook on-line by typing: MCR ATARI$AVL:SEE_HARNESS at the system prompt ($). OR add; SEEH*ARNESS :==$ATARI$AVL:SEE_HARNESS to your LOGIN.COM. Shy users may just type; @ATARI$AVL:HARNESSLOGIN to have thier LOGIN.COM edited for them at no charge! What a deal. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 24-JUL-1990 09:46:28.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: ANOTHER REQUEST Thanks to all of those of you who replied to my request for Hard Drivin' t-shirts and jackets. We should be shooting the Race Drivin' promotional video tape tomorrow. I'll be sure to return all of the jackets and t-shirt that have been loaned to me as soon as we're done. Now I have another request. In order to match the background race footage we are going to shoot over, we are looking for a driving suit and a helmet. Does anybody know where we could get one to borrow for a day? (Preferably white or light-colored but red would do.) I tried Frey's, a local shop that rents, but all they have is blue coveralls that look like something a mechanic wears to work on your car...that's not the look we want. Thanks again for your help! --Linda ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 24-JUL-1990 10:30:20.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: phone list Because their were so many mistakes brought to my attention on the phone list. I am going to make up a new list. They should be ready by the end of the day. So we'll try it again. Thanks Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 25-JUL-1990 10:14:04.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: YOGURT IT'S NEW FOR YOGURT LOVERS "YOGURT ON WHEELS". THEY WILL BE COMING TO ATARI EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 3:20PM. DAILY FEATURES INCLUDE FROZEN YOGURT IN FOUR FLAVORS, 30 REGULAR TOPPINGS, FRESH TOPPINGS (IN SEASON), SUNDAES, BANANA SPLITS, YOGURT SALAD AND CANTALOPE ALA YOGURT. THEY WILL BE HERE STARTING TODAY, I WILL PAGE FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS TO REMIND YOU, AFTER THAT YOUR ON YOUR OWN. ENJOY!!! STEPH ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 24-JUL-1990 16:03:26.09 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: This message is for all the game designers, programmers,and technicians who are about to release a new game. This checklist covers some of the most common and deadly pitfalls (BUGS) that teams often fall in. So before release of program and self test roms, ask the project tech. or someone who's not directly involved with the game to go through this list for you. It might save you from multiple bug-fix rom updates. SELF-TEST 1. Power up your game with WDOG ENABLED (WDDIS jumper removed). 2. Power up in selftest with WDOG ENABLED (WDDIS jumper removed). 3. Try powering up the game with an uninitialized (fresh) EEROM and see if your program can give an EEROM error message or just dies. Now clear stats (initialize EEROM) and exit selftest then go back a while later to ckeck that error count = 0 . 4. Check RAM and ROM tests for error messages. Sometimes programmers reduce the game program roms and forget to reflect the changes in self-test roms. COIN OPTIONS 5. Check and double check the operation of your coin options, left and right multipliers, as well as the left/right coin-counters. Do the coin multiplier options for left and right mech jive with your manual. GAME PLAY 6. With only 1 credit attempt to press start switches of more than one player simultaneously. 7. Now try the same thing with 1 and a fraction of credit. You'll have to set multipliers to different coinage settings (1/4 per coin, ...). * This wraps up my suggested checklist. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 26-JUL-1990 16:11:14.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: RAY Subj: Farrokh He called Sandi yesterday and said..... He was rear-ended Tuesday night. He woke up Wednesday and could hardly move his neck. The doctor says he has whiplash and gave him a neck brace. He will go back to the doctor on Monday to find out when he can go back to work -- probably a week from Monday. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 26-JUL-1990 18:11:05.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: PERSONNEL CHANGES I AM SOMEWHAT LATE IN GETTING THESE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT, SO AS A RESULT, THEY WON'T BE NEWS TO A LOT OF YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW: I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF BOB STEWART TO DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING. BOB HAS BEEN WITH ATARI FOR NINE YEARS AND MANAGER OF MANUFACTURING SINCE 1984. FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, BOB HAS BEEN "ACTING DIRECTOR", RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. BOB HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED HIS CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE MATURE AND PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TO OUR MANUFACTURING GROUP. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. STEWART! I AM ALSO EXTREMELY PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT CYNDE GROSSMAN WILL BE TRANSFERING BACK TO ATARI FROM TENGEN. CYNDE WILL BE JOINING THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AS HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR (SORRY DAN). WITH ATARI FOR EIGHT YEARS (NOT COUNTING A VERY BRIEF ABSENCE), CYNDE TRANSFERED TO TENGEN LAST YEAR WITH HER SUPERVISOR, DAN VAN ELDEREN. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER BACK AT ATARI AND I AM HAPPY TO HAVE HER AS A PART OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW CAREER PATH, CYNDE! SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 27-JUL-1990 12:04:29.64 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message Neil Fouts called twice today for once at 10:41 am and then at 11:47 am. He said he has the right parts for you now. Please phone at 800-421-2244 x983358. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 31-JUL-1990 12:05:08.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,STEWART,SMITH,BRESHEARS,BRYANT,FREITAS,MSHERMAN,HINDORFF CC: RAY Subj: Walkabout Friday -- this Friday -- 3:30-5:00 Walkabout Friday is this Friday!! Munchies were going to be provided by Mr. Pierce and the Race Riot team, but he will be in New York selling Pitfighters. We'll find some lucky person to do it .... So come by the labs, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and negative). Check out all of the games to make sure you sample all of the different goodies. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1990 3:30-5:00 P.M. ALPHA, NU, OMEGA LABS John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 31-JUL-1990 13:09:20.69 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BIKE Subj: Defrosting The refridgerator in the Omega lab will be defrosted next weekend. Any food remaining in the refridgerator or freezer at that time will be disposed of. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SHOOZ 31-JUL-1990 15:38:01.86 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: SHOOZ in the common area There is now a SHOOZ game in the common area. Please play and report any bugs to either Ed Rotberg or Pete Lipson. - The Soooz Team - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::DENCKER "Andrea Dencker" 31-JUL-1990 17:30:21.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: DENCKER Subj: Light Table Available for Intra-Company Transfer The Publications Dept. has a Sandmar light table available for someone else in the company to use (for company business). If no one wants it, it has already been promised to an employee who will buy it for home use. It's 30.5" wide, 26.5" deep, and 37" high, in dark blue enameled steel. It has a foot rest (platform) about 9" above the floor. Everything works; it just needs some minor cleaning. Send inquiries to this address or call ext. 3718. Andrea Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::VIDEO 1-AUG-1990 06:03:55.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: VIDEO LAB SHUT DOWN VIDEO LAB SHUT-DOWN The Video Lab will be shut-down from 8/2 - 8/20. This is due to the relocation of the lab near the caged area. Anyone needing any video or digitizing should plan on submitting a request when I return from vacation. My schedual is as follows: 8/2 Lab shutdown 8/2-8/13 Rob on Vacation (contractors finishing up) 8/14-8/20 Working out bugs on newly wired system Rob Rowe ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::MILTY 1-AUG-1990 09:20:16.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TRAMPOLINE IS ANYONE OUT IN VAXLAND INTERESTED IN A 3' ACROSS "EXERCISE" TRAMPOLINE ?????? IT IS ABOUT 8 OR 9 INCHES HIGH AND COULD BE TRADED FOR,..SAY,.. A CHEAP LUNCH,....OR SIX PACK OF BEER. AND MIGHT I ADD,...IT'S IN EXCELLENT SHAPE,..AS IF IT WAS NEVER USED,.HA HA AND IT'S BLACK TO COLOR COORDINATE WITH ANY DECOR. MILTY #3742 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 1-AUG-1990 09:50:31.08 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: This week's Sonic Station (tm) selection: Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)" * The Audio Group * From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 1-AUG-1990 10:13:00.08 To: DURFEY,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: This weeks bad taste selection From: GAWD::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 1-AUG-1990 09:49:30.06 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: This week's Septic Station (tim white) selection: Prince Archduke Ferdinands's "Le Suckr Du Gavarillo Princep (The Wrong Spring)" * The Audio Group * ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 1-AUG-1990 10:56:19.06 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: SEARCHING the AVL The following AVL files are now generated each night in ASCII format, suitable for scanning with the DCL SEARCH command. These files may be SEARCHed from any node on the network. Each file includes the Atari part number, generic part number, description, manufacturers, manufacturers part numbers and status as listed in the AVL at the end of each weekday. They will not contain changes made after 6:00 PM. FILE CONTENTS ATARI$AVL:ACTIVE.LIS ACTIVE PARTS ATARI$AVL:INACTIVE.LIS INACTIVE PARTS ATARI$AVL:MEMORY.LIS ACTIVE MEMORY MASTERS ATARI$AVL:OBSOLETE.LIS CONVERTED PARTS ATARI$AVL:PROMO.LIS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS ATARI$AVL:SPARE.LIS SPARE PARTS For more information on the SEARCH command, type HELP SEARCH at the system prompt ($). ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 1-AUG-1990 12:30:14.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: YOGURT Don't forget today at 3:20 the truck will be here. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::LEE 1-AUG-1990 18:29:46.59 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: SERIAL COMMUNICATION LINK YOU'RE INVITED TO A SHORT (15 MINUTES) PRESENTATION OF THE SERIAL COMMUNICATION BOARD AT 2:00 PM THIS FRIDAY (AUGUST-03-1990) IN THE ENGINEERING CONFERENCE ROOM. ROUGH COST ESTIMATE & PRELIMINARY SPEC. WILL BE PRESENTED. BONNIE SMITHSON, DENNIS HARPER, DAVE AKERS, MARK PIERCE, MIKE ALBAUGH R.S.V.P. IF NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. SAM LEE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 2-AUG-1990 07:16:44.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Badges I'm down to three again, if your collecting them please return them to the front desk. Also, it would be very helpful if you make sure your visitor returns their badge when they leave. It's hard for me to get everyones when I'm buzy on the phones. Thanks, Steph ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GRAHAM 2-AUG-1990 09:53:37.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Kaiser Doctors Does anyone out there have a good general doctor at the Santa Clara facility that they would recommend??? My mother recently joined Kaiser and would like the names of some doctors instead of going in cold. Thank you, and my mother thanks you!!!! Karen Graham ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::NATALIE 2-AUG-1990 15:07:14.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: ThunderJaws T-shirts We're taking orders for ThunderJaws shirts. Since the company doesn't make shirts anymore, Rusty and I are making our own run. We're not sure how much they will cost, but it will be between $7 and $12. If you would like to buy one, reply to this address. Tell me what size(s) you need, and if you would like a long sleeve shirt (it will costs extra). They will NOT be white, probably blue, so they will look COOL! Put your order in for the limited edition of THUNDERJAWS shirts! Act Now! This is a limited time offer! Natalie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::MORRIS 3-AUG-1990 13:35:29.49 To: @sys$mail:junk CC: Subj: Good disk Cache for the PC on the VAX I have downloaded a very good disk cache program for the PC. It is in [morris]hydk403.zip Following is the Abstract for this program. PS If you use it and like it PLEASE register it. (Only $35). HyperDisk Version 4.03. The ultimate MS/PC/DR-DOS disk caching utility. Features background interrupt driven write caching. Conventional, Extended or Expanded Memory usage. Support for PC, XT, AT, InBoard, 80386 and 80486 type machines. Conventional RAM requirements vary from 10K to 35K depending on the model and size of cache selected. Compatible with Windows 3.0, QEMM, 386Max, DesqView, Phar Lap, SpeedStor, Disk Manager, et. al. Compatible adapters/drives: MFM, RLL, ESDI and SCSI. Many other advanced options. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 3-AUG-1990 13:44:39.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: MCCARTHY Subj: Sockets for RAMs, PALs,etc. Manufacturing submitted a deviation to use MACHINED sockets in place of stamped sockets for Pitfighter VRAMs because the stamped sockets had a16 week lead time. Instead, I deviated out the socket altogether. (Machined sockets are 3 to 6 times the price of stamped sockets.) There are two reasons for socketing these types of parts. One reason is that it is easier to debug boards using the shotgun method without ruining expensive parts if the more complex components are removable. The second reason is to recover costs from overbuilds. If expensive, reusable parts are socketed, these parts can be recovered. This is only worth while on the more expensive parts, and if you don't pay an arm and a leg for the sockets. The total price for the socket over the entire game run (including any overbuild) must be less that the totat recovered cost of the socketable parts. One to three percent of the material cost of a board is sockets, including program and graphics memory sockets. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::WEST 6-AUG-1990 16:46:12.56 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: farewell lunch "It's too hard to say au revoir, so let's just say hors d'oeuvres" ------------Martin Mull, comic genius Well, folks, it's time for yet another (sniff) farewell lunch for one of our beloved. Deborah Short has answered the call to riches and fame, and will be moving down to La-La Land (that other place) to work for Shmisney, Pisney, Disney---something like that. We'd like to hold a good-by for now lunch at Mandarin House restaurant in Milpitas this Friday at noon. If you'd like to come to eat or just look sad, please R.S.V.P. to me A.S.A.P. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MOTT 7-AUG-1990 11:11:35.61 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Wanted: info on recycling water jugs Does anyone know of a place that takes plastic water bottles to be recycled (big 2.5 gallon and 1 gallon bottles). I've had no luck finding a place and they're piling up. You can make great toilet tank water saving reservoirs out of them if anyone wants them!! Steph (x1754) or reply ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SHOOZ 7-AUG-1990 13:33:21.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: 1 Meg EPROMS Will the person who "borrowed" the SHOOZ 1 MEG EPROMs from the eraser in the alpha lab kindly return them as soon as possible. We need them for a board being shipped to Chicago. Thank you, The SHOOZ Team. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RALSTON 8-AUG-1990 08:39:20.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Play RAMPART! It's MIND-BOGGLING! It's MADDENING! It's ADDICTING! It's DIFFERENT! It's FUN! It's going out on field test tomorrow, so please try playing RAMPART in the common area TODAY. 1, 2, or 3 players can play at a time, so give it a try. And, of course, please write down any bugs/comments/suggestions. Thanks. Your friends, The RAMPART Team ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 9-AUG-1990 10:52:56.63 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Promotional Video Rob's promotional video tape for the Race Drivin' and Pitfighter Product introduction is available for viewing in Central Conf. Rm. It's about 10 minutes long. See the Atari Pit Crew in action and see our own verison of Hans and Frans "Pump you up". It's funny even if you've never seen the Saturday Night Live skit Press PLAY on the VCR to start; STOP and REWIND when you're done. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 9-AUG-1990 17:06:32.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Tools You need tools for whatever it is YOU are doing? Hey just ask! We will be happy to loan our tools out to you because we know that you are all honest people and that you WILL bring them back to where YOU found them, right? We are dying to hear your story about what it is YOU need and why and how soon it is we WILL be seeing our tools again. Oh so we are not around? GOOD NEWS!!!!!! You cant lose what you never had. I have not needed to tie chains to all my tools for several years, so I am trying to figure out just exactly what has changed. I have always been able to leave tools around and been ABLE to keep track of them. So who, or what or why? Should I lock them up every night and take inventory? I guess so. That is, if there is anything left to take inventory of. Need tools just come and see me. I'd LOVE to discuss it with you! Come on! Lets talk about it. Tooless Tech ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 9-AUG-1990 23:34:30.74 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: LEON,JOE,JACKSON,MCCARTHY Subj: new release id scidplot, sdbatchplot and sdplotit If you don't plot schematics then skip this. I have released a new version of these programs into SCICOM. If I broke something, I'm sure you will let me know real quick. The main changes are added support for Viewlogic PSEUDO format plot files and Houston plotters DMPL format plot files. I also added a scale parameter. The old method (and current default method) is that files are plotted at half scale, irrespective of the scale you requested when you plotted the schematic. Most of the time this is what you wanted since you used a D size sheet and wanted a B size plot. You can now change the scale of the final sheet by using the /SCALE switch with SCIDPLOT or SDBATCHPLOT. If you say /NOSCALE then there are no overrides, and the scale defined at the schematic tool will take effect. If you say /scale=0.4 then your final plot will be reduced to this ratio of the sheet your schematic was drawn on. If you want full scale use /SCALE on its own or /SCALE=1.0 As always type scidplot on its own for a short help screen. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::YAMAMOTO 10-AUG-1990 15:03:54.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Lawsuit ATARI GAMES WINS LAWSUIT FILED BY AUSTRALIAN OVER GAME DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS MILPITAS, CA August 8, 1990 - Atari Games Corporation today announced it has won a jury verdict in a two year old lawsuit brought by Australia's largest video game distributor/operator over the right to exclusively distribute the entire line of Atari Games' arcade products in Australia. Avel Pty. Ltd., one of several Australian video game companies owned by Malcolm Steinberg, filed a lawsuit in September 1988 claiming that Atari Games had breached an oral and implied contract that would have given Avel exclusive distribution rights for all Atari products in Australia for an unlimited period of time. Atari Games, which had for many years granted distribution rights to Avel only on a game-by-game basis, conuntered that Avel's claims were simply self-serving fabrications. Avel was seeking $3.6 million inn compensatory damages as well as unspecified punitive damages. A two week trial, heard by a jury in the U. S. Federal District Court in San Francisco, ended on August 2, 1990 with an unanimous verdict in favor of Atari Games on all claims brought by Avel. "Atari Games has been a leader in the video game industry for many years and has excellent long-term relationships with all of its distributors throughout the world," stated a company spokesperson. "Atari Games was shockedf and disa "Atari Games was shockedf and disa "Atari Games was shocked and disappointed when Malcolm Steinberg instigated this unwarranted lawsuit to create rights he did not have. As an importer/operator, we believe a conflict of interest existed that had a negative impact on the distribution of Atari Games product in Australia," the spokesperson said. Steinberg admitted during the trial that his companies control sixty percent of Australia's video game market. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 13-AUG-1990 13:52:51.49 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: More recycling stuff Information for recycling plastics: First, buy the right plastics. Look for a triangle symbol with 2 in the middle. That is the symbol for High density polyethylene (HDPE). Examples of this plastic are milk jugs and shampoo bottles. A triangle with a 6 in the middle stands for Polystyrene (P/S). Examples of polystyrene are yogurt and cottage cheese tubs. HDPE and P/S can be recycled locally. Waste Management/Recycle America accepts HDPE at 1140 Campbell Ave, near Newhall Ave and The Alameda in San Jose. Bay Polymer accepts P/S at 44530 Grimmer Blvd in Fremont. Please make sure the containers are clean. Otherwise, they will be rejected. For more information, Waste Management can be reached at 408-980-9900. Bay Polymer's phone number is 415-490-1791. There is no cash reward yet for recycling plastic, but you will have the satisfaction of knowing you're part of the solution to a critical problem. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 14-AUG-1990 18:14:56.41 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: LOIS Subj: Phone Number On the chance that field test or production problems may arise, it is essential that the appropriate engineering staff have your home number. I have been asked to maintain that list and would appreciate your number by vax mail. THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED FOR GENERAL USE. Only appropriate personnel will have access to it. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 14-AUG-1990 18:14:56.41 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: LOIS Subj: Phone Number On the chance that field test or production problems may arise, it is essential that the appropriate engineering staff have your home number. I have been asked to maintain that list and would appreciate your number by vax mail. THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED FOR GENERAL USE. Only appropriate personnel will have access to it. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 15-AUG-1990 11:08:12.70 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: MCCARTHY Subj: Farrokh Khodadadi. It appears that not everybody is aware of the situation, so here it is. Farrokh has been out on medical leave for over three weeks. He was rear-ended in his car and hurt his back and neck. He will be back next monday, in all probability. However, as you might expect with those types of injuries, he will not be able to move games or cabinets (in-house or for field test), for some time to come. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::HUBBERSTEY 15-AUG-1990 14:24:45.22 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: HUBBERSTEY Subj: Missing equipment **** MISSING !!! **** MISSING !!! **** MISSING !!! **** MISSING !!! **** Please be on the lookout for our Word Recognizer probe which seems to have vanished (temporarily I hope). It looks like a 'scope probe plugged into a flat rectangular box with about 20 wires coming out of it and DIP switches on one side. If you find this or know where it is please tell me. Thanks. Tim Hubberstey, x1789 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 15-AUG-1990 17:10:33.28 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: WELCOMING THE NEW RECEPTIONIST You may have noticed a different lady sitting in the main lobby.(Maybe not) Well, her name is Regina and if you stopped by and introduced yourself, I'm sure she would appreciate the gesture. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 15-AUG-1990 20:23:41.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: SUTTLES Subj: stuff Would whomever secreted the answering machine in Morgan's area for safekeeping, please tell me where it is secreted? I tried to move it to the computer room to ensure its continued operation, only to find someone had already taken it to a safe place. The machine IS (make that WAS) being used, and IS needed. Thank you. I already know Cris didn't do it. Or Carole for that matter. And probably not even Tim. Or Farokh. Also, since I have the general ear, I've disconnected the printer known as CAD$PRINT until further notice (don't hold your breath). We had to get it out of the warehouse, and there is no suitable place to install it. It is in storage, and will eventually be reconnected in an area somewhat close to where it is now, once such an area is designated. Until that time, CAD$PRINT has been glued to DIO$PRINT (look in the printer room for stuff that used to come out there). For those of you who would use CAD$PRINT if it still existed, continue to do things the same way, and when it is reincarnated, everything will work the way you want. sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 16-AUG-1990 09:01:53.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: movie Finally, on that vast wasteland we call television, tonight, channel 2, 8 p.m., it's Al Pacino in ...And Justice for All. P.S. Last Sunday night there was an excellent movie on the tube; Bette Davis in "The Letter" made in 1939. Well, once it was a great movie, because channel 20 showed the new and improved colorized version. Bette Davis' teeth were blue. I couldn't take it. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 16-AUG-1990 16:09:34.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: RAY Subj: New arcade -- Tilt In case any of you have not heard, there is a huge new arcade at Vallco Shopping Center (Stevens Creek and Wolfe, Cupertino). It is located downstairs on the J.C.Penny side, where the food court USED to be. It has lots of old and new video games, redemption games (Skee Ball, Big Mouth, Shoot-to-Win), a carousel, a small bumper car arena, a shooting gallery, kiddy rides, batting cages, pitching cages, and SR2 (similar to but much smaller than Disneyland's Star Tours -- several people go in a "spaceship", you watch a movie while the whole thing moves -- roller coasters, etc. -- 8 tokens per person). Pizza, corn dogs, ice cream, and party rooms are coming later. Check it out!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::HUBBERSTEY 17-AUG-1990 19:33:56.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: HUBBERSTEY Subj: New, improved COSTPL procedure!! My COSTPL.COM procedure for costing parts lists has been improved as follows when costing SciCards parts lists with the /SCIPL option: 1. It now asks you if you want to include assembly part numbers when costing. The default is NO since these assemblies are usually included as complete parts lists. (Pat requested this option) 2. It now recognizez part numbers based on the following criteria: - at least 5 digits - one hyphen - no more than 3 alphas - no other special characters I believe that this should cover all legal Atari part numbers but if it doesn't, please tell me. 3. It no longer blows up in a nasty fashion if the a part number appears 2 or more times in the combined parts list. It now totals all occurrences of a part and combines them into one line. FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS - An option for re-costing an existing xx.COSTPERITEM file using current MANMAN data. - If one of the standard/current cost columns is zero, the non-zero value will be substituted and tagged somehow (probably with *). I am interested in hearing if any of you use this procedure or others that I've sent out mail about so that I know what level they need to be maintained at. I am also open to suggestions for any enhancements that you may want. Tim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 20-AUG-1990 10:44:50.46 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: From the soapbox collection: " Hazards of a traffic light " One might think of the traffic light as a place where one could take ones feet off the pedals to relax. A place to meditate for a few moments and briefly converge with other fellow drivers who are willing to wait for that beautiful shade of green. One might also find drivers who don't share the same enthusiasm for the peace and serenity that a traffic light can offer. One might even get the opportunity to meet such drivers and exchange personal data with them. But these new acquaintances aren't the type one would run into again in ones lifetime if one can avoid them. No, ... such meetings can leave painful impressions that can stay with you for some time. How can one avoid such interaction you may ask. Well, I'm not sure if it's totally possible but I'm going to practice the following: 1. Avoid the open lanes in an intersection. I know it's tempting to drive on to the open space and assume the pole position, but it's not worth it. Leave that lane open for the drivers who aren't particular about traffic signals color codes. 2. Always tow one of those giant spot lights behind your car (the kind that car dealers use to shine on the sky on special sales and grand openings). 3. And this one is not all that practical but on some occasions you might just put the car in park and wait in the sidewalk for the green so if anyone should rearend your car, you can be a bystandard and act as a witness in your case. If you have additional suggestions on ways to avoid rearend collision at the red light, or would like to warn me on other possible hazards of the traffic light, please forward your comments to this vax address. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 20-AUG-1990 11:22:58.60 To: OWENS,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: 136077 - HDRACE MEMORY MASTERS 136077 - HARD DRIVIN/RACE MEMORY MASTERS 20-Aug-1990 Page 1 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136077-1001 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210R 136077-1002 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200R 136077-1003 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210S 136077-1004 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200S 136077-1005 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210T 136077-1006 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200T 136077-1007 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210U 136077-1008 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200U 136077-1009 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210V 136077-1010 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200V 136077-1011 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210W 136077-1012 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200W 136077-1013 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210X 136077-1014 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200X 136077-1015 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210Y 136077-1016 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200Y 136077-1017 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,45C 136077-1021 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,9/10H 136077-1022 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10H 136077-1023 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,9/10K 136077-1024 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10K 136077-1025 IC,PR_GAL,137647-015,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,40B 136077-1026 IC,PR_GAL,137647-015,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,60B 136077-1027 IC,PR_EPROM,137665-1020,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,30J 136077-1028 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,30F 136077-1029 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10F 136077-1030 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,30E 136077-1031 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10E 136077-1032 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,70N 136077-1033 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,45N ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 20-AUG-1990 11:35:28.28 To: OWENS,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: 136077 - HD RACE EE$USERDISK:[Driver.RaceVersions.ROMREVA]AROMREL.DOC lists the following as "Reserved but not currently used:" but with a -1xxx suffix. Please correct this to reflect the proper release status (-0xxx) until they are released. 136077-1018 30C 137448-250 (27C512, 250 ns) 136077-1019 20C 137448-250 (27C512, 250 ns) 136077-1020 5C 137448-250 (27C512, 250 ns) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 21-AUG-1990 08:08:02.57 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TeeVee Would you eat a Mystic Pizza? I know I would. Watch tonight on channel 5 at 9 pm, Mystic Pizza starring Julia Roberts. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 21-AUG-1990 16:25:14.77 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: MESSAGE JOAN ALPIN OF MERRITT CALLED AND ASKED THAT YOU RETURN HER CALL,434-0800. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 22-AUG-1990 12:46:19.75 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: MCCARTHY Subj: Arrow electronics / National Semiconductor Book Fair ARROW ELECTRONICS are interested in putting on a book fair here on behalf of National Semiconductor. If you are interested please respond TODAY, to either myself or Ray Sherman. Tentative time/date is 11.00 am to NOON on Thursday 8/30/90, that is one week from tomorrow. Some food and refreshments to be provided. Please indicate if you would like a presentation on any of the following topics: ALS/AS TELECOM LAN/UART DATA_ACQUISITION EMBEDDED PROC. DRAM_MGT FAST FAST APPS ECL LOGIC FACT LINEAR GRAPHICS INTERFACE CMOS LOGIC LINEAR APPS LS/S/TL DISCRETE MEMORY uCONTROLL PROG LOGIC RT CLOCK LINEAR SP MASS STOR ASIC ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 22-AUG-1990 13:06:40.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: IMI EPROM programmer 1) The IMI gives a bad verify on socket 8...we will send it out for repair (could be gone 1-4 weeks) unless you all respond saying NO - we need it here more. 2) Any other problems with the IMI? I have an intermittent report of the IMI trashing blank EPROM's during the blank-check portion of a prgramming cycle. Cannot repeat it however. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 22-AUG-1990 14:18:11.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: If you don't know much about Arium and haven't used it before, then ignore this message. On the other hand you could help me. I know that Ariums have some strange characteristics, and I'm specifically concerned with the basic dos and don'ts when powering them down and up. In other words they're not as forgiving as AMS and it's possible to fry them if you don't know what you're doing. So if you have some basic suggestions I would like to hear from you. Thanks Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BRAD "Get you facts first, then you can distort them as you please" 22-AUG-1990 17:22:56.59 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BRAD Subj: ham Is anyone out there a Ham Radio Operator? Or know of a friend who is? I need to get a message to some friends that should be floating down around the west coast of Mexico. Any help would be appreciated! - brad - x3788 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PLOTKIN 23-AUG-1990 11:00:09.49 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: FREE portable fridge Looking for suitable home for portable fridge. Previously housed in boyfriend's previous camper -- now sits in our bedroom taking up space. Fridge is white,exterior measuring 21 cubic inches. It works (we revved it up the other night to make sure) and is yours for the asking. Just respond to this station or call ext. 3785. Sharon Plotkin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 23-AUG-1990 17:54:27.06 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Tomorrow's Hits Holy Pitfighter! Look at the Ramparts on that stunt track! What's a helicopter doing in that BMX race? And remember to toss the shoes, not the horse. Well, those are all yesterday's games from the perspective of a Brainstorming session. Did I say Brainstorming? Yes indeed. We're having a true blue knock down slam bam died in the wool Brainstorming session this Year. The format includes several concurrent in-house sessions on the same day. This is followed by an off-site session several days later. Off-site participants will spend 2 days/nights in the ultra-creative environment of the Santa Cruz Mountains at the Boulder Creek Lodge and Conference Center. IN-HOUSE SESSION: Tuesday, September 11,1990 (about 2 weeks away) IN-HOUSE RSVP Due: Thursday, September 6,1990 To RSVP, Send Downend a 10-20 line game idea description. Off-site session: September 30 - October 2, 1990 Space is limited so only a subset of the in-house participants will be able to attend the off-site session. Themes are likely to focus on video, but any ideas for a coin-operated entertainment product are welcomed and encouraged. Here are several topics, themes, technologies as food for thought: - Virtual Reality (vision output & player-motion sensors that simulate an environment) - vechicle simulation ( ala Hard Drivin) - CD ROM - Growth motion object H/W (allows zoom, cinematic camera effects) - Digitized graphics, photo-realistic looks - Movie Themes - Traditional Themes ( sports, driving, space, kick/punch, walk/shoot) - Redemption - Electro-mechanical - Puzzle solving - role playing - Pop Culture themes (TMNT, New Kids OB, Simpsons etc) - Multi-player (required unless game has the WOW for $.50 play) - Multi-player networked (multiple screens w/1-2 players per scrn) *********************************************************************** RSVP by 9/6: send Downend a 10-20 line game idea description. *********************************************************************** ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SUTTLES "Doctor DCL" 24-AUG-1990 12:32:15.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: SUTTLES Subj: Help me, help me!!!! Could someone explain to me what happens to the little doodads that convert telephone-style cords to the DB25 connectors commonly found on computer equipment? We're not talking one lost sock in the dryer, here. It seems that every time a terminal gets moved, or an AMS, or even an Arium, the cords and adapters vanish. When we move an AMS, that's $30 in parts. Every time. I really don't begrudge the first set, and even occaisional replacements seem worthwhile. Cords are sometimes too short (and then where do they go???) or are strung up on the ceiling and not worth the effort to get down. Fine. I expect to relace line cords now and again, and not always have a trade-in. But who is collecting these things? Most of them have had at least 3 sets made, and some have gone through as many as 8. By this time, if the parts are being saved for "if I ever get it back," I still shouldn't have to make connectors (cords, OK). A general plea: Unless we are sending the box outside the company (as in repairs), PLEASE leave all the adapters ON THE BOX. We're talking terminals, AMS, Ariums, etc. I've been making an effort to screw them on to help their longevity...and the attachment points have started disappearing because they get unscrewed. If you're giving up an AMS, for example, the connectors won't do you any good, and the next guy will really need them, just as bad as you did. So please, make my job easier, and yours, and even save the company the cost of quite a few Xerox's. The soapbox is open. Next? sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 24-AUG-1990 13:39:12.38 To: DENCKER CC: MARGOLIN Subj: File The file is in [margolin.race]kit.doc Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::RSHERMAN 27-AUG-1990 13:38:42.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: Subj: ARROW/NSC BOOK FAIR THE ARROW ELECTRINICS/ NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR BOOK FAIR WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE ENGINEERING CONFERENCE ROOM FROM 11-12 A.M. ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6. REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. NSC DATA BOOKS & SOME REFRESHMANTS WILL BE PROVIDED. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE WELCOME. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 27-AUG-1990 17:06:10.95 To: @SM:JUNK CC: Subj: ImageWriter II now available to AppleTalk For all you Appletalk users out there: There is now an ImageWriter II hooked into the Appletalk network that all you should be able to print on. It is located in the ASAP development lab (across from Mike Albaugh's and Jim Morris' offices). To use, Select the Chooser from the Apple menu on your Mac, then select the AppleTalk ImageWriter icon (looks like a printer with a wire coming out of the bottom). The "ASAP lab ImageWriter" should then show up in the upper-right hand box. Make it highlighted if it isn't already, then select the goaway box (square in upper left corner of the title bar). Now you can print. Note: You PacerShare users will probably have to change from EtherTalk to LocalTalk before doing the above. To do this, Select the Control Panel from the Apple menu, and choose "Network" from the control panel. A couple of icons will appear (LocalTalk and EtherTalk and possibly EtherTalk2). Pick the "built in" icon. Now do the Chooser stuff from above to print. When you are done printing, be kind to the rest of the users and switch back to EtherTalk (not EtherTalk 2) EtherTalk icon looks like a pair of arrows pointing in opposite directions, while the Ethertalk 2 icon is similar, but each arrow has 2 arrowheads instead of one. If this stuff doesn't work for some reason, let me know and I'll install the necessary stuff on your Mac. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 27-AUG-1990 17:20:08.94 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: New/Improved ATARI$AVL:SEEALL Introducing the all new and revised ATARI$AVL:SEEALL SEEALL is a fast, convienient way to get AVL, USAGE, COST, STOCK, WHEREUSED, and PURCHASE ORDER information about an part. The user may configure SEEALL to report only those items which are of interest. SEEALL only works on node MIKE. To use SEEALL, at the system prompt ($) type: RUN ATARI$AVL:SEEALL SEEALL will look for a file named SEEALL.INI in your default directory, if it doesn't exist, SEEALL can create it using user-selectable options. You can change your default configuration or output-file from within SEEALL by entering the word SETUP or OUTPUT at the "Atari Part Number [EXIT]:" prompt. You can also define a logical word in your LOGIN.COM to run SEEALL, such as: SEEALL :==$ATARI$AVL:SEEALL this would allow you to use several different config files with SEEALL by entering: SEEALL [config-file] at the system prompt ($). If you want to create or modify your own config files, the syntax is simple, just enter the options you want, in any order, at the left margin of your ASCII config file, leaving the remainder of the line blank. Your choices are: USAGE lists the parts current period usage (6/1/89-TODAY) VENDORS lists the approved vendors for the part STOCK stock status WHEREUSED [n] the parts where-used report PO [n] purchase orders for the part where n = the maximum iterations of the function you wish to have performed, the default is to list all WHEREUSED or PO references. Blank lines or lines not containing a valid option are ignored. here's a sample config file to show a little of everything; USAGE VENDORS STOCK WHEREUSED 3 PO 2 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 28-AUG-1990 11:45:15.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE, @SYS$MAIL:ANIMATORS CC: LOIS Subj: Supplies, Vacation I am about to place another order for office supplies. If you have noticed we are out of something you need please send me a message and your request will be added to the list. I will be on vacation the week of Sept. 3-7. If you need to set up meetings, have things distributed, etc. please contact me by this Friday. Karen Graham will be handling the adminstrative duties while I am away. STATUS REPORT PEOPLE ONLY: PLEASE BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR AND HAND IN YOUR REPORTS TO KAREN ON TIME! THANKS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::RSHERMAN 28-AUG-1990 12:15:05.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: Subj: ARROW/NSC "BOOK FAIR" - REVISED DATE/INFO THIS SUPERCEDES ANY/ALL PREVIOUS NOTICES ON THIS SUBJECT. THE ARROW ELECTRONICS / NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR "BOOK FAIR" WILL BE PRESENTED THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13 FROM 11-12 AM IN THE ENGINEERING CONFERENCE ROOM. ARROW/NSC REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. NSC DATA BOOKS & REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE WELCOME !! FOR FURTHER INFO OR COMMENTS CONTACT ME AT X1751. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 29-AUG-1990 13:00:24.28 To: @SM:ENGINEER CC: Subj: PBCONVERT Greetings PBCONVERT users, I am rewriting PBCONVERT from FORTRAN to C and need your help. There are now 23 formats supported by PBCONVERT, and I'd like to prune away the obsolete ones. Please send me a list of the formats you use, or think should be retained. Those formats not listed by anyone will not make the transition to the new version. I am in the process of testing formats I know are needed, so don't delay. The new C version will be available on the VAX, the UNIX systems and the PC. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::COMSTOCK 29-AUG-1990 13:39:57.46 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Muchas Gracias AMIGA Who in the audience is Amiga-knowledgeable? The Animation Dept. has set up Rob Rowe's Amiga in Will Noble's ofice to test out a new piece of Disney animation software, but the machine is being somewhat recalcitrant (memory and hard disk problems). Any experienced advice/assistance would be appreciated. Sam Comstock x3790 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 29-AUG-1990 18:02:08.90 To: @SM:ENGINEER CC: Subj: New CELPROCESS I put a new version of CELPROCESS in UTL$PPS:. The one minor change is the addition of a /COLON command that appends a colon to labels in .ASM files. This is for use with the UNIX assembler. Any other wierdness is unintentional. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 29-AUG-1990 19:16:15.67 To: MARGOLIN CC: BIKE Subj: Self test change. Jed, The one line change I was refering to is in [bike.cycle.stest]gsptst.asm. I went looking for remaining data which wasn't in those ROMs. I didn't find any which overflowed into the last pair of 512's. So, I repeated the test by filling RAM with 0's, checking that their checksums were indeed 0000, and running selftest. Only this time when I flipped the selftest switch to gamemode, the game came up. Farrokh had to leave. We'll try it again tomorrow afternoon. Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAMPART 30-AUG-1990 11:41:22.58 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: rampart fans! We're trying to exercise the stats on Rampart, so please come and play early and often! Please note on the pad provided when you add coins and please DON'T reset the system or go into self-test... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 31-AUG-1990 18:20:11.21 To: SMITH,MOORE,STEWART CC: MARGOLIN Subj: DSK Boards According to my records we have kept a total of six DSK Boards. Please advise if your records do not agree. I will be on vacation so send all pertinent information to Rick Moncrief. Jed cc: Rich Moore Bob Stewart ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 4-SEP-1990 11:56:53.53 To: @SMEE CC: SHEPPERD Subj: Hey, let's do lunch In case you didn't know, Jim Morris has accepted a position with (believe it or not) Sho-Graphics. His last day is tomorrow 9/5. I thought we'd have a lunch in the common area with some Togo's sandwiches and drinks. Please reply to this address if you interested in joining the festivities. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 4-SEP-1990 15:07:38.58 To: MOORE,RAY,DOWNEND,TAKAICHI,FUJIHARA,BENZLER,MONCRIEF,WEST,CAMERON,MARGOLIN,JANG,AKNIN,LICHAC CC: BIKE Subj: Review CYCLOTRON Pre-Focus Review When: TOMORROW Wednesday, Sept 5, 2:00pm Where: We'll meet first in the Cyclotron Lab and then move to the Executive Conference Room. Please RSVP to this VAXmail address. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 5-SEP-1990 10:34:30.04 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: SEEALL and SEEAVL By popular demand... ATARI$AVL:SEEAVL and ATARI$AVL:SEEALL have been modified to not show DISQUALIFIED manufacturers part numbers. The information is still maintained, it's just not shown in these programs. This should reduce the amount of information writen to your screens, eliminate possible confusion, and lessen those frantic pushes of your NO SCROLL button. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 5-SEP-1990 11:08:59.07 To: @SMEE CC: SHEPPERD Subj: Lunch time... For those of you attending Morris's lunch, the food will be here between 12:15 and 12:30 (I hope). ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::MORRIS 5-SEP-1990 14:23:49.61 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Bi Bi Well Its time for me to go!! Thanks to all of you for making the past 7 years so much fun. I wish you all the best and keep turning out those killer games. See you around, and keep in touch. Jim. (xxx) xxx-xxxx (Home) (xxx) xxx-xxxx (Work as of 9/6/90) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::COMSTOCK 5-SEP-1990 15:48:38.41 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: New Animator: Sean Murphy I'm happy to introduce a new animator, hired to fill the opening left by Deborah Short. His name is SEAN MURPHY and he comes from San Francisco and Indianapolis, Indiana, and Dublin, Ireland (in reverse order). His previous experience is in the world of advertising as well as animation, and he has won awards for his artwork and animated films. He'll be working in Deborah's office (next to Lyle's). Feel free to stop by and say hello. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::ATKINSON 6-SEP-1990 08:10:25.60 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,ATKINSON CC: Subj: WOMENS LA GEAR TENNIS SHOES FOR SALE WOMENS L.A. GEAR TENNIS SHOES 20.00 BRAND NEW!! WHITE WITH PINK AND BLACK TRIM, BLACK SHOE LACES IF INTERESTED PLEASE CALL EXT. 3922 ASK FOR KAREN OR GINA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::ATKINSON 6-SEP-1990 09:01:30.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,ATKINSON CC: Subj: L.A. GEAR WOMENS TENNIS SHOES OOPS SO SORRY I FORGOT THE SIZE "7" ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GRAHAM 6-SEP-1990 09:15:21.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: LOST GAME Anyone out there know the whereabouts of a Klax countertop game??? Two were sent to the ACME show but now we can only find one. If you have any clues where the other one might be please let me know ASAP!!!! (It's needed for AMOA) Thanks, Karen Graham ext. 3738 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 6-SEP-1990 11:05:29.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RAY Subj: PC utility to shut off NUMLOCK For PC users: Some PCs power on with NUMLOCK on. If this annoys you, you can download [ray]lockkey2.com and call it from your autoexec.bat. LOCKKEY2.DOC -- a couple sentences of documentation LOCKKEY2.DBG -- the file I typed in (from PC World) LOCKKEY2.COM -- the executable file You can also turn on or off Capslock and Scrollock with this file. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 6-SEP-1990 16:47:57.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Brainstorming Update REMINDER: Tommorow (Friday) is the deadline for RSVPing to the In-house Brainstorming session.... ************************************************************************** Here are the details (again) plus a revision to some of the dates: We're having a Brainstorming session this Year. The format includes several concurrent in-house sessions on the same day. This is followed by an off-site session several days later. Off-site participants will spend 2 days/nights in the ultra-creative environment of the Santa Cruz Mountains at the Boulder Creek Lodge and Conference Center. IN-HOUSE SESSION: Thursday, September 13,1990 (1 week away) IN-HOUSE RSVP Due: FRIDAY, September 7, 1990 To RSVP, Send Downend a 10-20 line game idea description. Off-site session: October 14 thru October 16, 1990 Space is limited so only a subset of the in-house participants will be able to attend the off-site session. Themes are likely to focus on video, but any ideas for a coin-operated entertainment product are welcomed and encouraged. Here are several topics, themes, technologies as food for thought: - Virtual Reality (vision output & player-motion sensors that simulate an environment) - vechicle simulation ( ala Hard Drivin) - CD ROM - Growth motion object H/W (allows zoom, cinematic camera effects) - Digitized graphics, photo-realistic looks - Movie Themes - Traditional Themes (sports, driving, space, kick/punch, walk/shoot) - Redemption - Electro-mechanical - Puzzle solving - role playing - Pop Culture themes (TMNT, New Kids OB, Simpsons etc) - Multi-player (required unless game has the WOW for $.50 play) - Multi-player networked (multiple screens w/1-2 players per scrn) *********************************************************************** RSVP by 9/7 @ 5PM: send Downend a 10-20 line game idea description. *********************************************************************** ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 7-SEP-1990 11:59:33.27 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Taito's Air Inferno * You can see a video tape of Taito's Air Inferno in the Central Conf. room. * It's a very good polygon hardware with a helicopter fire-fight theme. * Please minimize rewinds, slow scans, etc. since the tape is a VHS-C inside an expander cartridge so the tape is all pulled out on several rollers... * You have to put up with serious sync bars since they update they screen much slower than 60HZ. * Toward the end of this 20 minute tape, I took a quick walking tour of the Tilt arcade at Fashion Island, San Mateo - it's a beautiful arcade. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 7-SEP-1990 15:46:30.12 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: WATER...... PLEASE NOTE....THE WATER FOR BUILDING 675 WILL BE TURNED OFF AT 7AM MONDAY MORNING, 9/10, FOR APPROX. ONE HOUR. THANKS, BOB ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BIB::SHEPPERD 10-SEP-1990 11:26:20.01 To: BEHENSKY,MOTT,DURFEY,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN CC: SHEPPERD Subj: I sucked this off the net this morn... Path: dms!motcsd!apple!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!spage From: spage@cup.portal.com (S spage Page) Newsgroups: rec.games.video Subject: Hard Drivin' sequel! (arcade) Message-ID: <33653@cup.portal.com> Date: 8 Sep 90 10:38:14 GMT References: <7231@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 85 I hadn't been to the local arcade for a few weeks... from afar the excitement mounted as I saw a yellow cabinet next to Hard Drivin'... sure enough, "Race Drivin'" is out. This is a sequel to Hard Drivin', the ultimate road racing simulator from Atari Games. You can choose the original classic course, a rallycross course, or a Super stunt course. The rallycross course is very short, and seems kinda dull. You drive around on a flat course with marker cones (which I think make a "squop" sound if you hit them). There are some barricades, but I couldn't smash through them. The Super stunt course is wild. It starts with a banked turn, then you cruise up into a vast bleak green mountain, which the road winds around. Fortunately there are no other cars on this track. There are some very sharp (40 mph) corners, but unlike on the flat where running wide just slows you down, on the mountain you drift outta line and . . . . your clothes would be out of fashion before you hit the bottom [[I stole this quote from a "car" magazine article about rallying with Stig Blomqvist]]. And if you nose into the mountain, the car does a Euclid-defying instant flip and you're falling. . . . . There are two cows by the road you can crush, some more turns, then it's a steep descent off the mountain. You can really build up speed. Next up is a split jump. There's one take-off ramp, but two landing ramps, one for 90mph, the other for 115 or so. It's really hard to land on the fast ramp.... more spectacular crashes. Then a really steeply banked turn. The transitions coming into and out of this are so abrupt that they usually pitch your car right over. . . . but as in the original, the car often bobs to the ground unhurt. You've been on the track for 2 1/2 minutes, but there's more to come. Zoom past SAM'S Bar, and into a huge loop with an inverted jump in the middle (i.e. the top of the loop is missing). This is spectacular to see in the distance, but not very exciting for the driver. You just don't feel like you're flying upside down. Time to license the Sega spinning ride technology... There's more. You blast into a double loop which corkscrews off to the left, just like a roller coaster ride. It's one lane with no guard rails, so one false move and you are flying. . . The feeling of the suspension and steering going through this is glorious. Continuing the roller coaster theme, there's a near vertical climb to a flat area, and then an immediate sheer drop. The drop is so steep you lose contact with the ground. If you ever wondered what it's like to drive a Ferrari F40 off a cliff, check it out. I stalled the car and restarted it as I hurtled to earth. Then there's a tunnel. But I have no idea what happens in the tunnel. I think it's the last thing on the course, according to the map. No one got that far all evening. You get to pick your car from an auto sportster, a manual sportster, a manual roadster (no top) and a manual speedster. I think the sportster is the car from Hard Drivin'. I *think* the roadster is lighter, more nervous handling, but I might be imagining it. As well as the three courses, there were some other courses for "duels" which were crossed out on the unit I tried. I think that if an arcade has two of these, you can race a friend. This should be great for setting up incredible crashes, like two cars smashing in mid air, or one landing on top of another. As you can tell, I think this is a sensational game, well worth a $. I have some questions about the world it presents. Is there anything interesting to do on the rallycross track? What's the best car for the Super stunt track? What's the multicolored building added to the original track from Hard Drivin? Are there any secret sounds to be made? Can you drive into any of the buildings in this game (e.g. the bar, the service station, etc.). If anyone has some spectacular crashes, let me know. If anyone has tips for getting onto the fast jump ramp, or for making it through the second banked turn without flipping, please let me know. What happens in the tunnel? I know some people from Atari Games read this group. First, congratulations on a stunning, sensational, fabulous game. Did you drive cars through loops and across ramps at 115 mph to get the game right? I wish there was a way to make the instant replay show more time. Many of the crashes take 10 or more seconds before impact, so the replay just shows a car spinning out of control in space. Bicycle in real life, Race Drivin' at 7 miles per gallon in fantasy life -- take that Saddam! =S Page ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 10-SEP-1990 13:10:18.59 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: 675 WATER SHUTDOWN THE SHUTDOWN HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY 9/11 @7 AM. BOB ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 10-SEP-1990 15:51:43.92 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: ANOTHER ATARI STAR IS BORN MITCHELL DEAN MADE HIS DEBUT BY SCHEDULED BIRTH (CESAREAN SECTION) ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, AT 12:43 P.M. HE WEIGHED IN AT 7-LBS 2-OZ, AND IS 19-INCHES LONG. LITTLE MITCH AND HIS MOTHER, YVETTE, ARE DOING FINE. SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 11-SEP-1990 14:41:08.70 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Brainstroming ...and the Brainstorming juggernaut rolls on. Here is an update and revision on our Brainstoming plans: In-house Brainstorming: Wednesday, 9/19/90 (postponed one week) 1:30 to 5:30 PM various locales around 675. Off-site Brainstorming: Sun-Tues, 10/14 - 10/16/90 Boulder Creek Golf & Country Club I will accept RSVP's for the in-house session up through Thurs. 9/13/90. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RALSTON 12-SEP-1990 13:42:45.93 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: A's GAME TOMORROW SEVERAL TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO JOIN THE ATARI CROWD AT TOMORROW (THURSDAY) NIGHT'S GAME BETWEEN THE BACK-TO-BACK-WORLD- CHAMPIONSHIP-BOUND OAKLAND A's AND THE MINNESOTA TWINKIES. MANY OF US WILL BE CONGREGATING EARLY FOR A PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY, PROBABLY BETWEEN 5 AND 5:30. GAMETIME IS AT 7:05. PLEASE RESPOND A.S.A.P. IF INTERESTED IN JOINING THE FUN, OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE INTERESTED. TICKETS ARE $7.00 EACH. (YOU CAN PITCH IN SOME EXTRA MONEY IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PROVIDE YOUR PRE-GAME MEAL.) DR (EXT. 1721) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::HOBGOOD 12-SEP-1990 14:53:03.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: outlet shopping Are you interested in going on a "Bargain Hunter Express Shopping Safari ? If so mark your calendar for Nov. 3 and make your reservations now! (This will give you a headstart on your Holiday shopping) Guided tour transportation is $19-payable at the time you make your reservation-and will include coffee in the morning, wine in the afternoon and some coupons to use that day. Flyers will be posted to choose our 5-6 stops-suggestions are welcome. Bring a friend or two. This is not restricted to women only.... men are welcome. To make your reservation or for more information please see me. Loraine ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::MILTY 12-SEP-1990 15:46:37.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO I HAVE A TICKET (GENERAL ADMISSION) FOR BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO AT THE VILLA MONTALVO THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON 2:00. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE VILLA'S OUTDOOR AFFAIRS TRY THIS ONE. THE DOOR PRICE OF TICKETS IS $20....BEST OFFER BY 5:00 TOMORROW CAN HAVE THIS TICKET....THE BOX OFFICE DOESN'T EXPECT A SELL OUT SO ANY ADDITIONAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE . ALL SEATS ARE GEN. ADMISSION. REPLY THIS ADDRESS,..OR ...CALL MILTY 3742 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::RSHERMAN 13-SEP-1990 09:36:44.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE CC: Subj: ARROW/NSC BOOK FAIR REMINDER - THE BOOK FAIR IS TODAY AT 11 AM IN THE ENGINEERING CONF. RM. COMPLETE WITH REPS & CHOW !!!! Y'ALL COME, Y'HEAR !!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 13-SEP-1990 12:34:42.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Tix ***********************FOR SALE!!!!!!!************************* I have two tickets to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire to be used at your convenience. I think the faire runs starting this weekend until about the 7th of October. I can give you the great deal of $10.50 each (they are 14.50 at the door). Let me know if your interested. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 13-SEP-1990 16:04:58.83 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Competitor game Capcom's MAGIC SWORD is up and running in the common area - Minh just installed this KIT in a family cabinet. MAry says it is earning very well...I have heard comments like, "nothing new or exciting, just good gameplay"... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 14-SEP-1990 13:05:18.52 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RAY Subj: Babysitter or Phil Collins ticket My wife and I were planning on seeing Phil Collins this coming Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Shoreline at 8pm. Our babysitter just bailed out. If you know someone who: a) would like to babysit two kids (ages 5 & 8) from 6pm-12midnight for $20 or b) would like to buy a "lawn seeting" ticket for about $24 (or best offer) then please REPLY ASAP. Thanks!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 18-SEP-1990 08:51:05.36 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: It's really boring out here in VAXland What do dyslexic agnostic insomniacs do? Lay awake at night and wonder if there really is a dog. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: CHARM::LOGG 18-SEP-1990 09:25:27.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Magazine or CD orders Cupertino Jr. High is having a fund raising event. This year they are again offering magazine subscriptions and CD/cassettes/records. For example, check out some of these prices: TV Guide 52 issues $37.44 Time 45 issues $29.95 MacUser 12 issues $14.95 MacWorld 12 issues $15.00 PC Magazine 18 issues $19.97 PC Computing 12 issues $14.97 Stop by my lab for a complete listing. Stop by TODAY! Renewals are accepted too. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BIB::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 19-SEP-1990 15:15:13.88 To: @SM:ENGINEER CC: Subj: RADMOD bug fixes I put a new version of RADMOD into UTL$EXE:. This version fixes a bug during cropping of RAD files. It should also fix errors occuring when reading in any RAD file (Internal error radvar length 838 not 1024 was the errror). Enjoy. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCNAMARA 20-SEP-1990 12:04:05.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: MCNAMARA Subj: RGB to NTSC decoder board There is an RGB to NTSC decoder board that can be used to record the color video from game boards to a vcr. If you would like to see it working, it is in Farrohk's area connected to a Batman board. If you would like one for your project please reply to this vaxmail ASAP, I will be ordering some later today. The cost for each kit is $40. Glenn. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::BRAD "Gentlemen, we are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities (POGO)" 20-SEP-1990 14:32:38.67 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BRAD Subj: JUST BAKED! I just had two delicious chocolate chip cookies, and yes and they were baked right here in our own cafeteria. As you know I'm not one that would get on the computer wires and commend our cafeteria staff about their food, but I must say these were pretty darn good! Get 'em while they last. and make sure and tell 'em brad sent ya.... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BRAD "Gentlemen, we are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities (POGO)" 20-SEP-1990 14:34:04.63 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BRAD Subj: JUST BAKED! I just had two delicious chocolate chip cookies, and yes and they were baked right here in our own cafeteria. As you know I'm not one that would get on the computer wires and commend our cafeteria staff about their food, but I must say these were pretty darn good! Get 'em while they last. and make sure and tell 'em brad sent ya.... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DURFEY 20-SEP-1990 15:54:05.71 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Photography Interested in filling in the skill gaps in your photography? Whether it be technical or artistic skills, you can improve the quality of your images by attending specialized photographic workshops designed for landscape, travel and wildlife photographers of ALL skill levels. Workshops are offered by well published Barbara Brundege who has been teaching workshops for years through the university extentions system and other institutions. A complete Fall-Winter schedule is available. I will post one in the cafeteria and copies are on my desk. See me for details... Erik x1755 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RALSTON 21-SEP-1990 08:33:12.43 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: SINCERE THANKS WHOEVER YOU MAY BE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR HELPING YOURSELF TO THAT ITEM THAT USED TO BE IN MY REFRIGERATOR. SURE HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RALSTON 21-SEP-1990 11:26:01.79 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: RAMPART PLAYERS NEEDED We would like to get some play-testing and feedback on the 1-player game. Please take some time to try the latest version today on any of the units---in the common area or the "fridge" cube---and let us know any comments. Thanks. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BIB::SHEPPERD 25-SEP-1990 11:39:34.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:KIM_USERS,@SYS$MAIL:CHARM_USERS CC: SHEPPERD Subj: KIM gets new guts The only constant here at Atari, is change... Beginning the first week in October (next week in case you're not looking): CHARM will be history. KIM will have been reincarnated as a new micro-vax 3800. It'll have 48Mb of memory and except for a disk, a 9-track tape drive and an ethernet interface, it'll have no other peripherals. A microvax 3800 is rated at 3.8 times that of a 780, which is what old KIM and CHARM are. I believe this may improve the VAX responsiveness somewhat. All the terminals, printers, devsys's, etc. that were connected directly to KIM or CHARM instead will be plugged into what is known as a "terminal server". The terminal server plugs into the ethernet thereby giving all engineering terminals a "soft" connection to any Vax or Unix system on the ethernet. You will need to know how to use the server, so I recommend you read the file DOK:TERMINAL_SERVER.DOC I'd have mailed it, but I wanted to keep this message short and to the point. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SHEPPERD 25-SEP-1990 12:06:34.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SHEPPERD Subj: System down time We are going to do some major work in the computer room this coming weekend. This involves recabling terminal, power and network connections. As a result, ALL of the systems will be down ALL day saturday (9/29) and very probably all day sunday too. The biggest job for us is the removal of the two older engineering Vaxes and the re-installation of a new one. In an effort to see to it that the engineering computers are up and running monday morning 10/1, I will need to take them down friday evening. The following schedule approximates what will be available: Before After 5pm 5pm System 9/28 9/28 9/29 9/30 10/1 ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- MIKE Up Up Down Down Up ERNIE Up Up Down Down Up BERT Up Up Down Down Up SANDY Up Up Down Down Up ICY Up Up Down Down Up GAWD Up Up Down Down Up KIM Up Down Down Down Up CHARM Up r.i.p. -----------------------> BIB Up r.i.p. -----------------------> I can't guarantee that this schedule will be followed exactly and I don't want to cripple our efforts by promising much more than the systems will be up on 10/1/90. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GRAHAM 25-SEP-1990 13:34:49.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: RADIO SHACK CATALOG Ken Hata is desperately looking for a Radio Shack catalog. If you have one he can borrow please give him a call at x3730. Thanks. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 25-SEP-1990 19:20:46.02 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: PARTY TIME! TO CELEBRATE THE BIG SUCCESS OF "PIT FIGHTER", THERE WILL BE A COMPANY WIDE BAR BQ ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, STARTING AT 1:00 P.M. LET'S HOPE THE WEATHER HOLDS OUT BECAUSE IT WILL BE HELD ON THE PATIO OF 675. BUT AGAIN, IF IT RAINS WHO CARES. WE WILL JUST PARTY, WET. ATARI WILL FURNISH THE MAIN COURSE, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT EMPLOYEES (EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR BY DEPARTMENT) BRING DESSERTS AND SNACKS. PLEASE COORDINATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH YOUR FRIENDLY DEPARTMENT SECRETARY. WE ARE ASKING YOUR COOPERATION ON THE FOLLOWING TWO MATTERS. THE BAR BQ WON'T START UNTIL 1:00, SO PLEASE WORK THROUGH YOUR NORMAL NOON LUNCH HOUR. SECONDLY, BEER AND WINE WILL ONLY BE SERVED FROM 3:30 TIL 4:30. UNTIL THEN......... SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 26-SEP-1990 10:24:23.76 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: To: Everyone Subject: Message From: Sophie (Cafeteria) There are fresh homemade cookies ready to serve. There are chocolate chip cookies with pecans or without. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::EVELYN 26-SEP-1990 15:27:29.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: A missing review copy Has anybody out there seen Erick Durphy's Race Drivin' Kit manual review copy by any chance? I was working on it before lunch and now I can't locate it anywhere. If you've seen it please call Mary Sumner at X3722. Thank You ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Gentlemen, we are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities (POGO)" 26-SEP-1990 17:06:47.59 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: PC books I loaned 2 PC books (on programming the PC) to someone and I need them back. The problem is I can't remember who has them. If you have them please contact me. Thanks - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 27-SEP-1990 09:53:53.26 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message Jed, Please call Joan from Merrit at 434-0800.She called at 9:38 am. Thanks, Tina ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 27-SEP-1990 09:58:33.46 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: LOIS Subj: Potluck If you are stuck as to what appetizer and or dessert you would like to bring for tomorrow's potluck then maybe I've got a deal for you. For only a nominal fee you can be a participant in buying a yummy sheet cake which someone else will not only order but also schlep to the party. Such a deal! So let me know if you are interested - preferably by early afternoon. Lois ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 27-SEP-1990 11:06:14.12 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Who He said He was... A man called Jesus really walked on this earth. It's a fact. He made some amazing claims about the secret and meaning of life here on earth. Either he was a raving lunatic or he was who he said he was. You owe to yourself to check it out. We are embarking on a weekly study of the Gospel of John. This book of the Bible focuses on the ministry of Jesus and serves as an exellent, (and intense) introduction to Jesus Christ. We meet every Thursday at 12 Noon in the Central Confernece Room. Bring your lunch. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 27-SEP-1990 11:33:15.93 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: SLOW DOWN on your way out to lunch. Lookout for speed traps around Mccarthy. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OWENS 27-SEP-1990 11:53:06.73 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: Subj: Missing Current Gun All right!! Come clean!! Who has the Bell clamp on current gun???? I know one of ya borrowed it, I just can't remember which one. If not returned to Component Eng. by noon we will start a lab by lab, cubical by cubical, office by office search!! I need not have to mention what will happen to the offender once caught!!! RLO ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FUJIHARA 27-SEP-1990 13:59:20.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: FUJIHARA Subj: COMPETITOR GAMES Two new Sega pieces look interesting, as seen in new European trade mag: 1. GP Rider - 2 monitor motorcycle racing game. Plays like many of their other racing games with very little new or exciting. Supposedly getting good word of mouth over in Europe. This was testing in upright version at Milpitas Golfland last week and may still be there. Advertisement show (shows) a cabinet with two motorbike seat units (similar to Four Trax seats). 2. Ghost Hunter - Another 2-monitor game but this one has an interesting twist....the monitors are superimposed and accomodates 3 players (2 seated and one standing in middle). The superimposed monitors are suppose to give a good 3D effect. Also heard from the field that Namco may be showing a Rolling Thunder II at Jamma. Mary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 27-SEP-1990 23:17:18.83 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: QUARTERLY CLEANING THE CARPETS WILL BE STEAM-CLEANED THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL TAKE ALL OF SAT & SUN. ALL OF THE CARPETS IN THE COMMON AREAS WILL BE CLEANED. NO OFFICES WILL BE SHAMPOOED. PLEASE TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE BLDG FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT YOUR FRIENDLY FACILITIES MGR ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 28-SEP-1990 15:15:38.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CALENDAR ORDERS I haven't received the calender orders from some of the departments. Please fill it up right away so that I can present it to our vendor by next week. Thank You, Dennis Nale ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 28-SEP-1990 17:24:04.62 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: ACCIDENT ALERT THERE IS A MAJOR INCIDENT ON 101 NORTHBOUND. THIS BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00. THERE WERE SEVEN CHP'S ENROUTE. JUST A WARNING. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::LICHAC 1-OCT-1990 09:50:34.99 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: SNEEZING CAN ANYONE OUT THERE IN VAXLAND RECOMMEND A GOOD ALLERGIST? THANKS JERRY X3741 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 1-OCT-1990 10:03:21.81 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE.DIS CC: RAY Subj: Party in common area -- right now!! This new computer is so fast, I had to see if I could slow it down! Actually, if you are able, please come help put the common area back together -- 10:00 to 10:15. Thanks!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 1-OCT-1990 12:03:57.72 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,HINDORFF,STEWART,BRESHEARS,SMITH,FREITAS,BRYANT CC: RAY Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 10/5/90 -- 3:30 - 5:00 This Friday is Walkabout Friday (tm)!! This Friday's special event will be hosted by Bonnie Smithson. Prepare yourself for some healthy, yet tasty munchies! The festivities will begin at 3:30 in the Alpha, Nu, and Omega labs in Engineering. Please come by the labs, sample the munchies, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and negative). Friday, Oct. 5, 1990 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Alpha, Nu, Omega Labs John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PLOTKIN 1-OCT-1990 13:19:16.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: tvtalk Did any of you loyal PBS viewers out there in Vaxland happen to tape the block feed of the "Monacled Mutineer", which aired this past Sunday afternoon? I've again managed to miss the last episode. Oh, the woes of serial television Sharon #3785 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 1-OCT-1990 13:32:33.21 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: I have needs too I need a copy of last weeks Mike Wallace TV special. I need magazine photos of Jesse Helms. Can anyone out there help me out? Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SHEPPERD 2-OCT-1990 11:06:24.29 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: SHEPPERD Subj: DIO and IMI Even more changes. If you haven't noticed, the IMI and DIO have moved to the cubicle closest to the coffee station. There's a 3D cad station in that cube too. All 3 DIO's and the IMI and their respective terminals are connected to the terminal server. This means they can be operated from any Vax and are therefore "connected" the vax that you login to. Otherwise, they ought to behave the same as before. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OWENS 2-OCT-1990 15:06:42.23 To: MARGOLIN,OWENS CC: Subj: Race Driving Aromrel.doc Jed, I need to get a copy of Race Driving Aromrel.doc. I checked in both [driving.raceversions.romreva] and [driving.raceversions.romrevb] and don't see the file. I looked at the versions.doc file, but it's not the one I need. Can you help? RLO ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 2-OCT-1990 17:36:18.63 To: OWENS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: AROMREL.DOC I moved AROMREL.DOC to [DRIVER.RACEVERSIONS]AROMREL.DOC The other choices were: Have a different AROMREL.DOC in each ROMREV_ directory or Remember to put the same AROMREL.DOC in each directory each time it was changed. AROMREL.DOC contains all ROMs released for that project. I also keep a copy of it in my directory [MARGOLIN.RACE]. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 2-OCT-1990 17:48:58.83 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: WANTED: WARLORDS GAME I received a call today from a local Warlords fan who would like to find a game to purchase. If you have a Warlords game and would like to sell it, you can contact Steve Moser directly at (xxx) xxx-xxxx. I have no further information regarding the price he is willing to pay or anything else. The fireball is in your court, you can catch it or put up your shield. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 2-OCT-1990 18:30:45.76 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: PROMOTIONS CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR TWO OF OUR MOST DESERVING EMPLOYEES. BRAD FULLER HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO MANAGER OF AUDIO DEVELOPMENT. BRAD STARTED HIS CAREER AT ATARI IN 1982 AS A SOUND ENGINEER IN THE HOME COMPUTER DIVISION. HE WAS THE FIRST EMPLOYEE HIRED EXCLUSIVELY FOR AUDIO DEVELOPMENT. BRAD TRANSFERRED TO THE COIN-OP DIVISION IN JUNE OF 1983 AND IN SEPTEMBER HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE NEWLY CREATED POSITION OF SUPERVISOR, COIN-OP AUDIO GROUP. HE TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL COIN-OP AUDIO EFFORTS WHICH REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT SKILL AND CREATIVITY. DURING THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, THE AUDIO GROUP HAS MANAGED TO SUPPORT A GREATER NUMBER OF PROJECTS WITH MINIMUM STAFF. BRAD HAS EFFECTIVELY MANAGED HIS GROUP, HIRING AND TRAINING NEW AUDIO COMPOSERS AS STAFF TURNOVER HAS OCCURRED. ALSO RECENTLY PROMOTED IS RICK THOMPSON. IN THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT RICK HAS BEEN WITH ATARI AS ACCOUNTING MANAGER, HE HAS MADE AN IMMEDIATE AND FAVORABLE IMPACT ON THE FINANCE ORGANIZATION AND THE COMPANY. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 2-OCT-1990 18:59:33.83 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: PROMOTIONS REVISITED SORRY FOR THAT RUDE INTERRUPTION. I FILED MY MESSAGE PREMATURELY. SO, TO CONTINUE........ SINCE RICK JOINED ATARI, HE HAS MADE AN IMMEDIATE AND FAVORABLE IMPACT ON THE FINANCE ORGANIZATION AND ON THE COMPANY. HE HAS IMPLEMENTED A NEW ACCOUNTING REPORTING PACKAGE AND ALSO DESIGNED A NEW BUDGET AND FORECAST REPORTING PACKAGE. RICK'S CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS. HE IS VERY VALUABLE TO THE COMPANY AND DESERVES HIS PROMOTION TO CORPORATE CONTROLLER. LET'S GIVE SOME VERY LOUD "WAY TO GO, GUYS" TO THESE TWO. CONGRATULATIONS*CONGRATULATIONS*CONGRATULATIONS*CONGRATULATIONS*CONGRATULATIONS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OWENS 3-OCT-1990 08:30:05.59 To: KIM::MARGOLIN CC: Subj: RE: AROMREL.DOC Thanks Jed RLO ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 3-OCT-1990 10:38:58.71 To: OWENS,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: 136077 - RACE MEMORY MASTERS 136077 - HARD DRIVIN/RACE MEMORY MASTERS 3-Oct-1990 Page 1 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136077-1001 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210R 136077-1002 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200R 136077-1003 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210S 136077-1004 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200S 136077-1005 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210T 136077-1006 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200T 136077-1007 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210U 136077-1008 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200U 136077-1009 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210V 136077-1010 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200V 136077-1011 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210W 136077-1012 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200W 136077-1013 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210X 136077-1014 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200X 136077-1015 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210Y 136077-1016 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200Y 136077-1017 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,45C 136077-1021 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,9/10H 136077-1022 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10H 136077-1023 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,9/10K 136077-1024 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10K 136077-1025 IC,PR_GAL,137647-015,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,40B 136077-1026 IC,PR_GAL,137647-015,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,60B 136077-1027 IC,PR_EPROM,137665-1020,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,30J 136077-1028 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,30F 136077-1029 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10F 136077-1030 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,30E 136077-1031 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-170,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10E 136077-1032 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,70N 136077-1033 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,45N 136077-1103 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210S 136077-1104 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200S 136077-1105 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210T 136077-1106 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200T 136077-1111 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210W 136077-1112 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200W 136077-1123 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,9/10K 136077-1201 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210R 136077-1202 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200R 136077-1203 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210S 136077-1204 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200S 136077-1205 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210T 136077-1206 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200T 136077-1207 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210U 136077-1208 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200U 136077-1209 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210V 136077-1210 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200V 136077-2001 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210R 136077-2002 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200R 136077-2003 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210S 136077-2004 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200S 136077-2005 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210T 136077-2006 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200T 136077 - HARD DRIVIN/RACE MEMORY MASTERS 3-Oct-1990 Page 2 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136077-2007 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210U 136077-2008 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200U 136077-2009 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,210V 136077-2010 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-200,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,200V 136077-2021 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,9/10H 136077-2022 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10H 136077-2023 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,9/10K 136077-2024 IC,PR_EPROM,137448-250,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,10K ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 3-OCT-1990 10:41:50.72 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: STEWART,SMITH,BRESHEARS,FREITAS,BRYANT,WOOD,SHEFFIELD,BROWN,BENZLER Subj: Decode this secret message and you may win big bucks: This month's walk-about is being hosted by a most happenin' muchacha, Bonnie, who is working on the way aggro BMX game that most of you have probably checked out before. Make sure you plan a session in her lab this Friday between 3:30 and 5:30, have some fast fun and tell Bonnie what you think the game should be called. While playtesting the game, the kids at the focus thrashed the scoot, some even bailed, but Jacques the Ripper (that rightous dude) has made the ride fresh and buffed again. So spec it out! Dial in on a name for this game and get some fest money. And don't bogue! Wear your street garb and grind the game while you're in the lab. Try some way aggro moves. Lampin' the box is encouraged, so get clockin'!!! (boom, boom!) H-h-h-hey, delbert; don't be lame. Y-y-y-you gotta name the game! (boom!) Put on your helmet, Don't get tweaked! (boom!) It's aggro, gnarly You'll get freaked! F-f-f-freaked, freaked, f-f-f-freaked! (b-b-b-boom, boom...boom, boom!) So, don your skid lid and take a ride. Go vert. Intense! 'Core to the bone! Come catch some hospital air in the lab where it's safe. Thank Bonnie for the radical grub, tell her what you think of the game and give her some ideas for a name. The creative heads will decide on which names to submit for legal approval. The weak ideas will be shelved and hot ones will be rewarded handsomely. THE COLD CRUSHIN' BIKE TEAM ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 3-OCT-1990 11:27:18.56 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message Please call Tanya Henderson of Elcore at 408-980-8868. She called at 11:20 Thank you! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 8-OCT-1990 10:07:25.23 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: MCCARTHY Subj: audio board standard upgrade/update. We are going to phase out the JSAII audio board and the SAII audio board. JSA-III will replace JSAII for Jamma compatable piggy back audio boards, and SA-IIS will replace SAII for true stand alone non-jamma applications. JSA-III : This will be like JSAII except - . Banking will be added to the ADPCM ROM area to double the capacity. Four Mbits of memory will be available either as 4 1-Meg EPROMS or 1 4-MEG mask ROM. . SCOM will be removed. The main cpu upper data bus (d15-d8) and the two status flags will go to the audio board through the 40 pin connector. A simple parallel port will be implememted on the audio board. . The volume pot will be changed to a more standard / readily available type, probably with a linear taper. . The 40 position connector will probably be changed to one that does not require hand soldering. SA-IIS This will be like SAII except - . Stereo output will be provided. . Banking will be added to the ADPCM area just like JSA-III. . The volume control will change, possibly eliminated and replaced with a digital volume control, adjusted only in self test. Note that SCOM will stay on this board. BATMAN and G1.1 (RAT-RACE) will be the first games using JSA-III. Cyclotron and/or NONAME may use SA-IIS. Other games that do not need a seperate processor for audio are unaffected. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 3-OCT-1990 13:28:03.01 To: RSHERMAN CC: MARGOLIN Subj: R2R I made a copy of the Centralab documentation and left it on your desk along with a Centralab part. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 3-OCT-1990 18:34:06.64 To: SMITHSON CC: MARGOLIN Subj: the Air Is there a chance that someone is spraying insecticide on your plants? I know that we used to have a Plant Lady (presumably from the Plant Department) who used to occasionally spray stuff on the plants to keep the bugs away. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: SANDY::FLANAGAN "Bob Flanagan" 4-OCT-1990 10:11:45.95 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: FLANAGAN Subj: Day Care available... A dependable friend of ours has a licenced day care operation in her home. She has room for 2 children up to 4 years old. She lives in Fremont, convenient to the DeCoto offramp of 880. She has 2 children of her own (4 years, 21 months). She is great with kids. If you have interest in getting in touch with her, please contact Bob Flanagan via VAX mail or Atari phone# 434-1728. She is actively trying to fill these vacancies, so respond soon. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 4-OCT-1990 15:11:57.32 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Chocolate Chip Cookies C H O C O L A T E C H I P C O O K I E S There are fresh homemade chocolate chip cookies ready to serve in the cafeteria. Don't miss out! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 4-OCT-1990 20:02:05.04 To: BURNIAS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: 74AS823 waiver About the waiver for the 74AS823s: As long as 'TSU Data Setup before CLK High' is not affected, it is ok. I think we have done this before. I have the fax on my desk if you need it before afternoon. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OWENS 5-OCT-1990 13:12:17.48 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,MFG CC: Subj: Auto-CER's Jeff is out sick, both yesterday 10-4-90 and today 10-5-90. As things seem to happen, the auto-CER program does not seem to be running, (ie no CER's are being mailed to the AVL account). Untill we can get it fixed, or untill Jeff comes back, you will need to refile any CER's sent yesterday or today by hand, (yes we still have copies of the old form). Any urgent CER's may be phoned in to Rick Meyette, Ray Serman, or myself. Please bear with us we shall get the system up as soon as possible. RLO ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::MARTIN 5-OCT-1990 14:07:07.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,MARTIN CC: Subj: CONDO FOR RENT CONDO FOR RENT ........ ALMA & ALMADEN EXPRESSWAY (SAN JOSE) 2 BLOCKS FROM LIGHT RAIL STATION 2 BEDROOM 2 BATH WASHER/DRYER POOL/SPA IF INTERESTED PLEASE CALL (xxx) xxx-xxxx ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OWENS 5-OCT-1990 14:52:36.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,MFG CC: Subj: Auto-CER Steve Suttles has found the problem and fixed same. Auto-CER now works as advertised. Thanks a million Steve!!!! RLO ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::ROTBERG "Professor of Gonzo" 8-OCT-1990 08:34:47.91 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: FOR SALE Well, I finally bit the bullet and moved into the world of 2400 baud. Therefor, I have for sale: 1 Apple Personal Modem 1200/300 baud 100% Hayes compatible manual DB-9 connector and/or converter for DIN-8 (newer MACs) $50 or best offer. I have the equipment here for your perusal. - Ed - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 8-OCT-1990 10:07:25.23 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: MCCARTHY Subj: audio board standard upgrade/update. We are going to phase out the JSAII audio board and the SAII audio board. JSA-III will replace JSAII for Jamma compatable piggy back audio boards, and SA-IIS will replace SAII for true stand alone non-jamma applications. JSA-III : This will be like JSAII except - . Banking will be added to the ADPCM ROM area to double the capacity. Four Mbits of memory will be available either as 4 1-Meg EPROMS or 1 4-MEG mask ROM. . SCOM will be removed. The main cpu upper data bus (d15-d8) and the two status flags will go to the audio board through the 40 pin connector. A simple parallel port will be implememted on the audio board. . The volume pot will be changed to a more standard / readily available type, probably with a linear taper. . The 40 position connector will probably be changed to one that does not require hand soldering. SA-IIS This will be like SAII except - . Stereo output will be provided. . Banking will be added to the ADPCM area just like JSA-III. . The volume control will change, possibly eliminated and replaced with a digital volume control, adjusted only in self test. Note that SCOM will stay on this board. BATMAN and G1.1 (RAT-RACE) will be the first games using JSA-III. Cyclotron and/or NONAME may use SA-IIS. Other games that do not need a seperate processor for audio are unaffected. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::EVELYN 8-OCT-1990 11:09:03.09 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: DAYCARE OPPORTUNITY DAYCARE: Infants & Up!!!! VICINITY: Old Oakland Rd. and Gish REFERENCES: Available PHONE: (408) 437-0994 Trish is her name Care is her game! Please pass this information on to those who might be interested! Thanks. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 8-OCT-1990 12:39:48.51 To: @SM:JUNK CC: Subj: Peaks II Ok, who taped Saturday's Twin Peaks? I forgot to set my VCR and so would like to borrow a copy of the episode. Also, last weeks Simpson's (why did they have to break up that great Sun night lineup?) from Thursday I think. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SUMNER 8-OCT-1990 16:01:44.22 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Almond Milk Chocolate Bars Please, please, please stop by my office and buy some of these delicious almond milk chocolate bars or just call Mary Sumner at X3722 and I shall personally deliver them to you. My daughter's kindergarten needs new S/W for their computers!!! Natalie appreciates you contribution very much and thanks each one of you in advance. Mary Sumner, X3722 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 8-OCT-1990 16:36:43.60 To: MCCARTHY,HUBBERSTEY,LEE,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN,JANG,LICHAC,CAMERON CC: TAKAICHI,DOWNEND,MOORE,LOIS,GRAHAM,RAY Subj: Designer Tools Demo -- Thursday -- 2:00 or 3:00 -- Central C.R. In our DFM meeting a while back, we identified some improvements to designer's tools. Some of these improvements have been made. We need YOUR feedback on if the improvements are sufficient, and what other tools are still required. I would like your feedback by the end of October. In order for you to be introduced to the tools (and to know what exists), Pat McCarthy has offered to give two demos on Thursday afternoon: 2:00 ID, Mechanical, Harness 3:00 Electrical In the two weeks following the demo, I would ask that you try out the tools introduced and think about what would make them better and what other tools are desirable. I will reqest your feedback at the end of the month. I will assume that you will be at the meeting unless I hear from you. Mike and Jerry -- feel free to invite other members of your department. Carole -- feel free to invite Stevie (you were the DFM rep.) Thanks!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 9-OCT-1990 09:42:43.23 To: MCCARTHY,HUBBERSTEY,LEE,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN,JANG,LICHAC,CAMERON CC: TAKAICHI,DOWNEND,MOORE,LOIS,GRAHAM,RAY Subj: Thursday demos swapped -- 2:00 Electrical, 3:00 Design Services The two demos need to be swapped. Otherwise, no changes. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 9-OCT-1990 11:02:44.50 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: If you don't have a modem connected to your computer at home, then delete this message. I was wondering if anybody takes the part in the modem manual about calling the phone co. before installing your modem seriously. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 9-OCT-1990 15:43:22.83 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message Jed, Please call Tonya Henderson of Elcore at 980-8868, she called at 3:35 pm . RE: Orcad Update. Thanks, Tina ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 11-OCT-1990 10:30:38.52 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: message Please make sure that when you have a visitor, that they return their visitor badge to the main lobby. Also, if you have any visitor badges within your possesion please bring forward to the main lobby! Thank You, Tina ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 11-OCT-1990 14:58:42.70 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Linear Algebra Anybody out there ever take a coarse in Linear Algebra? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 12-OCT-1990 11:28:09.70 To: MEYETTE CC: BIKE, RAY, MARGOLIN Subj: FCC stuff We've been trying to isolate a helicopter like noise that the MULTISYNC is broadcasting around the lab, and needless to say we need your help with finding a cure. The SAaudio board amplifys the noise pretty well and today Bonnie brought in a little transistor radio which too, could amplify the noise. Please stop by the lab and give us some suggestions on how to get rid of it. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 12-OCT-1990 15:09:04.04 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER Subj: "missing soldering gun" Please return the soldering station that YOU took from my office/lab. I don't know who you are, but you do. Or do you? So just bring it back and next time leave a note when YOU want to borrow something from my lab. Rob, I hope you're reading your mail. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 17-OCT-1990 13:02:00.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Bible Study If you are interested in a study on the Gospel of John, please join us. We meet on Thursdays, 12 noon to 1 PM in the Central Conf. Room, 675. Bring your lunch. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 12-OCT-1990 15:30:01.24 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Chocolate Chip Cookies YUMMY ! YUMMY ! YUMMY ! YUMMY ! The cafeteria now has fresh Chocolate Chip Cookies ready to serve ! You may get them with pecans, walnuts, or raisins. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Receptionist/Operator" 12-OCT-1990 16:03:32.55 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: message The following people will be out until 10/17/90. LINDA BENZLER MARY FUJIHARA GERRY MOMODA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 16-OCT-1990 15:55:06.20 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: POWER SHUTDOWN FOR BUILDING 675 ONLY ON SATURDAY, OCT. 27, THE POWER FOR BUILDING 675 WILL BE OFF BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8AM TO 1PM. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 17-OCT-1990 13:02:00.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Bible Study If you are interested in a study on the Gospel of John, please join us. We meet on Thursdays, 12 noon to 1 PM in the Central Conf. Room, 675. Bring your lunch. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Tina" 18-OCT-1990 14:27:59.36 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: message There are tickets available for Mickey Thompson * Off Road Championship Gran Prix. The event will be on Saturday November 03, 1990 at 7:30 pm. Please come to the lobby for more information and special discount tickets. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 18-OCT-1990 15:32:01.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: RAY Subj: Use the JAMMA START Inputs!! We just got burned in yet another way on Pit-Fighter. I am writing this message to you in hopes that you will take the time now to keep this same problem from biting you when you sell your game to Japan. On the game we build in the U.S., we use Kick, Jump/Start, and Punch buttons for each player. The standard Japanese game cabinets have 3 action buttons (A,B,C) and one Start button for each player. Konami has asked us to change the PCBs so that the Start buttons on their control panel start the game. (The start buttons come in to the Jamma connector on 17 and U.) What the hardware guys should do: make sure the Start buttons (17 and U) can be read by the microprocessor. What the software folks should do: make sure you read the Start buttons (in addition to any buttons you are already reading for Start) and Start a game if appropriate. That way, it will work in the U.S. as well as in Japan. Let me know if you need help deciphering this! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 19-OCT-1990 10:54:42.71 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TeX (Not a cowboy) Does anybody out there have the text processing/formatting program TeX on his/her home machine? I have a manual on disk that is intended to be processed by TeX and printed on a laser printer. If I can't get it done that way, I will have to ask Lois Turner to photo-copy a borrowed hard-copy, and you'all will have to live with a multi-generation copy if we need more later. Thanks in advance, Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Tina" 19-OCT-1990 13:36:03.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: message There is an unknown Federal Express package at the front lobby desk for a Mr. Ron Beltramo from Film Co. It was delivered on 10/19/90 If anyone knows this person , please inform him to pick up package. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 21-OCT-1990 19:16:59.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RAY Subj: 40 quarts of SAE 30 motor oil for sale I have 40 quarts of oil, but no vehicle that uses SAE 30. 10 quarts for $5. 20 quarts for $8. 40 quarts for $15. What a deal! Let me know how many you want and I'll bring them to your trunk. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 22-OCT-1990 10:36:54.70 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: If you've been wanting to customize your wheels, then these MAG wheels are for you. They're (6J X 14HR-5 lug), and the price is right; FREE. That's right come and take a look before I take them to tire salvage place tomorrow. Farrokh x-1775 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 22-OCT-1990 16:09:22.06 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: THE TRADITION CONTINUES THE BEWITCHING HOUR IS FAST APPROACHING - To continue yet another Atari tradition - Atari Games will sponsor a HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST AND CARVED PUMPKIN JUDGING in the Cafeteria on Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 11:30 to 1:00. As an accompaniment to the contests, Atari will be having the traditional POTLUCk. Atari will provide the main course and employees are asked to contribute sodas, desserts, and munchies. Please sign up with your Department Secretary. Experience says Atarians are a pretty creative bunch, so put your thinking caps on and come up with the best costume ever! Mark your calendars - Wednesday, October 31 11:30 am - l:00 pm Atari Games Cafeteria Atari Games Rec Committee ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MCNAMARA 23-OCT-1990 10:28:52.96 To: MARGOLIN CC: MCNAMARA Subj: NTSC to RBG converter Jed, In a Motorola data book called "Linear and Interface Integrated Circuits", there is a circuit using an NTSC to RGB converter chip on page 9-182. I'm wondering if you are aware of this chip, and I would like to know if you think it would be suitable for using as you described yesterday, to drive a monitor from a VCR? Thanks, Glenn. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::SMITH 23-OCT-1990 12:13:14.73 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: ORGANIZATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT I am pleased to announce the promotion of Steve Williamson to the position of Supervisor of Shipping, Receiving, and the Stockroom for Manufacturing. Steve has been with Atari Games since August of 1988 at which time he was assigned to the Receiving Department. Steve continued to work in Receiving and did an outstanding job of organizing and streamlining the Dock to Stock process. He was able to reduce the Dock to Stock times from 3 plus days to less than one. In June of this year Steve was promoted to Stockroom Leadperson and was charged with insuring the accuracy and integrity of kitting, stocking, and data entry. Steve once again excelled this position and has demonstrated to all of his fellow Atarians a can do ability that is appreciated by all. Steve will have responsibility for all aspects of material control, receiving, and shipping. I feel very confident that Steve will continue to excell in this new and challenging position. Please join me in congratulating Steve. Thanx, Tom Smith ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 23-OCT-1990 14:02:59.56 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK.DIS CC: Subj: From: MIKE::SMITH 23-OCT-1990 12:12:35.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: ORGANIZATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT I am turned on to announce the promotion of Steve Williamson to the position of Supervisor of Shipping, Receiving, and the Stockroom for Manufacturing. Steve has been with Atari Games since August of 1988 at which time he was assigned to the Receiving Department dick. Steve continued to do Receiving and did an outstanding job of organizing and streamlining the Dick to Butt process. He was able to reduce the Dick to Butt times from 3 plus days to less than one without any lubricant!. In June of this year Steve was promoted to Stockroom Leadperson and was charged with insuring the accuracy and integrity of kitting, stocking, and data entry. Steve once again excelled this position and has demonstrated to all of his fellow Atarians a can dick anytime ability that is appreciated by all of us butt heads. Steve will have responsibility for all aspects of material control, receiving, and shipping. I feel very turned on that Steve will continue to dick me in this new and challenging position. Please join me and Steve and somebody bring me a set of kneepads. Thanx, ahh, yah yah... Tom Smith ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 23-OCT-1990 14:24:57.41 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: From: MIKE::SMITH 23-OCT-1990 12:12:35.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: ORGANIZATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT I have just received this weird mail message from myself and I can only say that I'll never leave myself wide open to such practical joke by leaving myself logged on my terminal while I'm not around. Also, I only hope that the people mentioned in that mail message can forget the stupid message and not take it seriously. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 23-OCT-1990 14:28:37.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: Not funny. Simply tasteless. But I guess that's the kind of humor we should expect from someone who eats lamb heads. Whatever PERSONAL problems you guys seem to have, please keep them that way. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 23-OCT-1990 14:35:14.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: My personal and public apology to Farrokh. As for those terminal gremlins... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 23-OCT-1990 14:40:22.48 To: MCNAMARA CC: MARGOLIN Subj: NTSC It looks like it might work. Note that it requires Vertical and Horizontal Blanking. Also, this uses a simple chroma filter. The best ones use a comb filter which is more complicated. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::WILLIAMSON 23-OCT-1990 15:00:03.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,WILLIAMSON CC: Subj: UNPROFESSIONALISM TO THE "GREMLIN" THAT DECIDED TO DISGUSTINGLY DISPLAY THEIR SEXUAL FANTASIES AT MY EXPENSE, I HOPE YOU THOUROUGHLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. THE NEXT TIME YOU FEEL SO ENCLINED TO USE MY NAME IN VAIN, PLEASE HAVE THE "BALLS" TO AT LEAST USE YOUR OWN NAME, OR FEEL FREE TO SEE ME PERSONALLY. STEVE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 23-OCT-1990 15:03:49.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: unprof-alism Well, at least nobody borrowed anyone's tools......... ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 23-OCT-1990 15:03:59.99 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: PIERCE Subj: Those last few messages. WOW! All hurt personal feelings aside I really enjoyed that little spat of mail. Thanks to all concerned for making me laugh. MSP P.S. Oh yeah congratulations to Steve Williamson. I hope his on the job perfromance continues to impress others. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 23-OCT-1990 15:19:44.57 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BENZLER Subj: ...maybe I should have used the "I shouldn't leave my terminal unattended" excuse too. I apologize to all who might have been offended by my "lamb's head" comment. I did not mean it to be insulting to any particular group of people, so please excuse my ignorance. There are several people here that attended a dinner at a Greek restaurant in Chicago who watched a certain member of our group order a lamb's head and eat it for dinner. My remark was intended to be a reflection of my own personal taste relative to another individual's personal taste. Thank goodness ice cream is made in many different flavors!!! I certainly do not want to cause World War III here at Atari; so again, I accept complete personal responsibility for my actions and please accept my personal apology. --Linda P.S. Congratulations, Steve. Keep up the fine job. You have always been helpful and supportive to us here in the Marketing group. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SHEPPERD 23-OCT-1990 17:22:12.33 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SHEPPERD Subj: Some stuff... One is reticent to enter the "mail-ways" in light of the hate mail that is flinging around today, but here goes: We managed to zap the offend-a-gram before everyone got it. If you don't know what all the fuss is about, then nevermind. Even though I have reason to believe there's no danger of more instances of this sort, I'd like to recommend the more liberal use of SLEEPWP (or logout) anyway. BTW: My congratulations to Steve Williamson on a job well done. ------------------------------------------------- An now for something completely different: Due to the fact that the power to the building in 675 will be off between the hours of 8am and 1pm (or thereabouts) this coming saturday, I'd like to remind everyone that during those hours there will be: NO Telephone service in either 675 or 735. NO computer services in either 1623, 675, 735 or via modem. NO outside access to 675 In preparation for this, I plan on shutting off the computers on friday at about 9pm. They will be backup and running late in the afternoon on Saturday. So, please, please, please don't call me saturday morning to tell me the computer doesn't work. I'll know that already. Thanks in advance. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Gentlemen, we are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities (POGO)" 24-OCT-1990 13:40:13.74 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BRAD Subj: Carol Sing tickets Yep, that's right, it's that time of year again! The 14th annual 'Round the Table Carol Sing 1990 is entitled: CHRISTMAS ...the Inside Story. Tickets go on sale this saturday, October 27 at noon. The performance times are: Friday Nov 30 6:30pm & 9:00pm Saturday Dec 1 2:00pm, 5:30pm & 8:00pm Sunday Dec 2 4:00pm & 6:30pm Thursday Dec 6 7:00pm Friday Dec 7 6:30pm & 9:00pm Saturday Dec 8 2:00pm, 5:30pm & 8:00pm Sunday Dec 9 1:30pm & 4:00pm Tickets are $10 each (there are 10 places per table). If you are unfamiliar with 'Round the Table Carol Sing and would like to know more about it, please stop by my office or call me at x3788. - brad - REMEMBER: Tickets are usually sold-out the day they go on sale. All ticket sales are final and purchases must be made in advance. Unfortunately no ticket sales by mail. If you plan on purchasing tickets for a particular performance, I suggest that you arrive at the church early and endure the wait with the rest of us! Or, if you absolutely can't make it, I would be happy to take your money and purchase them for you. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 25-OCT-1990 15:48:54.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: airmail delivery So, we had a junk mail message this week that was offensive. .......... We seem to have a new policy here at Atari to make a new policy when ever someone steps over the invisible line. I hope that doesn't happen in this instance. We should not let one person ruin a good thing for the rest of us. I believe that junk mail is a valuable vehicle for expounding ideas, venting frustration, disseminating worthless information, selling our extra A's tickets, and whatever else. Humor at the expense of another is rarely good humor. We can only be our own judge as to what is in good humor and what falls into poor taste. After an incident like this one comes an eerie junk mail silence. I say on with the show. Write that junk! Thanks, this soapbox is closed, Carole ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 25-OCT-1990 17:59:44.83 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: BABY HAYES ANNE AND KEVIN HAYES ARE THE PROUD, BRAND NEW PARENTS OF A BABY GIRL, BORN AT APPROXIMATELY 5:03 P.M. SO NEW THAT SHE IS AT THIS MOMENT STILL BEING FIDGITED OVER SO WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE OFFICIAL STATISTICS. WE DO KNOW THAT KEVIN MADE IT TO HIS WIFE'S BEDSIDE JUST 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE BABY'S BIRTH. HE HAD TO HIGH TAIL IT BACK HERE FROM NEW ORLEANS BECAUSE THE LITTLE LADY WAS 3 1/2 WEEKS EARLY. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED TO THIS SPACE FOR MORE BABY STATISTICS. SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 26-OCT-1990 10:10:37.84 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: BABY HAYES, PART II O.K., HERE ARE THE FACTS. WITH MUCH ADO FROM BOTH MOTHER AND FATHER, MOLLY CLARE IS THE NAME DECIDED UPON FOR BABY HAYES (KEVIN CHOSE MOLLY, AND ANNE LIKED CLARE). SHE WEIGHED IN AT 6 LBS 1 OZ AND WAS 19 INCHES LONG. MOTHER, BABY, AND FATHER DOING FINE. SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 26-OCT-1990 16:11:30.79 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: Ti.27512-2 I have 25 tubes of TI.27512-2 e-proms left over from a previous project. Since most of the current hardwares have converted to Meg. parts, I'm planning to MTO them back to the manufacturing stock. But if anyone here is interested to use these (never used new) then let me know and I'll transfer it to your project account#. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 29-OCT-1990 09:34:34.34 To: RAY, MCCARTHY, LEE, MONCRIEF, BEHENSKY, MARGOLIN, HARPER, SMITHSON, AKERS, LIPSON CC: PIERCE Subj: The Communications Board People It has come to my attention that the Hard Drivin' crew feel a bit differently about the design of the communications board. Though they missed the previous design meetings I feel we should discuss the issues they seem to feel strongly about in order to make sure we are coming up with a board that meets everybodies needs. I would like to set up a meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss the various viewpoints so the matter is decided with all present. Please write back and confirm your ability to attend or forever hold your piece. MSP ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::SMITH 31-OCT-1990 09:25:50.50 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: WOOD I'd certainly appreciate it, if anyone in VAX land knows where I might be able to get a 1/4 cord of good burning wood for a reasonable price in the Fremont, Milpitas, San Jose area. I bought a cord of wood in 1981, of very difficult to burn Oak. I'm down to my last three logs. Possibly you could recommend wood that might be easier to burn. Thanx, Tom Smith ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 31-OCT-1990 10:58:50.72 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: Audio Regulator II board Jed, I have been asked by Bob Flanagan and Tim Hubberstey to hook the Marble Madness in Bobs lab so that we can switch the operation from stereo to mono audio. So, Hubberstey went and picked up the latest version of the System I manual, marked it up and asked me to cover it. But what Bob has is not an SA II like he has marked up. It is not even an Audio Reg. III. What he has is an audio regulator two that has been modded. I think the audio section is untouched in terms of the original PCB layout design. My question to you is, is this audio considered to be "stereo"? Thanks in advance Cris ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::ERDMANN 31-OCT-1990 15:11:23.87 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: goodbye Sharon Maybe we should just say....see ya later And of course, thanks for all your help. Our replacement animator for Kris Moser is leaving us this week to go off and, of all things, have a baby. We are organizing a lunch for her tomorrow (thurs 11/1) at Kowloon. Please respond at this mail message today...Right now as you are reading this...if you want to come with. Thanks- and Aloha ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 31-OCT-1990 15:27:07.85 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: So you like it in 3-D The Lawrence Livermore National Labratory Is sponsoring a high-tech haunted house.(just keep telling yourself: It's a hologram.) It'll be open to public and the admission is FREE! 6:00-9:00 at the former ALMOND AVE SCHOOL, 1401 ALMOND AVE in LIVERMORE. From Milpitas/San Jose area take north 680 and after you pass Fremont look for the 84 Livermore turn-off. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 31-OCT-1990 15:50:52.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,HINDORFF,STEWART,SMITH,BRESHEARS,BRYANT,FREITAS CC: RAY Subj: Walkabout Friday This Friday is Walkabout Friday (tm)!! Andy Burgess has volunteered to host this special event!! The festivities will begin at 3:30 in the Alpha, Nu, and Omega labs in Engineering. Please come by the labs, sample the munchies, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and negative). Friday, Nov. 2, 1990 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Alpha, Nu, Omega Labs John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 2-NOV-1990 12:40:16.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: HALLOWEEN CONTEST WINNERS AGAIN, WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE HALLOWEEN POTLUCK. I WANT TO THANK ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND ESPECIALLY ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTLUCK. AS USUAL WE HAD VERY CREATIVE COSTUMES AND, THOUGH THEY WERE FEW IN NUMBER, THE JACK-O- LANTERNS WERE ALSO GREAT. HERE ARE A LIST OF THE WINNERS: COSTUME WINNERS: FUNNIEST - "MISPLACED 60'S HIPPY", BILL HINDORFF (TENGEN) UGLIEST - "MS. MARTIAN", BONNIE SMITHSON (ATARI) GROUP - "MILPITAS TOURIST", ANIMATORS (ATARI) MOST ORIGINAL - "HALF WOMAN, HALF MAN", MICHAEL ALEXANDER (TENGEN) BEST OVERALL - "PIGMY IN CANOE", GINA CLOSE (TENGEN) JACK-O-LANTERN WINNERS: FIRST PLACE - "GARFIELD", JUNE YAMAMOTO (ATARI ADMIN) SECOND PLACE - "GADGET FACE", SHIPPING & RECEIVING DEPT. (ATARI) THIRD PLACE - "HOMER SIMPSON", JACK AKNIN (MECHANICAL ENGR.) CONGRATS TO ALL!! REC COMMITTEE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 2-NOV-1990 14:59:51.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: CORRECTION I'VE BEEN REMINDED THAT BONNIE SMITHSON'S "MS. MARTIAN" WON THE SCARIEST CATEGORY, NOT UGLIEST. SORRY MS. MARTIAN! SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 2-NOV-1990 16:51:27.77 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: CORRECTION #2 GINA CLOSE, WINNER OF THE BEST OVERALL CATEGORY, IS AN ATARI EMPLOYEE, NOT A TENGEN ONE. SORRY ABOUT ALL OF THESE BLOOBS! SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 2-NOV-1990 17:18:38.87 To: MCNAMARA,PIERCE,AVELLAR,ROTBERG,MONCRIEF,BEHENSKY,MARGOLIN,DURFEY,FLANAGAN CC: MOORE,DOWNEND,RAY Subj: 401K -- GIC vs. Money Market A year or so ago, you all expressed interest (pun intended) in a Money Market Fund as one of the choices for the 401k plan. Since then, I have learned that: a) Neither the GIC Fund nor the Money Market Fund are backed by the government b) Wells Fargo will only allow Atari to choose one of these two funds So I am asking you if you have a strong desire to replace the GIC Fund with the Money Market Fund. If you do, then we will have to ask all fund participants if they would like to make this change (and see if the majority wants a change). Let me know if you strongly desire the change or strongly oppose the change. I will assume you don't care if I don't hear from you. John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::OWENS 5-NOV-1990 08:16:52.90 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Warrior Tickets For Sale (2) Golden State Warrior vs Atlanta Hawk tickets this Friday night at 7:00 P.M. Make offer, (ticket price is $16.50 ea) Rick EXT 1753 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Tina" 5-NOV-1990 10:43:02.58 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message Goodmorning Jed, Please cal Joan of Merrit at (408)434-0800, she called for you at 10:00am. Thank You, Tina ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::MCCARTHY "Pat" 5-NOV-1990 12:33:06.60 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: MCCARTHY Subj: TI 1MEG EPROMS, Rev A TI has a new 'A' version of 1Meg EPROMS. They are marked 27c101A They allow use of the SNAP agorithm. We got a bunch (5000) in stock, so some may make their way to engineering. Our programming equipment probably will not recognise the electronic signature I.D. for these parts, DATA I/O says January availability. TI says that if you disable the auto select in the programmer, and tell the programmer that it is an Intel 27c010, that it will program OK. The notice from TI is posted at the programmers. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 5-NOV-1990 15:21:27.06 To: KIM::RAY CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: 401K -- GIC vs. Money Market What does the Money Market Fund invest in? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAY 5-NOV-1990 17:34:57.55 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE.DIS CC: RAY Subj: AMOA Binder The binder with sales sheets and ratings sheets from the AMOA is on the common area table. Thanks, Lois, for getting it put together so quickly!! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Tina" 6-NOV-1990 10:33:15.62 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: message Goodmorning Jed, Joan Alpen of Merritt called for you at 10:30 am, she would like you to give her a call at 434-0800. Thank You, Tina ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 6-NOV-1990 11:17:01.27 To: MARGOLIN CC: KHODADADI Subj: self-test Where can I find the most recent version of self-test for NONAME? I'ld like to burn a couple of sets for debugging 2 standalone NONAMEs. Also when I get ready to burn the .vlda file, do I need to type : space 16 after xxx.vlda ? Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SUTTLES "Advance notice?? What's THAT????" 6-NOV-1990 12:31:52.51 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: SUTTLES Subj: Your right to moan and groan freely I am pleasantly surprised by the lack of political noise being broadcast from the SYS$MAIL:JUNK soapbox. At the risk of ruining a good thing, there's something I think must be said. Eventually, the fear of broadcasting will again wear off, and the usual contributors will be back, followed by the occaisional contributors. I simply want to point out that when that time comes, if you do not exercise your right to vote, you have no moral nor ethical right to complain about the results. For those of you living in a cave (without a radio or TV), and those who forget to wear shoes that match each other (mostly engineers and programmers): TODAY IS THE DAY. VOTE. Because you WILL live with the consequences. A public service (???) announcement sas ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::ALLEN 6-NOV-1990 13:47:00.10 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,ALLEN CC: Subj: HELP ME! HELP ME! HELP ME! I am looking for a facilty to hold my wedding and reception. If anyone has any suggestions as far as an "outside" setting for the wedding and a hall to hold the reception it would be greatly appreciated. I have called a number of places throughout the county, and just about everything is booked. I am looking for a simple "Gardend-Like" setting with trees, flowers, grass, etc. and a reception hall on site, if possible, but not mandatory. Any suggestions anyone may have, please mail me or call me at Ext. 3905. I would appreciate ANY help what-so-ever. Thanks in advance, Rhonda Allen ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 6-NOV-1990 14:30:09.88 To: KHODADADI CC: MARGOLIN Subj: NoName The current Self-Test for NONAME is in: [Margolin.Aces]ACE_R1_4.VLDA Yes, you do have to specify it as ACE_R1_4.VLDA 16 GSPTST.VLDA is the file for work-in-progress. I work on it for awhile and eventually create another ACE_Rx_x.VLDA. GSPTST.VLDA is not guaranteed to work but the latest ACE_Rx_x.VLDA is. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 7-NOV-1990 13:00:29.40 To: MARGOLIN CC: BIKE Subj: DSK board for extra ROM usage. Is there some sort of slapstick at E0K on the Multisync? I'm integrating lot's of graphics and new track data now and expect to be needing a DSK board for ROM space probably by next week. Is one available? Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 7-NOV-1990 13:19:38.83 To: BIKE CC: MARGOLIN Subj: extra ROM ROM 7 (a pair of 27512s) on the MultiSync Board is accessed through a Slapstic at 200K. The DSK Board has a pair of 27512s accessed through a Slapstic at 10A and a pair of 27512s/27C010s that are not Slapstic'd. Slapstics are not available anymore since the company that made them threw out the masks. The ones remaining in stock are being used for production games. As far as I know there are no plans to do new ones. If you need one or two I can supply them. This does not sound like a good long-term solution to your memory requirements. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 7-NOV-1990 16:14:08.20 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: PAL burner Has anyone out there tried to use the PAL burner in the last week and noticed that it does not seem to work? If you have noticed this, please reply to this address. I am interested in what type of symptoms you may have experienced. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Tina" 7-NOV-1990 16:17:22.50 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: FLOWERMAN HOLIDAY SPECIALS THERE ARE PICTURES OF FLORAL CENTERPIECES THAT THE FLOWERMAN IS CURRENTLY SELLING IN THE MAIN LOBBY. THERE ARE THANKSGIVING, AS WELL AS, CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 7-NOV-1990 16:29:33.73 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: PAL burner problem found I found the problem with the PAL programmer. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 7-NOV-1990 17:40:29.69 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: MISSING REPLAY MAGAZINES IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SUPPLY OF REPLAY MAGAZINES FROM THE EARLY EIGHTIES THAT WERE LOCATED IN THE WAREHOUSE, PLEASE CONTACT MARY FUJIHARA @ EXT.3748. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::BIKE "CYCLOTRON -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 7-NOV-1990 18:03:27.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BIKE Subj: BMX Gear We'd like to digitize some pictures for in Cyclotron. Does anyone out there have BMX helmets, visors, gloves, or BMX bike paraphernalia which we could use for a shoot? If so, let us know via return VAXMAIL. Thanks, Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 8-NOV-1990 10:14:32.88 To: BIKE CC: MARGOLIN Subj: slapstick mod I'm done with the mod. You might find it a bit uneasy at first but I think you'll get used to the tight space around the rom socket. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 8-NOV-1990 17:17:22.30 To: ALLEN CC: MARGOLIN Subj: OrCad I talked to Tanya at Elcor. She found the order from us and says thanks. And I thank you, too. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 8-NOV-1990 19:34:48.30 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: MCCARTHY Subj: G1.1 plans. Meeting to review the current plan for G1.1 When : 2.00 pm Today (friday) where: Engineering conference room Sorry for the short notice. Please respond if you will be there, so that I can contact you if there is a last minute change. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::NATALIE 9-NOV-1990 11:58:22.94 To: @SURPRISE.DIS CC: Subj: READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY..... SSHHHH!!! It's a SURPRISE!! Andy's birthday is next Thursday, November 15. He thinks we're having a party for him that day, at the Mandarin House. But ACTUALLY, it's the day before, WEDNESDAY, at EL TORRITO. So if you happen to talk to him about it, pretend it's Thursday, Chinese food. But don't forget to come: WHEN: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, BE THERE BY NOON. Don't be late!!! WHERE: EL TORRITO, on 237. RSVP to this address so I can arrange it with the restaurant. DON'T FORGET, IT'S A SURPRISE!!!! TRY TO BE DISCRETE. DON'T BLOW IT!!! WHOEVER BLOWS IT HAS TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING!!!! Thanks, Natalie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 9-NOV-1990 16:19:26.92 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: CER-7890 ============================================================================== ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 7890 ============================================================================== REQUESTED ACTION: NEW PART APPLICATION: R2R Drivers PROJECT: Race Drivin' USED ON ASSEMBLY: A044998-XX PART NUMBER: GENERIC: 74BCT2982 DESCRIPTION: 9-Bit D-Latch with 3-State Outputs MANUFACTURER: TI MFG P/N: 74BCT29823NT ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 9-NOV-1990 16:36:00.05 To: BURNIAS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: 74AS823 The Bi-CMOS from TI (the 74BCT29823NT) not only works but produces a slightly sharper picture on the monitor. I have submitted a CER and when I get the Atari pn I will ask Art to ECN the parts list for Compact and Cockpit to use this new part. I have evaluated the Signetics 74F823 and it will also work. It is as good as the 74AS823 but is not as good as the 74BCT29823. The Signetics part is already on the AVL under another number which I do not have at hand just now. The preferred part will be the 74BCT29823NT. The 74AS823N (TI) and 74F823N (Signetics) can also be used if necessary. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 9-NOV-1990 16:53:53.29 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Free pass to the LAST LAUGH I know this is short notice, but looks like I can't use the free pass for this Sat.(tomorrow). So if you think you can use it, go to the common area and take it from the bulletin board. Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 12-NOV-1990 09:06:32.31 To: MARGOLIN,BURNIAS,RSHERMAN CC: Subj: CER-7890 - Completed From: MIKE::MARGOLIN 9-NOV-1990 16:18:15.85 To: AVL CC: Subj: AUTO-CER ============================================================================== ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 7890 ============================================================================== REQUESTED ACTION: NEW PART APPLICATION: R2R Drivers PROJECT: Race Drivin' USED ON ASSEMBLY: A044998-XX PART NUMBER: GENERIC: 74BCT2982 DESCRIPTION: 9-Bit D-Latch with 3-State Outputs MANUFACTURER: TI MFG P/N: 74BCT29823NT CONTACT: STEVE BUCHHEIT (TI) PHONE: 408-748-2267 COMMENTS: This is a Bi-CMOS part that will be used instead of a 74AS823 which is curently unavailable. ============================================================================== ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES: ============================================================================== AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER | | 137513-001 ============================================================================== DISPOSITION: X_APPROVED __DISQUALIFIED __TEMPORARY APPROVAL __REJECTED __OBSOLETE __RESTRICTED APPROVAL AVL ACTION: X_ADD VENDOR __ASSIGN NEW P/N __REVISION __REMOVE VENDOR __CONVERT P/N __STATIC SENSITIVE ============================================================================== ASSIGNED TO: DATE APPROVED DATE RS R SHERMAN 12-NOV-1990 ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GRAHAM 12-NOV-1990 09:37:48.94 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Christmas shopping It's time to start thinking about Christmas!! Need a gift, or something to decorate your own house? I've got the solution! At my desk I have handmade Mr & Mrs Santa Claus dolls. The cost is $25.00 each. You can buy them as a couple or separately. I'm taking orders now and they'll be ready in early December. Come over and take a look at them, they're really cute!! Karen Graham ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::RAY 12-NOV-1990 11:33:24.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE.DIS CC: RAY Subj: Use the Aux. Coin Sw. Hello -- It's me again with another suggestion to keep you from getting burned when your game goes to Japan. Besides the Start switches (see prior memo a couple of weeks ago), you should also provide for the Aux Coin or Service switch. This switch (Jamma pin R) should give a credit to the game without clicking the coin counter. I believe the standard software can handle this -- provided that all of the correct software "switches" are set. I suggest you implement this by Field Test so that you have plenty of time to make sure it works before release (and any protos going to Japan would work properly). That's all for now. Sayonara! John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 12-NOV-1990 13:07:31.77 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: REMINDER IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING CHANGING FROM YOUR PRESENT MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIER TO ANOTHER, OR JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEDICAL OR DENTAL INSURANCES THAT YOU E\\\ ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 12-NOV-1990 13:48:56.39 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: Insurance SORRY, I (YVETTE) SENT THE INSURANCE MESSAGE JUST A LITTLE TO SOON! IF YOUR INTERESTED IN CHANGING YOUR CURRENT MEDICAL COVERAGE OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR CURRENT COVERAGE REPRESENATIVES FROM NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE, LIFEGUARD, AND KAISER WILL BE IN THE CAFETERIA TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 13, FROM 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. OPEN ENROLLMENT ENDS DECEMBER 7. YVETTE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 12-NOV-1990 14:43:50.88 To: RSHERMAN,MARGOLIN,BURNIAS CC: Subj: CER-7891 - Completed From: MIKE::RSHERMAN 12-NOV-1990 13:45:34.17 To: AVL CC: Subj: AUTO-CER ============================================================================== ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 7891 ============================================================================== REQUESTED ACTION: AVL CORRECTION APPLICATION: PROJECT: AVL CLEANUP USED ON ASSEMBLY: PART NUMBER: 137513-001 GENERIC: 74AS823 DESCRIPTION: IC,FLIP-FLOP,9_BIT,D-TYPE,TRI,24/.300 MANUFACTURER: MFG P/N: CONTACT: PHONE: COMMENTS: RE-ARRANGE 137513-XXX PART NUMBERS AS FOLLOWS: -001 TO BE TI P/N SN74AS823NT & SN74AS823NT-3 -002 TO BE AMD P/N AM29823APC -003 TO BE TI P/N SN74BCT29823NT -004 TO BE SIGNETICS P/N N74F823N & NATIONAL SEMI P/N 74F823PC ============================================================================== ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES: Add to AVLNOTES: PER JED MARGOLIN 11/12/90 THE -003(SN74BCT29823NT) IS PREFERRED & THE -001(SN74AS823NT) AND AMD P/N AM29823PC AS WELL AS SIGNETICS N74F823N ARE ALL USABLE ON DRIVER MAIN BOARD & MULTI-SYNC MAIN BOARD OF HARD DRIVIN BUT MAY NOT BE MIXED. THE INTERCHANGEABILITY OF THESE PARTS W/OTHER APPLICATIONS WILL REQUIRE TESTING. cc: margolin,burnias ============================================================================== AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER | | 137513-XXX ============================================================================== DISPOSITION: X_APPROVED __DISQUALIFIED __TEMPORARY APPROVAL __REJECTED __OBSOLETE __RESTRICTED APPROVAL AVL ACTION: X_ADD VENDOR X_ASSIGN NEW P/N __REVISION X_REMOVE VENDOR __CONVERT P/N __STATIC SENSITIVE ============================================================================== ASSIGNED TO: DATE APPROVED DATE RS R SHERMAN 12-NOV-1990 ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 12-NOV-1990 15:48:01.85 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Welcome to Tina Sayson A belated official welcome to Tina Sayson! As of November 1, Tina has joined Atari Games as our regular receptionist. You will recognize Tina as the same friendly face that has been in the lobby for the past couple months. Please take a few minutes to stop by and say WELCOME Tina and keep up the good work! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BRAD "Gentlemen, we are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities (POGO)" 13-NOV-1990 10:10:09.50 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BRAD Subj: Tickets still available! Yes, that's right! There are a few remaining tickets for Round The Table Carol Sing. Here are the dates that remain: Fri Nov. 30 6:30pm and 9:30pm Sat Dec. 1 2pm Thur Dec. 6 7pm Sat Dec. 8 2pm Sun Dec. 9 1:30pm If you are interested you can call Calvary Baptist Church at (408)356-0223 for more information. For your convenience you can call the church to reserve your tickets and I'd be happy to pick them up for you. - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::RAMPART 13-NOV-1990 10:56:13.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: Subj: Battle Be a part of something historic, help us find any bugs we might have in our release version. Play our game in the common area and blow the jelly out of your partners castle. Be a wall boy and we will be proud of you for participating in this challenging quest for bugfree entertainment. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::KELLER 13-NOV-1990 10:59:55.54 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: NINTENDO SYSTEM FOR SALE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN BUYING A NINTENDO SYSTEM CALL ME @ X3759. FOR THE LOW COST OF $55.00/OBO. MY NAME IS KAREN BY THE WAY. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::KELLER 13-NOV-1990 11:09:52.48 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: NINTENDO SYSTEM THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SOLD. THANX ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GRAHAM 13-NOV-1990 13:56:05.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: The print-outs around the 'IT' printer are getting knee deep. If you've printed something, please come and pick it up. (Everything left will get tossed tomorrow!) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 13-NOV-1990 15:56:58.43 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: TIMECARDS ALL NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES: DUE TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, TIMECARDS FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 17 ARE DUE-IN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 BY 9:00 a.m. (NO EXCEPTIONS PLEASE) CHECKS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON NOVEMBER 21. THANK YOU PAYROLL ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 13-NOV-1990 16:15:54.30 To: FREITAS CC: MARGOLIN Subj: Labels I need more ok labels for the new batch of 644 137665-1020s that we will be programming. (Actually, Emmette will be programming them.) I will need a bunch Wednesday afternoon. Thanks, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::ERDMANN 13-NOV-1990 17:43:25.90 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: another baby! Sharon Plotkin, our temporary artist that was replacing Kris Moser while Kris was on maternity leave had her baby! It was a boy and his name is Benjamen Hefner Slagle 7lbs 1oz 22" long He was born Sat. night at 8:45pm. Sharon and Ben are doing fine...oh yea, and Paul too!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::HOBGOOD 14-NOV-1990 08:12:11.10 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: bargain hunters Though it seems there are few serious shoppers at Atari or Tengen you still have a chance to look at (and purchase) some of the merchandise from S.F.'s "south of Market St. outlets". There will be a Sale/Party at Days Inn in Santa Clara (4200 Great America Pkwy-next to Bennigans) on Thursday, Dec 6th from 4 til 9pm. THERE IS NO COST TO GET IN ....BUT the organizer of this event would like an RSVP by Nov 28th. Please let me know if you are interested in attending and I will put you name on the list of attendees. Loraine x3757 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "Tina" 14-NOV-1990 09:01:58.01 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CAFETERIA-TRAYS IF ANYONE HAS LUNCH TRAYS IN THERE POSSESIONS , PLEASE BRING FORWARD TO THE CAFETERIA. THANK YOU, SOPHIE ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::MCCARTHY "Pat" 14-NOV-1990 10:05:35.59 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: MCCARTHY Subj: Pat Brosnan is in town. Pat Brosnan from Atari Ireland is in town. You may have seen him around the building. He will be here through Thursday. If you would like to see him, please reply via VAX mail, and I will make sure he gets the massage. He is using Jim Morris' old office (also known as John Rays old office) if you want to drop by, or leave him a message. The phone there is 3978. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 14-NOV-1990 11:28:23.29 To: RAY, MCCARTHY, LEE, MONCRIEF, BEHENSKY, MARGOLIN, HARPER, SMITHSON, SALWITZ, AKERS, LIPSON CC: PIERCE Subj: Didn't we miss a meeting. Hello Due to cirustances and incisions beyond my control the communications meeting never happened. I also understand there have been developments which will require our team to have a more powerfull hardware. LET'S DO A MEETING. Please everybody attend so we don't have anymore stepped on toes or duplicated efforts. How about Friday the 16th at 2:00?? RSVP PLEASE. MSP ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 14-NOV-1990 13:08:07.63 To: KIM::PIERCE CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: Didn't we miss a meeting. sounds good to me Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "TINA" 14-NOV-1990 15:04:08.99 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: MESSAGE JED, CRIS CARROL OF SIGNETICS CALLED FOR YOU AT 1:40 PM., PLEASE CAL BACK AT 991-3761. THANK YOU, TINA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 14-NOV-1990 17:19:23.88 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE REP ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OTHER TWO MEDICAL INSURANCE COMPANIES MET WITH INTERESTED EMPLOYEES, THE NWNL REPRESENTATIVE WAS UNABLE TO BE PRESENT. ON THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, FROM 10:00 TIL 11:00, THERE WILL BE A REP FROM NWNL IN THE CAFETERIA TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT INSURANCE. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FUJIHARA 15-NOV-1990 09:28:35.24 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: FUJIHARA Subj: REPLAY MAGAZINE HUNT We are doing a competitor game search for legal and are still missing certain issues of RePlay. I would very much appreciate any help in looking around for the SEPTEMBER issues for these years: 1980 1981 1983 1985 1988 We want the September issues because these are the directories which list all the product introductions. If you find any of these in your area, please let me know. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Mary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "TINA" 16-NOV-1990 09:02:56.03 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: MESSAGE GOODMORNING JED, PLEASE CALL DR. xxxxxx'S OFFICE AT xxx-xxxx, HE CALLED FOR YOU AT 8:40AM. THANK YOU, TINA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PIERCE 16-NOV-1990 10:46:47.75 To: RAY, MCCARTHY, LEE, MONCRIEF, BEHENSKY,MARGOLIN, HARPER, SMITHSON, SALWITZ, AKERS, LIPSON CC: PIERCE Subj: Comm. Board Meeting. Hello A reminder that the Communication Board meeting will be at 2:00 pm Today, Friday the 16th, in the engineering conference room. Coffee and Donuts (if there are any left) will be available. Please welcome others that might be interested. MSP ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::MOTT 16-NOV-1990 10:53:12.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Linked Race Drivin'--PLEASE PLAY!!! Come play the new linked version of Race Drivin' in the Engineering Common area!! Race your friend who's always telling you what a low lap time s/he gets or find a bug in my select screen algorithm!! TO PLAY: BOTH PLAYERS MUST SELECT THE 2-PLAYER TRACK (THE SAME TRACK) Have Fun!!! and as always, let us know of any bugs --WRITE COMMENTS ON THE SHEETS ON TOP OF THE GAMES!!!! THANKSSSS!!!!!! Hard/Race Drivin' Team ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 16-NOV-1990 19:59:07.23 To: BRYANT CC: MARGOLIN Subj: ROMs You are right about the DSK Parts List for A047724-02 calling out 136078-1028 and 136078-1029. They were the same as 136077-1028 and 136077-1029 and we released them that way. Now that they are off it doesn't matter. By the way, I didn't get time to work on the PLD665 programmer. I will work on it Monday. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 19-NOV-1990 08:16:21.88 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Twin Peaks Oh my God! I'm like so blonde. Saturday I went to the mall and then right to the club. Did I remember to tape Twin Peaks? No way! Somebody help me!!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 19-NOV-1990 16:41:29.97 To: WRIGHTNOUR CC: MARGOLIN Subj: New Self-Test ROMs for Compact Race Drivin' I have made the changes to Compact Race Drivin' Self-Test. I have given the masters (136078-2001 and 136078-2002) to Rick Owens. Also, I have asked Joe Dieu to ECN the parts list. If you do not have the ROMs Tuesday morning please feel free to bug Rick Owens. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MOTT 20-NOV-1990 15:47:56.40 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: 401-k Fund Options: Vote! I encourage you to vote for the Money Market Fund. ADVANTAGES: 1. Your principle is guaranteed by the U.S. Government instead of by an insurance company. 2. The fund has out performed the GIC in the last 2 years. In these times of economic uncertainty, my feeling is that it is better to play it safe. If you have any other comments, i'd be interested. Steph Mott ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 20-NOV-1990 15:53:44.06 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: 401k We all know, however, that private insurance companies have out-performed the US government for many years. P.S. This is not an endorsement for a vote one way or another, just an observation ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 20-NOV-1990 16:55:42.85 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: My Honeywell Entry Card If anyone see's a Honeywell entry card (key floating around, it is probably mine and I would appreciate it if you would return it to me or let me know who has it or where it is. The last time I know of having it was I extracted some EPROMs from the Rampart game down in the new Tengen area. I have been to Pleasant hill since then and noticed when I tried to get back into the building I was cardless. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 20-NOV-1990 19:33:09.68 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: U.S. MAIL WE ARE REQUESTING THAT ALL OUTGOING U.S. MAIL BE PUT INTO THE MAIL SLOTS BY 12 NOON TODAY SO THAT MAIL CAN BE STAMPED AND MAILED EARLY. DENNIS NALE WILL BE OUT THIS AFTERNOON. IF THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM, PLEASE CALL EITHER SANDI AT X3751, OR CYNDE AT X3754. HUMAN RESOURCES ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 20-NOV-1990 19:44:11.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: U.S. MAIL REVISITED IN MY LAST MAIL MESSAGE REGARDING U.S. MAIL, BY "TODAY" I MEANT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SEND MAIL MESSAGES AT 7:30 P.M., YOU ALREADY THINK IT IS THE NEXT DAY. TO RECAP, PLEASE HAVE ALL OUTGOING U.S. MAIL IN THE MAIL SLOTS BY 12 NOON ON WEDNESDAY, THANKSGIVING EVE. SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 21-NOV-1990 09:27:20.11 To: MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN,OWENS,MEYETTE CC: Subj: Race/Compact Release doc's The Race/Compact release documentation is incorrect. It specifies the following: -- Race Drivin' (Compact): North American Rev 1.7 11/19/90 MultiSync PCB Program Memory is 16 bits (High Byte and Low Byte). All files are on EE$USERDISK:[Driver.RaceVersions.ROMREVA] unless otherwise noted. -- EE$USERDISK:[Driver.RaceVersions.ROMREVA] contains no AROMREL.DOC Please correct this to show the exact location and name of the release documentation. Paragraph 5.2.1 of the release procedure (191005) requires the file to be located and named as follows: NODE:[(project-name).RELEASE]AROMREL.DOC From: MIKE::BELL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING - EXT 1750" 21-NOV-1990 10:40:18.46 To: OWENS,MARGOLIN CC: Subj: 136078 - RACE MEMORY MASTERS 136078 - HARD DRIVIN/RACE COMPACT MEMORY MASTERS 21-Nov-1990 Page 1 PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 136078-1001 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210R 136078-1002 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200R 136078-1003 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210S 136078-1004 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200S 136078-1005 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210T 136078-1006 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200T 136078-1007 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210U 136078-1008 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200U 136078-1009 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210V 136078-1010 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200V 136078-1011 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210W 136078-1012 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200W 136078-1013 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210X 136078-1014 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200X 136078-1015 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210Y 136078-1016 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200Y 136078-1030 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-170,30E 136078-1031 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-170,10E 136078-2001 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,210R 136078-2002 IC,EPROM,HARD_DRIVIN/RACE,COMPACT,137448-200,200R ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "TINA" 21-NOV-1990 11:33:43.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! HERE IS THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THAT SPECIAL PERSON WHO JUST LOVES DOLLS AND BUNNIES. THERE IS AVAILABLE HANDMADE- ASSORTED STYLES BUNNIES ON STANDS, AND DOLLS ON STANDS. FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU MAY COME TO THE FRONT LOBBY FOR THE ACTUAL PICTURES, AND PRICES. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RUSTY 21-NOV-1990 11:43:21.97 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: RUSTY Subj: Moving Sale... Some friends of mine are moving and have ended up with a few things that they no longer need (or have space for!) All of the appliances listed below are fully working. If you have interest in any of these, let me know (via vaxmail) and I will get additional information and/or let you know how to pick them up. They want $50 (or best offer) per item. You will need to pick up item! ***SALE*** ***SALE*** ***SALE*** ***SALE*** Coffee table: About 4 feet long, 2 feet wide. Syle: Colonial American (in perfect condition) Washing Machine: Kenmore, avacado, 10 years old Dryer #1: Maytag, white, electric, 10 years old Dryer #2: Kenmore, cream, electric, 8 years old Portable Dishwasher: Kenmore, Free standing (on wheels), has counter top, 5 years old Thanks, Rusty ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::STARK 21-NOV-1990 13:01:16.18 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,@SYS$MAIL:ANIMATORS,@SYS$MAIL:MARKETING CC: LOIS Subj: models & associated paperwork Several projects are in the process of digitizing live models for animation/attract screens. If this applies to you OR may apply to you in the future, please note the following procedure for paperwork... Three forms are involved: 1) RELEASE FORM: this form gives Atari legal rights to the use of the model's image and/or voice. Each project may have special circumstances (Ex. Cyclotron used minors, requiring an extra line for the parent to sign). Consequently, ALWAYS get your release form DIRECTLY from Berry Kane. The completed form should be xeroxed (you keep xerox, Berry gets original). 2) W-9: for tax purposes. 3) CONTRACTOR INVOICE: essentially, a timecard. Both the W-9 and the Contractor Invoice can be obtained from Lois. Xerox completed forms. You keep copy, Lois gets originals (attach W-9 and Invoice). She will deliver the completed forms to finance for payment. It takes 2-3 weeks for payment (be smart - tell your model 4 weeks). Regardless who does the paperwork, the project leader is ultimately responsible for it's completion. The above forms are not necessary when the subject is an Atari Employee. When dealing with agencies, payment is made to the agency who then pays the model. For information on the purchase/rental of props & costumes, refer to Rob Rowe. gary ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BMAN 21-NOV-1990 13:12:35.25 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: BMAN Subj: BATMAN! The BATMAN game is now in the common area! Please play/abuse/debug at your leisure! We hope to go out to field test this afternoon (providing that no MAJOR bugs are found...we hope, we hope, we hope...) Thanx! The Batboys ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 21-NOV-1990 13:51:36.04 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: I don't want to bitch and moan cuz, after all, tomorrow is a holiday. But, golly gee whiz, all of our cute red strippers are gone except one pair. We have gobs of these since the are the lifeblood of our department. I'm sure you just came to get some wire and inadvertently took the strippers with you. Could you look around and drop them by? Thanks, we would love to see you. Bye now Babycakes ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::JACKIE 21-NOV-1990 14:13:01.32 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Just a little note to inform everyone about the opportunity to buy some wonderful last minute gifts for the people in your life. I will have a catalog at my desk beginning Monday 11/26 which contains skin care, cosmetics, fragrances (for men and women), clothing for women and accessories. Come by and take a look or to get more information. I am located in sales and marketing Monday, Wed. and Friday afternoons. My name is Hilary. Hope to see you all there. Thanks and have a super Turkey day! ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 21-NOV-1990 14:29:27.03 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Missing PC Who took the PC/AT clone from the cubicle with the Data I/O and IMI EPROM programmers? Please respond to Downend (x1719) or VAX mail. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "TINA" 21-NOV-1990 15:36:25.94 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYEES......... THE MAIN LOBBY ( 675 ) WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY 11/22/90 AND ON FRIDAY 11/23/90, DUE TO THE HOLIDAY. HOLIDAY WISHES TO ALL ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BRAD "Gentlemen, we are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities (POGO)" 26-NOV-1990 11:34:05.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BRAD Subj: Charts I am looking for a software package that will enable me to print out presentation-level charts (like histograms). The software needs to run on either a PC or MACINTOSH (or the VAX or UNIX for that matter). If you have any recommendations for purchase or even software that I could borrow to try out I'd appreciate it. - brad - x3788 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 26-NOV-1990 12:10:54.87 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: MESSAGE THIS MESSAGE IS TO REMIND YOU THAT TICKETS TO THE COMPANY CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL GO ON SALE TOMORROW NOV. 26 FOR ALL TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. THE TICKETS ARE GOING FAST DON'T WAIT! ALSO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN YOUR ORDERS AND MONEY FOR SEE'S CANDY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CALL ME (YVETTE) AT EXT. 5850. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAY 26-NOV-1990 14:42:45.25 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,STEWART,SMITH,BRESHEARS,FREITAS,BRYANT,HINDORFF CC: RAY Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 11/30/90 -- 3:30-5:00 This Friday is Walkabout Friday (tm)!! Natalie Burgess has volunteered to host this special event!! The festivities will begin at 3:30 in the Alpha, Nu, and Omega labs in Engineering. Please come by the labs, sample the munchies, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and negative). Friday, Nov. 30, 1990 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Alpha, Nu, Omega Labs John ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BURGESS "Andrew" 26-NOV-1990 15:21:44.75 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: WiseGuy and Broken Badges With the holiday festivities, I forgot to set my recorder... Does anyone out there have Saturday nights "Broken Badges" and/or "WiseGuy" on tape (Beta or VHS)???? Thanks in advance, Andy Burgess ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MILTY 28-NOV-1990 11:15:22.31 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,SYSTEM CC: Subj: KETBOARD NEEDED I NEED A "COMPANY" KEYBOARD FOR AN "IBM AT KLONE" ,....A 101 ENHANCED OR SIMILAR MY KEYBOARD HAS A BROKEN SPACEBAR (MECHANICAL PROBLEM). PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS ADDRESS IF YOU CAN HELP. THANX MILTY ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "TINA" 28-NOV-1990 11:26:31.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: ** RAIDERS ** STARTER JACKET FOR SALE: A RAIDERS OFFICIAL STARTER JACKET, AN EXCLUSIVE BLACK LEATHER & SUEDE ( COMBINED ), LINED WITH SILVER SATIN. STILL NEW, SIZE LARGE. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY JACKET. MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE. IT'S ONLY GOING FOR $250.OO OR BEST OFFER, WHICH IS MORE THAN 50% OFF THE RETAIL VALUE OF $479.00. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED ....PLEASE CALL ME ( BRIGITTE ) AT EXT. 412. SPRED THE WORD TO THOSE RAIDERS FANS !!!!!!! PS. BY THE WAY, MY NAME IS BRIGITTE SIMMONS AND I'M WITH TENGEN. THANK YOU, BRIGITTE EXT. 412 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::BRYANT 28-NOV-1990 12:09:33.37 To: MOORE,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN,STEWART,SMITH CC: Subj: PLD65 IC Gentlemen: Our current production schedule in PCB requires the availability of this programmed part in greater quantities than has been heretofor available to us. I know that I initially asked Rick to support us to the tune of about 75 parts a day, however at this time it appears that I underestimated our usage. I would like to request approximately 120 parts daily if possible, and in particular I would like to get as many as possible today. If we in production can supply any manpower that would help to expedite this process please say so and we will happy to oblige. Thanks for any and all support you can give me in this matter (Atari p/n 137665-200). Regards, Rob p.s. As of this morning, Nov. 28 AM, we have received a total of 734 parts from you. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 28-NOV-1990 14:44:20.02 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA A SPECIAL offer for all you ATARIANS AND TENGENITES .................... Here is your chance to do your Holiday buying without ever leaving the building. ENTERTAINMENT '91 is a 2 for 1 dinner and entertainment program that runs through October 1991. By purchasing this coupon book, you and a guest can dine at elegant places or stop by a participating fast food place. Also included in the program are discount movies, special events, sporting activities, hotels, etc. The price for all this is only $35.00! If you are interested in purchaing the ENTERTAINMENT '91 book, let me know before December 12. If you want to take a look at last year's book, stop by my office or the Main Lobby. Don't forget - if you want to order one or more books - I need to know BEFORE DECEMBER 12 for delivery on or before December 21. cynde ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 28-NOV-1990 18:54:17.71 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SHEPPERD Subj: So you are having MAIL problems, eh? An important MAIL file was destroyed today (wednesday) so I restored it from a copy made on tuesday night. Among the things stored in this file is your NEW MAIL COUNT. This means that your count of new mail messages will no longer be in synch with your actual mail message count. What you may get is a message at login saying you have new mail, but you actually don't or it'll say you have 3 messages when you only have one (for example). To fix this problem, type READ/NEW while at the MAIL> prompt and ignore any error messages you might get (such as "...no new mail..."). This will reset the new mail count to its correct value. If you made any changes today to your personal mail environment such as forwarding,personal name, mail directory, etc. (Any of the things you can set with a SET command), they will have been lost. I don't know why the mail file got wiped out. It probably was a result of the very disturbing system crashes that are happening with increasing frequency. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::LOGG 29-NOV-1990 09:11:28.45 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: IBM monitors A friend of a friend is looking to buy an IBM monitor for their PC. Does anyone out there have one they would like to sell? I do not know what kind of video board they have so let me know of the special requirements to use your monitor. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::STARK 30-NOV-1990 10:15:27.79 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: free bird... Parakeet - free to good home. Gary Stark x 1766 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 30-NOV-1990 11:07:13.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: moving movies mover Finally at long lost I can recommend a movie on TV. Tonight on channel 36 at 8 pm "Trip to Bountiful" is being broadcast. Geraldine Page won an Oscar for her portrayal of an old woman who wants to return to her home on last time. I loved this movie. Then this weekend trip on down to the best popcorn in town at Camera 3 and see "To Sleep with Anger" starring Danny Glover. Now is the time to see it, not later when Glover wins the Oscar and the line gets long. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 1-DEC-1990 10:04:37.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: CAFETERIA EFFECIVE MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 THROUGH APPROXIMATELY JANUARY 14, 1991, THE CAFETERIA WILL BE CLOSED. WHEN IT RE-OPENS, IT WILL BE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, A CATERING TRUCK WILL ARRIVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BUILDING 675 (IN FRONT OF THE ENGINEERING LOBBY) AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M. EVERY DAY. ARRANGEMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE FOR A CATERING TRUCK TO SERVICE BUILDING 735 AT THEIR APPROPRIATE LUNCH HOUR. SODA AND SNACK MACHINES WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE. HUMAN RESOURCES ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "TINA" 3-DEC-1990 13:18:05.61 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: FLOWERS THE FLOWERMAN HAS AVAILABLE, CHRISTMAS TABLE CENTERPIECES. THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE CENTERPIECE AT THE FRONT LOBBY. ORDERS NEEDED TO BE IN BY DECEMBER 12,1990 AND WILL BE DELIVERED ON DECEMBER 21,1990. THE PRICE IS $22.50. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::MEYETTE 3-DEC-1990 13:31:35.28 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TAHOE SKI CABIN I am looking to rent a cabin near Lake Tahoe, preferably near Incline, over the weekend of January 4-6, for 3 adults and 3 (well behaved) kids. We will leave the place cleaner than we found it, and I can provide you references from other people we have rented from if necessary. Anybody there in vaxland have any leads? Rick ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR "TINA" 3-DEC-1990 15:27:44.73 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: VISITOR- BADGES REMINDER- TO EMPLOYEES WITH VISITORS, PLEASE HELP WITH THE BADGES. IF THERE ARE ANY AROUND IN YOUR POSSESION, PLEASE BRING FORWARD TO THE FRONT LOBBY. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE. THANK YOU, TINA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 3-DEC-1990 16:43:11.75 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: GIFT CERTIFICATE IS THERE A MUSIC FANATIC ON YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST? ARE YOU UNSURE OF WHICH TITLES TO PURCHASE? I HAVE THE SOLUTION....A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $75.00 AT RAINBOW RECORDS. IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE BARGAIN PRICE OF $70.00!! IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, MY NAME IS LORENE AND YOU CAN FIND ME AT THE FRONT DESK WITH TINA. LORENE X444 4:43, 12/3/90 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DOWNEND 3-DEC-1990 18:28:58.36 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: Rampart PCB's for ATE, London Apparently, I did not tell enough people the plan - I hope this distribution list will do it. There will be (5) Rampart games on display at the ATE show in London, 1/7-1/10/90. One is the 33" display module shipping out of Milpitas this week. Four are 25" family cabinets to be built in Ireland. We are supplying (6) PCB's altogether: (1) PCB is to ship with the 33" module - Ireland needs it to test the 4 they are building (5) PCB's will be hand-carried in early January to equip the (4) family cabinets and to have one spare PCB. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRANZELLA "Yvette" 4-DEC-1990 09:48:29.32 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: MESSAGE TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, I NEED TO TURN THE DINNER ORDER IN BY 2 O'CLOCK TODAY! AFTER 2 O'CLOCK TODAY TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD.. NO EXCEPTIONS! YVETTE FRANZELLA X5850 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 4-DEC-1990 13:23:38.70 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: ATARI CORP LYNX ATARI CORPORATION IS GIVING ATARI GAMES EMPLOYEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THEIR LYNX HAND HELD GAME FOR $137.75 (RETAILS FOR $189) AND THE GAME CARTS FOR $19.95 - $22.50, DEPENDING ON TITLE. IF INTERESTED, SEE BECKY DEPEW BY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. HUMAN RESOURCES ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 4-DEC-1990 17:26:48.35 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: BROWN Subj: open enrollment JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, IS THE LAST CHANCE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE FROM ONE MEDICAL PLAN TO ANOTHER, OR TO ADD A DEPENDENT/S. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE ANY OF THESE CHANGES, PLEASE CONTACT HUMAN RESOURCES. SANDI ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::CALFEE 5-DEC-1990 09:23:44.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Tengen open house MEMORANDUM DATE: December 4, 1990 TO: All Atari Games Employees FROM: Tengen Inc. Employees SUBJECT: OPEN HOUSE/FACILITY TOUR = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = We at Tengen cordially invite all of you at Atari Games to come for refreshments and door prizes, and to tour our new facility during our "Open House" on Friday, December 7, 1990, from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::CALFEE 5-DEC-1990 14:44:43.76 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: Tengens new rescheduled, changed open house plans MEMORANDUM DATE: December 5, 1990 TO: All Atari Games Employees FROM: Tengen SUBJECT: OPEN HOUSE/FACILITY TOUR = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Due to conflicts arising from the Atari Games/Tengen Christmas party on the evening of Friday, December 7, and in response to popular demand, we have changed the date originally planned for our "Open House and Facility Tour". You are all now cordially invited to come for refreshments, door prizes and a tour of our new facility during our "Christmas Open House" on Friday, December 14, 1990, from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m . We look forward to seeing all of you at that time. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 5-DEC-1990 17:17:04.59 To: @SM:ENGINEER CC: Subj: CELPROCESS update I put a new version of CELPROCESS in UTL$PPS: which expands on the /XDEF command. The new format of /XDEF is /XDEF = num [[, first], format] where: []'s represent optional values num = the XDEF value as before first = 1 to limit XDEF to the first label only, 0 otherwise format = a printf-type format string to use for the label text (defaults to "section %d") Also with this change comes the ability for you to specify any numeric values in octal or hex. An octal number is assumed if the number begins with '0' (zero), hex is assumed if the number begins with '0x' or '0X'. Let me know if this causes great tragedy. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 5-DEC-1990 17:18:41.73 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: LOIS Subj: Disclosure Statements Disclosure Statements for the Money Market Fund and the Guaranteed Investment Contract Fund are available for anyone interested in reading them. They are in a black binder located on the file cabinet (in front of the white board) in my office. Monthly Performance Reports are also included. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR 6-DEC-1990 14:11:34.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: GIFT CERTIFICATE (PRICE REDUCTION) GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY! THE MESSAGE THAT I SENT ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK, ADVERTISING A $75.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE (RAINBOW RECORDS) FOR $70.00, IS BEING REVISED. THE PRICE IS NOW ...$60.00... I REALLY DO NEED TO GET RID OF THIS, PREFERRABLY BY THE WEEKEND. I BOUGHT THIS AS A GIFT FOR SOMEONE WHO TURNED OUT TO BE A CHAM- ELEON. SO WHEN THIS PERSON SHOWED THEIR TRUE COLORS, THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO GIVE A $75.00 PRESENT TO THEM. PLEASE HELP ME IN PARTING WITH THIS. AGAIN, IT'S A $75.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE, FOR USE AT RAINBOW RECORDS, FOR ONLY $60.00!! THIS IS A SAVINGS OF $15.00, NOT TO MENTION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE MALL WITH ALL THOSE CRAZY CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS!! THANK YOU, LORENE, X-444 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::BROWN 7-DEC-1990 10:24:32.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: BROWN Subj: messages COULD EVERYONE PLEASE HAVE ALL MAIL IN THE MAIL STATIONS BY 3:30 TODAY. THANK YOU. HUMAN RESOURCES ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::CALFEE 7-DEC-1990 10:52:59.96 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: To buy a Sega Genesis or Genesis carts.... Merry Christmas Everyone! If you would like to buy a Sega Genesis or any Genesis carts, this is your big chance. We have a complete wholesale price list from Sega, and will be placing an order next week. I expect to get delivery in about a week. To place an order, call Lisa at the Tengen direct order desk (extension 491). Lisa will tell you the price, or you can come back to Siberia (TENGEN) and visit her in person and get a copy of the entire price list. You will need to give Lisa a check or charge card number by Wednesday December 12 so that we can place one large order for all of Tengen/Atari Games. Steve C. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::SMITH 10-DEC-1990 09:12:52.18 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: VIRTUAL REALITY CONFERENCE There is a conference and exhibit in San Francisco that is devoted exclusively to VIRTUAL REALITY, the theory, practice, and promise. It is being held today and tommorow in the city at: Cathedral Hill Hotel Van Ness & Geary Free exhibit hall admission December 10 : 11:00am - 6:30pm December 11 : 10:00am - 4:00pm I assume that we must pay for the conference sessions. You can call Meckler Conference Managment (800) 635-5537 or (203) 226-6967 to get a listing of the sessions and registration information. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::LOGG 10-DEC-1990 09:25:33.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Mistletoe MISTLETOE $1.00 The Boy Scouts of America Troop 30 is selling mistletoe to pay for their activities for the next year. Please come to the Engineering Common area and pick up a bag or two. If you cannot come call Ed at x1739 and I will deliver. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::HOBGOOD 10-DEC-1990 12:46:43.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS KARYL SUTTON HAS BROUGHT IN SOME VERY CHARMING ITEMS THAT HER MOTHER MAKES AND SELLS. THEY ARE ON DISPLAY IN THE FINANCE COMMON AREA. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME BY AND BROWSE. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR 11-DEC-1990 09:04:02.14 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: LAST LAUGH TICKETS WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT LOBBY, FREE ADMISSION TICKETS TO THE LAST LAUGH - PAVILLION 150 SOUTH FIRST SREET. * DATE : DECEMBER 20,1990 * DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM * SHOWTIME : 8:30 PM. * RESERVATIONS REQUIRED PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT LOBBY FOR MORE INFORMATION AND COUPONS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 11-DEC-1990 11:17:03.38 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: TV Tube Last night I Love Lucy was televised in color. (Blue kitchen cupboards?) Next thing you know, they will be painting the Golden Gate Bridge yellow. isn't it yellow already, Sadie? ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BJORKQUIST 11-DEC-1990 11:28:45.66 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: CONCERT TICKETS OAKLAND COLISEUM HEART/CHEAP TRICK . . . . . DEC.12 '90 CONCERT DATE 6 GREAT SEATS SEC #23 ROW H ELEVATED SIDE OF STAGE 4 GREAT SEATS SEC #23 ROW D ON SALE NOW AT FACE VALUE $30 EA. ************************************************************** NEW YEARS EVE SOLD OUT CONCERTS LYNARD SKYNARD. . .RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALL NOW FOR RESERVATIONS "SWEET SEATS" (xxx)xxx-xxxx ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::CHING 11-DEC-1990 14:07:58.15 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: NES Pit Fighter Brain Storming Session Tomorrow, Weds. the 11th, at 3:00 in the Tengen Executive Conference room. Open to everybody. 1 hour. Bring yourselves and award-winning ideas. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::DURFEY 11-DEC-1990 14:21:55.22 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Warner Snafoo Did anyone but myself and former Atarian, Paul Mancuso, receive a notice from the IRS reguarding an alleged IRA distribution from Warner Communications for the 1988 tax year? Supposedly a 1099 was issued, but I didn't ever cash any such check! Was this a computer glitch from the last months power failure on Wall Street or ? I don't even have an IRA account. Any ideas, please contact me. erik x 1755 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::MEYETTE 11-DEC-1990 15:47:37.71 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Warner Snafoo Everyone who worked for Atari in 1985 will probably receive this notice from the IRS. It concerns the distribution of stock from the Warner ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan) that was distributed that year. You will also receive a follow-up letter from an accounting firm stating that they supplied the IRS erroneous information concerning this distribution (a 1099 form stating the distribution was done in 1988). You are still obligated to respond in writing to this letter from the IRS and dispute the proposed increase in taxes for that year. I sent them copies of the 1985 1099 from Warner for this distribution and a copy of my income tax return for 1985 to show that I claimed the distribution. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 11-DEC-1990 16:14:01.74 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: YOUR LAST 2 FOR 1 CHANCE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ORDER ENTERTAINMENT '91 DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS. IF YOU WANT TO PLACE AN ORDER, LET ME KNOW BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. COST IS $35.00. SAMPLE BOOKS ARE LOCATED IN THE MAIN LOBBY AND IN MY OFFICE. cynde ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::PETRICK "Jim Petrick" 11-DEC-1990 17:31:14.42 To: @SM:ENGINEER CC: Subj: CELPROCESS change I made a change to CELPROCESS that increases the size of the x and y offsets from a byte to a word. This change is only in the /OPTIM=8 mode. It is to prevent offsets from wrapping around in large cels. Let me know if this causes you grief somehow. -- jim ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SYSTEM "Colossus/Guardian" 11-DEC-1990 18:07:12.53 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: Your file is back From: KIM::MARGOLIN 11-DEC-1990 18:19:25.67 To: KIM::SYSTEM CC: MARGOLIN Subj: RE: Your file is back Thank you. Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GRAHAM 12-DEC-1990 12:13:08.69 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: ANY NIGHT OWLS OUT THERE? I was wondering if anyone watched Nightline last night. The commercials said that for security reasons they could not announce who the guest would be, and I was curious who it was (I couldn't stay awake long enough to find out). If you watched please let me know! Thanks, Karen ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::MCCARTHY "Pat" 12-DEC-1990 19:12:34.21 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: MCCARTHY Subj: hardware standards Two documents might be of interest to you. [mccarthy.hardware.standard]JAMMA.DOC gives our current implementation of JAMMA edge connector standards. [mccarthy.hardware.standard]CIOMEMAP.DOC gives our current "CONSISTANT MEMORY MAP" to standardise inputs on most games. Please review and comment. Pat. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::LOGG 13-DEC-1990 09:50:24.08 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Nonname is ready for play COME PLAY NONAME You have heard the rumors! So now is the time to come and play that game that is so secret, it doesn't even have a name. If fact, we have NOT even placed it in the common area. You must come to the highly classified area of the Alpha sixpack. That's the area outside Marble II/III, Danger Express, and Rampart. Come and bring a friend and blow him out of the sky with your dazzling flying skill. Or stop by and learn the basic controls and skills of flying a helicopter. As always should you get caught finding a bug, the team will disavow any knowledge of your actions. But in any case write your comments down or come find Ed Rotberg or myself. You will have until this afternoon before this game is moved into the Central Conference Room for our Focus Group. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 13-DEC-1990 14:00:28.44 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: Subj: 25 inch monitors If anyone knows where I can borrow a couple of 25" over-head monitors, like the ones we use at the shows or what ever..., please let me know. I need them for today, one day only. Thanks Farrokh ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 13-DEC-1990 15:27:42.04 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Irked Well, now it's my turn to vent my anger at some anonymous low-life. I was wandering through the common area and saw a new issue of "Machine Design". "Hmmm", I thought to myself, "I haven't gotten my copy of that issue yet". Imagine my surprise on picking it up to discover it _was_ my copy. No only that, but the person who presumably took it from my mailbox (and didn't bother to return it there) also folded over a few pages, and tore out at least one more. I might think those were shipping damages, but the note: Sherry 415-838-0184 ___________ Find Devsys was almost certainly not put there by the publisher or the post office. I am glad to share my magazines and if asked will put you (whoever you are, yes still) on my informal "distribution list", but I would like an apology and if I catch someone doing this again (_after_ Christmas, when I'm in a worse mood) I'll rip your lungs out, hear? Mike P.S. I toyed with the idea of petty little things like calling Sherry and finding out who she knows at Atari, or leaving out the number so you'd have to see me, but hey, I'm normally a decent guy :-) ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::SHEPPERD 13-DEC-1990 18:47:00.57 To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER CC: SHEPPERD Subj: Laser Printers This is an offical announcement of the retirement of the NEC spinwriter (aka LQ0, aka TTQ3) and the Diablo 630 (aka IT, aka TTR3). YEA!! The replacements are QMS PS410 postscript laser printers. They are connected to Appletalk and can take files from the Vax and the Mac's simultaneously. These printers are fairly smart. They try to sense whether the data to be printed is postscript or HP LaserJet II so they can do the correct emulation. The problem is, many of the files that we normally print look an awful lot like postscript (lots of #'s, /'s, { and }'s and %'s). I thought I could get away with not having you have to specify whether the file you are printing is a postscript file or just a plain text file but I can't. Soooo, the print symbiont assumes you are printing a plain text file (or something with embedded HP escape sequences) and inserts a non intrusive HP escape sequence in front of your file so the printer immediately switches to HP mode and won't get confused with postscript like text that may appear in your file. To print an actual postscript file, you need to specify a parameter on the print command. This parameter tells the symbiont not to stick in the HP command in front of your file. At this time, the parameter need only be non blank (the symbiont doesn't care what the parameter is, only whether it's there or not). You might want to assign a word for printing regular text and printing postscript text: $ PRLQ :== print/que=lq0 $ PRPS :== print/que=lq0/param=post_script The printers each hold about 250 sheets of paper in the "optional tray" which is underneath the printer. If it runs out of paper, an orange led on the control panel labeled "paper out" will light. Check to see that the "optional tray" led is lit (someone may have selected the "standard tray" via a printer command which, on LQ0, is not normally loaded with paper). To add paper to the optional tray, open it by pulling the drawer open (and out) to the left. Fill it as you would a Xerox machine adding paper only to the fill line and reinsert the drawer. To add paper to the "standard tray", just insert from 1 to about 50 sheets into the upper slot through the paper guides. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::EVELYN 14-DEC-1990 07:52:39.17 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: LOST LUNCH BAG There is a soft pack "Travelight' zippered lunch bag that found its way into the Doc Center. It is all alone and waiting for the owner to claim it and all of the contents. Thanks, Evelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 14-DEC-1990 10:16:23.58 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Door Contest Judging for the Decorated Door Contest will take place at 11:00 am today. If you have decorated a door or cube wall and your name is not on the following list, please let me know so you can be included in our walk-around. Atari Accounting Group Becky Depew Evelyn Perez Tengen Accounting Group Gina Close/Karen Atkinson thanks cynde ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 14-DEC-1990 13:17:17.80 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: The Results Are In ..... AND THE WINNERS ARE: 1st Place - Karen Atkinson/Gina Close 2nd Place - Evelyn Perez 3rd Place - Design Services Congratulations to all who participated in the FIRST ANNUAL ATARI/TENGEN DOOR DECORATING CONTEST! A special thanks also to our select panel of judges - Deborah Geyer (Tengen) Rick McDowell (Customer Service) Mary Sumner (Technical Publications) If you haven't had the opportunity, please take a tour of all the areas and check out our Atarians and Tengenites creativity. cynde ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MURPHY 14-DEC-1990 16:55:22.64 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: HAIRY CHRISTMAS My brother has 11 puppies which he needs to find good homes for. These 4 week old bundles of fun are a cross between Labrador and German Shepherd and just about the cutest things you ever did see. Needless to say they would make memorable Christmas presents and they're a bargain at $15 each.If you're interested call me at 3783, but hurry if you want to get the pick of the litter. Sean ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::LOGG 17-DEC-1990 10:05:23.23 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Mistletoe MISTLETOE $1.00 Boy Scout Troop 30 is selling mistletoe to earn money for their 1991 activities. This mistletoe was picked and packaged by the scouts just over a week ago. Drop by the Engineering Common area and pick up a package. If you can't make it, give Ed a call at x1739. This is the last week before we go out of business (until next year). And just a reminder, DON'T eat the berries, they are poisonous. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 17-DEC-1990 10:10:27.37 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: LOIS Subj: ENGINEERING X-MAS PARTY IF YOU ARE ON THE TACO TEAM YOU NEED NOT READ ANY FURTHER! On Friday, December 21 our 2nd annual Christmas Party (where the bosses cook) will be held. In order to prepare for this gala I need to ask for your help. We will need electric skillets and slow cookers. If you have one and would care to loan it to us please contact me. It will be returned clean.THANKS.... THANKS......More information as to time, etc. will be given out later. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::RAMPART 17-DEC-1990 13:45:13.28 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Play Rampart Please to play the RAMPART in the common area.. This is the release version and it needs some more test. Six pack of brew (soda) for any fatal bugs. JFS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 17-DEC-1990 15:07:33.59 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Cafeteria Update The OFFICIAL RE-OPENING of Atari's 675 Sycamore Street Cafe is scheduled for Wednesday, January 16. The cafeteria will be managed by Servo Foods. A preliminary menu will be published in early January. Servo will also be handling our coffee needs starting January 16. In the mean time, if you run short of coffee supplies, contact Dennis Nale (#3746). As more info becomes available - we will keep you posted! cynde ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::GROSSMAN 17-DEC-1990 16:18:34.98 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Canned Food Drive As Christmas is just about one week away, a reminder that Atari's canned food drive is drawing to a close. If we all brought in just one can we would have a sizeable showing. Please check your pantry, there must be at least one can you can donate to help a needy Santa Clara Valley family. Donations will be picked up on Wednesday. Please take a few minutes to check your cupboards tonight and place your cans in the box in the Cafeteria. thanks! cynde ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::LOGG 19-DEC-1990 09:42:06.04 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: Yesterday Jed; We went to Fort Ord yesterday afternoon to fly their Singer Link helicopter simulator. It was GREAT! What I would give for some simple texture mapping. I got the ROMs and will plug them in and try it out. Thanks ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::LOGG 19-DEC-1990 10:19:16.04 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: DSPlink Jed; We tried using the same ground and the new EPROMs but we still cannot communicate in self test. I also noticed that I the receive buffer will not clear when it is in OUT mode and the test connector is not used. Could you also change the software to use 40 word packets? During our Focus Group I noticed that the Compact PCBs and the Stun PCBs I have do not use the same video resistors. Do the resistors R97, R108, and R112 need to be eliminated? If so could you have Erik cut them out of our PCBs and readjust the monitors. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::DRIVER 19-DEC-1990 12:59:50.24 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Play the new Race Drivin' Linked game with REARVIEW MIRROR We are releasing the final version of the Race Drivin' link soon and have a version for your driving pleasure in the Engineering common area. Bring a friend and come play!! (the play testers are all sick today, so we would appreciate your input). CHECK OUT THE NEW REARVIEW MIRROR!!!!! Bugs so far: 1. rearview on autocross track has wrong lap car picture 2. sometimes have problem re-entering a linked game after game finish Let us know what you think about the drones? Are they too hard, too easy? (you win a "free" game if you beat your friend and the drone) Thanks a bunch!! Merry Christmas/Happy Chanukah! Hard/Race Drivin' Team ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::OPERATOR 19-DEC-1990 13:08:26.45 To: MARGOLIN CC: Subj: MESSAGE HI JED, BRIAN SWENOR DROPPED OFF A PART FOR YOU AT THE FRONT LOBBY, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO PICK IT UP. THANK YOU, TINA ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::BRAD "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really after you" 19-DEC-1990 16:14:06.43 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: BRAD Subj: those electronic thing-a-ma-jiggies Has anyone used or purchased one of those electronic personal event/calendar/diary/phone_dialer/notebook/ items like the BOSS? If so, are they worth the +$200 they are asking for such item? - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LOIS 19-DEC-1990 17:49:08.33 To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG CC: LOIS Subj: Engineering X-Mas Party TACO TEAM PLEASE DISREGARD THE FOLLOWING! ALL ENGINEERING STAFF ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE ANNUAL X-MAS PARTY WHEN: DECEMBER 21, 1990, COOKING WILL BEGIN AT NOON (HOPE TO EAT BY AROUND 12:45P) WHERE: ENGINEERING COMMON AREA WHO: COOKED AND CLEANED-UP BY TOP LEVEL ENGR. OFFICIALS NOTE: THERE WILL BE A NOMINAL FEE OF $3.00 (payable to Lois) ASAP due to a low balance in a certain fund which shall remain nameless. NOTE: If you promised a slow cooker, wok, crock pot, fry pan, etc. please bring it in by Friday morning. THANKSSSSS ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BRAD "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really after you" 20-DEC-1990 09:54:05.29 To: @SYS$MAIL:EE CC: BRAD Subj: Turbo c++ Anybody use Turbo C++? Is this worhth upgrading from MSC 6.0? Borland has a deal for MSC users: $149 to upgrade to Turbo C++ Professional. Should I do it? - brad - ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 20-DEC-1990 15:52:49.65 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: SHEPPERD Subj: System down time The systems (all of them) will be down on Sunday 12/30, Monday 12/31 and Tuesday 1/1 for software upgrades. Sorry, but this is not negotiable. Have a Happy New Year. ds ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::BIKE "BMX HEAT -- THE BMX RACING GAME" 20-DEC-1990 18:24:32.13 To: MARGOLIN CC: BIKE Subj: LOV on the AMS The AMS Load Overlay command doesn't seem to be working. I have ROMs at 80000 to 9ffff on the Multisync board. If I map 80000 to 9ffff : RO and then LOV 80000 to 9ffff I should see the ROM image in that overlay area, right? I don't. It has other values. What's wrong? Is it (A) I'm doing something stupid, (B) a defective AMS, (C) LOV doesn't work with Multisync, or (D) None of the above... Bonnie ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::MARGOLIN 20-DEC-1990 19:59:29.07 To: BIKE CC: MARGOLIN Subj: LOV in the Afternoon It should work. I have used LOV zillions of times in loading Self-Test ROMs on MultiSync Boards. Perhaps you have run out of Emulator memory. There are some AMSs that report (and presumably think they have) more memory than they actually do have. Or maybe you have a naughty AMS. That's all I know about it. LOV, Jed ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::SUMNER 21-DEC-1990 10:06:26.00 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: Lost Galileo Cup Has anybody out there seen my white Galileo cup with blue Galileo spacecraft on it? That is the only souvenier I kept since I left JPL. I would really appreciate the call if you have seen it. Mary Sumner X3722 ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::FRYE 21-DEC-1990 10:48:59.02 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: GAME ROOM SHUTDOWN THE GAME ROOM IS BEING PLACED OUT OF SERVICE TODAY SO SANTA CAN DO SOME REFURBISHING, AND SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING PRIOR TO THE NEW YEAR. ALSO, WE WILL BE INSTALLING NEW FLOORING IN THE HALLWAY (NEAR THE MAIN LOBBY), THE CAFETERIA, AND THE MAIN LOBBY ITSELF. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. WISHING ALL OF YOU THE BEST FOR THE HOLIDAYS, BOB ___________________________________________________________________________