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|SYNDICATE ZMAGAZINE|
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| Issue #151 |
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| April 4, 1989 |
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|Copyright 1989, SPC|
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|This week in ZMagazine|
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<*> PC Pursuit Update
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<*> Turbo 8-16 News
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<*> 1st Stop Computer Systems, LTD Bruce Hansford
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<*> April Fool's Treat #1
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<*> April Fool's Treat #2
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<*> Crazy Eights #3 Robert Buman
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<*> GEnie's March 8-bit Uploads
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|PC PURSUIT UPDATE|
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Courtesy of STZmagazine #14
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|PC Pursuit Rate Schedule|
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| Effective July 1, 1989 |
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Administrative charges:
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Registration Fee, payable on a one time basis when Telenet receives and
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processes your order: $30/order. Password Change Fee, payable each time
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a new password is issued: $5/password.
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Membership Fees:
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Regular Membership, includes up to 30 hours of non-prime time usage.
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>$30/month<
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Family Membership, includes up to 60 hours of non-prime time usage.
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>$50/month<
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Handicapped Membership, includes up to 90 hours of non-prime time usage.
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>$30/month<
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Access Charges:
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Non-Prime Hours; Usage exceeding membership limits: $3/hour
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Prime Hours: $10.50/hour
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Notes:
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1) Non-Prime Time hours are: 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 A.M. local time
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Monday through Thursday; 6:00 P.M. Friday to 7:00 A.M. Monday. All
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day, New Year's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
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2) Prime Time hours are: 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. local time Monday through
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Friday.
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3) Usage is rounded to the nearest minute for purpose of calculating
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total usage on each connection. All calls are subject to a minimum
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call duration of two minutes unless they are one minute or less.
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Calls of one minute or less are not billed.
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4) Any portion of a call to Pursuit during prime time will result in
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the entire session being billed at prime time rates.
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5) Sales tax will be billed as applicable and is not included in
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the fixed monthly fees.
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6) A Regular Membership will allow access for one subscriber at the
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Regular Membership rate using single ID and password. Family
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Membership will allow one subscriber, or one subscriber and
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their immediate family members, access at the Family Membership
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rate using a single password and ID.
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7) Handicapped membership guidelines are posted to the NetExchange
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Bulletin Board System and are available upon request from Telenet.
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8) All of Telenet's PC Pursuit charges will be billed the month following
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actual usage.
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9) There may be charges to you for the use of the online computer systems
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to which you gain access through PC Pursuit. These charges, if any,
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will be billed to you by those operating the online computer
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systems and not by Telenet.
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|TURBO 8-16 NEWS|
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Courtesy of GEnie's 8-bit RT Bulletin Board
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For those interested...
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I am currently working a deal with a vendor which already produces a major C
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implementation for the ST, PC, Amiga, and Mac, to supply their run-time
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library for use with the Turbo-816 (Turbo-C16). The already have the
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run-time for the 6502 and will license it to me for a *VERY* reasonable price.
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It is very very good (and fast as it was designed for embedded control
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applications) and compact. Everyone cross your fingers, as this would be a
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real breakthrough...
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I may also release a Turbo-C08 runtime library at the same time, for people
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who are not using the Turbo-816. So everyone might gain from it, not just
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T816 users...although I am banking on the C16 version to be the main one
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as the C types will appreciate the extra speed, program size, and RAM
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availability that the T816 provides.
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To update everyone in a nutshell....
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The 8-bit emulation section of the Turbo OS is considered done...!!!
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The 16-bit section only lacks the insertion and testing of the
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allocate & execute application routines.
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Some new features already inserted:
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$E49F DOBANK xe banked memory control
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$E4A2 CALUSR BASIC interface to CIO calls
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$E4A5 CALCOS calculate checksum of memory block
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$E4A8 CLRSCR clear the screen buffer
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$E4AB SIONOR direct call to SIO, bypassing PBI routines
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$E4AE CPYBUF copy up to 64k from-to anywhere in 16Mb range
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$E4B1 FILPAT fill up to 64k block with specified pattern (16mb rng)
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$E4B4 NATVEC call CIO function from outside base 64k addresses
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$E4B7 ALLSAV save all registers (16-bit) and return in EMU mode
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$E4BA ALLRES restore all registers and return in NAT mode
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$E4BD TBANKT check and test 'XE' banked memory (up to 256k)
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$E4C0 TBUSST check Explicit RAM or ROM availability
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$E4C3 TETRAM check Expanded RAM availability (up to 8Mb)
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$E4C6 TALLOC allocate any of the 4 types of memory to an application
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$E4C9 TDEALO de-allocate memory from an application (TALLOCated)
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$E4CC TINSTA install an application
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$E4CF TREMOV remove an application which was TINSTAlled
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$E4D2 TEXECU execute an installed application
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$E4D5 TTERMI terminate an TINSTAlled/TEXECUted application
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Also, a menu program is resident which can select:
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Coldstart
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Resident Byte/Atascii memory dumper (16Mb range 128 bytes at a time)
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Memory clear routines for all 4 types of memory
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RAM/ROM search and logging utility
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Keyboard F/X control
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cursor to any corner of the screen
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keyboard click toggle
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screen dma control
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SIO noise toggle
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keyboard repeat rate
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keyboard delay rate
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Execute up to 8 resident turbo-applications
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Install/Remove up to 8 turbo devices
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On the hardware side...
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The Turbo-816 Version-2 board design is finalized and the CAD people
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have it in their hands for plotting and auto-routing. The same applies
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to the ROM/SRAM boards
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The backplane has been finalized
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The dynamic ram board (256k/1m/4m/8m) is currently being finalized.
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Hopefully this will be done by may and boards available in June.
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We are still not satisfied with any video systems which have been
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evaluated...either the quality or the price is not where I want it.
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I would appreciate any comments!
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|Chuck|
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|1ST STOP COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD|
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|by Bruce Hansford|
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** 1ST STOP **
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** COMPUTER **
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** SYSTEMS **
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** LTD **
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** 800-252-2787 **
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!!
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1st STOP Computer Systems Ltd. is proud to announce the opening of a NEW
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full-service national dealership specializing in software and hardware
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for the Atari line of computer products.
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Order lines are open as of April 3, 1989.
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1st STOP will carry the vast majority of Atari related software and hardware
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brands at discount prices, fully guaranteed, and shipped via UPS within
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hours. All software will be covered by the 1st STOP satisfaction guarantee
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policy: if, within 30 days, you are not fully satisfied with any software
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item purchased, your purchase price will be refunded, if in re-saleable
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condition (subject to re-packaging fees, of course).
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VISA, MasterCard, and Discover Card purchases are encouraged with no
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additional cost to the customer. A 50-state toll-free order line is
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available from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm (EST) Monday through Friday and 10:00 am to
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6:00 pm on Saturdays. Our knowledgeable representatives will help
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you find the right products for your Atari at the RIGHT price.
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1st STOP will be unlike most other computer companies in business
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today. We will be quickly expanding into the distribution of public domain
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software, our own line of commercial software, and custom application
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packages. We have recently signed agreements with a rapidly growing
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software developer to produce many new applications for the Atari ST line and
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others. We are currently seeking new and unique applications to integrate
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into our expanding product line.
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We are proud to announce that 1st STOP will be managed and operated by
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Mr. Robert -Bob- Lindsey, who, for the past two years, has been the manager of
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MicrOtyme in Kettering. If you've dealt with Bob before, you know that
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we've got to be a highly reputable operation. The corporate ownership
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consists of Bob, Mr. Steven M. Schoemann and Mr. Bruce Hansford.
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Mr. Schoemann (Steve) has owned and operated Schoemann Enterprises, a
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home-grown retail business which has primarily handled Atari products since
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1979. Mr. Hansford is the owner of AGT Computer Services, an ST public
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domain software distributor and creator of many commercial, shareware, and
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public domain clip-art products. Mr. Hansford is the former president
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and current newsletter editor for the Miami Valley Atari Computer Enthusiasts
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(MVACE) in Dayton, Ohio.
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We are ATARI people from 'way back' and will do our best to keep you, our
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customers, satisfied. Watch for 1st STOP advertising starting in April
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in many Atari publications such as STart, ST Log, and the terrific new
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user group publication from Zmag, Z*NET. Check us out. Make 1st STOP
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your last stop for computer products.
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P.S. If you're a developer or distributor, put us on your mailing
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list as soon as possible. If you're an Atari user group, send us your
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newsletter. We may be new, but you're going to be hearing lots of good things
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about 1st STOP!
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1st STOP Computer Systems Ltd.
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7085 Corporate Way
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Dayton, OH 45459
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Toll-free order line ----> 800-252-2787
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Info and technical line -> 513-438-0551
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FAX line ----------------> 513-257-5883
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GEnie -------------------> B.HANSFORD
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Open April 3, 1989
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|APRIL FOOL'S TREAT #1|
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Courtesy of GEnie's 8-bit RT
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(This file is known as HOTNEWS.TXT)
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ATARI ANNOUNCES SWEEPING REORGANIZATION; 8-BIT COMPUTER LINES AND HOME VIDEO
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GAMES SOLD TO COLECO; NEW HIGH END WORKSTATIONS ANNOUNCED; HEADQUARTERS MOVES
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TO GERMANY
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Sunnyvale, CA, UPI, 1 April 89
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Atari Corporation, an American Exchange Corporation, announced today a sweeping
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reorganization plan designed to focus the company on its successful product
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lines and make it more competitive globally.
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The first step in this new program involves the sale of its 10-year-old
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line of 6502-based computers, now known as the XE series, to Coleco. Also sold
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were the home video game lines consisting of the 2600, 7800, and XE
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game system. Coleco, whose last venture into this marketplace was the
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Coleco Adam, a widely praised design plagued by engineering difficulties,
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and the Colecovision game system. Purchase terms were not disclosed, but
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Atari was believed to have received in excess of fifty thousand dollars in
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cash and warrants.
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Atari took the industry by surprise by announcing a new workstation product
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based on technology first utilized in the company's ST computer line. The
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workstation, based on the Sun Microsystems SPARC processor, uses
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Atari proprietary custom chips to handle graphics. It also uses the
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Inmos transputer chips to improve processing power. This new system,
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termed -revolutionary- by company president Sam Tramiel, can achieve
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processing speeds in the range of 100 times the speed of an IBM PS/2 model
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70, at about the same retail price. While its primary operating system is
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the same as in the Atari ST computers, sophisticated emulation packages were
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announced by third parties, allowing it to use MSDOS, OS/2, and Macintosh
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software packages. Despite the software emulation method, the raw
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processing speed of this system allows it to actually outperform IBM PCs and
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Macintoshes.
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The new system, dubbed the Atari FU (for Floating-point Ultimate), is
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perceived by industry observers as a potential NeXT-killer. It features:
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o Graphics resolution of 2048 x 1600 pixels with 16 trillion colors.
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The monitor uses LCD-shutter technology described as -3-D capable-.
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o Internal magneto-optical drive with multiple platter changer,
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total storage of 5 gigabytes online
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o Interface ports for Ethernet, Appletalk, 2 serial (up to 128 Kbaud),
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2 parallel, optical mouse, digital quadrophonic sound, and X-10
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controller
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Despite the Atari's history of pre-announcing products, this system
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was shown in final form to reporters, and was reported to have arrived in
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computer dealer showrooms throughout North America and Europe in time for
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this announcement. U.S. list price on a standard system, including monitor,
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laser printer, and 8 megabytes of RAM memory, is $9999.95.
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In a less surprising announcement, Atari announced plans to move its
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corporate headquarters to Braunschweig, West Germany. It's U.S. operation will
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continue to be headed by Senior Executive Vice President Sig Hartmann,
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himself a German immigrant. According to Chairman and CEO Jack Tramiel, -We
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found that with our headquarters in the U.S., our European operations had
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achieved their full potential. By moving my corporate managers to
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Germany, we hope to allow the North American operation to do the same. By
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1990, we plan to be the dominant computer company in the U.S.A., the way
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we are in countries such as Luxembourg today.-
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Wall Street reacted overwhelmingly to these announcements. Atari's stock
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closed at 29 1/8, up over 20 points; Apple dropped 5 to 34 3/4, IBM dropped
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11 1/8 to 99 1/4, and Coleco dropped 3 to 2 1/2.
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|APRIL FOOL'S TREAT #2|
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Courtesy of GEnie's 8-bit RT
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(This file is known as ZBROKE00.ASC)
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SIX DIE IN FIREY PROTESTS; ATARI SALE HOAX BLAMED
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Sparked by an April Fools prank, protest turned to tragedy in dozens of
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cities this week. Six persons were killed and another 13 injured when a 30
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foot tall -GEOFFREY- fell, burning, into an angry crowd gathered outside a
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-TOYS 'R US- store in sub-suburban Urbana, Alabama. Minor injuries are
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reported from five other locations of similar disturbances. At least one
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suicide attempt seems related to the affair, and Hospital officials in
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Middlesex, New Jersey, refuse to release the name of the unfortunate
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victim. However, Mrs. Kovacs says Ron is doing much better now that he knows
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that the -sale- was only a joke.
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In a scene repeated in towns across the country, thousands of owners of the
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ATARI brand of home computers joined in mass burnings of their machines and
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software in apparent reaction to a false announcement that ATARI had sold
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the line to COLECO, a toy manufacturer best known for -Cabbage Patch Dolls-.
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Hardest hit was the midwest, where Atari dealers are as plentiful as
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Burger Kings. In at least nine cases, the fires raged out of control and
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endangered surrounding buildings.
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The largest fires were reported in Southeastern Michigan, where a mob of
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thousands of protesters, mostly identified with the militant -CHAOS-
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street gang, burned and looted an entire mall.
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-They wouldn't sell the ATARI here-- they are responsible!- was shouted by
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some as the flames drove customers from the Service Merchandise, K-Mart, Sears,
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and Target stores in the Nirvana Plains Mall, near the site where a pair
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of major -Atarifests- are still scheduled for this spring. Local
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officials may force the shows to be canceled, fearing another scene.
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Ironically, most of the damage was localized in a KAY-BEE store that did
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feature an ample supply of cartridges for the game-based systems. Only a
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block away, owners of Computerland and Inacomp stores hardly looked up during
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the fray. -It's not our affair- sniffed one representative from the
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business computer stores.
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Sadly, the entire reaction was based on misinformation posted as an April
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Fool's joke on the GEnie Telecommunication Service. In a bogus
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press release, Atari was said to have sold its 8-bit computer and game line
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to Coleco, and was focusing on a new line of super-desktop computers.
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Apparently, the already high-strung Atari computer owners reacted before
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finishing reading the entire document, which grew more and more absurd toward
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the end. None of the claims were true.
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However, even those who read the entire posting were hard pressed to distinguish
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fact from fantasy. -We've been asked to believe so much through the years,
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this was not really that far out of line with product announcements we
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received even last year,- said one user-group President who wished to
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remain unidentified. Mr. Sell continued, -The whole thing is blown
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out of proportion. I really deplore the violence anyway. Besides, those
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Cabbage folks know how to crack a market.-
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Darlah Pine, chief system operator of the Atari areas of GEnie where the
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entire event originated, could not be reached for direct comment. However,
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in a prepared statement, Ms. Pine expressed great sorrow and made a
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-heartfelt apology- for having allowed the hoax to occur. Sources close to
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Pine, who also wishes to remain anonymous, say she is in a state of
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shock, refusing to believe that she played a part in the disaster that will
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mark this hoax as second only to Orson Welles' -War of the Worlds- broadcast
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in 1938.
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APRIL FOOL! AGAIN!
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|CRAZY EIGHTS #3|
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|by Robert Buman|
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SAGE 8-bit Librarian
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Spectrum Atari Group of Erie
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Courtesy of GEnie's 8-bit RT
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|ATARI GOES TABLOID!|
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Extra-Extra! Read all about a new publication for Atari 8-bit computer users.
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I got a large envelope in the SAGE mail box from a company called Irata Lirpa.
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Inside was a newspaper and this letter from its publisher Eno Lirpa:
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Dear Sir,
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Your 'Crazy-Eights' column has been reviewed by our editing department. We
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are introducing a weekly publication exclusively for Atari 400/800/XL/XE
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computers. We would like to negotiate a contract with you to write a column
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to be published in our weekly. Enclosed is a copy of the premier issue
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for your approval.
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Call us soon. We'll have lunch.
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Eno
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What a great idea! There are monthly magazines and newsletters for us
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8-bitters but who'd have thought there would be someone crazy enough to put
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out a weekly! Distribution will be radical too. Eno doesn't plan to have
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his newspaper rotting away at bookstores. No sir! He plans to distribute to
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supermarket chains! Put the weekly right where people shop. Fantastic idea.
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This could introduce a whole new audience to our beloved 8-bit computers,
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many of whom may never have wanted to get within 10 feet of a computer.
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This could lead to other mergings of computers and shoppers (where have I
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heard that before?) Someday maybe food chains like Krogers will offer a free
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software disk with a $50 minimum purchase. (SIGH), dream on...
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I was so impressed I decided to share some of the more interesting articles.
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HEADLINE: ASTRONOMERS AMAZED! ATARI 800 SEEN ON MOON.
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Astronomers at the observatory in Sri Lanka were shocked when their huge
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telescope, focused on the Moon's surface, revealed a 1979 vintage Atari
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800 computer.
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-It was just sitting there, next to the B-52 bomber and the statue of Elvis.-
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Scientists fear that whoever put the computer there will be coming back to
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Earth for a disk drive and monitor.
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HEADLINE: CLEVER BIGAMIST: MAN SECRETLY MARRIED TO 20 WOMEN LIVING IN
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THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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Donald MacDoogal of Cheshire, England was arrested and charged with 20 counts
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of bigamy. Incredibly, not only did none of the women realize they were
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married to the same man, but they were all GOOD FRIENDS!
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-It was quite easy, really!- beamed Mr. MacDoogal. -I used my Atari computer
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to juggle my schedule! MacDoogal was arrested while purchasing a new fuse
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for his power strip.
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HEADLINE: COMPUTER VIRUS FOUND IN VIDEO GAME CARTRIDGES
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A computer virus was discovered in game cartridges stored in an abandonded
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warehouse in Encino, California. The virus displays a variety of messages
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that can barely be observed by the average game player.
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Experts in the field of subliminal influencing say a message can be programmed
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to flash on the screen for a split second using the interrupt vector. Children
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could be especially prone, due to the many hours they spend playing games.
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The investigation leading to the discovery of the tainted game-cartridges
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began last October after a little girl in Waco, Texas flushed her goldfish
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down the toilet. -My computer told me to!- she insisted.
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HEADLINE: PSYCHICS PREDICT: 1989 BANNER YEAR FOR ATARI
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Irata staff-psychic Madam Juanita has released these predictions for Atari in
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1989.
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-I seeee...Fuji-shaped statue, as eef suspended een mid air and iss speenning!
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I seeee...Great bird SOARing by...Now I see zee words -ATARI 130 XE...words
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are also speening and speening-
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-Can only mean beeg things for Atari! Soon to make much money from 8-bit
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computers!-
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Wow! I just know this LIRPA weekly will be a big success, with articles
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like those. Great side-line stuff, too like this quiz: -Are you
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user-friendly?-, or the weekly photo contest, -Cutest baby playing with Atari-.
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I give the new supermarket tabloid a big cheer, and here it is:
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A P R I L F O O L S ! ! !
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OK, let's dig into our REAL mail bag now. Here's a letter from Curtis R.
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Johnson, acting President of U.F.F.D.A. of F-M (United, Friendly, Fanatic &
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Dedicated Atarians of Fargo-Moorhead). Some initials, huh? Curtis wants to
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add three reasons to our notorious list of why 8-bits are better than 16!
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1. The eight-bits have more cartridges than the 16-bits.
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2. You can move the 8-bit easier than the 16-bit. Just take the small box on
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the back of the TV, and the 8-bit and some cartridges to a friend's house.
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You need to take the monitor with the 16-bit.
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3. You can let a child play the 8-bit a) because it is easier to use, and
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b) if an accident would happen, it would be less expensive to repair.
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Great reasons, Curtis! Your Complimentary Colorful SAGE labels are in the mail.
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If you want to give us your -eight-bit's worth-, here's our address:
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SAGE
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Att'n -Crazy Eights-
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P.O. Box 10562
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Erie, PA 16514
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You WILL write to Crazy Eights!...You WILL write to Crazy Eights!...You WILL
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write to Crazy Eights!...I programmed that message into a million
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-Star-Raiders- cartridges! Why do you think Curtis Johnson wrote?????
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Until we meet again, keep it crazy!
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|GEnie's March 8-bit Uploads|
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===============================================================================
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Courtesy of GEnie's 8-bit RT
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Edited by Harold Brewer
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# FILENAME
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Address-YYMMDD-Bytes-Access-Lib
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Description
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4248 ZBROKE00.ASC
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ZMAGAZINE 890330 5040 81 10
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Desc: HOTTER! ATARI GROUPS REACT!
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4247 HOTNEWS.TXT
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LOOFLIRPA 890329 5040 106 10
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Desc: The Latest about Atari
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4246 BATMENU.ARC
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J.WARD8 890329 2520 29 2
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Desc: Batch file menu for Sparta 3.2d
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4245 CRAZY3.TXT
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LAKE31 890328 6300 15 12
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Desc: Crazy-Eights #3, APRIL FOOLS edition
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4244 ZMAG150.ARC
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ZMAGAZINE 890328 15120 59 13
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Desc: ZMagazine issue #150 March 28, 1989
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4243 WHEEL.DOC
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J.MCKINNEY5 890327 8820 25 10
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Desc: .DOCS for -WHEELFOR.DCM-
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4241 CONTENTS72.TXT
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C.WALNUM 890326 2520 25 23
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Desc: May '89 ANALOG Preview
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4240 XE4SALE.TXT
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C.MICHAUD 890324 1260 39 2
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Desc: atari xe system for sale!
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4239 XON.ARC
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CRAIG.S.THOM 890323 1260 45 22
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Desc: Turn SpartaDOS X cartridge back on
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4238 XX.ARC
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ICDINC 890323 3780 47 22
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Desc: 4.20 X.COM for 4.19 and AtariWriter+
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4236 AMP_CNVT.ARC
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D.ARCHER 890322 6300 31 2
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Desc: rapid AMS to amp music file convert
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4235 MARGIN0.ARC
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D.ARCHER 890322 2520 23 2
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Desc: set left margin to 0 & keep it there
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4234 BINVIEW.ARC
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D.ARCHER 890322 8820 51 2
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Desc: view segments inside binary file
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4233 ZMAG149.ARC
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ZMAGAZINE 890322 17640 89 13
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Desc: ZMagazine #149 for 21 March, 1989
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4232 VIEW80.ARC
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D.ARCHER 890322 10080 58 2
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Desc: view files in 80 columns without xep
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4231 T816BOOKS.DOC
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R.SHUE 890320 1260 11 1
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Desc: Info on where to get 65816 books.
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4230 UNSPRITE.ARC
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R.GERLACH 890320 6300 24 23
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Desc: Unsprite from March 89 Analog.
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4229 READV13.ARC
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J.WARD8 890319 3780 75 2
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Desc: A 40/80 column text file reader
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4228 RUNIC.ARC
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AMJL 890318 2520 31 15
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Desc: Runic Daisy Dot II font
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4227 AIRPLANE.ALF
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L.WHITWORTH 890318 44100 3 7
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Desc: 10 OKIMATE COLOR PRINTER ONLY
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4226 EUROPE.ALF
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L.WHITWORTH 890318 21420 3 7
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Desc: 10 OKIMATE COLOR PRINTER ONLY
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4225 ARCBATV1.ARC
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J.WARD8 890318 6300 47 2
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Desc: Batch file creator for Super-Arc
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4223 BLAST.GIF
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R.CARLEONE 890315 51660 37 7
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Desc: awesome pic of shuttlecraft
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4222 ZMAG148.ARC
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ZMAGAZINE 890314 25200 103 13
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Desc: ZMagazine #148 for March 14, 1989
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4221 MGLCATALOG.TXT
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S.LIDDICK 890313 16380 94 11
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Desc: COMPLETE 8BIT PRODUCT CATALOG
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4220 PREPX.ARC
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D.ARLINGTON 890313 13860 62 2
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Desc: A SpartaDOS X CONFIG.SYS utility.
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4219 MRCLEAN.ARC
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MARTY.A 890312 2520 47 2
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Desc: Cleans up that messy MEMLO!
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4218 WEDGE_V1.ARC
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E.BACHMAN 890312 10080 68 22
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Desc: Sparta 3.2 ONLY utility, see desc.
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4217 CRAZY2.TXT
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LAKE31 890308 6300 63 12
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Desc: CRAZY-EIGHTS #2. GENIE'S TOP 100
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4216 ZMAGAZINE_147.ARC
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ZMAGAZINE 890307 22680 105 13
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Desc: ZMAGAZINE ISSUE #147 MARCH 7, 1989
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4215 COLRCODE.ARC
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JDPOTTER 890306 8820 55 7
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Desc: Three graphics 9 to one APAC convert
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4214 WHEEL.DCM
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R.HEFNER 890306 45360 20 10
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Desc: WHEEL OF FORTUNE! Need DISKCOM.OBJ
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4212 XGIRLS.ARC
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M.PEMBERTON 890304 74340 156 19
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Desc: R pix of (mostly) XXX stars
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4211 PADWANTD.TXT
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RGOLDMAN 890304 1260 10 11
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Desc: I'm looking for Atari/Koala Pad
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4210 SPECIALS.TXT
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TOAD-SERV. 890302 5040 103 22
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Desc: ATI SPECIALS FROM TOAD COMP.
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4209 INDUSFIX.TXT
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RBMIER 890301 7560 37 12
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Desc: INST TO USE 1050 DECK IN AN INDUS
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4207 DETERMCLIX.ARC
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CRAIG.S.THOM 890301 2520 59 8
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Desc: CLI for DETERM and SpartaDOS X
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4206 DETERMUTIL.ARC
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CRAIG.S.THOM 890301 2520 104 8
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Desc: External utility for DETERM 1.59
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4205 DETERMPAK.ARC
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CRAIG.S.THOM 890301 6300 104 8
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Desc: Externals and additions for DETERM
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4204 DETERMHELP.ARC
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CRAIG.S.THOM 890301 22680 73 8
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Desc: Online help files for DETERM
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___________________________________
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| Syndicate Publishing Company |
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| P.O. Box 74, Middlesex, NJ 08846 |
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| (201) 968-8148 |
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|Copyright 1989 All Rights Reserved|
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___________________________________
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CompuServe: 71777,2140
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GEnie: ZMAGAZINE
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Source: BDG793
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ZMagazine Headquarters BBSes:
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Centurian BBS--(314)621-5046
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(618)451-0165
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Chaos BBS--(517)371-1106
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Shadow Haven--(916)962-2566
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Stairway to Heaven--(216)784-0574
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The Pub--(716)826-5733
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