Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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From: BERT::FRANCES 2-JAN-1992 17:56:52.97
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: PHONE MESSAGE
The following is a repeat of a memo from Bob Sheffield that was included with
one of your December paychecks. If you have read it, then delete this message
now; if not, please proceed and take advantage of this benefit if you are
eligible.
Beginning in 1992, the Company is pleased to offer a new financial benefit to
all employees who are currently paying insurance premiums through the Company's
medical and dental health plans.
Under Code 125(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, we can offer a benefit referred
to as a "cafeteria plan." This plan covers many areas. The management of this
Company has chosen to make this plan available to all the employees of Atari
Games beginning in 1992 on a modified basis. If you are currently paying
medical and/or dental insurance premiums through your Company payroll check,
this new financial benefit is available beginning next month.
The Company currently pays for a large portion of your medical and dental
insurance premiums. The Company will continue to pay these premiums. The
portion of insurance premium that you may be paying for your spouse or for your
dependents is currently being paid by you using dollars after state and federal
income taxes have been deducted from your gross salary.
This Modified Cafeteria Plan will allow you to use monies from your gross
salary before you are taxed by the state and federal governments. In this
case, the monies that you use to pay your insurance premiums for health care
coverage through what we call the "Premium Payment Plan" is never subject to
Federal Income Tax, FICA (Social Security) Tax, and most state income taxes.
These taxes are not merely deferred, rather, they are eliminated entirely. The
bottom line is that you can give yourself a discount on the cost of your health
care thereby increasing your take-home pay.
The insurance premiums will be collected through a reduction of your salary.
Your salary will be reduced before any taxes are withheld, and this amount will
then be used by Atari Games to pay your required premium.
Depending on the amount of insurance premiums you pay (up to $1382) and your
federal and state tax rate (up to 40%), you have a real opportunity to increase
your take-home pay.
Since there is a potential reduction in FICA (Social Security) contributions
you may pay, there could be in rare cases where long term retirement benefits
could be impacted. Please consult with your legal or tax advisor on this
matter.
We are very pleased about this new employee benefit and after you read the
announcement we hope you will agree and enroll in Atari's Premium Payment Plan.
Complete an enrollment form, available from the Payroll Department, and submit
to Payroll no later than January 9, 1992.
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From: GAWD::RAY 6-JAN-1992 09:20:55.68
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 1/10/92 -- 3:30-5:00
Dennis Harper and the Moto Mania team will be hosting this week's
Walkabout Friday.
The festivities will begin at 3:30 in the Alpha, Nu, and
Omega labs in Engineering. Please come by the labs, sample the
munchies, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and
negative).
Friday, Jan. 10, 1992
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Alpha, Nu, Omega Labs
John
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From: BERT::SAMANIEGO "Steph" 6-JAN-1992 15:14:49.20
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: CAR FOR SALE
Dennis Harper and the Moto Mania team will be hosting this week's
Walkabout Friday.
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, Jan. 10, 1992
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Alpha, Nu, Omega Labs
John
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From: MIKE::AVL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING" 7-JAN-1992 07:45:06.49
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: CER-8777
==============================================================================
ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 8777
==============================================================================
REQUESTED ACTION: NEW VENDOR APPLICATION: MultiSync II
PROJECT: Street Driver USED ON ASSEMBLY:
PART NUMBER: 137693-080 GENERIC:
DESCRIPTION: IC,VRAM,128KX8,80NS,CMOS,40P SOJ
MANUFACTURER: MICRON MFG P/N: MT42C8127DJ-8
This CER has been assigned to Ray Sherman, ext 1751
==============================================================================
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From: GAWD::ROLM "SUTTLES, SHEPPERD, or ALBAUGH" 7-JAN-1992 09:17:49.
44
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: ROLM
Subj: Featured feature
Don't you just HATE to talk to rude people on the phone? Well,
SO DO THEY. Yes, YOU can be just as rude as the people you despise.
Like the way this is going? Of course not. It's arrogant,
it talks down to you, and you feel like you know better. Unfortunately,
sometimes we DO sound like we are above dealing with people on the phone.
We can make this happen less often by avoiding certain trigger
phrases. These are things "nobody likes to hear--not a spouse, not a
child, and least of all, a customer."
I DON'T KNOW should be replaced with an offer to find out.
WE CAN'T DO THAT should come with a sincere apology, and only
when there are no alternatives to offer.
YOU'LL HAVE TO ... is a lie. The caller doesn't HAVE to do
anything. It feels much different to hear, "In order for that to happen,
we need you to ..."
JUST A SECOND never is. If you feel the need to excuse yourself
from the conversation, ask if the caller is willing to hold for a minute
or two. Don't simply presume that they have nothing better to do than wait.
NO, at the beginning of a sentence. If you avoid saying NO as
the first word, you force yourself to project a positive image, and even if
you must deny a request, you put the caller in your camp by giving reasons
or making the caller feel like you didn't WANT to say no, even if you had to.
I put a new version of MIXIT in UTL$EXE. This version adds decoding of the
motorola type 8 S record and corrects a 32 bit overflow problem in decoding
vlda format files with code/data located at FFFFFFxx AND code/data located
somewhere near 00000000.
ds
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From: KIM::ESTRADA 8-JAN-1992 08:52:17.11
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: New Telephone System
To : Atari and Tengen Employees
Atari has adquired a new telephone system and voice mail as well. This means
that in the near future, there will be a new telephone on your desk. Along
with your new telephone, you will also have your own personalized voice mail
box. The new phones operate slightly different from the current ones, however
they are much easier to operate.
The cutover for the new system has been scheduled for February 15,16,and 17.
During these three days, there will be no incoming or outgoing calls to Atari or
Tengen. We hope that the transsision goes smoothly, and if everything goes as
planned you will have your new telephones on the 18th of February. There will
be two technicians from PacTel Meridian Systems and myself to assist you with
any questions that you might have.
The new telephone system is distributed by Pactel Meridian Systems and is
manufactured by Northern Telecom. If you have any questions or concerns
regarding this matter, I can be reached at Extention 1710.
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 8-JAN-1992 14:00:00.06
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Very Belated Welcome
I am sure by now everyone has noticed a new voice on the paging system
and a new face behind the Main Lobby desk. Please welcome
Frances Montoya.
Frances has taken over Tina's place on a long term temporary basis.
Please take a few minutes to introduce yourself as you pass through the
lobby. It is nice to be able to put a name and face together.
Again, a belated and hardy welcome to FRANCES!
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From: KIM::SAVA 9-JAN-1992 12:13:17.98
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: hockey tickets
thanx. G.E
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 10-JAN-1992 15:00:52.99
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Anybody want to talk to this guy?
Hey, look at those mortgage rates, the lowest they have been in 17 years!
Now's the time to buy.
I have an incredible house (just 5 miles from work) that I want to sell
you. Give me a call if you're in the market.
Carole
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From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 14-JAN-1992 09:55:41.84
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: My lost binder
Sitting in the left turn lane to turn into McCarthy (off of Montaque) was
a motorcycle cop pointing his hand held radar up the expressway. Where he
was sitting no one could really see him and he could clock people in four
directions. Keen, huh?
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From: BERT::REMY 14-JAN-1992 14:32:28.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: REMY
Subj: Anne Hayes
This year's log to keep track of your vacation pay and holidays is ready.
Come by if you want one!
Carole
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From: KIM::SAVA 14-JAN-1992 18:57:07.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: SAVA
Subj: 64 jaguar
all entries become the property of Atari and the judges decisions
are final! Grand prize is seeing your idea emblazoned on
letterhead.
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 16-JAN-1992 17:26:16.80
To: MIKE::HOBGOOD
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: RE: ATARI'S 20th ANNIVERSARY
I just received the official thank you from Second Harvest Food Bank.
Through your generosity we collected 378 pounds of food during the
Holiday Food Drive. Your donation helped make the holiday season
brighter for many who would have otherwise been without, on their
behalf, please accept our thanks.
The Recreation Committee
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From: MIKE::RSHERMAN 17-JAN-1992 13:23:51.20
To: LEE,MARGOLIN,MCCARTHY,MEYETTE
CC: RSHERMAN
Subj: MICRON 256KX4 VRAMS
The Micron Technology VRAMS p/n MT42C4256Z-8 & 10 have been given new AVL
p/n's as follows: 137697-080 & -100 due to different packages than the TI
parts under 137694-080 & -100 previously selected.
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From: KIM::COPPERMAN 17-JAN-1992 14:17:49.67
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: UNIVERSE CAD SYSTEM
THIS IS IT:
"ATARI GAMES, THE AMERICAN LEGEND CONTINUES......"
OR THIS:
"An American legend continues...."
DAVID P.
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From: KIM::STARK 21-JAN-1992 11:01:25.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC:
Subj: new version of PC-lint
How about:
"It was twenty years ago today, when Atari taught the WORLD to play!"
- dave akers
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From: KIM::MILTY 21-JAN-1992 13:58:32.19
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: SLOGAN
....YES,..YES,....YES,....!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU DAVE AKERS !!!!
IT'S PERFECT !.........
MILTY
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From: MIKE::MSHERMAN 21-JAN-1992 15:59:48.16
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: SLOGAN
NeXTWORLD EXPO? January 22-24, Civic Auditorium and Brooks Hall in SF.
$40 for exhibits only admission. (looks like the Exposition is
only 22nd 11:30am-7pm and 23rd 8:30am-6pm)
- brad -
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From: MIKE::WILLIAMS 22-JAN-1992 06:52:28.06
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Parakeet cage
Remy
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From: KIM::BINDER 22-JAN-1992 10:50:01.66
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Chiropractor Suggestions
Also, how about changing our corporate colors to red, white and blue?
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From: GAWD::TAUDIO 22-JAN-1992 14:33:14.84
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: top 15 slogans for our 20th aniversary
Okay... so we all know that some Atari employees have neither taste nor
tact... but we do have a lot of VERY creative talent. Please put it to
good use!
Come up with a short slogan; a catchy motto.
It doesn't need to be as catchy as a Beatles tune but it should be
original.
We would like YOUR suggestions by Friday afternoon, please respond to
junk mail.
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From: KIM::SMITHSON "Deja Thoris -- Princess of Mars" 22-JAN-1992 16:40:00
.35
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: SMITHSON
Subj: Atari Slogan Idea
WE (THE FEDERALES) WANT OUR STINKIN' BADGES BACK!!!!! IF YOU HAVE ONE OF OUR
ILLUSTRIOUS VISITOR BADGES, WE NEED THEM BACK!!!
LINDA
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 22-JAN-1992 22:23:32.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Data I/O 288
One of the Data I/O 288 EPROM programmers has 2 sockets that are flakey
mechanically. I would like to send it in for repair since we are paying for a
full service agreement on one of them. Is now a good time to send it in? I ask
that project leaders and/or lead programmers give me some feedback such as,
"No - we need both data I/O's (even crippled) until mid-February".
FYI: The two bad sockets are now on the Data I/O in Alpha labs
and they are on sockets 7 & 8. I moved them around to effect the least impact
on productivity and to get the bad sockets on the Data I/O chassis with the
service agreement.
Let me know if I cuased any further problems by juggling sockets...
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From: KIM::SMITHSON "Deja Thoris -- Princess of Mars" 23-JAN-1992 10:20:39
.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: SMITHSON
Subj: Lab Etiquette
If you take something from the labs, LEAVE A NOTE!!!!! This is to include
boards, tools, chairs, documentation, plants, books, handtrucks, etc. If
it is too much trouble to leave a note just don't take anything and there's no
problem.
Bonnie
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From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 23-JAN-1992 10:47:08.49
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: PC bus spec
I need the pinout of the PC I/O bus, does anyone has this information
or know where to get it?
Farrokh
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From: KIM::AUDIO "Fill 'er up at the SONIC STATION" 23-JAN-1992 12:04:3
7.64
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
Several people have addressed the Audio Group about the recent EMAIL
message from a user named TAUDIO. We are in no way associated with this
user and do not approve of his/her message. We would appreciate the author
of the message identifying himself. We believe that all EMAIL messages
should be signed by the author if the USERNAME does not sufficiently do so.
Sincerely,
- The AUDIO Group - (user: AUDIO)
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From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 23-JAN-1992 14:35:10.31
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: TAUDIO
For the record, TAUDIO is Tengen's generic AUDIO project development account.
--------
Those in Tengen engineering who do audio development and perhaps their
supervisor(s) know the password to that account. I leave it as an exercise
to the reader to figure out who those two or three individuals might be.
ds
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From: GAWD::CALFEE 23-JAN-1992 15:39:14.67
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Top 15 Slogans Recant
I went on the VAX to read mail today, and boy was I surprised.
I am the one who posted the top 15 slogans message that several people have
gotten upset about. I did not make them all up, but I posted them.
The list started out as an effort to come up with a "real" slogan
(in fact I think #3 is the best slogan I have seen so far), but degenerated
into an attempt at humor ala Dave Letterman.
I want to apologize to anyone who found the slogans tasteless or tacky.
They were meant in the spirit of fun and were not meant to be insulting
or disrespectful to any individual or the Atari Games company.
Steve Calfee
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 23-JAN-1992 15:43:19.82
To: KIM::KHODADADI
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: RE: PC bus spec
Much appreciated.
Farrokh
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From: KIM::SMITHSON "Deja Thoris -- Princess of Mars" 23-JAN-1992 15:52:00
.75
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: SMITHSON
Subj: More SLOGAN Humor
If you find slogan humor distressful -- PLEASE read no further...
I thought we might be able to borrow some perfectly good, if slightly used
slogans:
ATARI -- The Right Choice
ATARI -- We Bring Good Things to Life
ATARI -- Oh, What a Feeling!
and lastly
ATARI 20 year anniversary -- Let's All Be There!
Bonnie Smithson
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From: KIM::TURNER 23-JAN-1992 16:02:32.15
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: TURNER
Subj: Slogan
How about a tie-in with another great historical event taking place this year:
500 years ago Columbus discovered America, and 20 years ago America discovered
Atari!
Glenn
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From: KIM::JMOORE 23-JAN-1992 17:33:47.47
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: JMOORE
Subj: more "score" lore
"Score one for Atari Games" is historically correct, but will leave
those ignorant of the meaning of Lincoln's famous speech preamble wandering
what the big breakthrough was.
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From: BERT::DENCKER "Andrea Dencker" 23-JAN-1992 17:41:49.20
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: DENCKER
Subj: 20th anniversary slogan
Ten years ago we used the slogan "Atari -- the first decade". We could go with
the logical extension of that: "Atari -- the second decade." It's safe, but I
admit it's not very inspiring.
Another suggestion: "Serious fun begins at 20."
My favorite is "Still playing after all these years!" I don't know how many
times I've had to explain to people that Atari DOES still exist, and we're NOT
the Tramiel company.
I think the June anniversary date should be a big media event with a press con-
ference, and with at least a half-page ad in the San Jose Mercury News announc-
ing it. And why not an ad in the New York Times, while we're at it? Nobody
(except game players) knows anything about us because we don't publicize to the
general public.
Andrea
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From: BERT::JEFFERSON 24-JAN-1992 08:27:40.62
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: House insurance
The installation of the new telephone system has been delayed until
04/17/92, due to additional preparations that need to be made before
the system can be installed.
Effective January 27, 1992 calls dialed to the oakland/east bay area
must include the 510 area code. Calls dialed without the 510 area code
will not be complete, and callers will reach a recorded announcement
with a reminder to dial (510) before the 7 digit telephone number.
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From: KIM::BRAD 24-JAN-1992 10:14:24.46
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC: BRAD
Subj: Pathworks 4.1 for Dos and VMS now shipping!
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From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 24-JAN-1992 13:40:22.00
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: not another slogan
I have lost my glasses. Last seen around lunch time on Friday. They are
plastic bifocals (kind of a clear color with a tinge of pink). Please let me
know if you've seen them. Thanks. Lois 1770
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 27-JAN-1992 17:18:21.91
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: CASE Expo
I have two Orchid Farenheit 1280 VGA cards here in Applied Research
that I am trying to program in 640x480x16 bit mode. Unfortunately I
have been unable to get any technical information out of Orchid.
If anyone out there in VAX land has any info about this card,
I would really appreciate a look at your technical manual or
whatever you've got.
Thanks,
Max Behensky
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From: GAWD::COMSTOCK 28-JAN-1992 14:03:26.72
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Farewell Lunch for Will Noble
Ambitious
Twenty years of
Ambition
Rebirth
Innovation
geloria
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From: KIM::PAAUW "I swear, it was that way when I found it." 28-JAN-199
2 14:39:59.25
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Slogan
How about:
ATARI GAMES
THEN AND NOW
REDEFINING THE WORD FUN
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From: GAWD::HUBBERSTEY 28-JAN-1992 16:44:09.53
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: HUBBERSTEY
Subj: WANTED: PC hardware
" TWENTY YEARS LATER WE STILL REFUSE TO GROW UP, BUT WE CAN
BLOW YOUR MIND BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE BUSINESS FOR
ONLY A QUARTER. "
Farrokh
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From: GAWD::MOTT 28-JAN-1992 18:04:22.28
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Slogan......:we're an entertainment company
Steph
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 28-JAN-1992 20:35:05.05
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Data I/O 288 in Alpha Lab
Ok, I replaced the broken socket just now. I also note that
the previous user had programmed a device in socket 2 and got a
"green" light which indicates a successful burn as opposed to previous
reports of verify errors (red light) on socket 2. What gives? Users,
please fill me in. As of now, I will NOT send it in for repair unless
I get additional reports of verify errors on socket 2 (or other errors).
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From: GAWD::HINDORFF 29-JAN-1992 10:06:39.10
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: One more slogan
Did anybody out there mistakenly pick up a N82S123 IC PROM (qty 25)?
It was on a cart in the prototype assembly lab. Please return it.
Dennis N.
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From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 29-JAN-1992 16:58:42.99
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: in search of the missing LEAD
Leaded gas is gone as you hot-rodders know, but where does that
leave the older high compression engines of pre-73, that were
designed to run on leaded gas?
My 71-Z has a 12:1 compression ratio and people have told me that I
should stick with high octane/leaded gas. They say lead substitute
should be added to the unleaded gas, so the valves don't wear out
prematurely. But others say that's a myth.
If you know what I'm talking about and have any ideas, I'ld like
to hear from you.
-Farrokh-
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From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 29-JAN-1992 17:15:25.42
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: P.O. BOX POLL
LINDA
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From: BERT::TINA "TINA, TINA, BO-BEENA..." 30-JAN-1992 13:23:34.00
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: RBI-3 BASEBALL JACKETS
LINDA
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From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 31-JAN-1992 11:10:15.12
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Mr. Cart
Don't buy Windows 3.0 if you can postpone it - Windows 3.1 is in beta
test and expected for release by April '92.
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From: GAWD::RAY 3-FEB-1992 17:06:26.21
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 3:30-5:00 -- 2/7/92 -- New and improved!
Rusty Dawe and the Atari Games Network team will be hosting
this week's Walkabout Friday. We will be having more labs (and
more munchies!) to Walkabout through this month: Tengen and
Training Simulation R&D. Both of these areas are on the North
end of the building -- just follow the crowd!
The festivities will begin at 3:30 in the Alpha, Nu, Omega,
Tengen, and Simulation R&D labs. Please come by the labs, sample the
munchies, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and
negative).
Friday, Feb. 7, 1992
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
John
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From: GAWD::RAY 3-FEB-1992 17:27:36.95
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: RAY
Subj: New Employees
A couple of simple (?) question for all you tech wizzards out there:
1. On an AT, is data transfer to/from the hard disk handled by DMA and are
interrupts enabled during transfer? In particular, I want to be able to service
interrupts that occur every 100us without missing any during disk transfers.
2. Can one of the system timers be programmed to interrupt at (approximately)
a 100us rate? If so, which one?
All responses welcomed!
Thanks,
Tim
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From: BERT::MEYETTE 4-FEB-1992 10:01:23.66
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: WELLS GARDNER DISPLAYS
Rick
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From: KIM::LEE 4-FEB-1992 12:13:34.36
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Missing IC
Wen, the new Network programmer starts Monday, 2/10. Her office is the
Data I/O cubicle outside Shepperds office.
Shepperd will be moving the EPROM programming equipment this week:
- Data I/O 288 is going to Alpha Lab by refrigerator - temporary location
- IMI " " " " " " " " "
- Data I/O 1020 is going back to Mfg. Friday afternoon.
Alpha labs had a ready and vacant bench and easy-to-make VAX connections,
and I have jurisdiction so it was the easiest place to put it for now.
Longer term I would like to see it in Numega labs or in the wide spot in the
hall outside Avellar's and Flanagan's office.
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From: KIM::DURFEY 4-FEB-1992 16:31:01.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: CATAPULT
If anyone taped last nights Northern Exposure and would be willing to let
me borrow the tape, please gimme a call.
thanx
erik
x 1755
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 6-FEB-1992 09:09:28.39
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Mail Service
Dave Pasquinelli is unable to lift for a couple days and will only be
working Thursday and Friday mornings. I need to ask your help in getting
any mail that must go out to the mail room BEFORE 3:00 today and tomorrow.
Dave will be in on Friday morning and will be able to post any mail that
can wait until Friday to go out. Mail that must go out on Friday, must
be in the mail room before 3:00 on Friday.
Also, each department secretary will need to stop by Dave's office Thursday
and Friday mornings before 11:30 to pick up mail for distribution to their
respective groups.
Any questions, give me a call or send me a mail message.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
cynde
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From: GAWD::COMSTOCK 6-FEB-1992 09:45:10.98
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: COMSTOCK
Subj: Goodbye to Will
FOR SALE:
'85 Suzuki 250 Quadracer
front and rear sand tires and 4 dirt tires
DG pipe and silencer
K&N air filter
aluminum nerf bars
'86 Suzuki 250 Quadracer
rear sand tires and 4 dirt tires
K&N air filter
Drive on flatbed trailer with new 3500 lb. axle, hubs, bearings, tires
tool box (holds tools, gas cans, etc.)
I am including two 5 gallon gas cans, flags for the bikes, 8 tie downs,
extra premix oil, extra transmission oil, etc. The bikes have been cleaned
after every trip and very well maintained. All equipment is in excellent
condition. This package is ready for Pismo Beach, Hollister, or ? All
you need is safety equipment.
I am selling the whole package for $4,500. If interested call me at
X 3909. Ken Williams
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 6-FEB-1992 15:46:27.46
To: GRAY
CC: MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN
Subj: Download Switch
Jed
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From: MIKE::DENTON 6-FEB-1992 15:59:59.38
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: POLO SHIRTS FOR SALE
THE FOLLOWING SHIRTS ARE FOR SALE ONLY. WILL ACCEPT CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS.
THESE SHIRTS CAN'T BE M.T.O.'D TO DEPARTMENTS.
LARGE,XLARGE GREEN,LONG SLEEVE PRICE IS $28.00
XLARGE DARK BLUE,LONG SLEEVE PRICE IS $28.00
MEDIUM,LARGE,XLARGE DARK BLUE SHORT SLEEVE PRICE IS $23.00
SMALL,MEDIUM,LARGE,XLARGE LIGHT BLUE SHORT SLEEVE PRICE IS 18.00
THE DARK BLUE SHIRTS ARE A HIGHER QUALITY SHIRT SO THE COST IS MORE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. MY EXT. IS 3941
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From: GAWD::COMSTOCK 6-FEB-1992 17:14:39.08
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Another Slogan Possibility
As of Monday February 10, 1992. The new hours for the lobby door will be
as follows :
7:30 am - 18:00 unless
your card has off hours access.
any question please contact H.R
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From: MIKE::BURNIAS 7-FEB-1992 09:49:02.38
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: SLOGAN
Just a reminder...
The Walkabout today includes Tengen and Police Trainer labs --
just follow the corridor past Applied Research to Tengen and
then to the Trainer lab.
3:30-5:00
Munchies provided
John
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From: KIM::DURFEY 7-FEB-1992 13:13:36.58
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Postscript Cart Bug
If anyone out there has a Pacific Data Products Postscript cartridge for their
HP printer, take note. There is a bug which occurs after printing 2047 pages
in PCL mode. The bug is that the cart stores the wrong data in the printers
NV ram making it think that it is printing on legal sized paper so the margins
will be off. There is a temporary fix for this by manually setting the page
count on the printer to zero. If you call Pacific Data Products, they will put
you on their list and notify you when the new version cart is available (ver 5).
I have the zeroing proceedure if anyone is interested.
erik
x 1755
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From: BERT::FRANCES 7-FEB-1992 16:32:15.78
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: THE FLOWERMAN
This came over the wire today...Do you know where your floppies have been?
===========================================================================
CA-92:02 CERT Advisory
February 6, 1992
Michelangelo PC Virus Warning
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has
received information concerning a personal computer virus known as
Michelangelo. The virus affects IBM PCs and compatibles. A description
of the virus, along with suggested countermeasures, is presented below.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I. Description
The Michelangelo virus is a computer virus that affects PCs
running MS-DOS (and PC-DOS, DR-DOS, etc.) versions 2.xx and
higher. Note, however, that although the virus can only execute
on PCs running these versions of DOS, it can infect and damage PC
hard disks containing other PC operating systems including UNIX,
OS/2, and Novell. Thus, booting an infected DOS floppy disk on
a PC that has, for example, UNIX on the hard disk would infect
the hard disk and would probably prevent the UNIX disk from
booting. The virus infects floppy disk boot sectors and hard
disk master boot records (MBRs). When the user boots from an
infected floppy disk, the virus installs itself in memory and
infects the partition table of the first hard disk (if found).
Once the virus is installed, it will infect any floppy disk that
the user accesses.
Some possible, though not conclusive, symptoms of the
Michelangelo virus include a reduction in free/total memory by
2048 bytes, and some floppy disks that become unusable or display
"odd" graphic characters during "DIR" commands. Additionally,
integrity management products should report that the MBR has been
altered.
Note that the Michelangelo virus does not display any messages on
the PC screen at any time.
II. Impact
The Michelangelo virus triggers on any March 6. On that date,
the virus overwrites critical system data, including boot and
file allocation table (FAT) records, on the boot disk (floppy or
hard), rendering the disk unusable. Recovering user data from a
disk damaged by the Michelangelo virus will be very difficult.
III. Solution
Many versions of anti-virus software released after approximately
October 1991 will detect and/or remove the Michelangelo virus.
This includes numerous commercial, shareware, and freeware
software packages. Since this virus was first detected around
the middle of 1991 (after March 6, 1991), it is crucial to use
current versions of these products, particularly those products
that search systems for known viruses.
The CERT/CC has not formally reviewed, evaluated, or endorsed any
of the anti-virus products. While some older anti-virus products
may detect this virus, the CERT/CC strongly suggests that sites
verify with their anti-virus product vendors that their product
will detect and eradicate the Michelangelo virus.
The CERT/CC advises that all sites test for the presence of this
virus before March 6, which is the trigger date. If an infection
is discovered, it is essential that the user examine all floppy
disks that may have come in contact with an infected machine.
As always, the CERT/CC strongly urges all sites to maintain good
backup procedures.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The CERT/CC wishes to thank for their assistance: Mr. Christoph
Fischer of the Micro-BIT Virus Center (Germany), Dr. Klaus Brunnstein
of the Virus Test Center (Germany), Mr. A. Padgett Peterson, P.E., of
the Technical Computing Center at Martin-Marietta Corp., and Mr. Steve
R. White of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact CERT/CC or
your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams).
Internet E-mail: cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
CERT/CC personnel answer 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
on call for emergencies during other hours.
Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC)
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Past advisories, information about FIRST representatives, and other
information related to computer security are available for anonymous ftp
from cert.sei.cmu.edu (192.88.209.5).
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 10-FEB-1992 10:14:09.07
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: PC Penicillin
I have a copy of the latest McAfee virus checker and zapper that will find the
Michangelo virus along with about 1200 others. I will not loan out this disk,
but I will run it on your system if you want.
ds
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From: BERT::JEFFERSON 10-FEB-1992 13:31:28.05
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Petty Cash
I never did like Sprint, but now I have another reason. I picked
this up on UseNet, in the Risks Forum:
---- quote ----
From: jpallen@ics.uci.edu
Subject: US Sprint offering phone fraud insurance
It's been reported that US Sprint is trying to "transform a billion-dollar
industrywide problem into a source of income" by offering phone fraud insurance
to its customers (Information Week, 2/3/92). Discussions about the conflict
of interest inherent in making a "security industry" financially dependent on
a thriving security problem suddenly seem much less far-fetched...
Is security against phone fraud something that Sprint, a company that doesn't
require the use of PINs on their calling cards, should be asking its
customers to pay for?
Jonathan Allen, University of California, Irvine
CORPS (Computers, ORganizations, Policy, and Society) program
---- quote ----
So, let's see if I read this straight. U.S. Sprint, a company
famous for placing randomly generated calls on your bill just to see if
you notice, is now going to charge you "insurance" to cover the costs
of those calls you didn't make, but that you were not allowed to keep
others from making. Ah, Progress.
Keep in mind that the LD companies are currently lobbying
fairly heavily to extend into the LATA, that is, soon you will need
to specify which LD carrier handles all your "message unit" calls,
and, of course, your local bill will go up to provide for "equal
access", even if you make _no_ out of area calls.
Lynch Judge Green NOW!!!
Mike
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From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 10-FEB-1992 15:35:36.73
To: @E_T
CC:
Subj: static on tape
I have a friend who is looking to buy a GameBoy, used. If you know someone
who isn't using theirs anymore (maybe because they now have a Lynx or Game Gear)
and wants to sell it, please call me at x1714 or x1794, or reply to this
address. It's got to have Tetris, but I believe all GameBoys were sold with it.
Thanks,
Natalie
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From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 10-FEB-1992 15:50:13.57
To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: EPROM Speeds.
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped me out last week when
I was experiencing some difficulties due to a spraind back. I am doing much
better now and I am vigorously trying to catch up with the things that hapend to
fall behind last week. And I will CATCH UP.
Thanks again for your help and patience.
David B.Pasquinelli
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From: BERT::FRANCES 11-FEB-1992 11:49:39.20
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: THE FLOWERMAN
Jed
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From: BERT::FRANCES 14-FEB-1992 12:47:42.90
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: THE FLOWERMAN
THE VALENTINE FLOWERS ARE IN THE MAIN LOBBY. PLEASE PICK THEM UP.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::ROTBERG "Professor of Gonzo" 14-FEB-1992 13:39:03.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Microwave for sale!
FOR SALE
--- ----
Panasonic "Genius" Microwave Oven
Large Capacity with built in rotating platter
Soft Touch Controls
Auto Sensor Cooking - many features
$75
Reason for sale: Kitchen is being remodeled wth a SpaceSaver
Microwave.
- Ed Rotberg -
- x 1727 -
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From: MIKE::GEYER 14-FEB-1992 15:00:45.87
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj:
If any of you wished you could've picked up some 1/2 doz. roses
I have two bunches over here -- Ted had to leave before the flower
lady//man came --I'm sure he'd like to recoup his losses if he can...
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 17-FEB-1992 20:56:46.19
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: UnNatural Gas.
In the rain over the weekend my neighbour noticed the ground bubbling
between our two houses. The bubbles burned quite well too. Either we
were sitting on a Natural Gas well or the PG&E gas line was leaking.
Unfortunately, the latter was true.
It was only noticeable because the ground was so wet that you could
see the bubbles.
It may be worth your while to take a look where your gas line runs
during the next rain storm. I can only wonder how long the leak was
there. Possibly years. At least the leak was before the meter.
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From: GAWD::COMSTOCK 18-FEB-1992 14:27:40.72
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: New Animator in Town
....IF YOU HAVE READ YOUR NEWSLETTER YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY VOTED;
IF YOU HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT IT THERE IS A BALLOT ON THE LAST PAGE
TO VOTE FOR THE SLOGAN YOU PREFER.
NOON TOMORROW, FEB 19TH, IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO VOICE YOUR OPINION, SO..
SPEAK NOW !!!
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From: KIM::LICHAC 19-FEB-1992 10:33:17.64
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: NEW EMPLOYEE
I can't seem to track down 2 cable/pod assemblies for the HP1650 analyzer.
If anyone has these rolled up and stuffed somewhere I'd like to round them
up (Tengen is beginning to doubt our credibility as a safe place for their
often borrowed equipment).
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 19-FEB-1992 17:44:30.87
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: New Employee
It's official... John M. will now be known as Bill, BILL HERMAN that is.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::BRAD 20-FEB-1992 09:49:08.54
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC: BRAD
Subj: Borland Patch Disk
I have receive the patch disk for the Borland C++ version 3.0 package.
It replaces 4 files:
TCW.EXE
IMPLIBW.EXE
WINSIGHT.EXE
WSIHOOK.DLL
These are all windows applications.
If you would like to borrow it let me know.
- brad -
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From: MIKE::SMITH 21-FEB-1992 09:09:12.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: March 6, Michaelangelo Virus Wake Up Call
I heard a good suggestion on the "SILICON VALLEY REPORT", Channel 54, last nite.
They said that the virus could be defeated easily if, on March 5
I am looking into getting a swimming pool for this summer and I would
like to know if anyone can recommend a good installer? I live in Pleasanton,
so they will need to service that area.
Thanks,
Glenn
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From: MIKE::AVL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING" 24-FEB-1992 14:03:34.98
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: CER-8951
==============================================================================
ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 8951
==============================================================================
REQUESTED ACTION: Approval APPLICATION:
PROJECT: Street Driver USED ON ASSEMBLY:
PART NUMBER: 137693-080 GENERIC:
DESCRIPTION: IC,VRAM,128KX8,80NS,CMOS,40P SOJ
MANUFACTURER: MICRON MFG P/N: MT42C8127DJ-8
This CER has been assigned to Ray Sherman, ext 1751
==============================================================================
From: MIKE::AVL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING" 24-FEB-1992 14:06:00.71
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: CER-8952
==============================================================================
ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 8952
==============================================================================
REQUESTED ACTION: NEW VENDOR APPLICATION: MultiSync II
PROJECT: Street Driver USED ON ASSEMBLY:
PART NUMBER: 137693-100 GENERIC:
DESCRIPTION: IC,VRAM,128KX8,100NS,CMOS,40P SOJ
MANUFACTURER: TOSHIBA MFG P/N: TC528126BJ-10
This CER has been assigned to Ray Sherman, ext 1751
==============================================================================
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From: BERT::DAVE 24-FEB-1992 15:15:19.28
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: ATARI Games PO Box.
thank you..
David B.Pasquinelli
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From: KIM::LOGG 24-FEB-1992 17:35:56.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: 68020 vs 68000 performance
I'm looking for a used bike for my slightly oversized 6 year old
for his birthday. Any leads?
Thanks,
Chuck Eyler
(x1776)
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From: BERT::KANE 25-FEB-1992 13:15:50.89
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Rick Thompson
Spring is in the air and what better way to celebrate than by purchasing a
bunch of DAFFODILS.
Each year the American Cancer Society sells bunches of DAFFODILS to support
their education, research and patient services.
As part of this fund raising effort, I will be taking orders for bunches of
DAFFODILS at $5.00 for a bunch of 10 flowers (vases available for an
additional $3.00) or an arrangement of 25 DAFFODILS designed by Citti's
Florists and delivered to any home in Santa Clara County for $50.00.
All orders must be in to me by March 16, flowers will be delivered on
Monday, March 30. Payment (either cash or check, payable to Atari Games)
must accompany each order.
Don't delay, I must receive all orders for DAFFODILS by Monday, March 16.
cynde
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From: KIM::RUSTY 26-FEB-1992 11:15:19.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: RUSTY
Subj: Computer for sale...
LINDA
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From: KIM::LOGG 27-FEB-1992 10:29:00.95
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: Steel Talons self test
I just realized I did not copy over your self test into my Steel
Talons directory. I am about to do an archive of the Steel Talons directory
and I would like to put the self test source in the archive. What directory
should I look at? Has the DSPCOM, DSPLINK, ... self test code changed any
since Steel Talons?
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 27-FEB-1992 13:04:13.16
To: KIM::LOGG
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: RE: Steel Talons self test
It is on the PC only. Some of the files are in binary so I have not uploaded
them to the VAX (I do not have a network card and Kermit does only ASCII
files). I have made a 5 1/4" Floppy for you with the DSPCOM Files on it
which you may have if you like.
Jed
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From: BERT::FRANCES 28-FEB-1992 09:35:53.58
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: TREE TRIMMING
For any of you out there that are into gardening at all and are
interested, I have in the back of my pickup a bunch of Canna Lily rhizomes
that I divided out of my yard this weekend. They grow great in full sun,
grow about 6 ft.+ tal with Yellow flowers. They also will give yor yard
a rather Tropical touch. I still have plenty in my yard but they do need to
be divided occasionally. Anyway, if you want them, just respond and I'll
tell you where they are.
Great time of the year to plant them.
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From: BERT::YATURNER 2-MAR-1992 10:18:06.29
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Help a friend
To all of those who care, give Lois a hand. Make sure that she has her left
shoe on herleft foot and her right shoe on her right. She seems to be having
trouble with that sort of thing lately.....
p.s. she's gonna kill me for this (;-)
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From: BERT::STAN 2-MAR-1992 10:52:51.06
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Atari Games Golf Tournament
The Data I/O 288 closest to Drobny's office just came back from repair last
week. I swapped it out with the broken rental the WAS there. I found the
repaired 288 turned off this morning - I turned it back on. Is it broken? Is
it working? Please report any problems to me!!!
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-MAR-1992 17:09:38.36
To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: Lost 4Kx8 45nS Bipolar prom.
1988 THOMAS REGISTER. OUTSIDE MY OFFICE FOR 1/2 DAY, THEN TO THE DUMPSTER.
JERRY
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From: GAWD::RAY 3-MAR-1992 09:04:14.49
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 3/6 -- 3:30 - 5:00
Peter Lipson and the Relief Pitcher team will be home team
for this week's Walkabout Friday.
The festivities will begin at 3:30 in the Alpha, Nu, Omega,
and Tengen labs. Please come by the labs, sample the
munchies, play the games, and give your feedback (positive and
negative).
Friday, March 6, 1992
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
John
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 3-MAR-1992 14:29:24.79
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: Data I/O 288
Drobny reports that the Rs-232 serial port on the Data I/O 288 is broken.
I will send it back for repair again unless it is useful right now (this week
and next for making copies of master EPROMs' - no downloads). I will send it in
Friday. Let me know if that's a problem for you.
............................................................................
From: KIM::DOWNEND 2-MAR-1992 17:01:56.85
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
Subj: Data I/O 288
The Data I/O 288 closest to Drobny's office just came back from repair last
week. I swapped it out with the broken rental the WAS there. I found the
repaired 288 turned off this morning - I turned it back on. Is it broken? Is
it working? Please report any problems to me!!!
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::BRAD 3-MAR-1992 14:44:58.14
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC: BRAD
Subj: SD 92
EXPO:
Microsoft
Microsoft has claimed that it has sold over 9 million WINDOWS 3.0
copies. 96 million copies of MS-DOS. (compared to 6.5 million for Macintosh,
1 million for PC Unix and 1.2 million for OS/2 -- data from IDC and Software
Publishing Assoc., Oct 91 and Nov 91)
C/C++ 7.0 - MS introduced their new C/C++ compiler. It includes the SDK
for WINDOWS 3.1 and a class browser. The Programmer's Workbench is still DOS
based but this doesn't seem to pose a problem because of the advances made to
the WINDOWS DOS-box in WINDOWS 3.1. The Class Browser is different than
Borland's Turbo C; it is text-based and a bit more extensive. I picked up data
comparing the two compilers from both companies. Generally, they both seem to
have made strides in the areas that they were lacking. I would not choose the
compiler on it's compilation speed, EXE size/speed as they are pretty dead even
(according to published data - both companies acknowledge this after you get
past the advertisments). Availability 4-6 weeks. $495 or $139 upgrade to ANY
MS-DOS C compiler. Product includes WINDOWS 3.1 SDK.
WINDOWS 3.1 - New features: OLE 1.0, Multimedia API and PEN API
included, Mouse input can be sent to MS-DOS app, different font sizes available
in windowed MS-DOS apps, hi-res VGA MS-DOS apps run in a window, persistent
network connections, better error checking, truetype, drag/drop from
FileManager to ProgramManager, better FileManager, etc... SDK to be available
after 3.1 ships.
WIN32 & NT - I attended several MS seminars on WIN32 and NT. For those
unfamiliar: WIN32 is the 32-bit version of WINDOWS. NT (New Technology) is
basically the DOS replacement (although there is no CLI). MS claims both WIN32
and NT will be cross-platform independent. So far only 2 processors are
supported (Intel-x86 and MIPS-RISC), but both MS and DEC have announced the
possibility of DEC's Alpha-RISC being supported. WIN32 is fully 32-bit code,
supports true multitasking (pre-emptive, multi-threaded, asynchronous message
queue), supports structured exception handling, security, builtin Network API,
and the usual improvements to WIN16 that you would expect. BTW, MS says that
WIN32 will also work on top of DOS 6.0
NT/WIN32 to be available late 92 (better count on early 93 -- although both are
in beta). SDK for WIN32 to be available summer 92.
Borland
Announced Borland C++ for OS/2. Also the usual claims that their
products are better than MS's. Availability: ???
Digitalk
No new announcements. They will ship their Smalltalk implementation for
WINDOWS 3.1 when WINDOWS 3.1 ships. It will support OLE. For those unfamiliar
with the Digitalk line:
Product Platform
-------------------------------------------------
Smalltalk /V Win 1.1: Windows 3.0
Smalltalk /V PM 1.3 OS/2 1.3
Smalltalk /V 286 DOS with extended memory manager for 286
Smalltalk /V DOS MS-DOS
Smalltalk /V Mac Macintosh
Smalltalk /V PM 2.0 in beta for OS/2 2.0. Smalltalk /V Win 1.2 in beta for
Windows 3.1. I've seen both on both platforms. They are ready to ship.
Watcom
WATCOM C - didn't visit both. They made an annoucement but I didn't
attend.
Zinc
Zinc C - didn't visit booth.
There were several C++ products for sale for various platforms by various
vendors. Unfortunately the class compatibility issue has still not been
addressed. I visited most booths. Some vendors and their products:
Vendor Product
----------------------------------------------------------------
Blaise WIN++ A C++ class library for WINDOWS using Borland C++
(also announced future library to support MS C/C++ 7.0)
ImageSoft IconoClass - A browser and development environment for C++
development for Windows, PM and Motif.
Glockenspiel - C++ compiler
CommonBase - SQL and ISAM C++ libraries
Premia Codewright - WINDOWS programming editor. Not specifically for
C++ but does have C++-type editing available. We've used this
editor and probably the best WINDOWS editor so far.
SEMINARS:
I attended the following seminars. I have notes to these seminars if you
would like to borrow and photocopy:
Enhancements and New Capabilities in Windows 3.1
Windows NT Overview
Dynamic Data Exchange for WINDOWS
Introduction to Object Linking and Embedding (I have extensive
documentation and examples provided by MS)
Real World Smalltalk
Class Libraries and Standardization
Developing Multimedia Applications for Windows
The Object Windows Interface to C++
Programming MultiMedia Extensions
Getting Ready for Windows-32
Methodology for Humans
Extending Windows with Custom Controls
Visual Programming with Borland's Applications Frameworks
- brad -
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::FRANCES 4-MAR-1992 16:14:02.32
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: THE FLOWERMAN
FLOWERS THAT WERE ORDERED WILL BE DELIVERED THURSDAY MORNING.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 4-MAR-1992 17:12:57.
44
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BENZLER
Subj: NEW CAR BUYERS
It's amazing how much you learn when shopping around for a new car. This note
is to all of you I have spoken to recently about automobile shopping, and all
others who may be in the market for a new (or used) car.
CA Auto Assn has a new service to members called Vehicle Pricing. For a fee
of $12.50 per new model year vehicle they will send you complete information
on Manufacturers Suggested Retail Pricing and data on dealer's invoice for
all available options. Nice info to have in hand while shopping around.
They can also print out data for used vehicles (handy for that trade-in).
Their number is (800) 272-2877.
Happy shopping!
--Linda
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 4-MAR-1992 17:36:52.09
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Updated Phone Lists
There are new phone lists available at the lobby reception desk for those of you
who wish to obtain a current copy.
LINDA
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From: KIM::LOGG 5-MAR-1992 08:35:43.38
To: ROTBERG,LIPSON,DOWNEND,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN,BEHENSKY,COMSTOCK,BRAD,PAUL
CC: HATA,WINBLAD,BENZLER,KHODADADI,DURFEY,JMOORE
Subj: Steel Talons uprights for sale
There are two Steel Talon uprights for sale in the common area.
The going price is $300. If you are interested in buying one let me know
by Monday March 9. If I do not have two buyers I will set up an auction
for the games next week. If I have more than two takers, I will do a
weighted random drawing.
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 5-MAR-1992 11:59:11.13
To: @[RAY.REMINDERS]WALKABOUT.DIS
CC:
Subj: Walkabout
ENTREE:
POTATO-BEEF CROQUETTE
SOUP:
MUSHROOM
SANDWICH SPECIAL:
TURKEY & CHEESE
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From: BERT::YAMAMOTO 9-MAR-1992 11:12:53.25
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: WARRIOR BASKETBALL TICKETS FOR SALE
I have two (2) tickets for Monday, March 30, 1992 to the Warrior
Basketball game. The Warriors will be playing Charles Barkley and
the Philadelphia 76er's. The cost for the two tickets is $46.00.
The seats are at the top of the middle section in one of the
corners. If you would like to purchase these tickets, see me
or my assistant, Jocelyn Kane (ext. 3779).
Bob Sheffield
(ext. 5810)
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From: KIM::DURFEY 9-MAR-1992 16:22:32.45
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: B & W
Wanted: Used or unused monochrome monitor for a PC. (who uses those anymore
anyway?)
Erik
x 1755
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From: BERT::JEFFERSON 10-MAR-1992 10:18:41.77
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: petty cash
ENTREE:
SPICY CHICKEN WINGS
SOUP:
BEEF BARLEY
SANDWICH SPECIAL:
TUNA SALAD
OTHER SPECIALS:
YOGURT FLAVOR FOR THE DAY ISSSSSSSSS -------CHOCOLATE
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From: KIM::LOGG 10-MAR-1992 17:02:28.36
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Steel Talons upright for sale
Path: dms!motcsd!udc!mcdphx!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!
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From: phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Phaedrus)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Atari, please lay down and die!
Message-ID: <1992Mar8.015328.29505@u.washington.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 92 01:53:28 GMT
References: <9202198389@genesis.nred.ma.us> <1992Feb24.183641.29584@informix.com
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In article <92022628451@genesis.nred.ma.us> nugget@genesis.nred.ma.us (Ralph Bar
bagallo) writes:
>In article <1992Feb24.183641.29584@informix.com> neilw@informix.com (Neil Willi
ams) writes:
>>In article <9202198389@genesis.nred.ma.us> nugget@genesis.nred.ma.us (Ralph Ba
rbagallo) writes:
>>>Atari sounds like a Japanese word? It is a Japanese word. In the Japanese
>>>board game of GO, it means warning...or something to that effect.
>>Atari is the equivalent of "check" in GO. I believe one of the
>>founders or designers of the original Atari (company, game,
>>whatever), later founded another company called "Sente" which
>>is something like "checkmate".
> Ah. Then the Compuer Bowl '91 was wrong! Heh. The guy said it meant
>warning in the game of go and got it right! Oh well. What do those Atari
>guys have with GO? I hate that game!!!
You're both not quite right, based on what I was told by someone who
used to work at Atari. "Atari" is indeed a go term; when you say "Atari" to
your opponent, you're saying that your position is so good that, no matter what
your opponent does, you're going to win. So it's not really like saying
"check" (since you can often get off a few desperation checks even in a
hideous position); more like saying "mate in four" or whatever. It's also
sometimes used in contexts besides go; it more or less means "I've got you!"
Whether or not this makes "Atari" an appropriate name for the company is
left firmly unaddressed. :)
By the way, while I'm on the subject of Atari, I remember reading
somewhere that once a year, all the Atari employees got up on the roof of their
building and screamed "Atari!" across the Silicon Valley. And shortly
afterward, all the Apple employees got up on the roof of their building and
screamed "Screw you!" right back. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
--
Internet: phaedrus@u.washington.edu (University of Washington, Seattle)
"If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs,
consider an exciting career as a guillotine operator!"
Hi! I'm an anti-virus utility! Install me in your .signature right away!
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::BRAD 11-MAR-1992 10:05:11.41
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: BRAD
Subj: CD-ROM/Multimedia Conference
Wanted: Bumper mount bike rack. I can probably modify just about anything
to work.
Thanks
erik
x 1755
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 12-MAR-1992 22:44:28.81
To: MARGOLIN
CC: MONCRIEF,MOORE
Subj: Thanks
I'm here at home reviewing the events in a rather bleak day, when I recalled
one good thing that happened: Jed spent several hours with Dennis and Farrokh
this afternoon and evening and figured out why the motors were affecting each
other - I feel it was beyond the call duty and I want to say "Thanks".
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::FRANCES 13-MAR-1992 09:43:26.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: CAFETERIA MENU FOR FRIDAY
I will be absent from March 14-27, I will be in during the evenings, If you
need assistance please leave me a message and will try to take care of it or
contact you.
G.E
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From: BERT::FRANCES 16-MAR-1992 10:59:36.27
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: MONDAY-CAFETERIA MENU
ENTREE:
CHICKEN IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE
SOUP:
CREAM OF BROCCOLI
SANDWICH SPECIAL:
SMOKED TURKEY BREAST
OTHER SPECIALS:
STRAWBERRY-BANANA YOGURT
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From: GAWD::NATALIE 16-MAR-1992 14:24:33.76
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Come and say "Aloha!" to Ed
As many of you know, Ed Rotberg is leaving us. His going away lunch will
be this Friday, under the trees of a park nearby. Watch this space for the
exact location. Management has requested that we leave no earlier than 11:30,
and that we be back at work by 2:00. That should be long enough for a quick
softball game, some frisbee, or Smashball. If you would like to attend,
please reply to this message, with the following information:
1) What kind of sandwich you would like. Pat will be preparing our
bag lunches.
2) What kind of soda/juice you would like. Anything that Pat sells.
I need your lunch order by Wednesday, at NOON. More details to come....
Thanks,
Natalie
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::SMITHSON "Deja Thoris -- Princess of Mars" 16-MAR-1992 15:09:25
.12
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: SMITHSON
Subj: Engineering Schlage card
I lost my card over the weekend. If you borrowed the Engineering Schlage
card and are no longer in need of it, please give it to me. I won't be
issued a replacement until Thursday at the earliest.
Bonnie
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From: BERT::STAN 16-MAR-1992 16:10:43.76
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: St. Patrick's Day
The Recreation Committee sincerely hopes you will all enjoy the FREE
yogurt and Popcorn in the cafeteria tomorrow. It should be ready in
time for the early lunch hour. We hope you will all enjoy the decorations
and Pat's Special Yogurt!
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
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From: BERT::FRANCES 17-MAR-1992 09:18:21.38
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: TUESDAY-CAFETERIA MENU
Pat.
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From: BERT::FRANCES 18-MAR-1992 09:29:53.50
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: WEDNESDAY-CAFETERIA MENU
ENTREE:
SALISBURY STEAK
SOUP:
BEEF AND BARLEY
SANDWICH SPECIAL:
HAM AND CHEESE
OTHER SPECIALS:
GHIRADELLI CHOCOLATE YOGURT
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From: BERT::SANDY 18-MAR-1992 10:26:02.66
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: message
Remember today is the last day to put your bid in on the Steel
Talons in the Engineering Common area. The starting bid is $350 and the
closing time is 5:00.
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From: GAWD::NATALIE 18-MAR-1992 10:45:52.20
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Plan B
In case it rains on Friday, the contingency plan for Ed's Going Away Picnic
is to have it at a park in Sunnyvale, under a covered area. The park is called
Orchard Garden, just off 237, near Mathilda. It appears on the big map in the
admin dept. It's pretty easy to get there. Just take 237 to Mathilda
(south, so turn left) then turn left at the first light. The park is on that
street, but the name escapes me. I'll give more precise directions if we need
to use Plan B. Meanwhile, hope for a sunny day on Friday.
If you haven't replied with your lunch order, please do so before lunch. If you
want to go, but want to bring your own lunch, still send a reply, so we know
how many of you are coming. If you can't make it, Ed will be here Friday
morning, so you can say goodbye to him then.
Thanks,
Natalie
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From: KIM::BRAD 18-MAR-1992 17:24:13.24
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: BRAD
Subj: EXIT Audio Board Demo
ENTREE:
BI BIM BAP
BOWL OF RICE W/SAUTEED VEGETABLES & SPICED GROUND BEEF, FRIED EGG O
TOP, SESAME OIL & HOT BEAN PASTE.
SOUP:
LENTIL
SANDWICH SPECIAL:
ROAST BEEF
OTHER SPECIALS:
PEACH YOGURT
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From: KIM::PAAUW "I swear, it was that way when I found it." 19-MAR-199
2 10:35:45.05
To: MCCARTHY,LEE,HUBBERSTEY,JMOORE,PAAUW,MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: Concurrent logic sales pitch @ 3:00 today in Engineering conference rm
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MILTY 20-MAR-1992 07:01:50.69
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: 1st day o' spring picnic
I have a pair of tickets for tomorrow night for the San Francisco Ballet.
I don't have them with me, so an interested person would have to pick them
up at my home in Los Altos. Please contact me if you are interested at
x3878 (or (xxx)xxx-xxxx at home this evening).
I do not know what the program is; you should check a newspaper.
I believe that they are pretty good (~$60) seats.
When my brother was living here last summer, before an unexpected
relocation to Southern California, he bought a season subscription
to the ballet. I received these tickets in the mail 2 days ago, because
he is unable to use them.
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From: KIM::GRAY 20-MAR-1992 14:32:23.72
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Junk-food clepto
Can anyone explain why Fe, Co, & Ni are the only ferromagnetic
metals?
(Ferromagnetic-retaining magnetic property once magnetized.)
-Farrokh-
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MARGOLIN 23-MAR-1992 13:19:00.06
To: CROSSMAN
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: Norton Utilities
I will be on vacation from 3/25 thru 3/27. During my absence Melani Martin
will be in charge of the Purchasing Department. All purchasing requests should
be directed to Mel.
Thanx....Tom Smith
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::STAN 24-MAR-1992 14:48:08.14
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: DIMENSIONS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Well you're probably too busy to read this and frankly I wouldn't blame
you for not wanting to hear about it even if you were'nt busy. But for
what it's worth I wanted to follow your suggestions on setting up an
isolation xfrmr and a couple of incandescent bulbs to test my boards, &
I did. First of all what's strange is that all the boards work perfectly
on the game with motors and all... but when I run the test on my bench the
bulbs glow, then get brighter and then fully bright.
So if none of this makes any sense to you (makes no sense to me), del
this message and forget about it. But by chance if you've run into this
too drop me a line.
Farrokh
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From: BERT::STAN 24-MAR-1992 16:46:01.14
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: DIMENSIONS
Have you ever labored long and hard to build the doghouse of your mutt's
dream and not been able to get the dog to go inside? If so, I could use
it. I need a house for a large dog and maybe room for another small dog.
I don't have time to build one and I need it right away.
Give me a call if you can help me with my pooches......3727.
Thanks
Carole
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From: BERT::FRANCES 25-MAR-1992 10:08:48.72
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: WEDNESDAY-CAFETERIA MENU
If anyone knows the whereabouts of the "Wild World of Atari" banner, please let
me know.
Thanks,
Sandi
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 25-MAR-1992 16:35:15.51
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: RECENT LACK OF SECURITY
Recently the schlage door leading to the area directly in front of the metal
shop has been propped open with a piece of wood. Unless permission has been
authorized by Bob Frye, the propping of schlage doors open for any reason other
the temporary movement of equipment is not authorized. Any questions regarding
this policy should be directed to either Bob Frye or Sandi Brown.
LINDA
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From: BERT::FRANCES 26-MAR-1992 08:21:45.89
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: PHONE MAIL
ok.
Jed
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From: KIM::BRAD 26-MAR-1992 15:05:03.09
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: BRAD
Subj: EXIT Entertainment Audio Chip Demo
John Moore, Tim Hubberstey, Sam Lee, Don Paauw, Art Jackson and Leon
Fritz will be out for most of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They
will be checking in occasionally so, if you need to contact them,
send vaxmail to the individual you need to contact and cc me.
If I am slow to respond it is probably because someone else got to me
first.
Pat.
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From: BERT::LOIS 27-MAR-1992 12:24:54.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: LOIS
Subj: New Gal In Town
You might have heard that Sunnyvale was the first to get shipment of SFII
early this week. They got 6, Milpitas got 6 today and Emerald Hills got
9 today! As far as I know, they are the first in Northern California to
have the game.
All others should be getting theirs any day now!
Jerry
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From: BERT::SANDY 30-MAR-1992 09:05:40.79
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: SPECIAL ON FLOWERS THIS WEEK.
We seem to have a few game backdoors in the hardware lab that are
unclaimed. It looks like two of them are for family cabinets of some sort.
So if you have games that are missing a rear door these seem to be claimable.
They seem to even have keys with them. If they don't fit right, you can probably
have Connie cut them to fit.
Enjoy
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From: BERT::SANDY 31-MAR-1992 14:39:41.67
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: MESSAGE
HELP! I'm desparate. One of our (2) Moto ZAX emulators is down with
a RAM problem. Mary Burnias has ordered us some replacements from
LA but they will not get here for a few days. If anyone has any leads
or ideas on getting some ASAP (like tonight or tomorrow), please
contact me. Thanks, Chris Downend
Hitachi HM6708AP-20
64K x 4 SRAM, 20 nS, 24 pin plastic skinny DIP (300 mil wide)
P.S. Yes, I contacted the local Rep and ZAX in Irvine, they cannot help
us any quicker than the parts Mary ordered.
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From: BERT::SANDY 1-APR-1992 09:34:59.36
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: SPECIAL ON FLOWERS
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO ORDER ON THE SPECIAL THEY HAD ON ROSES 2 BUNCHES
FOR $7.50. GET THEM WELL IT LAST. TO ORDER CALL SANDY IN THE FRONT LOBBY.
SANDY
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From: BERT::SANDY 1-APR-1992 10:43:49.54
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: SPECIAL FLOWERS
ERROR ITS 2 DZ. FOR $7.50 NOT 2 BUNCHES.
SANDY
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From: GAWD::BRAD 1-APR-1992 16:03:39.10
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: BRAD
Subj: NIMBUS CD replication services
When you arrive next Tuesday for the employees meeting at the Sheraton
Hotel, use the entrance at the Tivoli Restaurant and Riff's. Go downstairs
to the Mirassou Room (signs will point the way).
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::STAN 2-APR-1992 11:57:54.73
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Golf Tournament
We're planning a shower for Natalie and Andy Burgess' new baby...arrival day is
getting closer and closer! There will be a lunch and shower at Wing Wah
Chinese restaurant on Thursday April 23, 12:00 to 1:00. Please send me a mail
message if you would like to attend and I'll get back to you with any details
you might need. Thanks! Kris Moser
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::MOSER 2-APR-1992 20:08:38.34
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: new date for baby shower
There are several events planned for Thursday April 23, so we are going to
reschedule Nat and Andy's shower for Tuesday April 21. If you have already
responded to the earlier message I will assume that you still plan to attend
unless you send another message. Thanks! Kris Moser
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::WILLIAMS 3-APR-1992 05:58:41.52
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: SEND
@SYS$MAIL:JUNK
RUN ATARI$AVL:AVL
MAN
,,
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
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From: MIKE::WILLIAMS 3-APR-1992 06:06:54.93
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
When Tracy, the starting gun girl fires off at the beginning of Moto Frenzy
and the motocross bikes rev up, Dennis Harper wanted a few gags to happen
just for fun. The following is a list of things I've compiled that can fall
out of the sky when the gun goes off:
THINGS THAT CAN FALL OUT OF THE SKY:
1)Superman
2)a duck
3)cooked duck on a platter
4)pteradactyl
5)Sherman tank
6)jumbo jet
7)Wright brothers plane
8)parachutist
9)an anvil
10)a surfer
11)Voyager satellite
12)Mary Poppins
13)Helicopter crash sequence from Steel Talons
14)someone in the crowd keels over
15)shot ricochets off post and knocks a biker off
16)an elephant
17)rhinocerus
18)blue whale
19)that Greek dude that flew to the sun on man-made wings
20)Peter Pan
21)kitchen sink
22)Jimmy Hoffa & an oil drum
23)Elvis with a guitar
24)Tyrannorsaurus Rex
25)ostrich
26)dodo bird
27)War of the Worlds spaceship
28)a mime artist
29)an astronaut
30)a bunch of tourists in a hot-air balloon
31)the Titanic
32)Bigfoot/Loch Ness monster
33)great white shark
34)a DHL delivery truck
Some of these are probably not feasable, appropriate, or even legal, but if you
like any of these or have any ideas to add, please feel free to respond.
I know all you Atari wiseguys/gals have much to input. nyuk,nyuk,nyuk.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::RAY 6-APR-1992 09:00:25.27
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 4/10 -- 3:30-5:00
JUST A REMINDER IF YOU WANTED TO ORDER THE SPECIAL ON ROSES 2DZ.FOR $7.50
THE ORDER HAS TO GO IN TODAY. PLEASE STOP BY THE MAIN LOBBY AND PUT YOUR
ORDER IN.
SANDY
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From: KIM::ESTRADA 8-APR-1992 08:42:22.96
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: New telephone system
The telephone system will be installed from April 16 at 11:00pm - April 20, 5:00
am,
during this time there will be no telephones, faxes, or modems available, until
after 5:00am on Monday, April 20th.
To all those managers or supervisors, whom are planning to hire additional emplo
yees,
there will be no additional telephones available, therefor you must notify me in
advance,
so a telephone can be ordered.
On April 15th and 16th, Pactel Meridian Systems will be holding Voice Mail class
es,
for all those employees interested in attending, the times are from
to
1:00pm 2:00pm
2:15pm 3:15pm
3:30pm 4:30pm
You may sign-up by replying to this message. Please specify the time and date yo
u would
like to attend. All classes will be held in the central conference room, 20 stud
ents per
class.
GE:ge
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From: MIKE::BRYANT 8-APR-1992 10:57:17.39
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: An opening in the Atari golf tournament....
I don't think we are short of creative people with creative ideas. The problem
is that management has structured the company in such a way as to inhibit
innovative ideas from surfacing. There currently is no way to start and carry
through these creative and exciting projects. If management is serious about
creativity they would set up a structure to channel these ideas. Since there is
no channel, they must not be too serious. It is management's responsibility to
make the best of what they have sitting in front of them.
Gentlemen, Mr. Williams informs me that the ASIC part failure rate is in
a major incline. I would like to meet to discuss this and to place a procedure
in place for the system transaction as well as the tracking and reporting of
the failure rate and cause. I would like to get together say.......9:00 Thurs.
or if this is not convienent then immediatly following the Engineering Meeting
Friday. I will wait for your responce. Thanks and have a nice day....Jim
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::ESTRADA 8-APR-1992 13:53:01.77
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: New telephone system (notes"
As of April 20th 1992, All employees must first dial an 8 in order
to abtain an outside line. We are currently using 9 to dial out, but
due to Tengen's extentions starting with 9, we had to change it to 8.
You may not know but in reality Tengen's extentions start with a 9
instead of a 4. As of April 20th, whenever dialing a Tengen extention
you must also include the 9, for example :
Deborah Geyer's extention is 427
As of April 20th, will be 9427.
There will be no three digit extentions as of April 20th.
GE:ge
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From: BERT::JACKSON 8-APR-1992 13:54:57.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: PROMOTION
Carole
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 8-APR-1992 14:06:20.90
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Attn: PROGRAMMERS - new rules on the OS
All programmers are asked to ALWAYS get the latest version of the OS
from Flanagan/Lipson/Albaugh as you start a project. In fact,
if you are in a project that has not reached Focus group, please CONVERT to the
latest OS. Also, please read all the applicable documentation.
Bob, Peter, and Mike put quite a bit of work in the latest version of the
OS to make it easier to configure and hopefully more user friendly.
In the future please plan to update your game to the newest release of the
OS at least right after Focus group time (or equivalent if your project
skips focus).
Think of this as a professional courtesy to your co-workers that have developed
the OS to help you. If that doesn't work for you, think of it as a prerequiste
for your next raise (just kidding, I think).
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MARGOLIN 8-APR-1992 14:45:48.72
To: MIKE::BRESHEARS
CC: MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN
Subj: RE: ASIC Part
Can make 9:00 pm, but not 9:00 am.
Have a nice day ... Jed
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::DRIVER 8-APR-1992 14:51:01.93
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Ray Hansen's Baby
Just a note to let you all know that Ray Hansen, of Applied Research,
just became the father of a beautiful baby daughter, 8 pounds 13 ounces.
Mother and baby are doing fine, we don't know about the father yet...
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 8-APR-1992 15:33:4
4.43
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
From: MIKE::MCCOMB 8-APR-1992 14:14:12.41
To: BERT::CAMERON
CC:
Subj: reply
Carole,
I'm sure it's been said before, but for what my opinion is worth,
I think one of the most important comments you made is the last sentence
in your next-to-last paragraph: "Bonuses are paid to implementors."
People respond to rewards, and the reality is that money is a major
reward.
I was very surprised that so many people got upset, felt threatened,
ran for cover, etc., when the Tengen group sent out humorous
20th anniversary slogans.
regards,
Chris
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 8-APR-1992 15:43:4
0.50
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
From: KIM::PLOTKIN "Sharon Plotkin" 8-APR-1992 14:43:47.01
To: BERT::CAMERON
CC:
Subj:
Carole--
Is it too late to respond to the "Virtual Olfaction" notice?
(...just kidding.......)
And by the way thanks for putting into copy so well the kind of things that
folks around here have been muttering for some time...
Just sign me,
Dead Tired of being Overscheduled
(Sharon)
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From: MIKE::OWEN 8-APR-1992 15:47:53.16
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Brads creativity remarks
From individuals who have ventured forth and given suggestions (that
were taken and used) mainly myself and Hoendervoogt, I would like to inform
all that there is no benifit to suggest. I have made efforts with promise
of ripe apples and have enjoyed the core while others reap the benifits
and cold cash. I realize that we were acknowledged in the rolling scroll
at the beginning of the game but would the other members of the team be
satisified with the same bodatious reward? .......NOT..............
Fair is fair, and this ain't it............Howard & Mark
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From: KIM::SHEPPERD 8-APR-1992 16:07:06.66
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: Cold cash
I found some cold cash lying in the hallway. If you can identify it,
(like how much it is, and approximately when you lost it) you can
lay claim to it.
ds
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From: GAWD::NATALIE 8-APR-1992 17:09:56.12
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Who gets to say what a successful game will be?
I agree that there is a problem in gettting your idea to market if you are
not a programmer. It appears that Atari is not set up to use ideas that come
from people other than the programmers and game designers, unless these people
can be convinced (through pitch sessions or otherwise) that these ideas will be
the next smash hit. Part of the reason that this is so is because when it
comes to evaluating ideas, there is no right or wrong. Who is to say what will
be successful and what won't? No one really knows, so the person(s)
responsible for the project makes the call.
Part of reason why things are set up the way they are is that the programmers
must be 100% behind the project that they are working on. The work required
for a successful game is too demanding for a half-hearted attitude. Too many
late nights and weekends are required to be merely an implementor of someone
else's idea. Also, the project leader must shoulder the burden of an
unsucessful product. It's difficult enough to do when it was your idea. If
a flop was someone else's idea, it would be even more difficult to swallow.
So this is the way it works now. Is this the best way? I don't know. But I do
know of another way. Other companies have a position known as a "Producer."
Producers are responsible for designing all of the games, then they just dole
them out to the programmers. Programmers become mostly implementors,
although they do have the oppurtunity to convince the producer that their ideas
are worth implementing. But the producers get the final say in everything.
They are also responsible for the scehduling, and the success or failures of
all the projects. For a staff of our size, we would have only 2 - 4 producers.
They would act as a funnel for ideas that get turned into games. They would be
"the way" that the creativity in all parts of the company could be accessed.
They are different from what we call project leaders in that programmers
are never producers, and the ratio of projects to producers is more than 1:1.
Also, producers can have a more global picture of the company resources and
needs, since they are a part management, and do no technical work. The company
can more directly drive the direction of our products through the producers.
There are many problems, however, with this approach. There would be fewer
people responsible for the ideas that come out of Atari. This could mean
less diversity in ideas. Also, I believe the programmers would be unhappy
about not getting to implement their own ideas. Unhappy employees are
unproductive employees. I can only speak for myself for sure, but I believe
that part of the reason that many programmers choose to program here rather
than any of the other zillion companies in the valley is that we get to choose
what we want to work on. Companies that use producers often have trouble
keeping their good programmers because they don't get enough freedom to design
their games. Working under producers could possibly be like living under
a dictatorship. The company's success would be directly linked to the quality
of its 2 or 4 producers. Sounds risky to me.
In summary, using producers is one way of accessing creativity in all parts of
the company. I know of 2 companies that are successfully using this approach.
These 2 companies are prospering. However, I'm not sure if this would work here
at Atari. There are reasons for the way things are. Management takes a
"convince me" approach, and if convinced, the project is initiated. They could
take a more aggressive approach, more clearly defining and driving the direction
of the projects. But that's not the way it is. Management can change this,
if they think it will work best. So far, I haven't heard that.
And Carole, you seem to have had some success in getting your ideas started.
Stun Runner and BMX Heat both came from brainstormings, I believe. Bonnie's
game is starting up, also from Brainstorming. It's not like programmers are
completely closed to ideas from other people.
Natalie
(one of Atari's programmers)
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From: MIKE::SMITH 8-APR-1992 17:35:46.25
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Creativity - Brad/Carol/Chris/Howard & Mark
I normally don't participate in the junk mail chit chat because I'm one of those
"OVERSCHEDULED" individuals that Carol made reference to. I felt compelled to
attempt to respond Brad's comments and share my perspective of what creativity
means to me.
In its most pure form CREATIVITY equates to "ORIGINAL" and/or "INNOVATIVE". Many
times people engaged in disciplines outside of the discipline that generated
something creative, confuse that creativity, if it is recognized, with "CLEVER".
The trap of confusing "CLEVER" with "CREATIVE" is typically due to an ignorance
of the idiosycratic nature of the other discipline. It is not untypical that a
person working within a discipline can be very creative and that creativity can
be ignored, not recognized, and often taken for granted because the person that
evaluated the results of that creativity may be ignorant of the details of that
discipline.
The problem of ignorance is often draped over by the corporate Balance Sheet.
The universal bottom line in evaluating the corporate worth of creativity is
the Balance Sheet which is the upper management bible the quantifies the worth
of creativity. It is the Balance Sheet bulge that defines the monetary (bonus)
reward for creativity.
In this company, Programmers, Hardware Engineers, and their technical support
staff have the highest visibility, because they develop the games that provide
the major contribution to the Balance Sheet bulge. This is the corporate
nature of ATARI Games, an Engineering Driven company, and the consequent lion
share of the reward goes to that segment of the company.
To me, the reward of creativity, is my own satisfaction knowing I did something
creative, it works, and it contributes to the benifit and sucess of the company
and it's employees. All of us in our own way are creative. The degree that the
creativity is recognized by people within the company relies on their perception
of its worth to them. A successful game is worth something to all ATARI employe
es
because it is reflected in their contiued employment and bonus.
Is it all fair ??? I don't know. Fair is defined by those in position, with
the power, to reward creativity. In any case we should strive to always be
creative in everything we do lest we fall prey to a golem state of existance.
Thanx....Tom
ps: Look over your shoulder the rest of the world is gaining on us.
(sorry Satchel Page)
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From: MIKE::CLAUSEN 9-APR-1992 09:56:17.44
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: CREATIVITY (RESPONSE)
Mary Petrini, Rich Moore's new secretary has a new number. She can be reached
at 1796. I have retained my old number at 1770.
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From: KIM::PORTERA 9-APR-1992 14:36:43.64
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Asteroids, Battlezone, Tank.
WILL WHOEVER BORROWED THE BLACK TUBS FOR HOLDING COLD DRINKS
PLEASE RETURN THEM TO ME. I NEED TO PUT THEM BACK IN THE T-ROOM.
THANKS
MARY P.
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From: KIM::ESTRADA 13-APR-1992 10:23:30.13
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Voice Mail
To all those interested, Tuesday is the last day to sign-up for the
voice mail classes, which will be held in the central conference on
Aoril 15 and 16. The times will be :
1 - 2pm
2:15 - 3:15pm
3:30 - 4:30pm both days.
please reply to this message if you are interested in attending.
GE.
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From: MIKE::WHITEHURST 13-APR-1992 10:41:04.39
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: TRAVEL POLICY
For sale: Two Delbar truck mirrors. One never used, one used slightly with
new mounting hardware. Stainless steel and aluminum construction. Universal
mounting. I bought the real Chevy mirrors and don't need these.
Hous about $50.00? I paid almost $80.00 for the pair.
erik
x1755
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From: KIM::ESTRADA 14-APR-1992 10:59:15.30
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Voice Mail Classes
All classes for the April 15th. Date are now full. There are a few
seats available on the 16th, but not many. Please reply if you are
interested.
GE
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From: KIM::ESTRADA 14-APR-1992 12:12:18.34
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Voice Mail List ***
Bellow please find the list of all those people who are attending the
voice mail class, time and date.
APRIL 16th
1 - 2pm 2:15 - 3:15pm 3:30 - 4:30pm
Leon Fritz Natalie Burgless Cynde Grossman
Joe Dieu Mark West Loraine Hobgood
Linda Benzler Howard Owen Laverne Potter
Bart Carlee Steve Williamson Ed Logg
Michael Klug Geloria Morrison Norm Copperman
Pete Bara Hung Ngyuen Larry Graves
Paula Van Boxlaere Al Vernon Ann Hayes
Dohn Thanueco Glen Mcnamara Andrea Dencker
Vince Binder Rhizaldi Bugawan Isabella Jaczynka
Sam Comstock Rusty Dawe Rick Owens
Jim Freitas Jim Breshears Rick Meyette
Linda Paulo Mark Hoendervought Lil Burglund
Elena Jamero Don Paauw Bill Hindorf
Mark Pierce Jasen Leong
G. Laxamana
APRIL 15th
1 - 2pm 2:15 - 3:15 Canceled!!!
Andrew Burgless John Paul
Jeff Bell Pat McCarthy
Ray Sherman Mary Ohanessian
Michelle Bucholtz Sandy Brown
Lisa Jarnesky Norm Avellar
Mona Panelo Stephanie Mott
Wen Ho Miguel Jimenez
Cris Drobny Evelyn Shelton
Karen Atkinson Rob Bryant
Tim Miller David Pasquinelly
Susie Hartline Gary Dutton
Lashin Su Dave Shepperd
Jeannine Bishop Kris Moser
Eric Peterson
Allen Brumbaugh
D. Lilach
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From: BERT::JEFFERSON 14-APR-1992 15:08:57.14
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Microsoft Works manual
The voice mail classes have been filled, thank you for the interest
and I hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions please call me at
extention 1710.
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From: GAWD::MOSER 14-APR-1992 15:47:58.59
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Natalie and Andy's baby's shower
I'm arranging the lunch menu at Wing Wah for the baby shower. If you have any
particular items which you would like to see on the menu drop by my cubicle
[near the southeast corner of the building] and write down your requests.
There is also a map pinned up so you will know where to go next Tuesday.
[April 21st] I'll get back to you about the cost of the lunch...Thanks!
Kris Moser
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From: KIM::WEN 15-APR-1992 10:48:58.16
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: hiking trail
The system says someone pulled a number for a 74AC273 (137659-001) but it's
not used anywhere. Anyone out there got any of these, or any other 74AC
flop ? I'm looking for speed but with an output that tracks with the rails.
It would save me a trip to the store. Thanks.
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From: BERT::PETRINI 16-APR-1992 09:08:11.56
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: DONUTS
Due to the Friday holiday, donuts are available this morning. 4/16.
In case you haven't heard!
Mary
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From: KIM::BRAD 16-APR-1992 10:26:25.81
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: BRAD
Subj: New MIT Press Journal: PRESENCE
The flowers provided by Atari for you to take home have arrived
and are in the Engineering common area. Please help yourself and
if by chance you miss them, let me know before the day is over.
Happy holiday
Mary P.
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From: KIM::DURFEY 16-APR-1992 12:50:47.92
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Missing meter
Has anyone seen or borrowed my Beckman model 300 digital volt meter?
Last seen in our lab last Friday. I really need this thing for without
it my life becomes a meaningless smattering of synaptic dribble.
thanks
erik
x 1755
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From: BERT::BROWN 16-APR-1992 14:13:27.51
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: BROWN
Subj: Gameroom Usage
We are in the midst of schools "Spring Breaks" and we have had a number of
children in the building, specifically the gameroom. Add to this the fact that
we are heading toward summer vacation, makes it necessary once again to remind
employees with children about the use of Atari's gameroom.
We encourage employees and their guests to use the gameroom. Children are not
to be left there alone without adult supervision. Essentialy, the gameroom is
not intended to be an arcade where a child can spend the day or to act as a day
care while a parent is working at Atari or Tengen.
The primary function of the gameroom is for the benefit of the employees as a
form of relaxation. It also serves as a public relations symbol for outside
business guests. Therefore, please use your good judgement about the amount of
time you let your children have access to the gameroom. If there is to be a
group of more than theee children, prior approval must be obtained from Human
Resources.
Also, children are not allowed to roam alone through the building or be in
possession of your Schlage (security) card.
Your adherence to this message is appreciated. We'd prefer that you enforce
the gameroom rules rather than the Receptionists having to do so.
We have a fun product and we like to think we have "fun" while we work, but
remember, this is still a place of business.
The Administration
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From: GAWD::MOSER 16-APR-1992 19:31:00.05
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: baby shower
If you have rsvp'ed to attend Nat and Andy's baby shower and lunch. The lunch
will cost 8.80 per person and that includes tax and tip and free lunch for the
proud parents to be. Beverages will be extra so please add that in when you
chip in to cover the cost of lunch. It's wonderful to have something so
special to celebrate! If you are not sure where Wing Wah restaurant is the
address is 2068 N. Capitol Ave. between Montague Expressway and 680. There is
a map pinned up outside my cubicle. See you at noon on Tuesday! Kris
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From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 20-APR-1992 14:39:30.71
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: VOICEMAIL HANDBOOKS
IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR VOICE MAIL BOOK AND TEMPLATE, PLEASE COME TO
THE FRONT LOBBY AND PICK ONE UP.
LINDA
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From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 21-APR-1992 07:55:33.35
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: VOICE MAIL
IF YOUR VOICE MAIL IS STILL NOT WORKING THIS A.M., PLEASE SEND MAIL TO THIS
ADDRESS AND GILBERT WILL FIX IT AS SOON HE CAN. THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT AT TRYING
TO CONSOLIDATE A LIST AND PROCESS YOUR REQUESTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT DO NOT PHYSICALLY HAVE A
PHONE, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO THAT EFFECT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE V-MAIL CAPABILITY, PLEASE CHECK YOUR E-MAIL FOR MESSAGES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE E-MAIL OR DON'T READ IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I KNOW, SO I
CAN GET YOUR MESSAGES TO YOU.
LINDA
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From: GAWD::BRAD 21-APR-1992 10:43:21.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BRAD
Subj: Required Viewing!
REMINDER:
'The Creative Spirit' Part #3: Creativity in the Workplace
will be shown today at noon in the Engineering Common Area.
All are welcome!
- brad -
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From: KIM::BRAD 22-APR-1992 12:09:00.17
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: BRAD
Subj: IEEE Computer Sept 1991
The manner in which you go about being connected to a external caller who has
requested that you be paged is as follows:
1.) The receptionist will page you to pick up a caller at a parked
location.
ie.."Linda Paulo please pick-up 67"
2.) You then go to the nearest available phone and dial the number
that you have been directed to "pick-up".
If you get a busy, I probably made a mistake.
LINDA
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From: KIM::YATURNER 23-APR-1992 12:19:39.19
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: call for top 10 reasone for.....
10. So that we can locate Counselor Troi from anywhere on the ship (me)
9. So that we can finally answer those pesky "Would Captian Striker please
go to the nearest white courtesy phone" pages (rusty)
8. So that we can get phone calls in Atari's most popular conference rooms
7. So engineers have something to aim at when they move the video games (lois)
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From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 24-APR-1992 09:43:43.94
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: LAB PHONE INSTALLATION
GILBERT WILL BE INSTALLING LAB PHONES TODAY. IF YOUR LAB HAD A PHONE BEFORE THE
NEW SYSTEM, A REPLACEMENT PHONE WILL BE INSTALLED. GILBERT NEEDS TO KNOW THE
NAME OF YOUR LAB FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. PLEASE SEND YOUR LAB NAMES TO
THIS ADDRESS SO THAT WE MAY CONSOLIDATE THE LIST AND GET THE PHONES INSTALLED AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HE CANNOT INSTALL UNTIL HE HAS THE NAME.
ALSO, NEW LAB PHONES WILL NOT BE INSTALLED AT THIS TIME. THEY WILL BE SECONDARY
PRIORITY.
AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
LINDA
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From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 24-APR-1992 09:56:25.69
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: ADDITION TO LAB PHONE MESSAGE
I forgot to mention we also need the extension that the lab phone was.
oops!
LINDA
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From: KIM::SAVA 24-APR-1992 11:11:38.89
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: lost pocket knife
Dan Shire
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From: BERT::PETRINI 28-APR-1992 14:04:57.92
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: COMPANY TRUCK
I have set up a new system for the use of the truck. If you need to
use the truck please obtain the keys from me and be sure and sign
the notebook that is on my bookshelf as you enter my cubicle. I
have been nogotiating for our own gas credit card and for this
reason it becomes very important for you to sign for the truck and
return the charge slip to me if you put gas in the tank. Apparently,
this did not work out too well in the past and the privelege of a
credit card was taken away by the creditor. So, please, let's make
this work. This will be certainly more convenient than having to
put out your own cash and then making out a petty cash voucher. I
will inform all of you when we do have the card in our possession.
Mary P.
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From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 28-APR-1992 17:54:53.32
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: RED HAND-TRUCK
I don't think we are short of technology people with technological ideas. The
problem is that management has structured the company in such a way as to
inhibit technology ideas from surfacing. There currently is no way to start and
carry through these technologically exciting projects. If management is serious
about technology they would set up a structure to channel these ideas. Since
there is no channel, they must not be too serious. It is management's
responsibility to make the best of what they have sitting in front of them.
I think a big part of the problem is that the project review process
holds all projects against the same standard, and because of this,
games with new technology, or game which try to exploit new ideas are
judged as slow or risky. They are essentially penalized for trying something
new and creative. I think it is time for an overhaul. Reviews are more
adversarial than they need to be. They provide a poor level of access to the
knowledge base of the people doing the reviewing.
Bonnie Smithson
( One of Atari's project leaders )
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From: KIM::LIPSON 29-APR-1992 18:35:40.18
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: techno leadership
well, new technology usually IS slow and risky.... we DO have a problem with
manpower especially hardware guys plus i don't like the current setup with
an 'advanced technology' group dominating the new stuff. If i was to start
my next project using some new technology, for example a new 3-d or a CDRom
hardware, i'm sure that i'd have trouble convincing the review committee to
approve it.
But i think it would be because there aren't enough products coming out of
engineering so i think i'd get resistance on a long-term project as long as they
need something to fill a slot within the next 18 months. If not me, how many
other programmers do they have to produce a short-term product who will be
available soon? Plus who's going to design a new hardware? How many available
engineers do we have? And if i'm not willing to use the 3-d hardware from
the -Driving series, i bet that i'd have a hard time convincing the review
committee that our limited engineering resources should be used to create what
in their mind might be a hardware that is essentially redundant since we already
have a "3-D polygon hardware".
My point is that I doubt that it's a lack of vision so much as it's a need
to weigh short-term problems that impacts our ability to use new technologies.
Also it's not easy to justify new technology sometimes; it's not realistic to
expect that we'd build expensive new stuff with no reason to think its earnings
will be much better than 'conventional' product.
Since we DO need to gain expertise in new technologies if we want to be able
to compete in the future, we need to do two things. We need to have enough
people to keep the products coming out even if a few teams work on longterm
projects, without being in a position where any failed project creates a hole
in the manufacturing cycle. And we need to create new products where the
spin-offs are likely to be spread throughout the company. We need to have
broad participation in any projects using advanced technologies or all we will
do is create pockets of expertise in the company that may or may not be easily
used in new generations. We need to learn from the problems encountered by
teams trying to use the last several hardwares that have been introduced so
that new technology is more accessible to any new team that wants to use it.
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From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 29-APR-1992 19:29:36.60
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: Dead disks
Regards,
Jed
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 30-APR-1992 15:40:2
7.84
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: missing
Help..Help...
We are missing a large off-white canvas Atari banner. It was last seen
in the storage cage in the back of 675. If you have any info about its
whereabouts, please reply to this address.
Thank you already
Carole
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From: KIM::YATURNER 30-APR-1992 15:57:52.63
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: network downtime
The Atari network will be unavailable this sunday 5/3/92 while Dave Shepperd
and I do some software and hardware modifications. The most ( and hopefully )
only noticable change is that the domain agc.com will go away. This is so
that we can be in sync with out email gateway to the outside world. The new
domain name will be agames.com, this means that you need to change all of
your references to agc.com to agames.com. The most likely place to look
would be in your .rhosts file. If all goes well people in the outside world
(it's rumored that there is one (;-)) will be able to send you mail using
the address userid@agames.com (userid is your login name).
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From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 30-APR-1992 16:12:18.18
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: red hand-truck
If you have borrowed our red hand truck from outside OMEGA labs (near
central conf.room), or otherwise know who might have taken it please
return it back to us.
Farrokh
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From: BERT::PETRINI 1-MAY-1992 09:34:09.78
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: DONUTS & BAGELS
The Flowerman will be taking orders by Wednesday 5-6-92 for delivery on Friday
5-8-92. Don't forget those spec5-8-92. Don't forr life. If you're interested in
placing an order, stop by the desk in the main lobby and peruse the list.
All payments must be received by Friday before 11 a.m.
LINDA
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From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 4-MAY-1992 09:25:35.43
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: OOPS!
COMBINE IDEAS
"The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: of shoes - and
ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages - and kings." Combining unusual ideas
is at the heart of creative thinking. The ancients mixed soft iron with even
softer tin to create hard bronze. Gutenberg combined the wine press and the
coin punch to crete moveable type and the printing press.
What different ideas can you combine?
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From: BERT::LINDA "Evening Receptionist" 4-MAY-1992 11:28:01.06
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Volleyball at the 20th Anniversary Celebration
If you are interested in playing volleyball at the party, sign-up sheets are
located in the main lobby.
The teams will consist of 9-person teams. US against
manufacturing (who of course doesn't stand a chance against the 675 crew).
There will be only one game at 3:30. Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-serve
basis. The single game will decide who the Atari Volleyball Champions of the
day will be. All participants will recieve a prize.
If there are any questions, call David Pasquinelli,ext. 3746.
LINDA
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From: KIM::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 4-MAY-1992 13:54:16.69
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Ed Rotberg wants to sell...
Virtual Reality is the hip craze. You can drive a car, play
tennis, and yes, you can even fly a Pterodactyl. Who cares!!!
Let's get to the core of the real uses of virtual reality. Let
Sega and Namco toil away at those simple fantasy games. What we need is:
VIRTUAL SEX
Sexual Paranoia is at an all time high.....AIDS, unwanted pregnancy,
monogamy, abortion, herpes...the list goes on.
Virtual Sex is the ultimate safe sex. Let's not wait for everyone
to beat us to the punch. Just think, nobody gets hurt, everybody is happy
and we make a lot of money!!!!!
P.S. I think we still have a charge number for the Orgasmatron project.
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 4-MAY-1992 14:03:3
4.94
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: addendum to the previous
If there is anyone still itching to play in the golf tourney on June 6th
please contact me. I have a schedule conflict that day so my spot's open.
Bill
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From: KIM::MCNAMARA 4-MAY-1992 17:29:56.97
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: MCNAMARA
Subj: UNISITE PROGRAMMER
IF YOU DO NOT USE THE UNISITE PROGRAMMER IN THE HARDWARE LAB TO PROGRAM EPROMS
THEN DISREGARD THIS MESSAGE!
The Unisite has had two similar failures in the short time that we have
had it so I need to ask everyone to be sure to turn it off before unplugging the
PLCC module (PINSITE), or the EPROM module (SETSITE).
Most people use the Unisite to program eproms so I'd like to ask the
Engineers to put the (EPROM) SETSITE module back after you're done using the
PLCC (PINSITE) module so that the next person won't have to do it.
Thanks,
Glenn
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From: KIM::BRAD 5-MAY-1992 07:52:31.96
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: BRAD
Subj: Talk to the Audio Group
If you would like to converse with the Audio Group members we have
set up a new distribution list. The distribution list is appropriately named:
AUDIO. Just add AUDIO to the familiar @SYS$MAIL: i.e.:
To: @SYS$MAIL:AUDIO
and you'll have our full attention!
- brad -
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From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 5-MAY-1992 13:11:32.00
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: LOST KEYS
Am sending out a message to find out if someone may have found a set
of keys I lost last Friday. They are on a Key fob that has Cincinati, Ohio
written on it. I may have lost them in the parking lot on the hiway 880 side
of 675. If you found them please respond to this address.
Thanks in advance
Cris Drobny
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From: BERT::LICHAC 5-MAY-1992 13:37:13.13
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: CINCO DE MAYO
Does anyone know what this holiday is about? I get conflicting answers as
to its origin/significance.
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From: BERT::LINDA "ok, ok I changed it" 5-MAY-1992 14:00:14.28
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: NEW AND IMPROVED PHONE LIST
I'll take your suggestion seriously (whether you meant it that way or not).
A few months ago BAYCHI (the local chapter of the Computer Human Interface
interest group) did a meeting/lecture on electronic erotica and I brought
up the following point. Consider, what is the major objection to say child
pornograpy (before you say it, there is absolutely NO proof of a link
between pornography and sex crimes), it is the abuse and corruption of
minors (a point with which I agree.) But what happens when that factor is
removed? when you allow someone to participate in any fantasy they can conceive
in the privacy of their own homes, without involving anyone else. Is it
still a crime? wrong? immoral? Do you really believe that it isn't being
worked on already?
Inquiring minds want to know.....
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From: KIM::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 5-MAY-1992 15:24:29.37
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Western Diamond-back
If you wish to place an order for flowers, today by 5:00 is the deadline.
See myself or Frances at the main lobby desk.
LINDA
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From: KIM::LICHAC 6-MAY-1992 10:20:59.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: 5 de mayo
From: MIKE::DIAZ 6-MAY-1992 08:53:45.70
To: LICHAC
CC:
Subj: 5 DE MAYO
5 DE MAYO
"La batalla de Puebla". The battle at Puebla, when the
French army tried to invade Mexico coming from the Atlantic ocean
they arrived at the city of Veracruz going towards Puebla to
settled at the city and claimed it as a colony of France, they
found themselves with a Mexican army that wasn't very strong in
guns as the French army was at thart time, all they had was deter-
mination to win and not to let anybody come and take their city
and the richness the country had, after three days of fighting
the French army started to realize that is wasn't so easy to se-
ttled in and they had to retreat and give up the battle.
Mexico takes this as a very important win because after this
all other countries that were thinking on colonies on Mexican
terretoty gave it a second thought to come and fight against
Mexico.
THATS WHY THE CELEBRATION OF "5 DE MAYO"
Peter Lipson's VAX Mail "210X DSP serial failures" implies that there is a
newly discovered bug in the 2105.
I talked to Dan Ash and it appears the "bug" in question is really that a
glitch on the Serial Clock input that is shorter than the minimum serial
clock specified in the data sheet can cause the state machine that performs
the serial operations to get screwed up so that it needs to be reset.
The Party Line Bus used in Steel Talons and in the Police Trainer allow the
bus to float after one unit has released it and before another unit
takes it.
The work we did on the Police Trainer System showed that when the bus is
floating, the output of the Bus Receivers will be one or zero, depending
on its own input offsets. (The receivers are actually op-amps in disguise.)
This led to a real problem on the Frame Sync signal, which we fixed by
introducing just enough bias so that a floating bus would be pulled to the
correct inactive polarity.
It appears that something like this should be done with the Serial Clock.
Note: 1. The way this is done on a terminated bus is different from the way
it is done on a non-terminated bus.
2. I have not seen the SPACE circuit. It may or may not be the same as
in Steel Talons.
3. The 'filter' Dan recommended is about 9 ns and may or may not help
glitches caused by the switching between Bus Masters.
Jed
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From: KIM::HARPER 6-MAY-1992 17:35:00.55
To: MARGOLIN
CC: KHODADADI,DOWNEND,MCCARTHY
Subj: NUMFA Power-Up
Jed,
I took your suggestion to remove the interface connector before powering up
the REV-2 NUMFA board. A power spike is still evident on both of the motor
outputs, for a very short time. Could this be due the lengthened watchdog
timeout? This is the only difference between my board and your design that I
know of.
Thanks,
-Dennis-
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 6-MAY-1992 18:27:30.29
To: KIM::HARPER
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: RE: NUMFA Power-Up
I don't know.
Jed
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From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 6-MAY-1992 19:13:56.39
To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: Ethernet cables
This is a quick lesson about how to hookup ethernet cable and how NOT to
hookup ethernet cable.
First a little background so you can attach some reason to the madness:
The cable is a transmission line and therefore abids by the rules established
with transmission line theory.
Transmission line theory says that, in an ideal case, if you were to connect a
device at any point along the transmission line, it would appear to the device
that the wire was infinitely long in either direction and that the wire would
have a uniform characteristic impedance in the frequency range that the device
intended to operate.
In the real world, the ideal case is rarely achieved. Any little thing will
likely change the impedance of the wire at that point. These include tight
kinks, connectors, poor connections and "stubs". What happens when a signal
runs across one of these changes in impedance is that some amount of it
bounces back to the point of origin (and this bounce point becomes the point
of origin for the reflected signal). This is also known as "ringing" and I'm
sure you've all had plently of (bad) experience with dealing with that on
circuit boards. The amount of signal reflected depends on how severe the
impedance mismatch is. If it's severe enough (as is would be with a
dead short or an open circuit), almost all of the signal will be reflected.
In long lines transmission, a "ring" or bounce may take 100's of nanoseconds
make the round trip, so for circuits that are expecting to deal with bit rates
of 100ns, (as is ethernet), this can be rather nasty.
Now for the meat of the issue:
The standard established for ethernet cabling was designed such that
inconsistencies in the cable (impedance mismatches) be minimized, yet at the
same time allow for connectors and things so one can actually use the damn
thing. To this end, the following rules must be adhered to when you find
yourself needing to move equipment connected to the ethernet (if in doubt,
don't mess with it):
1) The wiring topology ALWAYS must conform to:
Terminator -----------------terminator
(The "---" indicates ethernet cable).
In our case, one of the terminated ends is in the computer room, so you don't
need to worry about that one. If either of the terminators is removed or the
wire is disconnected such that an end becomes unterminated, the segment will
cease to function. This may also cause other segments (i.e. the entire network
in the building) to stop working for a while. Please don't do this.
2) Taps are allowed in the cable, but no more that 29 (except for those fed
from a twisted-pair, which are confined to 10) AND the tap must connect
directly to the device. The taps we use are BNC T connectors and are known
as invasive taps because they require the wire to be cut in two in order
for them to be installed. I.e.
Terminator ------T---...----T----terminator
d d
v v
c c
NEVER hookup a device like this:
Terminator ------T----terminator
|
|
|
d
v
c
The wire connecting the device to the ethernet cable is known as a "stub"
which can cause an impedance mismatch of the worst kind (it can become
a resonant circuit, depending on how long it is). Just say no to stubs.
3) Always assume there are other users on your segment. This is almost always
true in our environment. "Party lines" are used throughout the building.
There are maximum segment length limitations which you probably won't run into
if you are simply rearranging a lab, but you may if you are moving to some
other area of the building. We have some tools to determine and help with
these things.
ds
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From: GAWD::RAY 7-MAY-1992 08:41:45.78
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: RAY
Subj: Baby Alert!
Natalie and Andrew Burgess are the proud parents of a baby girl
born Wednesday, May 6, at 2:54pm. She was 6lb2oz, 18 1/2" long
-- no name yet. Mother, baby, and father are all doing great!
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::MARTIN 7-MAY-1992 10:41:14.84
To: DOWNEND
CC: MEYETTE,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN,SMITH,LEE,KHODADADI,MCCARTHY
Subj: PROBLEM PARTS FOR MOTO FRENZY
Chris,
Motorola #MAC224A6 is also on allocation,with 0 stock in distribution.
Estimated time for delivery is 4th quarter (October).
I checked on a SGS Thompson #BTB24-600. The lead time is 7 weeks, 0 stock
in distibution.
Please let me know if there is any other sources that I can check.
Thank You,
Melanie
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From: GAWD::RAY 7-MAY-1992 10:45:49.20
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: RAY
Subj: Burgess Baby -- follow-up
The baby's name is Samantha Carolyn. They are all doing so well,
they should be home this afternoon! I talked to both Mom and
Dad -- they are both very happy and very excited!
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From: BERT::FRYE 7-MAY-1992 13:21:07.19
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: BUILDING 675 UPGRADE
Rick, Since we are adding the resistor (2 ohm) back to the wheelie filter
assembly to reduce the ripple current in the capacitors, we need a way
to mount it to the chassis. Ralph Perez is going to layout a new chassis to
make room for the resistor to be mounted HORIZONTALLY as required by UL (?).
HELP! Do you have any info on mounting hardware for the resistor in the
horizontal position? Please pass anything you have to Ralph and Stevie. If you
come up empty, let me know. Thanks, Chris.
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From: BERT::PETRINI 7-MAY-1992 17:16:37.32
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: PETRINI
Subj: STATUS MEETING 5/8/92
For all who attend the Friday Status Meeting. This Friday only
the Status Meeting will be held in the Executive Conf. Rm. at 9:30 A.M.
Mary Petrini
Ext. 1796
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From: GAWD::SYSTEM "Colossus/Guardian" 8-MAY-1992 11:12:19.99
To: @WALKABOUT
CC:
Subj: Computer room
The computer room will be open for tours during the walkabout today. The door
will be open, just pull the door handle. Please, don't bring any food or drink
in there with you.
systems group
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 8-MAY-1992 13:22:14.03
To: HARPER
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: Motor Amp Board
The painting of bldg 675 will begin on Tuesday 5-12. We will begin with the
front and design services sides.
Please do not park near the bldg on either side. This parking restriction will
be in effect for two days barring any unforseen wind problems.
Parking maps are located on all exit doors.
Any questions regarding this matter should be directed to Bob Frye, ext. 3752.
LINDA
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From: KIM::MCKEE 11-MAY-1992 16:43:09.07
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Thanks for the nice welcome
Thanks for the nice welcome! I was given my very own Atari mug and someone
walked into my office and swaped it with the one they borrowed from John
Moore. So John thanks you for returning his Mug, and I say I'll get even...
This is my first day and I think its great that you, whoever you are, were
so kind to show me what things are like here. I'll keep this info in mind
for future reference.
Sorry I sent mail to all you innocent people.
Thanks for listening to my gripe...
Brian
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From: KIM::BRAD 11-MAY-1992 17:50:33.79
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC: @SYS$MAIL:MAC-USERS,BRAD
Subj: CD-ROM drive access
I have installed a CD-ROM player on a DOS machine that can be accessed
across the network. The DOS computer is running FAL so that you may access the
drive and copy files to your local disk drive. I am making available this
service since we have a lack of CD-ROM players in the company at the moment.
The CD-ROM drive may not be available at all times but I will try to have it
running most of the time.
If you would like access to this node you must send me your username
and a password. DO NOT send me the password to your VAX account. Please
do not request access unless you have a CD-ROM that you would like to read.
(I don't want to set up a lot of accounts for nothing).
- brad -
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From: KIM::PAAUW "I swear, it was that way when I found it." 12-MAY-199
2 14:13:48.04
To: @MICRONIX.DIS
CC:
Subj: Micronix meeting 1:00 May,22 Eng. conf
Wanted: Any old skate board in working condition. Won't pay more than
$19.95 for it. I need it for an attic scooter.
Thanx
erik
x 1755
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 12-MAY-1992 14:31:34.36
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: New body.
Pat.
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From: MIKE::AVL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING" 12-MAY-1992 15:54:57.46
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: CER-9091 - Completed
From: MIKE::MARGOLIN 7-MAY-1992 19:00:20.10
To: AVL
CC:
Subj: AUTO-CER
==============================================================================
ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 9091
==============================================================================
REQUESTED ACTION: NEW VENDOR APPLICATION:
PROJECT: Street Driver USED ON ASSEMBLY:
PART NUMBER: 137693-100 GENERIC:
DESCRIPTION: IC,VRAM,128KX8,100NS,CMOS,40P SOJ
MANUFACTURER: MICRON MFG P/N: MT42C8128DJ-10
CONTACT: PHONE:
COMMENTS:
==============================================================================
ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES:
SAMPLE PARTS TESTED AND APPROVED BY J.MARGOLIN
CHANGE VENDOR STATUS FROM RESTRICTED TO APPROVED
==============================================================================
AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER
|
|
==============================================================================
DISPOSITION: X_APPROVED __RESTRICTED APPROVAL __ADD AVL NOTE
__REJECTED __SUBSTITUTE APPROVED
AVL ACTION: __ADD MFR __ASSIGN NEW P/N __REVISE DESCRIPTION
__REMOVE MFR __CONVERT P/N __EXPORT LICENSE REQ
X_REVISE MFR __INACTIVATE P/N __SAFETY CRITICAL
==============================================================================
ASSIGNED TO: DATE AUTHORIZED BY DATE
RS R MEYETTE 12-MAY-1992
==============================================================================
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From: KIM::LICHAC 13-MAY-1992 08:25:37.56
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER,@SYS$MAIL:MFG
CC:
Subj: Sabbatical
I will be on sabbatical from May 18 thru June 15. Jack Aknin will be in
charge of M.E. and the two shops. Please route shop requests and other
engineering items thru him.
Jerry "El Pescador" Lichac
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From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 13-MAY-1992 12:12:59.65
To: LEE,MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN
CC: DOWNEND,LEON,JOE,MCCARTHY
Subj: Motor Driver board.
I just talked with Mark Sherman about some thoughts he has concerning
the Motor Driver (Numfa) board.
. He requested the use of metal screws (with nylon insulators if
necessary) for mounting the Triacs to the heatsinks. He said that
the Nylon screws can not be tightened sufficiently, ant that they
get damaged too easily.
. Fuse holder mounting. He said that one of the fuseholders arrived
in France broken. He thought that the mounting for the fuseholder in
the board was not sufficient for the amount of pressure required to
get the fuse out of the holder.
. He reiterated the concern about the orientation of the triac
heatsinks. The triacs can not be replaced without removing one of
the heatsinks completely.
His comments were given for consideration in future designs, and
where possible for consideration in the existing design.
This is a communication message, not an action request.
Pat.
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 13-MAY-1992 15:50:34.88
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Bay Area "Commuter Check"
Please mark Monday May 18, 1992 on your calendars for our annual
Engineering Department offsite meeting.
Time: 10-12 A.M.
This meeting will be held at The Sheraton Hotel in the Tivoli Ballroom.
AGENDA
1. Discuss coin-op business results for the last 2 years.
2. Introduce Coin-op Product Plan.
3. Announce Coin-op Strategic Objectives.
4. Closing remarks. Question & Answer.
mep
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From: MIKE::SHIRLEY 13-MAY-1992 16:21:24.61
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
a
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From: BERT::LINDA "ok, ok I changed it" 14-MAY-1992 09:38:57.86
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: OWENS
Subj: SPOT OPEN ON THE GOLF TOURNEMENT GIG
If you or anyone you know has visitor badges that have not been returned to
the front desk, please return them to me.
We have gone through 2 boxes of 50 qty in 3 weeks.
LINDA
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From: BERT::STAN 14-MAY-1992 11:41:45.18
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Golf Tournament
The painters will be painting again on the front and west side of the
building on Monday, and also on the rear of the building. The painting
has been going slower then expected due to the afternoon winds.
Thanks, Bob
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From: KIM::STARK 15-MAY-1992 14:39:35.37
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: Guardian's security...
Jed,
As per your question the other day about including an identification
number into our ASIC selftest, the answer is yes. Ed Rotberg used the
number '4' for our project.
gary
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MARGOLIN 15-MAY-1992 14:54:35.65
To: KIM::STARK
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: RE: Guardian's security...
Thank you.
Jed
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 15-MAY-1992 15:25:46.31
To: MARTIN
CC: MONCRIEF,MARGOLIN
Subj: GSP Evaluation Board
Hi, Melanie.
Rick asked me to give you this information for the boards we expect
to order next week (week of May 18).
Ten Boards
GSP Evaluation Board, Rev 1
050890-01
8" x 15"
four layer
1993 holes
Surface Mount (552 Surface Mount Pads)
No Cold Fingers
We would like two boards with a one week turnaround. The rest can take longer
if that is of any use to the vendor.
Thanks,
Your Pal, Jed
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From: BERT::PETRINI 18-MAY-1992 09:27:10.61
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: Engineering Dept. Offsite Meeting
Just a reminder that today at 10, we are having our Offsite Meeting
at the Sheraton. See you there.
Mary
5/18/92
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From: BERT::STAN 18-MAY-1992 11:03:10.63
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: HAWAIIAN DAY
On Wednesday, May 20th the Recreation Committee invites you
to lunch in the cafeteria. You must wear Hawaiian attire to
buy the luncheon special for only $1.00. Everybody wins with
this special price for lunch, so wear your wildest flowered
shirt, MuuMuu, grass skirt???? or whatever and enjoy the special
menu that Pat will be cooking up. Dessert will be included and
there will be Hawaiian Music to set the mood and for your listening
pleasure. Hope you will all join in the fun.
Sandy Stan
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From: KIM::YATURNER 18-MAY-1992 17:29:18.34
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: Brown Bag Lunches
I'd like to formally ask Rich and/or John (I hope I've got the right
mailing list (;-)) to set a date for the first Atari Engineering BBL.
My nomination for a first topic would be:
"Management's Role in Fostering Creativity"
but I'd sure like to here what other people would like to discuss
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From: BERT::FRYE 19-MAY-1992 06:33:32.07
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: PAINTING
THE PAINTERS HAVE MOVED TO THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THE BUILDING, FIGURE
TWO AND A HALF DAYS WITH THE BOOM TRUCK, WIND, AND WITH LUCK, COMP-
LETION ON FRIDAY. THANKS, BOB
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From: GAWD::HARPER 19-MAY-1992 11:48:51.69
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Day Care... HELP!
I am looking for recommendations for Home Day Care in the Campbell, North SJ,
Santa Clara or Milpitas area. Our current lady has decided to suddenly retire,
and we only have 2 weeks to find someone! I would greatly appreciate any
leads you can give me. Our daughter 16 months and very cute.
-Dennis Harper-
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From: KIM::ESTRADA 19-MAY-1992 14:04:13.68
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: advance voice mail classes
thank you. GE
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From: GAWD::LIPSON 19-MAY-1992 15:28:10.55
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: they WERE out to get us!
... this article was sent world-wide today over the Usenet - i thought that
people here might enjoy knowing what REALLY happened to us.
Peter.
This Friday will be the last day to sign-up for the advance voice mail/phone
classes, please let everyone know. There will be no last minute changes,
there will be no last minute open spots, and all classes will be offered
for one day only. (Date to be announced).
These are some of the topics that will be discussed :
1) Available Phone Features via the SPRE code.
2) Name Dialing
3) Voice Mail box Schedules.
4) Voice and Phone features available via the adminitrator.
5) Message Classification
6) Time Delivery
8) General questions or points of interest with the current set-up.
Please reply to this message if you are interested, I must have a copy
of your request, no verbal request will be accepted.
GE.
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From: KIM::MCKEE "BRIAN" 20-MAY-1992 14:19:32.98
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: MCKEE
Subj: Put Your Voice in It.
For those of you who haven't yet seen it, the "Put Your Voice in It" demo board
is in the common area.
This device consists of one chip and its support of battery, Microphone,
speaker and few switches and caps. I have put it all behind and in a handy
dandy piece of wood, so that you all can have a look and listen to its
capabilities. So if you can, please stop by the common area and have a few
words with the device.
It can sample 16 seconds of sound at 8192 samples per second and can easily be
microprocessor controlled.
If you have any ideas as to how Atari can use the chip in future products,
please write your comments in the supplied notebook or write me mail.
Thanks
Brian
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From: MIKE::SMITH 20-MAY-1992 16:14:35.08
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: VACATION
The revolving darkroom door just outside my office has been sold to a local
printer. It will be removed next week some time. Now's your chance to take
one more trip through the Transporter Room before it's gone.
Now don't all take it for a spin at once...
Andrea
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From: MIKE::WILLIAMS 21-MAY-1992 12:22:37.72
To: DURFEY, MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: ASIC 65
FYI: Since Monday is a holiday, the time cards are due into Payroll
early Tuesday morning, like by 9 A.M. There are some people that are
taking some or part of Friday off, or taking off at the other end of
the holiday, like Tuesday, therefore to avoid any problems with time
cards, please turn them into your supervisor on Friday afternoon, unless
you are working overtime during the weekend.
Thank you very much for your cooperation. Have a nice HOLIDAY.
Mary P.
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 21-MAY-1992 13:46:35.28
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: AMOA Scholarship
Atari Games has once again been invited to participate in AMOA's Wayne
E. Hesch Scholarship Program for the 1993 school year. All applications
for this scholarship must be submitted to Human Resources prior to
December 1, 1992.
The scholarship is in the amount of $1,000 and is open to all students
who have demonstrated interest in the business community and are in need
of financial assistance. Students need not be related to employees of
Atari Games/Tengen.
If you know a qualified student, please stop by H.R. and pick up an
application any time between now and December 1
cynde
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From: BERT::LINDA "ok, ok I changed it" 21-MAY-1992 13:51:16.01
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: LINDA
Subj: CHILD CARE RESOURCE GUIDE
There will be a child care resource guide in the main lobby if anyone is
interested in taking a look at it. The guied was designed to help Bay Area
a
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From: BERT::LINDA "ok, ok I changed it" 21-MAY-1992 14:05:59.67
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: CHILDCARE RESOURCE GUIDE
On previous games that used ASIC65s (now called P15s) the project team
would give me an EPROM containing the P15 program and I would verify that it
included the information required by the Margolin OutaSite Programmer to
correctly report information in Self-Test. I would program a part and they
would verify that it worked correctly in the game.
I have been left out of the loop on Guardians so I regret that Erik and I
cannot help you.
I am advised that Jim Freitas has the responsibility for having the part
programmed. (I recommend that the part be programmed either on Jim Freitas'
Data I/O 2900 or on Pat McCarthy's Data I/O Unisite.)
Regards,
Jed
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From: BERT::KANE 21-MAY-1992 14:24:16.36
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: "For Sale..."
For sale:
1. Yamaha T1 AM/FM stereo tuner - good condition.
2. Apt Holman preamp - good condition.
3. Adcom GFA-1 amplifier - needs repair.
4. Panasonic Selectavision (2-pc.) VCR - needs repair.
Call Berry at x1791 with best offer on any one or all.
Thanks,
Berry
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From: BERT::GRAVES 21-MAY-1992 16:45:04.58
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Old Atari Game Cartridges
I've had a request from a friend for a game cartridge for "the very
first Atari Home Entertainment System, you know, the one with the
wood grain?".
The model number of the hardware is unknown, but it was purchased new
"in 1985 or so". The friend is looking a Chess game cartridge.
Does anyone know who to talk to to find out where this cartridge can
be found, if at all?
Thanks,
Lar
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From: KIM::MCNAMARA 21-MAY-1992 18:54:45.17
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS, @SYS$MAIL:MAC-USERS
CC: MCNAMARA
Subj: cd-rom drive
This is a reminder that today is the last day to sign-up for the
voice mail/phone class. I need an exeact number of all those who
wish to attend, if you know of someone who might be interested
please advise them and have them reply no later than today. No
exceptions.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::PAAUW "I swear, it was that way when I found it." 22-MAY-199
2 10:11:41.45
To: @MICRONIX.DIS
CC:
Subj: Unicorn meeting today with Micronix
Please attend a meeting at 11 A.M. in the Central Conf. Rm. Today 5/22
RE: Bonuses.
R. Moore/mp
Z
send
send
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From: BERT::LINDA "ok, ok I changed it" 22-MAY-1992 14:32:12.71
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: UPDATE TO THE UPDATE ON CHILDCARE RESOURCE GUIDE
LINDA
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 22-MAY-1992 16:45:46.84
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: BIG BASH Sculpture Contest
With all the recent talk about creativity, here is your chance to shine!
As part of the 20th Anniversary celebration, we will be holding a sculpture
contest. All contestants will be given the same materials and asked to
create something. Something can be functional, whimsical, artistic,
useful - anything you want it to be. We will have a sign-up sheet in the
Main Lobby and on Monday, June 8, all those who have signed up will be
given their own personal sack of artistic supplies. Included will be
some very basic ground rules (i.e., you can add nothing besides bonding
material - glue, nails, tape, etc and paint).
It should be real interesting to see what people come up with given the
same starting materials - CREATIVITY is the real name of this game.
Stop by the Main Lobby and sign up. While you are in the neighborhood,
don't forget to sign up for the Talent, No-Talent contest - Rumor has
it that David Pasquinelli is considering a fine tuned display of mail
sorting to the soothing, rock-y twang of ZZ Top.
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From: BERT::YAMAMOTO 22-MAY-1992 18:04:10.80
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Message from the President
The Flowerman has reduced the price on the 2-dozen bunch of large roses to
$7.50. The orders must be placed by Wednesday before 3:00. If you are
interested, the order list is in the lobby.
LINDA
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From: GAWD::MOSER 26-MAY-1992 14:19:26.50
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Palette List in Debabelizer
If you have used the Mac FX closest to Brad's office and if you have palettes
saved in Debabelizer....The Animation Dept. has decided that the list of
palettes has become too long. We are going to clear all extra palettes after
Friday May 29th. So if you want to save any of them please save them to your
own account or disk, or let me know the names of the palettes you need to
keep in Debab on that FX. thanks... Kris
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From: KIM::DURFEY 26-MAY-1992 17:01:09.76
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: TEK SCOPE
For anyone interested: We have in our lab for evaluation until Thursday
morning a Tektronix TDS 460 oscilloscope. It is full digitizing with 4
channels, 350 Mhz, and 100 MS/s digitizer. Feel free to come by tommorow
and have a look whilst it is still here.
erik
x 1755
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From: KIM::JMOORE 26-MAY-1992 21:42:00.75
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: Laser Plotting PS files
For some reason the two laser printers in Engineering (TTQ2 and BWTEK)
are not responding to the /PARAM=PS argument and are blissfully printing trees
of paper with PS code all over them. I tried cycling power to no avail.
Dave: can we determine why this happens and maybe (wishfull thinking) determine
how to keep this from happening? The paper goes right in the trash (after the
printer goes through all of its paper).
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::LINDA "Awesome" 27-MAY-1992 07:32:06.00
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: LOST & FOUND
Someone out there lost a baseball cap in the game room yesterday. If you can
describe the one that was turned in to the front desk, it's yours.
LINDA
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 27-MAY-1992 09:27:4
1.11
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Big Bash
There is now an official Big Bash book at the front lobby desk.
Please drop by and sign up for events your are interested in participating.
Competition for the Sculpture Design contest is heating up quickly. Each
participant will be given a box containing items to be used to create a
masterpiece. The participant will only be allowed to add glue and paint.
To get in on the contest, be one of the first twenty people to sign up.
If you are not into fine art, we will also have a kite design
contest. Awards will go to the largest, the smallest, and the most
beautiful kite. The stipulation is that it must be capable of becoming
airborne. If you can get it in the air for a minute or two, then it's
a kite!
The Talent / No Talent Show is catching interest. We already
have several departments who will strutting their (lack of?) stuff.
The audio group has signed on an act called "Objects of Love". One can
only imagine what that can be. Rumor has it that Customer Service is
opting for an American Band Stand rip-off, featuring Mark "Dick Clark
haven't aged a day Clark" Sherman. Harness + 1 has signed on as the
"Battle of the Baby Locks" Hmmmm, what's that? I also hear that HR
has a big surprise for us. (Don't they always?) I also have assurances
that Barry Kane will be on stage. We need a lawyer to laugh at.
So sign up today!!! For those of you that might not have your own
back-up band, we will have a karaoke machine available to back you up.
I've always wanted to blast out Bette Midler's "The Rose".
Don't be a dweeb, Don't be left out, Join in today!
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From: BERT::LINDA "Awesome" 27-MAY-1992 09:49:06.00
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: REMINDER
If you want to order flowers, please do before 3:00 today. Roses are only $7.50
for 2 dozen.
LINDA
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From: KIM::DORAN "Chip" 27-MAY-1992 10:24:33.61
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC:
Subj: AdLib sound
There will be a brown bag lunch this Thursday, 12:00 noon sharp, The topic
will be "Brown Bag I" subtitled "Ways to foster Creativity". It will be
held in the engineering conference room with Rich Moore.
The purpose of this "meeting" will be for US to talk and management to listen
to concrete ideas on how we (meaning management and peons) can create a
creative environment at Atari. I will be the moderater; we will, hopefully,
deal in realistic and specific plans which will be implemented, kvetching
(e.g. I can't get anything done because everybody hates me etc.) and
schmickeling (e.g. I just think management is doing a wonderful job and this
is the best of all possible managers etc.) will be promptly censured. Please
RSVP me as soon as possible so that I can get an idea of wiether we can
all fit into the room.
P.S. yes I know, I can't spell
P.P.S. least the question arise, yes I can be bought (;-)
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From: KIM::YATURNER 27-MAY-1992 11:20:00.46
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: BBL I
I'm sorry, I seem to have given the impression that only people with
specific ideas may attend the lunch. My apologizes, I was try to impress
upon people that this was not to be hand waving, great thory but no action
kind of meeting. Of course all are welcome, in fact the more the merrier...
s/thory/theory/
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From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 27-MAY-1992 17:47:11.34
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: R U the one?
The sculpture contest is really heating up! I have had many questions
about it, so let me see if I can answer everyone at once.
Everyone will get a box of materials to use. I am going to try to get them
all put together by next week. You don't have to make the sculpture on the
spot at the party. You should have a couple of weeks to work on this at
home or where ever. You don't have to use everything in the box. You can
widdle just on stick and leave it at that if you want. The only thing
you can't do is to use your own materials. You can add adhesives and
paint, varnish, laquer. (Ooops, look up there, I typed "on stick". Of
course I meant "one stick")
The sky is the limit. Grind up everything in the box and glom
it back together with glue to make a free form. Glue everything together
and turn it on a lathe into a lamp base. I don't care! The wilder the better.
I had set the limit at 20 participants, but if you sign up by early
next week, I'll make as many boxes as we have contestants.
And don't forget that you can use your creative juices to design
a kite. We need more stupid people tricks for the No Talent Show. And
hoops, and rc cars, and voleyball, and hoola hoops, and ping pong, and
ice hockey, and ...............
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From: KIM::LOGG 28-MAY-1992 16:37:51.11
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: volleyball
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WELLS GARDNER HAS IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND IS
SHIPPING DISPLAYS WITH THE DIODE UP-GRADE INSTALLED. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THE DISPLAYS IN ENGINEERING, WHICH HAVE ENDED UP IN
FIELD TEST CABINETS. ALL IS NOT LOST!!! I KNOW WHAT THE FIX IS, AND I HAVE
A GOOD FEELING FOR WHICH MFG DATE CODE WILL HAVE THE BAD DIODES. SO, AND THIS
IS FOR THE TECHS OUT THERE, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A FAULTY
DISPLAY LOOK AT THE PLATE THAT THE MAIN PCB MOUNTS TO ON THE CHASSIS. ON THE
LEFT HAND SIDE, (LOOKING FROM THE REAR OF THE DISPLAY), YOU WILL SEE A FEW
LABELS, ONE OF WHICH WILL HAVE THE MONTH AND YEAR OF MANUFACTURE. ANYTHING
BUILT BEFORE OCTOBER 91 WILL NO DOUBT HAVE THE BAD DIODE. NOW HERE'S THE NEAT
PART. IF YOUR DISPLAY WAS BUILT BEFORE OCTOBER 91, ALL YA GOTTA DO IS CALL ME
AND I'LL DROP EVERYTHING AND RACE OVER TO INSTALL THE CORRECT DIODE. AS AN
ADDED BONUS, I CAN MAKE THE CHANGE WITHOUT REMOVING THE DISPLAY FROM THE
CABINET, (AT LEAST ON THE GAMES I HAVE HAD TO FIX TO DATE). THE INCENTIVE TO
CHECK OUT YOUR DISPLAY PRIOR TO FIELD TEST IS SIMPLE, I DON'T DO ROAD CALLS.
AND I CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH FUN IT IS TO CHANGE A DISPLAY IN AN ARCADE.
RLO
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From: KIM::LOGG 29-MAY-1992 09:58:18.99
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: anyone have a pump...
Does anyone have a needle and pump here today for inflating a
basketball, volleyball, etc.
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 29-MAY-1992 10:06:49.17
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Skin Cancer Seminar
With summer upon us, it is time to learn about protecting your skin from
the damaging effects of the sun. I have scheduled a dermatologist
through the Cancer Society, Dr. Ralph Pendleton, to speak at Atari Games,
Central Conference Room, Wednesday, July 15 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
In order for this to happen, we need to have a minimum of 15 people attend
the class. If you are interested in learning more about the prevention
and detection of skin cancer, please let me know. If I do not have at
least 15 participants by June 15, I will need to cancel or reschedule
this seminar.
cynde
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From: KIM::LOGG 29-MAY-1992 16:25:48.12
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: volleyball
In saturday's Merc:
Four Point Entertainment, the company that produces the syndicated
TV hit "American Gladiators," plans to launch "Cowboys" in fall 1993.
"We are creating a high-tech western setting with several virtual reality
games," said Four Point president Ron Ziskin. "It will include elaborate
electronics and almost a virtual reality shootout event."
It will also have traditional rodeo events, such as roping and
riding contests, but with new twists. One event will involve contestants
being "roped" by cowboys and cowgirls.
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From: KIM::DOWNEND 1-JUN-1992 10:55:09.48
To: MONCRIEF,RAY, MARGOLIN, DURFEY, NALE, ROLLER, BJORKQUIST
CC: DOWNEND
Subj: MUlt-synce II PCB's
Karen is out sick today. She explained that many people have asked her
about Multi-sync II PCB's built in January 1992.
KAREN REPORTS THAT PROTO-ASSY HAS:
(5) BLANK Multi-Sync II PCB's
(1) partially stuffed Multi-sync II
Apparently there were as many as 25 Blanks PCB's (see attached message).
Karen has not kept track of these 25 PCB's nor do I feel it is her
responsibility to do so.
............................................................................
From: MIKE::BRYANT 17-DEC-1991 12:09:55.30
To: MARGOLIN,MONCRIEF,RAY,DOWNEND,MOORE,BJORKQUIST
CC: STEWART,SMITH,BRYANT
Subj: Proto build of Multisync II PCB's
I have created preliminary bills of material based on input from
Jed and run a component availability check for 25 boards. I can
supply all parts to Karen EXCEPT the following:
p/n Description Qty short
118010-103 Sip resistor 50
128002-390 Cap 25
133041-001 Transistor 145
137023-001 IC, 74LS74 56
137038-001 IC, 74LS244 288
137134-001 IC, 74LS245 312
137144-001 IC, 74LS374 103
137146-001 IC, 74LS393 46
137243-001 IC, Converter 3
137437-001 IC, 74F04 14
137502-001 IC, 74F244 42
137518-001 IC, Prom 25
137646-015 IC, 15ns GAL 100
137693-120 VRAM, 120ns, surf mnt 200
137694-120 DRAM, 120ns 100
137695-001 IC, Latch 75
179069-009 Connector 4
179118-011 Connector 43
179178-002 Connector 34
179257-024 Socket 29
179257-032 Socket 335
179259-020 Socket 96
Jed and I have discussed the surface mount issue with Fine Pitch.
They are aware that the VRAMs are small outline J leads, 40 pin, with
50 mil centers, and are due to Atari Games @ Jan 2. I told them I
would try to get the boards and VRAMs to them on Monday, Jan. 6. I
also told them that a 5 day turnaround would suffice, which means that
if all goes well Karen would have the assembled surface mount boards
on @ Jan. 10 (Friday) or Jan. 13 (Monday).
Please be aware of the shortages to Karen's kit for 25 boards as
listed above. I am changing all quantities per on the kit to reflect
only the amount I have available in our stockroom, so that no shortages
will be created on the production shortage report. Obtaining the
above parts for successful completion of said 25 boards is now in the
hands of our engineering group (Unless, of course, I am directed to
do otherwise by Mr. Stewart and/or Mr. Smith).
I should have this kit pulled by Thursday morning of this week.
Is it Karen I should call when the kit is available?
Please get back to me soon if there are any changes, questions or
comments pertaining to this scenario. Thank you.
Rob
x 3925
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From: MIKE::AVL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING" 1-JUN-1992 15:54:55.61
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: CER-9130
==============================================================================
ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 9130
==============================================================================
REQUESTED ACTION: NEW COMPONENT APPLICATION: DSK Board
PROJECT: Street Driver USED ON ASSEMBLY:
PART NUMBER: GENERIC:
DESCRIPTION: IC,SRAM,128Kx8,32pin DIP,85ns
MANUFACTURER: NEC MFG P/N: UPD431000ACZ-85L
This CER has been assigned to Jeff Bell, ext 1750
==============================================================================
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From: GAWD::RAY 1-JUN-1992 16:54:25.13
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 3:30-5:00 -- June 5
Once again the Flowerman has the bunch of 2 dozen large roses on sale for $7.50.
He has also added Gladiolas to his list. If you would like to place an order,
please do so before Wednesday at 3:30.
LINDA
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::AVL "COMPONENT ENGINEERING" 2-JUN-1992 08:25:02.36
To: MARGOLIN,RSHERMAN
CC:
Subj: CER-9130 - Completed
From: MIKE::MARGOLIN 1-JUN-1992 15:22:57.42
To: AVL
CC:
Subj: AUTO-CER
==============================================================================
ATARI GAMES CORP COMPONENT EVALUATION REQUEST CER# 9130
==============================================================================
REQUESTED ACTION: NEW COMPONENT APPLICATION: DSK Board
PROJECT: Street Driver USED ON ASSEMBLY:
PART NUMBER: GENERIC:
DESCRIPTION: IC,SRAM,128Kx8,32pin DIP,85ns
MANUFACTURER: NEC MFG P/N: UPD431000ACZ-85L
CONTACT: JOAN ALPIN, MERIT PHONE:
COMMENTS:
I have not tested this part yet, but Art needs a pn to make the changes
to the board.
=============================================================================
ENGINEERING REPLY/NOTES:
==============================================================================
AVL DESCRIPTION | PART NUMBER
|
IC,SRAM,128KX8,85NS,CMOS,32P,.6DIP | 137702-085
==============================================================================
DISPOSITION: X_APPROVED __RESTRICTED APPROVAL __ADD AVL NOTE
__REJECTED __SUBSTITUTE APPROVED
AVL ACTION: X_ADD MFR X_ASSIGN NEW P/N X_REVISE DESCRIPTION
__REMOVE MFR __CONVERT P/N __EXPORT LICENSE REQ
__REVISE MFR __INACTIVATE P/N __SAFETY CRITICAL
==============================================================================
ASSIGNED TO: DATE AUTHORIZED BY DATE
JB R SHERMAN 2-JUN-1992
==============================================================================
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From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 2-JUN-1992 11:06:36.02
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC:
Subj: PC bug or defect
This is to just clarify that the hand trucks left in the Tengen Common
area were left there by an Atari employee. This person was obviously
in too much of a hurry to complete a job they started, theyforgot to follow
up on any of it, leaving the handtrucks and the rest of their equipment
for someone else to take care of. It would seem a rule that we should
have all learned in our early childhood applies here; "Always pick up
after yourself, and put things back where you got them from!". I'm
sorry for the inconvience that this may have caused folks on all sides,
and hope that something has been learned by all of this.
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From: KIM::YATURNER 3-JUN-1992 10:50:37.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: bbl II
There will be another brown bag lunch this thursday, same time (noon),
same place (eng conf room). Last meeting we discussed those factors which
foster and inhibit creativity. We came to the following conclusions:
FOSTER:
1. Communication
both within the company and with the outside world
2. Solutions, not Problems
think of reasons why it will work, not why it won't
3. Positive Feedback
atta-boys (sexist), management involvement
INHIBIT:
1. Inbreeding, NIH
the assumption that we know it all and best
2. Problems, not Solutions
3. Monkey See/Monkey Do, Knee Jerk management
reacting to the current marketplace instead of innovating
for the future, short range planning
4. Cubicals
FEH!
5. Feudal Society
operating as a loose confederation as opposed to a single
company
We also felt that the fault was not in our not being creative enough or
not working hard enough, but rather the system in which we toil. To that
end each person attending this weeks meeting is ask to bring at least
one suggestion as to how they would change the current system to make it
more responsive to our needs
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From: BERT::GRAVES 3-JUN-1992 11:54:02.28
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Apple printing advice
Howdy!
Does anyone out there know how to use Word 4.0 on an Apple Computer hooked up
to a QMS laserprinter to print an envelope?
I have created the envelope file in landscape orientation using standard fonts,
and everything looks fine on the screen, but when I select print preview from
the file menu, all that shows up is a blank sheet of paper. Additionally,
when I select print from the file menu, the printer processes the file and
ejects a blank sheet (or blank envelope).
What do I need to do instead?
Thanks!
Lar
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From: KIM::SMITHSON "Deja Thoris -- Princess of Mars" 3-JUN-1992 12:39:03
.63
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: SMITHSON
Subj: Power off
Will the person who powered off my game board please identify yourself?
Bonnie
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From: BERT::PETRINI 3-JUN-1992 15:11:01.71
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: PETRINI
Subj: ENGINEERING AREA CLEANUP
Correction to the date on that. Please make that Thursday 6/4 from
3:30 on. Sorry about that!
Mary P.
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From: GAWD::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 3-JUN-1992 17:15:48.51
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: BRAD
Subj: Atari's Future: Problem 1
Questions:
1. Has ATARI Games established a constancy of purpose?
2. If yes, what is the purpose? If no, what are the obstacles?
3. Will this stated purpose stay fixed, or will it change with time?
4. Do all employees know about this stated constancy of purpose?
5. How many believe it to the extent that it affects their work?
6. Who does our president answer to? Who do our board of directors answer to?
Remember to reply directly to me. Next week you will receive the replys and be
presented with the next problem and solution.
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From: BERT::PETRINI 4-JUN-1992 14:59:26.09
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: PETRINI
Subj: PRINTER LQ0
It has come to our attention that the Men's and Women's Shower Rooms are
a bit messy. We will be once again instituting the Friday night rule -
anything left in the shower rooms on Friday night will be disposed of.
If you want it, make sure you put it in a locker, take it home, take it
to your office, whatever before you leave on Friday OR come Monday it
will be gone with the trash.
Thanks for your cooperation!
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 5-JUN-1992 10:34:37.
21
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BENZLER
Subj: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES LIFE REALLY DULL...
A Doberman.
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 5-JUN-1992 13:47:5
2.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Updates to the Updates
This is for those of you that have anything to do with time cards.
Monday might prove to be a busier than usual day because of our visitors.
So, please try to get those time cards into your supervisor this afternoon
so's you can get them signed, unless some of you are working O.T.
Thanks,
Mary P.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 5-JUN-1992 15:22:2
5.47
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: what a typo that was!
What I meant to say was that the kite contest ISN'T gonna fly.
We've only had two people sign up. Maybe someone doing the sculpture
can make a kite in honor of it.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::PETRINI 5-JUN-1992 16:50:30.24
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: PETRINI
Subj: TIME-WARNER AD HOC COMMITTEE
First, I'd like to thank you for your efforts on "Cleanup Thursday"; then
I would like to inform you about the schedule.
Time-Warner, Inc. Ad Hoc Committee will be visiting and touring Atari
Games on Monday, June 8th.
They will tour through Atari Games at 10:00 A.M. until noon. They plan
to have lunch in the cafeteria from 12:00 to 1:30 P.M.
Rich
mep
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From: BERT::GRAVES 5-JUN-1992 19:36:07.41
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: "Name That Thang" Contest Winner
The sale of large roses for $7.50 is still on. Please place orders by Wednesday
for delivery on Thursday.
LINDA
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From: KIM::MANDELKERN "Questor the Elf" 8-JUN-1992 10:04:02.23
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: 2400 baud for a Jackson
Attention modem-owners-to-be:
Recently I heard some of you are interested in getting modems.
Yesterday I found a very good bargain for a 2400-baud internal
modem for IBM PC's and compatibles. A new office supply chain
has opened 6 stores in the Bay Area. As part of their two day
Grand Opening, BizMart is offering these modems along with ProComm
driver software for less than 1 cent per baud.
This $19.99 special lasts only until 9:00 PM today.
The closest BizMart is at the southeast corner of El Camino and
Kiely in Santa Clara. Other BizMarts are located at the Fremont Hub
and at 1501 Broadway in Redwood City.
Yours truly,
Glenn Mandelkern
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 8-JUN-1992 10:53:05.30
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Group Photo
We have several new people that have not been told, and several
old people that need a reminder.....
@sys$mail:everybody is reserved for official company business
like new hires, building closures, company announcements, etc.
As it's name implies, it goes to EVERYBODY.
@sys$mail:junk is used for other items of interest that
you want to pass on to ALMOST everybody. This list does not
include those people who do not like getting junk mail. It can
be used to send notices of interesting conferences, items for
sale, interesting ideas, etc. When in doubt, use this one (you
will rarely need to use the first one).
While I am at it, if you use the POST command from VMS (instead
of the SEND command from MAIL), the VAX will run the job in the
background, avoiding bringing your VAX to it's knees.
Thanks!
John
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From: MIKE::GEYER 9-JUN-1992 12:08:05.68
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
Help!
Did anybody take the Genesis System out of the
Road Riot Lab over the weekend?
Please respond this address.
MSP
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From: BERT::FRYE 9-JUN-1992 14:53:32.67
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: 675 PARKING LOT CLOSURE
THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 13, THE ATARI / TENGEN PARKING LOT, BUILDING 675, IN
ITS ENTIRETY WILL BE CLOSED FOR 24 HOURS FOR RESEALING. ALL VEHICLES
MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PARKING AREA FRIDAY EVEING. VEHICLES CAN BE
PARKED AT THE MFG. BLDG.
THERE WILL BE NO AIR CONDITIONING IN THE BLDG. ON SATURDAY, IF ITS WARM
OUTSIDE IT'LL BE HOT INSIDE. IF YOU NEED ACCESS TO THE BUILDING ON
SATURDAY, YOU MUST ENTER AND EXIT VIA THE MAIN LOBBY WHERE AN AREA WILL
BE LEFT UNSEALED FOR ACCESS.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BOB
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From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 9-JUN-1992 16:19:47.51
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: Volleyball
Atari has a coed team in the Industrial Volleyball League. There is room on
the roster for one more male and one more female player.
If you fancy playing in a league on tuesday nights at Del Mar High School
(near Hamilton and Bascom), send vaxmail to Rhonda Allen (user RHONDA) to
arrange for a tryout.
This team usually makes the playoffs and we took first place a couple of
seasons ago so you will need to demonstrate some skill to qualify for the
team. The IVL has some (aribtrary and somewhat confining) rules that must be
adheared to such as no attacking the serve, first ball must be bumped and sets
must be reasonably "clean". We typically play 4-2 offense and always
center-back defense. We'd like to play 6-2 offense and if and when we all can
consistantly pass well, we will use it.
If you know what all this means, then by all means contact Rhonda ASAP (first
game night is 6/16).
If you DON'T know what any of this means, then you probably shouldn't apply.
But don't give up! If you really are interested in joining the team (or any
team), but don't quite have the necessary skills, I suggest you sign up for
one of the night classes at SJCC (good) or DeAnza (better) or any other place
that offers such a program. They will teach you all you need to know in a few
short weeks. It's a lot of fun too.
If you want a chance to polish your skills, or just want to see how well you
would play at the IVL level we play (B2), come on out for some drop in ball at
Oakmeadow in Vasona Park this saturday (6/13) starting about noon. This is
just friendly play; nobody's out for blood, but there is little or no patience
for absolute rooky play or jungleball. Generally play continues until either
it gets too dark, there're not enough people left to make two teams or all
those who remain drop dead from exhaustion.
There is usually two nets setup, one for doubles and the other for regular
play. Most of us hope for enough people to show up to make up 5 or 6 person
teams and at various times during the afternoon, there usually are. You would
be well advised to bring something to drink, a chair, an umbrella, etc.
Oakmeadow is the grassy area in the southwest corner of Vasona Park located at
the corner of Blossom Hill and University in Los Gatos.
See you there...
ds
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From: BERT::PETRINI 9-JUN-1992 16:34:03.87
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: PETRINI
Subj: UNIDENTIFIED FAX
JIM STANFILL IS INTERESTED IN BUYING A WASHER, DRYER, AND (OF COURSE) TWIN
BEDS.
LEAVE MESSAGE WITH THE RECEPTIONIST OR WITH JIM HIMSELF.
THANK YOU
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 10-JUN-1992 09:29:2
7.88
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: me again
Big Basharoo
I've been trying very hard to be eternally upbeat to rally everyone's
interest in the upcoming 20th anniversary party. But, I'm getting pretty
worn down and I know you-all probably want to avoid me in the halls by this
point. The day of reckoning is here, however.
The Stupid People Tricks/Talent/No Talent/Gong Show can really be
enormous fun. (Like way total fun) We need more people to get involved. I
know there are a lot of people who told me they were thinking about
participating. Just sign-up in the book at the front lobby. You don't need
to write down exactly what you want to do; maybe you are not sure yet. Just
sign up and wing it!
It doesn't have to be complicated. Read your favorite poem. Maybe you
know a great bird call. Remember, an equally large purse goes to the WORSE
act.
We need to have a head count to plan for. Also, if you sign up now, we
can work on having your act's specific needs being met.
Soooooo, sign up today!!!! With everybody getting into the spirit
(spirits will be provided) of the event, this can really be a bash.....THIS
CAN BE A BIG BASH !!!!
thanks a buncho,
Carole
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From: BERT::HAYES "Ann Doyle Hayes, ext 3747" 10-JUN-1992 09:31:57.96
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
FOR SALE
Mistral Maui 1985
12' board with 6.0 sail
excellent condition
$300 best offer
call 3747 if interested
Anne Hayes
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From: KIM::BEAIRD "Haywood Beaird" 10-JUN-1992 09:46:35.66
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: cc
ex
mail
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From: KIM::PORTERA 10-JUN-1992 10:07:16.16
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Photos
Hello everybody,
The Video Lab has been preparing the source for Atari's
20 year employee video. We would like to request from all of you
ANY photos taken during Atari special events....past or present..
If you have such photos, please bring them to the Video Lab
no later than Monday, June 15th. These photographs will be returned
to you after editing the presentation. For safe keeping, put them in
an inter-company mail envelope with your name on them so we can insure
getting the right photos back to the right people.
We thank you in advance for your expidited response. If there
are any questions, direct them to Rob Rowe (1745) or Dave Portera (3708).
Thankyou,
The Video Lab.
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From: KIM::BEAIRD "Haywood Beaird" 10-JUN-1992 10:12:08.09
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: "Puppies"
PUPPIES..PUPPIES..PUPPIES
I HAVE 3 ROTTWIELLER PUPS THAT WILL NEED A LOVING HOME SOON.
- AKC REGISTERED
- THIS PUPS ARE OF GERMAN DECENT
- LONG LINE OF GERMAN CHAMPIONS
- MAKE EXCELLENT FAMILY AND COMPANION DOGS
- I HAVE BOTH PARENTS
CONTACT HAYWOOD EXT 3798
AND YES, I DO HAVE PICTURES
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From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 10-JUN-1992 10:37:09.86
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: critics corner
BARTON FINK
I've seen stranger pictures, I think I'll have to see this
one for a second time, then it might make more sense! It reminds
me of a beer commercial that says "...why ask why, just have a
bud (or something like that)" ,anyway you get my drift.
JFK Didn't you find the second half of the movie pointless?
It didn't offer anything it didn't already show us in the first
half and the court room scene put me to sleep.
A condensed version would make sense for those who already
know their history.
LIFE STINKS
Great. Rent it, you won't be disappointed!
-Farrokh-
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From: BERT::POTTER 10-JUN-1992 14:32:19.43
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: BENEFITS 360 LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM
HUMAN RESOURCES.
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 10-JUN-1992 15:34:1
9.94
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT is one of many songs you'll find
on the Karaoke Song List now located at the front lobby desk.
Check it out.....
The meeting and tour which was conducted with the AD HOC
(Time Warner subsidiary companies Management Committee)
was completed extremely successfully yesterday.
The people who went around Atari/Tengen were very much
impressed with our high level of technology, the well-
organized and functional facility and also with the
good viable people of the company. I thank you very
much for all the cooperation you have rendered to make
this meeting/tour successful.
Thank you very much,
Hide Nakajima
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From: GAWD::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 10-JUN-1992 16:57:03.05
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BRAD
Subj: TIME WARNER TOUR
The replys were varied but the major theme from the respondents was:
"We don't know Atari's purpose."
One employee cited that "constancy of purpose means directions,
leadership and sticking to it." But most found that management has not made
company directions and goals known. And that management was not aware that it
is crucial to communicate these goals. Some cited that they felt top
management probably had no goals. One employee said that "it is apparent that
top management has no concept of the word 'leadership' and how it applies
to running our corporation."
Several respondents emphatically stated that even though the company
publicly states (in meetings and company gatherings) that innovation and
creativity is very important for the future success of Atari, little (or
nothing) is done to incorporate this into our system. One respondent: "There is
a lot of lip service paid to the notions of orginality and innovation... But in
reality, these do not seem to be part of Atari's purpose."
One reply mentioned that the existence of a Mission Statement is
not as critical as the content. It was also stated that it was important
that management review company goals critically to define 'real-life,
precise statements for all to follow.
Others seemed to be outright frustrated with the current system saying:
"my lifelong career is now just a job" and "We are not trying to drive our
chosen industry, it drives us. The fact that we started the industry is
irrelevant."
Even though the respondents were frustated, they felt that the
opportunity to turn things around was at hand. They all seemed willing
to do what it takes, and all said that they look to upper management for
directions.
And now to follow up Problem 1:
How can we close the gap? That is: What can Atari do
to create a purpose and stick to it?
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From: KIM::YATURNER 11-JUN-1992 09:38:33.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: Today's BBL (please read)
My car died yesterday (actually the muffler fell off) and I have to spend
lunch today running around getting it fixed. Soo... Today's Brown Bag
Lunch is cancelled. See you next Thursday.
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From: GAWD::MOORE 11-JUN-1992 12:30:56.51
To: @SYS$MAIL:MOOREGANG.DIS
CC: MOORE
Subj: Results of Monday's TW meeting and tour
I thought it would be a good idea to spell out exactly why the phones were
dead before rumors ran rampant and someone looses their head. Besides, it's a
always nice to give credit where credit is due.
PacBell pulled the plug on us. To their credit, they did say, "oops". If you
are curious about the how and why, here's some (lengthy) details. If not, then
type D now...
Our telephone system is connected to the world through three T1 links. Each T1
link handles 24 channels of digitized voice. Physically a T1 link consists of
2 twisted pair and is indistinguishable from two plain ordinary analog
telephone lines (the kind that you use in your house). Telephone service
people (PacBell) are supposed to mark "special" circuits, like T1 links, with
tags and/or red plastic buttons where these circuits appear in underground
and overhead connection blocks. They don't always do that and they don't
always pay attention to the markings even if they are there.
You may have noticed the PacBell trucks and personnel working along Montague,
McCarthy, Sycamore and Barber Lane over the last few days. They are installing
fiberoptic cable and Milpitas is upgrading the equipment in their "central
office" (CO). Somewhere in the miriad of streets, cables, poles and connection
panels, a technician took it upon his/herself to disconnect a few wires
(probably to move them to a different location). I can imagine they were
thinking "it's only 2 wires, nobody will notice." In our case, we lost 24
connections on each of the three T1's that were disconnected.
One would think that if a circuit were disconnected for a few seconds then
reconnected, we might see a hiccup in service but it shouldn't shut down the
phones for good. I expect that if PacBell had modern equipment this indeed
would be the case. They don't, so it isn't. The CO isn't smart enough to
recognise that a T1 line has 24 channels on it so it treats a T1 as 24
separate and independent circuits. If the CO trys to route a call to a circuit
(or one of the T1's 24 channels) and can't get through because of errors, it
will disable that circuit and try a different one. If our telephone system is
down or the T1 circuits are down, one incoming phone call will cause the CO to
try all available circuts (therefore all 24 channels on the T1) and disable
each one in turn, all within a few seconds. Likewise, it disables our
outgoing trunks if there are too many errors detected.
Neither is the CO equipment smart enough to recognise that a circuit has been
re-established. There is all kinds of signalling on a T1 line to indicate
quality of service and the receiving equipment at the CO certainly knows the
line is up or down, it just doesn't notify the call routing equipment. I
suspect that the antique call router is not able to accept this kind of info
from other signalling devices. This means that when a circuit is disabled, it
can only be renabled by a tech at PacBell. So, we have to call them to tell
them that our lines are down and they have to figure out who we are, where our
lines are, how to test them then how to turn them back on. This usually takes
an hour but may take longer depending on who is working at the CO and whether
or not they know what they are doing.
Is this an isolated incident? Nope. Has it ever happened before? I don't think
the trunk lines were severed before, but the CO has frequently disabled our
DID's and outgoing trunk lines because either the ROLM acted up or the power
in the building was interrupted for more than a few seconds. Will it happen
again? You can count on it. Is there something we can do about it? Yep, switch
service from PacBell to one of the other dozen or so local telephone companies
available in our area :).
ds
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 12-JUN-1992 06:52:21.94
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: COMPANY PHOTO
I found a mug in my cubicle this morning and it doesn't belong to me. If you
lost a mug, it's probably yours. It's a black mug with the words
"F_ _K this S_ _T" written on it. The person who left this mug here must know
where my cubicle is. If you don't know where my cube is my extension is 1721.
Thanks,
Riz.
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From: GAWD::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 12-JUN-1992 11:35:30.76
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: BRAD
Subj: Atari's Future: Problem 2
For two weeks, the last week of August and the first week of September,
Cirque du Soleil will be in San Jose.
Bob Sheffield saw this show two years ago in San Jose and said it was
truly outstanding. There were no animals in the production, but the
acrobatic skits, costumes and music are all unique. He strongly
recommends the show to families with kids from 6 to 14.
When you call the local number, 279-6314, you are connected to
their box office (in Montreal).
Enjoy the show!
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From: GAWD::HINDORFF 14-JUN-1992 16:10:08.48
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Missing Software
Will whoever borrowed the TOPS for PC Networking Software Package from
Linda Stackpoole's office please return it? Thank you.
Bill
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From: MIKE::GEYER 15-JUN-1992 10:25:17.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
Regards,
Jed
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 15-JUN-1992 18:59:35.29
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: New Employee Welcome
The new face in the lobby and the new paging voice belong to our new
receptionist, Sally Garza.
Please take a few minutes to stop by and welcome Sally to Atari Games.
Sally comes to us from our neighbor, Quantum and will be "womaning" the
Front Desk from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Also, when stopping to welcome Sally, please say congrats to Linda Paulo,
our newest grad. Linda graduated from Hayward State on Saturday with a
degree in Business Administration - Computer Information Systems. Linda
will be off for the next two weeks fulfilling her military obligations
and then off on vacation for the next several weeks.
Welcome Sally,
and
Congratulations Linda !
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From: BERT::LINDA "Awesome" 16-JUN-1992 08:52:32.53
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: FLOWERMAN
The large roses are still on sale at the remarkably low price of $7.50 for
two dozen. (Sorry, no Ginsu knives).
LINDA
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 16-JUN-1992 09:46:2
0.56
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: more bash stuff
Please dig out your oldest and most classic Atari T-shirt for
the Big Bash, the more obscure the better. My favs:
"You have to have steel balls to play Atari Pins"
"I'm just another Atari Engineering Prima Donna"
"Nerd-Birds" softball team shirt
"I work for Taco Paco ichi"
"Coin-op, the real Atari"
Also, another sculpture hint: Wet toilet paper dries into instant
paper mache'.
Be hip, Be cool, Be happening, or NOT,
It's your option.
Carole
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From: KIM::MCKEE "BRIAN" 16-JUN-1992 10:39:22.20
To: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE
CC: MCKEE
Subj: SMC Visit Today at 1:30 PM
Sorry for the short notice, I forgot until today. Hallmark's Will Philips and
a Rep. from Standard Microsystems Corp. will be here today to talk about SMC's
new COM20020 chip.
The COM20020 is a single chip LAN contoller with built in microsequencer and
2K bytes of SRAM. It will transmit and recieve data at a rate of 2.5 MBPS
and will cost about $16 in quanities of 5K/YR.
From what I've read about the chip it seems very promising for a low cost,
low board space replacement for the current network board. In fact if it is
as good as it appears, we won't even need to put it on a stack card, but can
put it right on the mother board.
I will be bringing the reps to the Eng. conf. room. Please attend if your
interested. Bring questions, we need to make sure this thing is for real.
Thanks,
Brian
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From: BERT::JEFFERSON 16-JUN-1992 10:48:46.81
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
Construction in the 675 warehouse has begun. Employees are directed to avoid
this area. The schlage doors leading into the area from the Tengen hallway
have been disabled. The contractors working in the area do not have
insurance that covers our employees. So, please do not enter the area.
Thank You for your continous and endless support,
Bob Frye
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From: MIKE::JARNESKY 16-JUN-1992 12:40:55.08
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: PERMANENT HIRE
The 20th Anniversary Committee wanted to let employees know what great
door prizes they have lined up for Friday. We will be drawing names
for the following prizes:
- Sega Game Gear (there will be 3 units given away)
- Santa Cruz Beach Package (inlcuding chairs, towels, umbrella and two
Boardwalk passes)
- Great America Season Family Pass for 1992 (4 family members)
- Panasonic Cordless Telephone
- Sony CD Boom Box
- Thermos Gas BBQ Grill
- Monterey Bay Hotel Weekend (including 2 tickets to the aquarium)
- Round-trip Airline Tickets anywhere in the continental U.S. for two
- Relief Pitcher coin-operated video game
Employee names will be entered once for each year of service (i.e.,
5 years of service - your name is put in the squirrel cage 5 times).
Only one prize per employee.
Drawings will take place approximately every half hour and you MUST
be present to win.
Good luck and have fun!!
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From: MIKE::FREITAS 16-JUN-1992 16:17:31.60
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: START YOUR ENGINES
Well, here goes again. I wrote this file once in mail, but mail lost it and
I have to do it again...
Yesterday a few of us had a meeting with the sales rep from Standard
Microsystems Corp., SMC for short. He confirmed some of the information I had
learned about a new chip they are offering, called the COM20020. But we had
other questions which he could not answer, so he told me that an Engineer would
call today to answer the list we had formed yesterday. For those of you who
don't know, I'll give a short list of the features of this ARCNET controller
chip as well as report on what I learned this morning.
Part number: COM200X0
Vendor: SMC
Price: Approx. $16/5K/Yr (COM20020, 2.5MBPS)
Transmit speed: 2.5 MBPS
5.0 MBPS binned.
Onboard SRAM: 2K x 8 in COM20020
1K x 8 in COM20010
Protocol: ARCNET
The COM20020 is a full featured network interface chip which is capable of
handling up to 512 byte packets. It handles all network protocol including:
data encoding, transmision, receiving, decoding, error detection and correction,
and sends interupts to a host processor or microcontroller when packets are sent
or recieved.
If the host wishes to send a packet, then all he need do is transfer the data
into the COM20020's dual port SRAM, and tell the onchip microsequencer to send
the data. When data is received the COM20020 interupts the host and if another
packet is recieved while the host is reading the first, the COM20020 will store
it in free memory.
The host can send broadcast packets or individual packets.
The best case time needed to broadcast a packet can be calculated as follows:
Tb = ((Ps + Is) * Bp * Tr) + Tt
Where:
Tb is the broadcast time per node in microseconds.
Ps is the packet size in bytes.
Is is the information header size in bytes.
2 byte CRC
1 byte count
3 byte address
1 byte type
1 byte preamble
---------------
Total:8 bytes
Bp is the bits per packet: 11.
Tr is the transmission rate in us: 0.4 us.
Tt is the time to pass the token: 25.8 us.
The equation can be expressed more simply:
Tb = ((Ps + 8) * 4.4) + 25.8
To give an example of use in our application lets run some test cases: assuming
we had a game the had to know what every other game was doing every 16 ms, which
is common in our applications. The question is: depending on packet size, how
many nodes could be located on a single network, each node broadcasting one
packet to every other node within 16 ms.
Packet size Tb Max number of nodes
bytes us
64 342.6 46
128 624.2 25
256 1187.4 13
512 2313.8 6
These are the best the part can do, if network errors are rampent, then
everything will slow down. This is one thing we need to verify, that errors
are rare.
With 5 MBPS parts, the number of nodes will double, so if in the furture we
need more data or more bytes per packet, then the option will exist to upgrade
to the faster part.
The current plan is to cludge some samples onto an existing board and see of
they perform as they should.
If you have any questions you can mail me (MCKEE), call me (X1731), or drop by
my office (cube outside pats office)
Thanks for reading,
Brian
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From: BERT::LINDA "Awesome" 17-JUN-1992 12:29:44.97
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: FOR SALE
I have a HP-10B financial calculator that I purchased about a year ago. I paid
$50 for it. I'll take $25. It comes with the manual. If you're interested, reply
to this e-mail address or call me at x3777.
LINDA
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From: BERT::LINDA "Awesome" 17-JUN-1992 15:48:11.09
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: 101 CLOSURE
THE ON RAMP TO 101 BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH FROM 880 ARE CLOSED. THERE IS A TOXIC
FIRE.
LINDA
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From: MIKE::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 17-JUN-1992 16:39:44.35
To: #sys$mail:ee
CC: frye
Subj: Ed Rotberg's stuff
Drivers,
According to the last traffic report I heard at 4:00PM,
101 is closed in both directions from 880 to 280 because
of the toxic fire.
This is definitely a good time to look for an alternate route
to 101!
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From: BERT::STAN 17-JUN-1992 17:16:32.07
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
We have recently had to order more Schlage security cards and, like most
things, the cost has increased considerably. Sure, lately we have had a lot of
new hires to assign cards to, but we have also had to issue quite a few
replacement cards. In some cases as soon as we re-issue a card, the elusive
one surfaces and the owner turns it in. This is fine, but more and more this
isn't happening........ we are just loosing cards!!!
So, to make us more attentive to these flat, rectangular things, and to recover
the cost of ordering them, we will now be paying $10 (oowch!) for all
replacement cards. Of course, if and when the original card is found and
turned in to Human Resources, the $10 will be reimbursed to the employee.
Remember, Schlage cards are assigned by number and can be checked by computer
so no fair turning in a fellow employee's card.
Human Resources
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 18-JUN-1992 09:36:2
5.06
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: don't forget........
SUNSCREEN
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From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 18-JUN-1992 09:44:23.
04
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BENZLER
Subj: JUST SO THE LAWYERS DON'T FEEL ALONE!
Frosted flakes!
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From: BERT::SALLY 18-JUN-1992 09:52:20.58
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: BIG BASH DAY EXTERNAL GREETING CHANGE
Please don't forget to change the external voice mail greeting so that people
will know that you are out having a blast and unable to return their call on
Friday.
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From: BERT::JEFFERSON 18-JUN-1992 10:17:58.84
To: @OLDTIMERS.WM
CC:
Subj: REV B
JUST ANOTHER DAY AT ATARI
Fate once again tried to test the Atari Spirit.....
and once again we thumbed our nose at it! What
do you do when you have 200 people coming to a
party, and then less than a week before..POOOF...
the place goes out of business?? Well, this is
Atari and flexibility is the name of the game.
Sooo, we just found another place on the spur of
the moment! Now we're going to O'SHEA'S PUB &
GRILL at 258 Union Ave. in Los Gatos. It's on
the corner of Union Ave. and Los Gatos/Almaden Rd.
There is a Safeway store on the other side of
Union for extra parking. I have a map in my
cube for those not familiar with this neighborhood.
If you contacted old employees about the party
PLEASE call them back and let them know of the
change! By the way, remember to let Pete, Elaine
or me know if you're planning to come so we can
get a rough guess of the numbers.
ATARI BOUNCES BACK AGAIN!!!!!
Karen
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From: MIKE::DENTON 18-JUN-1992 16:09:35.12
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: DUNK YOUR FAVORITE EXECUTIVE
DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR MONEY TOMORROW SO YOU CAN DUNK YOUR FAVORITE
EXECUTIVE.
1ST BALL IS FREE, 2ND BALL IS $3.00, THEN 4 BALLS FOR $10.00
THE LINEUP IS AS FOLLOWS:
MR NAKAJIMA 1:30 - 1:35
MIKE TAYLOR 1:45 - 2:00
RICK MCDOWELL 2:00 - 2:15
BOB SHEFFIELD 2:15 - 2:30
DAN VAN 2:30 - 2:45
BARRY KANE 2:45 - 3:00
RICH MOORE 3:00 - 3:15
JERRY LICHAC 3:15 - 3:30
JOHN RAY 3:30 - 3:45
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA.
SEE YOU TOMORROW AND HAVE LOTS OF FUN!!!!!!
ANN DENTON
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From: MIKE::HOBGOOD 22-JUN-1992 08:42:38.15
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: lost & found
Howdy to all:
First a little background for my question:
We are a subsidiary of Time Warner.
Time Warner owns Warner Communications.
Warner Communications sells lots and lots of music tapes & CDs.
Warner Communications owns Ice-T, the popular rap artist/musician.
Ice-T has cut a record called "Cop Killer", which advocates killing cops.
So here's an interesting question that's come up for simulation products:
What do we do when we are demonstrating our new advanced driving simulators at
major public functions, and are suddenly deluged with picketers protesting
Time-Warner's sponsorship of Ice-T and his Cop Killer song?
This is real: it happened yesterday at the National Sheriffs' Convention in
San Diego.
It may happen next week at the International Association of Chiefs
of Police convention in San Antonio Texas. It may continue for a long time,
during which we will be trying to introduce our product into the law enforcement
community.
(Actually, this question may soon be faced by all of us in coin-op, as soon as
the offended people discover that Atari Games is owned by Time Warner. T/W-owned
businesses everywhere have been targeted for protests & boycotts.)
How do we balance our need to protect free speech with our desire to do
business?
It was suggested by the protesters that we lobby Time-Warner and Warner Com-
munications to moderate voices like those of Ice-T.
What do you think? Please respond with your ideas for handling this very
real and perhaps soon-to-arrive-on-your-doorstep question...
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::LICHAC 23-JUN-1992 11:58:37.54
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: T/W
Does anyone have the record? Does anyone know the lyrics? It might be
useful to post them here.
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From: BERT::STAN 23-JUN-1992 13:24:34.67
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: 20th Anniversary Jackets
I have been missing a dark blue, long-sleeve, button-down cotton GAP shirt
for some time now. If you have seen it anywhere, please let me know. I may
have left it in the company weight room. I know it's only a shirt but it has
sentimental value, and I am willing to give a reward upon its return.
Thanks!
Jason
x3791
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 23-JUN-1992 14:29:5
7.72
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: ICE T
Does ICE T's song "ADVOCATE" Cop killing? I think not. Does "Murder, She
Wrote" ADVOCATE murder? Does the Murphy Brown having a child outside of
legal marriage ADVOCATE doing so?
This is all a bunch of sh*t and I'm tired of it.
This is and always has been the Reagan/Bush/Quayle way to avoid
real issues. Get everybody all excited about a ficticious TV character,
blame an artist, wrap yourself in the flag, blame the cultural elite,
(who is that anyway?). All this stuff does is steer people away from
concern for concrete, everyday problems that are no where near a solution.
What about jobs, education, health care, social security, the deficet?
It just makes me sick that people fall for this stuff like herds of cattle.
If this doesn't show the breakdown of the educational systems, I don't know
what does. People have gotten just plain stupid and have lost the ability
to think for themselves. It makes me wanna puke.
What can we do about it? How does it affect Atari Games?
Don't worry about it. People's attention span is so short that everyone
will forget about it in a month or two. They will be on to the next
non-issue fed to them.
Ban an artist, poet, or novelist. Who knows what they might say.
Long live America and the constitution.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 23-JUN-1992 14:47:20.05
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: off-by-one, (when will I learn)
Dave Akers found a bug in eedrive.c that has apparently been there
for some time, but not happened to bite anybody else yet because it needs
a specific set of circumstances. Anyway, it takes the form of a line:
if ( (run_offs(new_bucket) + reclen(RUN_BYTES)) > EEPROM_SIZE ) {
that _should_ be:
if ( (run_offs(new_bucket) + reclen(RUN_BYTES)) >= EEPROM_SIZE ) {
I have corrected the copies of eedrive.c in EE$USERDISK:[68K_US], and
EE$USERDISK:[68K_US.OS_91]. You _should_ be using the latter, but I just
_know_ some of you are using the former, so...
Sorry
(red-faced mike crawls back into hole awaiting next dumb bug)
Mike
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From: GAWD::DIEKNEITE "Eat the Beat" 23-JUN-1992 14:53:19.35
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: DIEKNEITE
Subj: ICE T
Right Carole. Along those lines, one might say that Cop Killer is a
response to an event much the same way that the old CSNY tune "Ohio"
was a response to National Guard presence on college campuses and in
the streets.
Political games aside, the public reaction seems to be real. The question
is whether or not the fact TW owns a majority of Atari will effect our
ability to sell simulators. This question needs to be evaluated first.
I think it may be a bit premature to consider lobbying TW, not to mention
whether this is morally and ethically what we want our company doing.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 23-JUN-1992 15:14:3
8.37
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: John, I hope you don't mind me forwarding to JUNK
From: KIM::JMOORE 23-JUN-1992 14:45:25.92
To: BERT::CAMERON
CC:
Subj: RE: ICE T
Ok Ok, I got it. We make great driving games. We could do a game where
you drive a car (maybe a black & white one) equipped with radar, computer
and guns. Yeah GUNS GUNS GUNS! Don't forget you must be able to shoot
obstacles and opponents. Boy I think I've got something big here, for
opponents we could use a tricked-out Beemer or Benze or what ever the
negative stereotype car is these days and get this, are you ready, are
you ready for this? We could put Ice-T behind the wheels of that car
and the player (first person, driver of the black & white car) could
tell Ice-T. to pull over, drag him out of his car and beat him senseless
for 15 minutes out of fear for his life.
But wait, 15 minutes is a bit too long. We'd have to do something about
that, can't have long game times cause we wouldn't make any money$$$$$
NO, COULDN'T DO IT, WOULDN'T DO IT, IT WOULDN'T BE PRUDENT. READ MY LIPS...
> It was suggested by the protesters that we lobby Time-Warner and Warner Com-
munications to moderate voices like those of Ice-T.
On a more serious note, if it's not too late to steer in that direction.
Above suggestion shows a clear lack of appreciation on the demonstrators part
for one of the most valued freedoms which makes the US. OF A. the great
country that it is today. We may not have a perfect society, and then again
the world isn't so perfect either. But we do live in a country that
guarantees us many freedoms that are protected by our constitutional rights.
Freedoms which are coveted by people of other nations where they lack the
essence of freedom.
Therefore we should act responsibly and not let certain elements within our
society sway our beliefs and principle towards their personal goals.
Let's not cut Ice-T's vocal chords just because he offends the cops.
Our legal system failed to punish those whose actions offended a nation.
Ice-T is entitles to his opinion and we as a society have a responsibility
to protect his right to his opinion and his freedom of expression through his
music (if you can call it that) even if we don't agree with him. I don't.
Censorship won't resolve the idealistic differences in any society, it just
sweeps our problems under a rug. Today they want you not to by a record,
next they'll tell you which book to burn, and before you know it they'll be
telling you how to think.
Just think what that would do to creativity.
PS. I was kidding about the "BEAT A KING" game idea and I hope that this hasn't
offended anyone except maybe to foster some creative ideas among those who
feel free to express their view in this forum. Who knows there might be a game
in this after all.
-Farrokh-
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From: KIM::MERCIECA 23-JUN-1992 19:52:50.85
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MERCIECA
Subj:
Hello,
I have the New Body Count CD if anyone wants to borrow it.
Body Count is the name of the band Ice-T created to do Heavy Metal.
We in the Heavy Metal scene think it's good, even though the style is a bit
dated.
I'll have a sign-up sheet on the outside of my cube if your interested.
-Victor
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MERCIECA 23-JUN-1992 20:25:10.03
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MERCIECA
Subj:
The Album is not called COP KILLER it's called BODY COUNT, Cop Killer is the
last song on the album! If you're going to write a 10 page document about
something you would think that you could get your facts straight.
Welcome to Amerika!
-Victor
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 24-JUN-1992 07:24:5
6.62
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
To be realistic, I always thought the Police Trainer should have a
KICK/PUNCH button.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::MCCOMB 24-JUN-1992 08:58:40.46
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCOMB
Subj: Ice T
For those of you who haven't yet heard the song, I've posted the lyrics
outside my office, if you're interested.
Chris McComb
Tengen
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::DIEKNEITE "Eat the Beat" 24-JUN-1992 09:34:28.29
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: DIEKNEITE
Subj: lyric access
For those at the other end of the building, I zeroxed Chris' lyric sheet.
It's on the wall outside my office.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::GRAVES 24-JUN-1992 10:41:42.27
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Follow up on Ice-T
Howdy again.
Thanks for all the responses to my question about balancing the need to
protect free speech and the desire to do business.
I hope that everyone who read my question understood that we in simulation
products were not cowering over in the corner wondering what to do about
protesters trying to disrupt our business because of someone else's totally
unrelated activities.
Rather, we were interested in getting a discussion going about a bigger issue.
It's a political campaign year, special interest groups are all out there
being very proactive and in some cases disruptive to those who do not support
them, and we may occasionally get caught in the crossfire. You may face it at
the local grocery next time there's a clerks' strike, or when you try to take
your kids to the zoo and an animal rights activist throws a red liquid at you
as you walk in, for instance. Just thought it would be interesting to toss it
out to you and see what happened. Waahooo!
Anyway, thanks for the comments.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::BURNIAS 24-JUN-1992 10:43:49.97
To: BRYANT
CC: SMITH,WRIGHTNOUR,MARGOLIN,RSHERMAN
Subj: DRAM 137694-120
ROB, IF WE PLAN ON USING THIS DRAM WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PARTS LIST
TO CALL OUT 137694-100 OR 137694-080 ONLY BECAUSE THATS WHAT IS
AVAILABLE. I HAVE A REQUISITION TO BUY 108 PIECES BUT I NEED COMPONENTS
APPROVAL WHO I GUESS NEEDS JEDS APPROVAL. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IS LISTED
AS RESTRICTED UNDER BOTH PART NUMBERS ON THE AVL. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT !!!
WILL YOU LET DON KNOW IF A ECN NEEDS TO BE DONE AND ILL NEED A NEW
REQ.WITH THE CORRECT PART NUMBER.
MARY
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::AKER "ERIC C AKER" 24-JUN-1992 11:14:54.87
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: AKER
Subj: Love Them Protests.
Could someone please post the words from "Louie, Louie" outside their
office. I think they're bad but I could never tell for sure.
-- Don
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 24-JUN-1992 14:06:3
7.95
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: ok, last one outta me
I believe "Puff, the Magic Dragon" taught small children to smoke dope
and live in a fantasy land forever.........................
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 24-JUN-1992 14:10:04.08
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: System down time
GAWD is getting a face lift today starting about 8pm. I expect it'll take 2
hours to complete. During this interval, the following volumes will be
offline:
EE$USERDISK: (GAWD$DUC4:)
EE3$USERDISK: (GAWD$DUA1:)
EE4$USERDISK: (GAWD$DUA2:)
EE5$USERDISK: (GAWD$DUA3:)
TE$USERDISK: (GAWD$DUC3:)
DISK$DOS_BU: (GAWD$DUB1:)
DISK$UNIX_BU: (GAWD$DUC0:)
ATARI$UTILS: (GAWD$DUC2:)
This also means there'll be no DOS network server but it probably doesn't
matter since you won't be able to get at the disk that has all your files
anyway.
ds
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::YATURNER 24-JUN-1992 14:21:16.88
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: ICE T
There will be a Brwon Bag lunch tomorrow in the Eng Conference room, I would
like to discuss ways that we can specifically improve communications and
what other companies that we have worked for have done to improve morale
creativity, and communications
see you dere
___________________________________________________________________________
From: ERNIE::ALEXANDER 24-JUN-1992 15:20:00.94
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: COFF FORMAT
I'm looking for the COFF (Common Object File Format) specifications.
If anyone can help me, please send me mail or call me at extension 9439.
Thanks,
Mikey
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MARGOLIN 24-JUN-1992 18:43:09.26
To: JOE
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: DSK II Dev
Anybody who tries to rob a bank or ATM which is directly across the
street from the police headquarters deserves to be caught.
The action that Brian mentioned this morning was just on the radio...
Seems somebody was waiting at the First Interstate Bank (my bank!) on
Milpitas Blvd this moring for the first available teller, who he handcuffed...
Then, once he realized that the PD was all around him, he used his shotgun
on himself... The bank will be closed today, while they clean up the mess.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::BROWN 25-JUN-1992 16:01:38.56
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BROWN
Subj: 20 YR ANNIVERSARY GIFT
We have finally updated the Space cabinets with (what we think is)
a bug free program. Please come by and play the game this afternoon.
Please use only as many coins you need. We are trying to get a handle
on game times, so try cooperating in Melee as well as anything else you
can think of to increase your game times.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::MCCARTHY "Pat" 29-JUN-1992 13:44:26.73
To: SAM,TIM,JOHN,BRIAN,DON
CC: @SYS$MAIL:HARDWARE,MCCARTHY
Subj: On line INFo system.
From: KIM::SMITHSON "Deja Thoris -- Princess of Mars" 29-JUN-1992 11:02:28
.62
To: MCCARTHY
CC: SMITHSON
Subj: Brian sent this to me. Thought you'd like to know about it.
FOR RELEASE JUNE 8, 1992
A slight delay, but the Atari Games 20th Anniversary Photo Album has
arrived in the Main Lobby.
Sorry but the album must say in the lobby. Please do not remove any
photos, if you would like your own personal copy or copies, please stop
by my office and I will be glad to order reprints.
Erik Durfey did a great job! We left some space and Farrokh Khodadadi
has promised some of his best shots. If any one else took photos, let
me know and we will be glad to include them in the album.
Don't forget to stop by the Main Lobby and check it out!
cynde
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::PETRINI 30-JUN-1992 09:53:03.29
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: BUCHOLZ,PETRINI
Subj: Mary Petrini's Holiday Weekend
Does anyone have any info on the new Everex (or who ever else may be making it)
processor direct buss-to-graphics interface motherboard. It seems that this
idea would increase the graphics speed by quit a bit by getting off of the PC
buss. I just heard about it and wondered if anyone else knows anything about
it?
erik
x 1755
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 30-JUN-1992 13:15:36.69
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: EMAIL to and from outside the company
You, as a VAX user, can now send and receive email to and from nearly anywhere
in the world. Figuring out how to specify addresses is not as easy as it could
be, but it mostly works. You will probably not be able to REPLY directly to an
incoming internet or uucp message since the address will most likely become
trashed. MAIL will let you know (it'll say "unable to determine sender" or
"not a valid uucp or internet address"). What you can do is do a FORWARD/EDIT
and use the user's address in the To: prompt to reply to a message.
Your uucp address is (this is the address people would use to send email to
you):
agcvax.agames.com!your_vax_username
For example, my uucp address is:
agcvax.agames.com!shepperd
It's VERY important that the agcvax.agames.com be LOWERCASE. Your username can
be either upper or lowercase, the VAX doesn't care, but the mail routers only
know about our company's name in lowercase.
Some sites may not be able to get through with that address, so you can tell
the sender to add netcomsv.netcom.com! to the front. For example:
netcomsv.netcom.com!agcvax.agames.com!shepperd
which might work better. If neither of those work, then you can try using the
internet address format which is:
your_vax_username@agcvax.agames.com
for example:
shepperd@agcvax.agames.com
All this is how you tell people how they send email to you. Here's how you
send mail to them:
Startup MAIL as usual use as a To: address the following syntax:
UUCP%"their_internet_or_uucp_address"
The percent sign and the double quotes are REQUIRED. You will also very
probably have to use lowercase characters in the
"their_internet_or_uucp_address". For example (it should match exactly with
case and punctuation how they tell you what their address is):
$ MAIL
MAIL>SEND
To: UUCP%"netcom!shepperd"
Subj: This is a test
text of message
^Z
MAIL>EXIT
Words outside of the double quotes are not case sensitive.
ds
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::EVELYN 30-JUN-1992 15:05:59.85
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: HOME FOR SALE
SALE*********SALE ************
SINGLE WIDE - MOBILE HOME
2 BEDROOM - 1 BATH
WASHER & DRYER
REFRIGERATOR & GAS STOVE
PARK/LEASE OR MOVE TO YOUR VACATION
LOT.
** $25,000 **
FOR FURTHER INFO CALL X3740.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::VERNON 1-JUL-1992 11:03:18.08
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: FOR SALE
FOR SALE
'85 CHEVY S10 BLAZER
AM/FM CASETTE, 4 SPEED
POWER BRAKES, POWER STEERING
ROOF RACK ONE OWNER
$4000. OR BEST OFFER
AL VERNON
EXT 3938
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::GRAVES 1-JUL-1992 15:34:57.41
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Tahoe Cabin Rental
Howdy!
My family is interested in renting a cabin with a lake view
at North Tahoe for a week this August. Anybody out there know
of one that fits the description?
Thanks!
Larry Graves
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 2-JUL-1992 11:11:56.
19
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BENZLER
Subj: SPONSORS NEEDED!
So, I'm peddlin' my --er, self-- away in the work-out room today
at lunch and SURPRISE! the right pedal came off. Hmmm. Looks like
it just screws back on ... but, no, that didn't do the trick.
So, I'm wondering if anyone out there took high school mechanics
(obviously I did not) and could find a way to put the pedal to the
metal (pun intended) on the right side of the exercise bike in
the work-out room .... pleeeeeeease? I'd be eternally grateful.
Thanks...Deborah
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 7-JUL-1992 15:17:47.25
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Fixing the pedal
And while your in there fixing the pedal on the cycle in the
wieght room, could you also fix the velcro on the right foot of the rowing
machine?
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::RAY 8-JUL-1992 13:25:42.34
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: New Host for Walkabout this week
Mary,
The AT&T RAMDAC (ATT20C478A) is exibiting bizarre behavior; AT&T
has promised to have someone who knows the part call me.
In the meantime I thought I'd try the Brooktree part so I called Rex.
Yesterday they told me he was on vacation and would be back today. Today
they told me he was on vacation and would be back on the 13th. They didn't
say what month.
Would you do me a favor and see if you can get some parts for me this
week? I am under a lot of pressure to turn this board over to programmers.
The part is Brooktree Bt478KPJ35 or Bt478KPJ50 or Bt478KPJ66 or Bt478KPJ80.
I need at least three.
Thanks,
Jed
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::KHODADADI "Farrokh Khodadadi" 8-JUL-1992 13:59:09.11
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: broken bicycle pedal
Fellow puzzlers:
If you have a few moments (minutes, hours?), we would apprecate if any
of you expert code crackers would be able to decypher this table of numbers:
$729e,$4000,$3b80,$2b35,$bc8b,$37b0,$644c,$d002
$dfc5,$b123,$5119,$b979,$6f62,$6dc8,$ba31,$7ba1
Hint... this table of numbers is associated with the above data table:
$00ad,$0074,$00ff,$0039,$006e,$00b3,$000a,$0033
$005b,$0074,$0032,$005c,$0062,$005f,$008b,$00f8
If you figure out the answer (or think you have), keep it to yourself and
contact me immediately! I will gladly provide complementary six-paks of
your favorite beverage for any correct decryptions. Good Luck!
-Dennis Harper-
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::LIPSON 9-JUL-1992 09:42:03.75
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Party Time at the A's
*********** DEAD TICKET NIGHT AT THE A'S **********
Bring your friends! or bring your <activity name here> group to a game!
Organize a department trip & bring your co-workers!
Remember, this may be George Brett's last trip around the league.
Catch one of the all-time greats as he pursues the 3000-hit mark!
See Mark McGuire homer as he heads towards Maris' record of 61!
Watch Jose Canseco line it into the seats, or dog it toward first
when he hits weak grounders, or screws himself into the ground with a monster
swing-and-miss! Don't miss Mikey 'who?' Bordick as he heads toward the
league batting title!
Call Peter Lipson or Mike Hally at x1940 or see us in the Family Lab.
Don't DELAY! Do it TODAY!!
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::WEN 9-JUL-1992 09:50:12.51
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: window nt
Simpsons Fans,
I'm looking for footage of "Itchy & Scratchy". I've been forced to
admit that I've never seen their antics, and that I should. Has anybody got
a compilation of Simpsons on videotape that may have some "Itchy & Scratchy"
cartoons, and would you be willing to loan it out to me?
I'd be grateful.
Paul Kwinn (1729)
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 9-JUL-1992 19:04:04.55
To: #sys$mail:engineer
CC:
Subj: Windows NT conference
Dave will be on vacation Monday, July 13, through Wednesday, July 15. If you
have any supply needs, stop by or call the H.R. department and we will try our
best to assist you.
Sandi
___________________________________________________________________________
From: MIKE::STEWART 11-JUL-1992 13:26:41.25
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
If you might be interested, have I got a deal for " YOU ". Would
you buy a used car off this man?
1985 Toyoto Celica G.T.S. - White
* New brakes, clutch, water pump and engine installed 6/17/92
all have 1 year /12,000 mile warrantee.
* 5 Speed transmission
* Leather interior, sunroof, power windows, seats, etc.
Nice sporty little car, very good gas mileage.
3,795,00 O.B.O.
Lets make a deal !! Bob Stewart # 3958
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 13-JUL-1992 08:28:05.78
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Skin Cancer Seminar
Thanks to all of you for your generous pledges for the Aids Walk San Francisco.
We will be taking the 10K walk through Golden Gate Park this Sunday, July 19.
My daughter and I truly appreciate your support!
--Linda
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From: KIM::STARK 13-JUL-1992 10:50:49.73
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: STARK
Subj: AMS running w/XRAY...
This morning AMS dropped off a 68020 AMS box and their XEI debugger (their
customized version of XRAY) for us to evaluate over the next couple of weeks.
As I understand it, they've dropped their prices considerably and are now
competitive with ZAX, etc. It appears to have all the functionality of XRAY
and all the functionality of the old AMS's (I don't know about hot patching).
Feel free to stop by & review....
Gary Stark
x 1766
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From: BERT::STAN 13-JUL-1992 14:16:42.99
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Company Picnic
Free for the asking: Two ticket to the San Jose Giants game this Friday!
San Jose Giants vs. Salinas Spurs
San Jose Municipal Stadium
10th St. & Alma Ave.
Friday, July 17
7:15pm
The first person to call x3750 or reply to this message will get two free
tickets.
--Linda
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From: KIM::FLANAGAN "Bob Flanagan" 15-JUL-1992 10:30:04.87
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: FLANAGAN
Subj: 2 tickets to Sunday, July 19 - A's game
Seats are in the second row, two and three seats in from the foul
pole in left field. The game is at 1:05 against the Detroit Tigers. Come
see Cecil Fielder crank some.
Bob Flanagan
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From: KIM::FLANAGAN "Bob Flanagan" 15-JUL-1992 12:22:10.03
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: FLANAGAN
Subj: A's tickets are gone...
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From: BERT::STAN 16-JUL-1992 13:25:43.11
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Company Picnic Tickets
I've just sold out of the 250 tickets that I had in hand,
however, I have 25 more coming in on Monday morning. Please
give me your order for tickets, and you'll have them on
Monday, A.M.
Thanks for the overwhelming response. I know we will
all have a good time. Tank Tops and sun visors will be
given out next week -- hopefully, on Wednesday. I'll be
in touch with each ticket holder.
Thanks again.
Sandy Stan
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From: MIKE::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 17-JUL-1992 12:52:27.46
To: #sys$mail:pc-users
CC:
Subj: STARTNET.BAT hints
I'll be upgrading all the VAXen to VMS 5.5-1 this sunday. I expect this to
take all day, so the systems will not be available for logins or batch jobs.
Sorry for any inconvience this may cause. This new version is claimed to have
fixes for a number of the problems we've been having with print and batch
queues. If this is true, it will be time well spent.
ds
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From: MIKE::PEPLINSKI 20-JUL-1992 10:58:57.33
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Info world, July 6
I am looking for a copy of Info world from July 6. If anyone has it handy,
please call me at x3739.
Thanks, Chuck Peplinski
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From: MIKE::SOHN 20-JUL-1992 15:46:39.73
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,SOHN
CC:
Subj: WILLIAMSON BABY SHOWER
Does anyone out there have the time and the inclination to repair the
"Stun Runner" and "Race Drivin'" in the game room?
I hope so...
--Brian--
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From: GAWD::LIPSON 21-JUL-1992 11:05:07.13
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Step right up!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> TICKETS <<<<<<<<<<<<
July 21-
2 tickets for tonight A's vs. YANKEES 7:05
July 23-
4 tickets for Thursday A's vs. TORONTO 7:05
Good seats (part of Ralston's block in lower reserved)
GO A'S
RPLY via mail OR CALL NOW! OPERATOR STANDING BY! Mike Hally x1740
Oh, prices? $12 seats for $10!! wow what a deal you can't pass this up!!!
The following people have signed-up for the second voice mail class,
please reply if you will be attending.
David Portera Rhonda Williamson Cindy Grossman
Remy Sayad Peter Mokris Laverne Potter
Deborah Geyer Ann Hayes Jackie Sherman
Jim Turner Ken Williams Jasen Leong
Jerry Momoda Tina Sayson Tom Smith
Norm Avellar Jim Freitas Don Diekneite
Laishien Su Susie Hartline Melanie Martin
Milt Lopper Tim Hubbersty John Ray
Lorraine Hobgood Al Vernon Stephanie Mott
Gary Stark Larry Graves Michelle Bucholtz
Mark Pierce David Shepperd John Moore
Bill Hindorff Chris Downend Gilbert Estrada
The above people are schedule to attend class on July 28th. the
classes will be held at 1:00pm and 3:00pm, first come first served by
replying to this message. The class will be approx. 2hrs.
NOTE : This class will also cover the use of special features via the
SPRE CODE. This features are most convenient for everyone
who wishes to do more with their phone.
I you have any questions, please contact me at Ext. 1710
GE
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From: KIM::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 21-JUL-1992 22:00:20.47
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: STEWART,BRAD
Subj: Offsite Brainstorming has been extended to one full day!
That's right 'stormers! The offsite brainstorming has been extended to include
wednesday August 19th. We got so carried away planning the event that we
went ahead and added an extra day!
To recap the offsite stormin-time:
Please reserve the 17th, 18th, and 19th of August (please reserve sunday the
16th as a time to arrive early evening).
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
BTW: you still have a chance to send in your Game, System, and Enablement
ideas. But hurry, time's running out!
=== Your Stormin' Crew ===
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From: BERT::BENZLER "Linda Benzler, extension 3750" 22-JUL-1992 14:16:12.
88
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: BENZLER
Subj: SEGA'S NEW STADIUM CROSS
--Linda
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From: MIKE::WILLIAMSON 23-JUL-1992 09:50:01.39
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,EVERYBOBY,WILLIAMSON
CC:
Subj: COMPANY PICNIC
Bob
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From: KIM::MANDELKERN "Questor the Elf" 23-JUL-1992 14:59:04.63
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: LAPH -- Life After Perot Humor
Therefore,
2. What is the opposite of "progress"?
ANSWER----> Congress!
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::STAN 23-JUL-1992 15:11:00.63
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Need a New Home
I have blank forms you can fill in to attend the Seybold San Francisco desktop
publishing expo for free. It takes place Sept. 23-25, 1992 at the newly
expanded Moscone Center and is the world's largest such expo of hardware and
software vendors. Stop by the round table outside my office if you'd like to
pick up a registration form. Just cross out my name at the top and fill in
yours.
For free admission, the form must be received in Malibu, Cal. by Aug. 21.
Thereafter, on-site registration with the form is $20; if you don't have this
form, the regular on-site registration price is $30.
The expo features Mac, IBM PC, DEC, Sun, you-name-it hardware and software.
Anyone with even a passing interest in graphics, publishing, multi-media,
presentations, sound, and video should plan to spend a day there.
Andrea
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From: GAWD::SYSTEM "Colossus/Guardian" 24-JUL-1992 10:10:44.19
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: Some system files have been moved.
GAWD's system disk filled up so I had to move all non-VMS related files off
that disk to ATARI$UTILS:. The symbols GAWD$SYSDEVICE and/or GAWD$DUA0 appear
in the following file(s) of yours. Please review these files and, if
appropriate, change the references of GAWD$SYSDEVICE to ATARI$UTILS. Sorry for
any inconvience this may cause.
EE$USERDISK:[MARGOLIN]LOGIN.COM;308
EE$USERDISK:[MARGOLIN.MFILES]LOGIN.COM;52
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From: MIKE::WILLIAMSON 24-JUL-1992 10:26:03.15
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: FORKLIFT CERTIFICATION & RENEWAL CLASS
IT IS TIME TO DO THE FORKLIFT LICENSE RENEWAL FOR ALL OF YOU WHO TOOK THE
COURSE LAST YEAR. IF YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DRIVE A FORKLIFT ANYMORE
PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I DONT SCHEDULE YOU FOR CLASS, OTHERWISE YOU WILL
BE AUTOMATICLY SCHEDULED AND NOTIFIED OF THE DATE AND TIME.
ALSO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID FORKLIFT DRIVERS LICENSE AND NEED TO GET
ONE, (ONLY IF YOUR JOB REQUIRES THAT YOU DRIVE) PLEASE NOTIFY SO I CAN
SCHEDULE YOU.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW NO LATTER THAN WEDNESDAY 29th
THANK-YOU
Steve Williamson
EXT. 3931
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From: BERT::STAN 24-JUL-1992 10:28:37.56
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Company Picnic
GoodBye!
Well it's been nice working with everyone and I will miss you all!!
My home phone number is (xxx) xxx-xxxx
My address
Victor S Mercieca
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks to all the people who helped me over the last two years, I wish I could
help and watch the games we started come to life.
-Victor S Mercieca G.D.
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From: KIM::ESTRADA 27-JUL-1992 16:24:34.60
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: voice mail class
The following people are scheduled to attend July 28th's Voice Mail
class and the flexible feature code class.
1:00pm
Jerry Momada Cindy Grossman
Milt Loper Sandy Brown
Ken Williams Laverne Potter
Jim Freitas Don Deikneite
Tim Hubberstey Melanie Martin
David Shepperd Michelle Bucholtz
June Yamamoto Linda Benzler
3:00 pm
David Portera Remy Sayad
Deborah Geyer Jim Turner
Norm Avellar Gary Stark
Mary Petrini John Ray
Jasen Leong David Pasquinelli
David Aker Lisa Corona
Mona Panelo Jeannine Bishop
Remember, this class is mainly based on lecture. Its intended to answer
any question that you might have re: your telephone or voice mail. The
Flexible feature code will also be covered. Please ask as many questions
as you may have.
thnx. GE
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From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 27-JUL-1992 20:08:21.56
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: CERT advisary
This warning appeared on the network. It may be old news, but you
ought to be warned:
_____________________________________________________
The Computer Incident Advisory Capability
___ __ __ _ ___
/ | / \ /
\___ __|__ /___\ \___
_____________________________________________________
INFORMATION BULLETIN
PKZIP Trojan Alert
JULY 8, 1992, 1700 PT Number C-27
________________________________________________________________________
PROBLEM: Bogus versions of the PKZIP archiving software have been
released to Bulletin Board Systems (BBS).
PLATFORM: PCs running PC-DOS, or MS-DOS
DAMAGE: One version attempts to erase the hard disk.
DETECTION: Look for the files: PKZ201.ZIP, PKZ201.EXE, PKZIPV2.ZIP, or
PKZIPV2.EXE
REMOVAL: Save a copy of the files for CIAC, then delete the files. Do
not extract or run these files.
________________________________________________________________________
Critical Facts about the PKZIP Trojan
CIAC has learned that two bogus versions of the popular archiving
utility PKZIP for PC-DOS and MS-DOS machines are being circulated on
several BBSs around the country. The two bogus versions of PKZIP are,
2.01 (PKZ201.ZIP and PKZ201.EXE) and 2.2 (PKZIPV2.ZIP and
PKZIPV2.EXE). If you have downloaded any of these files, do not
attempt to use them. You risk the destruction of all the data on your
hard disk if you do.
At the current time, the released version of PKZIP is version 1.10. A
new version of PKZIP is expected to be released in the next few months.
Its version number was planned to be 2.00, but may be increased to a
number greater than 2.2 to prevent confusion with the bogus versions.
PKWARE Inc. has indicated it will never issue a version 2.01 or 2.2 of
PKZIP. A good copy of the latest version of PKZIP can always be gotten
from the PKWARE BBS listed below.
According to PKWARE Inc. version 2.01 is a hacked version of PKZIP 1.93
Alpha. While this version does not intentionally do any damage, it is
alpha level software, and may have serious bugs in it.
Version 2.2 is a simple batch file that attempts to erase your C:\ and
C:\DOS directories. If your hard disk has been erased by this program,
you may be able to recover it using hard disk undelete utilities such
as those in Norton Utilities, or PCTools. Don't do anything that might
create or expand a file on your hard disk until you have undeleted the
files, as you may overwrite the deleted files which will destroy them.
To examine a file to see if it is version 2.2, type it to the screen
with the DOS TYPE command. If the file that prints on the screen is a
short batch file with commands such as DEL C:\*.*, or DEL C:\DOS\*.*
then you have the bogus file.
If you should happen to see any of these files on a BBS, please contact
the sysop of that BBS immediately, and ask him to remove them. If you
have downloaded one of these files, please save a copy for CIAC, and
then delete the files from your hard disk. PKWARE Inc. has also asked
to be informed of any occurrences of these files, and can be reached
at,
Voice: 414-354-8699 BBS: 414-354-8670 FAX: 414-354-8559
or by mail:
PKWARE Inc.
9025 N. Deerwood Drive
Brown Deer, WI 53223 USA
For additional information or assistance, please contact CIAC:
CIAC at (510) 422-8193/(FTS)
FAX (510) 423-8002/(FTS)
send e-mail to ciac@llnl.gov.
PLEASE NOTE: Many users outside of the DOE and ESnet computing
communities receive CIAC bulletins. If you are not part of these
communities, please contact your agency's response team to report
incidents. Some of the other teams include the NASA NSI response team,
DARPA's CERT/CC, NAVCIRT, and the Air Force response team. Your
agency's team will coordinate with CIAC.
CIAC would like to acknowledge the contribution of: PKWARE Inc.
This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency
of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government
nor the University of California nor any of their employees, makes any
warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents
that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference
herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by
trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily
constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the
United States Government or the University of California. The views and
opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or
reflect those of the United States Government or the University of
California, and shall not be used for advertising or product
endorsement purposes.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::ESTRADA 28-JUL-1992 08:33:28.64
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Voice Mail Class (Postponed)
The voice mail class has just been postponed, the instructor had a
medical emergency, therefor the class has been posponed until further
notice.
Please spread the news, thank you.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::PIERCE "MSP" 28-JUL-1992 09:32:50.80
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PIERCE
Subj: CDI Demo
Hello
Barry Horton of Opt Image will be here on Tuesday
August 8th at 10:00 am in the central conference room
demonstrating the marvelous world of CDI entertainment.
Please VAX back if you wish to attend.
MSP
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From: KIM::PIERCE "MSP" 28-JUL-1992 09:40:30.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PIERCE
Subj: CDI Demo
OK OK
How about Tuesday August the 4th?
MSP
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From: KIM::PIERCE "MSP" 28-JUL-1992 13:26:51.75
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PIERCE
Subj: CDI Demo.
The CDI demo is full. I will follow up with the atendees later.Thank you.
MSP
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From: KIM::PIERCE "MSP" 28-JUL-1992 17:47:37.65
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PIERCE
Subj: Project Packet Board.
Hello
I have been meaning to write this for a while.
Outside my office is a bulletin board (on the floor)
on which I have posted the most recent review packets of
all the products in development. They are there so everyone
in the company can find out what various project teams are up to.
Please remember the following:
1. These are COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL. Do NOT remove
them from the bulletin board area or duplicate them.
2. These are packets that were distributed before the
meetings therefore some of the information in them
will no longer be true. For updates bug the Project
leader ( they usually like it when other are interested
in their project). Maybe you have ideas to add. Let them
know what you think. Why heck, discuss the game design
concepts.
3. Only projects that have had meetings since the institution
of the board will be posted. Don't feel slighted if yours
isn't there. (Heck you could even stick your latest one up
there.
When the Game Design Group moves to it's new location I will
have the board mounted on the wall. In addition to the latest fieldtest
location results I will also add other information such as schedules
and licensing information. Let me know if there are other information items
(project development related) you would like us to provide at this location.
Stay informed, Enjoy...
MSP
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From: GAWD::RAY 28-JUL-1992 18:11:50.24
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: RAY
Subj: New Employees
Two tickets to the Reggae on the River festival this weekend in Garberville,
Humbolt County
Circumstances have prevented our attendance. Please call ext.1739 or mail
me a response. I'd rather give them away than throw them away
--T.F.C--
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From: GAWD::RAY 3-AUG-1992 10:06:48.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: RAY
Subj: Police Trainer on CNN -- tape at 12:30 -- Central Conf. Room
Hi--
Anyone out there know of a good set of professional
house painters they would recommend? My house is due (overdue,
actually) for a new coat. Also, I wouldn't mind knowing if
there is anyone that you think should be AVOIDED as well.
Thanks,
Rusty
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::LOGG 3-AUG-1992 12:08:34.16
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: EPROM speeds
Thanks,
Bob Flanagan
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 5-AUG-1992 09:47:4
9.08
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj:
We are missing some stuff. The first is a molex 2262 crimper
with padded orange handles. It is easily recognizable. It is in your
tool box and it doesn't belong there. We need it to crimp D-Sub terminals
for link and serial cables. The second missing item is a new magna clear
and black handled magnetic screwdriver.
The answer to the equation is this: If you come over and ask us
to make you a link cable, you'll be screwed.
Luv U,
Carole
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From: BERT::LINDA "Awesome" 5-AUG-1992 16:50:32.88
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: PAT WANTS HIS STINKIN TRAYS RETURNED
PAT (OUR VERY HOSPITABLE LUNCH PREPARER) WOULD LIKE HIS STINKIN TRAYS RETURNED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Thank you for your support
LINDA
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From: BERT::EVELYN 6-AUG-1992 07:08:31.90
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: SERVICE ORDER,RUTH RICCA
Good Morning:
I have a copy of a service contract from
Montgomery Ward for Ruth Ricca in the
Doc. Center. It was apparently left by
mistake either Wed. night or early Thurs.
morning. Anyone knowing where this contract
should be delivered, please let me know.
Thanks,
Evelyn
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::EVELYN 6-AUG-1992 07:21:07.13
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: WARDS CONTRACT
OWNER FOUND.
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From: KIM::STARK 6-AUG-1992 16:05:45.39
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: AMS w/Sun demo...
The AMS rep will demo their 68020 emulator running Xray using a Sun as the
host. One of AMS's advantages over the ZAX emulator is that the same emulator
box works on either a PC or a Sun - only the software is different.
When: next Tuesday (11th) at 2:00 pm
Where: Central Conf. Room
P.S. Although I know your schedules are tight these days, I'd like to doubly
invite Harper, Akers, Logg, and Flanagan due to their current expertise in
debugging 68020 hardwares...
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From: KIM::MANDELKERN "Questor the Elf" 7-AUG-1992 10:30:09.19
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: HELP on ELP
After watching Emerson, Lake & Palmer today on Good Morning America,
I remembered something I have been looking for almost three
years since I lost mine. I know it's a longshot, but here goes . . .
Might any of you out there own a copy of a music book named
ELP Anthology? This book contains several of ELP's songs in their
entirety. Included in it is their first hit single, Lucky Man.
I will consider myself a very lucky man if I could have access to this
music again. Let me know if you can help me out.
Thanx,
Glenn Mandelkern, x3997
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From: BERT::PEREZ "Ralph Perez" 7-AUG-1992 11:17:40.86
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: A REAL TEAM
FOR SALE:
1988 Jeep Cherokee
Very Good Condition, recently serviced
Low Mileage (51K)
4.0 Liter Engine/4WD
Roof Rack
Air Conditioning
AM/FM Radio
White Exterior with Grey interior
Asking price is $10,500
Any interest, please call Rich Moore 434-1718
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From: KIM::AKER "ERIC C AKER" 10-AUG-1992 09:39:33.57
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: AKER
Subj: A SW package report.
To : SW engineers.
I work in the simulation group. I have been working on a user
interface that runs on a PC. I bought a graphical user interface
toolkit from Island Systems. It does interactive menus. I am very
pleased with its ease of programming and how well it works.
The package name is Object Menu. It resembles the Motif interface
specifications from OSF (Open Software Foundation). The toolkit is
written in C++ and requires either Borland 3.0 or MicroSoft 7.0.
The toolkit cost $300 and comes with about 100 examples that
shows most of the major features. Source is also available for
$530. I have ordered the source code.
If anyone is doing something similar I would be happy to give a demo
and get you started if you want to buy and use Object Menus.
Eric.
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From: GAWD::SHEPPERD 10-AUG-1992 11:08:16.33
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: SHEPPERD
Subj: Printouts in the printer tomb...
Anybody out there got the phone # for the reservations desk at Curry Village
in Yosemite? I've got some friends flying in and we'd like to get in some
hiking while they're here. Thanks.
___________________________________________________________________________
From: BERT::PETRINI 10-AUG-1992 16:59:48.03
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: FYI
For the benefit of our new employees, a couple of pieces of info that
might be of interest.
Directions to the Milpitas Post Office:
Go East on 237, towards Milpitas and stay in the right lane (like you
are going to turn onto the San Jose on-ramp, but instead keep on going
straight, as soon as you pass the 880 off-on ramps, switch to the right
lane again, now you are close to the curb, stay on this for a block and
you will come to Abel street (you should now be at an intersection that
is Abel and Serra), turn right at this light, you will come to another
light (I believe it is Corning St.), go across this light and just a
little ways after you cross Corning, you will find the Milpitas Post
Office on the left side of the street. I thought this info might be
helpful, since I've heard some @#*@?//, after some people set out to
find the @#%//blankety, blankety, post office. At any rate the U.S.
post office is on Abel St.
On to Point 2: For those of you who might have to turn gas mileage
forms, the reimbursement amount stands at 27.5 cents/mile.
Point 3: Petty Cash forms: If you have noticed, the Petty Cash
form does not contain a date line. It would be a good idea if some
where on the form you put a date when you fill one of these out. May
be by your signature. Thanks.
Feel free to correct me on any of this info, if you know something I
don't.
Mary
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From: KIM::STARK 11-AUG-1992 08:16:38.72
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Reminder - AMS demo today...
Just a reminder - the AMS w/Sun platform demo is today, 2:00 pm, central
conference room....
Gary Stark
x 1766
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From: MIKE::BISHOP 11-AUG-1992 08:19:19.94
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: STEREO SYSTEM FOR SALE
FOR SALE:
TECHNICS SL-D30 DIRECT DRIVE AUTOMATIC TURNTABLE SYSTEM
SCOTT AM/FM STEREO RECIEVER 355R
TEAC EQA-10 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER
TECHNICS COMPACT DISK PLAYER SL-P1
2 AAL DIGITAL READY LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM
O'SULLIVAN CABINET, GLASS FRONT
TEAC-COMPACT DISK HOLDER
ALL ITEMS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!!!
ASKING $200.00
IN A HURRY TO SELL MUST MAKE ROOM FOR NEW SYSTEM!!!
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From: MIKE::BISHOP 11-AUG-1992 08:34:27.10
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: STEREO SYSTEM FOR SALE
OOPS!!! IF YOU WANT INFO ON STEREO CALL JEANNINE BISHOP AT EXT. 9405
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From: GAWD::RAY 11-AUG-1992 12:59:57.95
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 8/14 -- 3:30-5:00
Well, I'm outta here, but i just wanted to say thanks for your support.
I've learned a lot here at Atari, about technology, about people, and
about myself and what i am capable of. Good Luck to those who are
dreaming the dream and fighting the fight!!
Stephanie Mott
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From: BERT::LINDA "Awesome" 11-AUG-1992 17:10:45.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: LOST & FOUND
A set of keys with a yellow wrist cord attached were recently lost by one of
of the janitors. If you have found or have seen the above mentioned keys,
please return them to the main lobby desk.
LINDA
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From: GAWD::NATALIE 12-AUG-1992 10:19:30.33
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Need a vacation?
Last week someone left in our Publications Dept. a dusty green long-sleeved
pullover sweater, size L, 100% cotton, Polo by Ralph Lauren. Please claim it
if it's yours.
Andrea
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From: BERT::PETRINI 12-AUG-1992 16:27:20.63
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: Xerox 5028
Sorry, there has been a delay on the check run due to vacations. If
you have wondered why those checks have not been coming back to you or
to your vendor, that why! Anyway, I understand there was a check run
done today and those checks will start flowing again. Hurrah.
Mary
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From: MIKE::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 13-AUG-1992 08:58:35.52
To: #sys$mail:everybody
CC:
Subj: Video Tape Presentation
Today in the Common Area from 12 to 1, the CREATIVE Special Interest Group
will be showing:
"The Creative Spirit Part I - Exploring the Creative Mind"
All are welcome!
- brad -
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From: GAWD::LIPSON 13-AUG-1992 09:58:22.80
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: General call-out of the troops!
:: SURVIVOR ALERT ::
due to the brainstorming session that was unfortunately scheduled to coincide
with the Survivor's first victory, some members of the team need substitutes for
next Monday.
SO if you can play softball next Monday and are interested in helping your tea
m
please call George Millington.
>>> If you are already on the team please confirm to George that you expect
to be there so he has an idea of how many ringers he's going to need!!!!!
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From: GAWD::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 13-AUG-1992 13:09:50.67
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BRAD
Subj: Jerry's Olympic Commercials
--
"Seinfeld Olympic Moments"
written by Bob Warznak
(updated August 11, 1992)
Moment #1
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
Jerry: Pass the cream George.
[The guy with the torch runs comes in.]
George: Hey look.
Torch Guy: Hi, maybe you can help me, I'm lost. Do either of you know
the way to Barcelona from here?
Jerry: Well I'd take the West Side Highway to the Cross Bronx.
George: Hold, Hold. Wat are you nuts, at this time of the day. Listen
to me. Take the FDR to the Major Deagan.
Jerry: What are you talking about, the FDR is under construction.
George: He's running.
Moment #2
Jerry and George in the Cafe. The guy with the torch runs in, grabs a
bag pays for it and leaves quickly.
Jerry: Hey look.
George: You supposed to tip on a take out order?
Jerry: Not when you're carrying the torch.
Moment #3
Set in Jerry's apartment. Jerry is talking to Elaine on the phone.
Jerry: Yeah Elaine the guy's on his way over to fix the oven. I think
it's the pilot light.
[Knock at the door.]
Jerry: Hold on, there he is now.
[Torch runner runs in, opens the oven door and lights the pilot, and leaves.]
Jerry: So I set it to 375 and I baste every 15 minutes. Uh huh. Thanks.
Moment #4
[This is the only one I haven't seen. Mark Shneyder sent me this write up.]
The phone in Jerry's apartment rings while he's unlocking his door
and it's a guy from a radio station leaving him a message telling him
that he, Jerry, just missed a trip to Barcelona. When Jerry finally
walks in,the radio guy already hung up. Jerry picks up the receiver
and goes "Hello Hello Hello ....".
Moment #5
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
Jerry: How come only athletes get nicknames like Karl "The Mailman" Malone?
George: Writers should have nicknames.
Jerry: Yeah, like Carl "The Truth" Sandberg.
George: Leo "Prime Time" Tolstoy.
Jerry: Judith "In Your Face" Krantz.
George: Tom "The Refrigerator" Clancy.
Jerry: Eugene "The Real Deal" O'Neil.
Moment #6
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
Jerry: How dou you cheat in yachting?
George: It's simple, you stick a small motor under the hull. They
never check.
Jerry: Don't you think they'd be a little suspicious when one boat
wins by 16 hours, with no wind? Hmm?
Moment #7
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
George: Hey the judo finals are today. I love that, especially when
they break the bricks.
Jerry: That's Karate.
George: You sure, maybe its Jujitsu.
Jerry: No, Jujitsu is strictly self defense.
George: What about Aquita. (sp?)
Jerry: That's a dog. You mean Akido.
George: Okay then what's Tai Kwan Do.
Jerry: That's a judo, but with the spicy prawns.
Moment #8
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
George: Unbelievable.
Jerry: What's that?
George: This Olympic diver is a 13 year old girl.
Jerry: Hmm.
George: When I was 13, I used to run through the sprinkler with an inner tube.
Jerry: Well, girls mature faster than boys.
Moment #9
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
Jerry: Hey you want to watch the Olympic diving? It's on in 20 minutes.
George: Nah, no action.
Jerry: What are you talking about? Remember in '88, Louganis hit his head on
the board and then won the gold medal.
George: Yeah, what are the odds of that happening again?
Jerry: No, that's a dive now. The highest degree of difficulty. The
Louganis, half-gainer, no-brainer.
Moment #10
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
George: Hey, modern Pentathelon's today. That's 5 events right?
Jerry: Right.
George: Wonder what the Ancient Pentathelon is?
Jerry: Well, there was the eat run and wretch.
George: The Caligula head toss.
Jerry: The 400 meter Emperor stab.
George: Poke the eye of the Cyclops.
Jerry: Poke the eye of the Cyclops, and the run till your dead.
Moment #11
Jerry and George in the Cafe.
George: Why don't they have olympic dog racing?
Jerry: Well it doesn't involve humans. It's cruel to the animals. It's
surrounded by liquor and gambling. It's the total antithesis of
the Olympic spirit.
George: Sure, professional dogs. I'm talking amateur.
Moment #12
George and Kramer in the Cafe.
George: Target shooting, that's a dull one.
Kramer: They ought to have all the competitors meet in the center of town
in the Olympic village and just shoot it out like the OK Corral.
George: So there'd be no silver or bronze.
Kramer: No, no. It be a total elimination.
Moment #13
In the Cafe, Jerry and George watch Kramer show off his olympic gymnastics
talent and grace.
Kramer: You grab the rings, and then you pull yourself up until your arms are
completely parallel. And then...
[Kramer has his arms extended and starts to shake and shiver.]
Kramer: It's called the iron cross. It's the most graceful thing I've ever
seen. And then you dismount.
[Kramer falls backward, kicking Jerry and George's table. He falls onto a
stool along the counter.]
Kramer: Well, a cup of coffee please.
Moment #14
Jerry, George and Kramer are being interviewed right off the set of the
show.
Interviewer (John): Great show today guys. Jerry, I don't think I've
ever seen you funnier. You know that may have been a personal
best.
Jerry: Thanks John, it felt good out there. I tell you I couldn't have
done it without these guys. There's no "I" in funny.
Kramer: There's a lot of words with no "i". Texas.. rug..
John: Kramer, how'd you feel out there.
Kramer: Banana.. hydrant..
John: George, are you looking forward to sweeps week.
George: Oh no no no no no, we're gonna take it one show at a time.
Kramer: Cat.. Flower..
John: Well that's the story from here. Now back to the studio and Bob.
Kramer: Horseshoe.. Bob.
Moment #15
Jerry interviewing a gymnist, with the olympic rings and the NBC logo
in the background.
Jerry: I'm here with 8 year old Kathy Kwan, star of the gymnastic
team. You must be looking forward to the games Kathy.
Kathy: Yes, those games are very special to me. As I will retire
when they're over.
Jerry: Retire? You're kidding.
Kathy: I'm not 6 anymore. Besides you have to give those
youngsters a chance to make their mark.
Jerry: What are your plans for the future?
Kathy: I like to spend more time with my parents and watch them
grow up.
At that, Jerry rolled his eyes (like you've all seen him do on the
show) and turned the other way.
Moment #16
Robert Stack of Unsolved Mysteries is in Jerry's apartment. He's using his
usual Unsolved Mysteries tone of voice. The Unsolved Mysteries theme is
playing in the background.
Robert: July 1989, Jerry Seinfeld and three friends embark on a neurotic
journey through New York City, obsessing over life's tiniest
details. One day they mysteriously disappear. Never seen again.
If you have any information concerning the whereabouts ...
[Jerry enters from the left, off camera.]
Jerry: Hey, hey Bob. [Music dies out] Here I am right after you,
Wednesdays on NBC.
Robert: Another mystery solved. [Music picks up again.] Did you call me Bob?
Moment #17
Jerry sitting by his computer in his apartment.
Jerry: Do you know the correct pronunciation of Barcelona is actually
Barthelona? That's because, many years ago, the King of Spain
spoke with a lisp and the members of the court, trying to curry
favor with the King, adopted his unusual speech pattern. Absolutely
true. Just a piece of Olympic trivia for you. I'm Jerry Theinfeld.
Moment #18
Jerry sitting by his computer in his apartment.
Jerry: Do you know why the marathon is 26.2 miles? Because in Ancient
Greece, a man named Phadipadeis ran from Sparta to Marathon 26.2
miles. He delivered a message collapsed and died. Had he run to
the town of Sprint, a mere 100 meters away, Phadipadeis would be
alive today. I'm Jerry Seinfeld.
Moment #19
Actually a promo for Blossom. The characters Blossom and Joey are sitting
on a sofa watching TV.
Joey: Hey look at that, Seinfeld's coming back early.
Blossom: We're coming back early, too.
Joey: We're going to be on Seinfeld?
Blossom: Yes Joey. Kramer's our new father, Dad's dating Elaine and George
is gonna live over the garage with Tony.
Joey: Woo, I better go clean my room.
Blossom: He's an idiot.
"I'm Bob Warthnak"
--
Bob Warznak
rspw@backyard.bellcore.com
Bell Communications Research
(908) 699-2488
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From: BERT::PETRINI 13-AUG-1992 14:44:23.44
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: DAVE,PETRINI
Subj: XEROX copier
The Xerox copier in the Engrg. Dept. area (by Mary Petrini) is still down.
Evelyn Perez will be using hers quite heavily today to run release of
documents and, therefore, her copier will be unavailable to us.
You might want to use the big Xerox copier located in the side entrance
in the Admin. entry way.
Service has been called, thanks again for your patience.
Mary
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From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 13-AUG-1992 14:44:26.98
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: Our cordless drill
One of our cordless drills have disappeared. Please keep an eye out
for it. We need it all the time.
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From: BERT::PETRINI 14-AUG-1992 09:34:20.35
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: Donuts, bagels 7 Xerox copiers
Mary
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 18-AUG-1992 10:30:0
1.85
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj:
Piano Lessons......any recommendations????
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From: MIKE::MEYETTE 18-AUG-1992 11:02:05.30
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Need Baseball Tickets
Hello
I'd like everyone to welcome Kevin Filson to the Game Design
Group. I have been out and am a bit late with this announcement. Kevin
reports to me and has been hired to fill a new temporary position called
Fieldtest Support. He will be joining in the effort to help make sure we
have quality fieldtest and help take some of the responsibility of
collecting and maintaining our test units. When he is not running from
arcade to arcade he is also available for testing.
Kevin has tested with us before and should be a familiar face to
some of you here. He will be sharing a space in Haywoods area until the
GDG moves to it's new headquarters when the construction is done. Please
welcome him and also please use him to help improve the quality of the
games we create.
MSP
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From: KIM::JMOORE 21-AUG-1992 18:54:42.24
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: Audio board alert
Since the birth of JSA3 with Batman, numerous JSA3s and SAIIs are now floating
around being used on hardware in developement. With a 6502 program and some
sounds, you too could have cool sounds and music on your game under develope-
ment. Well, thanks to an oddity of the 6502, RPM had to change how it addresses
things on audio boards. This manifested itself in a new DECODE gal which is
imcompatible with the older one used on Batman, MMII, OTW, Talons, Road Riot,
etc. Soooooooo, the next time you rig up a new hardware and pop a JSA3 board
on it (SAIIS is pretty much extinct) be sure to reprogram the DECODE gal (17C)
using the new JED file located at: [AUDIO.PALS.JSA3] DECODE.JED. I renamed
the older files OLD_DEC.xxx .
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From: KIM::RAY 24-AUG-1992 11:27:20.29
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC: RAY
Subj: AMS
The Video Lab will be video taping all the new employees and the employees
who may have been temporarily overlooked during the 20 yr employee shoot. We nee
d
to complete this video taping early next week. This means the taping has to happ
en
this week or, at the latest, Monday the 31st. We have a list of the people who w
e missed
the first time, but in order to expedite this process , it would be nice if you
could
let "Dave" know were and who you are, whether you are a new overlooked.
We want to include EVERYONE, so being camera shy is not an excuse! This shoo
t is
NOT for RETAKES.
These video clips will be added to the EMPLOYEE 20 YR VIDEO.
DON'T MISS OUT!!!!!!!!!
Dave Portera x3708.
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From: KIM::SMITHSON "Deja Thoris -- Princess of Mars" 25-AUG-1992 12:25:47
.00
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: SMITHSON
Subj: Reminder: Software reverse engineering tool demo
My mother gave me two tickets to see LITTLE FEAT and George Thoroughgood
and the Destroyers in concert (you read right, I said my Mother gave me
the tickets) ... Thursday (day after tomorrow) August 27 ... at 7 p.m.
at the Concord Pavillion ... (it's a long -- but kinda funny -- story).
Anyone interested in going? Give me a call ... you can have the
tickets ... first come, first served ...
Bbbbaaaaad to the bbbbbone,
Deborah Geyer
x 9427
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From: BERT::FLUTY 25-AUG-1992 16:48:04.63
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: My Walkman Has Walked
Bob
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From: BERT::STAN 26-AUG-1992 08:59:27.46
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Barbecue Lunch Today
It's that time again. I have the new Fall 92 catalog. Anyone who wants to
see it, either come to my office and pick it up, or give me a call, and I
can drop it by.
Natalie
x1714 or x1794
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From: BERT::BROWN 27-AUG-1992 17:08:16.51
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: BROWN
Subj: Child Care Seminar
Don't forget to bring your lunch to the Central Conference room at noon today
for an informational session on "1990's aopproaches to Child Care and
Parenting".
Speakers will be Dr. Chuck Bernstein from HeadsUp!, Pamela Fyffe and Jane
Porter from the Porter Group.
Sandi
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From: MIKE::SMITH 28-AUG-1992 12:21:30.05
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: PLANT ABSENCE
I will be on vacation from 8/31 thru 9/7. During my absence Doug Pasquinelli
will be responsible for all managerial purchasing activities. Rob Bryant is
as always responsible for "PRODUCTION ACTIVITY CONTROL" and Steve Williamson
is responsible for all Warehouse Activities which includes SHIPPING, RECEIVING,
and the STOCKROOM. If you have any requests or problems please do not hesitate
to contact Doug, Rob, or Steve. Have a safe Labor Day Weekend.
Thanx..Tom
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From: KIM::FLANAGAN "Bob Flanagan" 1-SEP-1992 08:45:04.31
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: FLANAGAN
Subj: A's tickets vs. Boston Sat. and Sun.
FOR SALE: 1979 VOLVO - AUTOMATIC TRANS., A/C, POWER WINDOWS, SUN ROOF
NO DENTS! BEST OFFER......CALL PAT AT 226-6545 AND LEAVE MESSAGE.
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From: KIM::GRAY 2-SEP-1992 14:27:01.83
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Sunnyvale condo for rent
****************************************************************
2 bedroom, 2 bath condominium
Split level, approx. 1200 sq. ft.
Fireplace in living room
Utility room w/ hookups
Oversized 2 car garage
$1070/month
This condo is located in a quiet neighborhood 1 block from the
Sunnyvale Community Center (15-20 minute commute to Atari).
Available 9/12 (like immediately). For more info, REPLY to this
message (or Alan Gray x1772).
****************************************************************
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From: BERT::CAMERON "Somebody has to write this junk" 3-SEP-1992 11:48:3
3.64
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: GOOD NEWS!!!!
With the new California budget, students will be spending less time at
school and spending less time studying or doing homework.
More time to play video games!!!!!!
Secondly, kids will get dumber and dumber and we won't have to work
so hard to make sophisticated gameplay and complicated features.
KBJ
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From: KIM::MCKEE "BRIAN" 4-SEP-1992 08:15:44.81
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCKEE
Subj: Prince
The big news isn't the 100 million buckeroos Warner is paying him.....
Warner is making him a CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT (ooooooh!) and will
give him an office to maintain (what, he does the plumbing and cleaning?)
in Los Angeles.
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From: KIM::PAAUW "SEE YOUR MESSAGE HERE.. LOW RATES" 4-SEP-1992 10:48:
53.87
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: old phone book
Does anyone have a 1987--1989 San Jose or Sunnyvale phone book (white pages) ?
GO A'S - show what you can do without that biggeek from the Caribbean!
RPLY via mail OR CALL NOW! OPERATOR STANDING BY! Mike Hally x1740
Oh, prices? $12 seats for $10!! wow what a deal you can't pass this up!!!
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From: GAWD::RAY 6-SEP-1992 22:00:28.56
To: @WALKABOUT.DIS
CC: RAY
Subj: Walkabout Friday -- 9/11/92 -- 3:30 - 5:00
Mark Pierce and the Game Design Group will be hosting this week's
Walkabout Friday.
The festivities will begin at 3:30 in the Alpha, Nu, Omega,
and Tengen labs. Please come by the labs, sample the munchies,
play the games and give your feedback (positive and negative).
Friday, September 11, 1992
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
John
Next month: October 9, Components Engineering
Future: 11/6 Design Services?,
12/4 Manufacturing?, 1/8/93, 2/5,3/5, 4/2, 5/7, 6/4
Note: The ideal date is the first Friday of the month. But due
to Brainstorming, holidays, and trade shows, it is often the
second Friday of the month.
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From: GAWD::ALBAUGH "Dr. Bizarro" 8-SEP-1992 06:38:54.24
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Masterpiece Theatre
YEP we got lucky- dead ticket night happens to be a game that's gonna be
real good! And it's the last one of the season! So bring your friends!
ALL your friends! and your co-workers whether they're friends or not!
It's maybe the last night of good baseball for a few years (remember
the A's have a LOT of free agents and expansion's coming this fall!
And St.Petersburg is FAR AWAY!).
So take advantage of the last easy chance to see the big names in
action for your home team!
GO A'S - show what you can do without that biggeek from the Caribbean!
RPLY via mail OR CALL NOW! OPERATOR STANDING BY! Mike Hally x1740
Oh, prices? $7 seats for $3!! wow what a deal you can't pass this up!!!
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From: KIM::MCNAMARA 9-SEP-1992 09:54:21.42
To: @SYS$MAIL:PC-USERS
CC: SEAWRIGHT,MCNAMARA
Subj: deluxe paint animator
Due to increasing clock rates and use of faster logic, the need for controlling
PCB trace impedance has arrived. To this end Art Jackson and I are suggesting
the following spec for the arrangement and thickness of the layers in our PCBs.
Note that the center insulator thickness is not specified, only the overall
sandwich thickness.
4-LAYER
ALL INTERNAL LAYERS ARE 1 OZ. COPPER (0.0014")
/ ---------------------------- <-- TRACE PLANE
| 5-7 MIL INSULATION -> ////////////////////////////
| ---------------------------- <-- POWER/GROUND PLANE
| ////////////////////////////
> 62 MIL OVERALL ////////////////////////////
| ////////////////////////////
| ---------------------------- <-- POWER/GROUND PLANE
| 5-7 MIL INSULATION -> ////////////////////////////
\ ---------------------------- <-- TRACE PLANE
6-LAYER
ALL INTERNAL LAYERS ARE 1 OZ. COPPER (0.0014")
/ ---------------------------- <-- TRACE PLANE
| 5-7 MIL INSULATION -> ////////////////////////////
| ---------------------------- <-- POWER/GROUND PLANE
| 5-7 MIL INSULATION -> ////////////////////////////
| ---------------------------- <-- TRACE PLANE
| ////////////////////////////
> 62 MIL OVERALL ////////////////////////////
| ////////////////////////////
| ---------------------------- <-- TRACE PLANE
| 5-7 MIL INSULATION -> ////////////////////////////
| ---------------------------- <-- POWER/GROUND PLANE
| 5-7 MIL INSULATION -> ////////////////////////////
\ ---------------------------- <-- TRACE PLANE
The nominal impedance for an 8 mil trace on these boards should be around 50
ohms.
The reason for putting the second 2 trace layers between the power and ground
planes on the 6-layer PCB is that this keeps all signal layers a constant
distance from a plane and thus keeps the impedance more or less constant
regardless of which trace layer you are on. This also means that the impedance
you see on a 6-layer PCB should be similar to that of a 4-layer PCB which will
(we hope) make your 4-layer PCB behave just like your prototype.
If the loss of visibility of the second two trace layers is a problem for you,
you can always override the spec and put them on the outside.
I'd like to get comments (yea/nay/other) on this from everyone before getting
out the granite and the chisel so please respond before Friday 9/18 or forever
hold your tongue.
Tim
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From: KIM::MARGOLIN 9-SEP-1992 13:09:05.80
To: BROWN
CC: MARGOLIN
Subj: Insurance
If I continue both medical and dental insurance can I drop dental later on
and keep medical?
Can I drop dental at any time or only at specified times?
Jed
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From: BERT::BROWN 9-SEP-1992 13:53:20.09
To: MARGOLIN
CC: BROWN
Subj: INSURANCE
YOU CAN DROP ANY OF THE INSURANCES, DENTAL OR MEDICAL, AT ANY TIME. YOU CAN
ONLY CHANGE OR ADD DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT.
SANDI
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From: BERT::PETRINI 9-SEP-1992 17:07:41.64
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: PETRINI
Subj: CENTRAL CONF. RM.
The Central Conf. Rm. will not be available tomorrow morning due to
Bob Frye moving it to the new area. He will let me know as soon as it
is ready.
Mary
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From: BERT::EVELYN 10-SEP-1992 08:31:18.90
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: CONFERENCE ROOMS
From Bob Frye
To All Employees
The Central Conference Room and Focus Room are now located in the
main hallway east of the lobby, in the space vacated by the wood
and metal shops. Signs will be posted to assist you and Mary
Petrini will be handling reservations.
Thank you for your patience.
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From: KIM::FLANAGAN "Bob Flanagan" 10-SEP-1992 09:07:41.32
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC: FLANAGAN
Subj: Wolfenstein 3D workings...
People have been curious about the new PC game Wolfenstein 3D.
We have wondered how the speed of the "real" 3D effect was accomplished.
This explanation came off the usenet from someone at SGI:
Wolfenstein 3D cheats. It's not really drawing 3D textured polygons.
What it's doing is sort of a cross between ray tracing and bitmap
decimation. For each column of pixels on the screen, they shoot a ray
out and find which wall it intersects with. From the length of the ray,
they know the top and bottom coordinates of the wall in screen space,
and from the intersection point of the ray with the wall, they know
which column to use from that wall's texture. By decimating or
duplicating pixels from that column, they resize it to be the correct
height for the screen.
by Tom Weinstein
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From: MIKE::BRAD "Brad Fuller - 3788" 10-SEP-1992 09:46:24.91
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: New Central Conference/Focus Room
OBSERVATION:
The new Focus Room appears to be large enough to double as
a medium sized conference room. Perhaps by moving in a small table and
chairs would allow us to use the room when the other 3 are occupied.
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From: KIM::DROBNY "Buddy Flyback" 10-SEP-1992 10:06:51.01
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
CC:
Subj: New Central Conference/Focus Room
OBSERVATION II:
It is nice to see that the new focus room is larger so that people
can breathe in there when the foci are happening, but were there microphones
installed? Was a wall stand for a 25" monitor installed? An exaust fan would
have been really COOL.
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From: BERT::GROSSMAN 10-SEP-1992 16:38:45.97
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Parking Lot Security
Hello
I am happy to announce that we have a "NEW" employee to welcome
back to Atari. Mike Hally has become a permanent fulltime employee. His
title is Senior Game Designer and is the most senior member of the
Game Design Group which reports to me. For the time being his office
will be in Rusty's old office which is waiting for a desk.
Mike, as most of you know, has over 14 years of history with
Atari. He started here back when we had a pinball division. Since that
time he has be a crucial core team member on a large number of Atari
Games past classics. Star Wars, Gravitar, Firefox, Temple of Doom,
Road Runner, APB, and Blasteroids to name a few. Recently he has been a
serving as a contracter helping out on Skull and Crossbones, Marble
Madness 2, Relief Pitcher and Moto-Frenzy.
In his new position he will, as usual, wear many hats. He will
be a Project Leader and Game Designer. He will also be helping me grow
the relatively new Game Design Group. I look forward to the great
products his continued dedication to Atari Games and the coin-op industry
will bring as well as the influence he will have on defining the Game
Design Group.
He is a fairly shy and quiet guy so please stop him in the hall
and make him feel welcome.
Welcome Back Mike!
MSP
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From: KIM::LEE 10-SEP-1992 17:18:18.86
To: @SYS$MAIL:EE
CC:
Subj: Gx2 hardware seminar
I'll hold a seminar explaining how the Gx2 hardware works at 2:00 pm
on next Thursday, September 18 at a location to be announced.
This is to explain how Gx2 hardware works, not how to use it, although
I'll probably spent the first five minutes or so going briefly through it's
specs & programming model described in GX2.DOC.
If you would like to attend, please let me know through VAX MAIL.
Sam (Lee)
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From: MIKE::SOHN 11-SEP-1992 07:36:28.28
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK,SOHN
CC:
Subj: WILLIAMSON BABY
RHONDA AND STEVE WILLIAMSON ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF A BABY BOY.
KYLE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 10TH WEIGHING IN AT ABOUT 7 POUNDS.
MOM, DAD, AND KYLE ARE DOING GREAT........
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From: BERT::YAMAMOTO 11-SEP-1992 17:36:02.40
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: Message from the President
TO: All Atari/Tengen Employees
RE: Atari Games v. Nintendo Lawsuit
Today we received news that the Court of Appeals has rejected our appeal
of the copyright injunction previously issued against Atari Games and
Tengen in our Nintendo lawsuit. We are, obviously, disappointed at the
outcome of the appeal, as we believe our position to be the right one.
There are still multiple legal issues yet to be decided in the future.
I would like you to know that the decision does not have an effect on
Atari's core business of coin-operated games nor does the decision have
much of an effect on Tengen's business. Tengen's business has been
concentrated in providing software products for the Sega Genesis and
related Sega software products for the last twelve months or more.
While I am disappointed about the outcome of this ruling, you should
not be discouraged, as we had anticipated this as a potential result
and are, therefore, well positioned to move forward. Let's work for
the future together.
I'll keep you further informed when new developments occur in the lawsuit.
Hide Nakajima
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From: BERT::DENCKER "Andrea Dencker" 14-SEP-1992 12:41:59.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: DENCKER
Subj: Chest-Type Freezer for Sale
Sam (Lee)
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From: KIM::MILTY 15-SEP-1992 07:36:07.01
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: Hurricane SALE !!!!!
YEP we got lucky- dead ticket night happens to be a game that's gonna be
real good! And it's the last one of the season! So bring your friends!
ALL your friends! and your co-workers whether they're friends or not!
It's maybe the last night of good baseball for a few years (remember
the A's have a LOT of free agents and expansion's coming this fall!
And St.Petersburg is FAR AWAY!).
So take advantage of the last easy chance to see the big names in
action for your home team!
GO A'S - show what you can do without that biggeek from the Caribbean!
RPLY via mail OR CALL NOW! OPERATOR STANDING BY! Mike Hally x1740
or send mail to our newest old employee - just send to HALLY
Oh, prices? $7 seats for $3!! wow what a deal you can't pass this up!!!
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 15-SEP-1992 10:33:39.62
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: Welcome to new people.
HI,
I'm looking for anyone who has taped any
episodes of Northern Exposure. Please call me if
you have at 1723 or reply to this message.
Thanks,
Scott
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 15-SEP-1992 11:29:24.98
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: Shepard not Shepperd.
Well, don't you thing I could at least spell the name right.
Paul spells his name SHEPARD, not to be confused with Dave SHEPPERD.
Paul does not have a VAX name yet. When he does, it won't be PAUL
(because John Paul got there first), and it won't be SHEPARD because
everybody confused Shepard/Shepperd when Byron was here. This is
where we get creative.
Pat Mc Carthy.
(Carol can be reached by VAX at DOMINY)
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 15-SEP-1992 11:30:58.66
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: Entertainment '93 discount books available.
Jed,
Since today is your last day here I want to say it's been nice knowing and
working with you. Before the day is over please come over and say Goodbye.
Glenn
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