*******›      ATARI JOINS THE ARMED FORCES       › HOT NEWS from Sunnyvale, California:››       ATARI   Corporation   announced› today  their bid had been selected by› the U.S.  Defense  Dept.  to  provide› 10,000    state-of-the-art     battle› engagement  simulator systems for all› branches of the armed services.  Each› $750,000  modular  package  will   be› portable and can be used for tactical› and strategic  real-time  simulations› for  any  level  of  engagement  from› individual    unit    to     national› mobilization. ››      As ATARI stock rose sharply some› Wall Street  insiders  rumoured  that› ATARI  was  moving  into  a   factory› recently  purchased  from  IBM  where› they  would  mass  produce   military› ruggedized  versions  of  their Model› 400 laptop mainframe and MIL SPEC ROM› software  packages  code-named   STAR› RAIDERS,  MISSILE COMMAND and EASTERN› FRONT.›     ›       The   Soviet  military  journal› Isvestia sharply attacked the  action› as  destabilizing East-West tensions.› National Security Council experts say› the    ATARI   development   of   6th› generation battle simulation hardware› and  software places Soviet forces at› a   distinct  readiness  disadvantage› through at least 1995  or  until  the› Russian  government  finds a reliable› source of quarters.››      IBM, in a rare retaliatory move,› announced  their  new  entry into the› home   market,   the  IBM  Wombat  II› GeeWhiz. According to sources  within› the  company,  the  new  computer was› designed by top-flight NASA engineers› on   their   coffee   breaks   during› launches. The specs on  this  machine› are:››  - 1750 Compatibility›  -  MonkScribe  Very  Letter  Quality› printer (4 char/min)›  -  Souped  up  9600th  Baud  Tin Can› Modem  (Campbell  Compatible  pending› FDA Approval)›  -   Speak    and  Tell  ATARI  voice› synthesis›  - 1K Hard Drive with paper› tape  back-up›  - Dual Disk Drives and  Toaster Unit› (butters both  sides  at  once)  ›  - 1000 cardboard squares for drive.››      Bundled  software includes:› Wom-Word;  Wom-Calc;  Wom-Write;› Wom-Mon (machine language monitor) › ›       Atari  President  Sam  Tramiel,› upon   hearing  of  the  new  product› announcements,   was   heard  saying,› "It's too  bad  neither  company  can› compete  and  deliver  on  time  like› Atari Corp."››      ATARI  is  suing Apple computers› because the "look and  feel"  of  the› new  color MacIntosh is too much like› the ATARI ST. ›››  ( zzzzzz( SNOREING! )zzzzzz Oh  DARN› IT,  I just awoke, YIKES, it was only› a daydream.........  Ye Ol' Editor!) ›››     Zmagazine April 13,  1987  Issue› #47  Reprinting  permission  granted.› (c)1987 Syndicate Services ››        +*+* (UNHAPPY) END +*+* ››