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- SUNNYVALE, CALIF (JUNE 28) PR NEWSWIRE - Atari Corp. (AMEX: ATC)
- announced today that it has contracted with the IBM Corp.'s (NYSE:
- IBM) Charlotte, N.C., facility to manufacture the Atari Jaguar,
- Atari's new 64-bit multimedia entertainment system.
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- IBM's multi-year contract is valued at $500 million. The Atari
- Jaguar, to be made in the United States, is an interactive multimedia
- entertainment system which features over 16 million colors in 24-bit
- true color graphics and produces shaded 3-D polygons for manipulation
- in a "real world" in real time. A 32-bit expansion port will allow
- for future connection into cable and telephone networks, a digital
- signal processing port for modem usage and connection to digital audio
- peripherals. The Jaguar will also feature a double-speed compact disc
- peripheral.
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- "This system is clearly the wave of the future," said Sam Tramiel,
- president of Atari. "Because the Jaguar will feature such an array of
- visual and audio special effects, we wanted to work with a premier
- company that we are confident can manufacture the quality product we
- have developed."
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- The Charlotte-based IBM plant, which for 15 years has manufactured
- and developed products only for other IBM businesses, just recently
- began working with outside companies to meet their production needs.
- The Atari Jaguar project represents one of IBM's first entries into
- manufacturing for the mass consumer electronics market.
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- "This is a wonderful opportunity to work with Atari and their new
- system," said Herbert L. Watkins, director of Application Solutions
- manufacturing at IBM Charlotte. "Everyone expects IBM to manufacture
- complex information technology products, and with this, we'll show
- that we can competitively build a sophisticated consumer product."
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- In addition to assembling the Jaguar, IBM will be responsible for
- the component sourcing, quality testing, packaging and distribution.
- The Jaguar, announced on June 3, is based on an Atari-designed
- proprietary 64-bit RISC processor that features four times the
- technology currently seen in the marketplace today. The sound system
- is based on Atari's proprietary, high-speed, Digital Signal Processor
- dedicated to audio which can produce CD-quality sound.
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- The Atari Jaguar will be available on a limited basis in the fall,
- focusing on the New York market. A national roll-out is expected next
- year, and the Jaguar will retail for approximately $200.
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- NOTE: Atari Corp. manufactures and markets personal computers and
- video games for the home, office and educational marketplaces
- throughout the world. Atari headquarters are located at 1196 Borregas
- Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
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- The IBM Corp.'s Charlotte facility manufactures and develops for
- IBM and other companies a wide variety of products, such as banking
- systems, automotive diagnostic systems and electronic circuit boards.
- The site includes 2.3 million square feet of work space on a
- 1,200-acre site. Its address is 1001 W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, NC
- 28257. Telephone: 704-594-1000.
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- -0- 6/28/93 /CONTACT: Nancy Chan of
- Bohbot Communications, 415-705-6888, for Atari; or Bob Page of IBM,
- 704-594-1729/ (ATC IBM) CO: Atari Corp.; IBM Corp. ST: California,
- North Carolina IN: CPR SU: CON
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- 06/28 1401 Atari shareholders reject reverse stock split
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- SUNNYVALE, CA (JUNE 28) PR NEWSWIRE - Atari Corp. (AMEX: ATC)
- announced today the results of its annual meeting held on June 25,
- 1993, in Sunnyvale.
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- In view of the current trading value of the common stock, the
- board of directors recommended that the shareholders vote against the
- one for 10 reverse stock split. The shareholders voted against the
- proposal. Therefore, no reverse stock split will occur.
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- In addition, Sam Tramiel, president, demonstrated game software on
- the company's new multi-media entertainment system called the Atari
- Jaguar.
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- NOTE: Atari Corp. manufactures and markets personal computers and
- video games for the home, office and educational marketplaces
- throughout the world. Atari headquarters are located at 1196 Borregas
- Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
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- -0- 6/28/93 /CONTACT: August J. Liguori
- of Atari, 408-745-2069/ (ATC) CO: Atari Corp. ST: California IN:
- CPR SU:
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- The latest info I've heard on the Jaguar is that it has the
- following: A custom 64-bit RISC processor, a custom 64-bit DSP (as
- a subset of the main processor), 24-bit graphics, 2 megabytes of
- RAM, and a 64-bit bus.
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