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- ==(((((((((( == Z*BREAK Z*NET SPECIAL REPORT Issue #91-39
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- =======(( ===== ..LIVE REPORT FROM THE GLENDALE ATARIFEST..
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- ==(((((((((( == .....September 14, 1991....................
-
- Edited by Ron Kovacs
- Reported by John Nagy
-
-
- This is a transcript of a live GEnie ST RT conference where John Nagy
- reported on the first day happenings at the Glendale Atarifest in
- California.
-
- The show had better attendance then was expected and vendors are sorry
- they didn't bring more to the show. Atari held a seminar along with
- David Small of Gadgets by Small and Nathan Potechin with Calamus SL.
-
- The following has been edited and any additional information not part
- of this live conference is in brackets. []
-
- Special thanks to Darlah Pine, GEnie ST RT Chief Sysop for her
- assistance!
-
-
- THE Z*NET LIVE REPORT FROM THE GLENDALE ATARIFEST
-
- (C) 1991 by Atari Corporation, GEnie, and the Atari RoundTables. May
- be reprinted only with this notice intact. The Atari RoundTables on
- GEnie are the *official* information services of the Atari Corporation.
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- 8369. Upon connection, type HHH Wait for the U#= prompt. Type
- XJM11877,GENIE and hit RETURN. The system will now prompt you for your
- information.
-
-
- <R.KOVACS> Hi there, I am waiting for John Nagy too!! Shoud be around
- shortly!
-
- <DARLAH> Great!
-
- <R.KOVACS> I am going to call.. I will be here but not here in a
- minute...
-
- <R.KOVACS> John is on the phone!!!
-
- <R.KOVACS> Attendance today is near 2000!
-
- <R.KOVACS> Bob [Brodie] left early this mornig and Bill Rehbock held the
- Atari seminar...Sooooo much news was discussed it is going to take 4
- issues of Z*Net to get it out.
-
- <DARLAH> Ask him if our GEnielamp writer was doing his poll..
-
- <R.KOVACS> As far as John know yes...
-
- <R.KOVACS> New Story #1
- The TT is class B as of this week!
-
- News Story #2
-
- FSM GDOS starts shipping today at Glendale show as part of the WordFlair
- package. It will be available seperate within weeks at dealers.
-
- The STBook was shown at the show, and it is going into production
- already.
-
- <DARLAH> How was it received?
-
- <R.KOVACS> Very well, they were alot of oohs and ahs... Very Sexy sez
- John! The STBook has a 10 hour battery life.
-
- <[Larry Rymal] LRYMAL> How much for the STbook?
-
- <R.KOVACS> Around 1800.oo with hard drive.
-
- <DARLAH> what size drive?
-
- <R.KOVACS> The hard drive for the Book is 40 meg will larger available
- later.
-
- <E.JOLLEY> Does the STbook have a floppy drive?
-
- <[Larry Rymal] LRYMAL> Has it been FCC certified, yet? (ouch!)
-
- <R.KOVACS> News about Falcon and the future of the 1040, but you will
- have to read ZNET for that one sez John.
-
- <[Go Auburn!] J.COLE18> Ron, any hints to a show stealer for Fall comdex
- to go agains the Apple 040 machines?
-
- (Job 6)<R.KOVACS> Non hinted
-
- <R.KOVACS> Bill Rhebock spoke for 1 hour 1/2 and there was not a dull
- moment during it!
-
- <DARLAH> How was sales at the show so far?
-
- <R.KOVACS> The stylis (ST Pad) will be at Comdex. Vendors are
- complaining that they didn't bring enough product!
-
- <DARLAH> How were the other seminars attended and who spoke?
-
- <[Go Auburn!] J.COLE18> will STpad (or book for that matter) be for
- sale at Comdex
-
- <R.KOVACS> ST Book will be for sale only at Comdex.
- Attendance and sales well over this point last year!
-
- <[Dave] D.SHORR> Have the winners of the STe Demo Contest finally been
- announced?
-
- <R.KOVACS> Real production for the book with pick up after xmas ...
- The STPAD will be under $1200.00.
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> Was FSM GDOSD available for sale?
-
- <DARLAH> with Wordflair
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> After Xmas? Silly?
-
- <R.KOVACS> FSM only available if you purchased WordFlair. Consumer
- packing is NOT ready yet.
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> Pad $1200...Book $1800
-
- <R.KOVACS> Yes
-
- <R.KOVACS> John Tarpinian is on cloud 2300000202054054543000
-
- <DARLAH> I bet he is
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> Ron ,does that mean that current owners of WordFlair
- can buy it from Goldleaf?
-
- <R.KOVACS> John will take questions for 5 minutes now!
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> That leaves little room for the other clouds
- ;-)
-
- <DARLAH> How did the other seminars go and who spoke?
-
- <R.KOVACS> The seminars total 3, Bill Rhebock spoke with James Grunke,
- #2 was Dave Small, doing Neil Young again, and the third in progress now
- is Nathan and Calamus SL and all were HEAVILY 100-200 people in each!
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> John Nagy....be sure and notice the T25 at the
- San Diego user group booth, and the TURBO030 at the Computer Network/
- ISD booth.
-
- <R.KOVACS> John has noticed it and it is running!
-
- <DARLAH> great show it appears like......very good news
-
- <DARLAH> How does Jim's piece of work look?
-
- <R.KOVACS> He hasn't seen it up close but will take a close up look
- later...
-
- <E.JOLLEY> Is Stalker supposed to be better than Stealth?
-
- <[Go Auburn!] J.COLE18> Ken, is Gribnif still accepting upgrades? (if
- they are, are they doing it at the show?)
-
- <R.KOVACS> Stalker is SUPER!
-
- <E.JOLLEY> How much is Stalker running for?
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> The exhibitors were a little annoyed. They were
- selling out of stuff. <G>
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> $40.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Not sure about Gribnif.... Stalker (think.. $49.00) any
- other questions!
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> The udgrade is $25. I think. At the show it's $40.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Any other questions for John Nagy?
-
- <DARLAH> Are they seeing brand new users at this show? Or just die hard
- Atarists
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> Yes. I think there are more music people around.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Not sure.....
-
- <[Go Auburn!] J.COLE18> Any hints for Multitasking tos?
-
- <R.KOVACS> Earth Wind and Fire (the group) was at the show shopping as
- was Jim Hotz and other music and screen stars..
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> Yes, for John: to what do you attribute the success
- of the H.A,.C.K.S. show after a series of less than wonderful turnouts
- earlier in the year?
-
- [ We missed this question originally and have passed it along to John
- King Tarpinian to answer. Look for his comments on this successful
- show in the next regular edition of Z*Net ]
-
- <R.KOVACS> Unknown on the STE contest
-
- <R.KOVACS> No multitasking at the show but there is a new TOS.
-
- <[Go Auburn!] J.COLE18> WHAT new tos??? :-)
- <G.RICHARDSO1> What new TOS is that?
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> A 2.05 that fits in the old machines.
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> MultiGem was showing their stuff at the show.
-
- <[Larry Rymal] LRYMAL> Which old machines? Mega STs and older?
-
- <R.KOVACS> The big change [in the new TOS] is the way it starts up...
- Perhaps 2.05 , not sure, John needs more info!
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> John, is it correct that FSM GDOS requires the use
- of XCONTROL? How does this impact owners of TOS below ver 2.x?
-
- <R.KOVACS> The st-book is already Type C [ This was a tying error ]
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> STs as in all the older machines.
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> Are we talking new ROMS here?
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> The Book is the best peice of work Atari's done
- in years...way to go Tracy!!!
-
- <R.KOVACS> To properly operate FSM yes, it also requires 2 meg or more
- to get the full features!
-
- <R.KOVACS> New ROMS, yes
-
- <E.JOLLEY> What does FCC type C mean?
- <[Dave] D.SHORR> When will the ROMs be available? $$$?
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> Any release date on the new ROMS?
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> Usable on an Airplane = Class C
-
- <R.KOVACS> ST Book is type B not C my error (Rons)
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> Can the old ROMS be patched with software?
-
- <R.KOVACS> ROMs, not announced, but except for using them in upgrades
- the difference is insignficant.
-
- <[Go Auburn!] J.COLE18> Any marketing Blitzes scheduled?????
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> How much meory is it theoretically possible to stuff
- in a Mega or an older ST?
-
- <R.KOVACS> If you are using them in an ST you do not need the change.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Marketing plans are magazines near xmas, no TV.
-
- <G.RICHARDSO1> WIth TOS 2 in an older machine you could get up to 15
- megs of RAM to live in a Mega.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Computers don't sell on TV, image sells on TV, says Mr. Nagy
-
- <E.JOLLEY> Which magazines?
-
- <R.KOVACS> Publishing and Music and Computer magazines
-
- <[Go Auburn!] J.COLE18> Will there be enough machines in the US for an
- Xmas Ad blitz?
-
- <E.JOLLEY> Well which computer magazines, just Atari mags?
-
- <R.KOVACS> Any blitz will be co-op, the machines are here and they are
- ready!
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> Mark is running Avant Vector and Dynacadd on it.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Dave Small is relaxing after his seminar...
-
- <R.KOVACS> Mark Booth is selling the buttons for $3.00, people have
- tried to pay him more.. They say ST-REPORT, with the universal NO over
- it!
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> ;-)
-
- <E.JOLLEY> Geez, that's not very original.
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> I guess Ralph stayed home?
-
- <DARLAH> yes, Ralph did not attend
-
- <R.KOVACS> Ralph Mariano is not in attendance it is a very up crowd!
-
- <R.KOVACS> He wouldn't have felt at home. :-)
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> Diamond Back now works with Mega STE's.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Closing comments
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> The DJ Utilities will be upgraded in the middle of
- next month.
-
- <R.KOVACS> Everybody is thinking smaller this year. Glendale is the
- first sign that this type of thinking is wrong.
-
- <[FAST TECH] J.ALLEN27> Anyone showing Matrix video boards?
-
- <G.RICHARDSO1> Did Gadget's anounce a ship date for SST?
-
- <R.KOVACS> John is leaving and thanks you for appearing here!
-
- <DARLAH> Thank you!!!
-
- <R.KOVACS> Color pictures are coming!
-
- <R.KOVACS> AtariUser's October issue was also distributed.
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> Codehead ran out of Multidesk Deluxe.
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> They only thought they would sell 20. They ran out of
- 50 in the first four hours.
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> I don't think I ever did get an answer to my question
- about the factors behind the success of the show.
-
- <[anthony] A.DIPIETRO> Any news on Jaguar?? :)
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> The CDAR 504 was there. It looked pretty good.
-
- <[anthony] A.DIPIETRO> Did the big Ts make an appearance?
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> T"s?
-
- <[anthony] A.DIPIETRO> is the 504 ready for sale?
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> The 504 is that not the older CD ROM?
-
- <[anthony] A.DIPIETRO> Tramiels
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> No one mentioned them.
-
- <[jdb] JOE.WATERS> What was the model number on the CD-ROM that they
- refused to sell?
-
- <[anthony] A.DIPIETRO> how much (for the 504)
-
- <[Ken] SFRT-ASST> Around 4-500?
-
- <R.KOVACS> any news tomorrow, John will pass it along.
-
-
- Please note that this has been edited down from the original capture
- and answers to some questions did not occur although they are listed
- here. We missed them either by scrolling off or simply missing them
- altogether.
-
- John Nagy was NOT attending the conference live. He reported over
- the phone and I typed as fast as possible.
-
- If there is more information worth reporting on this weekend, we will
- issue an additional report, till then look for a full eyewitness report
- in Issue #91-40 of Z*Net Online.
-
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- Z*BREAK #91-39
- Copyright 1991, Rovac Industries, Inc.
- Transcript Copyright 1991, Atari Corporation, GEnie ST RT
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