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GEnie Page 475;2
The Atari ST RTC
On Saturday, November 23, 1991, at 5:00 pm est, we had the pleasure of
holding a live conference in the Atari RT. Our special guest was John Nagy
of Z-Net, coming to us live from the Chicago show, piggybacked with
Z-Net's Ron Kovacs. This GEnie exclusive is compliments of Z-Net. Our
thanks to you.
Room 1, the General Club room.
Job City Room Sta Mail-Address
1 Andover,MA 1 N J.ALLEN27
2 Middlesex,NJ 1 N [Ron Kovacs] Z-NET
3 Latest news,FL 1 N ST.REPORT
4 Glendale,CA 1 N [The King] ATARIUSER
5 North york,ON 1 L DARLAH
6 Markham,ON 1 N [Nathan] ISD
7 Wiesbaden,NJ 1 N MIKE.SCHUETZ
9 Somewhere,UT 1 N SANDY.W
10 Columbus,OH 1 N R.BRADLEY13
11 Englewood,CO 1 N [David] DAVESMALL
12 Peachtree city,GA 1 N E.HANTSCH
13 Pittsburgh,PA 1 N [Rick] R.RIMKEVICUS
14 Rehoboth,MA 1 N J.LEDGARD
15 Derby,CT 1 N V.PATRICELL1
17 San francisco,CA 1 N P.LOUIE1
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Here we go....
(Job 4)<[The King] ATARIUSER> Oh Boy
Room 1, the General Club room.
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> 1200 people estimated, overall sales are
slow....
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> but they are picking up....
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> There are 58 vendors including user groups....
(Job 5)<DARLAH> How are the seminars going?
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> plus another 13 in the Atari 8 bit area.
Correction... there are probably..
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> 10 less because of duplicates in his notes....
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> The seminars are MANY and very well attended.
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> The Calamus seminars were very sucessful and
more had to be scheduled...
(Job 15)<V.PATRICELL1> How many people are there today?
(Job 8)<MICHELLE.T> Is Mario running the Calamus seminars?
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Way to go, Mario
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> I like that news Ron/John :-)
(Job 1)<J.ALLEN27> Mario!!!!!
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> Yes, Mario is running those seminars.
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> The gaming area has at least 50 ST playing
Midimaze, but this area...
(Job 14)<J.LEDGARD> Are TT's for sale there at the show? If so how much
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> is not that busy at the moment.
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Mario is...
(Job 15)<V.PATRICELL1> Sounds good. What new products/software is being
shown?
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> 1200 people is unfortunate. Wish there were more.
(Job 5)<DARLAH> We are going formal. Please use /rai for questions
(Job 5)** <DARLAH> Room is now listen-only.
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Gribnif is showing X-Boot
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> X-Boot is a totally GEM boot-up selector for
$29.95
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Other news...
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Silhouette..being shown and for $75.00 is
impressive..sez John
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Codehead showing Genus and for sale
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> and is showing Midispy which is not for sale..
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> John will take questions now....
(Job 5)<DARLAH> What exactly is Midispy?
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Dave SMall did not show up.
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Midi spy...
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Ron, he is here
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Resident background midi-recorder, catches
midi activity and records it..
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Mike:
(Job 7)<MIKE.SCHUETZ> Hi Ron / John ... is Missionware showwing Flash II?
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> John has not seen it yet. Its on the list
Mike....
(Job 7)<MIKE.SCHUETZ> Ok... wondered since it was announced..
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> John sez he found them on the listing but not
at the show yet...
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Thanks, Mike
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Nathan:
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> Hi Ron/John. Wish I was in Chicago but this is almost the
same
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> :-) Speaking personally, I would be most interested
to hear a
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> bit more detail on the Calamus seminar that Mario
held on behalf of ISD.
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> 7 Rooms altogether involved with the show and
XEgame Systems for $25.00.. Go ahead Nathan
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> Did you get a chance to stick your head in John? ga
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> John did and that's all..... There were
plenty of oooo's and ahssss
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> and it was FULL!!!
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> How many workstations were actually setup?
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> 5 12 48? :-)
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> 12-15 that John could see, perhaps more...
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> up to 20 as a guess... John will spend more
time there tomorrow!
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> Thats great news, thank you. Was hoping there would
be a good
(Job 6)<[Nathan] ISD> response. Thank you. ga
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Also tomorrow news on other new products...
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Thanks Nathan, Dave:
(Job 11)<[David] DAVESMALL> Hi folks .. I got pretty sick Wednesday night
(something the kids brought home) and haven't been doing much at all.
Sorry I couldn't come!!! Tried to let Bob B. know but I don't think it got
through at hotel.
(Job 11)<[David] DAVESMALL> Be sure to check out Museum of Science &
Technology when there... it's great!
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> You were missed Dave!!!
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> and many were asking for or about you!
(Job 11)<[David] DAVESMALL> Thanks, Ron ... I left a message for Bob at
the hotel, but I don't know if he got it. They sounded a little weird.
(Job 11)<[David] DAVESMALL> (You haven't lived until you've been sick
with your dog watching you, saying, "How odd!")
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Yes... I just called there THREE times and
they couldn't conect me to JN's room.
(Job 11)<[David] DAVESMALL> I hear that. Please let everyone know I'm
sorry I couldn't come, ok?
(Job 11)<[David] DAVESMALL> ga.
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Thanks, Dave Vince:
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> John will pass this along!!
(Job 15)<V.PATRICELL1> Is X_Boot like Superboot?
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> ICD has not adspeed ST's available. Parts
shortage, they should have them Tuesday *sigh*
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> X-Boot
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Yes, but much much more. (X-Boot)
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Same purpose but with many other features..
(Job 15)<V.PATRICELL1> ga
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Thanks, Vince
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Ralph:
(Job 3)<ST.REPORT> I have two ??s Ron.. 1st Who is the actual author of
XBoot
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> The IAAD Atari product guide is being
distributed at the show. 24 pages. GA STR
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> It is an import, author not known right now...
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> ga
(Job 3)<ST.REPORT> OK, second ? How was the attendence at the PageStream
Seminars
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Who I am speaking to.. They had to schedule a
second PS class.
(Job 3)<ST.REPORT> How many in attendance though.... any Idea?
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> The attendance?? Good, no number.. Enough to
schedule a second class. ga
(Job 3)<ST.REPORT> thankyou..... ga
(Job 5)<DARLAH> Thanks, Ralph P.LOUIE1:
(Job 2)<[Ron Kovacs] Z-NET> Thanks Lloyd, Dana, Ralph or whoever.. ga
(Job 17)<P.LOUIE1> Hi Ron, How big was the show compared to Glendale and
WAACE?
(J