Atari Bulletin Board

ATARI BULLETIN BOARD / January 1990 / Atari Interface Magazine by Bill & Pattie Rayl TOS 1.4 in 2 CHIP SETS ---------------------- TOS 1.4 is now available to Mega ST owners in the two chip, Masked ROM set. Those Atari owners who waited are rewareded with ROMS that will take far less power than the six chip set and will easily install in the newer STs with old 2 chip TOS. Those owners who did install six chip TOS 1.4 set to replace their old TOS 1.2 two chip set had to install four sockets to hold the extra ROMs, and some even had to replace parts on the motherboard because the six chip sets drew so much power, other "working" bu...

Atari Bulletin Board / February 1990 / Atari Interface Magazine by Bill & Pattie Rayl ATARI CORP NEWS --------------- Atari reportedly made a good showing at the Winter CES in Las Vegas, NV. In the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Lynx and California Games was being displayed with the help of two bikini-clad women on rollerskates and a "day at the beach" backdrop. Meanwhile, back at the private suite in the Mirage Hotel, Atari was showing the Lynx, Portfolio, 2600 and 7800 game machines and the ST. According to Andy Marken of Marken Communications, Atari's PR firm, Atari is projecting 1990 production of one milli...

Atari Bulletin Board / October '89 / Atari Interface Magazine by Bill and Pattie Rayl There is a bit of news this month from Atari headquarters. Atari President San Tramiel held an online conference on GEnie and lots of press releases appeared after The Dusseldorf Messe at the end of August. In this issue, [of A.I.M. Magazine] there is a report, complete with product pictures, on the Dusseldorf show from special correspondents Christian Strasheim and Michael Schutz of ST Vision. SAM TRAMIEL CONFERENCE ---------------------- In the online conference held on August 30, Sam Tramiel talked about the new STE and TT, both of which were...

Atari Bulletin Board / February 1990 / Atari Interface Magazine by Bill & Pattie Rayl ATARI CORP NEWS --------------- Atari reportedly made a good showing at the Winter CES in Las Vegas, NV. In the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Lynx and California Games was being displayed with the help of two bikini-clad women on rollerskates and a "day at the beach" backdrop. Meanwhile, back at the private suite in the Mirage Hotel, Atari was showing the Lynx, Portfolio, 2600 and 7800 game machines and the ST. According to Andy Marken of Marken Communications, Atari's PR firm, Atari is projecting 1990 production of one milli...

ATARI BULLETIN BOARD / January 1990 / Atari Interface Magazine by Bill & Pattie Rayl TOS 1.4 in 2 CHIP SETS ---------------------- TOS 1.4 is now available to Mega ST owners in the two chip, Masked ROM set. Those Atari owners who waited are rewareded with ROMS that will take far less power than the six chip set and will easily install in the newer STs with old 2 chip TOS. Those owners who did install six chip TOS 1.4 set to replace their old TOS 1.2 two chip set had to install four sockets to hold the extra ROMs, and some even had to replace parts on the motherboard because the six chip sets drew so much power, other "working" bu...

Atari Bulletin Board / October '89 / Atari Interface Magazine by Bill and Pattie Rayl There is a bit of news this month from Atari headquarters. Atari President San Tramiel held an online conference on GEnie and lots of press releases appeared after The Dusseldorf Messe at the end of August. In this issue, [of A.I.M. Magazine] there is a report, complete with product pictures, on the Dusseldorf show from special correspondents Christian Strasheim and Michael Schutz of ST Vision. SAM TRAMIEL CONFERENCE ---------------------- In the online conference held on August 30, Sam Tramiel talked about the new STE and TT, both of which were...