INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Thu, 16 Nov 89       Volume 89 : Issue 664
 
Today's Topics:
           Atari Post Loss of $5.4 MILLION in Third Quarter
                    MIDI record/playback (Me too!)
                               Modula 2
                 SeaGate 296n information... (2 msgs)
                           status of Gulam
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Date: 16 Nov 89 20:38:47 GMT
From: usc!jarthur!uci-ics!bonnie.ics.uci.edu!jvance@ucsd.edu  (Joachim Patrick
 Vance)
Subject: Atari Post Loss of $5.4 MILLION in Third Quarter
 
  This is HOT off the press.  I thought everyone on the Net might like
to know.
 
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OTC  11/15 0956  ATARI POSTS LOSS OF $5.4 MILLION IN THIRD QUARTER
 
SUNNYVALE, CA (NOV. 15) PR NEWSWIRE - Atari Corporation (AMEX: ATC) reported
the results of operations for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 1989.
   Net sales for the quarter were $81.4 million compared to $98.8 million for
the like quarter last year. The net loss was $5.4 million compared to net
income of $.9 million. Net sales for the nine months were $253 million
compared to $300 million for the like period last year. There was a net loss
of $1.8 million compared to a net income of $12.1 million for the like nine
months last year.
   Sam Tramiel, president and chief executive officer, said "This has been an
encouraging yet difficult quarter for Atari. Towards the end of the quarter we
began shipping many new products which represent our future. For example, we
started shipping Portfolio, our new hand held MS DOS command compatible
computer, and the Megafile 44, our new removable media hard disk drive. Also,
during the quarter, we began shipping the STE computer, an improved version of
our core ST product. Additionally, during the fourth quarter, we expect to
start shipping Lynx, the new hand held color LCD video game system. However,
to reflect the dramatic drop in component prices, especially semi-conductors
and disk drives, the company has taken a special charge during the quarter of
approximately $10 million in respect of such inventory."
   Tramiel also stated, "With the shipment of new products and less volatile
DRAM costs in the fourth quarter, we anticipate normalization of margins as and
when the inventories of older products are sold. Portfolio production is
ramping up now as planned. Initial sales appear consistent with our
expectations."
   Atari Corp. is one of the largest companies in the world manufacturing
personal computers and video games systems.   Atari headquarters are located in
Sunnyvale.
   CONTACT: Greg Pratt of Atari Corp., 408-745-2349
 
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Date: 16 Nov 89 16:18:08 GMT
From: mcsun!inria!irisa!engel@uunet.uu.net  (Jean Christophe Engel)
Subject: MIDI record/playback (Me too!)
 
From article <111500061@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, by sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:
 
> I am looking for a public domain program for the ST that would allow
> me to capture information from the midi port while I play a synth
> i.e. a midi recoder.  Hopefully this would also be able to replay the
>       ...
 
I'm interested too !
 
Jean-Christophe Engel
engel@irisa.fr
 
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Date: 16 Nov 89 17:04:29 GMT
From: mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!piet@uunet.uu.net  (Piet van Oostrum)
Subject: Modula 2
 
In article <8911150806.AA02970@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, V053QHYX@UBVMSC writes:
 `I just d/l'ed and unzood modula 2 from ftp terminator..its all in german?!
 `Can anyone translate it??I'll create a new resource file for it if I can find
 `smeone to translate it..I'm sure other users would like it also..!!
 
If you could read German, you would have noted that changing the resource
file is explicitly forbidden. At least it was in the first version (I will
look in the current).
I am afraid I'm too busy translating (well maybe I find some time while I'm
watching the News about the DDR (East Germany)).
--
Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, University of Utrecht
Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht,  The Netherlands.
Telephone: +31-30-531806   Uucp: uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!piet
Telefax:   +31-30-513791   Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl      (*`Pete')
 
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Date: 16 Nov 89 17:12:13 GMT
From: uvm-gen!pegram@uunet.uu.net  (pegram r)
Subject: SeaGate 296n information...
 
From article <891113.14502027.074992@SFA.CP6>,
 by Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252):
>
>     I know that this has been thrashed royally here before, but could
> someone send me the particulars of the problems with the SeaGate 296n
> hard drive mechanism?  As I understand it, there is a problem with
> REVISION 8, or is it 7?  1:1 interweave chokes, etc...
        Stuff deleted...
> Larry Rymal:  |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>
 
I'm also thinking of getting a 296N, perhaps a synopsis of 296N
problems could be reposted?  On the other hand, it might be
better to post a list of problem drives/manufacturers and
sources of info on the problems, and emailing me the
specifics on 296Ns.
Thanks,
Bob Pegram (pegram@griffin.uvm-gen.uvm.edu , if that helps)
 
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Date: 16 Nov 89 20:50:19 GMT
From: ogccse!blake!ramsiri@ucsd.edu  (Enartloc Nhoj)
Subject: SeaGate 296n information...
 
In article <1341@uvm-gen.UUCP> pegram@uvm-gen.UUCP (pegram r) writes:
>From article <891113.14502027.074992@SFA.CP6>,
> by Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252):
>>
>>     I know that this has been thrashed royally here before, but could
>> someone send me the particulars of the problems with the SeaGate 296n
>> REVISION 8, or is it 7?  1:1 interweave chokes, etc...
>       Stuff deleted...
>> Larry Rymal:  |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>
>
>I'm also thinking of getting a 296N, perhaps a synopsis of 296N
>problems could be reposted?  On the other hand, it might be
 
 
ROM 8 Does NOT format 1:1 successfully... sure it will run.. if
a 57K/sec DTR is satisfactory for you !
 
The older ROM 7 drives (hard to find these days) will format 1:1
and give you about 550 K/sec.
 
Seagate recognized the problem with ROM 8's and, I believe,
successfully rectified it.  I vaguely recall reading about a ROM 12?
 
Perhaps someone else can fill in at this point, as i dropped
following the Seagate drives when i ran into the ROM 8 problem
last February.
 
-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu
 
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Date: 13 Nov 89 19:28:27 GMT
From: ncrlnk!wright!crimson!pmateti@uunet.uu.net  (Prabhaker Mateti)
Subject: status of Gulam
 
Over the past two years, I have recd several enquiries about
improvements and bug fixes to Gulam.  To all those, and the many
others who found it useful and said so: I am grateful.
 
I would like to release a corrected version.  The question of "when"
is governed by two factors. One is that I no longer use ST on a daily
basis.  Two, I have not seen "correct" solutions to the many problems
attributed to Gulam (such as the one re stdin/out redirection).  I
would like to recv "capsules" of solutions to such problems.  Bugs
caused strictly by the internals of Gulam are, of course, mine to fix.
 
Meanwhile, if there are others who have "fixed" Gulam, I have no
problem if they post the binaries of such versions.  I still hold the
copyrights to the original src, and I am not giving permission to post
the src.  Authors of modifications, of course, do NOT need my
permissions to post their mods (either in src or as binary patches).
 
The src of Gulam is available, as always free of cost, to individuals.
However, having seen public comments by some who recd the src, I will
be selective in who I will send the src to.  It is not an easy program
to understand without the design documentation, which I am not yet
ready to release.
 
prabhaker mateti, wright st u res ctr, 3171 research blvd, kettering, oh 45420
pmateti@cs.wright.edu                          (513) 259-1379   (513) 873-2491
 
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 89 15:38:08
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