Anyone have 2 AR boards they are willing to part with? 15 bucks for 2
sounds fair to me. Any takers?
Sean McLachlan
MIS Manager
LithoFlexo grafics inc.
801.484.8503
sean(a)lithoflexo.com
I guess the list is set up to reply by default to individuals, rather
than the list. I meant to send the following to the list:
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Did this stuff happen today, by any chance, or was it earlier? I'm just
wondering if I've already missed seeing it on the news (assuming that's
what the video cameras were for) or if I might catch it on some channel
at 10:00 tonight...
Too bad I no longer work at U of U Research Park; I would have loved to
have gone and seen him. :(
Thanks,
Trevor
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When I heard the news that Nolan Bushnell was coming back to Salt Lake
City, I was as excited as a Japanese school-girl. He was scheduled to
speak at the University of Utah at a Micron classic-games tournament. The
timing was coincidental, the University had planned to give him their
"Distinguished Alumni" award the night before the tournament, and they
facilitated him being there so the students and public could come see him.
I contemplated bringing a manual or a cartridge or something for him to
sign, but one object in particular stood out. It was the two-player
Computer Space that stares at me day after day across my desk at my office.
Thinking that the game would add to the presentation, I emailed the EE
department and after a short exchange between me the Chairperson, and the
Chairperson and Nolan, they agreed. I told them all I wanted was for Nolan
to sign his work. Nolan replied that he'd be glad to put his mark on one
of his most fondly remembered games.
My friend Bill helped me haul the game and took pictures (see above).
Nolan's speech was swell, lots of stuff that I'd never heard before. He
said he regretted selling Atari to Time/Warner, that it just seemed like a
lot of money at the time. Apparently, Atari had advanced technology that
could have made a difference. AtariTel was a 28K modem with picturephone
and plans for online gaming in the late 70's. Many ideas were abandoned by
Time/Warner after the acquisition. He said he was offered 30% of Apple for
$50K and turned it down because Atari was going to be making computers, and
didn't want the conflict of interest. He espoused his theory that all
large companies become collectively stupid, and only the small companies
can be smart. He had the belief that Atari was one of the first
meritocracies, judging employees not on their dress, but the quality of
their work. It was a great talk.
When I approached him after, he was very personable. He saw the Computer
Space and said he wished he brought an oscilloscope so he could fix it. :-)
Then he told me the story of the cabinet design, something I had always
heard attributed to Charles Eames, but no, he designed the cabinet too. He
sculpted a small model on his kitchen table, then found a guy who made
whirlpools to do the fiberglass. They could only make one cabinet a day in
the beginning before production was ramped up. Nolan also said he had very
little to do with the two-player version of Computer Space as he had gone
off to start Syzygy/Atari. He made mention that he had owned a yellow
single-player that was stolen at a function he brought it to. He also
talked about the single silver model that was in "Soylent Green," saying
that he wished he knew of its whereabouts.
He signed the game, shook my hand for the picture and thanked me for
bringing the game. I was ecstatic to meet him, but even more pleased that
he was such a nice guy.
Maybe you could carry your Computer Space machine in a backback... no one would even notice....
Thanks for the heads up
>>> Pete Ashdown <pashdown(a)xmission.com> 04/08/02 10:49PM >>>
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020408/80488_1.html
Wonder what I should bring for him to sign... :-)
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