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Anybody get the Popeye?
by Sean McLachlan 21 May '02

21 May '02

Just wondering if if Pete's policy of "buy everything" is still in force. :-) Hey, since the list has been dead for awhile, how about a thread idea: Anyone picked anything up lately? Good, bad, part you've been looking for forever, etc. Now is the time to brag or seek sympathy. It helps to keep me looking when I hear that stuff is out there, and I have been dry for the last couple months as far as finds go. Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503 sean(a)lithoflexo.com

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Arcade gallery of Horrors
by Christopher Strong 03 May '02

03 May '02

Hello all. Just finished a major rebuild on a Electrohome G05-802 (19" BW Vector) monitor for my Battlezone and hope to do the same soon on a Wells-Gardner 19V2000 (just like the Electrohome), so I may be able to offer advice if anyone wants to jump into that pit of despair. I am looking for a Berzerk marquee and Blue Print or Pengo parts if anybody has spares. Now the reason for the mail...there is a "gallery of horror" of bad arcade conversions that I found amusing and sad: http://www.madocowain.com/Arcade/Gallery/gallery_3.html And of damaged arcade games here: http://www.madocowain.com/Arcade/Gallery/gallery_2.html Those are worse than when Best hauled all the Asteroids monitors to the dump. -Chris

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WTB: AR/I or AR/II for Asteroids
by Sean McLachlan 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

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

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Re: [UtVgG] Nolan Bushnell, Computer Space, and me
by Trevor Holyoak 12 Apr '02

12 Apr '02

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: -------- Original Message -------- 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 Christopher Strong wrote: > Here are the few photos I took with my dying camera: > > http://tardis.innosystech.com/chris/nolan/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > UtVgG mailing list > UtVgG(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg >

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Nolan Bushnell, Computer Space, and me
by Pete Ashdown 12 Apr '02

12 Apr '02

http://pashpics.xmission.com/gallery/ab-p-vg-nolan http://pashpics.xmission.com/gallery/ab-p-vg-nolan/20020412_105904 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.

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Re: [UtVgG] Nolan Bushnell at U of U
by Bert Ankrom 10 Apr '02

10 Apr '02

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... :-) _______________________________________________ UtVgG mailing list UtVgG(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg

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Nolan Bushnell at U of U
by Pete Ashdown 08 Apr '02

08 Apr '02

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020408/80488_1.html Wonder what I should bring for him to sign... :-)

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FA: Tempest, Tron, Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail $1 NR
by Pete Ashdown 16 Mar '02

16 Mar '02

Atari Tempest, multi, capped vector XY, NR http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1065483103 Bally/Midway TRON w/ lithium & CPO NR http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1065469931 Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail Table w/ speedup chip NR http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1065492600

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Re: [UtVgG] Olympic Vids for sale?
by Bert Ankrom 04 Mar '02

04 Mar '02

I went just before the police shut it down. They were handing out price lists and everything had prices listed except the "USED ARCADE GAMES" it said prices were "mixed". That whole area of Redwood Road was a madhouse on Friday. All the parking in the area was gone, traffic was backed up on Redwood Road form 3900 (where the sale was) to 4500 South. The company dong the selling apparently didn't have the proper licenses and they were shut down. The sale is supposed to be changing venues into South Salt Lake today, but I'm not sure where. I think I heard it was going to be around 3900 South State, but I'm not sure. I heard on the news that there were people lined up at 2:30 this morning to get tickets. When I went on Friday I got there at 9:15 and they had already given all the ticket out for the whole day in the first 15 minutes (tickets are apparently handed out at 9:00 am) with a set time to come back. >>> Kurt Mahan <kmahan(a)xmission.com> 03/03/02 12:58PM >>> There was some email that went out to employees saying that some stuff wasn't for sale -- and on that list was "video games" and "pool tables". So my guess is that they aren't for sale -- but who knows.. Kurt > > * Sean McLachlan (sean(a)lithoflexo.com) [020228 17:13] writeth: > >I was watching fox news last night, and they had a story on the selling of > >Olympic stuff, couches and chairs mostly, but in the background the had a > >bunch of vids, most new but there was a Spy Hunter in there. The auction > >starts Friday at 10:00 am at 4510 S. (I think) redwood road. It is > >definitely on the 4500 block of redwood. I am going snowmobiling, so I > >can't check it out, but maybe some of you can. Good luck. I hope that > >those machines weren't placed by an op, and this is all a waste of time. > > Did anyone go? I just got back in town this morning. > > _______________________________________________ > UtVgG mailing list > UtVgG(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg > _______________________________________________ UtVgG mailing list UtVgG(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg

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Olympic Vids for sale?
by Sean McLachlan 03 Mar '02

03 Mar '02

I was watching fox news last night, and they had a story on the selling of Olympic stuff, couches and chairs mostly, but in the background the had a bunch of vids, most new but there was a Spy Hunter in there. The auction starts Friday at 10:00 am at 4510 S. (I think) redwood road. It is definitely on the 4500 block of redwood. I am going snowmobiling, so I can't check it out, but maybe some of you can. Good luck. I hope that those machines weren't placed by an op, and this is all a waste of time. Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503 sean(a)lithoflexo.com

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