Word: atari
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...even good trash. Sitting through Jinxed is like staring at your T.V. when nothing decent is on but there's nothing better to do. At least here, if your sensibility overcomes your stupor, the Donkey Kong in the lobby is better than anything you can get on your Atari...
...called Atari Democrats talk a more responsible line. Putting their faith in high technology to strengthen the economy, they advocate a, so far, distressingly vague program of tax and investment incentives to spur expansion of rising industries such as semiconductors and computer software, as well as job retraining programs to cushion the plight of workers laid off in declining "smokestack" industries such as steel and autos. As an option for the future, the strategy is well worth debate, presuming that somehow the money could be found, but it is not much help in confronting the overwhelming problem facing the Congress...
...Atari Chairman Raymond Kassar believes that such claims are wildly exaggerated. His company is introducing a new game machine with improved graphics at a suggested retail price of $269. That is only $30 less than the price of the Atari 400 home computer, but Kassar predicts good sales. Says he: "There will always be a very strong mass market for the ultimate game machine...
...some 200 customers of New York's Chemical Bank, the tedious chore of checking their balances or paying their bills no longer means standing in line at the neighborhood branch office. Instead, they simply switch on their Atari home computers, telephone a special Chemical Bank number, punch in some secret password codes and numbers into their machines and conduct all their banking business from their living rooms...
...Chemical's customers can use only Atari machines, but by year's end bank officials hope to offer Pronto to people who own other brands. Cost of the service: $5 to $10 a month...