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Re: Atlanta 2600 meeting

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From: Joe Wetzel
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 00:00
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stuhlman@netcom.com (S. Stuhlman) writes:

>Chris Farris (chris@ravenloft.stucen.gatech.edu) wrote:

>:                           Announcing the Atlanta
>: 				2600 group.

> Ummmm... excuse my ignorance, but what is a "2600" anyway?
>Just curious...

It's a group dedicated to the survival of the Atari 2600.   :^)

No... it's really a hackers group, named 2600 because that's the
frequency of the tone which could get you a free phone call years
ago.

Joe  (who's afraid he will now have a CIA file for knowing too much
     about this group)
 
-- 
Joseph William Wetzel (jwetzel@cc.gatech.edu)

"Gozar the Traveller... he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms.  
During the rectification of the Voldrani, the traveller came as a large 
moving Torg!  Then during the third reconcilliation of the last of the 
meketric supplecants they chose a new form for him--that of a giant 
slur!  Many shubs and zools knew what it was like to be roasted in the 
depths of the slur that day I can tell you!"

Vince to Egon in _Ghostbusters_
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From: jwetzel@cc.gatech.edu (Joe Wetzel)
Subject: Re: Atlanta 2600 meeting
Date: 1995/06/29
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