• ATARIbox

    From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 16 21:48:44 2017
    Hi,

    There was an announce June 9th via an ATARI WEB site about ...

    <http://www.ataribox.com/>

    Today at the E3 Los Angeles, Frédéric Chesnais confirmed new hardware. ____________________

    *Atari CEO confirms the company is working on a new game console*
    In venturebeat.com by Dean Takahashi June 16, 2017

    Atari CEO Fred Chesnais told GamesBeat in an exclusive interview
    that his fabled video game company is working on a new game console.

    <http://venturebeat.com/2017/06/16/atari-ceo-confirms-the-company-is-working-on-a-new-game-console/>
    ____________________

    There will be a new ATARI console, and ATARI S.A. is recruiting =)

    Regards,

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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    I saw this and I'm not even sure what
    to think of it ;)

    I mean, the geek in me says I'll end up
    buying it. But the rational side of
    me says.. yeah... this isn't going to
    end well.

    ..: From Particles! BBS - http://www.particles.org
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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 21 14:33:26 2017
    Le 21/06/2017 à 13:03, Ice_Breaker@particlesbbs.dyndns.org a écrit :

    I saw this and I'm not even sure what
    to think of it ;)

    I mean, the geek in me says I'll end up
    buying it. But the rational side of
    me says.. yeah... this isn't going to
    end well.

    According to what I read about that, the AtariBox will be based on a PC hardware.

    Then, if you visit this site:
    https://www.atari.com/arcade/developers/

    You can see that Atari organized the development of old Atari games
    revisited using the talent of fans without paying for their develoment time. Only the result is rewarded if you submit your program. (submissions are
    closed now).

    In my opinion, Atari has succeded in rewritting all of its old stuff
    without any internal develoment : the fans did it.
    Now they are going to integrate this set of games into a PC with a
    "console" packaging.

    A motherboard with the minimum: CPU + integrated graphics, 4MB, no hard
    disk, a memory card and two joysticks connectors.

    Let's see whether I'm right or wrong...

    Guillaume.

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Fri Jun 23 18:18:10 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Ice_Breaker@particlesbbs.dyndns.org writes:
    I saw this and I'm not even sure what
    to think of it ;)

    I mean, the geek in me says I'll end up
    buying it. But the rational side of
    me says.. yeah... this isn't going to
    end well.

    According to what I read about that, the AtariBox will be based on a PC hardware.

    Then, if you visit this site:
    https://www.atari.com/arcade/developers/

    You can see that Atari organized the development of old Atari games
    revisited using the talent of fans without paying for their develoment
    time.
    Only the result is rewarded if you submit your program. (submissions are closed now).

    In my opinion, Atari has succeded in rewritting all of its old stuff
    without any internal develoment : the fans did it.
    Now they are going to integrate this set of games into a PC with a
    "console" packaging.

    A motherboard with the minimum: CPU + integrated graphics, 4MB, no hard
    disk, a memory card and two joysticks connectors.

    Let's see whether I'm right or wrong...

    According to what I read, the new ATARIbox console will be a next-gen
    console, at the level of PlayStation 4, Xbox One or Switch, and would
    compete with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's consoles. The ambitions of
    ATARI seem to be at the level of everybody's expectations about it =)

    Regards,

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 24 09:04:21 2017
    Le 23/06/2017 à 18:18, Francois LE COAT a écrit :

    According to what I read, the new ATARIbox console will be a next-gen console,

    Interesting.
    Have you got the source of what you read?

    Guillaume.

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Sat Jun 24 11:40:34 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    According to what I read, the new ATARIbox console will be a next-gen
    console,

    Interesting.
    Have you got the source of what you read?

    Here it is :

    *Atari revient avec une console next-gen orientée arcade*
    Sur lemagjeuxhightech.com le 21/06/2017 par Julien Barthet <http://lemagjeuxhightech.com/atari-revient-console-next-gen-orientee-arcade/12612/>

    It's French speaking ...

    Regards,

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 25 08:09:19 2017
    Le 24/06/2017 à 11:40, Francois LE COAT a écrit :
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    According to what I read, the new ATARIbox console will be a next-gen
    console,

    Interesting.
    Have you got the source of what you read?

    Here it is :

    *Atari revient avec une console next-gen orientée arcade*
    Sur lemagjeuxhightech.com le 21/06/2017 par Julien Barthet <http://lemagjeuxhightech.com/atari-revient-console-next-gen-orientee-arcade/12612/>

    It's amazing how they can write articles from a short sentence from
    Frederic Chesnais.
    The teaser (a short video) shows a console that looks like the old Atari
    2600.
    This can be a clue to imagine that Atari won't create anything new :
    just a kind of emulator for their old games. A PC machine that can run
    Java to play Pong, Lunar lander...

    Everything that you can do now with your computer or tablet, nothing new.

    Guillaume.

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Sun Jun 25 12:01:36 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    According to what I read, the new ATARIbox console will be a next-gen
    console,

    Interesting.
    Have you got the source of what you read?

    Here it is :

    *Atari revient avec une console next-gen orientée arcade*
    Sur lemagjeuxhightech.com le 21/06/2017 par Julien Barthet
    <http://lemagjeuxhightech.com/atari-revient-console-next-gen-orientee-arcade/12612/>

    It's amazing how they can write articles from a short sentence from
    Frederic Chesnais.
    The teaser (a short video) shows a console that looks like the old Atari 2600.
    This can be a clue to imagine that Atari won't create anything new :
    just a kind of emulator for their old games. A PC machine that can run
    Java to play Pong, Lunar lander...

    Everything that you can do now with your computer or tablet, nothing new.

    You are not reading the reliable sources of information. There's a lot
    written about ATARI's video, but a very few writers understood it ...
    You must concentrate on what F. Chesnais effectively said about that !

    Regards,

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 25 12:10:12 2017
    Le 25/06/2017 à 12:01, Francois LE COAT a écrit :

    You are not reading the reliable sources of information. There's a lot written about ATARI's video, but a very few writers understood it ...
    You must concentrate on what F. Chesnais effectively said about that !

    Wait & see...

    Guillaume.

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Mon Jul 17 16:10:55 2017
    Hi,

    Now we know what the new ATARIbox console will look like ...

    Arachide writes:
    Wait & see...

    Guillaume.
    ______________________

    *Atari reveals first pictures of its new games console*
    The Telegraph by Matthew Field 07/17/2017

    Atari has revealed images of its new Ataribox, the company's first
    video games console in more than 20 years.

    The Ataribox will come in black with ribbed lines and wood paneling,
    a throwback to the original console released in 1977.

    The Ataribox will feature four USB slots, an HDMI connector and an
    SD card reader. Atari said the front panel could either come in wood
    or glass and that the company planned to launch two versions of the
    console: a wood edition and a black/red edition.

    <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/07/17/atari-reveals-first-pictures-new-games-console/>
    ______________________

    That's great news =)

    Regards,

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Tue Sep 26 18:45:04 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    You are not reading the reliable sources of information. There's a lot
    written about ATARI's video, but a very few writers understood it ...
    You must concentrate on what F. Chesnais effectively said about that !

    Wait & see...

    Guillaume.

    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002>

    We already love it !

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 26 18:47:20 2017
    Le 26/09/2017 à 18:45, Francois LE COAT a écrit :

    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002>

    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    Guillaume.

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Tue Sep 26 19:49:14 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002> >>
    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    Guillaume.

    You're a special case. You never had a console before ATARIbox, do you ?

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 27 08:31:03 2017
    Le 26/09/2017 à 19:49, Francois LE COAT a écrit :
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002> >>>

    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    Guillaume.

    You're a special case.

    Compared to who?
    Have you got some statistics to categorize me?

    Guillaume.

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Wed Sep 27 18:22:38 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002> >>>>

    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    You're a special case.

    Compared to who?

    To me.

    Have you got some statistics to categorize me?

    Guillaume.

    You never had a console. So you don't know anything about consoles.
    You're a special case, because almost everybody knows about consoles.
    You don't.

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Wed Sep 27 19:39:09 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002>

    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    You're a special case.

    Compared to who?

    To me.

    So you can be the special case.
    Compared to me.

    I don't think so ;-)

    You never had a console. So you don't know anything about consoles.
    You're a special case, because almost everybody knows about consoles.
    You don't.

    This doesn't remove the brain I have.
    And the question is : what can you do with this console that you can't
    do with a standard PC/Linux and emulators?

    Guillaume.

    You're speaking about PC (or Mac ...) but ATARIbox is not a PC, but
    a console. So what you can't do with another console (Xbox, PlayStation,
    Switch ...) is developing contents, like you usually can do with a PC.
    That means ATARIbox is good for playing, have multimedia but furthermore
    ATARI owners will be able to develop, as it was possible on ATARI ST.

    Think about it =)

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 27 19:18:09 2017
    Le 27/09/2017 à 18:22, Francois LE COAT a écrit :
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002>



    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    You're a special case.

    Compared to who?

    To me.

    So you can be the special case.
    Compared to me.


    You never had a console. So you don't know anything about consoles.
    You're a special case, because almost everybody knows about consoles.
    You don't.


    This doesn't remove the brain I have.
    And the question is : what can you do with this console that you can't
    do with a standard PC/Linux and emulators?

    Guillaume.

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Wed Sep 27 22:50:18 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    You're speaking about PC (or Mac ...) but ATARIbox is not a PC,

    "will not be a PC", it doesn't exist yet.

    Well, almost.

    but
    a console. So what you can't do with another console (Xbox, PlayStation,
    Switch ...) is developing contents, like you usually can do with a PC.
    That means ATARIbox is good for playing, have multimedia but furthermore
    ATARI owners will be able to develop, as it was possible on ATARI ST.

    Good for playing, multimedia and development?

    Do you mean that this is not possible with a PC?

    Guillaume.

    It's a console. You don't know what is a console, so give it a try :-)
    You're speaking about a PC from which you'll have to pay to MS or Apple,
    to be able to develop. This is not the case with the ATARIbox.

    But you're a special case. You don't know anything about Linux, do you ?
    You don't know anything to consoles and GNU/Linux. You're an ignorant :-(

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 27 22:29:22 2017
    Le 27/09/2017 à 19:39, Francois LE COAT a écrit :

    You're speaking about PC (or Mac ...) but ATARIbox is not a PC,

    "will not be a PC", it doesn't exist yet.

    but
    a console. So what you can't do with another console (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch ...) is developing contents, like you usually can do with a PC.
    That means ATARIbox is good for playing, have multimedia but furthermore ATARI owners will be able to develop, as it was possible on ATARI ST.

    Good for playing, multimedia and development?

    Do you mean that this is not possible with a PC?

    Guillaume.

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 27 22:30:52 2017
    Le 27/09/2017 à 19:39, Francois LE COAT a écrit :

    You're speaking about PC

    talking about.

    Guillaume.

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  • From Arachide@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 28 08:04:56 2017
    Le 27/09/2017 à 22:50, Francois LE COAT a écrit :

    It's a console. You don't know what is a console, so give it a try :-)
    You're speaking about a PC from which you'll have to pay to MS or Apple,
    to be able to develop. This is not the case with the ATARIbox.

    So you have informations about a Development Kit that is available to
    the user? With the specific librairies that will allow you to take
    advantage of the AtariBOX hardware?
    Where is the link of this information?


    But you're a special case. You don't know anything about Linux, do you ?
    You don't know anything to consoles and GNU/Linux. You're an ignorant :-(


    You're so cute.
    You're a dreamer.

    Guillaume.

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  • From David Wade@21:1/5 to Francois LE COAT on Thu Sep 28 14:23:47 2017
    On 27/09/2017 18:39, Francois LE COAT wrote:
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002>


    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    You're a special case.

    Compared to who?

    To me.

    So you can be the special case.
    Compared to me.

    I don't think so ;-)

    You never had a console. So you don't know anything about consoles.
    You're a special case, because almost everybody knows about consoles.
    You don't.

    This doesn't remove the brain I have.
    And the question is : what can you do with this console that you can't
    do with a standard PC/Linux and emulators?

    Guillaume.

    You're speaking about PC (or Mac ...) but ATARIbox is not a PC, but
    a console. So what you can't do with another console (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch ...) is developing contents, like you usually can do with a PC.
    That means ATARIbox is good for playing, have multimedia but furthermore ATARI owners will be able to develop, as it was possible on ATARI ST.

    Think about it =)


    I did (think about it) and personally I think its a cynical attempt to
    make money out of an historic brand without adding too much content.

    There has been very little information on what is coming. There is
    absolutely no solid information on the AtariBox web site. There are a
    couple of pictures but no info at all.

    More info was promised within two months in July. Nothing has appeared.
    This seems very like the Atari of old..

    .. I would love to be proven wrong, and for a wonderful product to
    appear, but I won't be holding my breath....


    Dave

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to Arachide on Thu Sep 28 18:13:19 2017
    Hi,

    Arachide writes:
    Francois LE COAT writes:
    It's a console. You don't know what is a console, so give it a try :-)
    You're speaking about a PC from which you'll have to pay to MS or Apple,
    to be able to develop. This is not the case with the ATARIbox.

    So you have informations about a Development Kit that is available to
    the user? With the specific librairies that will allow you to take
    advantage of the AtariBOX hardware?
    Where is the link of this information?

    You know so few about Linux that you don't know that it has a GNU/GPL
    license. So ATARI according to the license of GNU/Linux is required to
    supply the ATARIbox' SDK free and open-source. Don't worry about how
    to develop for ATARIbox, it will soon be available with GNU/Linux.

    But you're a special case. You don't know anything about Linux, do you ?
    You don't know anything to consoles and GNU/Linux. You're an ignorant :-(

    You're so cute.
    You're a dreamer.

    Guillaume.

    I know about consoles and Linux. That's why ATARIbox is welcome to me.

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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  • From Francois LE COAT@21:1/5 to David Wade on Thu Sep 28 18:22:27 2017
    Hi,

    David Wade writes:
    Francois LE COAT wrote:
    Arachide writes:
    <http://mailchi.mp/ataribox/first-look-ataribox-design-36241?e=18cf7cf002>


    We already love it !

    "we" ?

    Not me.

    You're a special case.

    Compared to who?

    To me.

    So you can be the special case.
    Compared to me.

    I don't think so ;-)

    You never had a console. So you don't know anything about consoles.
    You're a special case, because almost everybody knows about consoles.
    You don't.

    This doesn't remove the brain I have.
    And the question is : what can you do with this console that you can't
    do with a standard PC/Linux and emulators?

    Guillaume.

    You're speaking about PC (or Mac ...) but ATARIbox is not a PC, but
    a console. So what you can't do with another console (Xbox, PlayStation,
    Switch ...) is developing contents, like you usually can do with a PC.
    That means ATARIbox is good for playing, have multimedia but furthermore
    ATARI owners will be able to develop, as it was possible on ATARI ST.

    Think about it =)

    I did (think about it) and personally I think its a cynical attempt to
    make money out of an historic brand without adding too much content.

    There has been very little information on what is coming. There is
    absolutely no solid information on the AtariBox web site. There are a
    couple of pictures but no info at all.

    More info was promised within two months in July. Nothing has appeared.
    This seems very like the Atari of old..

    .. I would love to be proven wrong, and for a wonderful product to
    appear, but I won't be holding my breath....

    Dave

    According to the above information, we know a little more for now on.
    That tells us the ATARIbox' owners will be able to develop with a
    dedicated hardware. It'll be our time to make ATARI great again :-)

    --
    François LE COAT
    Author of Eureka 2.12 (2D Graph Describer, 3D Modeller) http://eureka.atari.org/

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