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                           Hardware Meeting 10/17/88
                                 J.Ray 10/24/88

         Attendees: Chris Downend, Tim Hubberstey, Pat McCarthy,
              Rick Moncrief, Rich Moore, John Ray, Doug Snyder, Gary
              Stempler.

         Sorry for the late posting of these notes.

         Tim Hubberstey was introduced as a new hardware engineer for
         NU Team.

         It was reported that Doug, Pat, and Gary had done some
         initial planning for the ASAP development system. It is
         planned to be based upon a PC clone with one or two
         additional custom boards external to the PC.

         Gary is working on a new audio board called SAD.

         Doug determined that the priority chip will not save him any
         money in his growth motion object hardware, so he will pass
         on designing it.

         Three tasks were given to Tim:

              1. Priority chip (for MOB and other hardware systems).
                 Tim will start by getting up to speed on the MOB chip
                 set and the VTI tools.
              2. Help with ASAP development system.
                 Doug will farm out portions of the system to Tim in
                 2-4 weeks. Tim will start by getting up to speed on
                 the ASAP chip.
              3. Rotate hardware investigation.
                 Gary and Tim will both look at competitor's rotation
                 hardware and propose concepts for an Atari rotation
                 hardware.

         Please let me know of any additions or corrections.

         Thanks!!

         John
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Oct 24, 1988