Today, May 26th at approximately 8:25am, MRP was born at ATARI Games. It has
been gently and caringly produced by the Production Control Department over
the last few months. It is still a little shaky, a little vunerable, but it
shows great promise.

The promise, for those of us that are not familiar with MRP, is a faster,
more controlled, and more accurated response to the nervous nature of the
Master Schedule which is driven by the whimsical market place.

MRP (Material Requirements Planning) is a tool that is used, in one form or
another, by ALL of the Fortune 1000+ companies. It is a tool that will provide
ATARI Games to more effectively compete at the Global Manufacturing Level.

We must learn how to use this tool effectively and creatively, this will come
with time. The real purpose of this memo is to thank everyone in the company
for the great support that is being provided to manufacturing so that we could
make MRP happen.

                       Thax again,     Tom Smith

ps. accurated should be accurate