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#EE Times Article

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    02-May-86 15:53:37
Fm: John Foust 72237,135
To: Tom Cattrall 72767,622

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I called the author of the EE Times article on the next generation of Atari and C-A machines. I wanted to know why Atari engineers had code-named the new machine "Amy", since my company bought the AMY additive sound synthesis chip from Atari last summer. The author wouldn't reveal his sources at Atari. In general, articles like this are speculation at best – each company is exploring different machines. Glowing previews like this tend to blend all the possible avenues of expansion into a single image, and that distorts the public view of the future product.