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Bill Lange

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  1. After misidentifying a previous package as my AA SS gift, it actually did come today from the North Pole ... or at least from our friendly neighbors to the north. I briefly opened the package and the first item I saw made me smile, a can of Maple Syrup. :-)

     

    The rest will have to wait for another week.

     

    Thanks SS!

     

    Bill

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  2. Got my package today. I would have waited for Christmas, but it was unwrapped in a padded envelope. Thanks SS. My wife likes it as well!

     

    Edit: I've been watching these ghosts chase pac-man out of the corner of my eye 60 times an hour for the last few hours. I'm going to have nightmares tonight!

     

    Edit #2: I jumped the gun on saying I received my SS package. The Pac Man clock was actually sent to me by a co-worker ... the package didn't have any sender info on it and I just assumed it was my AA SS gift! Doh! :-)

     

     

    Bill

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  3. Pretty cool. But no love for the Trak-Ball?

     

    Believe me, I tried. I could not find a good Trak-ball image with a transparent background.

     

    If someone has one, send it along and I'll update it.

     

    Bill

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  4. I had two 24x36 posters printed at Vistaprint. No copyright complaints from them. They arrived yesterday, though I haven't seen them yet as I'm currently traveling for work. My wife took the attached photo. It looks really big!

     

    Bill

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  5. Having a service print one 24x36 poster is expensive ($25-$35). Having them print 100 posters is much more reasonable ($6-$7). But who wants to make the $700 investment, track orders, ship orders. Not me! I looked into it and thought about it.


  6. I think I found a service were I could order 100 posters (100 lb gloss paper) for just under $10 a poster. Add in shipping tubes, end caps and shipping charges and it would be about $16 per for the first one and $10 for any additional (up to what could fit in a shipping tube). But I'm not sure I could find around 100 takers for the posters! :-)

     

    Also, I'm not sure a legit printing service would print posters with an Atari logo on it.

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  7. What is expensive? The larger size would be much nicer to have.

     

    In bulk quantities, 11x17 is about $2.00 each for printing, plus shipping tubes and shipping. 24x36 looks to be about $25 each just for printing. I'm going to do some more research to see if I can find a cheaper printing service.

     

    Bill


  8. I shared this over on the Atari 8-bit Computers group on Facebook and figured I should post it here as well.

     

    In an effort to learn how to create full-size (24x36) posters, I attempted to recreated this old Atari 800 poster with a modern look.

     

    I'm planning on having a 24x36 poster printed for myself and a handful of 11x17 copies as well. The 24x36 are kind of expensive, but the 11x17 are reasonably priced.

     

    I think it came out pretty nice. Let me know what you think?

     

    Bill

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  9. Note that it is the "Pinball Hall of Fame" and as such, it is around 90% pinball machines, from really old, to the newest ones (Jersey Jack's, Stern). It has one row of arcade machines, maybe a dozen or so.

     

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    It does have the Atari Superman pinball machine. It might have the Atari Middle Earth pinball machine. It does not have the massive Atari Hercules pinball machine.

     

    Also in the same parking lot is a used video game store. I always stop in to see what Atari 8-bit carts they have in stock.

     

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    Regards

    Bill

     

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