On 10/26/2011 5:23 PM, Robert James wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:19:18 +0000; I imposed a declaration in opposition
> to Bear Bottoms's motion to modify THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION in support
> of the CROSS MOTION TO VACATE THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. So noted by the
> Federal Court of Usenet Justice proceeding preliminary declaration,
> Xns9F8AD8ECAF8bearbottoms1gmaicom@130.225.254.104:
>
>> Atari Pong was never my scene, instead I saved up for a TRS-80.
>
> Um Hello... Hello MCFLY????
> <hits BB in the head with my fist topped cane>
>
> The pong system came well before the 2600. In fact pong was originally an
> arcade game in early 70's that was latter sold as a home version before
> marketing the first cartage based systems several years latter due to
> it's great success. Anywayzzz Atari 8-bit's is an actual PC (ala Radio
> Shack's Tandy system) and not just a game system. It's the first Atari
> running Basic in ROM or DOS on disk. Froz was talking about the 2600 home
> system as per the name of this froup and a special tone our zine is named
> after whom is/was the original meaning of this froup. Now go to work and
> fly some more blow for my cartel, Billy. ^_^
>
> Think Mcfly, THINK!
> <hits BB in the head again with my fist topped cane>
>

This group was started as a phone phreaking group. The 2600 is from the
2,600 cycle per second tone once used for trunk switching in the old
Bell Telephone switching systems. As I remember the whistle once given
away in Captain Crunch cereal produced a perfect 2,600hz tone and was a
favorite item for phreakers. I remember Bell Labs and Northern Telecom
developing equipment to detect counterfeit 2600 tones then alert "the
man". ^_^

TDD