RE: interesting coincidence..

G'day Bill (and all),

Yes, the addresses of Vectorbeam and Exidy are the same implying that
maybe Larry made a deal with Exidy when he split away from
Cinematronics. This would certainly explain why the lawyers were
brought in by Cinematronics to shut down Larry and Vectorbeam! Nothing
pisses your previous company more than going to the competitors with
your bread-and-butter architecture.

                Steven S Ozdemir
                sso@dsc.com

ps - Maybe the rumor mill will confirm my speculation?

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>From: Bill Paul[SMTP:bpaul@qualcomm.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 12:08 PM
>To: vectorlist@goonsquad.spies.com
>Subject: RE: interesting coincidence..
>
>So Steve, I guess you need to spell it out for me. What's the discovery
>here? It is currently reflected on the web page that Tailgunner II was made
>by Exidy. Is this the same address for Vectorbeam or something?
>I'm not sure exactly what you want me to change on the web page, so let me
>know.
>
>At 08:38 AM 8/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>G'day Al (and all),
>>
>>Very intriguing! For those of us who are interested in
>>Cinematronics/Vectorbeam history this is a major find. Of course, I'm
>>assuming that you've got manuals that are meant for distribution in the
>>USA (vs. internationally where Exidy did all manufacturing for
>>Cinematronics and probably Vectorbeam).
>>
>>Zonn, is Al's discovery taken into account in your/Bill's Cinematronics
>>history doc? And if not, could you forward it to Bill if he's
>>responsible for updates to it?
>>
>> Steven S Ozdemir
>> sso@dsc.com
>>
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>>>From: aek@goonsquad.spies.com[SMTP:aek@goonsquad.spies.com]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 9:27 AM
>>>To: vectorlist@goonsquad.spies.com
>>>Subject: interesting coincidence..
>>>
>>>
>>>I was just getting ready to copy the tail gunner 2 manual that was
>>>on loan, and I noticed the adr on the manual:
>>>
>>>EXIDY II
>>>33441 Central Avenue
>>>Union City, CA 94587
>>>
>>>(one of these days, i'll drive over there any see if the building
>>> still exists...)
>>>
>>>anyway.. anyone who has a Vectorbeam manual might notice a very
>>>similar address (and phone number :-)
>>>
>>
>>
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Received on Tue Aug 19 10:49:53 1997