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From: chaplin@keinstr.uucp (Roger Chaplin)
Subject: Chippewa Lake Park video
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:35:23 GMT


I saw this ad in Sunday's Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal.  I am in no way
affiliated with the producer, and I can't vouch for his integrity,
honesty, etc.  I just thought some of y'all might be interested.

In the interest of providing complete information, I am including the
entire text of the ad.  All phone numbers are U.S.A area code 216.

Again, DON'T SEND MONEY ON MY RECOMMENDATION.  I just wanted to let you
know of the existence of this offer.

----------------------------- begin included text -----------------------------
CHIPPEWA LAKE PARK VIDEO TAPE
A 60 minute film on video cassette -- The sights of Chippewa from the 1920's
to 1978.  Compiled from over 40 private collections.  Rare movie footage from
the 1940's to the 1970's.  Over 300 photos.  Tons of Movie Film.
Available for Christmas delivery.
Free! Authentic souvenir ticket from Chippewa with the first 200 mail orders.
Fine Art Poster Available.

Available at local video stores, bookstores, record shops including Mary
Coyle Ice Cream Parlor (253-1511 or 1-800-262-6953) and Spin More Records
(678-3495).  Also available by mail:  Send $20.00 plus $1.15 Ohio Sales Tax
to:  Ed Learner, 126 Portage Trail, Suite 200, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221.
(928-1040).  Visa, Master Card, Discover Accepted, Send card number and
expiration date.
------------------------------ end included text ------------------------------


-- 
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From: Prime Mover Software Development <U93_PTUPACZE@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Coaster program
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Organization: Indiana University
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 04:46:51 GMT
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Our local software store originally had November '92 as the release date for 
Disney's "Coaster." Now the date they've been given is March '93. I really 
don't mind waiting if it will be a good product. From the Disney products I've 
seen coming out lately, I think it should be a winner. I've heard it's 
mouse-menu driven and has VGA graphics...

    - Paul Tupaczewski
      Stevens Tech
      Hoboken, NJ
      u93_ptupacze@vaxa.stevens-tech.edu

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From: xor@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Joe Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Coaster Software Program
Organization: The Voice of Fate
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 04:53:57 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.180239.8823@ccd.harris.com> wjf@controls.ccd.harris.com (Bill Figie) writes:

(a lot of stuff deleted about Disney's Coaster software...Bill, your editor
isn't putting line breaks after each line -- makes your stuff difficult to
quote.)

(something about Coaster's designer being hurt in some sort of accident)

Yeah, he probably broke his neck riding an Arrow coaster.  :-|

(Coaster will require a 386, or at least a fast 286)

That's what I love about being in software development -- you get the
latest and greatest hardware without even asking.  So I've got a 33MHz 486
at work right now, with a nice SVGA display.  Hmmm, I wonder if it's got
an OverDrive socket... :-)

Of course, I still have my old Apple //c here in my apartment.  For $2000+
(in 1984 dollars), it makes a nice VT100.
-- 
Joe Schwartz       E-mail: xor@acm.rpi.edu
MapInfo Corp.
200 Broadway       Disclaimer: "Everything I know is wrong."
Troy, NY 12180     Corollary:  "Nothing I say represents MapInfo Corp."
From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: KUMBA (was Re: TOP GUN -- The Rides)
Date: 18 Dec 1992 15:45:48 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com () says:
>
>I noticed that about Kumba also, though I forgot to mention it.  I assume
>that all blocking will be done on the lift-hill and brake-run at the end of
>the ride.  If a train is still on the track before it hits the brake run, a
>train is loading in the station, and one is on the lift-hill, I suppose
>there's going to be a trainload of people stopped on the lift for a while
>before the train clears the first set of brakes.  Either that, or we're
>going to have a train loading, a train sitting on the brake-run, and one out
>on the track.  Either way, it's better than the ride disrupting mid-course
>brakes!

There can be mid-course brakes that are used only for blocking purposes. In
other words they can be completely off during normal operation, the train  
speed is not modified, and only come on for emergency blocking use.

 
-- 
Pete Babic  -  pab@po.cwru.edu          ///
LIVE TO PARTY, SKI TO DIE!!!           ///  /\
Member of ACE                    \\\  ///  /--\MIGA  
(American Coaster Enthusiasts)    \\\/// MS-DOS or a Mac? What's that?
From: Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: KUMBA (was Re: TOP GUN -- The Rides)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 16:40:53 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <71635@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec14.135233.3140@engage.pko.dec.com>

>
>In article <71635@cup.portal.com>, Tom Obszanski writes...
>
>>For an illustration of Top Gun (both Great America's and KI's) as well as
>>a picture of Kumba's model, check out the most recent issue of ACE News.
>>Kumba is the most interesting shot because you can follow the model quite
>>nicely and see exactly where the coaster will be taking you.  The
>>illustrations of Top Gun are a little harder to follow and don't make the
>>rides look as exciting as they probably will be.
>>
>>Tom "Really getting excited about next season" Obszanski
>
>...and what's cool about Kumba (and all B&M coasters, for that matter) --
>NO MID-COURSE TRIM BRAKES to break up the action!!

Buck,

I noticed that about Kumba also, though I forgot to mention it.  I assume
that all blocking will be done on the lift-hill and brake-run at the end of
the ride.  If a train is still on the track before it hits the brake run, a
train is loading in the station, and one is on the lift-hill, I suppose
there's going to be a trainload of people stopped on the lift for a while
before the train clears the first set of brakes.  Either that, or we're
going to have a train loading, a train sitting on the brake-run, and one out
on the track.  Either way, it's better than the ride disrupting mid-course
brakes!

Tom
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From: chaplin@keinstr.uucp (Roger Chaplin)
Subject: Re: Drachen Fire Gif, Part 1 of 9
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:16:17 GMT

Russell Michael VanTassell (rivit@shell.portal.com) wrote:
: In article <1992Dec16.185713.14036@pmafire.inel.gov> geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen) writes:
: >In Unix, the only problem is you get a hidden file.  
: >'mv ...\graf\drachen2.gif drachen2.gif' solves that.
: >
: >No need to repost the whole thing...
: >
: >Geoff ``Mr. nerd, at your service'' Allen

: I will look and see if this is indeed "hidden"... since the newsreader
: didn't give me an error, I would assume that this might be the case...

: Nope... no such luck.  It comes back with:

: 	'Cannot access: No such file or directory'

: Yes, even when I turn the slashes around as necessary...

I had the same problem.  I don't know about /bin/sh, since I use /bin/csh,
but I had to `protect' the dots from the shell.  Here's what I did, and
it worked:
    mv \.\.\.graf/drachen2.gif drachen2.gif

The `\' preceding each dot escapes it so the shell passes it to the mv
program.

-- 
Roger Chaplin / Instruments Division Engineering / "Though I'd been lost now I
chaplin@keinstr.uucp / CI$: 76307,3506          / felt I was found when He
#include <disclaimer.h>                        / looked at me with His
#include "disclaimer.h" /* cover all bases */ / forgiving eyes." - Michael Card
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From: chrisl@joplin.wri.com (Chris LaReau)
Subject: Re: Six Flags buys another BATMAN -- THE RIDE
Keywords: Batman, over-used name
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 04:56:23 GMT

In <BzHLKu.C88@unix.portal.com> rivit@shell.portal.com (Russell Michael VanTassell) writes:

>The Paramount/King's/Santa Clara/Marriot's Great America Tidal Wave
>is a cam/flywheel driven shuttle looper... I'm pretty sure.  They're
><continually> back there tweaking on the system back in the employee
>roads...

Nope. It's a weight drop. The easy way to tell is that the weight drop
ones have the large tube under the 140' hill after the loop. The tube
is where the 45 ton weight is dropped to push the train. The flywheel
models have no such tube.

I think there were only 4 weight drop ones built: King's Dominion King Kobra,
Carowinds White Lightnin' (both with steel-lattice loops, both defunct),
and the Great America Tidal Waves (CA and IL, with the IL version soon to
be reborn as Batman The Ride at SF Mid America). 

Chris

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From: nederost@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Tom Nederost(Nedorost))
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Atlanta's New Theme Park?
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:24:51 GMT
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server

I'm trying to confirm a rumor that I heard.  I've had two different
people tell me that they heard news reports of a new theme park planned
for Atlanta.  They didn't offer much other information other than the
park was going to be based on the "Gone with the Wind" theme, be located
on the south side of Atlanta, and be open by the '96 Summer Olympics.

If anyone has anymore information (ie.  who's the developer, it this only
a plan or is it under construction, etc.), please reply or e-mail me
directly.

Thanks!

Tom 
nederost@hpcc01.corp.hp.com
From: rivit@shell.portal.com (Russell Michael VanTassell)
Subject: New B&M Inverted Looper - Paramount's Great America
Organization: Portal Communications Company -- 408/973-9111 (voice) 408/973-8091 (data)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 06:39:31 GMT


Well, I went and checked out the progress on "Top Gun" earlier this
evening.  Looks like it's almost finished -- the corkscrew is the
only portion of the track still left in the parking lot.  They have
started to paint the lift and other sections of the track, as well.

Surveying the track, I found each section hollowed but sealed -- should
make for a pretty good echo chamber (it resonates for a good long time
when knocked with a knuckle or two).  In short, this thing should roar
at least as well as "The Vortex" does...  can't wait to see some of the
test trains being run next month or so!

Also, it looks as though the track passes a little less than ten feet
from the ground (OK, I didn't measure it but I swear I could jump and
touch it) before and after the loop.  Looks like front seat riders are
going to be really friendly with the ground on the first drop and after
the loop -- remember, your legs are supposed to be hanging free, from
all I've read on the ride.

Yes, another person that can't wait until opening day (or press day, if
I can manage to find a way in)!

RiViT

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RiViT@shell.portal.com                                      russ@mce.com

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From: maglione@media.mit.edu (Tom Maglione)
Subject: Re: Coasters near Paris???
Summary: Two suggestions (well, one and a half).
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:59:33 GMT

In article <43280026@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> bachrach@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Adam Bachrach) writes:
>Can anyone out there in coaster netland give me any suggestions about
>were there might be some good coasters near Paris.  My brother has
>landed a job in Paris France for a year.  I thought he might get some 
>free time to take such a side trip and with your help I might give him
>some good ideas...  
>Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated!
>Allnight Adam

I know offhand of two parks near Paris: there is Euro-Disney, which is
reportedly over-rated, over-priced and under-completed; and there is
Park Asterix, where (I recall) there is one of the few wooden coasters
on the Continent: the Anaconda. I'm not sure about the location of Park
Asterix, but I know that the theming is based on the French cartoon
characters Asterix and Obelisk (or something like that).
That's all I remember right now,
Tom Maglione

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From: rivit@shell.portal.com (Russell Michael VanTassell)
Subject: Re: Drachen Fire Gif, Part 1 of 9
Organization: Portal Communications Company -- 408/973-9111 (voice) 408/973-8091 (data)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 03:32:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.211617.2568@keinstr.uucp> chaplin@keinstr.uucp (Roger Chaplin) writes:
>Russell Michael VanTassell (rivit@shell.portal.com) wrote:
>: In article <1992Dec16.185713.14036@pmafire.inel.gov> geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen) writes:
>: >In Unix, the only problem is you get a hidden file.  
>: >'mv ...\graf\drachen2.gif drachen2.gif' solves that.
>: >
>: >No need to repost the whole thing...
>: >
>: >Geoff ``Mr. nerd, at your service'' Allen
>
>: Nope... no such luck.  It comes back with:
>
>: 	'Cannot access: No such file or directory'
>
>I had the same problem.  I don't know about /bin/sh, since I use /bin/csh,
>but I had to `protect' the dots from the shell.  Here's what I did, and
>it worked:
>    mv \.\.\.graf/drachen2.gif drachen2.gif
>
>The `\' preceding each dot escapes it so the shell passes it to the mv
>program.

Yes, I'm <quite> familiar with the facets of sh, csh, and ksh...

The dots did not give me a problem, since the shell does not interpret
the "regular expression meaning" of it... the backslashes are what gives
it the headache -- so they have to be translated to "\\."

Geoff and I have been discussing/testing this at length... it appears as
though we both have different versions of "smart shells" that attempt to
understand what you mean, rather than what you typed -- he's defaulted to
ksh while I tend to prefer csh for some strangely masochistic reason.

We've pretty much got it all worked out... please let him or I know if
you really want to be added to the distribution list for the barrage of
mail we've been assualting each other with...

RiViT
>
>-- 
>Roger Chaplin / Instruments Division Engineering / "Though I'd been lost now I
>chaplin@keinstr.uucp / CI$: 76307,3506          / felt I was found when He
>#include <disclaimer.h>                        / looked at me with His
>#include "disclaimer.h" /* cover all bases */ / forgiving eyes." - Michael Card


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From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Subject: Re: KUMBA (was Re: TOP GUN -- The Rides)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:09:20 GMT


Pete Babic writes in response to Tom Obszanski:

[mid-couse trim brakes]

>>I noticed that about Kumba also, though I forgot to mention it.  I assume
>>that all blocking will be done on the lift-hill and brake-run at the end of
>>the ride.  If a train is still on the track before it hits the brake run, a
>>train is loading in the station, and one is on the lift-hill, I suppose
>>there's going to be a trainload of people stopped on the lift for a while
>>before the train clears the first set of brakes.  Either that, or we're
>>going to have a train loading, a train sitting on the brake-run, and one out
>>on the track.  Either way, it's better than the ride disrupting mid-course
>>brakes!

>There can be mid-course brakes that are used only for blocking purposes. In
>other words they can be completely off during normal operation, the train  
>speed is not modified, and only come on for emergency blocking use.
> 
>Pete Babic  -  pab@po.cwru.edu          ///

True -- there can be mid-course brakes that are used only for 
set-ups/blocking purposes, but as you must have seen from the 
model of KUMBA in ACE News, there is no place in the design 
allocated for such a set of brakes!!  KUMBA's layout is all loops 
and transistion trackwork.  I suspect that the blocking will be 
done in sections in a VERY long brake run!!

The Schwarzkopf steelies in Europe are famous for having several
block brake runs which only come on when blocking gets off, or
in setup situations.  I've never seen an Arrow steelie with a
mid-course trim brake OFF during one-train operation ... they are
always on, and have come to the personal conclusion that they are
used to help regulate speed in the ride.  I'll just say that I
like how B&M design their rides to control their own speed without
the use of trim brakes.  I think they really ruin the excitement.

B.
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From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Subject: Whalom Park
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:19:29 GMT


.. a gentle reminder -- only a few more days left to purchase you
1993 Whalom Park Season Pass at the *unbelievable* price of only
$19.93!!  Offer is good through Dec. 31st, 1992.


Cheers,
Buck, who has his 
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From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Six Flags buys another BATMAN -- THE RIDE
Keywords: B&M, BATMAN, Six Flags
Date: 17 Dec 92 13:28:29 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Hi kids,

Well, word is out that Six Flags Entertainment has purchased yet ANOTHER
Batman--The Ride (the themed B&M inverted looper), to be installed in 1994.
After 1993, only Magic Mountain and SFoT will *Not* had a coaster called
"B--TR", so rumors are swirling it's SFoT getting the coaster (MM has a
million coasters already, including an Arrow suspended).


Cheers,
B.
From: gt2807a@prism.gatech.EDU (Benjamin H. Cowan)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: Six Flags buys another BATMAN -- THE RIDE
Keywords: B&M, BATMAN, Six Flags
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:10:49 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Dec17.143118.18806@engage.pko.dec.com> buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley) writes:
>Well, word is out that Six Flags Entertainment has purchased yet ANOTHER
>Batman--The Ride (the themed B&M inverted looper), to be installed in 1994.
>After 1993, only Magic Mountain and SFoT will *Not* had a coaster called
>"B--TR", so rumors are swirling it's SFoT getting the coaster (MM has a
>million coasters already, including an Arrow suspended).

  Hold on!  Six Flags over Georgia doesn't have a B--TR, especially one that's
an inverted looper.  Did I miss something?  Are we scheduled to get one?  If
so, will it be in operation in '93?  Or are MM, SFoT, *and* SFoG all without
a Batman?

Thanx,
Confused

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Georgia Tech... Atlanta, Georgia  30332 || **********************************
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           "I don't believe there is a man, woman, or child alive
                   that doesn't enjoy a lovely beverage."
                                                        --Dave
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From: buckley@ics.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley - "I coaster, therefore I am")
Subject: Re: Theme parks
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 13:52:11 GMT


Cordell Obadele Carter <cc5f+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...

>What is a REAL theme park?  

A park which has metal detectors at the front gate!
8^)


>In other so-called "theme" parks, such as Busch Gardens (both), Kings
>Dominion, and Cedar Point (especially), the rides are the main draws,
>just like in a traditional park.  I don't think you could say that about
>Disney World or Sea World.  To me, Cedar Point is just a blown-up

As far as Cedar Point goes, I would call it a "park in transition".
It has some themed areas, but is basically an evolving traditional 
park with "Theme Park Mentality".

I also wouldn't say that the Busch parks are "ride oriented".  Not
in the least.  I don't go to BGW for the rides (well, the coasters,
but moreso for the other things ... the festhaus and the shows/shops).

A "real" Theme Park to me is BGW, Fiesta Texas, or the Disney parks.
Those which have distinct themed areas and attractions.
From: Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: New B&M Inverted Looper - Paramount's Great America
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 16:41:51 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>
>Well, I went and checked out the progress on "Top Gun" earlier this
>evening.  Looks like it's almost finished -- the corkscrew is the
>only portion of the track still left in the parking lot.  They have
>started to paint the lift and other sections of the track, as well.
>
>Surveying the track, I found each section hollowed but sealed -- should
>make for a pretty good echo chamber (it resonates for a good long time
>when knocked with a knuckle or two).  In short, this thing should roar
>at least as well as "The Vortex" does...  can't wait to see some of the
>test trains being run next month or so!
>
>Also, it looks as though the track passes a little less than ten feet
>from the ground (OK, I didn't measure it but I swear I could jump and
>touch it) before and after the loop.  Looks like front seat riders are
>going to be really friendly with the ground on the first drop and after
>the loop -- remember, your legs are supposed to be hanging free, from
>all I've read on the ride.
>

Batman at Great America has a similar section of track.  After exiting the
first flip (B&M's name for a corkscrew element) you make a hard turn to the
right and dive down seemingly inches from the ground (it's more like four or
five feet, but at around 35Mph, it's close enough:-)


>Yes, another person that can't wait until opening day (or press day, if
>I can manage to find a way in)!

Personally I'm waiting for Batman's press day at Great Adventure (only
because it's a little closer.)

Tom "So, will Dorney ever get a B&M inverted looper?  It would be a good
thing since I live only 25 minutes from the park, and they really need a
huge attraction like this, and I'm greedy as anything to be able to ride
this thing whenever I want" Obszanski
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