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From: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Graham Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: STacy, Portfolio, and CD ROM....
Message-ID: <1152@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Jul 89 16:23:36 GMT
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From article <8907061355.AA15967@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, by chuck@UMBC1.UMBC.EDU ("Chuck Rickard; ", PC):
> DOes anyone have any idea when the STacy and the Portfolio are due to be
> released?  And what about the CD ROM?  I thought that was supposed to be
> available to dealers by now...
> 
>                                Chuck Rickard
>                                UMBC Academic Computing
>                                CHUCK@UMBC

Don't hold your breath.  Where Atari is concerned, the only way
to avoid apoplexy is never to expect to see anything until you
really see it.  And people in different countries should never
expect to see a product merely because Atari USA or subsidiaries
in other countries have released something.

Atari UK sat on the Epson emulator for the SLM804 laser printer
for months, and even then released a package which contained a
First Word Plus configuration file which didn't match the current
UK version of the program (I suspect it matches whatever version
was current in Germany at around September 1988: the .HEX file it
was created from is a modified version of a German file to set up
a Star SR-15 printer.) Ultrascript has not yet been released in
the UK, despite Atari UK's attempts to persuade us that it's
serious about business and education markets. 

It's a shame that Atari marketing people let down the excellent
work being done by people like Allan & Ken.  I know it's not
their fault that we're unlikely to get TOS 1.4 ROMS fitted into
our old STs before 1990.

Graham


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