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From: CCSCHR@UWOCC1.uwo.ca (Chuck Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: PD applications on GENIE / EMPIRE Version 3.0 for the ST.
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Date: 22 Aug 89 18:56:00 GMT
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I am one one of what I expect are many, many readers of the electronic
magazines "STREPORT" and "ZMAG" (thanks to Greg Lindahl!). With each
weekly issue, I end up drooling over the reviews of the various Public
Domain and Shareware applications available on the various Online
services such as GENIE.
 
I do not have access to these services do to my limited budget (if I
were to subscribe, I'm sure I would blow my budget many times over)!
The fact that I live in the frozen north of Canada doesn't help matters
either (these services are not particularly easy to get to from up here
unless one endorses one's paycheck over to the phone company in its
entirety).
 
Through the magic of interconnected networks I do (as does most of the
rest of the world outside of the continental USA) have access to various
servers/archives from which I can extract goodies. Unfortunately, the
vast majority of the reviewed and recommended PD goodies never see the
light of day outside the "for-pay" services.
 
If some gracious GENIE user had it in their heart to do the ATARI
community at large a great service then they might take it upon
themselves to periodically suck up the best from GENIE and input these
applications to the more worldly available servers/archives often
mentioned in this digest. The two servers I use personally are:
TERMINATOR and PANARTHEA. These are both excellent sources for a
non-IP user like me with EMAIL access and no anon-FTP abilities.
 
Thanks for the help!!!
 
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Has anybody seen or heard a recent update on the availibilty of
EMPIRE 3.0 for the ST.
 
     Note: EMPIRE is a commerical product and not PD or shareware!
     ====  Buy it, don't steal it!!! Contact INTERSTEL.
 
The last this reader heard was an appetizing summary of what was to
be made availble in this new release. This was dated some time in
November 1988. As you can see this info is comming up on its one year
anniversary which really makes me wonder. I could call INTERSTEL but
then that issue of LONG distance phone calls presents itself (only to
reach some order-taker who doesn't know anything and takes ten minutes
of prime time long distance charges to tell you that they don't know
anything)!
 
Thanks again!
 
   _       _
  / ) / / / )                     "In theory, there is no difference
 /   /-/ /_/                       between theory and practice;
(_/ / / / | .                      In practice, there is"
Chuck Reid.       Local 5992
                  Rm16.SLB.CCS.UWO.London.Canada / CCSCHR@UWOCC1.UWO.CA