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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: New Atari Developers Package
Summary: The saving is small, and not worth the confusion
Message-ID: <1989Dec12.045809.828@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Dec 89 04:58:09 GMT
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In article <475d287b.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) writes:
>
>I suppose I should wait for the response, but: I'd also like to know if
>registering as a developer is an all-or-nothing package?  Last I heard,
>Mark Williams C was part of the $300 deal.  I already have a C compiler
>that I'm happy with (Laser C); is there a lesser-priced option that omits
>MWC?

I did just what was suggested above.  I forget the price, but the main issue is
that some of the most useful Atari utilities are normally considered a bundle
with the C compiler.  Stuff like MADMAC, Atari db and aln.  I presume there
would be no problem re-selling MWC if you REALLY don't want it.  The hassle
of getting the important stuff without the compiler just isn't a good bargain.
(Note: everyone I've ever spoken with at Atari is very helpful, and wants to
solve problems.  This seems to be an inherently confusing situation.)
                                      Steve J.