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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: help!
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Date: 26 Jul 90 08:33:25 GMT
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At the risk of exceeding my allotted number of replies in the Atari
universe, Greg Lindhal says:
 
>>Documentation such as "Hitchhikers Guide to the BIOS", S.A.L.A.D. and
>>all the other info mentioned is available...  IF...  you join the
>>"fraternity" of Atari developers...

>All the information in these documents is also available from 3rd
>party documentation.
 
Golly.. if you know anyone pirating this exclusive "non-disclosure" Atari
information, you'd better turn them in to John Townsend at Atari..
 
John and Allan have been pretty specific that Atari doesn't tolerate
anyone distributing their "proprietary" information...
 
Not unless you *buy* their info, that is...
 
As far as my "professional opinion" on documentation, I have most of the
Abacus series of books (have you noticed how virtually NO bookstores carry
these Atari books anymore, Greg?  They must allll be Atari Bashers.. eh?)
 
I also have Mark Williams C, which is pretty well recognized as being better
documentation than most of what Atari Corp puts out.. but.. .Mark Williams
has announced that they're not going to waste any more of their time on
a backwater market like Atari...

My software company used to support the Atari 8-bit computer.. any
particular reason I should continue to lose money supporting the ST..?
Does your *personally owned* company support the ST...?
 
Ask Jim Allen of FaST Technologies, or Frank Cohen of Regent Software,
or Mark Sloatman of Practical Peripherials, or... (you get the idea..?)
 
It's hard to feed your family on the *promises* of Atari Corp... 
 
(How about you.., eh, Greg..? You have to feed yourself on the vapor
put out by Atari Corp..?   I thought not...)
 
Try living in the REAL world of Atari Computers for a while... you'll
find it's not as much fun as posting "Rah Rah Atari" messages on UseNet..
 
BobR