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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT compiler (really Desktop (again))
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Date: 21 Dec 90 21:18:23 GMT
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neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) writes:
>Is that still any reason not to release it for the ST? ST users, Codehead
>and Double Click all want it released.

That has nothing to do with what I said.  I said that if ENS thinks the
TT Desktop is "disappointingly similar" to the ST Desktop, then he
probably hasn't really looked at it and hasn't read the manual.

On the subject that you bring up: similarity to existing third-party
products is not a reason that the "new Desktop" isn't available for
ST's.  And what's this about "Codehead and Double Click all want it
released?"  What difference does that make?

In any event, the "new Desktop" is not available in any RAM-loaded
version at this time; it's only available in TT and Mega STe ROM TOSes.
 If you see a RAM-loaded version of Atari's Desktop, it's an illegal
copy of Atari propietary material and furthermore should not be trusted
to be reliable.

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Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt