Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!hwcs!neil From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Re: Man w/ pipe Message-ID: <3202@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> Date: 11 Jun 91 08:14:22 GMT References: <1991Jun6.131017.12110@ira.uka.de> <91157.163954SYSPMZT@GECRDVM1.BITNET> <3188@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> <1991Jun10.155237.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk Reply-To: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 41 In article <1991Jun10.155237.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu writes (sarcastically :-): >... Come to think of it, why isn't the Atari ST >an IBM compatible computer? Gosh, it makes me so mad to think of the large >number of *useful* things that could have been done with the ST if only it'd >been an IBM compatible. Seriously I've been saying that more and more these days when I see the kind of software you get for PC's. "Is there an ST version" - "Nope" > It's only a waste if you believe you >*deserve* more than what you supposedly purchased with eyes wide open. Well to be honest, back in '86 when I bought my ST I thought I was getting a 16 bit version of the 8-bits. How wrong I was. That machine is the Am*ga since the designers of the 8 bit moved on. As a result I got no fancy hardware and have been doing things the hard way ever since. BTW: Am*ga owners need not follow this article up because I'm not interested. >David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu Anyway this discussion started with my calling the Bob Dobbs characters a waste. Sure this sort of thing is commonplace but I think that fun extras like this should only be put in after every serious usage has been covered. I resent the effort Atari put in to hidden messages, useless characters and rainbow fuji logos yet only release new TOS versions once in blue moon and can't be bothered to release new fixed versions once the bugs show up. The smiley face in the PC character set is at least non-specific. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! DISCLAIMER:Unless otherwise stated, the above comments are entirely my own ! ! ! ! Neil Forsyth JANET: neil@uk.ac.hw.cs ! ! Dept. of Computer Science ARPA: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk ! ! Heriot-Watt University UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!neil ! ! Edinburgh, Scotland, UK "That was never 5 flames!" ! +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+