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From: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Graham S Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Re: Man w/ pipe
Message-ID: <5337@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 11 Jun 91 13:35:11 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.155237.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu>
Organization: SPRU, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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From article <1991Jun10.155237.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu>, by davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu:
> Grow up.  There wasn't an official standard for all 256 characters back
> in '85 -- and there still isn't today.  It's only a waste if you believe you
> *deserve* more than what you supposedly purchased with eyes wide open.

I wonder how many people knew, when they bought their STs, what was
contained in characters 28-31 (or whatever the numbers are)?  Very few,
I suspect.

On the other hand, Neil Forsyth's plea for IBM-style text box corners
may be felt to be a bit over the top by people who think that the ST
wasn't primarily designed to run IBM-style text-based programs.  :-)

Graham
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Email: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk   Phone: +44 273 678165   Fax: .. 685865