Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu!entropy From: entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (maximum entropy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Man w/ pipe Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 91 21:06:36 GMT References: <1991Jun6.131017.12110@ira.uka.de> <91157.163954SYSPMZT@GECRDVM1.BITNET> <3188@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: Not Proud Programmers Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk's message of 10 Jun 91 08:31:58 GMT In article <3188@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) writes: >Well this Bob Dobbs character (actually 4) is just another example of Atari >wastage, along with Bea Hablig et al. I think I would have preferred to see >four box corner characters, ala IBM, so that we could make up boxes in text. > >Now some bright spark is going to say "Why not change the font youself". >Why should I have to support 3 resolution (6 if you include the TT) to get >such a simple addition. Atari should have put something *useful* in there in >the first place. Sure, Atari gives you 4 characters of pure slack and you want BOX CORNERS. This just proves you are SQUARE and haven't smoked your daily dosage of frop. Send all your money to "Bob", and you might be forgiven IF YOU ARE LUCKY. The thing I like best about my ST is that "Bob" is in the character set. They should have used 16 characters and given him the space he deserves. entropy -- entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu entropy. . .it's not just a good idea, it's the second law. Boycott AT&T, Lotus, Apple, Ashton-Tate and Xerox. Join the League for Programming Freedom! Write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu for more information.