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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: KERMIT and ACTION
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 17:46:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 17:46:18 1986
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>The suggested alternative was to build my
>own AUTORUN.SYS which would compile automatically the stuff, and save
>me time.  Does anyone know how I would go about writing such a system?
>And what software I need?  (remember please I am a very new Atari owner
>with an 800XL --> please don't look down on me, ST owners).
>
   First off, this is an Atari newsgroup, not exclusively an ST newsgroup.
You are more than welcome to abuse it (:-).  Secondly, as a former new
8-bit owner, I strongly suggest purchasing the following: a memory map
book (e.g. Compute!s Mapping the Atari), De Re Atari (a technical manual),
and possibly Compute!s Third Book of Atari.  The memory map will tell you all
kinds of good things about how to get the most out of your machine, and where
to go to do it; De Re Atari will explain what all the stuff in the memory map
book means; and the Compute compendium will have some nice examples of using
all this (I think it has an autorun example).  I find the first two
indispensable.

>Also, I know that they'd LIKE Me to get the cartridge rather than have
>action! put onto a diskette, but is it possible to have someone put it
>on diskette for me?  Would I still be able to run the stuff? and compile
>it?

   This is known as software piracy, and is generally considered bad
netiquette to refer to openly on USENET.  I would suggest buying the
cartridge.  I just did, and it's as nice as others have been saying.  The
time saved (over things like Deep Blue C) in the edit/compile cycle alone
makes it worth the price.  The only thing I really don't like is the
cartridge dependency (though for a price one can get around that).  (Oh,
and the thing comes with the rapidly-becoming-standard license agreement
wherein the cartridge could be an empty casing, and they wouldn't be
responsible.  However, it might be in bad taste to include this, so just
forget I even mentioned it, OK?)

 - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)