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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Documentation
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Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 15:09:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 17 15:09:45 1987
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   In my original message, I requested any news of when the long-awaited ST
documentation would be available unbundled from the Dev kit.  I got no
response from anybody, either semi-official or pure rampant rumour.
If you recall, the last word from the folks at atari was last October,
when they said it would be out "in a couple months, around Christmas."
Well, last night I was scanning through BIX news and files (where you can
get such useful items as Neochrome pictures of Neil Harris and family),
and came upon a note from Neil dated December 23 (around Christmas...)
saying that it would be out "in a couple months."  Well, it's been a couple
months.  Is it's release indeed imminent, or will it be, in the great
tradition of the computer industry, always "a couple months" away?
Why do I get the feeling that something *really* nasty will happen to us
pioneers, like having the documentation bundled with the new machines, but
otherwise unavailable?

   On a related note, that crack about the Ferrari was not only in extremely
bad taste, but it wasn't even an apt analogy.  More fitting would be having
Sam spend our hard-earned ST profits on a Ferrari which came with a faulty
carburetor (and no owners manual, natch :-), and then having the dealer
express dismay when he asked about getting one that functioned properly.
--

 - Joel Plutchak
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