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From: neil@atari.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: new moderated newsgroup(s) for Atari ST software distrbution
Message-ID: <567@atari.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 13:01:44 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 24 13:01:44 1987
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> >	Should we have a moderated ask-atari group ?
> 
> Get outta town.  Have Atari set up a support group on BIX, Delphi or
> another COMMERCIAL service.  Leave Usenet alone.

Gee, last time I looked there *was* an Atari support group on BIX, and more
recently we joined GEnie as well.  Not to mention our own BBS, which we've
been running here for 1.5 years now.

On BIX, join ataricorp to be part of our own conference (along with myself,
Jim Tittsler of our engineering dept., Alex Leavens of Tech Support, John
Jainschigg of Atari Explorer, and more.

On GEnie, join the Atari ST roundtable.

The BBS is accessed by calling 408-745-5308.  Speaking of the BBS, we are in
the midst of some massive maintenance.  Our software download area has just
hit the maximum of 16 megabytes, and now we're ARCing some files and will
probably eliminate some others.  James Turner of Imagen has copies of the
entire set as of a few weeks back, for you Netlanders.

If anyone needs detailed signup instructions for BIX or GEnie (including a
special no-signup-fee GEnie offer), look on the BBS in the "news" section.
If allowed I could also post the info here.

One last thing.  I am working on an article which clears up a lot of the
misinformation on the status of current and forthcoming products.  This will
be ready later in the week, and will be posted here and sent to our dealers.
In the meantime, the rampant speculation doesn't seem to be doing anyone a
lot of good.  OK?

-- 
--->Neil @ Atari    ...{hoptoad, lll-lcc, pyramid, imagen, sun}!atari!neil

BIX: neilharris		CIS: 70007,1135		Delphi: NEILHARRIS
GENIE: nharris		WELL: neil		Atari Corp. BBS 408-745-5308