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From: neil@atari.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Standard Languages -- Rs232 Handling?
Message-ID: <697@atari.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 12:45:26 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  7 12:45:26 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 04:30:18 EST
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In article <101UD040164@NDSUVM1>, UD040164@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:

>   I came up with ZIP in the way of P-D
>   BBS ware, so I resigned myself to writing my own.

Actually, Citadel-ST is available in the public domain.  It is on GEnie and
on many BBS's, including the Atari Base Annex (see below for more on the
Annex).

Citadel-ST files include executables in CITADEL1.ARC, utilities in
CITADEL2.ARC, and C source code in CITADEL3.ARC.  There are some other files
for help and such floating around, too.

>   Well, that's not really a problem, although the language of choice is.
>   Personal Pascal would be nice

Something you may be interested in is NiteLite ST, which is *not* public
domain but which does include Personal Pascal source code.  This BBS
software has a very good message base and lots of customizability.  It is
available from Paul Swanson, whose voice # is 617-663-4463, or call his BBS
at 617-663-4221.

>   1) In the "New" ST Basic, will such support be made available?
>   2) When (if ever) will such a "New" Basic be forthcoming?
>   3) *the clincher* At what price?

The new ST BASIC is currently in production and should get off the boat here
within the next few weeks.  Which means we'd better set a price soon!  The
new BASIC does indeed support the serial port, in fact it now has functions
for making direct calls to BIOS, XBIOS, and GEMDOS.  It also runs a lot
faster.

If you are interested in BASIC for the ST, you should also look at GFA
BASIC, which also offers a compiler option.  It runs fast, uses structured
code, and in general has been receiving rave reviews from users.  Michtron
also offers quite a bit of support, including their very own area online on
GEnie.

>   5) (As an aside, what happened to Alex?  Shin surgery?  ;-)

Funniest line I've seen on the net in ages!

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