Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!udel!princeton!mind!romero
From: romero@mind.UUCP (Antonio Romero)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 40-folder bug and FOLDRXXX.PRG
Message-ID: <1505@mind.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 87 14:40:21 GMT
References: <910@atari.UUCP>
Organization: Cognitive Science, Princeton University
Lines: 32
Summary: Uh... did you really mean that?

In article <910@atari.UUCP>, apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
> in article <560@pyuxe.UUCP>, crc6@pyuxe.UUCP (C. Colbert) says:
> > In one of the atari periodicals it was announced that they fixed the 40 
> > folder bug in the Mega St roms.
> I WILL TELL YOU WHEN THE 40-FOLDER BUG IS FIXED.  DO NOT BELIEVE ANY
> OTHER REPORTS UNTIL YOU HEAR IT FROM ME.  I AM THE ONLY PERSON WORKING
> ON THIS.


Uh... guys? Did you hear him say what I just heard him say?
Did Alan just say that there's ONLY ONE PERSON WORKING ON THE WORST PROBLEM
THEIR MACHINE HAS?
Just how small an operation is Atari, anyway?
(Actually, my guess is EVERYONE else is working on the 40-folder bug on the
Transputer box...)

When the fix is made, maybe I'll buy an Atari.  I still have a certain 
amount of faith in Atari's ability to deliver a decent value, despite all
the griping I've seen on this group since the ST came out.  

> 
> I *am* working on it, so don't despair.  When the fix comes out, it will
> be more sweeping than you think (unless you think big). 

Hmm.  Does this suggest upcoming compatibility problems?
Or perhaps the advent of a new operating system altogether?
Could it be... MULTITASKING? Okay guys, warm up the rumor mills...

-Antonio Romero
 romero@psycho.Princeton.EDU

PS-- Hi Charlie!