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From: braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Laser C
Message-ID: <3889@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 29 Feb 88 17:14:04 GMT
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Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Summary: Reused disks?

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So other people also have problems with the Laser C upgrade disks?
I must add to my story that the almost-unreadable disk I got was
apparently used before: some scratches on the shutter.  My theory
is that (since they asked us to send in the original disks) they
reused the old disks.  I don't think that's very bad (remember:
we only paid $20 for the upgrade, including the (still to arrive)
new manual) but I wish they (1) used _my_ old disks (they were not
scratched...) and (2) did a better verify on the copies...

- Moshe Braner

Addendum to my preview of Laser C:  The editor (and the whole shell)
are very distinctly Mac-ish, for better or worse.  E.g., when choosing
system tools to install in RAM upon launch I feel like I'm in the Mac's
Font/DA Mover,  what with two lists of items and an [>>add>>] button, etc.
Also, the file selector boxes that pop up when you click on "compile"
or "run other programs" in the "execute" menu are NOT the (ugh, tfoo!)
standard GEM version but a much nicer original version.  Better than
the Mac's, too.