Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!dclemans
From: dclemans@mntgfx.mentor.com (Dave Clemans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Bugs in new BETA ROMS? (quiet down)
Message-ID: <1988Sep5.134226.397@mntgfx.mentor.com>
Date: 5 Sep 88 20:42:21 GMT
References: <561@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation, Beaverton Oregon
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If everybody calmed down and stopped letting emotions get in the way
things would go a lot smoother.  For example if you've paid attention
to the series of postings before this one, that of the three "bugs"
reported by Myron, two have apparently already been fixed, and the
other (pc-compatible formatting) is not a bug in the ST system, but
instead is a problem with the PC-compatible Myron used (presumably it
had MS-DOS 1.x BIOS rom's).  By the way, I have read the MS-DOS 2.x
technical reference manual, and it does explicitly state that as of
version 2.0 drivers should stop depending on media bytes and should
instead look at the bpb; thus I agree with Allan Pratt's analysis.

Also, if you've had problems getting registered developer mailings,
I would
	write a letter to Cindy (not a phone call)

	make sure that the necessary non-disclosure forms were
	properly signed and sent in

	make sure that you've responded to any previous requests from
	Atari for status information

(things don't always go wrong; I have gotten all Atari developer
mailings without having to goto any special effort).

dgc