Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bbn!oberon!nunki.usc.edu!sal7.usc.edu!rjung From: rjung@sal7.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: new software? Keywords: games, GEOS, etc. Message-ID: <1610@nunki.usc.edu> Date: 12 Oct 88 14:51:22 GMT References: Sender: news@nunki.usc.edu Reply-To: rjung@sal7.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 44 In article wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) writes: >It just occurs to me that it's been quite a few months since I've >bought any new software for my trusty old 800xl. Not because I'm >not interested in doing so, but because I just haven't heard of >anything "new and exciting" software-wise in a while. Neither have I. But then, I haven't been following the software scene as rigorously as I used to (for Ataris of any kind). I've just been too busy. > So I call >on any of you out there with any info about recent (last 6 months >or so) software that you'd recommend, to pass that recommendation >along this way... I got FOOD FIGHT last month, and it's great. B-) >I heard rumor that Infocom has now dropped us... >is it true? Infocom hasn't "officially" dropped Atari ST/XE support, but they have a new policy of "only the _really good_ [their words] material will be translated". Eg, unless they can guarantee it'll go over big, ferget it. >Has anybody here actually seen this GEOS desktop DOS I've been hearing >about lately? Is it really as good as what I've been hearing? (and who >sells it and for how much?) I saw it at the Glendale Atari Faire, and posted about it here about a month ago. It does look like the ST desktop, and the author claims complete compatability (eg, can run from the desktop) almost all Atari software. It sits in a piggyback (aka ICD) ROM cartridge, and takes up only 4K RAM. It should have started shipping at the first of October. And by the way, it's the "GOE" (Graphics Operating Enviroment). --R.J. B-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: These are my views, and mine alone. # ## # Mailing address: Beats me, just reply to this message # ## # (rjung@nunki.usc.edu?) ## ## ## #### ## ####