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From: danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari SLM804 Laser Printer Woes
Message-ID: <1196@atari.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 88 16:27:58 GMT
References: <3f2bf768.14e07@gtephx.UUCP>
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in article <3f2bf768.14e07@gtephx.UUCP>, covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) says:
> 
> What I *HATE* is the Atari software. I have been griping to John Townsend,
> and anyone else who will listen at Atari, for a month now about bugs in the
> Diablo 630 Emulator (DE630 for short). DE630 misuses the TRAP 13 Vector, and as
> a result won't allow programs such as DC STUFFER (tm) of Double Click Software
> or MultiDesk (tm) of Codehead Software to work. Once either program is loaded, the 
> DE630 is lost. DE630 also has a very small buffer which has prevented Word
> Perfect Corporation from using it. In fact, WP has just about dropped support for
> it. And the sad thing about this is that Atari just doesn't care.

Well, like John and myself have been repeating over (and over, and over...) on
the GEnie service is that we have copied all the messages pertaining to the
Diablo Emulator and have forwarded them to Dave Staugas.

Atari engineering is currently looking the matter over.  That is all I can say
at this time.


>Atari has NEVER released an Epson emulator for the SLM804. Atari doesn't feel
>that there is a need for one...

You are quite correct in us never releasing an Epson emulator for the SLM804,
however, I do not seem to recall us ever announcing that we were working on
such a project.  Also, why shopuld we spend the man-hours to develop another
emulator for the SLM804 when there is already a GOOD one from Germany available
in the U.S. as PD?

What I am getting at is this;  We are currently reviewing the entire Diablo
630 emulator project.  That is all the information that I have at this time.


Dan Scott
Atari Technical Support