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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: FLAMES and SUPPORT IN THE MINUS REALM
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Date: 15 Dec 89 03:08:41 GMT
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Greg Lindahl asks:
 
>What don't you like about the current 3rd party books about
>programming the ST? I don't think they're perfect, but they
>were certainly good enough to let me write GEM applications.
 
Most of the third party books about the ST were "reverse engineered" and
based on information that was discovered by disassembling code from the
machine, or by experimentation, or I suspect from "illicit" passing on of
information from registered developers.
 
Much of it was translated (in many cases very poorly) from German, and much
of it contained bugs, misinformation and outright errors.
 
If Atari Corp is concerned, as KenB mentioned, about people passing on bugs,
misinformation and outright errors, why doesn't  *Atari*  publish the
"right stuff" and be sure it's passed on correctly?
 
BobR