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From: qralph@dna.lth.se (Ralph Haglund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Facts, not only talking about them.
Message-ID: <1989Dec16.083228.25280@lth.se>
Date: 16 Dec 89 08:32:28 GMT
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This info from Alan Pratt I also got privately, and privately I gave a
lengthy answer. In short: I am an "official developer", but have not got 
a single sheet of info from ATARI Sweden ever since I bought the kit and
got a bunch of badly copied papers. It was clearly stated in my message
that I had made a quick resume of an article in a German magazine, and I
do think the netlanders have the same priority as the German ST community,
correct me if I am wrong.
Half a year ago or so I also sent in some sheet from the original developer
kit to Atari USA, to get some additional info. Nothing has reached me from
them either.
In June or so I called Atari Stockholm, was promised TOS1.4 and docs in a
few weeks. Still NOTHING. To be able to work I have made a copy of the ROMs,
that come with the big screen monitor..... That is the only way a Swedish
developer can get TOS 1.4, any comments?...
Sure, I hope soon to get the developer's info about the STE, I will gloat
over all the secrets I have promised not to disclose to any human being, just
for the chance of making better programs than the demos accompanying the STE.
Shouldn't take too long I must admit. One big screen, where the mouse can show
3x3 normal screens. One sound show of a minute or so, playing 3-4 different
sounds a couple of times.
ST Magazin in Germany at least sells a diskette for DM19:90 with a demo of
the 4000 colors at the same time. WITH assembly code.
I hope none from Amiga or Apple will read this, so they can steal ideas;
suppose that is what the secrecy is all about.


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