Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!cr1 From: cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Christopher Roth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: FLAMES and SUPPORT IN THE MINUS REALM Message-ID: <21558@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 21 Dec 89 22:05:55 GMT References: <8912210817.AA06313@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu () Organization: UF CIS Department Lines: 23 In article <8912210817.AA06313@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> MBERNAR@ERENJ.BITNET (mb) writes: > >fox!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle@apple.com mentioned that the ST >comes with ST Basic, Logo and documentation. I don't think this is true >at the present. When I bought my ST in April, it didn't come with Logo or >any manual for ST Basic. I just purchased my 1040 ST , oh, about a year ago, and I can affirm that it only came with Atari BASIC. Now, I hesitate to call Atari basic an actual language, but I suppose you can technically call it that. As for paying for such a thing...Ick! Anyone who wants to program on their computer is bound to go and purchase a programming language of their own, so when you get right down to it, it isn't necessary to include a programming language with the computer. I would have liked to have received a little bit more documentation on the machine then I got, though. That little tan booklet they give you covers the basics rather lightly, it would be nice to know more about the machine without having to buy a book somewhere else. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * Christoper Roth * This message is NOT for * InterNet : cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu * GENIE's use! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Post No Bills-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=