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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: STE DMA sound (documentation posted)
Summary: Where's the Beef??
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Date: 1 Mar 90 15:51:00 GMT
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In article <1990Feb27.230234.8875@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, gl8f@astsun8.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
> I have 2 books which tell me just about every software question I've
> had about the ST. Cost? $45. Sometimes I think I live in a different
> universe from everyone else. If you buy a copy of Mark Williams or
> Laser C, you get an excellent GEM manual. You can also mail-order
> books about GEM if your dealer doesn't carry them.
> 
> So what's the complaint? I keep on asking what people don't like about
> current ST books. I haven't seen (yet) a single person who has
> actually read the 3rd edition Abacus GEM book, or one of the other
> good GEM books, and thought that it had lots of errors. Although some
> dealers don't carry them, they are available mail-order, and you can
> find ads for them in magazines.
> 
> Where's the beef?
> 
> -- greg
> Greg Lindahl
> gl8f@virginia.edu                                  Astrophysicists for Choice.


Where's the beef??

Well, for one there is the still the fact that no NEW ST book has
been published in the USA for 2 years.

And the fact, that even Greg admits, that you can't buy *ANY* ST book
in the major bookstores. Just ask someone in a Waldenbooks store and you
will either get laughed at or they will mutter something about the Atari
just being a "Games Machine"

Greg, are you on a paid retainer by Atari Corp?? I have *NEVER* seen you
take a stand criticizing Atari Corp on *ANY* matter?? If you aren't,
you should ask Atari Corp to pay you !!

But, you are correct, the Mark Williams C manual is a great source of C code
for GEM AES/VDI.

But where do you go for info on programming for GDOS?? GDOS is one big black hole
as far as Atari Corp is concerned. It isn't covered in any C book that I have.
And programmers are all having problems writing GDOS printer drivers.

So, where's the beef?? I would answer "In Sunnyvale!!"

(At least there's lots of beef by-products emitting from Sunnyvale judging
the strength of the odors!).

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