mark@dmcnh.UUCP (Mark Roddy) (01/14/86)
[] Rumors about Rom Tos functionality are starting to float across the compuserve atari sigs. Specifically: 1) Dialog boxes crash on '_' characters 2) They didn't fix the notorious 3 compile puts the desktop to sleep problem. (What? run some batch programs like the compiler/linker a few times, say 3 or 4 cycles of edit - compile - link - run. Eventually the desktop forgets about all of your open directory windows.) Any other bad news out there? Also, many of us put out $300.00 bucks for the developers package, and received several items that were distinctly broken, and a few things that were missing. Namely: the command and batch programs have bugs, the RSC takes a hike frequently, the archiver, icon editor, and various pieces of documentation are missing, the symbolic interactive debugger doesn't function at all like the documentation, and the C compiler has a few irregularities. While I was pleased to receive the Emacs editor and the new docs for bios, that was months ago, since then a distinct lack of upgrades have been pouring out of Atari. What gives? And finally, before I put out $600 for the hard drive, Anyone got one in use who would like to report on it? Oh, finally, I don't care where Atari sells ST's, but they sure as hell should provide a supported and reasonably priced upgrade from 512K to 1024K. I can't believe the drivel about how selling an ST for $500 bucks makes it less of a machine than if you sold it for $1500 bucks.
bjstecher@watrose.UUCP (Brian Stecher) (01/15/86)
I have an Atari 20 meg developer's hard disk drive. I don't know how close this one is to the final version that will come out. It's a featureless, unmarked grey box with one red LED, a power switch, and the hard disk connector. Works great. It's almost as fast for compiling (using the development kit) as a ramdisk. I have a 1 meg Atari, and I use a ramdisk to hold the libraries. Personally, I wouldn't leave home without it.