nims@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Nims) (05/31/89)
I received a call today from Gail Johnson at Atari Corp...telling me that the TOS 1.4 roms are now available to registered developers that called her and said they wanted them as soon as they came out. So, that should mean that all you other Atarians should be able to get them soon. I'll be getting mine soon, I'll answer any questions that you might have. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Nims Northwestern University Academic Computing and Networking inet: nims@accuvax.nwu.edu
csrobe@CS.WM.EDU (Chip Roberson) (06/01/89)
Could some Atari official give us an update of where we are on TOS 1.4? I, for one, have a 1040 which I purchased in late 1985 and I'm biting my nails waiting for TOS 1.4. I remember my wait for the Blitter, which I never got to get. However, with 1.4 I WANT this as soon as I can get it. I have my credit card ready and I'm going to order it the *_minute_* I get an address or phone number. Thanks, -c | Chip Roberson ARPANET: csrobe@cs.wm.edu | | Dept of Comp. Sci. csrobe@icase.edu | | College of William and Mary BITNET: #csrobe@wmmvs.bitnet | | Williamsburg, VA 23185 UUCP: ...!uunet!cs.wm.edu!csrobe | -=- The Animal-Rights mailing list is now on the air. -=- -=- Send mail to Animal-Rights-Request@cs.odu.edu to subscribe. -=-
saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) (06/02/89)
My small contribution: it is my understanding that the TOS 1.4 ROMS now being made available to developers are PROMS. My years of study of Murphy's law have left the twin beliefs that masks are always a little bit wrong, and that no matter what the specification was, the masked ROM is the standard. Therefore, unless some Atari person says that TOS 1.4 will be in PROMS for all its users for a good long while, I can wait for the masked programmed version. Steve J.
apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) (06/06/89)
In article <8615@chinet.chi.il.us> saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes: > My small contribution: it is my understanding that the TOS 1.4 ROMS now > being made available to developers are PROMS. My years of study of Murphy's > law have left the twin beliefs that masks are always a little bit wrong, and > that no matter what the specification was, the masked ROM is the standard. I don't follow your reasoning. If we ship PROMS, it's because they are bytewise identical to the pattern we started with. That pattern is the same one we sent to the ROM manufacturer, and we won't accept the ROMs unless they're identical to that, too. Furthermore, if the masks are "a little bit wrong," the PROMs might not work at all, and we wouldn't ship that either. So what's the problem with PROMS? ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt