[comp.sys.atari.st] Thanks, and more questions

rm@inmet (02/08/89)

Thanks to all those who responded to my request for development tools
for the ST.  I just got GFA Basic from Michtron and it works just fine
for my minor applications.  It's even fast enough to capture MIDI dumps
from my synth without dropping bytes.

Now, I have some other questions.  There appear to be a number of sites,
tools, etc. which are generally known about and depended upon by experienced
ST'ers which are of interest to me.  From time to time I've seen requests
for some of this info from other posters, so I think it wouldn't be a bad
idea for some knowledgeable person to post this to this notesgroup.
I would appreciate it, and I'm sure lots of new ST owners would as well.
Thanks in advance.

GEnie
    What is it?
    What does it have on it?
    How do you join/sign up?
    How do you get on/in?

Posted Binary files
    Are there "standard" encoding(s) for these?
    If so, what are the tools needed to encode and decode?
    Where can you get those tools?

Posted Source files
    Same questions for binaries.

Archive Sites
    Where are the active archive sites?
    How do you retrieve from them?

General Information
    Is there some sort of clearinghouse for information such as this?
    Users groups?  Magazines?

As always, all responses will be much appreciated.
      
 
R.M. Mottola
Intermetrics Inc.
733 Concord Ave.
Cambridge MA. 02138

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