cdj@NADC.ARPA (C. Johnson) (03/29/88)
For those who desparately seek a GOOD report about ATARI: I, too received the documentation from ATARI (I'm a registered, although not currently active, ATARI developer). The package included SALAD, as someone (I'm sorry, I didn't catch the name...) mentioned, describing the Line-A calls, and including EXAMPLES. The previous Line-A docs were evidently written by someone who had been out smoking bananas (all lower case, no punctuation...). SALAD was evidently produced on a laser printer and looked so professional, it brought a tear to my eye. Also included were what seemed to be the Figures for my GEM documentation (!), which were missing from day one. These, too were printed on a laser printer. The Mega specs look very interesting, but unfortunately I don't even know who my nearest Mega dealer is (my regular ST dealer didn't make it, sigh.) Lastly, the new newsletter for developers (I believe it was called ATARI Forum) was generated on the ATARI laser printer from I believe it said EasyDraw (I didn't see MS Word mentioned, but I might have missed it. I did see EasyDraw mentioned...). All of this stuff looked very professional. This offering by ATARI reveals a glimmer of professional support for their developers. That word, 'professional' keeps popping up, but if you'd witnessed some of the docs in the developer's kit, you too would notice a large improvement. I publicly thank those at ATARI who put time and effort into these documents, and hope that this is an indication of other things to come. If the quality shown in these documents could be applied to all of ATARI's offerings (including hardware, software, docs, and support) then I believe that good things will happen for the ST and all of ATARI's products. *** A slight pause as I get off my soapbox *** Christopher D. Johnson Penn State University/ Naval Air Development Center cdj@nadc.arpa <== Active from now until end of May cdj@psuecl.bitnet <== Active from June until tuition money runs out ;-)
jansen@atari.UUCP (Mark O. Jansen) (03/31/88)
in article <8803281727.AA16898@NADC.ARPA>, cdj@NADC.ARPA (C. Johnson) says: > I, too received the documentation from ATARI (I'm a registered, although > not currently active, ATARI developer). The package included SALAD, as > someone (I'm sorry, I didn't catch the name...) mentioned, describing > the Line-A calls, and including EXAMPLES. The previous Line-A docs were > evidently written by someone who had been out smoking bananas (all lower > case, no punctuation...). SALAD was evidently produced on a laser > printer and looked so professional, it brought a tear to my eye. > ... Thank you for the feedback about SALAD. As its author, I'm glad to hear it is making people happy. To everyone: We're interested in your comments, POSITIVE or negative, about our documentation. Just send mail to me. --Mark -- "Question" Mark Jansen UUCP: ...ames!atari!jansen Atari Corporation BIX/GEnie: mjansen These views do not necessarily reflect those of Atari Corporation. "...and kids, remember to think about a career in COMPUTER SCIENCE!"
rnss@ihuxy.ATT.COM (Ron Schreiner) (04/02/88)
In article <1030@atari.UUCP> jansen@atari.UUCP (Mark O. Jansen) writes: >in article <8803281727.AA16898@NADC.ARPA>, cdj@NADC.ARPA (C. Johnson) says: >> I, too received the documentation from ATARI (I'm a registered, although >> not currently active, ATARI developer). The package included SALAD, as >> someone (I'm sorry, I didn't catch the name...) mentioned, describing ... >Thank you for the feedback about SALAD. As its author, I'm glad to hear it >is making people happy. >To everyone: We're interested in your comments, POSITIVE or negative, about >our documentation. Just send mail to me. The SALAD doc came with a few other docs including a new developers news letter. Given the bad press Atari has received on the net for development support, I think it would be in thier interest to post the artical titled "A NEW LOOK, A NEW ATTITUDE". How about it, one of you guys at Atari could get permissiion to post it faster than anyone else. -- Ron Schreiner AT&T Bell Labs ...ihnp4!ihuxy!rnss
david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) (04/05/88)
In article <2478@ihuxy.ATT.COM> rnss@ihuxy.UUCP (Ron Schreiner) writes: >The SALAD doc came with a few other docs including a new >developers news letter. Given the bad press Atari has received >on the net for development support, I think it would be in thier >interest to post the artical titled "A NEW LOOK, A NEW ATTITUDE". It might be in THEIR best interest. So why do we want them to post it to the net? They've been making promises like these as long as I can remember. Does anybody actually still believe they will follow up with ACTION? And to you "still-optomistic" people... It's nice to be positive. Everybody prefers good news to bad. But would you really invest in Atari again, if you knew then what you know now? I sure wouldn't. -- David Beckemeyer | "Yuh gotta treat people jes' like yuh Beckemeyer Development Tools | do mules. Don't try to drive 'em. Jes' 478 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 | leave the gate open a mite an' let 'em UUCP: ...!ihnp4!hoptoad!bdt!david | bust in!"