weaver@ldp.dec.com.UUCP (03/14/87)
I had trouble trying to get this out the other night (11-Mar), here goes again. Re: INFO-ATARI postings First, would whoever is posting the INFO-ATARI stuff to the net please stop. I have no desire to clog my disk with duplicate information. If people want the INFO-ATARI mailings, let them subscribe. Also remember that not everyone is directly on the USENET, or for that matter on a UN*X system. I happen to reside on a VMS system and have much cruder access to the USENET postings. It is not easy for me to separate messages like you UN*X folks can. There are a lot of us who receive distribution through a gateway of one form or another. If USENET distribution of the INFO-ATARI postings is desired, then create "comp.sys.atari.st.info", but don't burden everyone with duplicate information, or waste network resources. Re: Twister David Small specifically states in the Start article that you will not see a performance improvement unless you turn off write verify. He has another program (REBOOTER) that takes care of the write-verify flag as well as making sure warm-restarts get translated to cold-restarts. Re: Blitter upgrades/new ROMS I personally feel that everyone should upgrade to a blitter. Unfortunately there are some memory upgrades that are going to interfere with blitter installation (any that cover the 68000 chip, I am told, will have problems, of which the Aerco upgrade is one). I have yet to upgrade my 520ST because I want to be compatable with the blitter when I do. Maybe someone from Atari could comment on what memory upgrades will be compatable. I would like to go to at least 2+meg Re: Atari gripes <FLAME ON> I am getting sick and tired of seeing people beat up on Neil Harris and Atari Co. about this and that. If you have a valid complaint, you can state the complaint in a professional and responsible manner, rather than acting like a 4 year old who wants to skip supper and eat desert! If some of the complainers are indeed 4 year olds, then your parents should revoke your USENET access (I wonder what the policies are regarding such access)! Give us all a break! Atari is a business, and they will make decisions based on the amount of business they will generate, and I am sure that they will give due consideration to their installed base! If that installed base acts like a bunch of screaming kids, then they may look for new customers. <FLAME OFF> Give Atari constructive criticism and I am sure that they will listen carefully. But don't expect things to change overnight, businesses just don't work that way. Re: Squash IBM PC syndrome (and Amiga, MAC, etc...) Might I suggest that this is not a profitable use of time. The IBM PC has quite valid applications, and an Atari, Amiga, MAC, are just not everyone's cup of tea. People complain about ST's not being expandable, fine, you could have bought an IBM PC, why didn't you??? Probably because of its price (although clones are getting pretty cheap). If you really wanted expandability you should have bought an Amiga, or a PC/clone. When the PC/XT/AT are no longer viable computers, they will fall under their own weight. What is a profitable use of time is trying to get the software manufactures to port some of their IBM code to the Atari. You won't convince them to do it based on computer sales (at least not yet :-). Enough, I'll get off my Soapbox, -Dave