store2@ihuxi.UUCP (03/04/87)
<*******************[Ignore header path]*******************> The following article and answer from Neil Harris of Atari was carried in the ST newsgroup. Since many readers here do not read the ST group and since I knew it would be of interest to all 8-bit owners, I am reposting it to this group. It is good to see that Atari is still committed to the 8-bit owners, especially with software. But I'd love to see the release of the 3.5" disk drive. -Kit Kimes- =============================================================================== In article <9650@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>, appelbau@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Marc L. Appelbaum) writes: > Well that's all well and good, but what about support for the 8-bits. > When Neil first introduced Alex Leavens he said that Alex knew about > the 8bit. From what I've seen on the net and GEnie, ATARI is only > supporting the ST line. > > So when are we going to see some real support for the 8-bits??? You asked for it... Just a few hours ago, I talked to Alex about 8-bit support. He will be spending quite a bit of time in the GEnie 8-bit conference (called "ATARI"). It will take him a little while to wade through all the messages there already, but expect to see his presence there on a daily basis. A further note. I had a meeting last week with TOP management here at Atari. The topic was also 8-bit support, including ways to get software produced by outside companies and how to get better presence for 8-bit software. The subject has yet to be concluded, but we are coming up with some good ideas. -- --->Neil @ Atari ...{hoptoad, lll-lcc, pyramid, imagen, sun}!atari!neil BIX: neilharris CIS: 70007,1135 Delphi: NEILHARRIS GENIE: nharris WELL: neil Atari Corp. BBS 408-745-5308