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INFO-ATARI16 Digest Thu, 25 Jan 90 Volume 90 : Issue 97
Today's Topics:
(none)
Atari System for Sale
ICONE2
Megamax C questions
PC Emulators
ST Software for sale
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Date: 25 Jan 90 17:43:43 GMT
From: brunix!rjd@uunet.uu.net (Rob Demillo)
Subject: (none)
Message-ID: <26715@brunix.UUCP>
In article <20165@watdragon.waterloo.edu> swklassen@tiger.waterloo.edu (Steven
W. Klassen) writes:
>In article <9001240806.AA01729@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
WOODALLP@VAX1.COMPUTER-CENTRE.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK writes:
>
>>Thus to those at the other side of the pond I request that if you judge
>>British magazines by any one single publication then let it be ST World. This
>
>I'll say it's not perfect. My roommates (also Computer Science Majors)
>and I once had a good laugh at one of their articles. I believe the
>article was talking about how C was becoming popular in the programming
>world in spite of the "relentless advance of BASIC."
>
Steve ---
This is what still being a CS major in school and having no exposure
to the "real world" (tm) yet will do for you.
The article was probably right. C is still low down on the list of
most widely used languages. Most engineers and scientists still use
either ForTran or BASIC (or some derivative form of basic), most
economists and social scientists use either ForTran, and COBOL is
still number one with the banking and accounting crowd.
As far as most used language on a PC? MicroSoft and DOS saw to it
that BASIC clearly wins in that category. As a matter of fact,
when I first bought my ST, it came with BASIC and LOGO...for people
who don't want to do any serious programming, they probably wouldn't
buy a language, just use the interpreters that came with their machine.
So, don't laugh too hard...I did, but after getting my Masters, and
contracting around for about 5 years, and reading the trade journals,
and talking with other computer professionals....C still has a way
to go outside the computer science field.
- Rob DeMillo | Internet: rjd@brown.cs.edu
Brown University | BITnet: DEMILLO%BRNPSG.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU
Planetary Science Group | Reality: 401-273-0804 (home)
"I say you *are* the Messiah, Lord! And I ought to know, I've followed a few!"
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Date: 25 Jan 90 17:15:14 GMT
From: crdgw1!control!oplinger@uunet.uu.net (B. S. Oplinger)
Subject: Atari System for Sale
Message-ID: <4946@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
For Sale ($1500 gets everything listed in this message except mono monitor)
Available Separately:
Atari 520ST (Rev E motherboard) with 1meg EZRAM upgrade.
Atari mouse
1 DS/DD Floppy Disk Drive
20 Meg Supra Hard Drive
Monochrome Monitor
VIP Professional (non-GEM & GEM version)
Publishing Partner $900
Also available to the purchaser of the system only:
Substitute color for monochrome monitor $150
Add 2nd DS/DD Drive $125
Panasonic 1090 printer (Epson MX compatable) $100
Additional Software and Hardware, anyone may buy:
Picta Scan (similar to IMG scan) Attach to 9-pin
printer and scan in pictures $ 25
Track Ball replacement mouse w/pass-through port
for mouse so that buttons may be used along with
trackball a the same time $ 20
Mark William C v3.? $ 75
TDI Modula 2 $ 50
Word Writer ST $ 30
Publisher ST $ 75
Avatec 1200 baud modem $ 50
Drafix and Dot Plotter program $125
Magic Sac & 64K roms $ 20
Spectre Cartridge no roms $100
DeskCart (multi-accessory cartridge) $ 20
Software @ $10 apiece, 3 for $25:
Old (version 1.?) Easy Draw (costs more to upgrade
than to buy newest version)
Old (version 1.?) Personal Pascal (may be possible to
upgrade, I do not know)
Hacker II
Joust
Crystal Castles
Foundation Waste
Roadwar 2000
Silicon Dreams
Wanderor (3-d glasses type game)
Infocom Games:
Zork I
Zork II
Wishbringer
Software @ $15 apiece, 2 for $25
Zoomracks
Degas Elite
Thunder
Mindscape games:
Uninvited
Shadowgate
Captain Blood
Rainbird Games:
Golden Path
Starglider
Pandora
UMS (I'll add a disk with some pd scenarios)
Psygnosis Games:
Chronos Quest
Terror Pods
Obliterator
Bratacas
Menace
Ballistix
I will be waiting until Thursday Feb 1 to process orders for the
software, I want to allow someone to be able to get the whole package
first.
brian
oplinger@crd.ge.com
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Date: 25 Jan 90 17:21:08 GMT
From: zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekig5!roberth@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Robert W
Hall)
Subject: ICONE2
Message-ID: <5461@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Expires:
References: <9001241926.AA09059@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Sender:
Reply-To: roberth@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Robert A Hall)
Followup-To:
Distribution:
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
Keywords:
In article <9001241926.AA09059@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> MAXG@SUVM.BITNET ("Gerry
Greenberg: 315-443-5378") writes:
[ a few lines deleted ]
>I was able to get icone.acc, icone.rsc,
>and icones.rsc, but I would only get bombs when the acc would try to
>load.
>--Gerry
>maxg@suvm (bitnet)
>ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (internet)
The same thing happened to me. I also got icone2 from panarthea 1/23/90.
I'm using a 1040ST, color, no other DA's or TSR's.
Bob
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Date: 25 Jan 90 15:17:21 GMT
From:
zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!watse
rv1!watdragon!tiger!swklassen@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steven W. Klassen)
Subject: Megamax C questions
Message-ID: <20168@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
In article <9001230157.AA05784@ascsu1.SLCS.SLB.COM> wright@asc.SINet.SLB.COM
writes:
>Here's my first attempt at a posting....
>
>For three years I've been using Megamax C and then Laser C. I've
>accumulated the bugs described below, several of which cost me many hours
>to track down. I sent a letter (U.S. Mail) last September 24 saying
>what I've said here, but haven't heard anything back from Megamax. My
>questions are:
>
>Does anyone know if or when Megamax intends to fix these or any other bugs?
>
>If I switch to MWC (or some other C) can I expect similar headaches?
>
I've never had a problem with MWC (yet) but then I've never actually
looked for the problems you mentioned. I have done a lot of stuff
with arrays (which involves pointer arithmetic) and have yet to find
a problem.
Steven W. Klassen +-----------------------------+
Computer Science Major | Support the poor...buy fur! |
University of Waterloo +-----------------------------+
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Date: 24 Jan 90 20:30:58 GMT
From:
zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!ge-dab!peora!ucf-cs!ki4pv!ka3ovk!lake@thin
k.com (Marshall Lake)
Subject: PC Emulators
Message-ID: <1990Jan24.203058.9305@ka3ovk.uucp>
In article <1217@jpusa1.UUCP> scott@jpusa1.chi.il.us (Scott Van Court) writes:
>
>Has anyone heard what is going on with the PC Ditto II?
>I'm sure there must be someone that has heard something. I can't beleive
>I've waited this long.
>--
>scott
I heard a couple of days ago that it was finally available. But I also
heard (unfortunately) that it was buggy. I don't know how true it is
and I didn't hear to what extent but they did say something about the
thing not fitting in some STs!
Marshall
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Date: 24 Jan 90 12:39:42 GMT
From:
zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!ge-dab!peora!ucf-cs!ki4pv!ka3ovk!lake@tut.
cis.ohio-state.edu (Marshall Lake)
Subject: ST Software for sale
Message-ID: <1990Jan24.123942.10858@ka3ovk.uucp>
ST Software for sale (all items come with original disks and docs of course):
Garfield 6
Better Dead Than Alien 8
Daily Double Horseracing 8
Passing Shot 10
Vampire's Empire 8
Space Station 6
Little Computer People 6
International Soccer 6
Roadwar 2000 8
Marshall Lake
POB 7332
Washington, DC 20044
Tel 703-533-2132
Fax 703-538-4598
uucp: ...?media,teemc,tcsc3b2,ki4pv?!ka3ovk!lake or
...?media,teemc,tcsc3b2,ki4pv?!ka3ovk!irscscm!mlake (checked more often)
CIS 73717,3174
GEnie MLAKE
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