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Date:         Mon, 26 Jan 1987 17:53 CST
From:         Scott Udell <UD140469@NDSUVM1>
Subject:      Some Questions
To:           <INFO-ATARI16@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU>

Hi there!  Being new to the network, and having been away from a reliable
source of ST information for several months, I have several questions to ask.

    1.What have people been hearing about the Ms. Em MS-DOS emulator from
Paradox?  Does it work well?  Slow or fast?  Does it support any IBM graphics?
Does it work wit DOS 3.2 on a 3 1/2" drive?  How about software compatibility?

    2.  I've been working on a program in OSS Pascal that, at one point, does
a printout to the printer.  I'd like the user to be able to press a key or to
click a button for pause, but have been unable to find a routine that works.  I
try to do an event call for both key and mouse clicks (using the OSS event
call), and the program (an accessory), locks up.  I've also tried doing a call
to BIOS call #11, kbshift, but it never returns anything but 0.  According to
ST Internals, you pass a -1 to get the status (of keyboard or mouse), but in
other sources I've read I haven't seen that the call accepts any parameters.
Any ideas?

    3.  Speaking of OSS, a few weeks ago I heard a nasty rumor (third- or
fourth-hand) that OSS has gone Chapter 11.  Can anyone confirm (I hope not!) or
deny this rumor (I sure hope so!)?

    4.  I've heard that there are two pd emulators floating around now--one for
the Apple II, and one for the Atari 8-bits.  I don't know anything about the
apple one, but I'm told that the Atari one emulates Atari BASIC and some of the
graphics modes, and is also slow.  Any other words on these two items?

    5.  Are there any flyers or official printed info from Atari on the new
Mega and Atari PC machines?  Please, please, please send any rumors on them?

    6.  Regarding the Mega machines, if you by a 1- or 2-meg model, will you be
able to upgrade to 4 megs (or to 2 megs from 1 meg) on the motherboard, or will
you have to use that internal slot for memory boards?

    That's all (!!) I can think to ask right now.  Thanks for any info you can
give.