🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <150@bucsb.UUCP> harryk@bucsb.UUCP (Harry Karayiannis) writes:
>PS1:  Ken, Alan and Darek prove every day, through this net, that ATARI Corp.
>      Programming Department consists of outstanding individuals! Imagine ST
>      Community's future (in the US) without those three men advising other
>      ST users and programmers!

Hear hear!
(BEGIN :-)
I believe that Apple were working on clones of these before they got Landon
and that IBM managed to get a prototype running but he has a segment size
problem.
Makes me wish we were US registered developers instead of UK forgotten ones.
1 * Atari(US) = 10 * Atari(UK)
And hey 'no fair' Atari(US), you got Richard Miller from us so how about
giving us someone back.
(END :-)

Seriously though ...
Update on the UK Developers Support:-
Acting on a tipoff that Atari UK were selling TOS 1.4 on EPROM, I phoned
them up. The phone answerer was either someone new or had been told to
shape up her act. I got through to Bob Katz right away (amazing eh!).
I asked him about chipsets and he said they were avaiable from sales and
that I should hurry as there were only 3 sets left.
I then pressed him about updated documentation and he said that I would get
that too. I have sent him four letters since July and asked about TOS1.4 in
all of them but he never told me it was available by letter,fax or phone.
I now understand that they have been selling chipsets to any TD|H who asked for
one, not just developers!

So I ordered a chipset. I phoned later to chase it up and they don't know
what I'm talking about. The 3 sets are gone too! There is a head shaped dent
in my wall now. I dunno, what's a guy to do? You can be sure I'll post any
new developments.

Right that's enough soapbox exercise for today ...

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