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JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV expressed some opinions about the future of this
newsgroup which I mostly agree with.  There are a few statements, however,
which I don't agree with based on my own limited experience.

"I note that many of the questions that are asked here (at considerable
 expense, I might note) have been answered in the magazines."

I've found the magazines that are/were
available in my area: STart, ST Log, STXpress and Atari Explorer are seriously
lacking in technical information (I would exclude Dave Small's
column in STart).  Coverage of Public Domain and Shareware is inadequate.
I've seen a letter to STart asking for a terminal emulation software
for a Tektronix 4010 terminal go unanswered when Uniterm has existed for years.


"It appears that there is a tendency to post the burning question of
 the moment to the net when a little research in a library would yield
 a quicker and sounder ouutcome.  Magazines like Current Notes and ST
 Informer, and to some extent z-Mag and ST REports, have solid
 technical information that is more useful than some of the spur of the
 moment responses that get passed around here...."

I have not yet found a library in my area (New Jersey) that has any of
the ST magazines you mentioned.  I can't even find one ST book in a
library or a bookstore.  Under the circumstances, this net is the best
place that I expect to get informed answers to technical questions.