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In article <900218.00165749.037772@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes:
>1.  The Mega2 ST.  I bought it because I was *assured* by the man
>    himself during a convention that it would be the front-end for
>    the ATW.  That idea was abandoned. 

Oh dear - here at Edinburgh Uni we have an ATW with a Mega 2 front-end!
Does that mean we're out of date?

>3.  Documentation.  As a user, I cannot find 'official' Atari documentation
>    designed for users that is of technical nature.  Docs that come to
>    mind is that similar to the technical manuals SUPPLIED with the
>    Amiga 500 and optional manuals similar to the Commodore 64 or 128
>    Reference manual.  Are we Atari STers rated any less?  No, but as
>    far as docs are concerned, the ST seems to be built for developers, not
>    for users.

Yeah, docs are a bit of a bummer but if you buy a decent C compiler they
usually come with ST documentation. Prospero C has over 1000 pages,
split into 4 books, one on ANSI C libraries, one on the language and the
other two cover the AES and VDI in detail (however, they seem to have
been nicked from the IBM GEM documentation). The Concise Atari ST
Programmer's Reference by Katherine Peel is a good reference on all
aspects of the ST. There are NO technical manuals supplied with UK Amy
500's the docs cost about 30 quid a book and there's about 4 books. At
least they're available though.

>Larry Rymal:  |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>

Mark Davidson.