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Re: poor atari support

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:00
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Guy Harrison (guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>  In article <821131352_OASIS_@yr-ynys.demon.co.uk>
>   Neil@yr-ynys.demon.co.uk (Neil Martin) said:-

> It occurred to me some time ago that it should be possible to download 
> a preconfigured setup (as much as possible) where you just plonk in 
> your hostname and telephone number. All the basic functions keys, 
> groups and the like are preconfigured for a specific drive (C - F?). 
> Naturally this would require the permission of the various authors and 
> copyright holders but it would be to everyone's advantage so I see no 
> problem with this.

> This would make it much easier for those less familiar with the ST 
> technically to get working. After a while they would gain enough 
> knowledge to make personal changes.

> Any takers for this idea?

You need to be careful in doing this. Remember the software is not
Demon software but is copyright the original author.

Making changes to the package the author has licenced for distribution
is in all probability a breach of that licence. The usual way around
this is to add another package containing the information and any
custom files necessary to connect to a particular service.

If you want to produce a special version of someone elses work, please
make sure you have permission to do so.

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir
Sunderland
England
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From: malcolm@demon.net (Malcolm Muir)
Subject: Re: poor atari support
Date: 1996/01/10
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