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Hi. I'm posting this separate from my mail request to try and avoid
confusion.

I have paid for, and am waiting for my 1040ST (should be under a
week, I'm staying awake at nights!). Congratulations all you out
there who have one! I bought mine after 4 months of fairly intense
research into the computer market and I think it's the best thing
around (high praise from me, a picky SOB). So, I'm about to set up
shop, and I have a few questions that maybe someone can help me
with. Here goes:

	1) I like the keyboard for the IBM AT better than the
	1040's. Is there any way I can make a plug that allows an AT
	keyboard to be connected through a hole in the case, while
	still retaining the mouse/joystick ports? (I don't even know
	if the AT keyboard will work in any way w/ the Atari)

	2) Can anyone give me any information about the vaguely
	rumored Microsoft word processor (Write?), like if it's a
	copy of Word, and when it will come out?

	3) I saw earlier an article posted by a man who had rigged a
	box to change the color display to monochrone (I think this
	is what it was). How is this done, and is it intensely
	complicated?

	4) Has anyone heard anything about 2, 3, or 4 meg upgrades
	for the 1040? I'm not sure if it is possible (room on board)
	but there are 1 meg chips out now.

	5) Was the RAMdisk/hard drive problem ever solved?

	6) (controversy time) Which is the best C?

	7) Is there a mutlitasking, GEM-like (meaning mouse and
	windows) environment out there? Or will we have to wait for
	DRI's GEM?

	8) If we must wait for the new GEM, how will we use it?
	Replacing ROMS, using it in memory (yech!), etc?

	9) What is the Arpa public domain library and how do I
	access it?

	10) Does anyone have the CP/M emulator out there? How fast
	is it? Does it emulate Kaypro (ADM-3a) video? Does it work
	for everything? Is it Z80 or 8080?
	
	and finally,

	11) What games do people like out there (and why).

To avoid much stuff on the net, please use E-mail to answer the last
question. 

Thanks for any information you can give. Atari forever!

			John Ogawa
			UC San Diego
			ix181@sdcc6@sdcsvax