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- The computer industry has seen innumerable changes in
- the last four years, to say nothing of the last ten.
- With these changes taking place at such a rapid pace,
- staying productive by today's standards can be a
- daunting task -- especially if you're going at it
- alone.
-
- That's where we come in; "we" being the Atari
- RoundTable. That's because our sole purpose is to
- help you stay current and be more productive. In the
- last year -- heck, in the last six months -- numerous
- developments have had us rediscovering the power in
- our Atari computers. New and improved word
- processors, graphics applications, font handlers, and
- CD-ROM utilities have added more raw horse-power to
- our daily computing endeavors than many of us ever
- dreamed of.
-
- Getting Help
-
- With power comes complexity, and with complexity can
- come the aspirin bottle. How do you find out what
- works, what has been working for others, and what CAN
- be done with all this raw, unadulterated power? I
- know one way: Go to where the experts are. Experts,
- developers, programmers, experienced users, new
- users, and even someone's kid sister are all members
- of the Atari RoundTable, all working together to get
- the most out of their computing experiences.
-
- This RoundTable-thing can be addressed many ways;
- networking, work-grouping, brainstorming -- you name
- it. But it all boils down to getting your computer to
- do what you want done.
-
- Examples
-
- Let me give you an example. Not long ago, John
- Trautschold, one of the people behind the recent
- release of Flash II, reported on the Atari Bulletin
- Board that his CodeRAM RAM disk wasn't staying
- "recoverable" during re-boots. This was a problem
- since John uses it as a development tool while
- programming.
-
- The developer of the CodeRAM utility, CodeHead
- Technologies, read John's post and noted that John
- had just upgraded from four to sixteen megabytes of
- RAM. Further discussion in the Bulletin Board
- revealed that John didn't have the most recent
- version of the utility, which contained the fix for
- larger memory configurations.
-
- Just like that, problem solved!
-
- Here's another: Our resident Jaguar fans were
- impatiently awaiting the scheduled October 21st
- release of Alien Versus Predator. James Grunke from
- Atari popped into the Bulletin Board six days before
- the release date with this message:
-
- "Hi Folks. If you're wondering why I haven't been
- posting in the past 2-1/2 months, please go check out
- Alien vs Predator. I hear it's on the shelves."
-
- Yet More
-
- Have you been trying to send someone a file on the
- Internet? If you're still using BinHex to decode
- files you aren't using the latest. Michel Forget of
- Electric Storm Software recently uploaded ESS-Code
- 6.0. With this GEM program you can use
- UUencode/decode, MIME, SHIP, and BTOA -- all with the
- click of your mouse, and it's very fast. As I write
- this, I see that Michael has already uploaded a
- version 6.2 update in File #34220 ESSCD62.LZH. This
- shareware program is a must-have for Internet
- interludes.
-
- Thinking of getting a CD-ROM player? GEnie member
- HONDA just gave us a status report on his newly
- purchased Toshiba XM4101TA 2x CD-ROM drive. At the
- time he was using it with ExtenDOS and Audio CD
- Master, and listening to the BLUES as he typed from
- Aladdin!
-
- Never Ending Story
-
- Really -- I could go on and on about new developments
- in all areas of Atari computing; there are THAT many
- new and exciting things happening! If you want to get
- the most out of your Atari, there has never been a
- better time to do it. There has also never been a
- better place to keep up with these dramatic changes
- than the Atari RoundTable! We're all looking forward
- to seeing you there because without people like you,
- none of this is possible.
-
-
- Best wishes to you for a happy and fulfilling New
- Year from the members and staff of the Atari
- RoundTable.
-