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- From: ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stephen R Usher)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: FALCON/LYNX/TT/MiNT/Yadda/yadda/yadda
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.103338.23124@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 10:33:38 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.200318.24502@unlinfo.unl.edu>
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- Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium, London
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- In article <1992Jul20.200318.24502@unlinfo.unl.edu> ganderso@unlinfo.unl.edu (gary anderson) writes:
- >Just a question, not a complaint:
- >
- >Why is comp.sys.atari.st to hardware-heavy, and so business-application-
- >software heavy? Unlike the other comp.sys. groups, there is very
- >seldom any discussion here of recreational software.
- >
- >I mean, the ST has a reputation (undeservedly, I know!) of being
- >strictly a games-machine. But doesn't ANYONE use it for games?
-
- Yes, but only when there's nothing better to do :-).
-
- >
- >Is is because we are trying to overcome that reputation?
-
- I don't think so, I think it's because most of the people who at least post
- here are hackers or techies, ie people who like either creating their own
- software or like rummaging through the hardware.
-
- >
- >Or is it because the software has already been discussed-to-death
- >by the time it gets ported to the ST?
-
- Nope... it's just that most games don't warrant discussion, there are
- exceptions.. eg Elite, Populous series etc etc etc... :-)
-
- >
- >Gary Anderson
- >ganderso@unlinfo.unl.edu
-
- Steve
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