NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/st/18512

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: ST-Format
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From: [e-mail] (steve wells)
Date: 16 Dec 1992 20:31:05 GMT
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Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
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Are ST-Format useless or what?

Saying the Falcon runs at 30-35MIPS.  Saying the ST has a palette of 256
colors.  Putting the same captions of a program on completely different
screen-shots of completely different programs.  Filling their mag' with
Sega, Nintendo, and Amoeba ad's.
The cover disks have also gone down the drain, 2-MIDI sequencers in
1 year - both of which are pretty horrible, and I only know of a couple
of people who even have MIDI.  And they all have decent software like
Notator, or Cubase or some such thing!
They also have a habit of publishing complete solutions to games either
before or as they are released, or a couple of weeks later, which ruins it
for the guy who just spend $50 on a game, and who was enjoying the
puzzles, only to have half of it solved before he could quickly turn the
page!  Also saying the Falcon can display Super-VGA graphics (640*480*256
is hardly super-VGA).

They're getting worse, the magazine looks 'orrible lately too!

That's my wibble!
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