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- From: winston@merk.com (Winston Smith)
- Subject: Re: comp.sys.atari.8bit.archive
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.135855.16445@merk.com>
- Keywords: CAD, RAMTEK, LOGO
- Organization: Technology Partners, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec19.072022.23342@cs.tu-berlin.de> <92355.113649JJMCWILL@MTUS5.BITNET>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:58:55 GMT
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- On Sunday, 20 Dec 1992 11:36:49 EST,
- Jeff McWilliams <JJMCWILL@MTUS5.BITNET> writes:
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- >> "We --STILL-- don't have any kind of 2-d CAD program,
- or a schematic design program. For me, as an engineering
- kinda guy, these are a must." <<
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- Not exactly true.... When the ATARI 800 first came out, there was (and
- is) a program written in ATARI BASIC that imitates a "RAMTEK" class terminal
- and allows for design layout. The programmer included a blueprint of his
- living room as a source data for the program. I believe that the current
- version of this program is called "CADXE" and the original program was
- called something like "CAD3" or "3CAD". There is extensive documentation
- accompanying this program, formatted in 40 columns. There is also a
- "documentation viewer" program written in BASIC that comes with it,
- although it does little more than copy bytes to the "E:" device. I would
- recommend using TEXTPRO or T:EDIT to view the text documentation. The
- program itself is quite good. If you like fooling around with DEC
- R.E.G.I.S. commands, the IBM "Telegraf" package, TEKTRONIXes, or the language
- "ARTSPEAK", you will enjoy using this package. I suspect that many people
- doing graphic design on the ATARI 6502 8-BITs probably used ATARI LOGO,
- since it was available in many schools. (At one time ATARI was considered
- the premier LOGO computer until APPLE rolled over them and TI also came out
- with a LOGO cartridge. There was almost what would be considered a LOGO
- war to see which machine would capture the educational computer market.)
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