13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
4:16 p.m.
More prowling around yields more stuff...
I've discovered that I've got the full set of developer's documentation for
the Atari ST (regular and Mega) from around 1988 or so. This is a thick
hunk of paper--I kept it in 2 3-inch binders and one 1 1/2" one. It
includes Volume 1, No. 1 and No.2 of the "Atari Forum" newsletter.
It's got lots of stuff about programming under GEM and TOS, datasheets for
the various components, engineering documents, Q&A's for developers, etc.
IOW, everything a ST software developer might ever need.
I don't think that I ever did anything with this after I unpacked it. The
material is in pristine condition.
I don't think that the NDA that I signed as part of this deal is in effect,
so I believe that I can pass it on without fear of whoever now owns the
Atari IP and licenses getting their revenge on me.
Is this worth anything or is this curbside recycling material?
Cheers,
Chuck
13 Nov
13 Nov
5:34 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
More prowling around yields more stuff...
I've discovered that I've got the full set of developer's documentation for
the Atari ST (regular and Mega) from around 1988 or so. This is a thick
hunk of paper--I kept it in 2 3-inch binders and one 1 1/2" one. It
includes Volume 1, No. 1 and No.2 of the "Atari Forum" newsletter.
It's got lots of stuff about programming under GEM and TOS, datasheets for
the various components, engineering documents, Q&A's for developers, etc.
IOW, everything a ST software developer might ever need.
I don't think that I ever did anything with this after I unpacked it. The
material is in pristine condition.
I don't think that the NDA that I signed as part of this deal is in effect,
so I believe that I can pass it on without fear of whoever now owns the
Atari IP and licenses getting their revenge on me.
Is this worth anything or is this curbside recycling material?
*possibly* to a hard-core Atari geek. But it's more likely useful stuff
to a museum (the assumption being that it's obvious via the web say that
the museum has it). It might sit on a shelf for years before anyone asks
about it, but at least it's there for safe-keeping and might be relevant
to someone's project one day.
Better that than for it to get thrown out and for someone to find years
down the line that it was the last surviving copy!
Sometimes stuff like this also gives a nice insight into the way a
company works and how they produced their products too, which might be
relevant to a future museum display which focuses on that manufacturer
(I hang onto equivalent stuff from Acorn for that reason; it's nice to
see where some of their ideas and concepts came from and when they were
first thought of). Masses of work to plough through stuff like that of
course, but at least it's saved for a rainy day when someone wants to do so.
cheers
Jules
8:35 p.m.
On 11/13/2005 at 10:34 PM Jules Richardson wrote:
Sometimes stuff like this also gives a nice insight
into the way a
company works and how they produced their products too, which might be
relevant to a future museum display which focuses on that manufacturer
(I hang onto equivalent stuff from Acorn for that reason; it's nice to
see where some of their ideas and concepts came from and when they were
first thought of). Masses of work to plough through stuff like that of
course, but at least it's saved for a rainy day when someone wants to do
so.
I'd like to give it to someone that will eventually scan it--and even
better if they're a 501(c)3. I know that the ST was more popular in
Europe than in the USA, so perhaps there's someone out there that will see
this.
Cheers,
Chuck
6:53 p.m.
More prowling around yields more stuff...
I've discovered that I've got the full set of developer's documentation for
the Atari ST (regular and Mega) from around 1988 or so. This is a thick
hunk of paper--I kept it in 2 3-inch binders and one 1 1/2" one. It
includes Volume 1, No. 1 and No.2 of the "Atari Forum" newsletter.
It's got lots of stuff about programming under GEM and TOS, datasheets for
the various components, engineering documents, Q&A's for developers, etc.
IOW, everything a ST software developer might ever need.
I don't think that I ever did anything with this after I unpacked it. The
material is in pristine condition.
I don't think that the NDA that I signed as part of this deal is in effect,
so I believe that I can pass it on without fear of whoever now owns the
Atari IP and licenses getting their revenge on me.
Is this worth anything or is this curbside recycling material?
You should get it scanned and put on the web! :)
Cheers,
Bryan
14 Nov
14 Nov
1:17 a.m.
I'm part of a small (and still proudly going) Atari-only user group in
Chicago. I'd be happy to scan that stuff and make it available on our web
site at http://www.scatarians.org.
If you want to send it to me for archival, let me know.
Thanks
Julian
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:16 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Atari ST Ephemera
More prowling around yields more stuff...
I've discovered that I've got the full set of developer's documentation for
the Atari ST (regular and Mega) from around 1988 or so. This is a thick
hunk of paper--I kept it in 2 3-inch binders and one 1 1/2" one. It
includes Volume 1, No. 1 and No.2 of the "Atari Forum" newsletter.
It's got lots of stuff about programming under GEM and TOS, datasheets for
the various components, engineering documents, Q&A's for developers, etc.
IOW, everything a ST software developer might ever need.
I don't think that I ever did anything with this after I unpacked it. The
material is in pristine condition.
I don't think that the NDA that I signed as part of this deal is in effect,
so I believe that I can pass it on without fear of whoever now owns the
Atari IP and licenses getting their revenge on me.
Is this worth anything or is this curbside recycling material?
Cheers,
Chuck
10:41 a.m.
Much of the ST dev docs are already up in the Atari Museum in the
Document Archives:
www.atarimuseum.com
Curt
Julian Wolfe wrote:
I'm part of a small (and still proudly going)
Atari-only user group in
Chicago. I'd be happy to scan that stuff and make it available on our web
site at http://www.scatarians.org.
If you want to send it to me for archival, let me know.
Thanks
Julian
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:16 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Atari ST Ephemera
More prowling around yields more stuff...
I've discovered that I've got the full set of developer's documentation for
the Atari ST (regular and Mega) from around 1988 or so. This is a thick
hunk of paper--I kept it in 2 3-inch binders and one 1 1/2" one. It
includes Volume 1, No. 1 and No.2 of the "Atari Forum" newsletter.
It's got lots of stuff about programming under GEM and TOS, datasheets for
the various components, engineering documents, Q&A's for developers, etc.
IOW, everything a ST software developer might ever need.
I don't think that I ever did anything with this after I unpacked it. The
material is in pristine condition.
I don't think that the NDA that I signed as part of this deal is in effect,
so I believe that I can pass it on without fear of whoever now owns the
Atari IP and licenses getting their revenge on me.
Is this worth anything or is this curbside recycling material?
Cheers,
Chuck
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12:08 p.m.
On 11/14/2005 at 10:41 AM Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Much of the ST dev docs are already up in the Atari
Museum in the
Document Archives:
www.atarimuseum.com
Can you point to a specific URL? I see no ST pecific technical documents
up in the archives. Just documents for the 2600, 5200, etc.
Cheers,
Chuck
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