Re: [steem] ATARI-ST ROM-Disk
- From: Darryl Sampson <dsampson09@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: steem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:23:52 -0800 (PST)
Hi I still use Atari computers in the classroom. I've
got 8 set up and the students (11 and 12 year olds)
can't keep their hands off them. We of course have
PC's in the classroom but it is the Atari ST's that
win hands down. Brilliant game ideas make them so
educational. I'd stop using them if I thought I was
flogging a dead horse but the student's use reinforce
the fact that the horse is still well and truly alive
and kicking.
I use STEEM as well.
Regards
Dazza
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> Ed,
> I read you comment about no stupid kids on this
> site. That would
> probably be A-firmative.
> I'm 50, a design engineer for DOD, and still have a
> room full of ST's,
> Mega's. Why you ask !!!!!
> Well, I'm also a musician, and Atari made the
> smartest decision in the
> world to put MIDI jacks
> on their ST's, not an option, but a standard
> feature. They were
> also the best deal at
> the time, much cheaper and better I thought than
> the 1st Macs out.
> I wrote several little MIDI programs on the ST
> back in the 80's that I
> still use today.
> I was using one of ST's development software
> packages then, Lazer I think,
> and I still have
> the original developers kit. Of course i haven't
> looked at it in years.
> In the 80's I played in a
> computer band with a couple of ST's on stage
> performing different tasks.
> They controlled our
> lights as well as played the extra instruments our
> band didn't cover. I
> programmed about
> 60 songs including Nights in White Satin. That
> puppy took about a month
> to do. One
> little pgm I wrote would read the notes I was
> playing and play back extra
> notes based on those
> notes, like say for instance a bass note, or a
> copy of all the notes I
> played an octave or 2 above,
> and only the notes played say above middle C.
> Pretty neat. And that
> sure made a DX7 sound
> much bigger than it really was. Try playing 16
> notes at once without
> using the sustain pedal.
> It was like having 3 to 4 more hands.
> Well, also an ST with the internal floppy doesn't
> take up much space at
> all. You can stack several
> of them up in a small place. I use some without
> even a monitor. These
> work kind of like a
> dedicated piece of hardware, running only program
> all the time.
> Now you might ask why I don't just use steem and
> run several
> applications at once from Windows,
> therefore not needing all the ST's ? Well, ST's
> are really really cheap
> now, and now one
> would probably steel one. They wouldn't know what
> to do with it anyway.
> And then you might
> ask, would I rather play a brand new Fender
> Statocaster, or a priceless
> classic vintage one from
> the past, worth thousands. Ok, that wasn't a
> good comparison. I
> guess the real answer is I'm just
> a stubborn old Atari fan. And to the guy who made
> the comments about the
> flight simulator, right
> on !
> But, when my ST's finally die, the pgms will
> still live on thanks to
> steem.
>
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> Edouard Lombard tapped away on the keyboard on
> Monday, February 16, 2004
> 9:14 PM: and came up with the following:
>
> > Hi Atari friends,
> >
> > I just wanted to say : I love my Ataris!
> > I bet that there is no stupid kid on this mailing
> list (such as the
> > ones you can find on IRC) that will try to mock
> me.
> >
> > Why not tell us about your own Atari story?
> > How many do you have?
>
> Four.
>
>
> Edouard Lombard tapped away on the keyboard on
> Monday, February 16, 2004
> 9:14 PM: and came up with the following:
>
> > Hi Atari friends,
> >
> > I just wanted to say : I love my Ataris!
> > I bet that there is no stupid kid on this mailing
> list (such as the
> > ones you can find on IRC) that will try to mock
> me.
> >
> > Why not tell us about your own Atari story?
> > How many do you have?
>
> Four.
>
>
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