Re: [steem] Atari Questionaire
- From: "Edouard Lombard" <edouard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <steem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:21:16 +0100
After all those testimonys, I wonder how those anti-piracy groups can =
say
abandonware harm copyrighted material, when we all know that even people =
who
had the original media can't make them work now.
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> Why not tell us about your own Atari story?
Ok, my turn...
1981: Bought a ZX81. Learnt Basic. 6 months later learnt Z80.
This computer taught me a lot. I got it to make different tones
(it made 2 sounds on/off to record to tapes), and figured out how
to make it display 220 x 192 "Hi rez graphics". I started at age
10.
1985: Got a BBC B (6502/32 Kb), and learnt a lot more. In particular
sound synthesis, sprites, more mucking with the video controller
to make the only I believe 4bit upwards hard scroll on the Beeb.
Great computer but had no friends to exchange stuff with. Finally
bought a Floppy Disk Drive ! instead of using tape.
1987 (?) Sold my BBC B :-(. Instead of buying an Archimedes, bought an
Atari ST because friends had it. Wrote one of the first
soundtrackers ever, and eventually the fastest one ever written on
a 68000. This formed part of "HMS Soundtracker" sold by ESAT
Software. Founded the group "Technocrats" with Ajrarn -- no
released demos, but we joined with ST-Connexion and I released 4.5
demos. Figured out hardscroll independently, made a 5 line
hardscroller, the only 4-bit hardscroller on Atari ST. Wrote the
ST-MAG series of articles on overscan which were the basis for
Flix' TOS magazine articles on the same. Co-wrote a game with ATM
of Naos and Ajrarn, but didn't release it due to university. My
main demo is in Punish your machine. Wrote tons of stuff, mostly
unreleased...
> How many do you have?
Two. One in europe packed, and one here in the US. When I moved here I
was too poor to bring it :-(. So I bought another one a few weeks ago on
ebay :-)
> > Which model?
Atari ST 520, expanded to 1 Mb. In Europe, don't remember.
> How much do you like it?
I knew its hardware backwards. 1st step of Demo writing: turn the OS
off. Very different from nowadays.
> Are you some of you not working in the computer industry now?
Yup, at AMD.
> How do you still like to use them?
Well, I'm trying to run TurboAssembler (one of the best programs ever
written) on STEEM, to start coding again.
> Do you use Steem in conjunction with your real machine?
Yup.
> What are your favourite programs/games?
- Demos
- TurboAssembler
- Goldrunner :-)
- Return to Genesis
- Enchanted Land
- Alien8 on the BBC B
- The Sentinel on the BBC B
- Elite on the BBC B
My favourite activity was coding.
> Do you mainly use original discs or ones found on the Internet?
Internet nowadays. I don't know whether my originals still in Europe
still work...
> How do you share your time of personal use between Atari and PC?
Linux 95%. Atari 5%. But on Linux Steem/hatari... Depends how nostalgic
I am.
Sengan / Alien of ST-CNX
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