From nrtphc11.bnr.ca!nrtphba6.bnr.ca!bcarh189.bnr.ca!nrchh45.rich.nt.com!fdma.com!news1.mpcs.com!news.shkoo.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv Wed Jan 8 16:17:36 1997 Path: nrtphc11.bnr.ca!nrtphba6.bnr.ca!bcarh189.bnr.ca!nrchh45.rich.nt.com!fdma.com!news1.mpcs.com!news.shkoo.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: Michael Current Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: Welcome to comp.sys.atari.8bit! Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.8bit Date: 8 Jan 1997 12:22:56 GMT Organization: Carleton College Lines: 49 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 1 Feb 1997 12:21:29 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu Summary: This posting contains a list of Periodic Informational Postings about Atari 8-bit computers. X-Last-Updated: 1996/11/23 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: nrtphc11.bnr.ca comp.sys.atari.8bit:11565 comp.answers:8877 news.answers:37227 Archive-name: atari-8-bit/welcome Posting-Frequency: 10 days Last-modified: November 23, 1996 Welcome to comp.sys.atari.8bit, the Usenet newsgroup for discussion about the Atari 8-bit family of computers. These include the 400, 800, 1200XL, 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, 130XE, and the XE Game System. Users of comp.sys.atari.8bit actively maintain the following Periodic Informational Postings: Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions / Michael Current ------------------------------------------------------------------- This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about Atari 8-bit computers. Regularly posted to comp.sys.atari.8bit comp.answers and news.answers ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/atari-8-bit/faq http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/atari-8-bit/faq.html Or request from mailto:mcurrent@carleton.edu Atari 8-Bit Computers: Vendors and Developers / Michael Current --------------------------------------------------------------- This posting contains a comprehensive list of vendors, developers, publishers, and repair shops for Atari 8-bit computers and their users. Regularly posted to comp.sys.atari.8bit comp.answers and news.answers ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/atari-8-bit/vendev http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/atari-8-bit/vendev.html Or request from mailto:mcurrent@carleton.edu The Unofficial Atari 8-bit New User, Emulator Help FAQ / Bill Kendrick ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill and his FAQ are excellent sources for information on basic usage of the 8-bit Atari, and for information on the 8-bit Atari emulators which run on other computing platforms. Posted to comp.sys.atari.8bit irregularly. http://zippy.sonoma.edu/~kendrick/nbs/new_and_emu.html Or request from mailto:kendrick@zippy.sonoma.edu Atari 8bit Support BBS's / Oscar Fowler --------------------------------------- The list of 8-bit Atari supporting BBS's around the world. Posted to comp.sys.atari.8bit irregularly. Request from oscar@primenet.com Atari 8-bit Hardware Upgrade, Modification and Add-On FAQ / David A. Paterson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Especially useful for hardware hackers, and interesting for the rest of us! Posted to comp.sys.atari.8bit irregularly. Request from davepat@total.net