Re: [stella] Stella Programmer's Guide Overhaul Project

Subject: Re: [stella] Stella Programmer's Guide Overhaul Project
From: "Chad & Jennifer Hendrickson" <chadh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:02:26 -0500
> You too, tell your email program to stop sending looooong lines of text :)
> Also tell it to stop sending your messages as HTML.

Oops... I apoligize.  It won't happen again.

>
> > So far, I have gone though the guide that I got from the Atari
> > Documentation Depot (http://members.xoom.com/atari_docs/) and have
> > been slightly cleaning it up using the suggestions given on that page.
> > I also have spell checked it, reformatted it a bit, and fleshed it out
> > a bit.  I also wouldn't mind taking on the role of maintaining the
> > document and hosting it on my web site.  I want to make this the
> > ultimate and most complete reference document for the Atari 2600.
> >
> > I have a few questions:
> >
> > 1)  Is this a good idea?
>
> Having another document available certainly can't hurt, and your
> converting it from a badly scanned bitmap to real text is certainly
> helpful.  That said, though, this document is written from a technical
> documentation standpoint, not really a "how to program" viewpoint.  And I
> think we're already covering most of this ground in the developing FAQ.
> I think you'd be better off putting your resources into a great FAQ,
> rather than trying to update a document that doesn't really need it.

Actually, I thought that this could go hand-in-hand with the developing FAQ.

I just want it to be the most complete reference manual for the Atari 2600.

>
> Well... Shout out to the guys who'd be using this stuff (hi Pete Holland)
> - would you rather see this guide expanded, or a concentration on making
> the FAQ comprehensive?
>
> > 5)  What would be the best (most universal)
> > format for the document?  Right now I am using Microsoft Word 97.
>
> The most universal format is of course simple plain text.  Unfortunately,
> that loses all the diagrams in the document - in particular, the "TV
> Picture HERE" diagram really helped me when I was starting.  I'd suggest
> making both Word 97 and .PDF versions available, if possible.  (I can
> convert Word to PDF if you can't.)

I may just ask you to convert it for me eventually... thanks!

Chad Hendrickson



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