Subject: Re: [stella] Stella Programmer's Guide Overhaul Project From: Erik Mooney <emooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:23:33 -0400 |
> Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Chad Hendrickson. I live in Hoffman Estates, IL. I spent my childhood in the '80s where my parents bought my brothers and I an Atari 2600 for Christmas in 1980. Of course, I was hooked, playing such classics as Adventure, Combat, Missile Command, and Kaboom. A few years later, I got an Atari 800 computer and eventually ran a BBS called The Dark Side of the Moon between 1985 and 1989. The Atari 800 was upgraded to a 130XE somewhere along the way. I also bought the Atari Mega ST2 around 1989. You too, tell your email program to stop sending looooong lines of text :) Also tell it to stop sending your messages as HTML. > 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. 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.) -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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