On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:44:06 -0500, <heuser.marcus@freenet.de> wrote:
On Apr 25, 6:08 pm, "Ensor" <none@localhost> wrote:On top of that they even went to the trouble of creating the "Atari Program Exchange" (APX) to encourage the creation and distribution of user generated software.When did they establish APX? The earliest game I found (the well known Eastern Front 1941) is from 1981 - same date as De Re Atari, which was mostly written by the same author (Chris Crawford) and contains some "free advertising" for the game ;-)
APX startup began in February 1981; sales began in May 1981. -- Michael Current ~ michael@mcurrent.name ~ http://mcurrent.name/ 8-bit Atari FAQ/Vendor Lists: http://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/atari-8-bit/ St. Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts: http://space.atari.org/