luckybuck Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Hi together! Have collected all we have about the Quick programming language from Germany for the Atari 8 bit: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Quick If anyone has something not provided with the link above, please let us know. Thank you very much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGS-Atari Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I just want to mention that I (DGS) have the rights to distribute the English language version of Quick (v2.2), and I still have this commercially available with the English language manual that I helped to write. Quick currently costs US$5 on its own, or US$7 when included in the full DGS commercial software pack. Both are delivered as a ZIP file containing ATR files of the disks (including two support disks), along with a PDF of the English manual. Full details and ordering can be found at the DGS website: http://www.dgs.clara.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 I am deeply sorry, didn't intend to violate your rights. Have already corrected the site. So, Quick then is the only remaining software for Atari, which has to be bought. Again sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGS-Atari Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I am deeply sorry, didn't intend to violate your rights. Have already corrected the site. So, Quick then is the only remaining software for Atari, which has to be bought. Again sorry. Thanks. The two support disks (which include numerous tutorials and code examples) that are included with our package were specially written in English by Harald Schönfeld just for the English language distribution, and weren't originally distributed with the German versions that you had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Thank you for your understanding. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just an idea: how many $ would it take via crowdfunding to get Quick into PD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGS-Atari Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just an idea: how many $ would it take via crowdfunding to get Quick into PD? I only hold distribution rights, so that wouldn't be my call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ah O. K., then we have to ask: RAINDORF SOFT & Andreas Binner and Harald Schönfeldright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGS-Atari Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ah O. K., then we have to ask:RAINDORF SOFT & Andreas Binner and Harald Schönfeldright? Probably, but the English language manual is jointly my copyright and I'm not prepared to make that PD. Sales of the products on the DGS site simply fund the costs of hosting and maintaining the site (which has no 3rd party advertising), which also includes archive material which people may find interesting. Also, although the products are not officially supported anymore, people do often ask me questions about them and I'm always happy to help where I can. That's not something that would happen if these products were PD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Your rights, your decision, of course. Just tried to do something for the community. Hope, you don't mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) So, Quick then is the only remaining software for Atari, which has to be bought. This is not true. Sikor Soft, Video 61, and Ken Siders are all still producing (or at least continuing to sell) commercial Atari 8-bit software that is not freely distributable. There may be others that don't come to mind now too. User PeteyM5 is posting on this forum daily about his software which is available through Video 61. Edited August 16, 2017 by MrFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 An early version of the Quick programming language was released as PD as were subsequent type-in magazines which then allowed it to be updated to 2.1 . In this thread you'll find an explanation from user Charlie Chaplin, who owns the rights to those Quick Magazines, about it's legal status. Luckybuck, on your website you should definitely be able to offer downloads of the language, but certainly not of English version 2.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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