*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+›          NEWSLETTER REVIEWS›           by Alan Sharkis›       OHAUG Newsletter Librarian››There is a trend  I've  noticed  among›user  group  publications  in the more›recent  batches  I've  received.   The›groups are beginning to print  type-in›listings  with  more  frequency.   The›programs  run  from simple routines to›entire utilities. By typingin programs›one learns a great deal-It was tedious›but the results  were  usually   worth›every keystroke. Take a  look  at  the›articles I've reviewed here and in the›past few reviews I've done and see  if›any  of  these  listings  strike  your›fancy.››The 2nd Quarter 1992 issue of 8:16 has›a type-in listing as its  1st article.›It's a  program  by  TERRY CHAMBERLAIN›which converts  machine code to  BASIC›data statements.  Now those convenient›little  snippits  of machine  code (PM›graphics routines, etc.) produced with›an assembler can now be  incorportated›into  much  easier-to-understand BASIC›programs.   You  will  need  an  Atari›Assembler cartridge or M65 in addition›to BASIC to  use  this program.   MIKE›JEWISON  reviews  the Atari   Canadian›Exposition '92,  an 8-bit perspective.›There is a  reprint  of  BOB  WOOLEY's›(SLCC)  review   of  ChromaCAD. A  new›feature is, NET_News-by COLIN HUNT. It›has an  assortment  of  important tech›questions & answers.››The PSAN for June, 1992 has a terrific›article on producing camera-ready copy›with an 8-bit by JOHN PICKEN.   GORDON›F.  HOOPER's  High  Technology  column›explains  why he owns a computer. Read›it and laugh.››(FR)ANTIC for  June,  1992  is  really›loaded  with good information.  MANUEL›GARCIA'S   Editor's    Notes    column›contains a short type-in program based›on JEFF SUMMERS'(ACORN)  January  1991›program    from    AIM    with     one›modification.   I'll  add  another and›use that program myself.  It  converts›ASCII    files   created   in   MS-DOS›computers (the  ones  with  each  line›ending  in  control-M, control-J) into›Atari-readable files that will work in›any  column-width.   Jeff's   original›replaced  the  IBM-generated carriage-›return, linefeed with an  ATASCII  EOL›(155),  which  would  work  for an 80-›column format.  Manuel's  modification›replaces  the IBM-generated codes with›a space (32), and lets the Atari word-›processor  do the rest.  RUSSELL STOWE›reviews Chipmunk and Paul Alhart's AIM›article about hacking. Congratulations›to our long-lost member, JOHN  HARDIE,›on  his  marriage  to  BEVERLY GRAHAM.›John is an  avid   8-bit    collector.›"SPACE COWBOY" has a list  of  obscure›printer control  codes for  the  Atari›1025  printer.  ››The  JACG Newsletter for June, 1992 is›loaded. JOE HICSWA's (a member)  8-bit›feature  column,  which,  itself,   is›loaded!   Joe has included his version›of "windows" for the 8-bits,  complete›with  type-in programs.  Another 8-bit›feature   column,  this  one  by  JACG›librarian SAM   CORY,  is  once  again›(you  guessed it) LOADED!  Included is›a reference to our ALEX PIGNATO  in  a›short  story with a happy ending about›lightning and your computer equipment,›and how ALEX  -a l m o s t-   lost his›whole setup. Still another - LOADED -,›8-bit feature column  by  BILL BINGHAM›concerns  Atari   8-bit    programming›languages and has type-in versions  of›the same program in BASIC-Action! & C.›Features  of those and other languages›are compared.  DAVE ARLINGTON attempts›to  answer  the  question,  "What is a›Macro Assembler?".››The  SAGE  Scroll   for   June,   1992›contains,  in  its  8-bit  section, an›article   by  THOMAS  TISCH  (BCS)  on›transferring   text   files  from  one›computer to another.  Although  Thomas›got  the  mechanics  of  this  process›right, he could use a little help from›BobTerm, which does support  the  baud›rates   he's   looking   for.    HENRY›MALAVOLTI's article  of  July  1988 is›reprinted  here  and  takes us through›graphics modes 0, 1, and  2  in  Atari›BASIC.››The  STATUS  Newsletter  is back.  Its›June, 1992  issue  mentions  our  club›among others that "hung in there" with›exchange  articles  while  the  STATUS›Newsletter was not   being  published.›No 8 BIT material.››Update  Atari for June,1992 has GEORGE›IKEN's article on Atari Music.  George›also  gives  us a complete description›and program listing for his  CAMCORDER›progam, which can record and play back›ATASCII animation sequences.››The SAGE Scroll for July, 1992 has all›of  its  8-bit material in the back of›the issue,  but  it  consists  of  two›excellent reprints.  One is an article›by  JAMES G. MARTIN, the  other  is  a›reprint of HENRY MALAVOLTI's  May 1988›article on the Atari Cassette  Program›Recorder.››The July, 1992 MUG Newsletter contains›THOMAS  J.  ANDREWS'(ACE  of Syracuse)›article   on   the  IF  statement  and›branching in BASIC.››The DACE Desktop for July, 1992 has  a›JOHN  DICKERSON  review of several new›Polish   8-bit   programs.››The   SLCC   Journal  for  July,  1992›features Bob Woolley's continuation of›the educational computer suggestion he›made in the last issue.  It also talks›about  using EEPROMS to store the data›needed for his 1200XL-IDE  hard  drive›project.››Between  Bytes for July, 1992 contains›an   update  on  the  video  digitizer›project by BOB ELY. There is an inter-›estng word-search puzzle on  the  back›of the newsletter.››Nybbles  and  Bytes  for  July/August,›1992 has an article  (author  unknown)›under  the heading, "FUNNY STUFF" that›is sure to elicit a chuckle  or  two. ›BILL  WILKINSON, brings  us  a  column›about  all  of the various disk drives›and hard disk  controllers  that  were›produced  for  our 8-bits.  There is a›reprint of D. R. BRUMLEVE's  (Portland›Atari  Club  Newsleter) on educational›software.  I disagree with  his  basic›premise. BEN POEHLAND's finalreport on›THE  CAMPAIGN is also included.  There›is  also  a  review  by  DALE  WOOSTER›(NWPAC),   reprinted   from   AIM,  of›Spelunker, (Broderbund) game.›            *+* END *+*›