›               o=o=o=o=o=››            Editor's Message›› Welcome  to   another   Ol'   Hackers› Newsletter disk.  All of the programs› on this  disk  have  come  from  1989› issues of A.N.A.L.O.G Magazine.›› On Side 1, the program that runs from› the  spacebar  is  TXCRUNCH.BAS.   It› will remind you of several well-known› games.   It's also a game that should› play rather  intuitively.   You  will› also    see   UNIVERT.BAS,   a   unit› converter.  I  tried  this  one  only› briefly,  and  I  know  that  it  can› convert  from  English  to   English,› metric  to  metric  AND  English   to› metric  and metric  to English units.› You will  see  SNOWPLOW.OBJ  on  this› side  of  the  disk.   If  you   copy› SNOWPLOW.  OBJ  to  another  disk, be› sure  you  also  copy  over  SNOW.PT1› through SNOW.PT5.  SNOWPLOW.OBJ is  a› very  interesting  game.  You will be› driving  a  snowplow  and  trying  to› avoid obvious obstacles, but you will› also,  at  times,  be driving  blind.› When you are blind, some  interesting› other  features   will   make   their› presence known.  CLOWN.OBJ is another› enjoyable game.  Please read  all  of› the text articles accessible from the› menu on this side of the disk.  There› have  been  changes  in  the  meeting› dates and the e-mail addresses of our› members.  TOM ANDREWS has contributed› an article that's superb, too.›› On Side 2, the program that runs from› the    spacebar   is    SKYRISER.BAS.› Although  this  is a two-player game,› it   can   be  played  by  one  quite› successfully.        It's       quite› challenging.   Also  on  Side 2, look› for   MANDELBT.BAS.    This   program› creates  fractal images and is one of› the best I've seen.  The files, MAN1,› MAN2 and MAN3 are examples and can be› loaded from the program.›› There have been many reviews  of  the› World  of  Atari  '98  show.  Five of› them are on this  side as  WOA98.ARC.› You  will have to unArc them, so I've› also included UNARC.COM,  but  please› be  sure  to unArc them to a separate› disk!  I've compressed those articles› because  the  emphasis in all of them› is on  video games, not on computing.› Otherwise,  I  would  have  made them› text files  to read  from  the  menu.› Note  that  several   of   them   are› copyrighted  and must be reprinted in› their entirety.  Also note that  they› were all originally HTML documents on› Web sites and that I had to take  out› the  HTML  formatting  and substitute› some of the special symbols  so  that› 8-bit  Atarians  could print them out› without problems.  They are  straight› ASCII files once they are unArc'd.›› Please  read  the  text articles from› the menu on this side, too.   There's› at least one new feature to explore.››               o=o=o=o=o=›››