›              o=o=o=o=o=››           Editor's Message›› This  year  marks  twenty  years  for› Atari computers.  Yet, our  community› still  develops hardware and software› --  even commercial game software, we› still  have  news  to  report, and we› still have a loyal following of 8-bit› Atarians,  in  addition  to  a  proud› history.   Remarkable,   yes?    I've› tried  to  reflect  all  of what I've› just said in various  parts  of  this› issue, and I hope you enjoy it.›› On  Side  1,  please  note  the   new› meeting  dates  for September 1999 to› June   2000.    Also  note  that  the› meetings will start at 1PM, and  thus› the potential for their lasting until› the  published   5PM  has  increased.› Please   also  note  that  there  are› changes in the  email  list.   Please› pay particular attention to the long,› annotated list of URLs.  If you  have› Internet  access  and  are  an  8-bit› Atarian,  these URLs are a must!  The› program that runs from  the  spacebar› is  a demo, CCDEMO.BAS, from Atreju's› website.  "A demo in BASIC,"  I  hear› you  ask with some incredulity?  Yes,› and not compiled BASIC, either.  This› one  is  written  in  listable  Atari› BASIC  (well, there are some machine-› language routines  in  it.)   Try  it› out.   For  those  of  you  who   are› frustrated  by  the  ATOMIT game that› was  on  the  last  newsletter,  I've› included   a  "cheat"  by  JOSEPH  E.› HICSWA  (Article  is  choice  B  from› menu,     pertinent     files     are› ATOMGRID.ASC and ATOMGRID.XLT.)  Also› on Side 1,  there  are  two  machine-› language games produced by GREG YOUNG› and released into the  public  domain› by  him  some  years  ago.   The game› files     are     SPACEACE.EXE    and› HOTLIPS.EXE.  I found them posted in››      alt.binaries.comp.atari8bit›› in response to a request for them  by› the author in››          comp.sys.atari.8bit›› Greg  had  apparently  misplaced  his› originals.  (Note: the first newsgoup› is  infrequently  active,  and  isn't› carried  by  all  ISPs.  I know  that› NassauNet  will  not  carry  it,  and› unless something has changed recently› neither   will AOL.)   Hot  Lips is a› Pacman clone, in which you try to get› the  ghost monsters to be crunched by› the Hot Lips  without  suffering  the› same  fate AND without a pass-through› on the sides of  the  screen.   Space› Ace is a space shoot-'em-up with (oh,› no,   Joe  Hicswa!)  a   time  limit!› MUSICTD2.BAS is a  part  of  a  Music› Theory  Drill  series that comes from› our copy of Pool Disk Too.  (Although› there  is  also  a  MUSICTD1  and   a› MUSICTD3,    I   believe   they   are› corrupted.)  FORMSGEN.BAS is, as  the› filename indicates, a forms generator› from JEFF BRENNER, also found on Pool› Disk Too.›› Side  2  features  the  return of the› Humor  Corner.   I  hope  you  get  a› couple of chuckles  from  that.   The› program  that  runs from the spacebar› is  BUSNES.BAS.   Also,  please  find› AURABL.COM     (pinball),    BOX2.COM› (Polish  Music  Demo),  and  ADA.BAS,› PAUL ALHART's  default  adjuster  for› AtariWriter.   All   are   from   the› "treasure" section of Pool Disk Too.››              o=o=o=o=o=››››