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- ~ MEL MOTOGAWA: TAKES A LOOK AT CLEANUP ~
- ~ RICHARD BROWN: ATARI AND THE REAL WORLD ~
- ~ FRED KOCH: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ST LIBRARY ~
- ~ TERRY QUINN: THAT'S ON ON GEnie? ~
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- September 15, 1991 ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Issue No.2.31
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- Publisher/Editor ................................... John F. Peters
- Co-Editor ........................................ Darlah J. Pine
- Technical Editor ................................ Jeff Williams
- TX2 Editor ..................................... David Holmes
- [IDX] """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- ~ WHAT'S HAPPENING ON GEnie? TAKE A LOOK! ~
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY]
- Notes From The Editor. Is That A Letter For Me?
-
- ATARI & THE REAL WORLD .. [WOR] ATARI_QWIK_TIPS ......... [TIP]
- IBM? Think Again! Atarians Helping Atarians.
-
- MEL'S MANOR ............. [MEL] OFF THE RECORD .......... [OFF]
- Rx For Your Hard Drive. Mini_Qwik_reViews.
-
- ST ELSEWHERE ............ [ELS] THE ONLINE LIBRARY ...... [LIB]
- _That's_ On GEnie? Get It While It's HOT!
-
- HACK'N ATARI ............ [HAC] FOCUS ON... ............. [FOC]
- Down To The Wire. GCR: Tips From A New Owner.
-
- LINKING UP WITH LYNX .... [LYN] LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
- Atari Handheld Power! GEnie Lamp Information.
-
-
- [REA] """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- READING GEnie Lamp GEnie Lamp has incorporated a unique indexing
- """""""""""""""""" system to help make reading the magazine easier.
- To utilize this system, load GEnie Lamp into any ASCII word processor
- or text editor. In the index you will find the following example:
-
- HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM]
- [*]GEnie Fun & Games.
-
- To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If
- you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take
- you to the last page, whereas [IDX] will bring you back to the index.
-
- TX2 FORMAT What are you missing when reading the ASCII version of
- """""""""" GEnie Lamp? EXCITEMENT! Whenever you see a [*] in the
- index or in the article header, that indicates that the article contains
- TX2 graphics and/or pictures. To see the graphics, you will need the
- following files:
-
- LMP_231.LZH GEnie Lamp in TX2 format
- MINI_TX2.LZH Mini-version of TX2 Viewer (File #20441)
-
- GEnie Lamp Online Magazine: SEE THE DIFFERENCE!
-
- MESSAGE INFO To make it easy for you to respond to messages re-printed
- """""""""""" here in GEnie Lamp, you will find all the information you
- need immediately following the message. For example:
-
- (DARLAH, CAT6, TOP1, MSG:58/M475)
- _____________| _____|__ _|___ |____ |_____________
- |Name of sender CATegory TOPic Msg.# Page number|
-
- In this example, to respond to Darlah's message, log on to page
- 475 enter the bulletin board and set CAT 6. Enter your REPly in TOPic 1.
-
- A message number that is surrounded by brackets indicates that this
- message is a "target" message and is referring to a "chain" of two
- or more messages that are following the same topic. For example: {58}
- [EOA] """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE /////
- / "I'll try it! This place is great. How can ANYbody with an /
- / Atari not be on GEnie? /
- /////////////////// SFRT, CAT6, TOP32, MSG:83/M475 ///////////
-
-
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- [FRM]//////////////////////////////
- FROM MY DESKTOP /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Notes From The Editor
- """""""""""""""""""""
- By John Peters
- [GENIELAMP]
-
- o TOP OF THE PAGE: Random Ramblings.
-
- o THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW: RoundTable Happenings.
-
- o HOT SPOTS: Where The Action Is.
-
- o IT CAN'T WAIT: Hot Info!
-
- o WHO ARE WE? ST RoundTable SysOps
-
-
-
-
- TOP OF THE PAGE BUSY, BUSY BUSY! Where do I begin? First off, I'm
- """"""""""""""" now legit! When I first proposed doing GEnie Lamp
- to Darlah, she gave me temporary access to her ST-GUEST account. Well,
- a little over a year later :-), my GEmail address has now been changed
- to GENIELAMP. Make a note: ST-GUEST will no longer work. From now on,
- use either GENIELAMP _or_ GENIELAMP$.
-
- We're pleased to announce that Nathan Potechin of ISD is now a
- GEnie ST RoundTable SysOp. Nathan's GEmail address will remain the same
- as before, [ISD]. Welcome aboard, Nathan!
-
- By the way, Nathan has uploaded the long awaited demo of the
- Calamus S/SL shell. Also included are the Frame, Page, Text, Style,
- Line, Raster and Document Converter modules along with a few import
- drivers and printer drivers. Check out this _hot_ demo. (Would you
- believe over _200_ downloads in less then one week?) It's file #20711.
-
- Richard Brown [R.BROWN30], our newest staff member is (right now!)
- covering the Glendale AtariFest for GEnie Lamp. Whispers from behind
- the scenes promise that this is going to be one dynamite show with some
- new surprises. Periodically, Richard will be uploading GEnie Lamp show
- reports to library #35. Watch for 'em!
-
- Also, be sure to check out Richard's article in this issue.
- Richard has a way of making me feel _good_ about owning an Atari ST. I
- think he'll do the same thing for you.
-
- CPU Publications has sure been busy! ST Connection, their flagship
- newsletter has recently undergone some major changes in looks and size.
- With their latest issue you now also get ST Link, a newsletter devoted
- to desktop publishing. It's like receiving two newsletters in one.
- Subscriptions rates are $14.00 per year.
-
- Another project CPU has going is a newsletter for Lynx aficionados
- called GAMEMASTER. The first issue has actual screenshots, reviews of
- Warbirds and Klax, game hints and clues and more. Subscriptions are
- only $10.00 per year. If you're into Lynx, get into GAMEMASTER!
-
- For more information on ST Connection or Gamemaster, drop a line to
- Stan Swanson right here on GEnie. His GEmail address is: STCONNECTION
-
- On to the bulletin boards!
-
- [*][*][*]
-
-
- ICD reports that they have just sent out the latest version of
- their FaST Tape backup software and it is available to ICD Tape Backup
- owners via Email. This is version 2.11 and it is TT compatible. For
- more information, see CAT4, TOP4, Msg:{81} or leave GEmail to [ICDINC].
-
- George Richardson of Merlin Group, Inc. who is working with David
- Small of Gadgets let on that the Gadgets 68030 SST Accelerator and
- Memory Expansion boards are now in production. However, the software is
- not ready and David, "will not ship until he makes it more compatible
- with and ST that the STe is!".
-
- Lee Seiler reports that he is putting the final touches on his
- online tutorials which will be held here in the GEnie ST RoundTable.
- To keep tabs on this exciting program, keep an eye on CATegory 7, TOPic
- 10, Msg:{10}.
-
- Gordon Meyer of DO NOT STAMP Software is now updating his handy
- program Area Code Locator and he wants to hear from you if you have any
- suggestions or to report any bugs you may have found. Contact Gordon in
- CATegory 2, TOPic 38, Msg:{1}.
-
- Atari, for some strange reason, has made it somewhat difficult to
- upgrade the hard drives in the MegaSTe line. For gripes, comments AND
- some creative solutions, see CAT14, TOP14, Msg:{84}.
-
- It's certainly too early to panic... Stu Lyster [S.LYSTER] reports
- that he believes that he has been bitten by a particularly nasty virus.
- According to Stu, he lost access to his drive A:. He goes on to say
- that the virus seems to survive a cold boot (???) and it will even
- survive a re-format of the disk! (VKILLER reports executable code on a
- newly formatted, pre-infected disk.) There is some question as to
- whether or not this is truly a virus or something else that Stu may be
- not seeing. The conversation continues in CATegory 12, TOPic 16,
- Msg:{112}.
-
-
-
- >>> THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- ST Abreviator apparently does not work on all Atari TT computers
- (it bombs). Kyle Cordes of CorCom Software Products, author and
- distributor of ST Abreviator is looking into it and hopes to have a fix
- soon.
-
- Sheldon Winick of Computer STudio in Asheville, NC reports that he
- has just received a bundle of the latest issue of Atari Explorer and
- that they are going fast. Better late then never!
-
- Ed Krimen reports that he had talked with Mike Groh of Atari in
- Sunnyvale. Mike said that the next shipment of TTs should be around the
- end of October and will be class B. Ed says that he saw "piles and
- piles of MegaSTEs with 800 more in the truck container outside."
-
- Bob Luneski, programmer of the popular back up software, Diamond
- Back, has left a teaser stating that he will be at the Glendale show and
- he will have a "significant surprise" for us. Richard Brown, our
- Glendale reporter promises to look into it... watch for show reports in
- the GEnie Lamp library.
-
- Wonder whether or not you got a Math chip with your STe? [REALM]
- reports that if you take a flashlight and look down through the slot in
- the top cover you will be able to see the chip. It's located towards
- the front left corner, is square and has MC68881B16 printed on it. If
- it's not there, there will be an empty socket.
-
-
-
- FROM DOUBLE CLICK Now that I am back, I'll go ahead and post a bit
- """"""""""""""""" more info about DC NoveTalk. What we demonstrated
- at the Duesseldorf show was our ethernet host adaptor connected to a
- Novell network using twisted pair (10 Base-T) under the AT-Speed PC
- emulator. This is the current Novell networking capability: full
- Novell networking using your ST as a PC.
-
- At the Duesseldorf show, we received promises from Vortex, Beta
- Systems (Supercharger), Compo (AT-Speed) and Hans Sack himself pledging
- full cooperation in getting this working with their emulators.
-
- As for the TOS solution, Novell networking does not yet work into
- the scenario.
-
- DC NoveTalk, however, will provide a localtalk compatible port
- (similar to the port on the Mega STe, TT and Macintosh) which will be
- used for networking on the TOS side.
-
- The original prototype of this is being redesigned for use as a DMA
- device. A localtalk cartridge, however, will also be available for
- plain TOS networking on all ST computers.
-
- Currently, plans are being worked out to use the Universal Network
- for the TOS side.
-
- Retail price is not available yet, altho we expect it to be
- extremely reasonable. - mike
- (DOUBLE-CLICK, CAT30, TOP11, MSG:9/M475)
-
-
-
- >>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- [*] CAT14, TOP31, Msg:{120} Voice Mail wars! Atari has recently
- installed a voice mail system. It seems
- to be off to a somewhat rocky start!
- [*] CAT2, TOP19, Msg:{1} Reports and comments about a new multi-
- purpose ACC from Germany called Edison
- Utility.
- [*] CAT18, TOP7, Msg:{80} The "quotes" issue has changed its focus
- to the rights and wrongs of using quotes
- in advertisements.
- [*] CAT18, TOP16, Msg:{84} Are Atarians, as a whole, more knowledge-
- able about their computers then MS-DOS
- or Macintosh users?
-
-
-
- IT CAN'T WAIT DEPARTMENT Tim has released the latest version of ST
- """""""""""""""""""""""" Aladdin to the beta testers... it doesn't
- sport any major changes, but it does make some significant improvements
- over the previous versions.
-
- Gordon inadvertently released the beta copy into the public area so
- this version of ST Aladdin took on around 20 or so enthused but un-
- authorized beta testers. No harm done though... according to Gordon,
- barring any major bugs, this version will probably be the same one that
- is released sometime next week.
-
- New features include now include a "STAY" toggle - no more hitting
- that F5 key everytime you log on! Also now available is a new auto-pass
- called, "Custom Pass." Believe me, you're going to love it. For me it
- was just what the doctor ordered! Interestingly enough, there's a new
- protocol offered in the configuration menu called "FAST!". However,
- it's grayed out since GEnie doesn't have FAST! implemented yet. Watch
- for details here in an upcoming issue of GEnie Lamp.
-
- Once online, don't delay grabbing this ST Aladdin update. This
- isn't the version that Tim said would "knock your socks off," but it
- does offer enough changes to warrant the download.
-
- STOP THE PRESSES! ST Aladdin 1.3 is now available for downloading in
- """"""""""""""""" the ST Aladdin RoundTable. (M1000) FILE #139.
-
-
-
- >>> WHO ARE WE? <<<
- """""""""""""""""""
-
- HAVE A QUESTION? If you have a question about GEnie, the RoundTables
- """""""""""""""" or whatever, you can now ask a SysOp! Post your
- question in the GEnie Lamp bulletin board, CAT 34.
-
- o Darlah J. Pine [DARLAH]
- o Sandy Wilson [SANDY.W]
- o Jeff Williams [JEFF.W]
- o Fred Beckman [FB]
- o Larry Duke [LARRY.D]
- o John J. Kennedy [JJKENNEDY]
- o John Peters [GENIELAMP]
- o Vince Averello [VINCE.A]
- o Nathan Potechin [ISD]
-
-
- Take care...
- John Peters
-
-
- [EOA]
- [HEY]//////////////////////////////
- HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Is That A Letter For Me?
- """"""""""""""""""""""""
-
- o ATARI ODDS & ENDS
-
- o WHAT'S NEW?
-
- o ATARIAN MINDS WANT TO KNOW
-
- o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
-
-
-
- >>> ATARI ODDS & ENDS <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- RUNTIME FOR HYPERLINK There will be both a "RunTime" version of Hyper-
- """"""""""""""""""""" LINK (probably with a Sug Ret of $19.95) out as
- one of the priorities after the scripting gets finished. Of course
- there will also be Licensing of HyperLINK available to those wishing to
- include the runtime in the packaging with their HAP. -djt
- (D.THOMPSON66, CAT6, TOP32, MSG:82/M475)
-
-
- THANKS ATARI! I'd like to publicly thank Atari for their help in
- """"""""""""" making CodeHead Software's trip to the Atari Fair in
- Duesseldorf, Germany a resounding success! The assistance provided by
- Atari (Bob Brodie and Bill Rehbock in particular) was top-notch --
- ranging from procuring parking passes to introducing key distributors
- and developers to actually demoing our software. Well done, guys!
- Charles F. Johnson - CodeHead Software - Member of the IAAD
- (C.F.JOHNSON, CAT14, TOP31, MSG:94/M475)
-
-
- DYNACADD/MATRIX BOARD I am very pleased to report that the latest
- """"""""""""""""""""" version of DynaCADD has had a VDI only mode
- added to the startup dialog. This option provides 100% compatibility
- with the Matrix board :-)
-
- We are currently expanding some of the color dialogs of DynaCADD
- to allow the user to select all 256 colors.
-
- Any version of DynaCADD 2.00.06 and above has this feature.
- (DITEK, CAT16, TOP3, MSG:100/M475)
-
-
- ST BOOK NOTES The STBook has Parallel Port, Serial Port, MIDI ports,
- """"""""""""" Pseudo-ASCI Port (combined DMA and Floppy Port), [huh? -
- ed.] key-board expansion port, a "bus" type expansion connector, etc.
-
- No LAN connector though. -- John (Atari Corp.)
- (TOWNS, CAT14, TOP7, MSG:57/M475)
-
-
- INTERESTING TIDBIT "In 1990 Apple spent a whopping $750 marketing
- """""""""""""""""" each Macintosh it sold." --Doug
- (Quote from MacWorld September 1991, p. 170)
- (DOUG.W, CAT18, TOP11, MSG:17/M475)
-
-
- BRIDGEPORT SHOW I visited the Bridgeport show Saturday. The main
- """"""""""""""" attraction was, of course, Bob Brodie. He impressed
- me with his patience and good humor through a full day of nonstop
- questions from showgoers. The most interesting things I heard him say:
-
- o FSM GDOS is finished, but won't ship for another month because
- the product must still be manufactured.
-
- o The TT is back in a lab for FCC Class B certification, this time
- with a 1.4M floppy. Bob is confident of certification by
- Christmas.
-
- o Atari will offer an upgrade to 1.4M floppies for TT's and Mega
- STe's.
-
- o An American developer is working on a CD-ROM 'front end' that
- will enable Atari computers to use the optical data discs now
- proliferating in the 'other' markets. No promises here, though.
-
- o Yes, Atari has Mike Fulton working on a new version of Word Up.
- Unfortunately, Mike has been so busy with his support job that
- he hasn't had a chance to do much. Bob was hopeful that Atari
- will hire another support staffer so Mike can concentrate on Word
- Up. Maybe next year...
-
- In the 'Keep the Faith' portion of his presentation, Bob was
- effusive about how well Atari equipment has been received at recent
- printing trade shows, and indicated that this is the major 'niche' that
- marketing efforts will be concentrated in... If Europe is taken as a
- whole, Atari is still #1 there.
-
- The reason that FSM has been delayed is that there was a question
- about how certain shapes were to be handled. An American developer
- wanted it done one way, a German developer another. It wasn't until
- last month's show in Germany that the two got together and agreed on a
- solution.
-
- The other big attraction for me was Gribnif. Rick Flashman
- demonstrated three programs that were new to me. One was a German DTP
- image manipulating program. Since I'm not a DTP person, I'll pass
- comment. You'll surely be hearing more about it since Rick seemed quite
- excited about getting the US distribution rights.
-
- Two other programs he showed excited ME. In fact, I went right
- over to the Gribnif booth and ordered them after the demo. They are
- designed to work together, and both are desk accessories. The first is
- STeno, a text editor with all the most-wanted features like word wrap,
- tabs and blocks. With a 32K buffer (can be made larger), it appears to
- use about 94K.
-
- STalker is the other ACC. This is a full-featured telecomm
- application, complete with script language, macro recording, full
- customization for each phone entry, multiple fonts, and a realtime GEM
- window. It also speaks 16 color ANSI.
-
- Want type-ahead? Use STeno as another window. Steno can also be
- used to manipulate any text you clip from STalker. The neatest features
- Rick showed were possible because these two programs are desk
- accessories. You effectively have multitasking; close either ACC and
- whatever was happening will keep on running. Download in the background
- with STalker while you run another program. Type some notes on STeno,
- then return to them later...they're still there. It sounded good to me,
- and I bought 'em. Stalker's manual wasn't ready, so I could only order.
- I hope to be able to use them together real soon.
-
- Finally, at the GFA booth I learned that people like me who bought
- just the Version 3 interpreter and later updated to both the interpreter
- 3.5 and compiler 3.5 can buy the compiler manual for $15 or the complete
- manual for $25 direct from GFA in Massachusetts.
-
- I think it's obvious that I'm glad I went! Thanks to F.A.C.E.,
- ST.A.R.R., and Computers, Etc. for bringing a show to the Northeast.
- (F-D-PERCIVAL, CAT11, TOP13, MSG:13/M475)
-
-
-
- >>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
- """"""""""""""""""
-
- CODEHEAD SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES Automatic vectoring has arrived!
- AVANT VECTOR & REPRO STUDIO! CodeHead Software is releasing two power-
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""" ful new high-end graphics and image
- manipulation packages for Atari computers -- Avant Vector and Repro
- Studio! We're proud to bring these excellent state of the art products
- to North America.
-
- At CodeHead Software we're quite selective about the software we
- use personally. Not very many programs get a big "WOW!" out of us. But
- to say that we found Avant Vector and Repro Studio impressive is a major
- understatement ... in fact, they blew us away!
-
-
- AVANT VECTOR Avant Vector is an object-oriented graphics program, with
- """""""""""" sophisticated automatic tracing abilities which allow the
- conversion of bit-image graphics (such as IMG files or Degas drawings)
- to vector graphics consisting of lines, curves, and filled shapes.
- Vector graphics have several big advantages over bit-image graphics; the
- most important is that once an image has been converted to a
- mathematical vector description, it can be scaled up or down to any size
- without losing detail or looking "blocky".
-
- Bit-image graphics can be imported into Avant Vector in many
- formats, including IMG, TIFF, IFF, and Degas (both compressed and un-
- compressed), and also vector graphics in the CVG (Calamus), GEM (GEM 3
- metafile), and EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) formats. You can save
- vector graphics in CVG, GEM, or EPS formats (in Avant Plot) for use in
- desktop publishing applications. New drawings can also be created from
- scratch with Avant Vector, and up to seven graphics windows can be
- opened at once with cut-and-paste and merge functions. The graphics
- created by Avant Vector can be imported into most popular Atari DTP
- programs, and can also be printed directly from within Avant Vector
- itself, with support for the Atari Laser, NEC 24-pin, and Epson 9-pin
- printers.
-
- In a recent review of seven auto-tracing programs for the Mac, PC,
- and Atari ST/TT in a European magazine, Avant Vector was rated the best
- of the bunch! The reviewer gave Avant Vector high marks for its totally
- unique "manual tracing" mode, which snaps curves and points along a bit
- image AS YOU DRAW THEM!
-
- The most amazing thing about Avant Vector is its smooth, almost
- transparent interface and extremely simple, consistent operation. You
- can learn everything you need to get around in minutes, and be creating
- extraordinary graphics in no time at all!
-
- There are two versions of Avant Vector. The high-end version,
- Avant Plot, contains extensive plotter support for serious professional
- applications, and EPS file import/export features. Both Avant Vector
- and Avant Plot are available immediately.
-
-
-
- REPRO STUDIO Repro Studio is a next-generation graphics program with a
- """""""""""" dazzling array of professional features. Available with
- or without a hand-held scanner (256 gray level), Repro Studio is the
- first ST graphics program to let you create and edit images with true
- grey tones, as well as standard monochrome or color images in many
- different formats.
-
- In Repro Studio the dots that make up your image can be set to a
- grey level instead of being simply on (black) or off (white). If you
- have a standard ST monochrome monitor, grey scales won't be shown on
- screen but rather are displayed as fill patterns. But you _can_ edit
- them and manipulate them with Repro Studio for use with DTP applications
- and in professional printing situations.
-
- In addition to its grey level capabilities, Repro Studio has an
- enormous number of powerful tools for working with bit-image graphics,
- including flexible cut-and-paste functions, many shape and fill options,
- bezier curves, lasso and masking functions, pixel prioritizing, raster
- "screens" for printing purposes, anti-aliasing and dithering, the
- ability to combine pictures in many ways, the ability to read and use
- GDOS, Calamus, and Adobe Postscript fonts, and much more.
-
- Repro Studio is able to load many different types of graphics
- files, including IMG, TIFF, Degas, Art Director, and Neochrome formats.
- After editing, touching up, or scanning, images can be saved in any of
- the above formats, or as Postscript files.
-
- Repro Studio comes with or without a 256 gray scale scanner. It is
- expected to be available by the end of the year, and like its companion,
- Avant Vector, will work with all ST, STe, and TT computers.
-
-
- PRICING Retail pricing for Avant Vector and Repro Studio is as
- """"""" follows:
-
- Avant Vector ............ $ 495
- Avant Plot .............. 1195
-
- Repro Studio ............ 195
- Repro Studio w/scanner .. 895
-
- --==* Special Introductory Prices *==--
-
- If you place your order before December 31, 1991, you can purchase
- Avant Vector or Avant Plot for the following prices:
-
- Avant Vector ........... $ 445 (a savings of $50.00)
- Avant Plot ............. 1095 (a savings of $100.00)
-
- Order directly from us before the end of the year and save! (Most
- major credit cards accepted.)
-
- For further information contact:
-
- CodeHead Software
- PO Box 74090
- Los Angeles, CA 90004
-
- voice (213) 386-5735
- fax (213) 386-5789
- CodeHeadQuarters
- September 12, 1991
- (C.F.JOHNSON, CAT32, TOP23, MSG:1/M475)
-
-
-
- ATTENTION ATARI DEVELOPERS ATARI SOFTSOURCE UPDATE Atari is now
- """""""""""""""""""""""""" making the Atari Softsource database and
- demo collection available on Syquest to dealers who request the info-
- rmation. We are making the database available in this way to prepare
- our dealers and users for the CD ROM version of Atari Softsource that we
- are now preparing.
-
- What does this announcement have to do with you, you may ask? What
- it means is that now is the time to act! If you have not yet made
- entries for your products, please do so now so that you can be listed on
- the first Atari Softsource CD. It also means that if you have already
- made entries for your products, you should check your entries (page 475,
- option 7) to make sure that the information in your entries in accurate
- and timely.
-
- If you have any questions about how to create an Atari Softsource
- entry, or if you already have an entry made, but need to change some of
- the information in it, please feel free to email me at my D.MCNAMEE
- account.
-
- Dan McNamee
- Atari Softsource Administrator
-
-
- BUY ATARI ST SOFTWARE ON GEnie Dear Silicon Direct Shopper, We have
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""""" finally put an Atari ST section in our
- on-line GEnie store. We plan to add new Atari titles every week to our
- current list of 50 entertainment titles. Within a couple weeks this ST
- section will include software for productivity, entertainment and edu-
- cation. You have the ability to dictate exactly what these sections
- include just by sending us your E-mail suggestions. We will be
- discounting everything in this new Atari section. If you have any
- comments or questions please feel free to contact us.
-
- Thank you for your time and patience, Todd Mollenkopf, Silicon
- Direct (FORWARD FROM DARLAH, CAT27, TOP18, MSG:1/M475)
-
-
- DC SOURCE NEWSLETTER Just a reminder to everyone that we have mailed
- """""""""""""""""""" out our "DC SOURCE" award winning newsletter the
- 2nd and 3rd week of August.
-
- This newsletter only went out to registered owners of Double Click
- Software products (in other words, you sent in your registration card).
-
- DC Source details our new products, give tips and hints, and has a
- discount offer on all our products (new and established products) that
- can go up to 45% off all products purchased!
-
- If you have not received your DC Source, please give us a call at
- 713)977-6520 so we can remedy the situation. - mike
- (DOUBLE-CLICK, CAT30, TOP9, MSG:30/M475)
-
-
- DIAMOND BACK V2.30 RELEASED Announcing Diamond Back V2.30 including:
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""" Diamond Super faST Compression
- ------------------------------
- The compression algorithm used in Diamond Back II has been upgraded
- to the current state of the art in Lemple-Ziv derivative algorithms and
- has been converted to hand optimized 68000 assembly language code. The
- net result is compression speeds greater than %600 faster (yes, that is
- more than 6 times faster) and compression ratio %20 smaller than V2.26.
-
- Effective compression rates can reach in excess of 100 Kb/sec.
- This results in compressed backups being actually FASTER than standard
- non-compressed backups because of the decreased disk activity.
-
- Faster backups using 1/2 the disks. Check it out at it's world
- premier at the Glendale show! Enjoy, -Bob
- (B.LUNESKI1, CAT2, TOP42, MSG:138/M475)
-
-
-
- >>> ATARIAN MINDS WANT TO KNOW! <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
- (Facts, Fiction & Maybe)
-
- ATARI NOTEBOOKS? Laird, as far as I know, they have NOT been shown
- """""""""""""""" since last Sunday, when the AtariMesse in
- Duesseldorf ended at 6.oopm. The machines shown there were five
- production-model Books; there was also at least one Stylus, but I don't
- know if it was factory-made. Last night Bill Rehbock said in the RTC
- that the Book will ship to Europe in September and to the US at Comdex;
- Comdex is in October this year. He did not give a price, but he did
- say US pricing would be "competitive".
- (D.A.BRUMLEVE, CAT14, TOP7, MSG:33/M475)
-
-
- MAKE*A*DATE The commercial version of Make*A*Date (2.0) will be
- """"""""""" available within the next couple of weeks. Jonathon is
- doing some fine-tuning on the print drivers and I am getting the manual
- finished up as well. Although the program will retail for $24.95, those
- who order by December 31st, 1991 can get it for $19.95.
- (STCONNECTION, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:69/M475)
-
-
- DYNACADD DOES WORK ON SST By the by, contrary to what I believe was
- """"""""""""""""""""""""" reported here previously, the TT version of
- DynaCadd *does* work on the SST. I think when Dave tested it, the Math
- Coprocessor was not installed in his machine. Without that the TT
- version won't run. Runs great with it installed. I guess some people
- (myself included) are going to want FPU chips after all!
- George Richardson - Merlin Group, Inc.
- (G.RICHARDSO1, CAT4, TOP44, MSG:140/M475)
-
-
- FSM-GDOS? The initial run of FSM-GDOS is being manufactured locally.
- """"""""" We had hoped to have units in for the Duesseldorf Atari
- Messe, but there were problems with the package design. My (personal
- opinion) guess is that the first FSM-GDOS packages that ship to Goldleaf
- will be sans outer box. The first real, live, full shelf units will
- show up at Glendale. -Bill Rehbock, Atari Corp.
- (B.REHBOCK, CAT14, TOP18, MSG:47/M475)
-
-
- 24BIT BOARD There does not currently exist a 24bit board for the
- """"""""""" Atari. However, I believe the first one will probably
- come from Cybercube within the month.
- (ISD, CAT16, TOP3, MSG:104/M475)
-
-
- DATA DIET Data Diet is being introduced at a price of $59.95. As soon
- """"""""" as the manual is completed it will be ready to go (we're
- shooting for the Glendale show, but I'm not promising). - mike
- (DOUBLE-CLICK, CAT30, TOP12, MSG:15/M475)
-
-
- GEnie GOING FLAT FEE? The last I heard was that they were not going to
- """"""""""""""""""""" do anything to GEnie*Basic service for a few
- months as they wanted to see exactly what was happening. (This was in
- March). They want to see what people are doing, and what GEnie users
- are doing.
-
- You have to remember GEnie is part of GE, big companies do things
- slowly. Once GEnie makes up their mind what they want to do, they have
- to get it approved by higher ups. This can take a very long time!
- (GORDON, CAT1, TOP5, MSG:32/M1000)
-
-
- CAN'T WAIT FOR MULTIDESK DELUXE As the release date for MultiDesk
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Deluxe approaches, we have still not
- finalized the prices for the purchase or the update. If you really want
- to make sure to get the update as fast as possible, and you trust us
- <grin>, you can send in your disk with a credit card number. Then we'll
- just charge the appropriate amount when we are ready to ship. If you're
- not happy with the price when we announce it, you can E-mail us a
- cancellation.
-
- I can guarantee that the update won't cost more than $300 <grin>
- ...in fact I can even guarantee that it won't be more than $30 (or less
- than $15).-John (J.EIDSVOOG1, CAT32, TOP8, MSG:31/M475)
-
-
-
- >>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""""
- Category 18, Topic 7
- Message 101 Fri Sep 06, 1991
- J.STEINER [John] at 23:52 EDT
-
- Nathan:
-
- Don't worry about feeling that you are inadequately expressing
- yourself, because you have me for company. I tend to keep my mouth shut
- because, occasionally, people misunderstand what I am attempting to say.
- For example, Dana could have perceived that I was attacking him. I
- wasn't, but he could have perceived it as being so.
-
- I know the rule is to attack ideas, not people. Occassionally the
- people are so bound to the idea that attacking the idea is considered an
- attack on the person.
-
- <<Ramble mode off>>
-
- Thanks for the post...
- John
- [*][*][*]
-
-
- While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
- If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
- Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
- what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
-
- If you are serious about your Atari, the GEnie Lamp staff strongly
- urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
- thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
- world.
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [WOR]//////////////////////////////
- ATARI AND THE REAL WORLD /
- /////////////////////////////////
- IBM? Think Again
- """""""""""""""""
- By Richard W. Brown
- [R.BROWN30]
-
-
-
- The ABC's, and the Birds and the Bees
- A.K.A. The Downfalls of IBM, or
- Why Atari User's Should Keep Their Pearly Whites A-Grinin'
-
-
-
- So, you've decided that your Atari ST has run its course. It's
- time to move on to the wonders of IBM, or the countless numbers of DOS
- clones. Instead of selling your Atari, you give it to your cousin Timmy
- so he can play 'all those games.'
-
- You're in charge, so you take the credit card down to the BIG
- computer store, nothing like that Mom and Pop Atari store where you once
- shopped...
-
- Think of the power! And with all this COMPETITION in the IBM
- marketplace, think of the LOW PRICE! Think of the software selection!
- Think of all the things you'll FINALLY be able to do...
-
- Think again.
-
- Entering the world of DOS is a step toward the Stone Age. Let's
- say you're into spreadsheets, and that 386 or 486 number cruncher really
- seems like the cat's meow.
-
- Remember desk accessories and TSR's (_T_erminate and _S_tay
- _R_esident programs, a.k.a. AUTO folder prg's like The Little Green
- Selector), those little GEMS that made life a breeze?
-
- Things like CardFile 3, that great address book, phone dialer,
- appointment calendar? Or Stalker/Steno, the great coms program/text
- editor duo? Or Maxifile? Or DC Shower?
-
- FORGET THEY EVER EXISTED!
-
- Enter the DOWNFALLS OF DOS. No matter what IBM you're going to
- purchase (more than likely it won't be an IBM, anyway), you are going
- to learn the horrors of the DOS 640K limit.
-
- Like a well-hidden scorpion poised to strike its unsuspecting
- victim, DOS is there ready to dish out 'OUT OF MEMORY' statements.
-
- Of course, coming from the ST world, you are already savvy to the
- need for memory: stock ST's always had .5 to 4 megs of RAM available to
- do all your bidding.
-
- With a 4 megabyte Mega ST, remember not thinking twice about
- loading in 300-400K of accessories? Remember the joys of Multidesk,
- where you could get past the 6 accessory limit, and load up 10 or 15
- accessories, encompassing a good megabyte of RAM? It was so convenient.
- RAM to burn...
-
- So, you know better. You'll fix those memory woes. Your shiny new
- 386 is going to come with 8 megs of RAM, just to show the ST that you've
- got power to spare.
-
- Finally, it's all set up. You've got Windows 3. You've got the
- Norton Desktop. You've got Lotus. And you've got a MATH CO-PROCESSOR
- to make Lotus run at WARP SPEED!
-
- So you fire up your machine. You note with some puzzlement, that
- the machine is dumb. It won't boot without the DOS floppy disk. Oh, no
- problem! You soon learn that all you need to do is to copy all those
- DOS files onto the boot partition. In fact, the installation procedure
- is kind of fool proof. Pretty soon, you get the computer booting
- flawlessly from the hard drive. Great!
-
- Then you add your Microsoft Mouse. That helps out. Starts to feel
- like your old Atari. So you get a little cocky... You get an equivalent
- amount of accessories and TSR's that make your IBM wonder FEEL like the
- Atari you once knew.
-
- Now after a minute or so of booting, you begin to wonder, 'Wow!
- The VGA color is great, but gee, that's quite a long boot time." No
- problem though, it's all there and working like a champ.
-
- So you load up Lotus. Now you're ready for some real action. Just
- to snicker at your ex-ST friends, you pull a disk from your pocket.
-
- Sly devil! You've saved out that Atari LDW file in Lotus format!
- You won't even have to re-type a thing! The best of two worlds! All
- that slaving you did on your Atari, all that finger as that abysmally
- slow 68000 did that "I think I can... I think I can..." super slow
- recalculation... It's all going to be such a breeze on the B'mer that
- you just have to laugh.
-
- And there's icing to cement your grin. Now, you have ALWAYS for
- Lotus, too! Wow! WYSIWYG and PostScript to boot! The Atari never had
- it so good.
-
- Smiles come to your face. The file is loading... You think of the
- SPEED your gonna have with the co-processor. And that FAST, 32 BIT
- processor... and ALWAYS to boot! You're riding high on expectation, the
- grin spreading ear to ear...
-
- WAIT A MINUTE! OUT OF MEMORY? I'VE GOT 8 MEGS!
-
- The scorpion strikes. You've been stung. The accessories, TSR's,
- and yes, even that cute mouse have robbed DOS of the so precious as to
- be divine 640K. The DOS barrier. But you know Lotus can access above
- 640, it says so! Access above it, yes, but need the base 640? Yes on
- that, TOO.
-
- And you've robbed your machine of that 640K. Your spreadsheet has
- yet to breach a megabyte of RAM, and yet you're out of memory. Even
- with 8, 10, 12, or 100 megs online.
-
- That's just the way it goes. By now, the sun's gone down, you're
- computer room is dark. As you reach for the light switch, you remember
- a line from a horror movie, "Welcome to _Fright_ _Night_... for
- REAL...."
-
- Disgusted, you check on free RAM. 8.13 megs FREE??!!! Ouch! The
- scorpion strikes once more for good measure.
-
- So you re-boot, leaving the computer off for a time. 'Let the RAM
- die for a good re-boot...'
-
- And you try again.
-
- OUT OF MEMORY!!?? I'VE GOT 8.13 MEGS FREE!!?!?!?!
-
- Yeah, you can cope...
-
- As the frustration mounts, you disassemble your true glory. One by
- one, you dismantle the desk accessories, the TSR's, ALWAYS... everything
- until all you see is the repulsive command line interface.
-
- You see:
-
- C:\>
-
- So you start typing:
-
- C:\>D:
-
- You get:
-
- D:\>
-
- You type again:
-
- D:\>cd LOTUS
-
- You get:
-
- D:\LOTUS>
-
- It's bare. Stripped to the bone. Lotus loads. No accessories.
- No TSR's (except the BUNCH of patches you KNOW you need for that 8 megs
- of RAM you bought).
-
- And you try that file again... Not even sure that it will load at
- this point, maybe even doubting it...
-
- Will the scorpion strike? You've got no mouse, no accessories, no
- convenience...
-
- As the sweat beads on your brow, you think, "I've got no ST..."
-
- And you're right. Any DOS user who works day in, day out with
- IBM's or clones will echo this story. Same thing happens with some of
- the mainframe coms programs at the office. 'OUT OF MEMORY.'
-
- Get used to it. You have a DOS machine now. Trouble from the
- start. Not quite right. Antiquated in some respects.
-
- You remember, way back, to those days of Atari. What was it you
- used to call DOS. "Disk Operating System?" Or was it "Dim-WITTED
- Operating System?"
-
- So, you keep on the IBM trail. So many users have got to be RIGHT,
- right?
-
- It's true, some things shine through, working really well. The VGA
- color is great. But various glitches in your day to day work start to
- show up.
-
- So, you look for a breath of fresh air. You log on GEnie, and
- download IBM Aladdin... The textual interface is so far a cry from ST
- Aladdin that you find it, in practical terms, useless. Then you
- remember how it was. You really enjoyed the power of instantly probing
- DEEP into sub\sub\sub\sub\sub directories on the ST. Quickly finding a
- file to upload 3 directories and 4 sub directories away...
-
- The simple things that you simply can no longer do... Not as fast.
- Not as well. Not with Windows. Not with Norton. So you end up
- simplifying the use of directories on the IBM. You end up simplifying a
- LOT. You end up PAYING a LOT for software. You find that what once
- took one now takes three steps.
-
- Again, some things are really nice, some things are really
- wretched.
-
- But you start getting critical. Your wonder machine has lost its
- diamond-lustre. You find Windows by itself restricts operations, even
- without Norton's desktop. Nothing seems so rosy anymore.
-
- In the end, you wonder if peer-pressure made you do it, and why,
- why... you stick with it. So, you develop a sense of humor about the
- whole thing. You arrange a cute little start-up message for only you to
- see:
-
- Each day you boot-up, and the computer pleads to you...
-
-
- WARNING!
-
- USE OF THIS DEVICE MAY REVERSE DARWIN'S THEORY...
-
- YOU RISK BECOMING A BLUBBERING THING OF THE PAST!
-
- IS THAT THE PRIMORDIAL SWAMP A-CALLING?
-
- UGGA-MUGGA!
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [TIP]//////////////////////////////
- ATARI_QWIK_TIPS /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Atarians Helping Atarians
- """""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- o FOLDER TALK: The 40 Folder Limit Re-visited.
-
- o PHA$AR NOTES: Tips & Hints.
-
-
-
- FOLDER TALK Al Fasoldt writes:
- """""""""""
-
- >>> The 40-folder bug can cause a worse problem with TOS 1.0 than
- >>> the loss of a few k of memory by using FOLDRXXX. Keep in mind
- >>> that a "folder" to TOS is not just a subdirectory.
-
- Quite right! Just having a _drive_ increases the 'folder count'!
-
- >>> And realize that you won't (usually) get bombs on the desktop to
- >>> tell you you've reached the limit. Instead, you'll get trashed
- >>> directories and other gross yuck.
-
- >>> Go without the folder fix at your own peril.
-
- This part of your message bears _repetitive_ retelling! I totally
- agree!
-
- My point is that it just doesn't make sense to increase it up _too_
- far however. A user isn't likely to create 100 or so directories in a
- series of sessions at the computer. Remember that the 'XXXX' in
- FLDRXXXX isn't the _total_ number of folders and drives the user has,
- just the number of _additional_ folders and drives _added_ to the
- '40-folder limit'. Thus, putting 100 in there would increase it to 140,
- not 100. Mine's set at 20 giving me a total of 60 drives and folders
- before I'd hit the 'bug'. Counting the external drive and the 4
- 'partitions' of my hard drive, that gives _me_ 55 folders left or 11 per
- drive. Since the disk in my external drive is almost always just a
- blank formatted and write protected disk, I can use those 11 elsewhere
- on the hard drive partitions. (11 folders on a single single sided disk
- is a bit much. Not likely to occur!)
-
- Again, my point is to make _intelligent_ use of FLDRxxx.PRG. And
- if you're running off a 512K machine, intelligence in memory use is a
- requirement! (I started off in computers in the 4-bit days, before the
- first Atari 400 came out, when memory was literally hand-made, so I'm
- used to using tiny amounts of memory. <grin> Other users, especially
- these days, are not as likely to be so lucky. Programmers, in North
- America anyways, seem to forget that we don't all have 4+ Megs of memory
- available!) Opps! Sorry for the 'sermon'.
- (C.GRIMSBY, CAT14, TOP32, MSG:83/M475)
-
- >>>>> C.GRIMSBY, you say that a user is unlikely to create 100 or so
- """"" directories in one session; you are of course aware that the
- number of folders in your pool has to do with folders already existing,
- as well as those the user creates?
-
- In the older TOSes, even just LOOKING at a folder (without
- opening it) added to your folder count. I believe that that's been
- fixed (or is fixed with one of the patches) so that you have to actually
- OPEN it to add it to your count, but this meant that if you had two
- folders on your drive, and each folder contained ten folders each,
- opening ONE folder would put thirteen pathnames in your pool.
-
- As you say, TOS uses the pool for more than just folders, so
- having a 40-folder limit and saying "Gee, I only have opened 35 folders"
- is asking for trouble.
-
- It's easier to rack the folder count up than you think. I just did
- a quick check in Maxifile and counted 420 folders on my hard disk.
- Fortunately, I use ICD Boot to increase my folder count to 440, I use
- Poolfix to dynamically re-arrange that pool, and Maxifile itself has
- routines to keep my pool from getting too full, so I NEVER see the
- Folder limit anymore.
-
- Here's a rule of thumb you can use for folder management on a hard
- disk:
-
- Temporarily set your folder limit to some ridiculous number (999
- will do!) and actually count your folders using the Show Info on your
- drives. Allow TOS to have the 40 built-in slots for its own use (i.e.
- don't take them into your calculations). Add 10-20% to your folder
- count for future expansion depending on your estimated need, and add
- another 10 for use on floppies (If, like C.Grimsby, you never use
- floppies, don't bother). Reset your FOLDRXXX.PRG to this amount (XXX =
- AmountOfActualFolders + 10-20% + 10). Then make ANOTHER copy of
- FLDRXXX.PRG, install it directly after your first copy, and rename it
- FOLDR100.PRX. Remember that everytime FOLDRXXX runs, it ADDS to your
- folder count, so if you had five FOLDR100.PRG files in your AUTO folder,
- you'd end up with 540 available folder slots.
-
- Use this extra FOLDR100.PRX file for those times when you're doing
- folder intensive work, like backups, file maintenance, installing new
- software, cleaning up all those little files that seem to appear like
- magic on computers (*.BAK files, and the like) and other work that's
- going to take you into the depths of your file system. -Ron Grant
- (R.GRANT11, CAT14, TOP32, MSG:84/M475)
-
-
-
- PHA$AR NOTES You are right, PHASAR isn't set up to use more than one
- """""""""""" register file at a time, at least easily. I don't have
- the latest version 4, only version 3, so this advice may be dated.
-
- If you run from two floppy drives, put phasar.prg on say floppy A
- and put a copy of the tutorial register file on floppy B. Then fire up
- PHASAR from drive A and modify the tutorial file in B to what you want
- and save it. This way you could have each register on a separate floppy
- (identify the floppy jacket with a pen so you know which it is because
- the files will always be named phasar.reg), and just put the disk with
- the file you want to work on in drive B before firing up Phasar from A.
-
- I use a hard drive so it's a bit trickier to access the register
- file you want from multiple ones. I put each .reg file in a separate
- folder named in a way that makes sense to me (Phasar89 for example) and
- have phasar.cfg files (or whatever the setup/configuration files are
- called) in another folder for each .reg file that sets the path to the
- appropriate register's folder. Then I activate the register I want by
- changing the 3 letter extension of the appropriate .cfg file to a valid
- one (otherwise I leave it as .cfx or something phasar doesn't
- recognize). Then when PHASAR is launched, it sees only one .cfg file
- and it sets the path for the .reg file I want to use. This all can be
- set up for easy use with SuperBoot. -Rob
- (R.WOODBRIDGE1, CAT6, TOP13, MSG:182/M475)
-
- >>>>> Interesting solution, Rob. You can do something similar if you
- """"" just move the REG files to where PHA$AR can't find them. PHA$AR
- will then ask you for the path/file you want when you first run the
- program. Not quite as fancy as your method, but it works for the few
- times I have needed to access a separate file.
- (SANDY.W, CAT6, TOP13, MSG:183/M475)
-
- >>>>> I sometimes need to look at records from previous years, so I
- """"" just save them as PHASAR.R89, PHASAR.R90, etc. The current one
- is PHASAR.REG, of course. If I want to look at a previous year, I
- change the current one to PHASAR.R91 and change the one I want to look
- at to PHASAR.REG. It works fine. You just have to keep track of which
- file is which, but that's easy enough. The extensions tell you which
- one is "missing", and therefore current.
-
- There seems to be something in the menu that allows you to call for
- a different file, but I've never been able to use it. I guess the .REG
- extension is critical.
- (K.VANDELLEN, CAT6, TOP13, MSG:184/M475)
-
- >>>>> The current version of Pha$ar allows you to switch REG files.
- (CHAZ, CAT6, TOP13, MSG:185/M475)
-
- >>>>> Yes, Chaz is right. Ver 4.0 of Phasar allows you (via menu
- """"" selection) to change REG files. All you have to do is keep them
- in separate directory (such as Rob suggests above i.e. 'Phasar90'
- folder, 'Phasar89' folder etc.). When you select 'change register file'
- under the file menu it will ask you where the new REG file is. See page
- 135 in the manual. -KMRick
- (R.MARTIN46, CAT6, TOP13, MSG:186/M475)
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [MEL]//////////////////////////////
- MEL'S MANOR /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Rx For Your Hard Disk!
- """"""""""""""""""""""
- by Mel Motogawa
- [M.MOTOGAWA]
-
-
-
- >>> CLEANUP ST 4.16 <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""
- ~ Rx for your hard disk! ~
-
- Peace of mind is a very desirable thing. But any computer user
- knows that he has to live with the possibility of hard disk or floppy
- errors. For a variety of reasons, "so let it be written, so let it be
- read" is not always true. Whether the blame is laid on the power
- company, the software, our hardware or ourselves, at times data on a
- hard drive can get corrupted and happily it's not always irreversible.
- Anything that can minimize the chances of this happening, and helping
- out when it does, is well worth the expense in my mind.
-
- CLEANUP ST from ICD, Inc. is one of those programs in my software
- """""""""" toolbox that I wouldn't be without. A GEM-based program
- that runs in medium or high resolution, it is designed to analyze the
- disk structure of your hard disk. By recognizing various types of
- corruption and repairing it when possible, it has saved my skin more
- than once and has come to earn my highest respect.
-
-
- STANDARD EQUIPMENT To use Cleanup ST, you must have any model of an
- """""""""""""""""" ICD host adapter in your system. You can have
- other hosts online too, if the ICD one is somewhere in the system.
- Since an ICD host adapter came with my hard drive, this was no problem
- and I think that many ST users are also in this camp, from what I hear.
- Be sure to also use the latest ICD hard disk driver (included on the
- Cleanup ST master disk). Cleanup ST will work on TOS (GEM) and PC-Ditto
- partitions, as well as ramdisks and floppy drives.
-
-
-
- MR. CLEAN Cleanup ST is very comprehensive in the tests it runs,
- """"""""" checking such things as the boot sector, FAT, directory and
- for bad sectors. The list is exhaustive on what all it checks. The
- biggest problem I've had on my drive is developing occasional invalid
- clusters or a cluster chain error. I've tried recovering from these
- types of errors in the past with other utilities and Cleanup ST beats
- the others hands down in ease of use and friendliness. Little messages
- will pop up letting you know what the program is doing and whether it
- should proceed with an operation. There have been times when I wasn't
- sure whether to proceed or not, but I just went ahead and turned Cleanup
- loose and so far it's always fixed the problem properly. This
- intelligence in the program is something I really appreciate. How many
- people are heavy-duty disk hackers? I shudder to think how bad my hard
- disk would be right now, if I didn't have Cleanup ST regularly
- inspecting its confines. Since I'm always paranoid about having
- something awful happen to my data, I use Cleanup ST to do a full sweep
- of my hard disk partitions every few days. It usually finds a few
- errors and wipes them out pronto. The same goes with floppy disks, I
- usually won't trust one until the program has given it a clean bill of
- health.
-
- Cleanup ST has hotkeys for many of the dialog box buttons, which I
- love since I'm a hotkey fanatic. Usually it's the first letter of the
- button text. A Control-C aborts a check that is in progress. You can
- choose to check one or more partitions at a time. And you can set up a
- special configuration file, in the same directory that Cleanup ST runs
- from, that will automatically configure many of its parameters when it
- boots. There is a Test mode that doesn't make any corrections to the
- drive. Auto mode disables some of the messages from Cleanup ST freeing
- you from interacting with the program unless it finds an error. A new
- Print mode allows you to send a defect report to the printer. You can
- configure how the program checks for bad sectors, save and restore
- partition and boot sectors and a whole lot more.
-
-
-
- DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT To me, Cleanup ST is the next best thing
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""" to having a seasoned hard drive expert
- living next door. But, if you need help working with the program, it
- comes with a clear 24-page manual (not sure if I have the latest) or you
- can get help from ICD online on GEnie (Category 4, topic 2) or by giving
- them a call. The support of ICD for their products is some of the
- strongest in the business and the program is constantly being updated.
- A new demo of Cleanup ST was just uploaded to the ST RT file library
- recently. (File #20832) Why not download it and try it out for
- yourself? I appreciate the fact that ICD has created a great host
- adapter, and then saw fit to create a powerful disk diagnostic tool to
- work with it and their numerous other utilities. I sleep easier at
- night knowing that my partitions are under the watchful eye of Cleanup
- ST. If you are using an ICD host adapter in your system, I would
- strongly recommend that you purchase a copy of Cleanup ST ASAP. It
- hasn't let me down yet.
-
-
- CLEANUP ST 4.16 $29.95 (upgrades from earlier versions- $10 and
- """"""""""""""" original Cleanup ST master disk)
-
-
- ICD, Inc.
- 1220 Rock St.
- Rockford, IL 61101
- (815) 968-2228 Phone
- (815) 968-2229 BBS
- (800) 373-7700 Orders
-
-
- [*][*][*]
-
- Mel Motogawa has been hooked to his ST since 1986 and when not
- online, enjoys reading every ST mag he can lay his hands on.
- "After years of just reading messages and garnering infor-
- mation, I decided it was time to break out. Don't be a lurker
- forever, get the most out of the ST Roundtable. Ask questions
- online or answer the ones you can. Share the wealth!"
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [OFF]//////////////////////////////
- OFF THE RECORD /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Mini_Qwik_reViews
- """""""""""""""""
-
-
-
- >>> CALAMUS SL & DTP <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""
-
- The major difference between Calamus SL over 1.09N or S is the fact
- that Calamus SL handles colour. I am learning a thing or two in this
- regard and perhaps I can share with you some of my ongoing education.
- Especially since I've noticed that everyone has a different point of
- view so this could really prove educational for us all.
-
- The following is an example of the type of real world scenario
- currently being enacted by one of my beta testers. I thought that some
- of you might find this of interest. It is his last weeks report to me
- and has NOT been edited to protect the innocent. :-) If he had his own
- GEnie account I would have had him upload this himself. I'm working on
- him. :-)
-
- "Well, I've spent the last 2 weeks doing a wonderful 4 colour
- process layout for a mailer, including a colour scanned TIFF image and
- all sorts of fancy text effects (albeit with PD fonts...). In the
- process I've gotten to explore SL quite a lot and I have to admit, it's
- one hell of a program. Great attribute handling, virtual memory works
- fine, (you use it a lot with a 1.6 Mb TIFF in your document) and in
- practice it's really not so slow after all. I've also gotten to the
- point where I go nuts without the magnifying glass feature in the old
- Calamus... I like the way that the text attributes are organized now,
- very efficient. The master page feature makes it very easy to do
- registration marks/crops etc. but the TXT files Mario uploaded to me say
- that the Final version will have a "Working space" function that will
- automatically print cropmarks and the name of the separation. A damn
- fine idea and one less advantage for Quark. :-)
-
- The tiling feature in the Print box is a godsend and I find I'm
- using it 80% of the time I print, simply maaahvelous. And the Sort
- feature lets me have the pages stack in order on the Deskjet. The
- ability to control the offset of the frame copies is another major
- improvement.
-
- Now we get technical again... Colours in SL, hummm...
-
- The txt files Mario sent me went a long way in explaining just what
- was going on in that Colour/Raster Settings box and how the Separation
- Module is supposed to work. I'll try to put it into layman's terms for
- you. (Nathan here: I did need this in laymans terms. I'm also
- learning!)
-
- First a glossary of sorts:
-
- RGB - Red/Green/Blue, The ADDITIVE colours, ie; R+G+B = White -
- (monitors)
- CYM - You know them, The SUBTRACTIVE colours ; C+Y+M = BLACK -
- (print ink)
- CYMK - Due to contamination of printing inks, C+Y+M = Brownish
- Black so printers add a fourth colour (Black) to darken the
- darks and increase the contrast of the colours.
-
- UCR - Under Color Removal; Printers figured that since they were
- going to print a black colour anyway, why not remove the
- colours where the CYM colours were at 100% and just print
- the black there. This gave darker blacks and saved colour
- ink to boot.
-
- GCR - Grey Component Replacement; Printers then figured out that
- while they were replacing the solid blacks, they might as
- well replace the areas where the CYM values made a grey (ie;
- C,Y & M at 50%) with a corresponding screen value. (ie; Black
- at 50%) TA-DA, more ink saved.
-
- Second, a primer on how most North Americans design for color
- printing:
-
- The traditional way: A designer draws up comps and gets client
- approval for the final design and type/colours/artwork/photos or what-
- ever. The designer farms out the various parts to typesetters/artists/
- photographers and then puts it all together into a "mechanical" with
- overlays for each spot colour (specifying the colours as Pantone PMS
- numbers or as CYMK%s.) He then gives it to the printer, who has the
- artwork/photos separated (using the UCR and/or GCR methods) and then
- everything is stripped together at the film stage. From film, a colour
- proof is made (several types, most common are Chromalins and ColourKeys)
- which is OK'd by the client. If OK, plates are made and the job is
- printed.
-
- The DTP (Mac) way: A designer draws up comps and gets client
- approval. Near the final set of comps, he may opt for laser proofs or
- even colour postscript output to sell the idea to the client. Once the
- client OKs the idea, the designer locates the artwork/photos for the
- piece and scans them into the document, adjusting for colour balance/
- contrast etc.; The copy for the piece is imported from a WP document
- and text attributes are set. Once the pieces are all in place, final
- proofs are printed for client approval (B&W or Color) at 300 dpi. Any
- colours in the piece are specified as PMS colours and translated to CYMK
- values by the software. Once the client OKs the proofs, the piece is
- output to film on a Lino (which requires special screen angles and
- frequencies) via a RIP. Colour proofs (Chromalins) are made from the
- Lino film as a last proof check before the print run. If OK, the plates
- are made and the job printed.
-
- The SL difference: (According to the information in the manual
- parts I've seen and my own experience so far) Drawing up the comps and
- getting approval is the same. SL supports all the good 300dpi colour
- proof printers and if one can't be found, you can export the page as a
- Postscript graphic and have it printed at any service bureau that has a
- colour proof printer. The only trouble seems to be in specifying the
- colours to be used. According to the manual, SL saves all colours in
- the RGB system and calculates CYM values from the RGB values, adding
- black only as a "calculated value" derived from the RGB intensities.
- What this means is that you cannot enter a colour as a CYMK value, only
- as an RGB value. ow for most amateurs, as long as the printed colour is
- close to the colour they saw on their monitors, they'll be happy.
- However, for professional designers, exact colour matching is
- imperative, that's why the Pantone system was created. Monitor colours
- are too inconsistent due to phosphor changes and colour balance settings
- inherent in every monitor without software control of these variables.
- Now, when doing 4-colour work, designers specify their colours as CYMK
- %s ( ie; C @100% / Y @0% / M @63% / K @ 37%) so that the software has an
- easier time doing the separation. There are many references in use that
- give the exact CYMK %s for each colour displayed and the standard is the
- Pantone to CYMK translator swatch book, which gives you the best of both
- worlds.
-
- At the moment, scanning is possible using the Microtek 3000z
- directly with the German driver program or by porting it over from a
- service bureau network for a fee. Mark at EpiSet just happens to have a
- 3000ZS (the one with the SCSI port) so if you can find that scanner
- support driver, we'll try it out directly into the Mega. The TIFF I
- scanned for my job was scanned by a Mac, edited in Photoshop and output
- to a PC as a TIFF file of 1.6 Mb. We then hooked the PC and Mega up
- with a NullModem cable and shot it across at 19,200 baud. Works great.
- When I get my MultiSync monitor I'll try playing with the image colours
- myself, but for now it's easier on the Mac's high rez screen.
-
- I would recommend 26 Mb of RAM to anyone working with colour. My
- TIFF was only 3x5" @ 250 dpi and it was 1.6 Meg! At 400 dpi it was 7
- Meg! I am told that a letter size photo at 300 dpi is about 22 Mb
- (sheesh) The print function doesn't seem to like working from Virtual
- Memory either, it ends up dividing up the page into 1000s of parts and
- crashing. You need at least 500k of real RAM left to print in any
- reasonable time (especially @1270 dpi).
-
- Summary: A very impressive program overall and quite addictive once
- you let it spoil you. The colour issue is a big one though. Pantone
- support is a must (or a module that lets you enter CYMK values and have
- them translated to the SL system). Scanning needs to be supported, I
- mean why support CYMK printers if you can't get the image in the first
- place?
-
- The ability to output to Postscript format is a stop-gap solution
- that will keep a lot of smaller users happy until they can afford their
- own color printers and Separation Modules. The Vector Dataformer should
- be somehow registered like the CG fonts. By allowing PS output, you
- could make pirate copies very useable, something you wouldn't want to
- do; So I'd keep a tight rein on that particular module.
-
- All in all, the potential here is incredible. The fact that you
- can do so many things from within the main program gives a whole new
- meaning to the words user-friendly. I get annoyed when I "have" to go
- to Outline to do something now...talk about spoiled!
-
- Talk at you soon;
-
- P.S. Oh, about the radiused corner raster boxes. My buddy with
- Pagestream II was showing off how he could control the radii in two
- dimensions with this fancy dialog box. I had to admit that SL was lame
- in this area until I realized that I could make one just as quick using
- the Vector drawing tools with even more control... Shut him up I did,
- yessir!
-
- (Nathan again...As I mentioned earlier, I am not yet qualified to
- comment on matters colour in nature. I do know a few things but readily
- admit and look forward to the lots remaining for me to learn. It is
- entirely possible that the above information is not entirely accurate
- but it is certainly clear as far as the author understands it. In the
- thought that I'm not the only one with a thing or two to learn, I have
- taken the opportunity to share this file with you.)
-
- Nathan Potechin
- September 9, 1991
- (ISD, CAT16, TOP20, MSG:1/M475)
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [ELS]//////////////////////////////
- ST ELSEWHERE /
- /////////////////////////////////
- _That's_ On GEnie?
- """"""""""""""""""
- By Terry Quinn
- [T.QUINN1]
-
-
-
- Samizdat in America
- or
- Publishing the Annals of Alternative Cultures
-
-
-
- Narrator "I would like to take you, if I may on a strange journey."
-
- Audience "Just how strange is it?"
-
- (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
-
- Everyone reading this is familiar with reasonably "official" online
- publications like the GEnie Lamp but few are aware that lurking in the
- bowels of GEnie are some publications that make the ruminations of this
- online magazine seem positively normal. In fact the traditions of
- alternative culture that arose in the 1930's (at least) has found its
- way onto the data spaces of GEnie.
-
- Now in case you haven't figured out what I'm talking about, drop by
- page 470 and have a look around. Back in the early days of Science
- Fiction there arose a subculture who was determined not to just read
- about it but to actually try to do something. One of the ways these
- pioneering individuals chose to do something was to publish their own
- ruminations in the form of "Fanzines". Early fanzines were usually
- crude, mimeographed tomes which were hard to read and still harder to
- understand. One found bad puns, amateurish prose and a heck of a lot of
- imagination in these early zines; in short nothing a commercial
- publisher would touch with a 10 foot pole. Hence, individuals were
- forced to publish their works themselves if they wanted to be read. A
- few of these early fans kept at it despite ridicule from the mundane
- world and eventually evolved into widely read commercially successful
- writers (Isaac Asimov for example).
-
- What has not been widely known or appreciated is that this process
- of "evolution" by way of "fannish" acculturation has continued and even
- flourished to this day. The advent of large networks such as GEnie has
- enabled such activities to expand and flourish far beyond the original
- days of hand distributed mimeographed pages. Online distribution has
- in many respects expanded the original reach of such efforts to a
- worldwide phenomenon. Browse through the SFRT and you will find such
- efforts as "Imagenations" (the "official" SFRT zine), Other Realms
- (mainly reviews of others works) and Furbytes (the Electronic Furry
- Fanzine). Where else can you see such evidence of imagination as as
- "Uncle Bobs Alligator Farm and Tofu Museum" or read about "Furnography"
- (furry erotical modeled after Penthouse magazine.
-
- In fact, much of what you will see in these fanzines can be
- considered suitable as prize winning material for the Bulwer Lytton bad
- fiction contest. Consider the following passage quoted directly from
- one of the publications in the online SFRT library:
-
- "They reeled back howling and we rushed upstairs to the door, only
- to fined it barricaded with J.G. Ballard re-issues... That was the last
- straw, because we know Ballard officially belongs to us... Our blood was
- up, and we swarmed into the place, yelling the sacred name of LeGuin and
- lashing out right and left with our shepherd's crooks..."
-
- Still, at least writing such has this hasn't suffered from the
- homogenization which is characteristic of most writing these days.
- Spelling checkers and Grammar checkers would most likely throw up on
- this stuff but the one problem with such helps is that they tend to make
- writing look pretty much the same. No one can accuse fen of being
- conventional and their writing certainly reflects this.
-
- Further explorations in this area turns up other examples of
- artistic expression that is in the very least not commercially
- publishable. Poetry, songwriting and other art forms have been part of
- this culture from the beginning and still continue to flourish in the
- electronic medium. In fact, the relative low cost of this medium has
- probably expanded the horizons of this culture far beyond the reach of
- active fans of just a few years ago.
-
- Next time you want to travel to a strange land, you need travel no
- further than your own computer. Visit the SFRT and be prepared to see
- things that you previously couldn't conceive even in your wildest
- imaginings.
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [LIB]//////////////////////////////
- THE ONLINE LIBRARY /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Get It While It's Hot!
- """"""""""""""""""""""
- by Fred H. Koch
- [F.KOCH]
-
-
-
- >>> The ST RT Library <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""""
- ~ New files from Aug 25 to Sep 9, 1991 ~
-
-
- HOT FILES! Here I will present a short summary of some of my favorite
- """""""""" files from the ST RT Library. I make no attempt to list
- all new files, only those which were of particular interest to me and I
- believe will be of interest to you.
-
- The last line of the description indicates the file number, file
- size, the approximate download time in minutes at 200 cps (within .5
- min, overhead not included) and if the program runs in Monochrome or
- Color. 200 CPS is generally achievable with Zmodem downloading.
-
-
-
- >>> ARCHIVE UTILITIES <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- LZH201D.LZH Quester LHarc program, version 2.01d. This is the most
- """"""""""" complete, lh5 compatible program for the ST! It works
- fine with Arcshell 2.6A, allows recursive directories, it's very fast,
- and generates the smallest archives of any compression program on the ST
- (at this time). A must have for the serious telecommunications person.
- Docs in German. ShareWare. Does not work with some shells.
- [*]File number 20666, 40320 bytes, 3.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> DEMO PROGRAMS <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""
-
- GOGOST42.ARC Gogo->ST version 4.2. A program launcher with memo
- """""""""""" capability which will display a memo based on the
- specified date/time. Launch 50 programs from each screen with a single
- mouse click, or load another menu screen with a single mouse click.
- ShareWare $15.00.
- [*]File number 20678, 67200 bytes, 6 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- CAL_S/SL DEMO.ARC This is a complete working version of the new
- """"""""""""""""" Calamus shell, save disabled. It will only work on
- either an Atari monochrome monitor or on a TT in either ST high or TT
- medium resolution. This is an arced file containing the demo program
- itself as well as a small sampling of modules that will be included with
- the program. It is almost entirely in English. For those of you
- wishing to preview Calamus S/SL, this is it. Questions may be asked in
- CAT 16. 1.5 meg min recommended.
- [*]File number 20711, 661376 bytes, 56 min, Monochrome Only.
-
- STENV42A.LZH This is ver.42a which clears up some bugs. Otherwise it
- """""""""""" still prints Envelopes in three sizes, Return address
- labels in most any label config Mailing labels 1,2,3,or 4 across again
- in most any label config. Rolodex/ Index cards . Photo labels and Photo
- title labels and you can choose your Print font and type style has it's
- own simple database. This is a DEMO Shareware Program ($7.00).
- [*]File number 20726, 31488 bytes, 3 min, Color Only.
-
- SLDRIVER.ARC This arced file contains the following additional drivers
- """""""""""" for use in the Calamus S/SL DEMO file #20711; ASCII,
- DEGAS, GEM IMG, GIF, Wordperfect and 1st Word Plus import drivers as
- well as two additional printer drivers; BJ 10E and HPLJII. These
- drivers are only of use to you if you have already downloaded the DEMO
- file.
- [*]File number 20798, 27392 bytes, 2.5 min, Monochrome Only.
-
- VRUSPCHG.ARC This is a demo of the ultimate Virus Killer 5.0. It will
- kill all known viruses both bootsector and link. Also included in this
- arc file is Flu a virus simulator program. Commercial £9.99.
- [*]File number 20821, 93184 bytes, 8 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> DESK ACCESSORIES <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""
-
- PULLDOWN.LZH This ACC gives your computer Macintosh-like pull-down
- """""""""""" menus. English docs version of file number 20546.
- ShareWare.
- [*]File number 20667, 3200 bytes, .5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- CLIPBRDE.ARC This ACC is the clipboard included with GEMINI 1.0. The
- """""""""""" original version had menus and dialog boxes in german.
- This revision is about 95% english. With this program you can view
- ASCII files from within other programs. You do not need GEMINI to use
- this program. Displays text is a standard GEM window. Can run as a
- program. Public Domain.
- [*]File number 20826, 69120 bytes, 6 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> GAMES <<<
- """"""""""""""
-
- STBLIPS.ARC This game will let you play BATTLE BLIPS (battle ship)
- """"""""""" over the modem. It is a .ACC file, and it has graphics!
- Play against another computer over the modem. It's real neat as you can
- see their moves before they choose where to bomb. Can play against your
- own computer too.
- [*]File number 20758, 21504 bytes, 2 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- BOING.ARC BOING is an excellent arcade game. It is very addictive and
- """"""""" has excellent graphics. Well worth the download time. No
- Documentation.
- [*]File number 20820, 38528 bytes, 3.5 min, Color Only.
-
- COWS_87S.ARC Cows! v8.7s, this is a much expanded and improved Cows!
- """""""""""" on-line text adventure game. Save the world from those
- crusty Moovian agents! A totally unique experience... Demo version 60%
- disabled. Can be run from home computer as well (no BBS required).
- ShareWare $10.00.
- [*]File number 20829, 135168 bytes, 11.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> GRAPHICS <<<
- """"""""""""""""
-
- ELIECOLR.ARC +++ The Eliemouse Complimentary Coloring Book +++
- """""""""""" Treat your young children to a magical coloring book
- featuring Eliemouse. This full-featured program allows the user to
- paint an assorted collection of pictures of Eliemouse (only two are
- included in this demo). Magic touch sparkles as you choose colors and
- as you paint the picture. Compliments appear randomly to commend good
- work done. Fun for young and old alike. ShareWare $6.00.
- [*]File number 20738, 51584 bytes, 4.5 min, Color Only.
-
- GAR_FIELD.ARC This file contains three copies of the same picture the
- """"""""""""" uploader drew of the famous JIM DAVIS cartoon
- characters. The pose is in a director's chair. Includes a .PI1, PI3
- (for monochrome users) and SPC for Spectrum users. AdWare.
- [*]File number 20848, 38272 bytes, 3.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> INFORMATION STORAGE <<<
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- BDB_12.ARC Tim Early's Book Database ver. 1.2 This is a GEM library
- """""""""" database. Includes many features for ordering, sorting by
- author/series etc. Full report generating functions. This version will
- run in ST high/medium and TT medium rez. BDB is freeware.
- [*]File number 20762, 79872 bytes, 7 min, Color Only.
-
- FB18.LZH First Base version 1.8, a database program last uploaded as
- """""""" GEnie #19231. It further improves the search function and
- provides for saving the file without exiting plus a few other minor
- changes. This program is an in-memory data base program which makes it
- very fast to access, sort, or review data. It is usable with just 512K
- memory but for larger applications 1 meg or more may be needed. The
- program provides for printing data in various formats or restoring to a
- file in an altered form. Includes program to read disks into First Base
- format. ShareWare.
- [*]File number 20784, 43264 bytes, 4 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> MUSIC <<<
- """""""""""""
-
- 4_SONGS.LZH 4 excellent quality QUARTET songs with VOICE set. You can
- """"""""""" listen to these tunes if you own QUARTE or have downloaded
- Q_PLAYER or Q_PLAY2. FreeWare.
- [*]File number 20652, 45952 bytes, 4.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- Q_PLAY22.LZH QUARTET PLAYER 2. Includes the tune from a James Bond
- """""""""""" film, CASINO ROYALE. Play those QUARTET songs with ease.
- This version eliminates the restriction of 20000 bytes of song files.
- [*]File number 20814, 59904 bytes, 5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- 50FTWOMN.LZH QUARTET song: Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman by The
- """""""""""" Tubes. If you don't own QUARTET, use Q_PLAY22 (file
- #20814).
- [*]File number 20850, 50944 bytes, 4.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- THE_LOOK.LZH QUARTET song: The Look by Roxette. If you don't own
- """""""""""" QUARTET, use Q_PLAY22, file #20814.
- [*]File number 20851, 47744 bytes, 4 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> PROGRAMMING <<<
- """""""""""""""""""
-
- GXXINC.LZH These are the include files for G++, the GNU C++ compiler.
- """""""""" These files are _required_ for proper operation. The co-
- exist with, rather than replace, the GCC include files. More
- instructions are available in the readme.txt file in GXXBIN.LZH. You
- must already have GCC 1.39.1 or greater to use G++.
- [*]File number 20730, 87168 bytes, 7.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- GXXLIB.LZH This file includes the object libraries for G++, the GNU
- """""""""" C++ compiler. This file is a companion to GXXINC.LZH and
- GXXBIN.LZH. See the readme.txt file in GXXBIN.LZH for installation
- instructions.
- [*]File number 20733, 114432 bytes, 10 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- GXXBIN.LZH This package contains the binaries for the GNU C++
- """""""""" compiler, G++, as well as an installation manual. There
- are two other files in this package, GXXLIB.LZH and GXXINC.LZH. All
- three are needed for proper operation, as well as GCC, the GNU C
- compiler. This file was archived using MSDOS LHarc 1.13.
- [*]File number 20753, 432640 bytes, 36.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- FPLIB21.ARC This is version 2.1 of David Brooks' floating-point math
- """"""""""" library for the Sozobon C compiler. If you're using the
- original Sozobon release (not Ian Lepore's version), you should replace
- your floating-point libm.a with this version. The archive includes
- source code as well as the library objects.
- [*]File number 20810, 40320 bytes, 3.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> TELECOMMUNICATIONS <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- DCDRPDTR.ARC DC Drop DTR will drop the computer's RS232 DTR line for
- """""""""""" one second, then reassert the line. This should hangup
- any modem which is connected. Program suggested by James Faircloth.
- 100% assembly. ST, STe and TT compatible. FreeWare program of the
- week.
- [*]File number 20804, 3968 bytes, .5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- TLINK31.ARC TripLinK! 3.1 , A VERY much Improved version to 3.0 with
- """"""""""" a lot of add-ons, extra features, and fixes. The Only BBS
- type program that supports Drop Down Menus, as well as a Full Online
- Help Sysop Mode. Can be used to manage huge libraries or as a BBS.
- Supports the St/STE, UIS, ANSI/ASCII/ VT52 and IG Menus. Too many
- options to even list. Drop Down Menus are configurable as well as the
- Fkeys in TinyTerM! and ChaT! up to 180 choices for each area. Built in
- ARC/LZH/ZIP Verbose, Telecommunications, and Games. ShareWare $25.00.
- [*]File number 20812, 307200 bytes, 26 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> TEXT FILES <<<
- """"""""""""""""""
-
- TX2FORMAT.LZH This short text file gives complete details on the TX2
- """"""""""""" file format, levels 2 though 4. Using this information,
- anyone can create a program which can support TX2. The author wants
- this to become a standard, so please, check this out. FreeWare.
- [*]File number 20613, 3840 bytes, .5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- CALAMS17.ARC Calamus discussion from the ISD category in the Bulletin
- """""""""""" Board. This archive contains general discussion, some
- printer information, and speculation about Calamus SL. The discussion
- continues in Category 16 Topic 2 in the BB. Feb 2, 1988 to Aug 26,
- 1991.
- [*]File number 20638, 71522 bytes, 6 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- MEGASTE_4.ARC Messages from the Mega STe topic in the Bulletin Board
- """"""""""""" from July 11, 1991 through August 29, 1991. This
- archive contains much miscellaneous discussion along with some comments
- about monitors and math chips. The discussion continues in Category
- 14 Topic 14.
- [*]File number 20685, 63104 bytes, 5.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- HD_2.ARC General hard drive discussion from the Bulletin Board from
- """""""" April 16, 1991 through August 19, 1991. This archive contains
- information about specific drives, problems and solutions. The
- discussion continues in Category 4 Topic 39.
- [*]File number 20687, 56064 bytes, 5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_02.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #2 - UTILITIES,
- """""""""" in text format.
- [*]File number 20737, 69888 bytes, 6 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_03.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #3 - LANGUAGE
- """""""""" AND PROGRAMMING, in text format.
- [*]e number 20740, 28672 bytes, 2.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_04.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #4 - GRAPHIC
- """""""""" ANIMATIONS, in text format.
- [*]File number 20741, 14336 bytes, 1.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_05.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #5 - GRAPHICS
- """""""""" AND ART, in text format.
- [*]File number 20743, 65536 bytes, 5.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_06.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #6 - BUSINESS,
- """""""""" in text format.
- [*]File number 20745, 11392 bytes, 1 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_07.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #7 - TELECOM-
- """""""""" PUTING, in text format.
- [*]File number 20746, 22528 bytes, 2 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_08.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #8 - GAMES, in
- """""""""" text format.
- [*]File number 20747, 43264 bytes, 4 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_10.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #10 - DEMO's,
- """""""""" in text format.
- [*]File number 20748, 19456 bytes, 2 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_11.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #11 - MUSIC, in
- """""""""" text format.
- [*]File number 20749, 30720 bytes, 3 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_12.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #12 - ADULT, in
- """""""""" text format.
- [*]File number 20750, 20352 bytes, 2 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- LIB_13.LZH Complete archive of files in the ST Library #13 - ATARI
- """""""""" ARCHIVES, in text format.
- [*]File number 20751, 16384 bytes, 1.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- ALASER7.ARC Discussion from the Atari laser topic from March, 1991
- """"""""""" through August 31, 1991. Includes discussion of the SLM
- 804, SLM 805, toner, and the Phantom of the Laser modification. The
- discussion continues in Category 14 Topic 11.
- [*]File number 20773, 65152 bytes, 5.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- STQ&A4.ARC Messages from the hardware question and answer topic. Some
- """""""""" things covered include various monitor problems, looking
- for parts, and some floppy drive information. These messages are from
- October 1990 through August 31, 1991. The discussion continues in
- Category 4 Topic 10 in the Bulletin Board.
- [*]File number 20779, 52480 bytes, 4.5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- BUILDDRV.LZH This file will tell you how to build your own 720k drive.
- """""""""""" Pictures included.
- [*]File number 20825, 11392 bytes, 1 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- BBSX9109.LZH This is a listing of 104 verified BBS Express! ST
- """""""""""" Bulletin Board Systems in operation for September 1991.
- [*]File number 20833, 4352 bytes, .5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
-
- >>> UTILITIES <<<
- """""""""""""""""
-
- ST_TYPE.LZH This TOS program describes what kind of ST you have,
- """"""""""" including TOS version and date, blitter status, GDOS
- status, and more. C source code included. FreeWare.
- [*]File Number 20622, 10752 bytes, 1 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- SAT400.ARC This is version 4.00 of my Satellite Tracking Program.
- """""""""" This program is for use in predicting a satellites location
- using either the NASA two-line orbital data, standard Keplerian orbital
- parameters, or a position and velocity vector (such as the NASA M50
- format). A data file is provided containing two-line data for 638
- satellites. This program is for the use of hams, weather satellite
- users, or anybody interested in visually observing satellites. FreeWare.
- [*]File number 20643, 146560 bytes, 12.5 min, Color only.
-
- AV375.LZH Version 3.75 of Ascii-View, an Ascii Text File Reader. ALL
- """"""""" features can be selected via the mouse or keyboard. Two
- scrolling speeds are supported one lightning fast the other slow and
- crystal clear. Desk accessories are now accessible. A benchmark
- feature displays how fast YOUR computer can scroll a file. View 48
- lines of text at once with a monochrome monitor. Recall previously
- viewed files with just a keypress. Advanced Search, Set Marker, Block,
- Print features are available and MUCH more. Extensive online help.
- FreeWare.
- [*]File number 20644, 59392 bytes, 5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
- DCRUNREZ.ARC DC Rez Run automagically switches resolution before
- """""""""""" running desired programs. Just say no to "Please run in
- ???? resolution" alerts! 100% assembly. ST, STe, and TT compatible.
- Program of the Week. FreeWare
- [*]File number 20698, 4864 bytes, .5 min, Monochrome & Color.
-
-
- [*][*][*]
-
- Fred is a computer addict from morning to dusk. Having worked
- with Big Blue and Macs in various jobs, he settled down to the
- ST as his computer of choice. He started with the trusty 400,
- worked through each model, and is hoping for an STe in the
- near future. His wife looks forward to power outages so she
- can see him somewhere other than in front of the monitor.
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [HAC]//////////////////////////////
- HACK'N ATARI /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Down To The Wire
- """"""""""""""""
-
- o FEEL THE POWER: Installing A New Power Supply
-
- o INSTALLING A 3 1/2" TOSHIBA DRIVE
-
-
-
- FEEL THE POWER! Has anyone completely rewired their ST and drives to
- """"""""""""""" am IBM 200 watt power supply, and done away with the
- ATARI power supplies all together?
- (N.HARD, CAT4, TOP36, MSG:152/M475)
-
- >>>>> Everything I have in my 'Mutant' is powered from a 160 watt XT
- """"" power supply. I removed the power connector from the mother-
- board, installed a 6-wire male/female connector to it, and then
- connected that to the power supply. The hard drive, hard drive
- controller, and floppies use standard connectors so they weren't a
- problem. You have to know the pinouts of your power connector to
- install it correctly. I have the SAMS Photofact for my 520ST so that
- wasn't a problem. If you have a manual for your ST there should be a
- section in the back that shows the pinouts for the power supply
- connector. The XT power supply uses standard color coding:
-
- +5v Red
- +12v Blue
- -12v Yellow
- GND Black
-
- Hopefully those are right. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I
- cut off the standard motherboard connector from the XT power supply and
- wired that to my new connector.
- (H.SARBER, CAT4, TOP36, MSG:153/M475)
-
- >>>>> Just an added note...ST's, starting with the STfm models, only
- """"" use +5 and +12 volts; no -12. The six-pin connector going to
- the ST mainboard has two red wires (+5), three black (ground) and one
- blue (+12). I have remounted a 1040 STe and power everything from a PC
- supply (200 or 220 watts). I have also modified this Mega4, removing
- the floppy and rewiring to allow external floppies. I then bought a
- midi-sized PC tower and mounted two floppies, two hard drives and a tape
- backup unit in it (got room for one more drive). The host adapter is
- also mounted inside, as well as the tape controller. All are powered
- off the PC supply (250W), although I haven't haven't powered the Mega
- from it, I could. -Norm
- (N,WEINRESS, CAT4, TOP36, MSG:154/M475)
-
- >>>>> I've got mine wired to a 230W (it came with the box) supply,
- """"" it's no problem. Just remember that most of these supplies
- require a minimum load on the B+ lines so you will most likely have to
- load the 5V+ and 12V+ down (1-3A) depending on what you have (ISAC, T16,
- ADSpeed, hard drives etc...). with some heavy (wattage) power resistors
- or just put a few extra hard drives in ;-) -Carl
- (C.STANFORD, CAT4, TOP36, MSG:155/M475)
-
-
-
- A QUIET DRIVE FOR YOUR ST I just replaced the internal floppy drive
- """"""""""""""""""""""""" on my 1040STf, and I thought I'd leave a few
- comments.
-
- The original drive was a Chinon, and even when it did work it was
- horribly noisy. It failed by having the spring on the upper R/W head
- break. Best Electronics sells a new head, but for $80. I got a new
- non-Atari drive for $64.
-
- The new drive is a 3 1/2 Toshiba. It's a 1/3 height drive. The
- hardest part was configuring the jumpers. The catch is, you *don't*
- configure them. There are three jumpers behind the power connection,
- and two of them came shorted. I tried hooking the drive up, but
- although the motor would run, the drive select light wouldn't come on,
- and the ST wouldn't recognize it. I tried all possible permutations of
- the jumpers, but nothing worked.
-
- I finally noticed a *very* tiny switch next to the data plug. It's
- a tiny black box with a miniscule lever sticking out of it. You may
- need a magnifying glass to see the lever. I pushed the lever to the
- opposite (right) position using a jeweler's screwdriver, and put the
- jumpers back to their original settings. Eureka! The disk booted up
- fine.
-
- I got some 1/4" nylon spacers, and replacement mounting screws that
- were 1/4" longer than the originals. I used a small hacksaw to trim out
- the lower right corner of the drive opening in the upper half of the ST
- case, to make room for the Toshiba's eject button. I screwed everything
- together, and it works!
-
- I noticed that some other people here said that they had to reverse
- the plug on the data cable because the key was on the wrong side. I
- didn't have that problem; the key matched the slot in the drive's
- socket. However, I did have to put a half-twist in the data cable since
- the socket on the Toshiba was rotated 180 degrees from the Chinon
- socket. I was able to verify the orientation by noting which end of the
- plug matched pin 1 on the Chinon, and matched that end with pin 1 on the
- Toshiba. In addition, the wire for pin 1 on the ribbon cable had a
- stripe. I have heard that Atari screwed this up on a number of STs (key
- is wrong, or pin 1 is not the marked wire), so the safest way to do it
- is to match the plug based on how it was connected to the original
- drive.
-
- Despite the key, it is possible to plug the Toshiba in upside
- down. I did this by accident, and gave myself a real scare. If you do
- this, when you power up the ST the drive lights go on right away,
- instead of after a quick pause, and they don't ever go out.
-
- It works fine now, and having a *quiet* drive is wonderful.
-
- /
- / * / Alan
- * *
- (STARFALL, CAT4, TOP14, MSG:97/M475)
-
- [*][*][*]
-
-
- PLEASE REMEMBER! You are responsible for any damage or liability when
- """""""""""""""" you make any modifications or upgrades to your
- equipment. Also keep in mind that opening your computer may void your
- guarantee. If you are unsure of your ability to take on a hardware
- project, find someone who isn't. -Ed.
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [FOC]//////////////////////////////
- FOCUS ON /
- /////////////////////////////////
- GCR: Tips From A New Owner
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""
- By Michael Fleming
- [M.FLEMING8]
-
-
-
- >>> TIPS FOR THE NEW GCR/SPRECTRE USER <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-
- I'm a new owner of GCR, and would like to share a few simple tips
- with those considering a GCR purchase. If you're like me, you know very
- little about the MAC and how to interface with it. I also didn't fully
- understand how to get started with GCR.
-
- A) If you have a MEGA Atari ST model, please search the GADGETS
- libraries for a document by GEnie user 'STACE' on shielding your
- internal floppy drive. I can't begin to describe how much trouble my
- floppy gave me prior to being shielded. I wasn't even able to read the
- MAC startup disk. Once shielded, the drive has worked flawlessly with
- every disk I feed it. The shield will take a few hours of your time to
- create, but is inexpensive and well worth it. Thanks, Mark, for this
- great idea!
-
- B) Be aware that once you buy the GCR, you must also purchase 2 MAC
- PLUS ROM chips (see my entry in the 'Where can I purchase ROM's topic in
- this bulletin board for info on buying these).
-
- C) You also need a set of MAC 'System Tools' disks in order to get
- your new 'Mac' up and running. In previous messages on the GADGETS
- board, people have suggested going to an Apple dealer and purchasing
- these System disks with their associated manuals. I found that no local
- Apple dealer is selling the older versions of system tools now that
- System 7 has been released (NOTE: do *not* try running system 7 just
- yet). But, none of this was a problem. Most Apple dealers were very
- willing to sell me an older version (they all charged $20). I was able
- to find one local dealer who was willing to *give* me the 4 system tools
- disks for free as a courtesy (I bought a box of floppies from them to
- make the copies - thought they deserved a little something).
-
- When you go to your Apple dealer, ask for copies of 'System Tools
- package 6' - contains 'System 6.0.5' and 'Finder 6.1'. You can use
- other systems and finders, but I find these to work very nicely. Note:
- a manual is not included with these disks.
-
- D) The last item I used and found very helpful is 'The Macintosh
- Bible' book, buy Sharon Zardetto Aker et al. Most bookstores carry
- this, but try to get it from a bookstore which also carries the
- associated Mac Bible floppy disks - for minimal additional cost you get
- 2 floppies filled with free software, shareware, and public-domain
- programs for the MAC. The disks are less expensive if bought with the
- book; technical/computer bookstores should carry the version with disks.
-
- I'm really happy with my GCR purchase. Every program I've tried
- runs on it except one (a game which seems to 'lock up'- I'm going to
- contact Dave Small on this; but it's pretty trivial compared to all the
- major software I've been able to run flawlessly - keep in mind that
- there are still buggy programs which can also lock up a real MAC too).
-
- On the 'down' side, GCR is not a totally perfect 'MAC'; keep in
- mind that for the most part GCR will not run MAC copy-protected software
- (but there's not a lot of protected software around these days).
-
- Personally, my only other quibble with GCR at this point is with
- the MAC sounds being produced through my Atari's speaker - most sounds
- are kind of average or even a bit 'grungy'; I wish they were as clear
- and sterling as real MAC sounds. I read someone's post on the board
- stating that GCR reads every other sound byte instead of every sound
- byte - if this is true, perhaps it explains the someone lack-luster
- sound production. In any case, sound does work and isn't the biggest
- deal; just a minor disappointment.
-
- THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT! Once you get your GCR up and running,
- one of the first things you should do is use a shareware program called
- 'Heaptools' (comes on a disk with the GCR) to increase Heap system size.
- This sounds pretty technical, but its easy to do. Read the instructions
- which come with Heaptool. I increased my system size up to 256K I
- believe. Prior to doing this, I ran into a problem running some
- software, but after increasing, the same software runs perfectly. Note
- that real MAC users often must do this too.
-
- That's about it as far as some simple, condensed hints on getting
- started with GCR. Follow the above suggestions and they should save you
- hours or days of lost time trying to figure things out.
-
- Enjoy your GCR!
- (M.FLEMING8, CAT7, TOP18, MSG:146/M690)
-
-
-
- [EOA]
- [LYN]//////////////////////////////
- LINKING UP WITH LYNX /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Atari Handheld Power!
- """""""""""""""""""""
-
-
- "Gosh, with all of these people calling the Lynx II, "BatLynx",
- maybe Atari could get it into Batman II... It's supposed to
- be out next Summer... could be awesome to have Bruce Wayne Com-
- Lynxed up w/Alfred and Vickey Vale in a heated game of Slime
- World."
- (ERIDDLE, CAT36, TOP4, MSG:186/M475)
-
-
-
- >>> LYNX ODDS & ENDS <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""
-
- WHAT'S NEW? I just heard that APB will also starting reaching stores
- """"""""""" very soon. Took a trip down to the PR offices today and
- got to try out some upcoming stuff.
-
- Checkered Flag-Pole Position style driving game, comlynable by 8
- players. Tremendous scaling,graphics and sound. At the start, a guy
- says "Gentlemen start your engines" and then begins waving the green
- flag. They let me try out Super Monoco GP on GameGear to compare, and
- Checkered Flag was infinitely better.
-
- Ishido - Nice looking and sounding strategy game. The opening
- credits are shown over fireworks going off (first time I've seen fire-
- works at the start of a game). Turbo Sub-First person shooter with
- great graphics and scaling.
-
- Scrapyard Dog - Very fun, cute mario-style contest with lots of
- hidden rooms and warps.
-
- Hard Drivin - Smooth fast 3-d graphics, nice crash replays. The
- control takes a little bit to get used to, but is useable and yes, if
- you hit the cow it has a digitized moo.
-
- Viking Child - Good platform game that looks a lot like the ST
- version.
-
- >>>>> Finally, I got to try STun Runner. This is a killer translation
- """"" with fast smooth scaling and it plays and looks just like the
- arcade game. It even has the digitized female voice "Welcome STun
- Runner". This is the latest Lynx release schedule and as always it's
- subject to change.
-
- September: Ishido
- Checkered Flag
- Turbo Sub
- Scrapyard Dog
-
- October: Bill and Ted's
- Hard Drivin'
- Rolling Thunder
- Viking Child
-
- November: Bad Boy Tennis (that's a new one)
- 720 Hockey
- NFL Football
- Robotron
- STun Runner (this may show up sooner)
- Tournament Cyberball
-
- December: Cabal
- Hydra Lynx
- Casino
- STrider 2
- Toki
- Worldclass Soccer Baseball
- Heroes Basketbrawl
- Dirty Larry
- GeoDuel
- HyperDrome (used to be GridRunner)
-
- Also, although there were some talks between Atari and SSI they
- aren't currently working on anything. That may change in the future.
- (C.SMITH89, CAT36, TOP5, MSG:158-159/M75)
-
-
-
- PACLAND MANIA I bought PacLand a few days ago and I'm having a lot of
- """"""""""""" fun with it. I find it much more relaxing than the
- hitting/punching/kicking games that require split-second timing and
- memorization of a huge game layout. When I play games, I want to be
- relaxed. The ones that cause cramps in your thumbs and fingers and make
- the player start twitching and yelping are the ones that bore me
- quickly. <smile>
-
- As of this moment, PacLand is my second-favorite Lynx title (my
- favorite is Shanghai).
- (JEFF.W, CAT36, TOP7, MSG:7/M475)
-
- >>>>> Jeff- what's the deal with the spring board on the little
- """"" island? How do you get enough ooomph to jump across the rest
- of the water? Also, did you notice that jumping at the 'break' gets you
- a 100 or 1000 point bonus? -Tom
- (T.MCCOMB, CAT8, TOP7, MSG:8/M475)
-
- >>>>> Tom, When you reach the end of the spring board, hit your A or B
- """"" button to jump, then continuously press your joypad button
- rapidly to the right and you will clear the water. As for the bonus at
- the end of the level, I've gotten 100, 300, 1000 and now can get 7,650
- bonus points most of the time. If you jump just as you hit the back of
- the church, then jump again a split-second later, you should get 7650
- points. Pac-Land's much better than I had expected. In fact, the first
- GameGuide (due in just a couple of weeks) focuses on the game.
- (STCONNECTION, CAT36, TOP7, MSG:9/M475)
-
- >>>>> Tom - According to the poster/instructions that came with
- """"" PacLand (I hate that poster/instruction sheet combo), you have
- to "pump the joypad as fast as you can to give Pac-Man enough power to
- clear the dangerous waters." I wasn't sure what that meant, but while
- jumping, I keep tapping the joypad in the direction of the jump and it
- works for me.
-
- BTW, I don't know if it's been noted here already, but in Round 2
- (going through the forest) if you push the 2nd tree stump you jump over
- to the left far enough, you're leapfrogged into Round 9 and you get
- about 80,000 points for your effort. I've noticed that this is only on
- your first attempt for Round 2. If you've already lost a life before
- attempting this, the stump won't move.
- (JEFF.W, CAT36, TOP7, MSG:10/M475)
-
-
-
- GAMEMASTER & STAR-LINX JOIN HANDS GameMaster and Star-Linx BBS are
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" proud to announce that the Lynx Game
- Rating System (originated by Star-Linx) is being expanded and will be a
- co-op effort. Lynx players are encouraged to rate their favorite (or
- not-so-favorite) games so that Lynx enthusiasts in general can get a
- good idea of what the current Atari Lynx game library has to offer.
-
- BY SUBMITTING GAME RATINGS TO EITHER GAMEMASTER OR STAR-LINX, YOU
- BECOME ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE NEWEST LYNX GAME TITLE EACH MONTH! A press
- release with more information and a rating form is available in the
- Press Release category of the ST file library. Rating forms will also
- be available in each issue of GameMaster or by direct input while
- visiting Star-Linx. Game ratings will be compiled and will appear in
- each issue of GameMaster along with winner's names.
-
- >>>>> GameMaster is proud to announce the creation of GameGuides for
- """"" the Atari Lynx. Each GameGuide will focus on a specific game
- title and will include a game overview, 3 reviews by 3 different Lynx
- gamers, a game rating section and will also include hints and tips for
- that game title. A new GameGuide will be available every month focusing
- on the hottest new Lynx title. GameGuides will be available on a
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