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|||||| |||||| || || |||||| |||||| || || ||| || || || || ||| |||| |||||| || |||| Your || || || || ||| || || |||||| |||||| || || |||||| |||||| GEnieLamp Atari || |||||| || || |||||| RoundTable || || || ||| ||| || || || |||||| |||||||| |||||| RESOURCE! || || || || || || || ||||| || || || || || ~ MINI_BYTES /3 On 1: GEM Spool ~ ~ LYNX IT/Sneak Preview: BattleWheels! ~ ~ THE ONLINE LIBRARY: Hot Files Uploaded To The ST RT ~ ~ DIGITAL DIVERSIONS: Transarctica ~ ~ PD_QUICKPICK: Dark Pearl ~ ~ CAMPAIGN: Game Review ~ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// GEnieLamp Atari ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.2, Issue 57 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Publisher.......................................T/TalkNET Publishing Senior Editor..........................................John Peters Editor..........................................John Gniewkowski \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// GEnieLamp Atari Staff: ~ Mel Motogawa ~ Terry Quinn ~ Sheldon Winick ~ ~ Al Fasoldt ~ Richard Brown ~ John Hoffman ~ Cliff Allen ~ Fred Koch ~ ~ ~ GEnieLamp IBM ~ GEnieLamp ST ~ GEnieLamp [PR]/TX2 ~ GEnieLamp A2 ~ ~ GEnieLamp MacPRO ~ GEnieLamp A2Pro ~ GEnieLamp Macintosh ~ ~ GEnieLamp Newswire ~ LiveWire Online ~ ~ Member Of The Digital Publishing Association ~ ////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ATARI ST ROUNDTABLE? <<< """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ~ May 15, 1993 ~ FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] Notes From The Editor. Problem Solving Flow Chart. MINI_BYTES .............. [MIN] SOFTVIEW ST ............. [SOF] 3 On 1: GEM Spool. CAMPAIGN: Game Review. PD_QUICKPICK ............ [PDP] THE ONLINE LIBRARY ...... [LIB] Hot File Tip! [*]HOT Files You Can Download. TELETALK ONLINE ......... [TEL] PD_QUICKVIEW ............ [PDQ] Atari ST Magazine Update. Yours For The Asking. ONLINE FUN .............. [FUN] DIGITAL DIVERSIONS ...... [DIV] Search-ME! Games People Play... LYNX IT ................. [LYX] GAMER'S UPDATE .......... [GAM] Sneak Preview. Where In Space Is It? ADD_ALADDIN ............. [ADD] LOG OFF ................. [LOG] Get_The_Lamp Script! GEnieLamp Information. [IDX]""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" READING GEnieLamp GEnieLamp has incorporated a unique indexing """"""""""""""""" system to help make reading the magazine easier. To utilize this system, load GEnieLamp 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. MESSAGE INFO To make it easy for you to respond to messages re-printed """""""""""" here in GEnieLamp, you will find all the information you need immediately following the message. For example: (SMITH, CAT6, TOP1, MSG:58/M475) _____________| _____|__ _|___ |____ |_____________ |Name of sender CATegory TOPic Msg.# Page number| In this example, to respond to Smith'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. 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 from the ST (M475;3) or DigiPub Libraries (M1395;3): LMPxxx.LZH GEnieLamp in TX2 format. LMPxxx_C.LZH Color graphics. LMPxxx_M.LZH Monochrome graphics. MINI_TX2.LZH Mini-version of TX2 Viewer (File #20441). ABOUT GEnie GEnie costs only $4.95 a month for unlimited evening and """"""""""" weekend access to more than 100 services including electronic mail, online encyclopedia, shopping, news, entertainment, single-player games, multi-player chess and bulletin boards on leisure and professional subjects. With many other services, including the largest collection of files to download and the best online games, for only $6 per hour (non-prime-time/2400 baud). To sign up for GEnie service, call (with modem) 1-800-638-8369. Upon connection type HHH. Wait for the U#= prompt. Type: XTX99014,DIGIPUB and hit RETURN. The system will then prompt you for your information. Need more information? Call GEnie's customer service line (voice) at 1-800-638-9636. """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" //////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE //// / "IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, DESTROY THE EVIDENCE!" / ///////////////////////////////////////// O.ROUSEJR //// [EOA] [FRM]////////////////////////////// FROM MY DESKTOP / ///////////////////////////////// Notes From The Editor """"""""""""""""""""" By John Peters [GENIELAMP] TOP OF THE PAGE Welcome to the mid-month issue of GEnieLamp! """"""""""""""" If you haven't heard, the flagship issues of GEnieLamp (GEnieLamp IBM, Mac, ST and A2) has split into two issues, released on the 1st and the the 15th of every month. The issue on the 1st will concentrate on message highlights, news and general information. The second issue will bring you the latest news and views from the libraries and real-time conferences as well as other GEnie bits & pieces of information. GEnieLamp Distribution Method Changes In the last issue, I announced that """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" instead of listing/capturing GEnieLamp you would soon be able to download your issue of GEnieLamp just as you would with any other file here on GEnie. I'm happy to announce that the new system is in place and it works great! Now you can DOWNLOAD your favorite copy of GEnieLamp Online Magazine, just as you would any other file found here on GEnie. NOTE TO SCRIPT USERS For Aladdin readers we have included the new """""""""""""""""""" GET_THE_LAMP script in this issue of GEnieLamp IBM and ST. With this script Aladdin will log on to the GEnieLamp page, capture one (or more) of the issues and then either hang up or go on and do an autopass 1 or 2. See ADD ALADDIN for elsewhere in this issue for details. For Macintosh readers a new version of GEnieLamp Module v3.01e will be released that will allow you to download any and all issues of GEnieLamp Mac/MacPRO and the other platforms -- up to 8 at a time -- from page 515 and the new DIGIPUB RT library at 1395. See this column in the next issue of GEnieLamp for complete details. T/TalkNET Publishing & LiveWire Online Starting with the March/April """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" issue of Livewire, T/TalkNET has been commissioned to do the final formatting of the online version of LiveWire Magazine. The online version of LiveWire has many articles and features that are not found in its sister hardcopy publication, LiveWire. To check out the latest issue, type LIVEWIRE at any GEnie main menu prompt. (And like GEnieLamp, LiveWire Online is GEnie*Basic!) Until next time... John Peters [GENIELAMP] [EOA] [HUM]////////////////////////////// HUMOR ONLINE / ///////////////////////////////// Problem Solving Flow Chart """""""""""""""""""""""""" By Wayne (Rat Fink) [W.STEINERT] Does the START -------> damn thing work? No -------------->| | | Yes V Don't mess | Did you <- with it! <-------------v <--------- Yes MESS | | with it? | | | | No | V | | | | <---------- You dumb @#*%@$!!! V | | | | Will you | | <---------- Yes Catch HELL | | | anyway? | | | | V | No | Wait! Does Yes ----> | | anyone know? | | | | V V | | No ********************* | | * * V | | * U R in DEEP DODO! * | | * * Must be | | ********************* your lucky day! | | ^ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V | | | | | | V | Wait! Can | | <-- No you blame | | HIDE IT! anyone else? | | | | | Yes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V | | | | | v-----> *********************************** <- v | * * v------------------> * NO PROBLEM!!!!! * * * *********************************** [*][*][*] He he he... a chart like this was circulating around our studio last week. It was a little nicer looking, but I needed an ASCII version so I could upload it here. Anyone who works in a recording studio, or anywhere else for that matter, should get a kick out of it! See you on the wires! -Wayne (Rat Fink) [EOA] [MIN]////////////////////////////// MINI_BYTES / ///////////////////////////////// 3 On 1: GEM Spool """"""""""""""""" By John E. Gniewkowski [J.GNIEWKOWSK] Program Name : GEM Spool Filename : GSPOOL22.ZIP Library Area : 2 Program Number : 28225 File Size : 150912 Program Type : Print Spooler Author : Steven Van Rossen & Marc Billiet Version Reviewed: 2.2 File Type : Shareware $30 [*][*][*] FROM THE AUTHOR The Atari ST has always been a computer with lots of """"""""""""""" RAM (compared to the competition). Programmers responded to this with a large offer of ram spooler utilities (accessory or program), in many cases combined with a ram disk. Without doubt, this is a very good solution for ST users without harddisk. The latest evolution in computing however, changes this situation thoroughly. Desktop publishing programs, powerful wordprocessors, graphic programs etc. use more and more RAM. As RAM is quite expensive, these programs tend to use the hard disk instead: parts of RAM memory are save to disk and loaded whenever needed. This technique is refered to as 'virtual memory'. As a result of this evolution, lots of ST users now have a harddisk. This makes disk spooling (as found on large systems) also interesting for those users. GEM Spooler makes it possible ! GEM Spooler is - as far as we know - the first disk spooler for the Atari ST. While other operating systems have always used disk spooling (minis, OS/2, Macintosh, Windows 3) the ST missed this feature. With GEM Spooler this is history. [*][*][*] MINI_BYTE BY RICHARD [3 1/2 Lamps] GEM Spooler is a unique utility and a """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" welcome addition to the ST and TT lines. Unlike its brethren, GEM Spooler uses either a floppy or hard disk to store the files to be spooled while still offering background operation. The program seems well written and very thorough in implementation. However its speed lacks the zip I'm now used to, and perhaps needs some adjustments for use with GDOS or other graphics-based printing (the bulk of my work). GEM Spooler has an above average $30 registration fee, but this brings additional capabilities. This offering is intriguing to the point of my wanting to register it with its Belgian authors. Though unclear as to its ultimate utility, I'll venture a hopeful guess and give it three and a half lamps on our scale of five. MINI_BYTE BY TERRY [4 Lamps] Gem Spooler 2.2 is one of those rare ST """""""""""""""""""""""""""" programs which other computer platforms have had for some time but has been slow to appear for the ST. In this case, what you have here is a printer spooler that is extremely modest in its hardware requirements and can be used with almost any application. What makes it unique is that unlike any other spooler for the ST, this one spools from the disk, not memory. As a result, it makes little difference how large the files are you print, your machine is freed up in short order. In fact, it will spool multiple files while one is printing so you can even do multiple DTP jobs in short order. Does it have any limitations? Well it has a couple that should be obvious. First, programs like Calamus which print directly to the printer port will not benefit. Second, programs which are heavily processor bound (like the original Timeworks DTP) will not be speeded up as much as you would think. You also must read the documentation very carefully since many aspects of its operation are not immediately clear and a 100% installation is somewhat complex. Make no mistake about it though, this program is well worth the somewhat expensive ($30) shareware fee. It richly deserves a grade of at least 4 lamps but IMHO misses the top grade due to the complex installation (at least for a Deskjet 550). MINI_BYTE BY JOHN [5 Lamps] One thing I have always accepted is the fact """"""""""""""""""""""""""" once I began printing a long document (or a short GDOS file, for that matter) I could leave my computer and get a cup of coffee. Sure, I could install a huge print spooler (it would have to be about 500K for a Calligrapher page of text), but who wanted to tie up the memory? Now you no longer have time for coffee _or_ have to give up large chuncks of precious RAM - GEM Spool has arrived in North America! GemSpool requires 90K of memory, but gives you the abilities of a ram disk the size of the free space on your hard drive. The program has many configurations, one that I like is the ability to request a 'prompt' when a job is sent to the printer. This allows a few things - if you accidently sent the job to the printer you can 'discard' it right then and there and you can then choose to print the job and 'discard' the job file, print the job and 'keep' the job file for later printings, or 'hold' the job file for later printings (you can also choose the number of copies to print at this time). Note, this job file can be HUGE for some GDOS applications - so better to have a hard disk or a clean HD floppy desginated as the spool directory. Another feature is the intelligent print filter, which can be used to substitute characters, and the printer command buttons. These buttons are great for sending your printer commands rather than getting up and hitting cryptic panel button combinations. Four of the buttons are 'hardwired' and four are user configurable (all require you to supply the printer 'escape' commands found in your printer manuals). If I need to print my DayRunner daily calendar, I'll call up GemSpool - hit my 'IBM' (alternate character set command) and '20CPI' buttons, call on my Harlekin II datebook and print away. As you can see, I can hardly stop talking about this program. I give it the MAXIMUM 5 lamps (more if I could) - a DEFINITE download if you have a printer (not laser) connected to your system. GEnie LAMP MINI_BYTE'S RATING """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" RICHARD ............................................ 3.5 TERRY ............................................. 4 JOHN ............................................... 5 """" MINI_BYTE SCORE .................................... 4 . __ (^) <^> /~ ~\ \-=======_/"\_======-/ \) MINI_BYTE RATING "\. FOUR LAMPS ./" """""""""""""""" "\._ _ _./" (_____) MINI_BYTES RATING SYSTEM """""""""""""""""""""""" 1 LAMP..........A marginal download 2 LAMPS.........Gets the job done 3 LAMPS.........Good execution, stable program 4 LAMPS.........Innovative or feature rich, take a look! 5 LAMPS.........What? You haven't downloaded this program YET? If all three reviewers give the program a "5 LAMP" rating, it will receive the ~ A GEnie Lamp Excellence Award! ~ >>> REVIEWER PROFILES <<< """"""""""""""""""""""""" JOHN.......uses his Mega STe to improve computing at a large USAF squadron in Washington, DC Desktop publishing, spreadsheets and Data- base work take up most of his CPU cycles. RICHARD....uses the ST as a full-time professional platform, emphasizing word processing, spreadsheet, DTP, graphics applications, and a host of utilities/accessories for all exigencies. TERRY......Uses mostly Wordwriter ST, Aladdin, and ST_Talk Professional. He writes a lot and is very hard to please. Loves sticking pins in sacred cows (both computer and political). He rarely has time for games (either the enjoyable kind or Bureaucrap!) [EOA] [SOV]////////////////////////////// SOFTVIEW ST / ///////////////////////////////// CAMPAIGN: Game Review """"""""""""""""""""" By Paul Varn [P.VARN] >>> CAMPAIGN <<< """""""""""""""" ~ Tactical and Strategic War Simulation ~ By Empire Software CAMPAIGN OUICKVIEW Includes 1 unprotected double sided disk, 80 page User """""""""""""""""" Guide, 169 page equipment fact guide with protection, color glossy map of the Normandy invasion, two full size Brittish WWII posters, two postcard sized Brittish WWII posters, and an authentic 4 page reproduction of the London Times featuring articles during the close of the war. Atari version works on ST, STe, and Mega ST machines with 512K RAM or more, and color monitor. The computer market has always been flooded with war games. As with board games, (after which most are modeled) there is a toward a two dimensional approach. Seen from above, everything is flat tokens on a map. This game is part map, and part three dimensional. The traditional board game approach has been modified slightly by eliminating complex tokens and symbols, along with movement squares and hexes, in favor of dots, (representing a group of battle equipment) user defined names, and movement lines drawn with the mouse. OVERVIEW Very similar to the tank game Conqueror, (much of the three """""""" dimensional code engine must come from there) where you have a local area map displaying terrain and location of forces, Campaign has included three levels. With the general idea of simulating famous armored battles of World War Two, a large continental map with general terrain features of the historical battle area permits logistical support, air cover, and coordination of forces. Pause is available at all screen levels and time advance in large map mode. Saves are possible by saving the map at any point in the game while still in large map mode. The next level is activated when two forces meet in battle. This displays a local terrain map (here's where you'll begin to recognize the similarity to Conqueror) with the position of individual machines. Here they can be dragged to locations, dug-in, repaired, fueled, re-armed behind lines, and directed to locations. Air cover and artillery are available also. Next level is where the player can take direct control of each unit in 3D action external view. At this point everything is identical to Conqueror with the local visibility restriction removed. Terrain, forces and battle action can be seen at a distance you would expect in real battle. The units not directly controlled are computer guided. Alerts are provided if particular forces in manual control need your attention. LARGE LOGISTICAL MAP DETAIL Many pre-drawn battle scenarios from simple """"""""""""""""""""""""""" 2 group encounters, to full scale Normandy invasion provides lots of action without getting involved in the complexity of map creation. In addition, there's a map editor within the game program that permits editing most terrain features and all forces at will during the game. The editor does have the limitation where pre- drawn maps only can be loaded and edited. Maps with continental features cannot have the general land and water mass features edited. What can be edited are lakes, rivers, marshes, sand, grass, hills, roads, woods, minefields, objectives, and towns. In addition, all the force groups down to the individual units can be edited in great detail. The user can determine the number and type of units in each group. There are over 150 unit types, each with several individual characteristics including aircraft, transport vehicles, recon jeeps and half tracks, tanks, armored cars, anti-tank and field artillery, tow vehicles, engineer vehicles, ships, supply convoys, and facories, with fuel and ammo dumps. Seemingly endless variety of battle configurations can be created with astounding detail and reality. Each machine is kept track of in intimate detail at all stages of the game. This detail is not always necessary to play, so the user can ignore most in favor of smooth game flow. As few as 14, or as many as 20 attributes of each piece of equipment is detailed and figured into play. Machines are arranged into groups, (machine types can be combined at will except land, sea, and air machines cannot be combined) and the groups given names, with choice of display mode. Moving or viewing the attributes of groups is simply a matter of clicking on them. A right mouse click selects the destination with a line drawn. The group travels along the line at the speed determined by time of day, how long they've been moving, terrain, speed of slowest vehicle, breakdowns, and whether they were engaged in battle recently. Every group has their own hidden supply vehicles of fuel and ammo. When this is exhausted, factories have to supply these in the form of convoys delivering to dumps or to the groups in the field. Groups can also be set to dig in (useful for artillery bombardments) under automatic or manual control. The user can control as much or little as desired, all groups can select their own strategies and objectives. Enemies spotted by groups may automatically bring air groups in to provide support. Ships in auto mode will fire within range to support a local battle area. Groups with engineers can be commanded to clear or lay mine fields. The detail and variety is astounding. Several levels of mouse controlled zoom and neatly simple scrolling permit instant location to any portion and desired level of map detail. No sorting through layered icons to determine what's in there or looking up charts to find their characteristics. General information can be had by clicking on a group. All the machines in a group can be displayed in rows of 2D images and detailed 3D images with detailed attributes provided when each machine is selected. Two clicks away and you're back at the large map. Local Battle Detail When forces are close enough to battle, there's a """"""""""""""""""" choice of automatic or manual combat. In manual, the local terrain map is presented with a stylized marker for each machine type. Every attribute of each machine or unit is available with a mouse click. The user can get quick general status, or detailed report. Defense lines and ambushes can be set. Enemy positions are displayed depending on air or land recon. Available air forces can be commanded to search or attack locations. Nearby artillery can be directed to fire on areas. Towns, forests, minefields, water, and roads are displayed with appropriate detail. Wooded areas and buildings are actually done with remarkable detail. All units can be placed in computer or user control and will engage enemy in the appropriate manor when confronted regardless of your attention at the time. 3D Battle Detail User selected units can be controlled directly through """""""""""""""" key presses. The keys for driving, turrets, and firing can be configured. The user can control the driver, and/or gunner or let the computer control the other, or both if you want to sit and watch. It's possible for skilled work here to turn the tide of what might be a toss-up or losing battle in automatic mode. The graphic detail for the scenery, explosions, and units can be configured for maximum realism or maximum speed. There is a lot of detail for buildings, forests, and units available even at the simplest levels. I've found this level very satisfying and action-packed. Watch from several vantage points as four of your M4 Shermans dug in surrounding a town wait for a row of giant Panther tanks zooming through on a hit and run manouver. As your forces open fire, watch their turrets spin to return fire and chassis scatter to prevent direct hits. Shells fly through the air flashing with thudding explosions as craters begin to litter the landscape. The building bursts and crumbles next to you as a near miss warns of impending danger. You search to target the attacker and fire too quickly, shattering a tree behind the quickly fleeing behemoth. Two of your team mate's shells converge on another Panther as it struggles to free itself from the confines of a friendly unit's wreckage. Smoke rises from a shattered hull. The momentary quiet provides a chance to asses the battle. Not so bad here. Elsewhere, the losses were greater. Time to re-group. Bugs, Oh no! If it weren't for a couple of nasty critters, this would """""""""""" get my war game of the century award. The worst is when a factory delivers supplies to a destination. The convoy will display its proper contents of whatever you told the factory to produce until that material is retrieved by a group. Unintended machines will sometimes be added at this point, confusing the program as to what to do with them. This will crash the program sooner or later. An example is a convoy that is supposed to deliver 10 aircraft to an airfield. Right up to delivery, everything will display as normal when interrogated. When delivery occurs, two or more of the airplanes will be substituted with artillery or jeeps. When the program tries to select these to join an attack, the crash will result from trying to make cannon fly. I've been able to head off many of these problems by catching them before the program tries to select them (not always possible.) I start up the map editor and selectively delete each of the errant pieces. Of course it means you get fewer replacements than you ordered. If a save map is attempted that includes any of these supply sargent foul-ups, a map will be created so large it won't be able to re-load, if it can be created at all. Another solution is to avoid games with Factory supply or limit its use. Another beasty appears when in the large and battle map modes. It's unpredictable and fortunately happens seldom. The program has a peculiar reaction to this one. Two Bombs, the program accesses the disk, and the game continues. Strange. If you are in battle, the battle will often resolve without the action sequence. More often than not, all forces and game strategy will be intact. Sometimes it will inform you that the result of the battle is that you gained several thousand tanks with the screen filling with attempts to display them all. Re-boot time. Solution - Have a blank formatted disk available for map saves only and save often. Multiple filenames can be created. I have a gripe with the file selector system. Ninety percent of all games seem to break down here. How come? The user sees what looks like a typical file selector that acts in a very unconventional manor. It took me a lot of time to figure out why I couldn't load and save. The impression is that you can click on file names in the conventional manor but no. I could spend a lot of space here trying to describe it's operation but will settle with saying it can be discovered with patience, but looks like the programmer doesn't know how ST users expect it to operate. What has made complex map battle games both appealing and discouraging to me has been the necessity for complex detail to prevent boredom and provide a sense of reality. Unfortunately, this usually requires the computer control and visualization to be complex and tiresome, never revealing the true scope of the battle, but forcing attention to minute, nearly meaningless detail. The insightful skill of the programmer into the range of problems games of this type have, has produced the most intuitive, simple, and tactically rewarding land battle simulation I've seen. I would like to see the posters and paper excluded in a 1 disk game that lacks play testing. All this makes the game seem a little expensive. Let's get rid of the fillers and clean up the code. [EOA] [PDP]////////////////////////////// PD_QUICKPICK / ///////////////////////////////// A HOT File Tip! """"""""""""""" By Fred H. Koch [F.KOCH] Program Name : Dark Pearl Filename : DARKPERL.LZH Library Area : 8 Program Number : 28156 File Size : 79360 Program Type : Game Author : Dave Munsie Version Reviewed: 1.0 File Type : Free Ware Dark Pearl requires a joystick / color monitor and a 1 meg ST/Ste. [*][*][*] WHAT IT IS In Dark Pearl you control the bouncing of a black pearl to """""""""" make it bounce on the right tiles to gain points. Miss the tiles and you lose one of three pearls. WHAT IT DOES The object of Dark Pearl is to traverse the vertically """""""""""" scrolling field while picking up (bouncing on) the red-green-blue jewels along the way. Various tiles will help or hinder you on the way. When you make it all the way up to the top of the field (7 screens up) and all of the jewels are collected you proceed to the next level! If you still have jewels left you are sent back to the start of the field to try again. There are 10 levels in all. This game has commercial quality graphics and provides simple but challenging play. Definitely worth a look. [EOA] [LIB]////////////////////////////// THE ONLINE LIBRARY / ///////////////////////////////// [*]HOT Files You Can Download """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" By Mel Motogawa [M.MOTOGAWA] >>> HOT FILES! <<< """""""""""""""""" FILES, FILES, FILES! There's been a good mix of files uploaded to the ST """""""""""""""""""" Roundtable File Library this month. Games, utilities, demos, educational programs. Remember that this listing is only a small sample of the 400+ files that have been getting uploaded on a monthly basis. Enjoy! Any comments of my own are shown within double asterisks "**...**" after the file description, in the ASCII GEnie Lamp version, and also in italics in the TX2 version. (If you haven't experienced reading the Lamp in TX2 format, why not download the TX2 file viewer (file #20441) by David Holmes? You may be surprised at the versatility and power of this program, above and beyond viewing TX2 Lamp issues.) [*][*][*] #28465 TOSERROR.TXT 4608 John Townsend's description of TOS error """"""""""""""""""""""""""" messages. Very handy. File can be <L>isted or <D>ownloaded. #28463 POLARICE.LZH 164992 New Arcade Game Written In STOS Has nice """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" graphics & digitized sound. Kill the aliens before they destroy the planet by taking the water supply. Has many different aliens and if you make it far enough on foot you get to ride a ske mobile. Great Fun Use Quester's LHARC201 (lh5) to extract. Requires Low Resolution #28459 MARCEL21.TXT 2688 Marcel announces North American distribution """"""""""""""""""""""""""" of its Word Processor for Atari. Also, support for Atari Laser Printers is announced. The press release gives a brief product description, along with info about ordering Marcel Word Processor through mail order (at a discount price). This file can be (D)ownloaded or (L)isted on-line. #28457 ALAD_MAN.LZH 117888 This archive contains a Calamus 1.09N CDK """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" and a replica system font. The CDK prints out to a 12 page illustrated tutorial for configuring and using Aladdin. This is a sample file for beginners - not a definitive Aladdin manual. The complete Aladdin manual can be downloaded from the ST Aladdin RT on Page 1000. #28443 SRCHFIND.ZIP 256256 The Monochrome Mouse presents, Educational """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Fun for Everyone! Search & Find is a free, full working preview from this new shareware disk set. The complete 3 disk package features 6 new mono learning programs. Talking Jumble, Search and Find, Sound Search, Math with Sasha, Super Jumble and The Alphabet Monkey. Check out the other previews here or order direct by sending $20 US ($23 Can) to David Becker, 213-1345 w 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3Y8 This preview contains a new utility. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract ST Mono ONLY! #28442 SNDSRCH.ZIP 363264 The Monochrome Mouse presents, Educational """""""""""""""""""""""""""" Fun for Everyone! Sound Search is a free, fully functional preview from this new mono disk set. The 3 disk shareware package features 6 new learning programs. The Alphabet Monkey, Sound Search, Search & Find, Super Jumble, Math with Sasha and Talking Jumble. Check out the other previews here or order direct by sending $20 US ($23 Can) to David Becker, 213-1345 w 4th Ave Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3Y8 This version fixes minor bugs from the previous versions. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract. ST Mono ONLY! #28420 OCTA_88.LZH 404608 This is a music editor, much like """""""""""""""""""""""""""" SoundTracker. Lots of features, and includes a plethora of sample files. Note: requires a *color* STe system, won't run on a regular ST, and it isn't TT compatible. Extract with Pomey's STZip2.2 or later #28419 HANDY.ZIP 10496 This is "Handy", a desk accessory that allows """"""""""""""""""""""""" you to set the time/date, temporarily password protect your system, and call the file selector. ST High Resolution required, GFA source code included. Freeware from Richard Karsmarker of The Netherlands. Extract with Pomey's STZip2.2 or later #28418 SPDWRT2.ZIP 29696 Speedwriter II by Richard Karsmarker of The """"""""""""""""""""""""""" Netherlands. This allows you to write and save disk-based messages to your ST using friends. Messages are displayed back with various special effects. An interesting concept Includes GFA source code. ST High resolution only. Extract with STZip 2.2 or later TT Compatible only with 24BIT.PRG used in the AUTO folder #28415 EOSLIFE1.LZH 3328 EOSLIFE version 1.1 is an Extend-O-Save """"""""""""""""""""""""""" module that runs Conway's game of Life. It fixes a bug in version 1.0, and there's documentation to let you change the speed of the simulation and change the shape of the "cells". Use latest version of QUESTER's LZH program to extract #28401 BARNYARD.LZH 31360 Match various farm animals by twos, which """""""""""""""""""""""""""" are hidden behind barnyard doors. A game of concentration, recommended for children age six and older. Requires ST low resolution, mouse. Use Quester's LHARC201 (lh5) to extract. #28393 EXPAND15.LZH 25344 This is Epxand-o-matic v1.5, a fairly """""""""""""""""""""""""""" painless archiver shell, for uncompressing only. Once you setup the program (telling it where your archivers are, where to put the files, etc.), you just tell it which files to unarchive, and it will do the rest. You can unarchive files either by drag-and-drop loading from the desktop (with NeoDesk or TOS 2.05 +), or by using a file-selector from within Expand-o-matic. It accepts wildcards, so you can unarchive that whole new directory of downloads by telling it to do *.* Use Quester's LHARC201 (lh5) to extract. #28358 F16_UTIL.ZIP 22272 F16 Falcon hard drive and single sided to """""""""""""""""""""""""""" double sided disk utilities. These programs and files I got from GEnie ST Lib. I found them to work as described in there readme files on my STE with TOS 1.06, SH205 HD and 4mb RAM. Please use the latest ZIP to decompact them. SYSOP NOTE: This is a compilation of files already available in this library. If you already have what you need, don't get this. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract #28352 SASHA.ZIP 207232 The Monochrome Mouse presents, Educational """""""""""""""""""""""""" Fun for Everyone! Mathematics with Sasha is a fully functional, free preview from this new 3 disk shareware learning package. The complete set includes six new programs. Talking Jumble, Math with Sasha, Search and Finf, Sound Search, Alphabet Monkey and Super Jumble. Many of these programs use real speach, digitized sound and animations! Check out the other previews available here online or order direct by sending $20 US ($23 Can) to David Becker, 213-1345 w 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3Y8 Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive). ** A screenshot is included in the mono TX2 version of the GEnielamp. ** #28351 SUPER.ZIP 120960 The Monochrome Mouse presents, Educational """""""""""""""""""""""""" Fun for Everyone! Super Jumble is a free, full working preview from this new shareware disk set. The complete 3 disk package contains 6 new mono learning programs. Talking Jumble, The Alphabet Monkey, Search and Find, Math with Sasha, Super Jumble and Sound Search. Many of the programs in this collection feature sampled sounds, animations and speach! Check out the other previews available here online or order direct by sending $20 US ($23 Canadian) to David Becker, 213-1345 w 4th Ave, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6H 3Y8 You will need a mono monitor and 1 meg of RAm Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive). #28350 ABC.ZIP 164352 The Monochrome Mouse presents, Educational Fun """""""""""""""""""""""" for Everyone! These 2 free, full working previews from this new shareware disk set are designed just for kids. The complete 3 disk package features 6 new mono learning programs. Talking Jumble, The Alphabet Monkey, Search & Find, Math with Sasha, Super Jumble and Sound Search. These two programs feature digitized speach! Check out the other previews available here online or order the full version direct by sending $20 US ($23 Can) to David Becker, 213-1345 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6H 3Y8 You'll need 1 Meg of RAM. Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive) #28347 BMP2.ZIP 30848 Background Music Player by Richard Karsmakers. """""""""""""""""""""""" (Author of UVK) This program has 25 built-in songs that will play thru your ST speaker as you work on other programs, etc. Requires ST resolutions. Extract with STZip 2.2 or later #28346 MDP_211.LZH 26624 Mega Depack v2.11 by Mike Watson. This """"""""""""""""""""""""""" shareware utility will 'unpack' virtually any (if not all) packed files. Works with files that have been compressed by DC Squish, BA Packer, Atomix, and many many more. Extract with Quester's LHARC ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28345 SYSINF83.ZIP 59136 This is the latest version (8.34 dated """""""""""""""""""""""""""" 2/19/93) of "Sysinfo". A neat utility that will allow you to inspect virtually everything 'inside' your computer. Displays current system status, configuration, and much more. This version is Falcon savvy. Extract with STZip 2.2 or later #28341 CALLFIX.LZH 1920 CALLFIX is v.1.0 of a "get this one!" program """""""""""""""""""""""""" by Tom Nolan (dated 7/29/92_. CALLFIX allows SOME old software to run under newer TOS versions. If you get a crash when you run an old program, CALLFIX may be for you. Just run it from the desktop or from your AUTO folder and then run your errant program - it may work again. Why? In old version of TOS, some registers were preserved across calls. Some programmers relied on this (though ATARI told them not to). Newer versions don't do this, and these programs crash. CALLFIX preserves these registers on the stack/ Color or Mono - Docs included. DOES NOT WORK ON THE TT/030 (TOS 3.06) Use latest version of QUESTER's LZH program to extract #28336 MESSAGE.LZH 3072 For Aladdin users only. This program will """""""""""""""""""""""""" reset the selected message/E-Mail file to allow you to get new ones without losing the old ones. Use latest version of QUESTER's LZH program to extract TT Compatible #28330 BSTAT245.LZH 259584 B/STAT is a shareware statistical """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" analysis and business charting program. It requires a minimum of 1 meg of memory and a double sided floppy drive. B/STAT can use GDOS but does not require it. This is version 2.45. It fixes a few bugs in 2.44 and adds a small amount of extra functionality. Extract with an LH5 (Quester) compatible version of LHARC. #28307 STKW0404.ZIP 218496 Star Trek: The Klingon War is a great """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" graphics and digitized sounds and voices game. This game has it all! A must download! System Requirements: ST, 1 Meg, Color Monitor, double sided drive or harddrive. Runs in LOW RESOLUTION. This game has been upgraded with several new features. Use STZIP22. Send comments to J.SELLERS2. Use latest STZIP to extract. #28305 STOSFIX2.LZH 18816 This program is an upgrade to the previous """""""""""""""""""" upload. It calculates the addresses that STOS programs and the STOS interpreter uses and inserts them into the table of the program. See DOC file for details. The program interface was designed with AUTOZEST and GFA BASIC and is very easy to use. Use Quester's LHARC201 (lh5) to extract. Note: Sysop unable to verify proper operation of file. #28302 BATTLSHP.ARC 88448 Shareware version of the original """""""""""""""""""""""""""" Battleship game for the Atari ST. Requires a color monitor. Play over the modem against a friend or against the computer. TT Compatible in ST Low resolution Use ARC602ST.TTP (#13310) to extract. ** A screenshot is included in the color TX2 version of the GEnielamp. ** #28301 GETFILE.ARC 4608 This simple ACC lets you select filename with """""""""""""""""""""""""" the file selector and takes the full paths/names over into a ASCII file. I use it to create print files for Ghostscript. Use ARC602ST.TTP (#13310) to extract. #28286 CONN_196.LZH 381824 Connect 1.96 term program - supports """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" multiple ports, multiple sessions, MTOS/MiNT aware, bauds to 153600, and many other features (vt52/100/102/220/ANSI emulations) Use Quester's LHARC201 (lh5) to extract. #28274 TODAY20B.ZIP 77824 TODAYS is a program to tell you what """""""""""""""""""""""""""" happened on today's date in history, and can also tell you how long it'll be until a date in history, or since! This is the full release version for new users, and includes all the files necessary to get TODAYS up and running, except for the data files. (They're available seperately as TODAYDAT.LZH here on GEnie.) This version corrects a bug in the day of week feature. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract #28273 SPBT81.LZH 155648 Super Boot V8.1 -- Lets you select which """"""""""""""""""""""""""" desk accessories, auto programs, and DESKTOP.INF file to use. Set the date, time, write verify, and more. Lets you select GEM programs to autoboot. Use function keys to select commonly used sets of files. Password protection of your hard drive. Graphic Welcome Screen & stereo digitized sound. Can also run from command line. NEW in 8.1: Fixed bug when displaying "OTHER" files in multi-page mode, fixed problem with yellow text during boot up for some systems. USE LZH 2.01L OR LATER TO EXTRACT #28270 RMRAM11H.ZIP 33152 This German software (with halting English """""""""""""""""""""""""""" docs included) is a continental version of Jim Allen's excellent RAMROMTT -- a way of dumping the TT's ROM code into fastram on bootup. Jim's program works better on my TT, but you may find this software interesting, and it may do some things that Jim's doesn't. Typical TT speedup with either program is 20 percent or more. SYSOP NOTE: The docs are almost impossible to decipher. Because of this, I could never get it to work correctly. Download at your own risk. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract #28268 F2_DEMO.LZH 99712 FLASH II DEMO - version 2.1 Thank you for """"""""""""""""""""""""""" taking an interest in our latest release of Flash II. You'll be able to test as many of Flash II's features as possible in this demo version. Naturally, many features of the program are either disabled or limited. Product support is available in the Atari RT Bulletin Board Category 8, Topic 2. Uploaded by Missionware Software. #28258 68017.LZH 28032 This little program, ported from the Amiga by """"""""""""""""""""""""" a friend, emulates many of the 68020/68030 commands on an ST with a stock 68000. No, this does not mean you can run TT programs, but it's great for programmers wishing to play with 68020 commands and to test compatibility. Just throw it in your AUTO folder. May or may not run on a TT, but then again, it would be pointless! :) Please use the latest version of Quester's LZH to extract. #28252 BORGANIZ.ZIP 37760 This is a database program that organizes """""""""""""""""""""""""""" your books, magazines and your articles. Easy to use. Just click on the white button to activate each field. Written in GFA. Note: the program does not reset the color pallette when exiting. Written by Nathan Sienicki.. Tested on TOS 2.05, ST High Resolution Use latest STZIP to extract. ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28248 IMG2CIMG.LZH 18944 A SKWare One Image Utility. Converts mono """""""""""""""""""""""""""" .IMG files into a color .IMG file (in STTT or XIMG format) of the same pixel dimensions (looks just the same) but having your choice of 2, 4, or 8 planes, thus allowing you to use all those other colors. Uses: make coloring books for young users out of ClipArt or line drawings, create comic book or comic strip style artwork with flat colors, easily create frames for cel animation, to name a few. Use LHARC vers. 2.01i or higher to de-arc. Please use the latest version of Quester's LZH to extract. #28247 MDISK694.LZH 27648 MDISK694 is M-Disk v.6.94. This is my """""""""""""""""""""""""""" favorite .ACC re-set proof RAM Disk. It give you: - a sizable removable multi-function ramdisk - a floppy disk copy program (with virus detection logic which Prevents viruses being transferred!) - It will format _and_ copy a RAM disk to a DS floppy in 120 seconds-- which is as fast as most format options, and yet retains all verify features. --a fast disk "wipe" option - a fast ramdisk load/save program - a harddisk backup/restore program - a "reverse" formatter, starting at a high track # going down to 1. MiNT and MultiTOS (KAOS, too) compatible. ST--Falcon compatible. Extensive Please use the latest version of Quester's LZH to extract. ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28245 STARSTRK.ZIP 3456 Star-Struck is a screen saver with a """"""""""""""""""""""""""" difference. Instead of just blanking your screen after 3 minutes, it smoothly fades it to black, and then fills it with a repeating burst of stars exploding from a central point. Not only that, but the stars are in colour too (assuming you have a colour monitor). Hopefully someone will do this in an EOS module! :^) Please use the latest version of ST ZIP to extract. SysOp note: Will not work on a TT. #28239 CQWKE22.LZH 68480 Captain's QWK offline reader version 2.2 """"""""""""""""""""""""""" Preferred by many users, Captain's offers many features in an easy to use package. If you call BBS's which offer the QWK offline message reading systems, and you like to read the messages and find out what new files there are on the BBS, this is the file for you. Compatible with most if not all QWK systems. Loads of features. From Germany. Shareware. Please--if you use this program--(and you will)--register it with the author. Use Quester's LHARC201 (lh5) to extract. #28236 START301.LZH 117376 Boot-Manager, use the """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" mouse,windows,dropdown menu and file selector... Please use latest version of UnLzh to extract. (LH1 archive) ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28225 GSPOOL22.ZIP 150912 GEM Spooler is - as far as Steven Van """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Rossen, Marc Billiet know - the first disk spooler for the Atari ST. While other operating systems have always used disk spooling (minis, OS/2, Macintosh, Windows 3) the ST missed this feature. With GEM Spooler this is history. ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28223 KILL202.LZH 29696 - Added two new date specifiers: Week and """""""""""""""""""""""""""" WeekEnd. - Date specs like Mon|Wed|Fri now possible. - Optimised the date parsing routines...also changed the date comparison routines to a much easier and faster bit- comparison routine. Another bit of postcardware from SunFox Productions, Ltd. in Raleigh, North Carolina. Go 'Heels! Please use the latest version of Quester's LZH to extract (LH5 archive). #28222 TPDEMO.LZH 99456 This is a demonstration version of HiSoft """""""""""""""""""""""""" TruePaint for the Atari ST,TT and Falcon. It'll run on anything with at least a Meg of RAM - but to use the TrueColor facilities you'll need a Falcon. Please use the latest version of Quester's LZH to extract (LH5 archive). ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28221 NOSEY_II.LZH 24192 NOSEY is file utility that lets you search """""""""""""""""""""""""""" for a string within files. 1 to 50 files can be searched at a time and the results can be sent to a printer or a disk file. Boolean AND, OR and NOT searches are supported. New features for version 1.5 include showing more of a file surrounding a match and support for Word Writer and other word processor files. Just the ticket for all those ZNETs, AEOs and GEnie file lists! Shareware from F10 Software Please use the latest version of Quester's LZH to extract (LH5 archive). #28210 TM_SHEET.LZH 68992 TIME SHEET is designed to quickly handle """""""""""""""""""""""""""" the daily point of sale transactions for a recording studio or other business that charges an hourly rate, time for a technician and vends a limited number of items TIME SHEET calculates transactions, keeps track of balances and inventory, prints receipts and custom forms and does a variety of reports. TIME SHEET also contains a daily calendar and a full featured address book. Please use the latest version of Questor LZH to extract this LH5 file. COLOR/MONO TESTED TOS 1.0/1.4 #28209 ROBO_BOP.LZH 59648 ROBO BOP is a graphic MIDI rhythm editor """""""""""""""""""""""""""" that works with any drum machine or synth. Programmed grids reflect their volume with different fill patterns. Features include: Randomize, 250 step sequencer, user assignment of MIDI notes and channels, MIDIfile save, tap write, cut/copy/paste, variable pattern length, MIDI sync, randomize and lots more ! New features for version 1.95 include: Record from MIDI keyboard, merge or copy instruments and a help screen. Please use the latest version of Questor LZH to extract this LH5 file. COLOR/MONO TESTED TOS 1.0/1.4 #28188 BITCAMRA.LZH 84736 A SKWare One Falcon Image Utility, but it """""""""""""""""""""""""""" runs on ALL Atari's in ALL resolutions, loads 2-color, 4-color, 16-color, 256-color and TrueColor images in the STTT color IMG format, the XIMG format, mono IMG files, and Falcon TrueColor XGA screensaves in six sizes. BITCAMERA enlarges, reduces and re-proportions images quickly and with high image quality. This is a semi-demo version (save is disabled) but it is excellent for viewing a wide range of images. (It really looks good in TrueColor, but then, everything does...) A sample 256-color XIMG file is included. Use LHARC V. 2.01i or higher to de-arc. #28187 IFF2XIMG.LZH 23936 A SKWare One Falcon Image Utility """""""""""""""""""""""""""" (Falcon030 required for display; non-displaying STe version is included). Converts Amiga 5-plane 32- color .IFF picture files to 256-color XIMG files. Use LHARC V. 2.01i or higher to de-arc. SysOp was unable to verify the proper operation of this prg. #28185 SPEC2XGA.LZH 20736 A SKWare One Falcon Image Utility """""""""""""""""""""""""""" (Falcon030 required for display; non-displaying STe version is included). Converts compressed and uncompressed Spectrum 512 files to Falcon TrueColor XGA screensave format (320x200). Use VIEW_XGA.PRG in GEnie file #28183 to view or BITCAMRA.PRG. Use LHARC V. 2.01i or later to de-arc. #28183 XGA__TGA.LZH 49024 A SKWare One Falcon Image Utility """""""""""""""""""""""""""" (Falcon030 required for display; non-displaying STe version included). Converts 384x480 TGA (Falcon slide show) images to XGA format and 384x480 XGA's to TGA format. Separate viewer programs. Use LHARC V. 2.01i or later to de-arc. #28182 XPORTIMG.LZH 32256 XPORTIMG converts STTT .IMG files to XIMG """""""""""""""""""""""""""" files, Amiga 5-plane .IFF files, TrueColor XGA files, PrismPaint .PNT files, Targa24 .TGA files, and Aldus TIFF Rev. 6.0 files (RGB and PaletteColor, Motorola and Intel). It loads only 4-plane (16-color) STTT .IMG files for these conversions. The TIFF INTEL RGB files are loadable into Calamus SL. A SEURAT and COLORSCAN utility. Use LHARC V. 2.01i or later to de- arc. Extract with Questor's LHARC201 #28181 SPOFLT21.LZH 33152 Speed of Light - a very FAST new GIF viewer """""""""""""""""""""""""""" that features graphics modes similar to Photochrome, but better. On an ST, it's got a 4096 color palette. STE's get 32768, while Falcon030's get 16 million+!! Views 87a GIFs faster than almost any other ST GIF viewer and look great too! Extract with Questor's LHARC201 ** A screenshot is included in the color TX2 version of the GEnielamp. ** #28156 DARKPERL.LZH 79360 Dark Pearl - Developed by Dave Munsie using """""""""""""""""""""""""""" the GP_GRAPHICS ENGINE. You've seen this type of game before, where you control the ball on the vertically scrolling track? Well hopefully this version will entertain you. Fast,colorful,smooth, graphics with multiple levels. Read the docs before installing it! Requires 1meg, color monitor. (Both INVADERS and DARK PEARL are compressed in the older LZH format) #28155 INVADERS.LZH 38912 INVADERS! As seen on the cover disk of the """""""""""""""""""""""""""" MARCH issus of ST REVIEW. Features fasts action graphics and ARMADA animation which results in the invaders doing some wavy,bouncy, animation! Requires at least 512k memory and a color monitor. (Joystick of course..) Marketing opportunity! Read <Category 22:Topic 14:Message 21> Please use latest version of UnLzh to extract. (LH1 archive) #28121 CACHE276.ZIP 35072 This is Master Cache V2.76 and still LAST """""""""""""""""""""""""""" program you can download. This version fixes one minor bug - stacking on the processor. Few hard disk drivers use LOTS of stack that filled up with Master Cache's stack and crash because Master Cache V2.75 or earlier do not use allocated stack correctly. This version has pre-caching,TOS buffers, read ahead cache and write delay cache. Commercial features list is in documenation file that you will get when you buy commercial version. This is password-protected DEMO program that are upgradable to FULL version by pay $15 registration fee. ZIP file is ZIP V2.2. #28112 SLKMSE31.LZH 20224 The definitive Atari mouse accelerator, """""""""""""""""""""""""""" fully enabled so you can save your defaults. Runs from AUTO folder, optionally configurable via a desk accessory or CPX (both included). Screen saver and hold-screen features are both improved over the previous version 3.0. Extract with Questor's LHARC201 #28109 GEMGS13.ZOO 65280 Latest version of GemGS, the graphical GEM """"""""""""""""""""""""""" shell for GhostScript users. This version is designed for use with GS 2.52 or later. Use GemGS 1.2 for GS 2.41. #28660 NOFRILLS.LZH 17280 No Frills label/data base program. No """""""""""""""""""""""""""" Frills is designed to get the job done as quickly and painlessly as possible. Most options are selected by a single key stroke. Although the program is Not GEM it does use the GEM File Selector to make it easier to load that file you just forgot the name of <smile>. If you have been looking for an easy to use, no messing around address label program this is it! Enjoy...... Please use the latest version of Questor LZH to extract this LH5 file. TESTED->TOS 1.0/1.4. MONO/COLOR Panasonic KX-P1124, Citizen and Star NX-1000 color. #28658 ALFRED_E.ZIP 187904 'What, me worry?' A 24,000 word (including """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" compounds) German-English dictionary bundled with instructions for use. ALFRED_E doesn't make translation painless, but it DOES make it possible. This is a whole- document translation system, not useful for translating individual words. Use the latest STZIP to extract this file. Works with GER2ENG19 and GER2ENG21. #28655 WHATIS65.LZH 20224 WhatIS version 6.5, will identify what """""""""""""""""""""""""""" type of file you have choosen. great for those lostxxxx.dat files you may get when you use DE on your partition. use latest version of Questors LZH to un LZH #28652 FLCAT_13.ZIP 34432 Version 1.3 of the File Catalog has been """""""""""""""""""""""""""" further optimized to make the program faster and smoother plus a few new features have been added. The main features are the display and editing of disk names, adding multiple file lists to a single archive file, more file maintenance commands (copy,move,etc), and 30 char file comments. FileCat is a utility that lets you track changes in disk files and do basic file maintenance. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract #28639 SPRTED13.ARC 45440 SpiritEd is a GEM-based text editor desk """""""""""""""""""""""""""" accessory. Features undo function and Atari clipboard-based edit functions. Version 1.3 is compatible with all versions of TOS including MultiTOS. This file includes complete instructions for using SpiritEd. Use ARC602ST.TTP to extract. (File #13310) #28638 ALFRED_M.ZIP 185856 MULTLANG.ACC formatted version of my """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" 24,000 word German-English translation dictionary. Note: you must have MULTLANG.ACC in order to use this file. Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive). SYSOP'S NOTE: Unable to verify operation of this file. #28634 EMDEMO10.ARC 37504 This is a free demo version of SRG """"""""""""""""""""""""""" Software's EmailMan(tm) dedicated email database, version 1.0. EmailMan(tm) is a unique database that is dedicated to keeping track of email addresses. It runs as either a program or an accessory. It also types in addresses for you complete with delimiters, start strings, and carriage returns as neccessary. Demo program/accessory, Docs, Sample files, and press release included. By Scott R. Garrigus, SRG Software. TT Compatible using 24BIT.PRG ONLY Use ARC602ST.TTP (#13310) to extract. ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28632 SPEEDO.TXT 3328 Speedo is a marvelous new typeface format """"""""""""""""""""""""" developed by Bitstream. Atari has developed the engine for using Speedo on Atari computers. COMPO Software is pleased to announce the Speedo Starter Kit, containing everything you need to add Speedo to your system. It includes SpeedoGDOS, 20 typefaces, and a variety of printer drivers. Speedo will dramatically improve the way you work and the quality of your documents. Read this text file for more information. #28613 GVIEW223.ZIP 292352 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" New Features: """"""""""""" o loads VIDAS o loads and saves TARGA o loads RSC-Files (also extended INTERFACE format, no color-icon-support) o color-icons will show in there monochrom version. o can transfer RSC to raster-files o Open a new window, when tranfering a GEM-Meta or RSC into Raster Please use the latest version of ST Zip to extract. #28612 MBROWSE.ZIP 60800 UnZip with STZip 2.1 """"""""""""""""""""""""""" * MasterBrowse has a very fast GEM user interface, with special features such as flying dialogs raster-copy redraws, and pop-up menus. Of course, all functions in MasterBrowse can be accessed through the keyboard as well as the mouse. * MasterBrowse allows you to have a virtually unlimited number of documents open at the same time, restricted only by the number of free window handles and the amount of memory available. -You can jump to a specific line, a specific page, or any #28609 PI3_SNAP.ZIP 21760 This is it for all you who want the PI3 """""""""""""""""""""""""""" Snapshot util that will work under the Falcon and MultiTOS! This Snap takes pictures on a timer so you can set up the screen with menus and the like! it even leaves the Mouse arrow intact! This Product is ShareWare and is (C) 1993 DragonWare Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED! Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive). SYSOP'S NOTE: Unable to verify operation of this file under MultiTOS. #28605 TUZZLE30.ZIP 195328 Version 3.0 fixes the bug of locking up """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" with zero scores! Tuzzle 3.0 now runs in a movable window. All samples have been converted to 12khz for Falcon compatibility and more samples have been added as well. Tuzzle will now run as an accessory or as a program by simply renaming the file. For those new to Tuzzle, it is a computerized version of the sliding tile games you played as a kid. Samples can only be heard on STE/TT/Falcon machines (with DMA sound hardware), though the game is playable on any ST. Shareware from Mountain Software. Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive). #28601 WD108.ZIP 14848 WD108 is the latest version of WHATDAY. It """"""""""""""""""""""""" returns to the calling program either batch file processor or a program, a number useful to 'key' events off of. This update adds the abilty to set the date, return the number of days since/until, and a new mode so that it can run without user's knowledge. This program is FreeWare(!) and may be used freely. Use ST-ZIP 2.0 to un-compress. #28600 XTR22A.LZH 44032 Double Click Software has decided to release """""""""""""""""""""""""" DC Xtract as SHAREWARE! The previous release 2.1v has some bugs which 2.2a has fixed. Also, I added ZIP's Inflate routine. Included in the LZH is a README, Doc file, and program. ENJOY! - Paul Please use latest version of UnLzh to extract. (LH1 archive) #28595 MEGACHCK.LZH 244608 Here it is! After 2 and a half years of """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" development, Muller Automation is proud to bring you the Ultimate upgrade to the Ultimate finance manager. This is a fully working demo (with a 30 transaction limit). MEGA-Check 2 is the preeminent finance manager offering fully automated checkbook balancing, automatic bill paying, investment analysis, accounts payables and receivables, a MULTITASKING report generator and MUCH more! Much of the manual has been put online and is included with this demo (just press the HELP key). One MB+ is required. 764K is required to extract this .LZH file, so if you only have a floppy system, it should be extracted to an extended format floppy (10sec/track). Questors LH5 file ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28594 TAPECD.LZH 68992 Tape Squeezer allows you to enter information """""""""""""""""""""""""" about your CDs, tapes or LPs. Then Tape Squeezer lets you choose songs that you have entered. Tape Squeezer keeps track of the total number of minutes you have chosen and finds an optimal fit on the tape for the songs you chose. Then, Tape Squeezer shows the randomized music selection to you. Or, if you prefer, Tape Squeezer can randomly choose the songs for you. Tape Squeezer always ensures that songs are never cut off at the end of a tape. This demo version is complete except that the SAVE feature has been disabled. Please use latest version of UnLzh to extract. (LH1 archive) #28587 MIDIMIX1.LZH 17280 This is a graphic mixer accessory which """""""""""""""""""""""""""" can be run with sequencers, etc. and allows 16 channel fader control of volume, pan, hold and any other control change parameters your midi equipment supports. It has 10 control buttons which can be reset to the parameters you use most and then the configuration can be saved to disk. MIDIMIX runs in high or med resolution. Please use the latest version of Questor LZH to extract this LH5 file. TESTED->TOS 1.4 #28586 DIGITAPE.TXT 2560 This text file announces new Falcon products """"""""""""""""""""""""""" from CodeHead Technologies -- DigiTape and DigiTape Light. Turn your Falcon 030 into an 8-track digital tape machine. This file may be read online. #28583 PAMFLITE.LZH 47104 Release 2 of Pamphlet Lite. Prints text """""""""""""""""""" files in booklet/pamphlet format. Only HP DeskJet Plus and 500 series directly supported. Other printers that can do landscape mode printing might be make to work. This is a variation of 2COLUMNS.PRG. NEW: Full GEM program, faster draft printing, bug fixes, more. FREEWARE Use latest version of QUESTER's LZH program to extract #28581 GROCRY30.ZIP 75904 The Grocery Lister is a household utility """""""""""""""""""""""""""" program that allows you to compile a list of grocery items complete with current price and total estimated cost. Version 3.0 has many new features including: default file names for auto loading when the program is started, special hot keys for quick editing, aisle numbers with assigned names for printing, taxable status for sales tax, coupon reminder, flexible printer options, ASCII import, ASCII file viewer, and optional sorting by item name or aisle number. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract #28568 UVK58DMO.ZIP 86400 Demonstration version of UVK (Ultimate """""""""""""""""""""""""""" Virus Killer). Pretty much fully functional, this will let you get a handle on just how good this utility is. This demo is from the UK distribution company, but UVK is available here in North America from Oregon Research. See Category 33 Topic 4 for more info. Extract with STZip 2.2 or later ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28565 STDCAT52.ZIP 61952 v5.2 of STDCAT, one of the best disk """""""""""""""""""""""""""" catalog utilities for the Atari ST. Try it, you'll like it. Shareware! Extract with ST Zip 2.2 or later #28556 HANGMAN.LZH 11904 This is a small accessory which will let you """"""""""""""""""""""""""" play a quick game of hangman. Great for passing the time during downloads. Over 100 puzzles included. Extract with Questor's LHARC201 #28545 STSTOK40.ARC 136320 STock Smart is an easy to use portfolio """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" tracking and technical analysis stock charting program. Any number of portfolios and stock may be updated as often as every day automatically from GEnie's free daily stock quotes as well as other data sources and printed data. With just a few minutes effort you can dial up and get daily prices on all of your charted stocks, update your portfolios to show each stock and whole portfolio current value, and plan your strategies for the future! Use ARC602ST.TTP (#13310) to extract. #28532 RAYOID.ZIP 79872 This is a great asteroids game with sampled """""""""""""""""""""""""" sounds. It is just like the megaroids game but the sound is much better. Runs in Low Res and works on ST, STE and TT. #28530 DEMO_DG.ZIP 60288 D_GRAPH is a Power Graphing tool Designed """"""""""""""""""""""""""" for the busness/Student market. D_GRAPH is so easy to use that there is no readme file! D_GRAPH DEMO (C)1993 DragonWare Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. D_GRAPH DEMO is FreeWare. Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive). ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28528 TBX_ELEC.LZH 19584 This is a library of 71 electronic symbols """""""""""""""""""""""""""" for use with tbxCAD only. Provided free of charge on the condition that if you generate any new symbols, you upload them here! Please use the latest version of Quester's LZH to extract (LH5 archive). SYSOP'S NOTE: Unable to verify operation of this file. #28524 BATTERY.ZIP 23936 This ACC keeps track of your running time on """"""""""""""""""""""""""" a charge of your STACY battery. This program is Share Ware. THIS VERSION REPLACES the older version in this RT. (C) 1993 DragonWare Software Inc. Please use file 27231 to extract (Zip Archive). SYSOP'S NOTE: Unable to verify operation of this file.. #28520 AWARI.LZH 178688 Modernized version of a three thousand year """""""""""""""""""""""""" old classic African board game - Highly addictive game play - multi level for all ages - compete against intelligent computer player or friends - tournament mode for "match" type competition - modem or null modem support for remote gaming - resettable high score table saved to disk - hard drive installable - no on disk copy protection - support for mouse, keyboard, or joysticks - for all Atari ST/STE/Mega STE/TT 030/Falcon 030 computers. Brand new game from MajicSoft, Inc.. Suggested retail price $39.95. This is the completely playable demo of "Buttonz Awari". COLOR ONLY! Please use the latest version of Questor LZH to extract this LH5 file #28519 STKR_KIT.ZIP 33408 STalker Kit includes two utilites to help """""""""""""""""""""""""""" automate your use of STalker3 from Gribnif/Strata. Includes STALKER STUFFR v1.5 which instructs STalker to run a script in the background and more. Also STALKER TOGGLE which allows you to automatically enable/disable STalker for those programs that require access to the serial port. Freeware from DO NOT STAMP Software. Extract with STZip. #28517 NOBOOT.ZIP 1408 Slip this little program early in your AUTO """"""""""""""""""""""""" folder and it will, at a keypress, bypass all other AUTO programs you have installed. Allows you to get to a "naked" system with minimal hassle. Extract with Pomey's ST Zip 2.2 or later #28516 MUSQUITO.ZIP 1792 This is an odd program. It installs itself """"""""""""""""""""""""""" and issues a two second blast of 22mhz sound every few seconds. This sound is too high for most humans to hear, but apparently the common musquito hates it. Thus they stay away from you and your computer. Perfect for Illiniois, Wisconsin, Florida, and other bug infested states. Extract with Pomey's ST Zip 2.1 or later #28515 MINE2E.ZIP 60800 This is a nicely done clone of Minesweeper. """"""""""""""""""""""""""" Use your mouse to uncover hidden bombs based on logic and luck. It's just like the windows version. Note: Requires ST High Resolution or better. Originally from Germany, this version is in English. Extract with Pomey's STZip 2.2 or later #28514 ATOMP_36.LZH 7040 Latest version of a very popular file """"""""""""""""""""""""""" packer. Compress executable, text, and RSC files to help save disk space. Extract with Quester's LHARC201 #28513 TERASECR.LZH 12544 Here's the latest in the series of "Secrets """""""""""""""""""""""""""" of ..." tips 'n' tricks guides. TeraDesk is a replacement desktop for the ST and TT, available on GEnie in the download library. It is much more powerful than the standard TOS desktop, and in some ways is superior to any other replacement desktop currently available. This guide is copyrighted freeware, uploaded by the author. Use Quester's LHARC201 (lh5) to extract. #28500 MD_ENGL.LZH 86528 MyDraw, the German shareware GemDraw clone, """"""""""""""""""""""""""" completely translated into English. It's a vector drawing program that uses and creates GEM Metafiles. Compatible with all ST, Ste and TT models; works on large screens. Mono only. Use latest version of QUESTER's LZH program to extract GDOS or equivilent required #28498 STARCALL.ZIP 282240 Shareware version of full-featured German """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" telecomm software that runs on all STs and TTs, and is able to multitask readily. Includes fax module, phone book, logging, scripting, learn mode, and much more. Uses Zmodem and Xmodem. This is completely in German. Use latest version of ST ZIP program to extract ** A screenshot is included in the color/mono TX2 versions of the GEnielamp. ** #28497 525.LZH 67072 "Five to Five" - this handy utility will convert """"""""""""""""""""""" digitized sounds between Sun SPARCStation, Macintosh, Amiga, NeXT, IBM, and Atari ST format. Great for snagging sounds off other platforms for use on your ST! Use latest version of QUESTER's LZH program to extract TT Compatible #28489 TITEDEMO.LZH 64128 This jewel of a text editor is very compact """""""""""""""""""""""""""" and can be used as an ACC or PRG. Read/writes Macintosh and ST ASCII. Super enhanced interface, docs are included. This is a DEMO version of TitEd, almost fully functional with only SAVE being disabled. This shareware will be your best bargain! Works on all ST, TT, Falcons, and all resolutions too! Fully featured with block operations, CLIPBOARD, word processor/text mode, configurable, Find Search Replace factilities, GO TO LINE jump command, Epson compatible, Wrap/reformat/tab set, cursor preferences, font size display, keyboard shortcuts and much much more! Don't miss it! Note: Extract with Quester's LHARC201 #28487 SQIIPREV.TXT 3840 This brief informative text file gives a """"""""""""""""""""""""""" glimpse at the new version of the 'executable file compression program', Squish II, soon to be released by Trace Technologies. New user interface. Faster compression speed. Improved file size reduction. More compressed file conversion routines. Recursive batch mode. Etc. You can <D>ownload this file or <L>ist and read online. #28482 7UP_ENGL.LZH 117248 7UP is a very useful German shareware text """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" editor that I've fully translated into English. Work in 7 windows, print ASCII text in the background, use GDOS if desired. GREP implimentation, excellent search/replace. Works on all ST/TT/STe computers. Moniterm compatible. Please use the latest Questor LHARC.TTP to decompress. [*][*][*] Unfortunately, sometimes files are removed from the library after we publish this magazine. In many cases, the removed file has been replaced with an updated version of that file. If you can't find one of the files listed here, there is a way to check for a newer version. Do a keyword search on the library using a word that describes the file you are looking for. Chances are, you will find a newer version of that file, or another file that meets your expectations. [EOA] [GEN]////////////////////////////// TELETALK ONLINE / ///////////////////////////////// Atari ST Magazines Update """"""""""""""""""""""""" By Frank Bell Here's some info on most German speaking mags: Atari Journal (Die Fachzeitschrift fuer Atari ST und TT) Gone and dead """"""""""""" since Jan. '93, but a few issues are still floating around. It started as a PD magazine and worked its way up to a full fledge magazine. Concerned itself mostly with software. Sorry it no longer exist. ST Computer (Die Fachzeitschrift fuer Atari ST- und TT-Anwender) Very """"""""""" well done, professional magazine. Includes much information about hard and software (projects too). Works very close with many German developers. Has a very large PD software collection, if not the largest in Europe, and special PD software collection (Sonderdisk) with exclusive distribution rights. As the magazine is owned by MAXON Computer Gmbh which also sells commercal hard and software, some reviews are a little one sided at times (but aren't we all). Highly recommended. Its been in print since the first STs. Order information: Heim Verlag -ST Abonnement- Heidelberger Landstrasse 194 6100 Darmastadt 13 Germany In Germany it cost DM80.00 per year Other countries: DM100.00 or DM130.00 for airmail Telephone: +061 51/944 77 Fax: +061 51/59 10 47 Printed 11 times a year. Germans love long summer vacations (me too). ST Magazin (Alles ueber Atari ST, TT und Falcon) Very well done, """""""""" professional magazine. Includes much information about hard and software (projects too). Has many articles concerning Atari basics (both hard and software) and courses. Works very close with many German developers. Has a very large Desktop Publishing section, sometimes as much as a fourth of the magazine. Highly recommended, some issues are pure gold. Its been in print since the first STs, heck, since the first 68000s. Order information: ST-Magazin Vertreibsservice Rheinstrasse 28 Postfach 400429 8000 Muenchen 40 Germany In Germany it cost DM77.00 per year Other countries: DM95.00 Telephone: +089/36086-352 (ask for Sabine Daehn) Fax: +089/36086-118 Printed 12 times a year. And I thought Germans loved long summer vacations. TOS (Magazin Plus Software fuer den Atari ST & TT) Normal magazine plus """ PD diskette. Anything on the diskette has been on the Computer services or networks mouths before. Some programs have been recompiled to show some TOS Magazine exclusiveness. Every few months something really nice shows up - an (amost) complete working demo of some major software package (size is set by what will fit on a diskette so no package is ever complete). Articles are generally superficial but there are exceptions. Expensive. Order information: ICP-Innovativ Computer-Presse GmbH & CO.KG Innere-Cramer-Klett-Strasse 6 8500 Nuernberg 1 Germany In Germany it cost DM76.00 per half year (6 issues) Other countries: DM94.00 per half year outside Germany DM106.00 per half year outside Europe Telephone: +0911/5325 Fax: +0911/5325-197 Printed 12 times a year. XEST (Das Arari-Magazin von Anwendern fuer Anwender) Very well done """" smaller magazine. Includes much information about hard and software. Works very close with many Austrian and German developers. Has many developers, hackers too, on its staff. Concerns itself mostly with software but hardware doesn't get shorted. Has a very large PD software collection (expensive compared to others but discounts have been known). As the magazine is also the offical Austrian software distributer for many companies so some reviews are a little one sided at times. The magazine is highly independent in other areas. Atari user support is first class (hardware test performed too). Highly recommended although expensive. Its been in print since before the first Atari XEs. Order information: XEST Hirschengasse 8 1060 Vienna Austria In Austria it cost AS540.00 per year Other countries: Unknown, but I'm sure something can be worked out. Telephone: +222/597 30 19 ask for Ingo Heil or Wolfgang Nimmerrichter. Fax: +222/597 69 49 Printed 12 times a year but an issue might be delayed a few days to include the latest Fair information. [*][*][*] I've also heard a rumor concerning a new German speaking Swiss magazine but, as of today, haven't seen it. Most German speaking magazines also have large gaming review sections, always in the back. XEST also does a good job of publishing game cheats too, complete with maps. Also because of the lack of Atari products or news or anything else interesting the magazine sometimes go off into other areas featuring information on anything concerning itself with Atari no matter how far fetched. So it not too unusal to see an article about the Next (68030 processor) or DOS (sounds like TOS) or 'OOP' programming (we have 'C' without the '++' don't we?). Press releases are a favorite too (sometimes printed word for word including all errrorrs and speeling missstakess). At times little fillers can take up whole pages and its also possible that a carton is printed twice (but not always in the same issue). In general German speaking Atari magazines contain tons of information, at times even competing with the online services. Lead times for Europeon magazines aren't months (or years) long as is the case with most American magazines --Antic was a good example-- so information is more timely and up to date. Many German developers (offical Atari developers) also love to write (and are quite good at it sometimes) so much of the 'latest and greatest' comes right from the horse's mouth. Want to know about Cookies, Mint/MultiTos (no Eric doesn't write in German - I don't think), XControl programming, GEM, Tex, keyboard controlers, DMA, THE FALCON? The guys with the offical Atari documentation and develpment units are out there writing away just hours, if not seconds, after they are allowed to. (in the case of MultiTos they use Mint as an excuse to write about Multi[backspace] [backspace] [backspace] [backspace] [backspace] Mint and that months before anybody else ever heard about either one.) (F.BELL1, CAT15, TOP12, MSG:18/M475;3) [EOA] [PDQ]////////////////////////////// PD_QUICKVIEW / ///////////////////////////////// Yours For The Asking """""""""""""""""""" By Fred H. Koch [F.KOCH] Program Name : PCPC1QUENCE Filename : PC1QUENC.LZH Library Area : 28 Program Number : 28157 File Size : 46080 Program Type : Graphic Slide Show Author : Dave Munsie Version Reviewed: Not Specified File Type : Free Ware [*][*][*] WHAT IT IS PC1QUENCE is a novice video titler and is aimed at the casual """""""""" user who would like to generate a small video slide show or maybe even record these sequences to video tape for later viewing. The program runs in low rez. WHAT IT DOES PC1QUENCE has a very simplistic user interface. By placing """""""""""" the hand pointer over various icons and clicking the left or right mouse button you can select one of the menu selections. PC1QUENCE loads selected PC1 pictures into the memory buffer and allows creation of a video sequence from the loaded pictures. After you have loaded your pictures you need to visualize ahead of time where in the sequence each picture should go. There are up to 100 sequence buffers available depending on system memory. After you decide where to put the picture you can select which type of effect to add to the picture. There are 30 different effects available for each sequence. [*][*][*] . __ (^) <^> /~ ~\ \-=======_/"\_======-/ \) PD_Q RATING "\. FOUR LAMPS ./" """"""""""" "\._ _ _./" (_____) DOCUMENTATION FAIR """"""""""""" PD_Q COMMENTS PC1QUENCE provides an easy way to build a computer video """"""""""""" display sequence. All operations are accomplished by point, click and drag mouse operations. The large variety of transition effects provides a very interesting display. Operation is a little slow when moving from display to display due to the screen fade to black each time, however this is only required when changing program modes. Actual sequence creation is fairly fast once you accomplish the sequence a few times. The transition effects are very smooth and professional looking. Pictures are displayed from memory so there is no slow down if you don't have a hard drive. The speed of display has a range which should meet most needs, as well as a loop option for continuous shows. Overall the program is very good. It has no graphic edition capabilities which keeps it small for low memory systems. Only using PC1 format limits graphic selection, but the results are very good. I only ran into one problem. I could only get the program to run on a bare system (no desk accessories or auto folder programs). If you are looking for a slide show program which uses PC1 pictures and provides a good variety of transitions, this program is for you. [EOA] [FUN]////////////////////////////// ONLINE FUN / ///////////////////////////////// Search-ME! """""""""" By Scott Garrigus [S.GARRIGUS] HI EVERYBODY! So, did you have any luck finding the Hairdressing """"""""""""" Roundtable mentioned in the April (fools) issue? No, you say? He,he,he... Sorry but I just couldn't resist. ;-) Well, I hope everyone at least had a Happy Easter. Mine was the usual going to Church in the morning and then off to the family gathering for Easter dinner. So where is all this leading too? Well, I'll tell ya... While I was having Easter dinner I was thinking about how much work good old Grandma had to go through to make all this great food and how maybe if I knew a little something about cooking, I might be able to help her out next time. (Yes, I actually AM that nice of a guy :) So guess where I decided to visit this month... oh, go ahead, take a guess... That's right! The Food and Wine Roundtable. Here, you can swap your favorite recipes, talk about kitchen equiptment, food preparation, starting a catering business, writing a cookbook, wine-tasting, beer-brewing -- anything and everything that has to do with food and wine is all here for the giving and taking! And all are welcome here... even the average Joe who knows next to nothing about cooking, etc. -- like me! <grin> They even have their own monthly newsletter called Nibbles & Bytes, which keeps you up to date on RoundTable happenings, etc. So if your feeling guilty about not being able to help out good old Grandma with Easter dinner and you want to make it up to her, or if you just want to learn how to make your own beer <smile>, you owe it to yourself to check out the Food and Wine Roundtable here on GEnie! Just type FOOD to get there. But before you go, be sure and solve this month's puzzle. It'll help you learn some of that cool Food and Wine jargon. Until next time... Keep on smilin'! Thanks Grandma! :-) >>> FOOD & WINE ROUNDTABLE <<< """""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ~ PAGE 1150 ~ U R T U T N B P H V Y T L H O R M X V Y K C A S W G M N C A Y F N G X E K F T U A H A V S Y Y I R Z U O X X R R E J P I G L V J T L U Z T M N K C U L T O P X P H I F A M N E K W U T P C Y X V X U G A G D Y F C C R Z Z F N D G W L U R G M D Q S N D X B S E T L X L Y D I O L H I C F O I R C K I Y O W R O I M M E N J W O K S W B L H J D A D R J U B J C K S X V V M U F I N M I E G F L F F E F D O O S G E X W B S D N X G A I W R Y G Q O T S Z E L G E A Z Z I P E C O O K B O O K R L I A R P E F F K L U M H E M Y S N H Y Z D S M C T C T U M N S O V M N T A B L E S P O O N A Y B A F X T U T K Q E O D M H P D R J L H S W G B Z X X Z X X M Y R O J D W P N Q B Q S K I L L E T E C I J O O G P E I K O O C D E F E E P U C M D B O R O B R S B E Y I J B R G E S V Y U E W L L K E Z X A A N L P Y J O M D Q R Z P Z W G N I L I O R B E M Q V H L J I I B R U I S Q N C O P G W F L T F T E E A L G C K B G F T N L Z F P B K K Y Z BEER BROILING CASSEROLE CATERING COOKBOOK COOKIE CUISINE CUP DESSERT FOOD GARLIC KITCHEN PIZZA POTLUCK RECIPE SIMMER SKILLET TABLESPOON TEASPOON VEGETABLES WINE [*][*][*] GIVE UP? You will find the answers in the LOG OFF column at the end of """""""" the magazine. This column was created with a program called SEARCH ME, an Atari ST program by David Becker. [EOA] [DIV]////////////////////////////// DIGITAL DIVERSIONS / ///////////////////////////////// Games People Play... """""""""""""""""""" By John Hoffman [JLHOFFMAN] o IN THE PIPELINE o TRANSARCTICA: All Aboard! >>> GAMER'S UPDATE <<< """""""""""""""""""""" Gaming Highlights This month there hasn't been any word on significant """"""""""""""""" new role playing type games. To make matters worse none of the games on my list came in. I'm really beginning to wonder what became of Legends of Valour. It came out for other platforms starting in January. I hope, that along with the other games in the queue, it is delayed due to Falcon porting. In the case of Legends of Valour I also hope they're correcting some of the flaws that players on other platforms have complained about. Arriving within the next 3 months """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" o Legends of Valour o Palladin II o Frontier - Elite II o Daemons Gate o Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom - May o Darkmere Arriving sometime in 93 """"""""""""""""""""""" o Ambermoon - July o Realms of Arkania, Vol. 1, Blades of Destiny >>> TRANSARCTICA <<< """""""""""""""""""" ALL ABOARD! This game provides a new and unusual approach to role """"""""""" playing/war game type games. In this game you are in the role of the owner of a steam train in the future when the world is going through a nuclear winter in the year 2714. Not a very cheerful portrayal of the future. Transarctica is written by Silmarils, the same guys that did Ishar. The game comes on two disks and can be installed on the hard disk. In addition to the two disks there is a manual describing the operation of the game. The manual is written in three languages, French, English and German. The documentation indicates that the game will run on Atari ST and STE systems with a minimum of 1MB or memory. Installation on a hard disk takes about 1.3 MB. Gameplay In transarctica you are in charge of directing the operation of """""""" a train. In this role you have deal with trade, war, improving your train, managing your money, visiting cities and collecting clues about Project Blind and ultimately ending the nuclear winter. No problem, all in a days work! You'll travel from city to city buying and selling trade goods. You'll also find cities that will provide clues and sell additional train cars, mammoths and slaves. As you explore, you'll find travelling merchants with rare items or information. To make things more interesting, you can buy spies to obtain remote information of a variety of types. Your spies can also sabotage tracks and bridges. Your main enemy will be the Viking Union which controls the railroad network your train travels on. To aid in this activity they have a large army. After you've traveled around a bit, you will encounter Viking Union Trains with solders and be engaged in combat. In combat you deploy your troops and control there movement and strength. The operation of your troops is conducted in real time. When they encounter an enemy unit they will fight to the death. Ultimately you want to defeat all the combat units from the enemy train and collect coal and slaves from the defeated train as your booty. You will also encounter wild Mammoth herds, Wolf packs, and Mole Men. If you have cattle cars and sufficient men you can capture Mammoths. Both Wolves and Mole Men will attack you and your soldiers will need to defeat them. After defeating the Mole Men you can collect some slaves. Both Mammoths and slaves can be sold at certain cities. Mammoths and slaves are also useful in mining coal. Of course, to keep your train moving you will need to obtain coal to burn in its coal burning engine. This coal is called Lignite. Since coal in this frigid environment is the main source of heat, it is very valuable. Thus, money is based on another type of coal called Anthracite. This can also be used in the trains engine but is much less efficient. After starting the game you will be notified that a mine has been discovered. These mines will be the main source of Lignite and an additional source of Anthracite in addition to trade. You start the game with the engine, a coal carrying car, the boudoir (Private car), General quarters car, a carrier car, and a troop car with 10 solders. Your initial objective is to conduct trade with cities and expand your train by adding additional cars. There are supposed to be up to 40 different classes of cars that you can attach to your engine. In addition, your train can be up to 100 cars in length. Believe me you'll never be impressed with HO toy train sets again! The Mechanics There a four main screens from which you control the """"""""""""" operation of your train. The first screen that you see when starting is the map screen. In this mode the bottom 1/3 of the screen is the control panel. This is used to check the status of your train's cars, view the time, check the quantity of money and fuel, see your speed, stop and reverse the trains motion and switch to other modes. The control panel on the bottom of the screen is always available. The rest of the screen displays a close up map. On this map you can see the tracks, cities, tunnels and anything else that shows up from your observation car. Of course you will also see your train with an arrow indicating it's direction of travel. This map shows the junctions where tracks come together. Clicking on the junctions will switch the tracks that the train will travel on. You can also click on cities that you see and you will be given the name, coordinates and type of city. You can also see the tunnel entrances to the underground sections of track. Clicking on other locations displayed will show the coordinates of that location. This information is handy when aiming missiles. In the control panel there is an icon that you can click on which will show you the whole map at once. In this mode the tracks are lines. The underground tracks are dashed lines. Viking Union depots are shown as skulls. Flashing red dots also represent new mines. Moving the new magnifying glass pointer to an area of the map and clicking will automatically display that area close-up. After checking out the various map views, you will want to click on the engine icon. This will display a detail graphic image of the engine compartment. In this screen there are various objects displayed that you can click on to operate the train. Most importantly there are two guys with shovels that when you click on them will begin to shovel coal into the engine. The one on the right shovels lignite and the one on the left shovels anthracite. On the left there is a stoup which lights up when you have messages from the radio room or your spies. In the back there is also a light that indicates an alarm from the observation car. Both the Stoup and Alarm sound an audio alarm when a new event occurs. By the driver there is a wheel, lever and pull cord. Clicking the wheel changes the train's direction of travel. The lever is a brake that will stop the trains motion and the pull cord sounds the whistle. The last control is a panel that accesses the engine pop up control panel. This panel allows you to control the speed of the train. It also displays the current speed, steam pressure in Pistons, temperature in the boiler, and the pressure in the boiler. The first thing to do in the engine room is click on the man to start shoveling lignite. Keep this up until the temperature is about half way to max then move the speed knob and release the break. With traditional steam engine sounds, your train will begin to move. Clicking in the control panel on the boudoir icon will bring up the graphic of the boudoir car. If you click on the guy at the desk this will display an inventory of your train. Clicking on the book on the table will allow you to save the game. Finally, clicking on the revolver will allow you to commit suicide, ending the game. In the control panel there is also a icon representing the general quarters car. This also displays a detail graphic of the car. As in the other cars you can click on various parts of the picture to activate various operations. Clicking on the large map will put you in the overall map screen discussed earlier. Clicking on the radio operator will allow you to contact your spies. You can send spies to various locations, or cause an existing spy to sabotage a track or bridge. You can also click on the guy on the right side of the car to operate line inspection cars. You can send out line inspection cars to test the track ahead of your train. The inspection car will continue until it encounters a mine, or hits something. A second option is to send out a line inspection car with a missile. This is obviously a nice way to deal with enemy trains that might be in your way. The last train icon in the control panel is the missile launcher car. This icon isn't available until you buy a missile launcher car and missiles. This selection brings up a control panel that allows you to select the direction and distance your missile will be fired. After you've made your target selection and any final adjustments you can arm and launch the missile. If your aim is close the infra-red tracking on the missile will do the rest. Bye Bye one train! The Technical Details The game didn't have any bugs that I noticed. The """"""""""""""""""""" operation was flawless. The game is completely controlled with the mouse. The graphics in the game were outstanding. The best comparison for some of the graphics was the game Ishar. Clearly there were more than 16 colors displayed. The sound used in the game was also excellent. My daughter loved listening to the train when developing a good head of steam and sounding the whistle. All the sounds are digitized sounds that are very realistic. The documentation was a bit poor compared to most european games now days. The documentation was about 22 pages of English text. It describes the basics of operation and not much else. There are only black & white pictures and these are hand drawn representations of the graphics in game play. There could also have been more graphic representations of various aspects of the game. The documentation also didn't include any sort of tutorial, tactics guidelines or helpful hints. Summary All in all, Transarctica is an ok game. I wasn't particularly """"""" thrilled about the game because it was a bit confusing and hard to understand (partly due to the poor documentation). Most of the game controls in the various screens are not clearly identified in the screens. If you didn't know that they were there you'd be clicking the pointer at random. While the graphics are beautiful I'd have preferred some outlining on the objects that are controls. I also didn't like the real time control of combat units as I prefer a more strategic war game approach. I did like the adventure aspects of the game, the variety of train cars and cities to visit. Something about this game really reminded me of Ishar, probably the graphics, sound and fonts. I also felt some of the adventure aspects were similar. In that you received tasks and things to do via hints when you visited various different places or wandering traders. If you are looking for a game that is different from many of the games out today and you like a game with adventure elements, war games and trains you'll want to consider Transarctica. [EOA] [LYX]////////////////////////////// LYNX IT / ///////////////////////////////// Sneak Preview: BattleWheels! """""""""""""""""""""""""""" By T.J. Girsch [T.GIRSCH] >>> BATTLEWHEELS <<< """""""""""""""""""" ~ For the Atari Lynx ~ IN TODAY'S HECTIC WORLD In today's hectic world, driving is a large part """"""""""""""""""""""" of just about everyone's life. Which is why it always boggled my mind that people will go out and play a game that simulates driving -- to me, that would be like playing a game that simulates doing the dishes, or mowing the lawn. There are several flaws to driving games (in my opinion), especially on systems such as the Lynx, that do not have steering wheel controllers: o You typically can't check your mirrors. Sometimes you can't even check over your shoulder. o The other cars on the road drive even worse than those you encounter in "real life." o The experience is generally nothing at all like driving. And, of course, the obvious one: o You don't get to kill anything. Several months ago, a newly forming Lynx developer called Beyond Games put out a call for reviewers and Beta testers. Not being able to pass up an opportunity to see a game before you (the reader) sees it, I sent a response. The game they wanted to send out was BattleWheels -- I had the game in my hand within two days of GEmailing my request. The game involves driving -- as you know, not my favorite type of game -- but I figured I'd give it a shot. As it turns out, however, BattleWheels is a welcome exception to the "I hate driving games" rule. Largely because you do get to kill things. But also because the implementation of the driving controls is very well done, considering what they had to work with. To be honest, I was not very impressed at first. The manual briefly mentioned an "action mode," where you could jump right in with little instruction, and get right to playing the game. So I fired up the cart, got a graphically and musically average title page, and started looking at the options. You could set your number of opponents, whether or not you had a radar, how much money you started with, what area you'd be driving in, what color your car is, etc. You could even select from a group of characters to represent your driver. Fairly impressed by the number of options, I drove a short match, very short, and won in under a minute. My initial thought was "this could get old real quick." But then I turned back to the manual, and learned about the "custom mode." In this mode you can design your own car, based on how much money you have. It is in this area that the game really shines. You can have an engine and frame with varying degrees of quality. You can put any of five different weapon types on your car: Missiles and cannons in the front, cannons and flame throwers on the sides, and missiles, mines, flame throwers and ink blots in the rear. You can also put varying amounts of armor on the different sections of your car (front, sides, rear, and underbody). Designing a car is a good portion of the fun of this game. After you've designed your rush-hour dream car, you take it out on the field and start to experiment with your new toy. Switching weapons is easy, once you get the hang of it. Just hold the option-1 button and move the joypad in the direction of the weapon you want to use. Then press the A button and the weapon you've selected is fired. You keep using that weapon until you change again (or run out of ammunition). Unlike many driving games (and even drive-and-kill games such as RoadBlasters), you don't drive on a road in BattleWheels. Instead, you find yourself in a square-shaped arena, walled-in and filled with various obstacles. There are also money bags strewn about the playing area, that you can grab if you dare (you have to get out of your car and grab the money on foot, and then get back in your car). You will be driving against anywhere from one to five opponents. Since your opponents can be anywhere around you, you can check your radar (if that option is enabled) by holding down the B button. And you can check over your shoulders by holding down B and pressing the joypad in the direction you want to look. After not too much play time, I was able to figure out that the computer drivers will drive as intelligently (or unintelligently) as you do. It's pretty easy to end a match quickly by driving head-on into an opponent, and just opening fire until one of you dies -- this is how my first game ended so quickly. If you learn to drive in reverse, and use your rear and side weapons, the game become a lot more interesting. In time, you learn that a little alarm starts to go off when your car is about to explode. At this point, you can use Option-2 to jump out of your car. You are equipped with a hand-held machine gun (with unlimited ammo) and four missiles to try and survive. You can dive out of the way of cars by hitting Option-2 again. And, if an opponent jumps out of their car to grab some dough, you can get into their car and steal it! But the most fun of this aspect of the game is when you still have your car, and an opponent doesn't -- you can plow down your pedestrian pals and watch 'em go flying (ever see Robocop?) -- it's malicious, I know, but hey, it's a blast! (Digression: Despite numerous requests from myself and other beta testers, Beyond Games chose not to put any cats on the field for us to run over. Oh, well.) But BattleWheels doesn't reach the peak of its potential until you exploit its most valuable option -- it can be ComLynxed with up to six human players participating. Knowing that a review without a ComLynx test would be only partially complete, I requested another copy of BW from Beyond Games -- they happily obliged, and I grabbed a friend to test drive a multi-player game. Several hours later, I was hooked. This is easily the best multi-player competition game since Warbirds. I can't wait until the game is released so I can play six-player (I doubt Beyond Games would have sent me four more test carts)! All in all, BattleWheels is a must-have game for anyone who likes to kill (in fun, of course). It's a very good game, even when played single-player, but it really shines in ComLynx mode. BattleWheels from Beyond Games is well worth the $39.95 purchase price (suggested retail). Summary """"""" Title: BattleWheels Mfg: Beyond Games Retail: $39.95 Stereo: No ComLynx: Yes, up to 6 GEnieLamp Rating """""""""""""""" Graphics.....B+ Sound........B- Playability..A+ Lastability..A Overall......A- [EOA] [UPD]////////////////////////////// GAMER'S UPDATE / ///////////////////////////////// Where In Space Is It? """"""""""""""""""""" By Paul Varn [P.VARN] >>> VIRGIN GAMES SHUTTLE UPDATE <<< """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" SHUTTLE SPACE FLIGHT SIMULATOR This is an update to my earlier review a """""""""""""""""""""""""""""" few months ago on the Shuttle Space Flight Simulator for the ST family of computers including the STe. It runs on floppy exclusively but requires only 512K memory or above. After a couple of months waiting and tracking down the problem, my Space Shuttle upgrade finally arrived. Pulling down the "About Shuttle" menu revealed that the version number 1.0 hasn't changed. Another bit of sameness is the cheat - hold "a" and "l" keys together for unlocking missions is still there. They told me it would be changed. I speculate that this is really a "maintenance" release and not a version. Perhaps a version change is still in the works. Is there any easy way to tell if you have the fixed version? At first load-up, no. Once you start a mission however, click on the CRT #3 screen. You should see the "Spec 50" screen display depending on where you are in a mission. The numbers "0081" should be in the upper left. If not, hold down the Alternate key, press "clear" with the mouse on the screen keypad, and enter the following on the screen keypad: "SPEC" button, "5" button, "0" button, and then "PRO" button. The drive should access and the "SPEC 50" display appear. Look for an altitude numerical display in the upper left area. If you have a blank line, it's the old buggy version. There should be some numbers displayed there always. This is the major fix in the program. The CRT can now assist in guiding instrument landings. It works best when near or over the runway. If the shuttle is too far away, the landing graphic display will be off the screen. Unlike the other flight displays, this one can show which end of the runway you are over. The part of this display not fixed is that the two circles will be removed when the display rotates to the right of the screen. I don't know why they didn't bother to fix that. I consider this a half fix. Now that there is a true altimeter always available as part of the display, you can get an accurate altitude reading at all stages of the mission. The altimeter on the commander's and pilot's panels stops being accurate above 243,000 feet. The Spec 50 used to lock out the keyboard when activated during de-orbit prior to landing stage. This as been partially fixed. Lock-out will now be for a short time and normal function will resume. I still avoid this display during de-orbit. It's not needed until landing anyway. Another half fix is the GNC IMU CRT. It now displays XYZ coordinates associated with intercepting objects in orbit. I say half because it only displays coordinates sometimes and when the screen is activated, it rotates the shuttle in an arbitrary direction and moves the shuttle away from the object you are trying to intercept. This is an old bug that hasn't been addressed. As far as I'm concerned, useless. The space station assembly mission is still broken. The crew quarters can be assembled to the solar panel, but the solar panel will disappear as soon as assembled. Again, an old bug left laying around. The landing area now has a green border around it (same as the PC version) to make it easier to find at night. Another fix is the solidifying of the code. I've not had problems with bombs and crashes as before. The disk changes have been properly identified with dialogs to prevent confusion. A welcome addition. I've prepared a help file in the GEnie Information Service Atari ST library that will provide a tutorial for landing the Space Shuttle. You will find it by doing a search using the keywords "space shuttle". I now consider this program a solid investment and highly recommend it. The stunning graphics and detail will be more enjoyable now that the crashes are gone and most missions can be fulfilled as intended. If you need an update, contact Virgin Games at the address on the manual, or call the number below for the ST version: Virgin Games Ltd. London, England 1-011-44-081-960-2255 >>> SHUTTLE SPACE FLIGHT SIMULATOR HELP <<< """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ~ Landing and de-orbit tutorial ~ I've included a tutorial here using the corrected version of the game where the Spec 50 CRT screen now works better. There are four segments to interpret on the Spec 50 display. 1) Triangle. This is the shuttle's position in relation to the runway and always remains at the bottom center. 2) Large circle (Glide Down circle). Ideal position for beginning landing approach. The goal is for the shuttle triangle to stay inside this circle while turning and descending until final approach parameters are obtained. Also useful to identify which end of the runway to start your approach. 3) Small circle. Touch down point (roughly 1/3 in from start of runway.) Your approach should start near the large circle and touch down before or on the small circle. Mainly useful for early high altitude stage just after re-entry, to confirm your approach direction and orientation of the runway. Touch down beyond this point may not provide enough time to stop. 4) Thin line. TAEM alignment cylinder. This stretches between large and small circle. Final approach should start with point of shuttle triangle touching near end, close to 10,000 feet altitude, 340 knots speed. Touchdown should occur at or before far end of line. Objects 2,3,and 4 rotate around the screen. LANDING DIRECTIONS The directions provided to PC users of Shuttle from """""""""""""""""" Virgin Games US is the simplest and will land you in a few minutes quick and easy. As soon as you get the message confirming re-entry complete, make a right turn to 70 degrees and zero pitch. The Spec 50 and the HSI can assist you to obtain this. Your decent rate will be very high and events will happen fairly quickly. Maintain level wings. A quick look at the external view will confirm you are heading in the general direction of the landing area to pass slightly south of it. If you are landing at Canaveral, approach may begin North of it when simulation start is set to landing practice. When you get near the landing area, the figures 2,3,and 4 mentioned above will slide down the left side ( or right ) of the Spec 50 from top to bottom. As soon as the complete display is on the screen and nearly even with the shuttle symbol, turn the shuttle left to aim for the Glide Down Circle (figure 2). If your approach is from the north, you may just enter a circle here if you are now near the alignment cylinder. Make note the glide circle's position in relation to the cylinder line. The circle may disappear as you get close. If this happens, just enter the area where it was and circle several times in a tight turn until your altitude is between 25 and 35 thousand feet. Pull out of the turn pointing straight at the runway with the center of the HUD aimed at the near end of the runway. The idea behind the glide-down circle being offset is that with proper timing, you are able to exit aligned to the runway from the opposite side you entered, and have to make very little course adjustment. With that in mind, I enter it from the south beginning my turn on the outside opposite the alignment cylinder and turn left 40 degrees, maintaining until altitude is correct. Speed is not important at high altitude. You can deploy data probes any time you like if you want to use them. I don't start breaking until I get below 70,000 feet. EAS knots indicator doesn't show true speed until altitude is below 65,000 feet. Adjust speedbreak ( + and - keys ) so you will not be over 340 knots when you reach the start of the cylinder line. Use HSI and yaw keys ( , . ) to correct your alignment. Keep in mind that the HSI will direct you slightly left of the runway when you are very close. Within 10,000 feet, it's best to do final adjustments visually. When arriving out of re-entry where the altitude will be over 200,000 rather than 140,000 you get during landing practice, fly toward runway with slight up pitch to provide lots of flight time (I use 10 degrees to start.) When the glide circle is even with the shuttle symbol on the spec 50 to the left, fly toward right or outside of the large circle. Now the idea is to loose lots of altitude and stay in a favorable position for final. I make a tight symmetrical turn inside the circle and adjust pitch to lose altitude at the rate I wish. Between 25 and 35,000 feet, leave the circle and head straight south with the runway ahead. A 10 degree down pitch is typical here. Keep speed close to 340 knots. The goal now is to position for a straight on approach. The HSI has more resolution and accuracy for this and it's easy to move between the HUD and Commander's panel by pressing F1 and F2. The shuttle is in the best position for final approach when there is a long yellow line directly through the aircraft symbol in the HSI, and intersects with a small yellow line drawn directly underneath the "S" (south) compass marker. If the long lellow line is to the right of the aircraft symbol, you are right of the runway. This works the same if you are flying in any other direction. The HSI will not tell you if you are North or South of the runway, only your present heading, whether you are East or West of the runway, have proper horizontal angle, and what direction you need to fly to intercept once you are North of it with margin to maneuver. Think of the small yellow underline as the direction to the runway under proper approach conditions, the long yellow line as the desired glidepath during approach, the rotating compass letters as your current heading (at the top,) and center aircraft symbol as your current position in relation to the glidepath. Like the Spec 50 shuttle symbol, the HSI Shuttle symbol will remain frozen in the center. Again, when everything is correct, the compass "S" will be at the top and slightly to the left, with a small green underline beneath it, and a long green line drawn through the center aircraft symbol directly between the S and N. The HSI does not indicate descent rate. I've often wished there was a descent rate indicator somewhere in the simulator. The lack of one makes for very seat-of-the-pants flying. Proper altitude at any point has to be judged visually and will take some practice. There ARE two in the simulation. One on the HSI which isn't functional, and one on the HUD that moves with no meaning. Too bad. Another glance at the "Spec 50" CRT will confirm your heading is something near 171 degrees. As the point of the shuttle triangle touches the near end of the cylinder line, speed should be near 340 knots and 10 to 12,000 feet altitude. Ideal position for first pre-flair is at 2,000 feet, and point of shuttle triangle is near end of cylinder line on the CRT. If over 340 knots in speed, use this flair with speedbreak to reduce to 330 knots. Looking out the HUD, center of the display should line up perfectly with the end of the runway. This close, the HSI will show you slightly to one side. Pitch up until the small arrows at the bottom of the HUD are even with the horizon, continue to correct alignment with the field, and hold until the speed drops close to 330 knots. Arm landing gear. Proper keypress (not explained correctly in the manual) is hold Control and hold "G". When menu prompt appears, continue holding Control and press "A". If you let go and press "A", the gear WILL arm, but you'll have to press the "F" key to inform the program you are still using FORWARD flight controls (ALT-A is interpreted by the keyboard parser as Arm Landing Gear and Aft Controls although the Forward controls remain in effect.) Should you start another mission without dumping the program, the shuttle WILL BE IN AFT CONTROL MODE although you don't remember doing that. Point the nose down at the runway and adjust break to keep speed over 300 knots and under 350. Typically, I remove break at this point. At 1,000 feet, perform final flare same as above and lower landing gear Stall is around 190 knots. Use yaw buttons for fine alignment adjustments. The AVVI "Alt Rate" should show 10 ft/second or less during last 200 feet. Too much pitch at any speed here will produce a stall crash. Adjust break and pitch if necessary. On touchdown, apply full break. Yaw can still be used to keep centered on the runway. The "W" key for applying wheelbreaks is mentioned in the Mission Guide page 10 and nowhere else. I get the impression breaking happens faster while held down, but have not been able to confirm that. RE-ENTRY DIRECTIONS Re-entry begins when you get the message that the """"""""""""""""""" de-orbit burn is complete and the shuttle has automatically turned 180 degrees to place the nose in the direction of travel. I pause the program here and adjust the external view behind and above the shuttle looking in the direction of travel and rotate so the curvature of the earth and the shuttle is as close to parallel with the bottom of the screen as possible. I use this as a reference if I get confused or I need reassurance during erroneous instrument displays. I also press the ATT REF on the commander's console to log my present orientation for future reference. The re-entry error margin has been increased so that proper pitch will not result in burn-up. Correct the pitch using the ADI in LVLH mode (ADI Attitude switch.) Use pitch controls to obtain a display where the bottom of the small dip in the white center line fixed across the center of the display, is above the black horizon ( earth ) half way between the first and second row of horizontal dots in the white area. Each row of dots represents 22.5 degrees pitch. This will provide a pitch around 30 - 32 degrees. Required range is between 28 and 38. Proper pitch is checked at two places during this sequence. At 425,000 feet (70 on the AVVI altitude indicator) where you will get the message that you have entered re-entry interface, and at 207,000 feet (207 on the AVVI) where you will get the message that re-entry is complete and you start the landing approach to the runway. You can have a lot of error at most times as long as you are able to correct close to the crucial times. Do not use the Spec 50 display during this phase as it will temporarily disable rotational controls. Severe roll error will make the display hard to interpret. I find it very useful to set all the Orbital DAP *ROTATION* controls to *PULSE* and RCS JETS to VERN. This will provide fine control where it would take 4 to 8 key presses to start motion from a still orientation rather than 1 or 2 as would happen in NORM mode. I can counter a number of key presses with equal numbers of opposite presses to maintain accurate control. Math errors will cause the ADI to jump suddenly at times although the shuttle hasn't changed much. Don't react to these, just give the ADI time to settle into the proper indication (about 10 to 30 seconds.) Use the time before heat interface (occurs at 425,000 feet, 70 on the AVVI) to perfect attitude. You have lots of time, but avoid time skips of more than a minute because large errors can occur and leave you with too little time to make the delicate corrections. At 207,000 feet, interface will end and landing begin. The sky will have brightened and the AVVI Altitude indicator having slowly decreased toward a reading of 40 will suddenly jump to 243 (now reading accurately) and quickly down to 207 and below. If you have been struggling to get level wings and proper pitch, you have less than a minute left. Further fine tuning can be achieved for pilots demanding perfection by placing the commander's ADI Attitude switch to REF. The error needles on the top, side, and bottom of the ADI will now move to display directional motion since the ATT REF button was pressed. Press this button as many times as needed to keep the indicators within the error rate you have selected with the ADI RATE switches. You can now see motion that would not show up on the ADI until there was cumulative error. Zero motion is impossible, but you can reach a point where very little correction is necessary. Switch ADI Attitude back to LVLH and make a couple key presses when large error shows up. Avoid over-compensation. Press a rotational fire control a few times and wait until you see a motion update on the display to judge the effect of your control. This may take 10 seconds to a minute. Keep track of the number of times you have pressed the control so you can compensate with the proper number to correct. Never correct more than one rotation axis at a time. When the axis you are working on has stabilized so substantial errors stop occuring for up to 30 seconds or more, switch to another axis and perfect that before moving on. You will find that corrections of yaw are rarely needed or will need only one small correction the whole flight just to stop an initial drift. Never activate the TRANSLATION controls during this time. Use the CURSOR keys for pitch and roll NOT the joystick. Thrust or speedbreak controls are not needed. This should help budding pilots with re-entry and landings. Make sure you save your position to disk just after closing the doors in preparation for de-orbit. GENERAL TIPS During game set-up, set the time advance to 10 minutes and """""""""""" 1 minute display rate. Most events are nearly 10 minutes or less apart. 1 minute updates on the screen will let you see relatively frequent scene changes without slowing the program too much. Just press "T" to activate. If you are paused, press pause to begin advance. At any time, you can interrupt advance by holding down "T" again. This "feature" is not documented. Time Skip may be hard to understand because it changes based on the mission timer. Set the "Advance to" number to where you want the simulation to stop based on the mission clock. On the launch pad at T -5 hours, you might want to set it to 4 minutes with the minus circle selected. All mission events will be performed automatically, and if you selected "P" for pause at end of skip, mission time will be paused there ready for you to resume and complete manually. I go eat lunch, watch a TV show or something come back at any time and it's ready to go. The mission timer restarts at several times during a mission. 1) Launch - Resets to zero and counts up as plus time instead of minus. 2) Mission comms - Reset to zero and counts up or down as plus time depending on mission. 3) Landing comms - Reset to zero and counts up as plus time until re-entry is complete. 4) Landing phase - Interface has ended and shuttle is near runway at high altitude preparing for final approach. Counts up as plus time. All orbit preparations end by + 56 minutes. These are important to remember as you try to set the timer. Use Mission guide to help you find times near where you want to be actively involved. You can also interrupt Skip by holding down the "T" key. Again, not documented. Problem Checklist """"""""""""""""" No Radar Altimeter - You will find the switches to turn them on to the right of the TACAN 1,2,3 switches on the overhead [08]. Will not work above 10,000 feet. Takes too long for de-orbit burn. To get an idea when it's coming up, select the external view and rotate so you are looking straight down at the Earth. Use the zoom out "-" key and hold it down until you can see nearly the whole earth and the zoom stops. If you can recognize the land forms, watch for the shuttle to pass across the Suez canal, tip of India, and across Indian ocean. You will pass across the bottom of Australia. Close to the middle, de-orbit burn will begin. From there, you will swing north across Solomons and Hawaii, to pass over the US west coast as the sky brightens. This is a fun way to time skip and sight see. Because the shuttle is always slowly rotating during orbit, you'll have to hold down the keypad "0" or "." keys to rotate the view to a useful setting. Although the manual states that help levels cannot be decreased to a lower level once play has begun, I've found this not true. You can set them up and down at will. I like to use the Veteran or Full Manual settings when I don't want the screens to to jump around. There is a feature in the Control-P menu to change the distance the screen jumps when scrolling through connected screens. Change this only once. Changing back again will crash the program. To scroll through all the CRT screens on the rear CRT #4, use the keypad + and - keys. [EOA] [ADD]////////////////////////////// ADD ALADDIN! / ///////////////////////////////// Cut & Paste Scripts For Aladdin """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Aladdin script by Jim Lubin [JIM.LUBIN] TURBO-ALADDIN! One complaint that I have received over and over """""""""""""" again from GEnieLamp readers was about getting GEnieLamp via the slow, error-prone method of listing/capturing the magazine. Well, we have come up with a solution that I think you'll love. Now, instead of capturing the issue, you can download the Lamp just like you would any other file found here on GEnie. But we didn't stop there. Jim Lubin has come up with a new Get_The_Lamp script that will download one or more of the GEnieLamp issues off of page 515. Simple! What Does It Do? When executed from within Aladdin, the Get_The_Lamp """""""""""""""" script will log on to GEnie, go to page 515 and download the issue(s) automatically. After doing so, the script will then either 1) Log off (depending on your "Stay" status in Aladdin) or move to a GEnie*Basic page. The Get_The_Lamp script has an option which will allow you to get the magazine(s) at a preset time. You also have the option of doing an autopass 1 or autopass 2 if you like. Sound good? Just "cut out" the script below and follow the installation procedures found at the end of this article. Any problems, comments or whatever, send GE Mail to GENIELAMP or JIM.LUBIN. ~ cut here ~ Script # Get_The_Lamp! Echo off ;Get_The_Lamp V.2.0 ;By Jim Lubin [JIM.LUBIN] - 5/12/93 ;Set string 9 to [drive:][path\] ;Example: setstring 9 "c:\aladdin\text\" ;path *MUST* end with a backslash "\" or "" for current directory SETSTRING 9 "" <===[R] default directory to save files clear note "" note " GEnieLamp - Computing on GEnie Newsletter" note "" note " <1> [*]GEnieLamp IBM Magazine " note " <2> [*]GEnieLamp Atari Magazine " note " <3> [*]GEnieLamp Mac Magazine " note " <4> [*]GEnieLamp MacPRO Magazine " note " <5> [*]GEnieLamp Apple II Magazine" note " <6> [*]GEnieLamp A2Pro Magazine " note "" note "Select 1 or more:" getstring 0 if string 0 is "" goto end endif :get_pass Note "" Note "Perform Auto-pass 1 or 2 after capture?" note "(press <RETURN> to skip Auto-pass)" Getkey 4 If string 4 is "1" Goto get_time Endif If string 4 is "2" Goto get_time Endif If string 4 is "^M" Goto get_time Endif Goto get_pass :get_time Note "" Note "Enter Time To Begin (24-hour format HH:MM)" Note "HH:MM (or <RETURN> to begin now)" Getstring 1 if string 1 is "" else note "" note "Waiting Until %1 To Begin Capture of %0" if string 4 is "^M" else note "and perform Auto-pass %4" endif note " (or press any key to begin now)" waituntil %1 endif commandmode on log on if string 0 has <1> setstring 2 "2" call capture endif if string 0 has <2> setstring 2 "3" call capture endif if string 0 has <3> setstring 2 "4" call capture endif if string 0 has <4> setstring 2 "5" call capture endif if string 0 has <5> setstring 2 "6" call capture endif if string 0 has <6> setstring 2 "7" call capture endif if string 4 is "^M" log off else perform %4 endif goto end :capture if currentlinehas "P 515?" sendcommand "%2" else sendcommand "M515;%2" endif if currentlinehas "P" else sendcommand "D" sendline "4" waitfor "file." zmodem download "%9" waitforprompt endif return :end if online sendcommand "M1" endif Endscript ~ cut here ~ >>> HOW TO ADD THIS SCRIPT TO ALADDIN <<< """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Installing The Script First of all, you will need to separate this """"""""""""""""""""" script from the magazine. To do this, just load this magazine into any word processor or text editor, and cut or block this script file out to it's own separate file and save it as LAMP02.SCR. (Our thanks to Ed Perrone, Sysop, Astrology RT for these quicky instructions.) Aladdin IBM Before you can use this script, you must add it to Aladdin. """"""""""" You only need to do this once, and then the script will be available every time you run Aladdin. Use the following procedure: 1. Copy LAMP02.SCR into the Aladdin directory on your computer. 2. Start Aladdin. 3. At Aladdin's Main Menu, on the bottom right-hand side of the screen, you'll see a listing of scripts already contained in Aladdin. The scripts will be numbered from 3 through 9. 4. Select a script number into which you will load this script. If you have empty slots in the script listing, use one of them. If all the slots already contain scripts, you'll have to delete one of them before you can add this one. (If you have version 1.0 of this script, delete it and replace it with this new version.) 5. Jot down the script number you've selected so you don't forget it. 6. Press F7 to enter Aladdin's script editor. The listing of scripts will now be on the upper right of your screen. 7. If you need to delete an existing script to make room for this one, press D. Then press the number of the script you wish to delete. Aladdin will delete the script. (If you don't need to delete an existing script, then skip this step.) 8. To add the new script to Aladdin, press A. Aladdin will place you into the script editing window and display a "skeleton" new script. 9. Press CTRL-Y several times to delete all the text that's displayed in the editing window. 10. Press CTRL-K (Aladdin will beep), then press R. A dialog box will open requesting a file name. Type LAMP02.SCR, then press <ENTER>. Aladdin will read the script file into the editor. 11. Press CTRL-PgUp to move to the beginning of the script. 12. The first line of the script will read, "Script # Get_The_Lamp!" Replace the "#" with the script number you'll be using (the number you jotted down in step 5). THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT! 13. Now press <ESC> to save the script. When Aladdin finishes saving the script, you'll be back at the script editor menu. Press <ESC> again to return to the Aladdin's Main Menu. The new script should now be listed in your list of Aladdin scripts -- and it's ready to run! AMI/ST ALADDIN """""""""""""" o Under the "File" menu, click on the "Edit User Script" option. This will load in your current script file. o Position the cursor at the end of your script file. Now, using the "Paste File" option under "Edit" add the new script file. o Change the # in the line SCRIPT # to reflect the script number you've previously noted. For example, if you have already installed 3 files, the line would like like this: Script 6 Get_The_Lamp o ESC to save /////////////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE //// / "[Aladdin] allows me to participate in this message base, where / / I would not be able to afford it if I had to do my typing online, / / and gives me time to spend downloading the files I want." / ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// NTACTONE //// [EOA] [LOG]////////////////////////////// LOG OFF / ///////////////////////////////// GEnieLamp Information """"""""""""""""""""" o COMMENTS: Contacting GEnieLamp o GEnieLamp STAFF: Who Are We? o SEARCH-ME! Answers GEnieLamp Information GEnieLamp is published on the 1st and the 15 of """"""""""""""""""""" every month on GEnie on page 515. 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