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- Z*NET: ATARI ONLINE MAGAZINE Copyright (c)1993, Syndicate Publishing
- Volume 8, Number 4 Issue #488 January 23, 1993 File:93-04
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- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Publisher/Editor..........................................Ron Kovacs
- Writer............................................Michael R. Burkley
- Contributing Editor........................................Ed Krimen
- AtariNet Coordinator\Telecommunications...................Bill Scull
- Contributing Editor...................................Dr. Paul Keith
- Z*Net News International Gateway - New Zealand............Jon Clarke
- Z*Net News Service\AtariUser Magazine-Publisher\Editor.....John Nagy
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- GEnie..............Z-NET CompuServe....75300,1642 Delphi.........ZNET
- Internet...status.gen.nz America Online..ZNET1991 AtariNet..51:1/13.0
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- CONTENTS
-
- {*} The Editors Desk...........................Ron Kovacs
- {*} Z*Net Newswire.......................................
- {*} Calligrapher 3 From Codehead............Press Release
- {*} New Explorer Issue Released...............Anouncement
- {*} AtariNet Update............................Bill Scull
- {*} Perusing GEnie..............................Ed Krimen
- {*} Connect High Density Drive To The ST.................
- {*} Z*Net\AEO FNET Support Bulletin Boards...............
- {*} The Unabashed Atariophile.............Michael Burkley
- {*} Calamus Comparison...................................
-
-
-
- ###### THE EDITORS DESK
- ###### By Ron Kovacs
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- There was plenty going on all over this week! A new President took
- office, Atari attended the NAMM show with great success, and the Z*Net
- BBS crashed!
-
- First let's start with the NAMM event. We do not have a full report
- prepared for this edition, but one is nearly complete and not ready
- until next week. John Nagy attended and is working on it!
-
- However, in a discussion shortly before press with Nagy, he told me that
- Atari received thousands of orders for Falcons at NAMM, faces from the
- music industry like Thomas Dolby, Jon Anderson and a few others attended
- and the overall feeling of a great show was apparent. As stated
- earlier, look for a full report on NAMM next week.
-
- Also this week, President Clinton took office with hopes of change for
- our country, something I was personally pleased about. It feels nice
- having a change after 12 years!
-
- Lastly, if you are a regular caller to the Z*Net BBS, you may have
- noticed the never ending busy signal. We did have a crash this week,
- and went to back-ups. If you haven't been up to date on your own
- backups, please do so today! I had them, never thought I would use
- them, and found them to be useful when needed!
-
- As always, thanks for downloading Z*Net! If you have comments, please
- send them along!
-
-
-
- ###### Z*NET NEWSWIRE
- ###### Industry Update
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- RICHARD MILLER STEPS DOWN
- Richard W. Miller announced this week that he was stepping down as
- chairman and chief executive officer of Wang Laboratories in order to
- facilitate the company's business plan and organization structure for
- emergence from Chapter 11 protection. The board of directors named the
- three top executives of the company to lead Wang in a newly established
- corporate executive office. The corporate executive office consists of
- Michael F. Mee, chairman and chief financial officer; Donald P. Casey,
- president and chief development officer; and Joseph M. Tucci, president
- and chief executive officer. All three were executive vice presidents
- reporting to Miller. Miller said, "I proposed stepping down because
- Wang is preparing to emerge from Chapter 11 proceedings as a much
- smaller company. It needs to finalize a smaller and less costly
- management structure that will lead the company into the future. I am
- comfortable about stepping aside now because the company's business
- planning process is well advanced and management and the creditors'
- committee are working on a joint plan of reorganization designed to lead
- to the company's timely emergency from Chapter 11."
-
-
- ZIFFNET TO HOST AUTHORS
- Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews, authors of GATES: How Microsoft's Mogul
- Reinvented an Industry -- and Made Himself the Richest Man in America,
- the independent new biography about Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, will
- be on ZiffNet January 25-29 to answer members' questions and share
- opinions about their book and famous subject. ZiffNet is an online
- community of more than 125,000 members with a common interest in
- personal computers. New users who wish to access ZiffNet directly can
- call (800) 666-0330 for directions on how to log on and use the service.
- New users interested in joining CompuServe may call (800) 848-8199 for
- more information.
-
-
- IBM LOSES RECORD $5.46 BILLION
- IBM reported a record $5.46 billion loss for the fourth quarter and a
- loss of $4.97 billion for the year. The world's largest computer maker
- said 1992 marked the second straight losing year for its businesses.
- IBM lost $2.86 billion in 1991 - the first loss ever for the company.
- But if not for a $1.9 billion one-time gain resulting from adoption of a
- new tax accounting standard, IBM's 1992 loss would have been a mammoth
- $6.87 billion. While the vast majority of the red ink represented costs
- associated with massive staff reductions and corporate downsizing, the
- results for the 1992 fourth quarter included a $45 million operating
- loss - the first quarterly operating loss in IBM's 79-year history. IBM
- reduced its payroll by more than 40,000 employees in 1992. Since 1986,
- the computer maker has slashed its work force by more than 100,000.
- Revenues for the quarter totaled $19.56 billion, down 11% compared with
- $21.97 billion for the fourth quarter of 1991.
-
-
- PC SOFTWARE TOPS $7 BILLION IN 1992
- Dataquest announced its preliminary 1992 worldwide application and
- operating system market share survey results. According to the survey,
- the industry grew by 30 percent in 1992 and surpassed the $7 billion
- mark in factory revenue for the first time.
-
- PRELIMINARY 1992 WORLDWIDE APPLICATION AND OPERATING SYSTEM MARKET SHARE
- ESTIMATES (Millions of Dollars)
-
- 1991 Revenue 1992 Revenue
- MARKET
-
- DOS 4,347.1 3,756.7
- Windows Applications 848.6 2,873.5
- Macintosh 607.8 932.2
- OS/2 67.9 72.1
- Industry Total 5,871.4 7,634.5
-
- PRELIMINARY 1992 WORLDWIDE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FACTORY REVENUE
- ESTIMATES (Millions of Dollars)
-
- 1991 Revenue 1992 Revenue
- VENDOR
-
- Microsoft Corp. 1,693.2 $3,378.9
- Lotus Development Corp. 776.9 894.7
- WordPerfect Corp. 451.6 643.7
- Borland International 471.1 493.9
- Symantec 123.5 206.8
- Others 2,355.1 2016.5
- INDUSTRY TOTAL 5,871.4 7,634.5
-
- The top five vendors in 1992 controlled nearly 74 percent of the
- revenue, up from 60 percent in 1991.
-
-
-
- ###### CALLIGRAPHER 3
- ###### Press Release from Codehead Technologies
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Calligrapher 3
-
- The Next Generation Of The Ultimate Writing Machine
-
- LOS ANGELES - CodeHead Technologies and Working Title US are proud to
- announce the release of Calligrapher 3! If you're already familiar with
- Calligrapher, you know it's a powerful, intuitive, graphics-based word
- processor. Now, Calligrapher 3 adds terrific new features, streamlines
- the installation procedure, is compatible with the Falcon030 and
- MultiTOS, and no longer uses GDOS!
-
- This document describes the enhancements and changes in Calligrapher 3,
- as well as the procedure for upgrading to version 3. If you are
- unfamiliar with Calligrapher and its features, you can obtain an
- excellent overview by trying out the Calligrapher 3 demo package,
- available by calling CodeHead Technologies (213) 386-5735, or by
- downloading the demo from any of the popular online networks.
-
- Enhancements
- ------------
-
- o GDOS (G+Callig) and Line_Arc have been built into Calligrapher itself,
- so there is no longer any special startup disk and nothing is required
- in the AUTO folder. This makes it much more compatible with other GDOS
- programs since there is no overlap, and also makes installation and
- setup MUCH easier and less trouble-prone.
-
- o If you have a hard disk and 2Mb, Calligrapher displays vector fonts on
- screen. The new edition caches screen fonts more intelligently,
- speeding up the opening of documents and moving through documents that
- contain vector fonts.
-
- o Supports Esc-P2 printers (Epson Dot Matrix printers that support
- 360dpi compressed mode).
-
- o Allows you to reduce the amount of memory taken by Calligrapher to
- make it compatible with multitasking operating systems such as MultiGem
- and MultiTOS.
-
- o A new easy-to-use fast install program supporting 1.44Mb disk drives
- and the new features of Calligrapher. This program uses a GEM dialog
- box and is more intelligent; it reads in as many files as will fit in
- memory and then writes them to the hard drive, and requires a minimal
- amount of disk swapping.
-
- o Templates - documents with the extension CAT, are treated as base
- documents. (Similar to 'stationery' documents on the Macintosh.)
- Calligrapher will prompt you to rename them when they are saved. Also
- there is a default template that is loaded when Calligrapher is first
- started. This allows you, for example, to save the ruler settings for
- your default ruler.
-
- o The FlexText module now allows you to USE ANY URW typeface, not just
- the included ones.
-
- o On a TT, Calligrapher now moves its code into TT RAM to run 30%
- faster.
-
- o Import/export of Rich Text Format (RTF) files has been added to the
- import module. These files allow you to keep the style and fonts within
- a document, together with any footnotes, when you transfer to other
- programs that support RTF.
-
- o The integral symbol and brackets in Calligrapher's mathematical
- formulae have been improved.
-
- o There are new commands in formulae to cover set symbols, and things
- such as products. Equivalents have been added in the interactive
- formula editor.
-
- o When you adjust markers on the ruler (margins, tabs, etc.), a vertical
- line is drawn to help you gauge positions.
-
- o Mark a section and increase or decrease all font sizes proportionally
- (by the proportion 9/10ths or 10/9ths).
-
- o Keyboard shortcuts have been added to the interactive formula editor.
-
- o A new program allows you to change Calligrapher's internal setup.
- This allows adjustments to its memory, printer and other internal
- details.
-
- o The supplementary language disks have been improved. Spanish includes
- a Catalan dictionary and a Spanish thesaurus. German has a German
- dictionary and thesaurus. Italian has a Catalan dictionary.
-
- o A triple click on a paragraph selects the whole paragraph.
-
- o When running under a multitasking operating system, the disk-based
- clipboard is switched on, allowing you to cut and paste text dynamically
- between applications.
-
- o Two printers are supported at the same time, allowing you to switch
- between them at print time.
-
- o A separation line has been added between footnotes and the body of
- text.
-
- o Calligrapher 3 remembers the pathname when inserting multiple graphics
- into a document.
-
- o There is a driver for the Ricoh 1200 laser printer at 400dpi.
-
- System Requirements
- -------------------
- o Calligrapher 3 Professional requires 1 Mb of RAM and a floppy disk.
- Calligrapher 3 Gold requires 1 Mb and a hard disk. Version 3 requires
- more memory than version 2, so if your documents are at the limit of
- memory with version 2, you will be over the limit with version 3.
-
- New Fonts
- ---------
- o There are 20 new URW typefaces available, number 67 through 86.
-
- o These new fonts will only work with version 3 of Calligrapher.
-
- o Previously purchased font disks can be re-installed to work with
- Calligrapher 3 by using a new install program included with the upgrade.
-
- o Font charts files will be uploaded to the online services, allowing
- you to print out sample displays of the new fonts on your own printer.
-
- o The new fonts are as follows:
-
- 67 Goudy 72 Stencil 77 T-bird Cond. 82 Olde Towne No 536
- 68 Grotesque No.9 73 Stop 78 Latin Wide 83 News Gothic
- 69 Hobo 74 Serpentine 79 Murray Hill 84 Raleigh
- 70 Nevison Casual 75 Thorowgood 80 Park Avenue 85 Romana Demi Bold
- 71 Playbill 76 Thunderbird 81 Maxima 86 Stymie
-
- Items Removed
- --------------
- Some things have been removed due to the changes in the way Calligrapher
- operates. If any of these things are essential to your needs, you
- should not upgrade, or you should make sure to save an installed copy of
- your current Calligrapher.
-
- o Bitmap GDOS printer fonts are no longer supported. Only URW outline
- fonts will be output to your printer.
-
- o Sizefont, Editfont, and Assign Edit have been dropped as they are no
- longer relevant.
-
- o The ability to print to disk in PTD format has been removed, along
- with DiskPrnt.
-
- o FlexText no longer runs as a separate program, due to the lack of
- GDOS/G+Callig support. It must be run as a PAK. Some changes have been
- made to reduce the amount of memory it consumes. (It can run on a 1 Mb
- system).
-
- Upgrade Procedure
- -----------------
- When you upgrade to Calligrapher 3, you're also entitled to one FREE URW
- outline font disk (worth $34.95). And since the new version of
- Calligrapher only works with the URW outline fonts, any additional font
- families that you purchase along with the upgrade are only $25 (a $10
- discount).
-
- o The upgrade price from version 2 to version 3 is $45.
-
- o The upgrade price from Calligrapher Professional version 2 to
- Calligrapher Gold version 3 is $100.
-
- o The upgrade price (either $45 or $100) includes ONE FREE URW FONT
- DISK, worth $34.95. Any one of the existing typefaces may be chosen,
- including the new fonts mentioned above.
-
- o The upgrade is available to anyone who owns the Working Title US
- (CodeHead) version of Calligrapher and has received a registered disk 5
- from us.
-
- o The upgrade may be purchased by phone or E-Mail by supplying us with a
- credit card number (including expiration date) and a shipping address.
- It is not necessary to return your original disks.
-
- o The upgrade may also be ordered by mail with a check or money order.
-
- o The upgrade includes five disks plus the free font disk and printed
- documentation for the new additions.
-
- o Additional URW font disks may be purchased with the upgrade at the
- price of $25 each.
-
- o Shipping and handling charges for the upgrade are $3 US, $4 Canada,
- and $6 overseas.
-
-
- Working Title US, a division of CodeHead Technologies, is the official
- US importer of Working Title products.
-
-
-
- ###### NOVEMBER\DECEMBER ATARI EXPLORER MAGAZINE
- ###### Announcement
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- A T A R I E X P L O R E R M A G A Z I N E
- Volume 7, Issue 6 C O N T E N T S November/December 1992
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- /// FEATURES
- `````````````
- <> Atari Falcon030 - U.S. debut
-
- /// REVIEWS
- ````````````
- <> Migraph PS-400 Wand - A full range hand scanner with optional
- document feeder and the latest version of Touch-Up.
-
- <> G-Man v3.0 - GDOS setup and management has never been easier.
-
- <> The Link - Now ICD lets you connect SCSI devices to any ST.
-
- <> Gemulator v1.00 - Emulator runs ST software on an IBM PC.
-
- <> GenEdit v2.0 - Barefoot's powerful MIDI Editor/Librarian.
-
- <> Tune-Up your Hard Drive - a feature by feature comparison of
- the two best choices for keeping your data safe.
- -- Hard Disk Sentry v1.3
- -- Diamond Edge
-
- /// ENTERTAINMENT
- `````````````````
- <> The Lynx Line - Clayton Walnum reviews Pinball Jam and Shadow
- of the Beast plus Electrocop hints and more!
-
- /// PORTFOLIO
- ``````````````
- <> The Portfoilo Files - Answers to the most common Portfoilo
- questions.
-
- /// SPECIAL INTEREST
- `````````````````````
- <> Three Books for Coders - From GFA Assembly to the AES, these
- books cover it.
-
- <> The Atari Clipboard - How to best use the Clipboard in your
- programs.
-
- /// DEPARTMENTS
- ````````````````
- <> Editor's Page <> Atari World News
-
- <> Question Mark <> Advertiser Index
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- ###### ATARINET UPDATE
- ###### Compiled by Bill Scull
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- So, you've heard about AtariNet. This is a network for any BBS that
- supports the Atari platform of home computer. There are already several
- bulletin board systems worldwide participating and more are joining. If
- you are a Sysop and would like more information of would like to join,
- simply contact the Host that is nearest you. If you're a user and would
- like more information, ask your Sysop to contact the Host nearest him.
- A listing of the current BBS's that are participating and the echos that
- are available follow:
-
- Zone 51 AtariNet Headquarters
- Region 100
- Host 1 - Twilight Zone, Longwood FL, Bill Scull 1-407-831-1613
-
- 4 - Steal Your Face, Brick NJ, Ed Lynch 1-908-920-7981
- 6 - MySTery BBS, Goose Creek, SC, David Blanchard 1-803-556-9730
- 8 - Alien BBS, Burlington NC, Mark Cline 1-919-229-4334
- 9 - Z*Net Golden Gate, Sunnyvale CA, Bob Brodie 1-510-373-6792
- 10 - Atari Base, Sunnyvale CA, Robert Brodie 1-408-745-2196
- 13 - Z*Net News Service, Middlesex NJ, Ron Kovacs 1-908-968-8148
- 14 - Information Overload, Riverdale GA, Ed June 1-404-471-1549
- 15 - Flightline BBS, Minneapolis MN, Craig Peterson 1-612-544-5118
-
- Host 4 - Hologram Inc, Old Bridge NJ, Dean Lodzinski 1-908-727-1914
-
- 3 - Assasins Grove, Oshawa Canada, Jeff Mitchell 1-416-571-6965
- 4 - Aces High BBS, Matawan NJ, Richard Guadagno 1-908-290-1133
- 5 - StormShadow, Pasadena MD, Robert Lovelace 1-410-437-0243
-
- Host 102 - Sunfox's Realm, Raleigh NC, Erik Williams 1-919-867-1844
-
- Region 200 - AtariNet Headquarters II
-
- Host 2 - AtariNet Nevada, Las Vegas NV, Terry May 1-702-435-0786
-
- 4 - Sports Line BBS, Henderson NV, Nick Hard 1-702-565-5271
- 5 - Left Over Hippies, Toronto Canada, Lesley Dylan 1-416-466-8931
- 10 - STarship, Lake Charles LA, Rich Tietjens 1-318-474-9432
- 11 - The Choice BBS, Las Vegas NV, Mark Woolworth 1-702-253-6527
- 12 - Thunder Hold, American Fork UT, Todd Harrington 1-801-756-2901
- 13 - Conqueror Connection, Fort Hood TX, John Curtis 1-817-539-1469
- 137 - The VORTEX BBS, Fort Towson OK, Jim Jackson 1-405-873-9361
-
- Host 201 - The DarkSTar BBS, Salt Lake City UT, Randy Rodrock
- 1-801-269-8780
-
- 4 - The Halls of Asguard, Orem UT, Gerald Homeyer 1-801-221-1150
- 5 - Acme BBS, Salt Lake City UT, Eric Nikolaisen 1-801-272-4243
- 6 - Thunder Hold, American Fork UT, Todd Harrington 1-801-756-2901
- 7 - The City Of Nimrod, SLC UT, Dave Marquardt 1-801-969-5485
-
- Host 202 - The Wylie Connection, Wylie TX, Wes Newell 1-214-442-6612
-
- 7 - Aaron's Beard, Dallas TX, Troy Wade 1-214-557-2642
- 13 - The Wylie Connection, Wylie TX, Wes Newell 1-214-442-6612
- 20 - Outland Station, Ft Worth TX, John Stiborek 1-817-329-1125
- 21 - Psychlo Empire, Irving TX, Mark Corona 1-214-251-1175
- 30 - The Foundation BBS, Azle TX, CR Hamilton 1-817-444-0155
-
- Host 203 - AtariNet Midwest, Indianapolis IN, Bill Jones
- 1-317-356-5519
-
- 1 - The Zoo BBS, Indianapolis IN, Bill Jones 1-317-356-5519
- 2 - The Music Station, Webb City MO, Chris Richards 1-417-673-4926
- 3 - The Maligned ST, Urbandale IA, Mike O'Malley 1-515-253-9530
- 4 - The Crawly Crypt, Joplin MO, Jim Collins 1-417-624-1887
- 5 - BLAST BBS, Bloomington IN, Steve Johnson 1-812-332-0573
- 6 - Bear Swamp BBS, Marysville OH, Mark Antolik 1-513-644-0714
- 7 - The Dugout BBS, Independence MO, Brient Leslie 1-816-373-9589
-
- Region 300 - AtariNet Headquarters_III
- Host 3 - The Space Station, Canyon Country CA, Tony Castorino
- 1-805-252-0450
-
- 3 - Atari ST Connection, Fresno CA, Brian Watters 1-209-436-8156
- 4 - Autoboss Atari Elite, Bunola PA, John Graham 1-412-384-5608
- 5 - The Yakima Atari ST BBS, Yakima WA, Pat Moffitt 1-509-965-2345
- 6 - FIDOdoor Support BBS, Vandenberg AFB, Bryan Hall 1-805-734-4742
- 7 - cyberSecT BBS, Cheney WA, Chuck Aude 1-509-235-4875
- 9 - The Mosh Bit, Vancouver WA, Mark Wallaert 1-206-574-1531
- 10 - Target Range, Paramount CA, Alan Dietrich 1-310-634-8993
- 11 - Sanctuary From The Law, Inyokern CA, Sean Price 1-619-377-3611
- 12 - MASATEK, Torrance CA, Valeriano Meneses 1-310-518-9524
- 13 - The Mind Keep, Citrus Heights CA, Jeff Fehlman 1-916-723-1657
- 15 - ST-Keep, Citrus Heights CA, Andrew Studer 1-916-729-2968
- 16 - H.B. SMOG, Huntington Beach CA, Jim Thingwold 1-714-969-5486
- 17 - Acey BBS, Yakima WA, Dick Grable 1-509-966-8555
- 18 - Dusty Atcic, Riverside CA, Rodney Bennett 1-909-656-3707
-
- Region 400 - AtariNet Headquarters IV
- Host 5 - The Brewery, Ajax ON Canada, Don Liscombe 1-416-683-3089
-
- 3 - Rather Digital, Sudbury ON Canada, Steve Barnes 1-705-560-3115
-
- Region 500 - AtariNet UK
- Host 6 - AtariNet NW England, Stockport Cheshire UK, Daron Brewood
- 44-61-429-9803
-
- 2 - STun NeST Central, Stockport Cheshire UK 44-61-429-9803
- 3 - DigiBBS, Nykobing F Denmark, Flemming Nielsen 45-54-858385
- 4 - System ST BBS, Leicester UK, Mark Matts 44-533-413443
- 5 - Black Cat Penarth, Penarth Wales UK, Mark Butler 44-222-707359
-
- Region 600 - AtariNet Headquarters VI
- Host 601 - AtariNet Germany, Koeln Germany, Frank Brodmuehler
- 49-221-248285
-
- 8 - Apolonia, Essen, Peter Kaszanics 49-201-237509
-
- Hub 100 - Hub AC, Aachen, Benedikt Heinen 49-241-408593
- 101 - Firemark BBS, Aachen, Benedikt Heinen 49-241-408593
- 102 - Dao-Lin-H'ay, Luegde, Joerg Spilker 49-5281-79372
-
- Region 700 - AtariNet Headquarters VII
- Host 701 - Peace Counter Computers, Fort ST John BC Canada
- 1-604-785-9512
-
- 2 - Prime BBS, Fort ST John BC Canada, Bill Marsh 1-604-785-7098
-
- Host 710 - Temple of Doom, Edmonton Alta Canada, Barry Torrance
- 1-403-436-0328
-
- 2 - Bill's BBS, Edmonton Canada, Bill Butler 1-403-461-2222
-
- Region 800 - AtariNet Headquarters VIII
- Host 801 - Znet South Pacific, Wellington New Zealand, Chris Thorpe
- 64-4-4762853
-
- 2 - Waikato Amiga, Hamilton, Barry Blackford 64-7-846-6918
- 3 - Southern Vortex, Dunedin, Chris Pheloung 64-3-454-3900
- 5 - Cyberlink 2, Palmerston North, Dean Richards 64-6-359-2658
- 12 - Wizards Lair, Wellington, Shane Storey 64-4-233-8538
- 21 - InterAction One, Hamilton, John Lawrence 64-7-855-0293
- 22 - Ice Cave, Hamilton, Vaughan Irwin 64-7-846-7236
- 31 - Jail Break BBS, Invercargill, Willy Hemopo 64-3-216-2042
- 32 - Lands End, Invercargill, Ken Sutton 64-3-214-1021
- 40 - On Line Support, Christchurch, John Clarke 64-3-366-7324
-
- Host 802 ACE BBS, Coogee NSW Austrailia, Ian Mackereth 61-2-898-0873
- 102 - OGRE BBS Mercy College, Koondoola WA,Craig Valli 61-9-247-1249
- 106 - That Which is Not, Adelaide Sth Aust, Michael Smith 61-8-232-5722
-
- ||| AtariNet Message Echo Backbone |||
- / | \ Compiled by Terry May @ 51:2/0 / | \
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- * EFFECTIVE 28-Dec-92 *
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- -------------------
- -=> In the "Atari Corporation Online" category (14)
- -=> from the "Falcon 030 - Help and Questions" topic (41)
-
- Message 134 Thu Jan 07, 1993
- F.BELL1 [Frank @ Home] at 13:33 EST
-
- The first Falcons (not pre-production or 'first' production machines)
- are being delivered to dealers in Germany. Some were even sold and in
- the hands of end users before Christmas. :-) Many dealers are or have
- increased their earlier orders beleaving the first few batches will be
- completely sold out and that at suggested Atari retail prices.
- ----------
- Message 182 Mon Jan 11, 1993
- B.REHBOCK [BILL@ATARI] at 02:09 EST
-
- One of the great things about Falcon is the fact that unlike the Mac or
- PC, no expensive composite solution is needed. Atari is manufacturing
- an adapter block similar to the VGA and ST blocks that will be
- available. The block has two RCA connectors on it, the yellow supplies
- composite video and the white has a left and right mix-down of the
- stereo output of the sound system.
-
- It is set up so that people can get their animations and graphics, in
- living color, completely overscanned out to video tape as easily as
- possible.
-
- In Europe, we will have a Peritel/SCART cable available to do the
- equivalent video stuff over there. :-)
-
- -Bill@Atari
- ----------
- Message 81 Sun Jan 17, 1993
- S.JOHNSON10 [Steve] at 02:13 EST
-
- Here's an interesting message I came across in comp.sys.atari.st:
-
- From: sanders@sci.kun.nl (Sander Stoks)
- Date: 13 Jan 93 15:32:01 GMT
- Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Message-ID: <C0sttE.3wn@sci.kun.nl>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
-
- This is a list I got at a Falcon party. It's a preliminary list of
- hardware and software for the Falcon030, dated 7 december 1992. It's in
- Dutch, but I'll try to translate it. Note: I didn't assemble the list,
- I only pass it through.
-
- BOOKS
- Das Buch zum Falcon
- Data Becker
- Germany
- is being sold
-
-
- COMMUNICATION
- Blackmail
- Digital-Optical-Analog
- USA
- demonstratable
- Voice-mail package
-
- EMULATORS
- Falcon Speed
- Sack/Compo
- Germany
- ready for production
- IBM-emulator based upon a '286. Bigger versions under development.
- Price indication: about f400,- (about $230)
-
- GAMES
- LlamaZap
- Llamasoft, Jeff Minter
- England
- almost ready
-
- Space Junk
- Mirage Technologies
- England
- under development
- Space adventure with 100 digitized full color characters
-
- Road Riot 4WD
- Images
- plan: jan-jun '93
-
- Steel Talons
- Koveos
- plan: jan-jun '93
-
- Raiden
- Imagitec
- plan: jan-jun '93
-
- Cyber Assault
- Koveos
- plan: jan-jun '93
-
-
- GRAPHICS
- Pixart
- Crazy-Bits
- Germany
- Ready
- For all systems, including Falcon030, processes TIFF, PCX, IMG, XIMG.
-
- Didot Professional
- Digital Arts
- Germany
- Demonstratable
- Available for demonstration since june 1992, is being still further
- developed.
-
- TruePaint
- HiSoft
- England
- Demonstratable
- Art package working in True Color mode. A.o. TGA, TIFF.
-
- Baby
- Eurosoft
- France
- almost ready
- True Color drawing package
-
- Chagall
- Trade iT
- Germany
- Demonstratable
- Art package for various graphic boards and Falcon. Can handle 16.8
- Mcolor. A.o. TIFF, PCX, IMG. Price: DM 699,-
-
- DA's Vector
- H3-Systems/Digital Arts
- Germany
- Ready
- Vector-based animation program (images can be filled with IMGs).
- Price: DM 298,-
-
- Papillon
- Application Systems
- Germany
- Ready
- Art package for all systems and Falcon VGA mode. A.o. XIMG, Doodle,
- STAD, Degas, NeoChrome, MacPaint, IFF, GIF. Price: DM 198,-
-
- Phoenix
- Lexicor
- USA
- Ready
- Rendering/animation package.
-
- HARDWARE
- VideoMaster
- Microdeal
- England
- Ready
- 4096 color digitizer
-
- Falcon-Genlock
- OverScan
- Germany
- Ready
- A.o. use of overlay bit. Price: DM 699,-
-
- Genlocker
- JRI
- USA
- Ready
- A.o. use of overlay bit and chroma-keying. Price+ $599
-
- MatDigiR
- Matrix
- Germany
- Under development
- True color digitizer, currently 2 img/s. A realtime-version is being
- developed. Price: DM 698,-
-
- Z-RAM
- Zubair Interfaces
- USA
- Ready
- Memory board for low profile SIMMs, memory expansion to 4 or 16 MB.
-
- A/D64x audio interface
- D2D Systems
- UK
- Demonstratable
- Audio interface for direct linking of CD-player to Falcon030 DSP port.
- The D2D-Edit software uses this interface.
-
- 4i/4o
- D2D Systems
- UK
- Demonstratable
- Expansion for DSP port for 4 (stereo) track record/playback. Needs
- 4T/FX software. Price: $599
-
- SPDIO
- D2D Systems
- UK
- Demonstratable
- Digital interface for DSP-port for D2D-Edit software for recording at
- 44.1 and 48 kHz. Ideal for CD or DAT recording. Price: $299
-
- Musicom
- Compo
- Germany
- Demonstratable
- Effects such as delay, echo, flanger, Karaoke (80% reduction of voice
- in recordings). Price: about Fl 120,-
-
- DigiTape
- Trade iT
- Germany
- Demonstratable
- Multiple-track digital recorder, with Echo and Hall, harddisk
- recording, time code sync with videotape possible. Price: DM 198,-
-
- Cubase Audio
- Steinberg
- Germany
- under development
-
- D2D-Edit
- D2D Systems
- UK
- Ready
- Stereo direct-to-disk recording/editing software. Price: $299
-
- 4T-FX
- D2D Systems
- UK
- Demonstratable
- Multitrack recording/editing software, needs the 4i/4o hardware.
- Price: $599
-
- PROGRAMMING
- DSP Debugger
- Brainstorm/Atari Corp.
- USA
- Almost ready
- Developers are already working with it. Price: $80
-
- UTILITIES
- Kobold v2.0
- Kaktus Software
- Germany
- Ready
- Multitasking copying program. Price: DM 129,-
-
- VIDEO
- Screenblaster
- OverScan
- Germany
- Demonstratable
- 880x608 in 256 colors on SVGA-monitor or Multiscan. Driver in
- AUTO-folder + external hardware between machine and monitor. Price:
- DM 149,-
-
- Overlay
- OverScan
- Germany
- Demonstratable
- Title generator with effects such as animation. Price: DM 199,-
-
- Some software houses have adapted existing software for the Falcon030,
- such as
-
- Application Systems (a.o. Signum 3)
- TMS Germany
- SciGraph
- Steinberg (Cubase 3.1 works)
- HiSoft UK
-
- Sander SToks
- sanders@sci.kn.nl
- =========================================
-
-
- ATARI WORKS!
- ------------
- -=> In the "Atari Corporation Online" category (14)
- -=> from the "Falcon 030 - Help and Questions" topic (41)
-
- Message 155 Sat Jan 09, 1993
- D.A.BRUMLEVE [kidprgs] at 18:54 EST
-
- In my opinion, the _best_ news of last night's Dateline Atari!
- conference was that Concierge, a.k.a. ST Sutra, has now tentatively been
- renamed Atari Works. That's a great name, a name folks will understand
- right off the bat. It translates very neatly into other Germanic
- languages with the use of direct cognates, and everybody can pronounce
- it. Bravo!
-
- Bob indicated that Atari Works would most likely be included (bundled)
- with new hardware sales and sold as a separate package to current
- owners. The program is said to work with machines from the Falcon on
- down, and I'm very much looking forward to using it myself. Some folks
- using the beta version were highly praising it last night.
- ----------
- Message 174 Sun Jan 10, 1993
- B.REHBOCK [BILL@ATARI] at 22:12 EST
-
- A few notes... Sutra is really named Atari Works, not just tenatively.
- :-) Sutra actually did make sense, but it did take way too long to
- explain it; Concierge was the most ridiculous, especially considering
- that "Concierge" literally in French means janitor or housekeeper. :-)
-
- I am very excited about Atari Works getting ready to ship, it really has
- been worth the wait.
-
- I personally think that most people that are using Falcon030 in
- productivity-oriented situations will use a standard VGA monitor running
- in 640x480x256 color mode. If they want interlaced true-color, they
- will probably be running an animation or rendering package and want
- composite output to a VCR.
-
- Atari's 16-bit dithering of 24-bit PhotoCD pictures on Falcon is likely
- to be the best you'll ever see. It was designed by ColorConcepts, the
- same company that did much of the color handling in Calamus SL. Many
- people at Comdex that saw PCD running on Falcon said the output was
- vastly superior than what they saw on any 16-bit true-color PC or Mac.
-
- -Bill@Atari
- =========================================
-
-
- 7800 GAME SYSTEM INFO
- ---------------------
- -=> In the "Lynx - The Game Machine" category (36)
- -=> from the "General Lynx Info and Discussion" topic (5)
-
- Message 155 Sun Jan 10, 1993
- G.LABREC [Greg @ Atari] at 15:39 EST
-
- I know this is a LYNX topic, but since the subject of 7800 games came up
- I figured I'd post this list of 7800 games available direct from Atari
- in case anyone is interested.
-
- 7800 CARTRIDGES ----------------------------------------------------
-
- ACE OF ACES CX7846 29.99 JOUST CX7806 14.99
- ALIEN BRIGADE CX7855 29.99 KARATEKA CX7822 19.99
- BALLBLAZER CX7815 19.99 MARIO BROS CX7850 19.99
- BARNYARD BLASTER * CX7859 29.99 MAT MANIA CHAL. CX7863 29.99
- BASKET BRAWL CX7880 29.99 MEAN 18 GOLF CX7847 29.99
- CENTIPEDE CX7801 14.99 MELTDOWN * CX7875 29.99
- CHOPLIFTER CX7821 14.99 MIDNIGHT MUTANTS CX7889 29.99
- COMMANDO CX7838 29.99 MOTOR PSYCHO CX7852 29.99
- CRACK'ED CX7836 29.99 MS. PAC MAN CX7807 14.99
- CROSSBOW CX7844 29.99 NINJA GOLF CX7870 29.99
- DARK CHAMBERS CX7837 29.99 1ON1 BASKETBALL CX7824 19.99
- DELUXE ASTEROIDS CX7802 14.99 PLANET SMASHERS CX7868 29.99
- DESERT FALCON CX7811 19.99 POLE POSITION II CX7808 14.99
- DIG DUG CX7803 14.99 R.S. BASEBALL CX7834 19.99
- DONKEY KONG CX7848 19.99 ROBOTRON:2084 CX7809 14.99
- DONKEY KONG JR CX7849 19.99 SCRAPYARD DOG CX7879 29.99
- FATAL RUN CX7854 29.99 SUMMER GAMES CX7826 29.99
- FIGHT NIGHT CX7851 29.99 SUPER HUEY CX7828 19.99
- FOOD FIGHT CX7804 14.99 TOUCHDOWN FOOTBALL CX7823 19.99
- GALAGA CX7805 14.99 TOWER TOPPLER CX7856 29.99
- HAT TRICK CX7829 19.99 WINTER GAMES CX7831 29.99
- IKARI WARRIORS CX7862 29.99 XENOPHOBE CX7858 29.99
- JINKS CX7857 29.99 XEVIOUS CX7810 14.99
- * Light Gun required
-
- 7800 ACCESSORIES ----------------------------------------------------
-
- 7800 POWER SUPPLY CX7800PS 9.95
- 7800 COMPLETE UNIT CX7800 69.95
- PROLINE JOYSTICKS CX24 9.95
- SWITCH BOX CX262 6.95
- PADDLE CONTROLLERS CX30 9.95 **
- JOYSTICK CONTROLLER CX40 6.95 **
- TRAKBALL CONTROLLER CX80 14.95 **
- LIGHT GUN CA200132 19.95
- ** To use with 2600 Video Computer cartridges.
-
- If you would like to order anything you can leave me E-mail with the
- usual -- Name, address, phone, MC/VISA#, exp.date Add $5.00 shipping
- and handling -- Add tax where applicable
- =========================================
-
-
- NAMM NEWS
- ---------
- -=> In the "Atari Magazines" category (15)
- -=> from the "AtariUser Magazine" topic (10)
-
- Message 64 Sun Jan 17, 1993
- JOHN.KING.T [JOHN KING T] at 00:01 EST
-
- NAMM 1993
-
- This year's showing by ATARI at NAMM has been the biggest and best ever.
- Things have been so busy, this is the first chance I have had to breath
- and get something posted here on GEnie.
-
- ATARI has a private room this year. The room is about 1,000 sq. ft.
- There are sixteen developer stations. The Developers inside the ATARI
- booth are D2D Systems, Cho-Magic, CodeHead Software, Barefoot Software,
- Thinkware, Dr. T's Music, Compo Software, MGI, On Stage, Hotz
- Technologies, Digital F/X, Oktal, Steinberg/Jones and Yamaha.
-
- There is also a performance stage where five demonstrations are being
- given each day. The likes of Chester Thompson and Jon Anderson have
- been seen on stage.
-
- The attendees have been very upbeat. I have taken FALCON orders for
- their retailers and I am just a nobody at the show who is not supposed
- to being doing stuff like that. But, the ATARI staff have been having
- back to back meeting from 9:00 am 'til closing, and beyond.
-
- The FALCON is the star of the show. EQ Magazine awarded ATARI Product
- of the Year for the FALCON.
-
- There is much that I have left out. My feet hurt and I can barely
- think. I will post more as my head clears.
-
- John King Tarpinian
- Assistant Editor
- AtariUser Magazine
- =========================================
-
-
- REBIRTH FOR FALCON FLIGHT SIMULATOR?
- ------------------------------------
- -=> In the "Games!" category (9)
- -=> from the "Falcon F-16 by Spectrum Holobyte" topic (34)
-
- Message 56 Thu Jan 14, 1993
- HOLOBYTE [The Cat] at 20:06 EST
-
- Not a big surprise to me. What with SO MANY different TOS versions, the
- folks in England that developed Falcon Atari ST just got to the point
- where they could not keep up.
-
- Now, Falcon Atari ST is in the hands of Digital Intergration over there.
- It will be a matter of time before we find out if they update it for the
- TOS's that it presently does not work on.
-
- Oh, something you might try (if those two bombs are any indication) is
- to turn off any CACHE RAM (if any) and any other FANCY configuration
- options that the original TOS 1.0 machines did not have. That MIGHT
- work.
-
- I still have outstanding reports of some TT owners that got it to work
- fine under TOS 2.0. But no details on how.
-
- If anyone out there has it working on a TOS other than 1.0 to 1.6, do
- let me know, and let me know how you got it to work for you.
-
- The Cat
- Spectrum HoloByte Customer Support
- ----------
- Message 57 Fri Jan 15, 1993
- MIKE-ALLEN [NM~SysOp] at 04:08 EST
-
- Hey Cat, I don't believe that anyone has gotten Falcon or FOTI to work
- under TOS 2.0x. This is the Mega STe TOS. There have been reports of
- folks making them work under tos 3.0x, which is the TT TOS.
-
- So many versions of TOS? 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.62, 2.05, 2.06, 3.05 and
- 3.06 are the common ones. There might be some earlier versions of 3.0x
- floating around. Of course, now there is 4.0x, the Falcon030 TOS, to
- worry about. (What could be more natural than running Falcon on a
- Falcon?) How many versions of MSDOS, PCDOS and DRDOS are floating
- around?
-
- I believe that you will find that the problem with Falcon and FOTI is
- not really TOS, but 'cheats' used by the English programmers that were
- finally caught in tos 2.0x. The old use of undocumented 'features'
- trick. <g>
-
- Sure is good news about Digital Integration now handling the Falcon
- Atari ST. I know my son would dearly like to get back into Falcon and
- I'd like to try FOTI some more.
-
- BTW, at one time someone from Atari, it may have been John Townsend
- (TOWNS), suggested that Atari might be interested in helping S-H fix
- Falcon and FOTI. Anyone at S-H contacted Atari?
-
- Mike
- ----------
- Atari-ST RoundTable
- Category 9, Topic 34
- Message 58 Fri Jan 15, 1993
- T.ZENTHOEFE1 [Tom Z.] at 08:11 EST
-
- The TT's have TOS 3.0x not 2.0x.
-
- When we tried to run Falcon on the Falcon 030 we used a VGA monitor in
- ST Low, there might be a difference if we had used a regular ST color
- monitor.
- ----------
- Atari-ST RoundTable
- Category 9, Topic 34
- Message 59 Fri Jan 15, 1993
- HOLOBYTE [The Cat] at 20:24 EST
-
- NM~SysOp: I never said that anyone succeeded in getting it to work.
- Just that I had heard rumor of a guy with TOS 2.0 that got it to work on
- a 1 MB Mega STe... don't ask me how, the guy that claimed it never did
- send in any info on HOW.
-
- Yeah, there are a large number of MSDOS's (and 'compatible' DOS's) but
- things like Falcon 3.0 for the IBM will ONLY run on MS-DOS 5.0 and
- dos'es that are compatible with it. If TOS 2.0 was truely compatible
- with TOS 1.0 - 1.6, then Falcon Atari ST would most likely work on it.
- Don't ask me the whys and there wherefores, I really don't know.
-
- As to 'English programmers', if you mean U.K. Programmers, perhaps. As
- ALL the versions of Falcon Atari ST (and Amiga) and FOTI ST (and Amiga)
- were done by Rowen Soft in the UK. (Which I think might have gone under
- with MirrorSoft... I don't know.)
-
- I, too, am glad Falcon and FOTI (both Amiga and Atari ST versions) are
- in the hands of Digital Integration. Hopefully I will finally be able
- to play my own copy of Falcon Atari ST again on my own Mega STe.
-
- Das Katze
- =========================================
-
-
-
-
- ###### CONNECT HIGH DENISTY DRIVE ON THE ST
- ###### Captured from CompuServe Atari Forums
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- This document outlines the steps necessary to connect a PC High Density
- drive to the ST. It will allow somebody with a basic understanding and
- experience of electronics and the ST to go ahead and do the mods, but it
- is not a step by step set of instructions.
-
- The upgrade is not difficult but you will need some knowledge of
- electronics and the inside of your ST. Think about it carefully because
- you're on your own if it goes wrong.
-
- CONNECTING THE DRIVE
-
- Connecting a standard 1.44 MB drive to your ST is not a problem. You
- will simply need to buy an HD drive and put it in the place of your
- internal drive. The problem? Well it will only be able to read/write
- 720K disks.
-
- MODIFYING YOUR ST
-
- The floppy disk drive controller chip for the ST is the WD1772 chip.
- This chip has a clock input on pin-8 of 8 MHz to provide the correct
- stepping pulse for DD floppies. This will also work with DD floppies in
- HD drives. However, high density disks require double the stepping
- pulse and therefore the clock input needs to be changed to 16 MHz in
- order to read and write them. When a HD drive is using a DD disk
- though, it still needs 8 MHz clock for the controller chip.
-
- What needs to be done, to provide a means of detecting whether the disk
- is high density. If it is, then the standard clock input must be
- doubled to 16 MHz.
-
- High density drives detect whether the disk is a high density by looking
- for the extra hole. If the disk is, then the HD detect line, connected
- to the drive is set low (high for DD). This HD detect line is pin-2 on
- the 34 way drive connector cable.
-
- This means that if we have a 16 MHz clock generator, we can use the HD
- detect line to select either our new 16 MHz clock and apply it to pin-8
- of the floppy disk controller, or use the existing 8 MHz clock. To do
- this we need a couple of CMOS (must be CMOS to operate at 16MHz) logic
- chips and a multivibrator. Pin 8 of the disk controller must be
- carefully de-soldered and lifted off the track. A jumper wire is then
- attached to the track to get our 8 MHz input. The lifted pin should
- then be hooked up to the output of our circuit. A suggested logic
- schematic is represented below.
-
- 16 MHz -----|--------|
- | NAND |-----------------|
- HD detect -----|--------| |
- | |---|-------|
- |---|--------| | XOR |--- Pin 8
- | | NAND |--| |---|-------| (WD1172)
- |---|--------| |--|--------| |
- | NAND |--|
- 8 MHz ----------------------|--------|
-
- NOTES AND WARNINGS
-
- The WD1172 chip is only designed for 8 MHz operation and so, inevitably,
- some will fail at 16 MHz. There is no way of telling if yours will work
- beforehand. If the chip does fail you will have to order an STE Ajax
- chip from Atari. This new chip does work at 16 MHz and will replace
- your old failed chip.
-
- If you have two floppy drives then, unless you make other alterations,
- they must both be HD as DD disks will not work reliably with 16 MHz
- clock.
-
- Lifting the pin on the disk controller chip is a delicate job and there
- is a high risk of damage to the pin, chip or track. You should
- definitely use a heat sink clipped onto the pin to prevent heat damage
- to the chip. Perhaps it would be easier to de-solder the whole chip and
- insert a doctored socket to plug it back into.
-
-
-
- ###### Z*NET/AEO FNET SUPPORT BBS
- ###### Compiled by Ron Kovacs
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- *SOME* systems have not been listed as they were NOT included in a
- recent FNET information date file.
-
- The following systems are part of the AEO/Z*Net Online Conference in the
- FNET. These systems participate in the conference which receive the
- latest editions of Atari Explorer Online Magazine and Z*Net Atari Online
- magazine weekly.
-
- Node SysOp BBS Number
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 8 Jeff Bath Universal ST 414-496-0724
- 45 Mike Hawkins The Prairie Chip ][ 307-632-7958
- 66 Don Liscombe The Brewery 416-683-3089
- 68 Shawn Smith CFB Atari Toronto, ON, Canada
- 72 Russell Schwartz STEP BBS 503-297-6542
- 74 Lamarr Kelley H.A.U.G. BBS 205-722-0900
- 94 Jerry Cross Facts Line 1 313-736-3920
- 123 Rick Berry EastSide BBS 618-254-6077
- 133 Dean Lodzinski Hologram Inc. 908-727-1914
- 168 Bob Dolson C.C.B.B.S. 609-451-7475
- 181 Brett Hainley NovelConcepts BBS 713-729-7555
- 182 Gary Mcallister Hillside 206-362-2317
- 204 Steve Rider The Closet Door 408-736-8069
- 224 Dick Pederson Flash BBS 314-275-2040
- 287 Walter Hudson Starlight BBS 215-879-8886
- 304 Bill Scull The Twilight Zone 407-831-1613
- 307 Norstar PayBax BBS 302-836-4816
- 319 J. Townsend Atari Base 408-745-2196
- 390 Joe Burke Bear's Den 803-574-6738
- 410 Smitty ACE Information 513-233-9500
- 423 White Seeker BILINE BBS 303-791-2592
- 462 Brian Watters Atari ST Connection 209-436-8156
- 467 Robin Sherwood Forest 718-522-0768
- 478 Dennis Mcguire Spectrum Atari Group 814-833-4073
- 504 Quartermaster Media 2000 410-360-1356
- 523 Lesley-dee Dylan Leftover Hippies BBS 416-466-8931
- 546 Mark Antolik Bear Swamp BBS 513-644-0714
- 576 The Scottsman The Loch BBS 818-766-5277
- 592 Drazil Reptillian The O-Mayer V BBS 213-732-0229
- 593 Ron Kovacs Z*Net News Service 908-968-8148
- 595 Barry Torrance Temple of Doom 403-436-0328
- 596 Jay L. Jones Super 68 206-630-1261
- 602 Bruce Faulkner Cartoon Haven BBS 719-574-7406
- 610 Frank Kish The Songwriter's Den 908-859-5999
- 619 Milt Boren Tron 2 BBS 416-336-1236
- 623 Shawn Zweers Radio STation 416-934-6801
- 632 Clueman London Smog BBS 714-546-2152
- 633 Randy Rodrock The Dark STar BBS 801-269-8780
- 642 Wiz Hero's Haven 304-525-3339
- 647 Tom Allard E.H.C.R. 203-528-7693
- 648 Waltzer The Mosh Bit 206-574-1531
- 652 Mr. Pengo PengoLand 818-708-8576
- 655 Roger Allman Wizzard's Castle 803-469-6988
- 657 Scott Haynes The Round Table BBS 513-528-5833
- 658 Scott Haynes Cin'Tari OnLine 513-528-7463
- 669 Al Peterson Dateline: Atari BBS Brooklyn, NY
- 670 Martin Crommie Puddle City 503-289-9429
- 675 Stan Sharp Eleventh Hour BBS 706-796-3805
- 678 Kim Stahn A.C.O.R.N. 219-744-1396
- 685 Gary Gorski JACG BBS 201-690-5224
- 689 David Barker Speedy's Raceway 513-353-4098
- 690 Kerry Bowman Progressive Atari ST 503-686-3276
- 693 Chris Thorpe Z*Net South Pacific 644-4762-852
- 701 John Curtis Conqueror Connection 817-539-8228
- 702 Long John Silver Mother of All BBSs 416-332-5810
- 706 Bob Brodie Z*Net Golden Gate 510-373-6792
- 729 Adrian Gruber **StarBase1** 407-381-2610
- 734 Max Denebian Alternate Eternities 503-649-7915
- 746 Bill Butler WORLD SPACE 604-420-2647
- 754 Dave Lloyd Skyline BBS 303-457-0320
- 755 Bob Smith InnerCore 407-294-5183
- 756 Joseph Wilson Hidden STar Services 503-463-9022
- 757 Tom Denison CHAOS BBS 517-394-6852
- 758 David Scarpa W.M.A.U.G Junction 413-786-3870
-
-
-
- ###### THE UNABASHED ATARIOPHILE
- ###### By Michael R. Burkley
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Listening to the radio today I was totally surprised to hear "President"
- Clinton mentioned. I'd gotten used to hearing "President Elect" for
- such a long time that not hearing "elect" caused me to do a double-take.
- As a U.S. citizen I'm proud of this country (I'm also angry sometimes at
- what is done here, but that's another story!). Think about the peaceful
- transition of power we have just seen. How easy it would be to try to
- hold on to power by citing a crisis here or disorder there. That might
- happen in other parts of the world, but it would be unthinkable in the
- U.S.A.. We are committed to maintaining the rule of law as embodied in
- our Constitution. I for one am very glad of that!
-
- I downloaded over 45 files this week, but the first on the list today
- was the one that gave me the theme (starting theme, at least) for this
- week's Unabashed Atariophile. Read on!
-
- PRESDNTS is two .PC2 scanned pictures of Presidential Campaign buttons
- -------- and signs from previous elections. In honor of the new
- President of the United States by Albert Baggetta. We have had many
- elections in the past; may we have many more in the future! This file
- also includes a listing of various programs available from him.
-
- USA is a 400 dpi .IMG drawing of the 48 contiguous United States (Canada
- --- and Mexico are not shown. Created by Wally using Invision Elite
- (dated January 18, 1993).
-
- The next three files are not new uploads, but ones that I have had for
- awhile. They are appropriate, though.
-
- PRESQUIZ is the U.S. Presidential Succession Quiz created by Terrapin
- -------- Enterprises (dated Jan. 18, 1991). This color only program was
- originally distributed as a commercial package and is now being
- distributed as SHAREWARE (Shareware is STILL a commercial package so
- make sure to send in your registration fee!). This is the second in the
- Terrapin Schoolhouse series. If you home school or have children who
- are learning about the U.S. Presidency (or even for your "review"), then
- this program is for you!
-
- STATES20 is perhaps the most user friendly program I have seen that
- -------- attemps to teach you facts about the States in the U.S.. The
- program begins with a map of the States with an arrow pointing to one of
- the States. At the bottom of the screen the names of three States
- appear. Clicking on the correct state earns an encouraging blurb and
- and several lines of information about the state (name, nickname,
- population, and capital). You can also learn the state capitals as
- another game option. Color only.
-
- USCONSTIT is the text of the US Constitution in ASCII format. Have you
- --------- ever really read it? Do you know what the 1st Amendment
- really says? Check it out!
-
- Now for a listing and description of some of the other files I
- downloaded this week!
-
- 109N_S is a text file from DMC publishing that will tell you the
- ------ differences between Calamus 109N and Calamus S (with some brief
- notes on Calamus SL). If you haven't seen Calamus, check out the demo
- widely available. What a capable program. It really is not that hard
- to learn either. To save yourself a download, look for this file
- included in this edition of Z*Net.
-
- ADJUST is a program by Tony that will allow you to adjust the master
- ------ volume, bass, treble, and left & right sound levels independently
- on your STe's output. Mouse/slider controlled.
-
- AEO_0202 is the January 16, 1993 issue of Atari Explorer Online.
-
- AGG_0193 is the January 11, 1993 issue of the Atari Gaming Gazette, the
- -------- online magazine full of the latest Lynx news and reviews. If
- you are a Lynx player, then this file is for you!
-
- CAL3DEMO is a new and excellent demo of Calligrapher 3 from CodeHead
- -------- Technologies and Working Title US. Fully working (except for
- printing) this program has been much improved (mostly in new features)
- over v. 2. It no longer requires GDOS to be installed. It is now
- MultiTOS compatible, displays vector fonts on-screen (if you have a
- least two meg of RAM and a Hard Drive), supports 1.44 meg floppies, and
- much more. This is a FAST, complete word processing package that allows
- you to include multiple columns, create tables, insert rulers, place
- pictures and much more throughout your documents. You can use various
- styles and sizes of fonts, print using your own printer fonts (include
- pictures in your documents even when using your standard printer
- fonts!), output to a PostScript printer and much, much more. (I could
- go on about the ability to preview your printout on-screen, do booklet
- printouts without paste-ups, outlining, mailmerge, spellchecking,
- thesaurus, flextext, and more, but I won't--I don't have the room!)
- This will run on a one Meg floppy based (or more) ST/STe/TT. This demo
- will only run in mono, but don't dispair if you only have a color
- monitor--just read on! An additional note on Codehead: Read all about
- the new release of Calligrapher 3.0 in this edition of Z*Net.
-
- CAL3MEDM is the files that you will need to convert the mono only
- -------- version of the Calligrapher 3 demo to a version that will run
- on a color monitor. Just follow the directions included and type away
- in color!
-
- CD_AUDIO v.1.2(demo) by Nima Montaser (dated January, 1993) is a stand-
- -------- alone program that plays audio compact discs from a CD-ROM
- drive (presently the Sony DCU541 and the NEC machines [not yet tested]).
- It will allow you to Play, Pause, STop, and Eject your CD (gracefully,
- of course). This version now allows you to enter the correct SCSI
- commands that your DC ROM player wants if they are not already supported
- (just use a text editor). This demo is fully functioning, faster than
- ever before (but several delays are incorporated in this demo to urge
- you to register--only $12). This version only allows playing in the
- foreground, but the registered version will allow you to play while
- running another program. GEM based, ST/TT compatible, this program will
- work in all resolutions. SHAREWARE. Docs included.
-
- CWC_II is a demo version (dated January, 1993) of The Crossword Creator
- ------ II (v.1.5) by Fair Dinkum Technologies (I bet they have read R.
- Heinlein!). It is billed as the fastest, easiest to use, and most
- complete crossword program ever developed for Atari ST, MegaST, STE,
- MegaSTE, TT computers! The demo is fully functional and quite similar
- to the full release version except for a maximum word limit of 5 words.
- On-line helps, manual or automatic word placement, save files as Degas
- pictures, puzzles up to 30 x 20 in size, color or mono, and much more.
- If you like crossword puzzles you might like to check this file out!
- The company also markets a word search puzzle creator as well (see
- below). On-line help included.
-
- WSC_DEMO is a demo (dated January, 1993) of Fair Dinkum Technologies
- -------- Word Search Creator program (v.1.05). This demo has all the
- features of the complete program except is is limited to only five
- words. It's easy to create word search puzzles for fun and educational
- uses. It works on all ST/STe/TT computers and supports both mono and
- color monitors. It you like word search puzzles, this program will
- allow you to create, modify and solve them to your hearts content. If
- you like crossword puzzles check out CWC_II, Fair Dinkum's crossword
- creator demo. The complete program is packed full of features and is
- quite inexpensive (especially if you purchase the crossword creator at
- the same time!). On-line help included.
-
- DINKUM2 by Gary A. Allen, Jr. v.2.3 (dated January 5, 1993 and compiled
- ------- for the ST by Chris Herborth on Dec. 30, 1992) is a shareware
- text adventure in the tradition of Infocom's classic games. Full "C"
- source code as well as an Atari ST executable are included. MiNT
- compatible. Search for treasure in the Australian Outback! Live
- dangerously and have a Foster's! This version has a few bugs fixed and
- more "Australia content." It also has a type of "Save" feature that
- allows you to play the game but not to "win" when using it (the author
- feels that since you can't restart from a saved game in life you
- shouldn't in his game either!). The game understands quit a bit of
- plain English, and will let you know when it can't make out what you
- typed. The only problem with this game that I see is that the closing
- screen scrolls by too quick to read. You only miss a bit though (use
- SILKMSE3 to fix this problem!).
-
- DNTDRIVE is a .SEQ animation by John Brenner created using Cyber Paint.
- -------- It is part of an advertisement that runs in a Montreal bar on
- their closed circuit TV system. It is used to promote NOT drinking and
- driving. Interesting! Color only. Use ANIMATE4 to view.
-
- ELFBACK (I reviewed BACKUP, a former version several weeks ago) is a
- ------- hard drive backup program that comes in a form useable on any ST
- and one particularly adapted to take advantage of the TT. Backups of
- your hard drive are _critical_ and so any program that makes the backup
- process simplier and more efficient is worth a look. This program
- supports the use of the Archive bit (so when you make a new backup you
- don't need to back up your WHOLE drive but only those parts that have
- changed). It compresses the file using LHARC 1.13c or better. This
- program can keep you safe from the terror of a hard drive crash. It
- also saves on the number of floppies you have to use through the
- compressing of the files. GEM based and fast. Several improvements
- over the original version. Color or mono. Docs included. SHAREWARE.
-
- FRACLAND is FRACLAND v.1.2, a Fractal Landscape Generator by David
- -------- Billington (dated October, 1992). This program will allow you
- to created realistic models of fractal mountains. It goes beyond
- producing the data which describes the landscape and allows you to shade
- it, produce three dimensional views and even generate animation
- depicting journeys through your fictitious mathematical worlds.
- Excellent program with excellent docs. Color or mono. I like the
- custom mouse cursor! ST/STe/TT compatible.
-
- GUNFIGHT is a detailed AVS/.SEQ animation by Dan Bordonaro. This
- -------- animation is a shoot-out between Sheriff Atari and Kid Amiga.
- It takes place in a small town, with the Sheriff standing in front of
- the saloon and the Kid in the street. I really like the expressions on
- their faces! It includes AVS sounds and the AVS player. Requires at
- least one meg of RAM and a color monitor.
-
- GVIEW213PI is GEM View v.2.13 (dated December 2, 1992). It is an
- ---------- amazing picture viewing program! With this program you can
- view MANY different picture formats inside a GEM-Window. Supported
- picture-formats are: *.GVW (the author's own format), *.GIF, "GIF 89a
- Images, *.SUN, *.PAC, *.IFF, *.BMP, *.RLE, *.IMG, *.GEM, *.NEO, *.ART,
- *.PIC and P(123), *.TN[123Y], *.DOO [640x...], *.SPU, *.SPC, PC
- Paintbrush (monochrome *.PCX), and *.XBM. Grayscale dithering supported
- for 4, 8, 16, 64 and 256 colors. Support MacPaint, PBM-Pictures,
- ImageLab, JPEG-Images (the first ST viewer that really works--or so I've
- been told), true color BMP and color .IMG files, and more! This version
- loads "TIFF"-Pictures--"uncompressed, Hohe Packungsdichte, PackBits Mac-
- -RLE) and NeXT--RLE. It saves GIF87a and TIFF pictures, too. It runs
- under MultiGem with no problems (get ready for the future!), and runs as
- an accessory or a program. Includes excellent monochrome support --
- even for GIF pictures -- and is very fast. Now you can keep in memory
- more than one picture at a time. This version has been adapted to allow
- for even greated compatibility with the TT and STe, and some other
- "bugs" were fixed as well. Can now be run as a .PRG or an .ACC. The
- interface has been improved and expanded. The program version now
- allows access to accessories. This program does so so much more than
- even this long description includes. Highly recommended. SHAREWARE by
- Dieter Fiebelkorn. The program is in English and Docs (German) are
- included. Color or mono (and high color and true color boards). ST/STe
- /TT/Falcon compatible. Requires at least 1 MEG of RAM. Uncompresses on
- to TWO floppies!
-
- KURZSET is a Remote Channel Changer for the KURZWEIL 1000 Series by
- ------- Dmitri Fedorjaczenko (docs and additional presets by Mark
- Bombard. This .PRG/.ACC can make working with the Kurzweil K1000
- keyboard or PX1000 module a lot easier. It will enable you to switch
- channels ON or OFF by using your mouse, as opposed to using the buttons
- on the unit's front panel. In addition you can save six frequently used
- combinations and access them with a single mouse click. It may or may
- not work on the GX,HX and SX modules and the 1200 or 2000 series. Docs
- included.
-
- PAYX_V21 is the Payroll Expert v. 2.10 by Randy Blain. Payroll Expert is
- -------- a powerful GEM-based payroll program (with keyboard alternates
- for almost all the commands) that has all the features neccessary to
- handle large or small payroll applications. Everything is accessed via
- the standard GEM interface, so very little instruction is needed in
- order to use the program. Also included in this package is ACC-Time,
- his shareware time-clock accessory, since Payroll Expert allows
- importing of the time-clock data to facilitate easy payroll computation
- for all employees. Payroll Expert now supports state tax deductions for
- 2 states, or if you prefer, 1 state and 1 city tax deduction. You can
- easily pay all of your employees without ever touching the keyboard.
- Complete reports (printed to disk or paper) are available at any time to
- make all your federal and state taxes easy to compute and file (of
- course, it doesn't make them any easier to pay). It will allow you to
- print on any style of checks. It also includes a perpetual calendar.
- Up to 64 employees are supported (mark them active or inactive for long
- term record-keeping) in the registered version (only two in this demo).
- Floppy or hard drive. Automatic backups (encouraged!) ST/STe (at least)
- compatible. Any RAM configuration. Color or mono. Docs included.
- SHAREWARE.
-
- PHNX_TUT is a series of useful tutorials from Lexicor Software that is
- -------- designed to demonstrate some of the most important features of
- using the Phoenix Object Renderer Demo (see PHNXDEMO). If you get the
- demo (very nice!) you should also get this tutorial. It will make the
- demo shine!
-
- SCI_PHYS is the Dec. 30, 1992 compilation of Science/Physics Frequently
- -------- Asked Questions taken from the Intenet. Very interesting
- questions and answers on all sorts of scientific questions. Some are
- popular/technical and others are just more popular science. Questions
- which are answered are "Does hot water freeze faster than cold water?"
- (Answer: Yes, sometimes, but only when you use a wooden bucket!); Does
- the direction water runs around a drain depend on what hemisphere you
- are in? (I'll let you find out!); Just what is the Top Quark?; How do
- you get an 80 foot pole in a 40 foot barn?; Why are Golf Balls Dimpled?,
- and many more. Recommended.
-
- SMOUSE1C is v. 1c of the CyReL Serial Mouse Manager Utility from
- -------- Cybercube Research Ltd, Canada (dated January 18, 1993). This
- set of utilities allows you to use any Microsoft or Mouse Systems
- compatible serial mouse with your ST (TOS 1.2+)/STe/TT. Additionally,
- you can use your Summagraphics MM series (or compatible product)
- graphics tablet as a replacement for your original mouse (or continue to
- use your original mouse at the same time!). There is a very nice .PRG/
- .ACC screensaver and mouse accelerator included (I like the graphical
- manner in which the acceleration parameters are shown). The ability to
- configure and use the serial port and more are all included. This demo
- version is limited in use, but you can see how it works. Color or mono.
- Extensive docs and compatiblity chart included.
-
- SYQ_BACK is the SyQuest Backup and Restore system by Larry D. Duke
- -------- (dated Jan., 1993). This is an incremental backup and restore
- system for the ST/TT (and probably Falcon 030) and your SyQuest and
- Fixed Hard Drives. Mouse controlled. It will allow you to easily
- backup one or more of the partitians on your fixed drive on to one or
- more SyQuest carts. Requires at least one meg of RAM. Color or mono.
- Docs included. GFA Basic source code included (.GFA).
-
- WILSONS is a series of .SEQ animations of futuristic space battles and
- ------- fighting robots done by Timothy Wilson. Created using Cyber
- Studio and Cyberpaint, these animations have been compressed into one
- file. They are excellent! The colors, animation, and activity all
- recommend themselves. Use ANIMATE4 to view. Color only.
-
- And to save the best for last, a program I highly recommend to you:
-
- SILKMSE3 is SilkMouse v.3.0 by Mark Slagell. It is a uniquely smooth,
- -------- fast, well-behaved mouse accelerator that also incorporates a
- great two-stage screen saver. Run from the desktop or the AUTO folder,
- SilkMouse allows the most usable, most highly configurable mouse
- accelerator available. Have you ever found that when using a mouse
- accelerator that you can no longer use the Alt-arrow key combination to
- move your mouse pointer about? SilkMouse doesn't interfere with that at
- all. The two-stage screen saver is one that darkens the screen after a
- set period of time (fully configurable), but which allows whatever is on
- the screen to still remain visible. After a longer period of time the
- screen completely darkens. I like that feature. The accelerator may be
- configured through a CPX module or an .ACC (both supplied). One (of
- many) new feature is that you can make any program hold its final screen
- before exiting. This is very handy for those programs which flash a
- screenful of text before you in one-tenth of a second and expect you to
- read it! This is SHAREWARE (I've registered, and I will not use any
- other mouse accelerator!). Color or mono. ST--TT/MultiTOS compatible.
- I HIGHLY recommend this program. I think that if you try this for an
- hour you will never want to use any other mouse accelerator!
-
- SM30UPGR is the file all of you registered SilkMouse users should get,
- -------- and get in a hurry. Packed full of new features, faster,
- smoother, even better than before (which is saying something!), this
- upgrade is a "must have." If you don't know what SilkMouse is you're
- skimming this article too fast! Back up one file and read just what
- SilkMouse is all about (and then go out and get it!). Registered owners
- get to save their own personal configurations--everyone else has to use
- the default settings (which are what most people would want anyway!).
-
- That's all for now. Take care everyone!
-
- --Michael
-
-
-
- ###### CALAMUS COMPARISON
- ###### Capture from GEnie ST RT
- ###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Thank you for your interest in purchasing this product from DMC
- Publishing. This file is adapted from the Introduction to Calamus S in
- the Calamus S manual.
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The development of Calamus, its graphic interface, and its related
- products bring you to the forefront of desktop technology. Calamus
- supports state of the art color technology, printers and graphic boards.
-
- Functionality and modularity allow a step-by-step expansion of the
- system, customized to your needs - WYNIWYG (What You Need Is What You
- Get). New developments are easily integrated and guarantee
- compatibility.
-
- Calamus S and Calamus SL are based on the same graphic user interface.
- That is the reason we offer the same documentation for Calamus S and
- Calamus SL.
-
- The remainder of this information highlight differences between Calamus
- 1.09N and Calamus S. You will notice many important advances. A list
- of the differences between Calamus S and Calamus SL is presented at the
- end of this section.
-
- Comparing Calamus 1.09N to Calamus S
-
- Both Calamus SL and Calamus S are color capable. Up to 16.7 million
- colors can be accessed from the various color display and output
- options.
-
- Screening
-
- Calamus S uses technically correct screens that are automatically
- defined by the printer drivers for true WYSIWYG.
-
- Precision
-
- The calculation precision of Calamus S can be adjusted and is set to
- 1/10000 mm.
-
- Modules
-
- As with Calamus SL, Calamus S incorporates a number of basic internal
- functions and standard elements and modules. Add to these an increasing
- number of optional modules. This concept guarantees flexibility as
- Calamus products continue to be developed. True WYNIWYG!
-
- Magnifying Glass
-
- The magnifying glass makes it possible to zoom in on any part of the
- document.
-
- Multiple Documents
-
- You are able to work on multiple documents (up to 7) at the same time
- and exchange data between them by using a scrolling clipboard. The
- number of clipboard items is limited only by available RAM.
-
- Double Pages
-
- Calamus S has a true doubleⁿpage mode. Double page documents are
- displayed and can be edited in the doubleⁿpage mode.
-
- Floating Submenus
-
- The command areas of Calamus S can be moved anywhere on the screen. You
- can also create and display multiple command areas simultaneously.
- Design a command area configuration for your desktop based on your own
- preferences.
-
- Improved File Selector
-
- The file selector box has been expanded and improved.
-
- Editable Macro Keys with Macro Recorder
-
- A command sequence can be recorded with the help of the Macro Recorder
- and then assigned to a key (macro key). This allows you to configure
- Calamus S to your needs. The assigned macro keys can be edited later.
-
- Virtual Memory
-
- Calamus S contains virtual memory management that allows it to create
- documents that are larger than available RAM. This is achieved through
- the use of free space on your hard disk drive to page parts of your
- document.
-
- Master Pages
-
- Instead of the header/footer frames, Calamus S has a fully implemented
- master page management system which can handle repeated elements with a
- great degree of flexibility. Master pages can also be saved and used in
- any document you wish.
-
- Improved Caching
-
- Calamus S can cache all frame types unlike the vector only cache in
- 1.09N. This dramatically speeds up screen redraw.
-
- Pulldown Menus
- Import Drivers
-
- Calamus S can import more formats than 1.09N. Since all import drivers
- are separate modules, they can be loaded or deleted at any time. You
- can also save selected drivers in your setup file.
-
- Multicopy with Offset
-
- Besides the ability to select a frame copy type as Virtual or Physical,
- you now have the option to enter the number of desired copies as well as
- x and y offset from the original.
-
- Lock Document
-
- To prevent a new/different format at a different workstation or service
- bureau, documents can now be locked. This option also allows you to
- automatically remove empty pages, unused fonts, text styles and color
- lists from a document when you save.
-
- Expanded Setup
-
- The system default CALAMUS.SET file has been expanded. All settings of
- Calamus S are saved now. Additions include the unit of measurement,
- text style and ruler settings. The CALAMUS.SET file contains over 200
- user selected parameters.
-
- Clipboard
-
- Clipboard functions are now more flexible. In addition to frames, you
- can copy vector objects, text and text rulers to the clipboard.
-
- Data Exchange between Documents
-
- Document limitations have been removed. Both text and graphics can now
- be copied between documents using the universal clipboard.
-
- Unlimited Entries
-
- The number of entries available on the clipboard is now limited only by
- the amount of available memory.
-
- Modules
- Page Module
-
- The units of measurement in Calamus S can be adjusted more precisely
- than before. When importing a document from Calamus 1.09N, you may
- adjust your work to the more precise standards of Calamus S.
-
- Master Page Control
-
- Master pages have their own command field in the Page module.
-
- Frame Module
-
- Handling of proportional frames has been improved.
-
- Text can now flow around any vector object. The outline of a vector
- graphic is considered as the flow border and not the frame itself (as is
- the case with bitmapped graphics).
-
- The handling of textflow chains has been dramatically improved. You can
- now connect different textflow chains as well as insert one chain in
- another and insert frames into an existing textflow chain, before or
- after a selected frame.
-
- Control Lines (Gradient Curves) for Images
-
- Since you are now able to load more than just bitmapped images (gray
- scale and color), you can adjust the gradient curve for any picture
- format. This includes the ability to control intensity, contrast and
- color levels.
-
- Page Parts Print Option
-
- The page part print option (known as Tiling) allows you to define an
- area of your document for printing. You can frame any part of a page
- and print it. This function is helpful if the printer cannot print the
- entire page. In this case, only those parts of the page enclosed by a
- user definable frame will be printed. Further, the tiling frames can be
- configured to spread across the entire page, with definable overlaps, so
- that your complete work page is printed in a series of tiles.
-
- You can also now define the vertical and horizontal overlap for each
- tiling frame. The size of each tiling frame may be user defined or may
- be automatically set to represent the maximum possible print size of the
- selected printer.
-
- Frames: Write Mode/Mirror/Rotate
-
- Frames can now be rotated, mirrored and named. Further, you are able to
- set the write mode (transparent, opaque, inverted) for every frame. The
- rotate function also now applies to any frame.
-
- Calamus 1.09N made it possible to name pictures. This is now possible
- with all frame types, thereby allowing many people to work on one
- document. The layout person can define which file should be imported
- into which frame.
-
- Magnetic Help Lines, Grids and Frames
-
- Magnetic Frames have been added to existing magnetic help lines and
- grids. This allows the accurate positioning directly on frame borders.
-
- Definable Origin Point for Layout Ruler and Grid
-
- The point of origin for the layout ruler and grid can be defined
- anywhere on the x and y axes.
-
- Improved Frame Display
-
- All frame types are now accessible and can be moved in their inactive
- state.
-
- Text Module
-
- Calamus 1.09N allowed you to insert time and date stamps into text via a
- macro. Calamus S allows you to recalculate these values, allowing more
- control in your document.
-
- Spelling correction is possible with the help of the spell checking
- dictionary.
-
- Keyboard Layout
-
- Variable commands and command sequences can be tied to a definable key
- binding. These definitions can be edited at any time.
-
- A scroll bar has been added to the character set command group.
-
- Tabulator/Indents
-
- The complete tabulator (tab) concept of Calamus 1.09N has been
- redesigned. Depending on the position of the tabulator in the text, the
- orientation is either centered, left aligned or right aligned. The
- mouse may be used to drag indents and tabulators. The command fields
- Set Tabulator and Delete Tabulator must be deactivated in order to use
- this function.
-
- Text Functions
-
- Justified text has been improved. Space width can be assigned a minimum
- and maximum value.
-
- Text macros can be assigned to any key (like the key commands). The
- text macro key must be pressed in conjunction with a key command,
- activating the text macro function.
-
- The efficiency of the layout editor has been improved. Text corrections
- and changes can be handled more easily and quickly. Screen redraws are
- localized to the current display. No more waiting for the whole
- document to reformat!
-
- Text Style Module
-
- The management of text styles has changed dramatically. You should take
- some time to study this part of the manual. The degree of control is
- now remarkable:
-
- Font calculation can be changed to values based upon em, versal, and
- designer height.
-
- Predefined character heights can be edited.
-
- The definition of kerning can be calculated differently. Proportional
- Text, Esthetic Kerning, and Numbers in Block can be selected via on/off
- switches.
-
- Until now, you could only affect interⁿcharacter and word spacing using
- the text ruler. These can now be achieved with the text style options.
-
- Outline, underline, shadow percentage and character body can be adjusted
- separately. This also applies to color selection.
-
- You are able to achieve global change in the text layout with the help
- of the text styles. Until now, settings for font, character size,
- character attributes, and character color had to be entered separately.
- These can now be set or changed for each text style. Text styles are
- kept in an editable list which can be used in any document.
-
- Raster Area Module
-
- The radius of corners of raster areas can now be changed.
-
- New Modules
-
- Text Editor Module
-
- PKS-Write is the new builtⁿin Text Editor. It is specifically designed
- to maximize the functionality of Calamus.
-
- Focoltone Module
-
- Focoltone is a new color system which is based on Process Colors (CYMK)
- and specifies 763 spot colors. All spot colors can be reproduced with
- the help of the four standard colors from the most difficult pastel tone
- to the brightest full color.
-
- System Parameters Module
-
- Default system parameters can now be set within the System Parameters
- module. Parameters include the font directory tree (fast accessing of
- Calamus fonts), screen resolution, minimum memory requirements, screen
- rasterization, system memory and much more.
-
- Color/Grayscale Module
-
- The color/grayscale module allows Calamus owners with 8- or 24-bit color
- cards to switch to grayscale mode.
-
- Additional Information
-
- Raster Generator
-
- The Raster settings are contained in the Calamus S printer drivers.
- When you load a new driver, the output on the screen will be in rastered
- format, but only for a limited range of screen resolutions.
-
- Color Separation
-
- These settings are also dependent on the printer driver and cannot be
- altered.
-
- Optional Modules for Calamus S
-
- ∙ Brush Module
- ∙ Speed Line Module
- ∙ Mount Module
- ∙ Dataformer Module
- ∙ Mask Module
- ∙ Toolbox Module
- ∙ and more..
-
- Calamus SL functions inactive in Calamus S
-
- ∙ Common spot colors
- ∙ Set Raster (Page module)
- ∙ Set Color Separation (Page module)
- ∙ Set Layout/Work Area (Page module)
- ∙ Anchor Picture (Frame module)
- ∙ Preferred text runaround left/right (Frame module)
- ∙ Convert Picture Type (Frame module)
- ∙ Histogram in control line dialog (Frame module)
- ∙ Access the Use function in the control line dialog (Frame module)
- ∙ References (Text module)
- ∙ Prevent Hyphenation (Text module)
- ∙ Leader Tabulator (Text module)
- ∙ Set Hyphenation Rules (Text module)
- ∙ Vertical Text Alignment (Text module)
- ∙ Italicize fonts (Text Style module)
- ∙ Compress/Expand fonts (Text Style module)
- ∙ Write direction from right to left (Text Style module)
- ∙ Transparent outline (Text Style module)
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