¢¢ Articles of Interest From¢ Newsletters We Received¢ by ALAN SHARKIS¢¢From Jan/Feb 1990 Current Notes:¢Steven LaFevers of Alaska presents his¢picture of the 8-bits as the computer¢of choice.¢He is quick to point out that he has¢access to a large supply of new¢commercial software, something we¢don't necessarily have in other parts¢of the county. Seems they have a¢large stock of older programs and¢Atari peripherals than we've seen in a¢long time. Steven tells us that the¢ST, for example, is playing catch-up¢with the 8-bits! An interesting¢scenario, but just as notable for the¢range of applications with which he¢uses his system. Also noteworthy from¢that magazine, NOVATARI has revamped¢its XL/XE library. They will accept¢mail orders at $3 per disk and $1¢shipping per 3 disks.¢¢¢From March 1990 Between Bytes: a¢reprint of an article by Paul Andrews¢(which had been reprinted in several¢sources) entitled Ten Commandments of¢Personal Computing.¢¢¢From March 1990 A.C.E. St. Louis¢NEWSLINE: Reviews of Operation¢Whirlwind and Battle of Chickamauga.¢¢¢From March 1990 ACORN KERNAL: Sally¢Nagy runs down the most popular 8-bit¢Public Domain and Shareware programs.¢ Included in her list are TextPro Plus¢4.5, MACSHOW.ARC, A850DOC.ARC,¢BOOTSCR.ARC, Draper Pascal v2.1,¢CONVERT.ARC, NOTETABL.ARC,¢SUPERFROG.ARC, FORCE4.ARC,¢Blueberries, AML80.ARC, ASMED.ARC,¢IBLMRD14.ARC, and ILBMRD20.ARC.¢¢¢From March 1990 B.A.C.E. Line: Dave¢Morel gives us some interesting¢graphics techniques from BASIC.¢¢¢From March 1990 Keeping PACE:¢Reprinted (from Portland Atari Club¢News) instructions for making a cable¢to connect the 8-bit to the Portfolio¢for transfer of data.¢¢¢From April 1990 L.V.A.U.G. News: An¢April Fools Extra that is nothing¢short of hilarious, a description of¢the ideal programmer from Ol' Hackers¢(who?) and serialized tutorials¢in SpartaDos and Action! stand out.¢¢¢From April 1990 Keeping PACE: Rich¢Deen has written an excellent article¢about shareware contributions (have¢you sent yours in, wherever they¢should go?).¢¢¢From April 1990 ACORN KERNAL: A review¢of the Richman's Word Processer by Ian¢Henderson, and a slew of articles and¢letters on the piracy issue.¢¢¢From April 1990 SLCC Journal: Dave¢Morel tells us all how to open¢channels to the printer from BASIC and¢avoid the problems associated with¢LPRINT statements. Bob Wooley reminds¢us of the utility of our 8-bits, in¢spite of the plethora of "bigger and¢better" advocates that now clammer for¢our attention.¢¢¢ From May 1990 SLCC Journal: Bob¢Wooley describes a sensational¢hardware hack which places a modified¢600XL motherboard into a mini-tower AT¢case (yes, you are reading correctly),¢together with peripherals, and uses¢the AT power supply for all of them.¢Central to the article is the¢description of the TRANSKEY board, a¢device that allows the use of an¢IBM-style keyboard with our 8-bits!¢This is really sensational! ¢¢¢ ¢
