¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ There is a considerable amount of¢ work from FRANK WALTERS in this¢ issue. Frank has been a very loyal¢ Atarian and his contributions to the¢ Atari communty in the form of¢ articles and useful programs are¢ legion and legendary. He has¢ contributed much to the newsletters¢ of other user groups and commerical¢ magazines, and is now bringing some¢ of his work to our newsletter. Frank¢ is the sysop of The Taco Bell BBS,¢ which runs on his proprietary¢ software from 4PM-11PM Central¢ Standard Time. Initial contact must¢ be in ATASCII. The phone number is:¢ (904) 785-2333. Frank is also a¢ regular contributer to the FidoNet¢ Atari National Echo.¢¢ I've included, by way of explanation,¢ the entire text of Frank's letter to¢ me. All of the files in question can¢ be found on side 1 of this¢ newsletter.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢¢ Alan,¢ My TextPRO article for your¢ newsletter is TPULINE.8. It is about¢ 14k and 2400 words. (Note: this file¢ is available from the main menu by¢ pressing the "I" key. It has been¢ renamed ITUPLNE8.TXT All other files¢ mentioned are named as listed and¢ available from DOS -- ed.) The only¢ other required listing is the DATA¢ lines in ULINE.DAT, less than 1k.¢ UIP.DAT is optional as it is easily¢ explained in the article, broken down¢ into the three macro keys defined in¢ UIP.MAX. The two .MAX files are¢ included for use by anyone else¢ acquiring this ARC file. They are as¢ created by the two .DAT files if¢ properly converted from decimal to¢ Atascii characters by MLEDIT.BAS¢ (Analog Magazine) or in the TP editor¢ using the SHIFT_TAB method explained¢ in the article.¢¢ I included DATA2OBJ.LST in the ARC¢ file. It is a BASIC LISTED program I¢ wrote to convert the ANALOG style¢ data lines to an Object file. i.e. It¢ creates the same file that MLEDIT.BAS¢ does. To use it from a printed¢ listing of data lines, you type the¢ lines in the BASIC editor and list¢ them to disk. Then enter both the¢ DATA2OBJ file and the DATA listing¢ and run the program. The checksums in¢ the data take care of error-checking¢ in the typed program. It tells you¢ which line is in error so you can¢ correct it. You are welcome to¢ publish the listed lines if you wish.¢ Try it out with the two .DAT files¢ just for fun.¢¢ OBJ2DATA.LST is the program that¢ creates the DATA listing from any¢ type of disk file. It might come in¢ handy if you wanted to print a short¢ USR listing or something like that.¢ Readers could use MLEDIT.BAS or¢ DATA2OBJ.LST to convert the data into¢ the original file. The only caveat is¢ in the design of Clayton Walnum's¢ MLEDIT program. It requires a full 16¢ data items per line, so the end of¢ the file may have some nulls (ASCII¢ zeros) added. This program uses two¢ open disk channels which could cause¢ a DOS error if DOS is not configured¢ for enough file buffers. Double¢ Density would require four file¢ buffers to support two open files.¢¢ Frank Walters¢ 10/26/96¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢¢ On side two, you will find¢ documentation and the Turbo Basic¢ program for the G.R.A.S.S.¢ Calculator. The docs and the¢ revisions to the program are by RON¢ FETZER, who demo'd the program at the¢ December meeting. This program will¢ run from the spacebar.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢¢ I must apologize for splitting up two¢ files that go together. If you check¢ side 1 carefully, you will find a¢ file that is called NEWLIB11.ARC. ¢ This is the result of ARC'ing HAROLD¢ PEGLER's very important update on the¢ library. When Harold gave me a disk¢ containing a 288 sector file, I had¢ no place for it in the newsletter. ¢ By ARC'ing the file, I could put it¢ in. But, some of you may not have¢ the program needed to UNARC the file. ¢ You will find that program,¢ UNARC.COM, on side 2 of this¢ newsletter. Here's what you need to¢ do to get Harold's excellent listing¢ of our most recent library disks:¢¢ 1. Using DOS,format a blank disk and¢ write DOS files to it.¢¢ 2. Using DOS, copy NEWLIB11.ARC onto¢ that blank disk from side 1 of this¢ newsletter.¢¢ 3. Using DOS again, copy UNARC.COM¢ onto that blank disk from side 2 of¢ this newsletter.¢¢ 4. Take out the newsletter disk and¢ put it aside.¢¢ 5. Boot the new disk you've made and,¢ using DOS, load UNARC.COM.¢¢ 6. When the menu comes up, type "A".¢¢ 7. When the prompt, "Enter complete¢ source filename:" comes up, type¢ "NEWLIB11.ARC" and press <RETURN>.¢¢ 8. When the prompt, "Destination¢ Drive # or Path [&mask]:" comes up,¢ type "1" and press <RETURN>.¢¢ 9. The program will produce a file¢ called NEWLIB11.DOC that can be¢ copied to your screen, the printer,¢ or read in a word-processor or text¢ reader.¢¢ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -¢¢ From side 1's menu, the space bar¢ will run COMPLIBS.BAS, an amusing¢ takeoff on MAD-LIBS.¢¢ Also included on side 2 is¢ GRABANAP.BAS, an amusing little game. ¢¢¢ I hope you enjoy this issue.¢¢ Editor¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢
