*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢¢ NEWSLETTER REVIEW¢¢ By Alan Sharkis¢ OHAUG Newsletter Librarian¢¢ This review is going to be a bit¢ shorter than usual. I just didn't¢ get many articles to do this time. I¢ could, of course, fill in, or "tap¢ dance", but it's the start of the¢ school year and tasks other than¢ computer interests are piling up, so¢ bear with me.¢¢ The March, 1992 issue of¢ (FR)ANTIC contains a review by BILLY¢ D. WASHBURN of one of my favorite¢ programs, Atari Planetarium. MANUEL¢ GARCIA provides an addendum that is¢ useful in the San Antonio area. It¢ gives latitudes and longitudes¢ correct to the nearest second for¢ various reference points in that¢ town. Perhaps some ambitious soul¢ (not me, thanks) could compile such a¢ list for our Long Island area? LARRY¢ ALLEN continues his SpartaDos X Tips¢ column (part 3) with a discussion of¢ the COPY and TYPE commands. MATTHEW¢ D] BAKER presents part 3 of his Atari¢ Art column. He concentrates on¢ Rambrandt and Diamond Paint. ALVAN¢ SHERRILL discusses speed and memory¢ with regard to word-processors and¢ the human interface. I have to agree¢ with his philosophy. See if you do. ¢ Finally, ED. HALL publishes annotated¢ answers to his previously printed¢ Trivia Quiz. I picked up some very¢ interesting computer history,¢ although I must admit that I learned¢ more from this answer key than I was¢ able to recall when I took the quiz.¢¢ The March, 1992 Between Bytes¢ (JACS) contains the fourth¢ installment of ROBERT ELY's SpartaDos¢ column. He stresses SDX syntax and¢ gives examples of several variations¢ of the BASIC, BOOT and CAR commands. ¢ He distinguishes between "CAR" and¢ "CAR:". I wonder how many of us can¢ do that? He also goes over the MD¢ (or CREDIR, or MKDIR) commands. In¢ another column, Robert describes¢ Color Dump, a program he wrote to¢ enable 24-pin dot-matrix printers to¢ print graphics 9 pictures in color. ¢ He plans another version for 9-pin¢ printers with single-color ribbons,¢ stating that it would work in a¢ similar manner, but would require¢ more attention from the user. UPDATE¢ ATARI (HACE) for March, 1992 has an¢ interesting GEORGE IKEN article about¢ sending formfeed commands to a¢ printer from either the 8-bit or the¢ ST. It all started out with a one-¢ line program of BASIC code that got¢ compiled to a rather large binary¢ file. George was not satisfied and¢ played with the idea a bit longer. ¢ What he came up with is, ..well, I¢ won't spoil the suspense ...¢¢ In the MUG Newsletter of March,¢ 1992 please look for an article by¢ KEN WICKERT (ACE of Syracuse) and its¢ associated sidebar by VERNON W. SMITH¢ of NAPCO.¢¢ Puget Sound Atari News has¢ resurfaced! This magazine, a¢ collaborative effort of several user¢ groups in the Pacific Northwest¢ promised to return, and it has,¢ slicker and better than ever. DON¢ LUCIA (A.U.G.I.E.) presents a model¢ constitution and bylaws document that¢ any club can use or modifiy to their¢ own requirements. JASON HEDRICK¢ (with special thanks to BOB WOOLEY,¢ BOB PUFF and PAUL SMITH) presents a¢ hardware mod for the 1200XL that¢ brings the machine in line with the¢ rest of the XL/XE series and more.¢¢ In the MUG Newsletter for April,¢ 1992, NAPCO presents a reprint of a¢ THOMAS J. ANDREWS (ACE of Syracuse,¢ OHAUG) article on bubble sorts. He¢ also reviews an 8-bit game, Rail¢ King. KEN WICKERT (ACE of Syracuse)¢ discusses the idiosyncratic behavior¢ of GEnie with regard to half and¢ full-duplex logons and suggests ways¢ around it. Finally, the JIMMY BOYCE¢ (CACE) Atariwriter+ article on¢ loading, saving and appending files¢ is reprinted.¢¢ JACG Newsletter for April, 1992¢ contains two good potpourri-type¢ articles: one by JOSEPH E. HICKSWA¢ and the other by SAM COREY. Sam's¢ article mentions ALEX and the late¢ KRIS HOLTEGAARD among other people. ¢¢¢ *+*+*+*+*+*+END+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* ¢¢
