+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢ (Editors NOTE: Its catch up time...¢ This article and the N/L Review on¢ side two are not the very latest,¢ but theyare interesting and were'nt¢ printed in the past, so I feel¢ they are both worth printing in the¢ newsletter because ofthe popularity¢ of these reviews.)¢ ¢ +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢ NEWSLETTER REVIEWS¢ by ALAN SHARKIS¢¢ OLDIES BUT STILL WORTH KNOWING¢ ABOUT:¢¢ LIAUG LightHouse for March, 1991 --¢ This issue is packed with 8-bit¢ material. The reprint of Rick¢ Burton's (RACE) The Basics of BASIC¢ article from January, 1991 AIM¢ examines the SETCOLOR command in¢ detail. Robert Anisko's BetaZine¢ article compares Tetrix, Fortress and¢ Atartris, three popular 8-bit Tetris¢ clones. Both of the Bit Byter¢ articles are full of news about the¢ German club, and of a new club in The¢ Netherlands. The disk descriptions¢ (disk #23) make me want to look at¢ that disk myself! One of the¢ programs refers to a 1029 printer. ¢ Have you ever heard of that one, or¢ is that a misprint?¢¢ ACE St. Louis Newsline for March,¢ 1991 -- Charles Parson tells us how¢ to upgrade a 256K MIO to 1 Meg. This¢ can be a very tricky project, but a¢ very rewarding one. You do need a 1¢ Meg MIO because the ROM from it must¢ be copied. Joan Ryan's Gatebits¢ column is an excellent illustration¢ of how networking on BBSs can help¢ users from all over the country solve¢ problems. Joan's Bits of Eight¢ column contains many interesting¢ references, the majority of them¢ directly related to OHAUG. ¢¢ S.L.C.C. Journal for April, 1991 --¢ Bob Wooley keeps his promise and¢ brings us his 80-column board. The¢ article continues from a "rough-¢ sketch" done previously, but this¢ time there are construction outlines,¢ a complete schematic, and the¢ assembly source code that puts the¢ board to work.¢¢ ACE of Syracuse Newsletter for April,¢ 1991 -- Ken Wickert tells us how to¢ get onto GEnie in Full Duplex. Tom¢ Andrews reviews Rail King, an¢ exciting railroad game for the 8-bit.¢ Speaking of Tom, there is a full page¢ devoted to his connection with OHAUG¢ and how he and Kris Holtegaard¢ cooperated on the newsletter program¢ and how Ron Fetzer is a member of ACE¢ of Syracuse and on and on and ... ¢ It's gratifying.¢¢ (FR)ANTIC (AAAUA) for April, 1991 --¢ Read everything! Hidden in Alvan¢ Sherrill's column, Presidential¢ Ponderings are news, reviews, club¢ program suggestions,¢ telecommunications, you name it! ¢ Editor Manuel Garcia tells us where¢ Hi-Tech Expressions is now located¢ and who is doing support for the¢ Muppet Learning Keys. Alvan Sherrill¢ has a terrific article for beginners¢ about printers. Ed Hall, AAAUA's¢ Canadian member, describes England's¢ Page 6's latest effort, a magazine¢ with DOM called New Atari User. ¢ (It's not to be confused with¢ AtariUser magazine, which is¢ American.) Chuck Leazott's article¢ about ICD's closeout sale is¢ reprinted.¢¢ ACE St. Louis NewsLine for April,¢ 1991 -- Joan Ryan reviews the 8-bit¢ DOM, which contains two interesting¢ games. Her Bits of Eight column is¢ full of important files and products.¢ Her Slowmo Reviews column, likewise. ¢ Finally, there is an article (author¢ not mentioned) about some of the¢ idiosyncracies of programming in¢ MAC/65.¢¢ ACE of Syracuse Newsletter for April,¢ 1991 -- Tom Andrews has written an¢ excellent article about Assemblers,¢ Interpretors and Compilers. Ken¢ Wickert has extensively quoted Chuck¢ Leazott's ICD sale article (mentioned¢ above). Vernon W. Smith writes about¢ some of the entries in the Addison-¢ Wesley "Atari Software 1985". Some¢ of the software mentioned then is¢ still going strong today.¢¢ B.A.C.E. Line (Bakersfield) for May,¢ 1991 -- Although there are no 8-bit-¢ specific articles, there are some¢ interesting features.¢¢ Between Bytes (JACS) for May, 1991 --¢ There is some 8-bit news scattered¢ around, but not under any specific¢ heading. Read it all.¢¢ S.L.C.C. Journal for May, 1991 -- Bob¢ Wooley continues his his article on¢ an 80-column card with a correction¢ of the circuit presented last time,¢ several important enhancements, and¢ hints to those who desire to write a¢ word-processor program for the card.¢¢ MUG Newsletter for May, 1991 -- The¢ NAPCO material is getting mighty¢ thin! However, there's substance¢ here in an article decrying the split¢ of Atari users into 8-bit and ST¢ camps, a reprint of John Aalto's¢ comments detailing new articles and¢ products for the 8-bits, and a¢ reprint of AtariWriter+ Part VI,¢ Jimmy Boyce's AIM article.¢¢ +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢
