+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+¢ (Editors NOTE: Its catch up time...¢ This article and the N/L Review on¢ side one are not the very latest,¢ but they are interesting and were'nt¢ printed in the past, so I feel they¢ are both worth printing, because of¢ the popularity of these reviews.)¢ ¢ *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢¢ NEWSLETTER REVIEW¢¢ by Alan Sharkis¢ OHAUG Newsleter Librarian¢¢ The reviews are light from most of¢ the clubs this month, but I have some¢ catching up to do on the LIAUG Light¢ House. Seems as if the LIAUG crew¢ just couldn't get around to sending¢ them out. Since I am a member there,¢ I'm going into my own private stock¢ to review them for you. Meanwhile,¢ Alex has copies of the ones that I'm¢ reviewing and they should be in the¢ newsletter library soon.¢¢ LIAUG Light House for June, 1992¢ reprints JON D. MELBO's description¢ of his program, WDIR.COM, which is¢ used in SpartaDos to give MS-DOS-like¢ wide directories. JIM HARRIS writes¢ an amusing article in which this 8-¢ bitter describes his first encounter¢ with an ST. I will not comment on¢ the LIAUG editor's comments at the¢ bottom of the article, except to say¢ that it was all meant in good fun!¢¢ LIAUG Light House for July, 1992 has¢ a reprint from Z-NET of JOHN PICKEN's¢ very good article on printers. ¢ Another Z-NET article, this one by¢ CAROLYN HOGLIN (MFACC) talks about¢ preparing text with AtariWriter so¢ that it can be used by a 16-bit¢ computer. My (dated by now) review¢ of the Okidata 320 printer is also in¢ this issue, as is an article by JIM¢ HARRIS that is a look back at The New¢ Nest in the year since he took it¢ over.¢¢ (FR)antic for August, 1992, contains¢ the first in a series of self-¢ portraits of the members of AAAUA.¢ This one is from ED HALL, their¢ Canadian member. It's an interesting¢ article, and I suggest that you read¢ it. AAAUA President Al Sherrill has¢ a column on spreadsheets, what they¢ do, and how they do it. A column¢ called, "Are You a Computaholic?"¢ with multiple reprint and author¢ credits may look familiar to many of¢ us. Take a look.¢¢ M.U.G. Newsletter for August, 1992's¢ Atari News section describes the June¢ NAPCO meeting as being filled with¢ equipment and demonstrations. The¢ club's attendance has been light,¢ little 8-bit information is contained¢ in the article, but the activity of¢ this small club cannot be denied. ¢ The LIAUG Light House for August,¢ 1992 contains a very complete source¢ listing for 8-bit hardware, software,¢ repairs, magazines, newsletters, etc.¢ It's author, RAY WILMOTT, is looking¢ for additions to his list. Who will¢ be the first of our members to tell¢ him about our club newsletter?¢¢ The LIAUG Light House for September,¢ 1992 contains CAROLYN HOGLIN's¢ (MFACC) article on downloading custom¢ fonts and characters to printers. ¢ She uses the Star NX-1000 printer as¢ her example. An article by TOM HUNT,¢ describing his color graphics system¢ (CGS) for BobTerm is also printed¢ here. I've tried the system on The¢ Gods Playland BBS, and it has great¢ potential.¢¢ The DACE Desktop for September, 1992¢ has an article on the front page¢ about the release of the new Atari¢ Falcon line in Europe, complete with¢ a spec sheet. No, I am not deserting¢ the 8-bit to buy this machine, but¢ the specs look rather impressive, and¢ if it's good for Atari, it might just¢ kick some benefit our way. Inside¢ the cover, however, is a JOHN¢ DICKERSON article announcing a new¢ Polish entry into the 8-bit game-¢ software market. The game, Gabi,¢ uses a squirrel as a central¢ character. You make him gather nuts¢ for the winter, but each nut he¢ cracks has a surprise in it. The¢ game is being distributed by Trans¢ World Exchange in Parkland, WA, and¢ the price is certainly right!¢¢ *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢
