¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ Editor's Message¢¢ Welcome to this issue, and to TOM¢ ANDREWS' fabulous revision of the¢ newsletter program! You can read all¢ about it in the "Changes" column¢ (Choice B on your menu) on side 1. ¢ Tom did a really wonderful job of¢ streamlining the code, adding some¢ long-awaited features and restoring¢ one that had been missing for a¢ while. His work inspired me to clean¢ up the HELP.DOC file, a task which¢ also was long overdue.¢¢ On Side 1, the program that runs from¢ the spacebar is a musical cartoon.¢ The filename is DARKTOWN.BAS. Please¢ remember that after you press <START>¢ from the title screen, you will see a¢ blue screen with a list of¢ "musicians" on it. Let this screen¢ just sit there for some time because¢ the program must initialize. The¢ program came from our copy of The¢ Pool Disk.¢¢ You will also find BBKCOPY.COM, from¢ ABBUC MAGAZIN number 54 on Side 1. ¢ This is a multiple file copier for¢ Atari Dos 2.x. Although the screen¢ is pretty much self-explanatory,¢ there is one piece of vital¢ information you should have. When¢ you run this program, set the source¢ disk (pressing <S> toggles through¢ drives 1-4 and 8) and the destination¢ drive (<D> works here) before doing¢ anything else. Then follow the¢ directions to bring up the directory¢ in the source disk, tag the files you¢ want and copy away!¢¢ The machine language games, ORBIT.COM¢ and EXCHNG.COM can also be found on¢ Side 1. These games came from our¢ copy of The Pool Disk.¢¢ Side 1 also holds a fine article by¢ FRANK WALTERS on using the additional¢ memory in expanded machines with¢ TextPro. Please check the e-mail¢ address list. There are some changes¢ in it.¢¢ On Side 2, the program that runs from¢ the spacebar is CARTFE.BAS, which¢ allows you to create simple ATASCII¢ cartoons and save them. You really¢ should put this program on its own¢ disk, but it might be fun to try out¢ from here.¢¢ Also on Side 2 is a very interesting,¢ two-player game. The file is¢ DOMINION.BAS. The DOC file can be¢ accessed from the "D" choice on the¢ menu. Both DOMINION and CLUES came¢ from the "treasure" directory of our¢ copy of The Pool Disk.¢¢ You will also find an excellent text¢ adventure, "The Goldmine and the¢ Princess" from the April 1990 issue¢ of ANTIC MAGAZINE via our copy of The¢ Pool Disk. This program consists of¢ several files. You will need to do¢ some work to use it. First, format a¢ blank disk, and write DOS files to¢ it. Then, copy all of the locked¢ files on side 2 (the ones with the¢ stars next to them when you get a¢ directory of the side from DOS) onto¢ that newly prepared disk. Finally,¢ rename AUTORUN.GM on that new disk to¢ AUTORUN.SYS. Put the new disk in¢ drive 1, and boot it with BASIC. The¢ files GOLDMINE.DOC and GOLDMINE.D02¢ are formatted for the AtariWriter¢ cartridge. The file EGLDMINE.TXT can¢ simply be copied, using DOS to the¢ screen or your printer, but can also¢ b read or printed from the menu¢ (choice "E".) I highly suggest doing¢ either before you play the game so¢ that you can read the documentation¢ for an overview and also have it for¢ reference as you play. Of course, if¢ you have the actual issue of ANTIC,¢ that's even better.¢¢ You will also find TRICKY.OBJ on Side¢ 2. This is a delightful activity¢ called Tric-Toy-Trac. In it, you¢ construct a train track layout in¢ such a way that a little train can¢ run on it without collisions. If it¢ sounds easy, guess again, but it is¢ fascinating. The file came from¢ TWAUG Newsletter disk 007, via our¢ copy of The Pool Disk.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢
