¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ Editor's Message¢¢ This year marks twenty years for¢ Atari computers. Yet, our community¢ still develops hardware and software¢ -- even commercial game software, we¢ still have news to report, and we¢ still have a loyal following of 8-bit¢ Atarians, in addition to a proud¢ history. Remarkable, yes? I've¢ tried to reflect all of what I've¢ just said in various parts of this¢ issue, and I hope you enjoy it.¢¢ On Side 1, please note the new¢ meeting dates for September 1999 to¢ June 2000. Also note that the¢ meetings will start at 1PM, and thus¢ the potential for their lasting until¢ the published 5PM has increased.¢ Please also note that there are¢ changes in the email list. Please¢ pay particular attention to the long,¢ annotated list of URLs. If you have¢ Internet access and are an 8-bit¢ Atarian, these URLs are a must! The¢ program that runs from the spacebar¢ is a demo, CCDEMO.BAS, from Atreju's¢ website. "A demo in BASIC," I hear¢ you ask with some incredulity? Yes,¢ and not compiled BASIC, either. This¢ one is written in listable Atari¢ BASIC (well, there are some machine-¢ language routines in it.) Try it¢ out. For those of you who are¢ frustrated by the ATOMIT game that¢ was on the last newsletter, I've¢ included a "cheat" by JOSEPH E.¢ HICSWA (Article is choice B from¢ menu, pertinent files are¢ ATOMGRID.ASC and ATOMGRID.XLT.) Also¢ on Side 1, there are two machine-¢ language games produced by GREG YOUNG¢ and released into the public domain¢ by him some years ago. The game¢ files are SPACEACE.EXE and¢ HOTLIPS.EXE. I found them posted in¢¢ alt.binaries.comp.atari8bit¢¢ in response to a request for them by¢ the author in¢¢ comp.sys.atari.8bit¢¢ Greg had apparently misplaced his¢ originals. (Note: the first newsgoup¢ is infrequently active, and isn't¢ carried by all ISPs. I know that¢ NassauNet will not carry it, and¢ unless something has changed recently¢ neither will AOL.) Hot Lips is a¢ Pacman clone, in which you try to get¢ the ghost monsters to be crunched by¢ the Hot Lips without suffering the¢ same fate AND without a pass-through¢ on the sides of the screen. Space¢ Ace is a space shoot-'em-up with (oh,¢ no, Joe Hicswa!) a time limit!¢ MUSICTD2.BAS is a part of a Music¢ Theory Drill series that comes from¢ our copy of Pool Disk Too. (Although¢ there is also a MUSICTD1 and a¢ MUSICTD3, I believe they are¢ corrupted.) FORMSGEN.BAS is, as the¢ filename indicates, a forms generator¢ from JEFF BRENNER, also found on Pool¢ Disk Too.¢¢ Side 2 features the return of the¢ Humor Corner. I hope you get a¢ couple of chuckles from that. The¢ program that runs from the spacebar¢ is BUSNES.BAS. Also, please find¢ AURABL.COM (pinball), BOX2.COM¢ (Polish Music Demo), and ADA.BAS,¢ PAUL ALHART's default adjuster for¢ AtariWriter. All are from the¢ "treasure" section of Pool Disk Too.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢
