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KEEFY'S BIT
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9/01/94
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Boo hoo! cry and other expletives, i'm a bit sad today because Newcastle
knocked Coventry out of the cup yesterday. I hope you're feeling happy Mr
Andy Cato (Grr!). I see Tony's beloved Preston got through. Honestly, i
don't know why i bother, sometimes $"^%^**!£$!"£%....... Ahem... still, at
least i've got my usual free weekend to play on my beloved pooter eh. How
does the song go?.....
Always look on the bright side of life..de do de do de do de do.
Good idea i think, i'll get on with it shall i?.
Well it's a brand spanking new year and a brank spanding new issue of
(fanfare!)
STOSSER!!.
Double figures already eh?. Blimey, it dosen't seem like five days ago
that i was writing the welcome article for issue 6.
Ahem!, anyway, erm first off, you very nearly didn't get to see this issue
of Stosser on time, and all because of a major boo-boo on my behalf. I
was just making a back-up of my files as i always do. The back-up went
fine. So i decided to copy all the files to a disk to send to Tony.
Click........whirr.
DATA ON THE DISK IN DRIVE A MAY BE DAMAGED 'CANCEL' 'RETRY'
"Okay" i thought, "i've just made a back-up anyway so i'll be alright"
DATA ON THE DISK IN DRIVE A MAY BE DAMAGED 'CANCEL' 'RETRY'
Many worthless tries as swapping drives (ie.copying a to b,b to a,b to b)
Arrgh!.
So i had to write to Tony to get him to send me the last set of files
whilst trying frantically to save a few files i hadn't sent him with the
aid of Knife ST. Thankfully, i think i managed to get them all back. But
if you have sent me an article recently and it still hasn't appeared in
the zine by issue 12. Get in touch and i'll see what i can do.
Right, enough of my problems. I hope you all had a good christmas. Mine
was nice and quiet really. .New years Eve was much different though, as
is traditional for me at that time of celebration, i got completely and
utterly plastered. Needless to say, 1994 did not start particularly well,
when i woke up in the morning with a thumping hangover. Boy i was glad
when it went.
Since i mentioned the packs of p.d. i saw being sold in the shops for
about 4 quid, quite a few of you have written in saying that you had seen
similar things being sold. Nearly all of you mentioning a company called
Akore Shareware. My view is simple, DONT BUY THEM!, if you want to get
P.D. either swap it with your friends, or buy it from p.d. libraries with
real enthusiasts who are doing it for fun and not charging extortionate
prices. Companies like Akore are only in it for the money.
Also, last month i mentioned that we wanted to hear from some females and
mentioned a couple of names. What i neglected to mention was the names of
our P.D. library female friends. So er...Sorry to Caroline of New Age,
Jen of Jewel and alison pope of Merlin. We'd still like to hear from the
rest of you though. There must be some of you out there?.
Last issue if i remember rightly, we were asking for the addresses of
Atari ST user groups, well fret no more. Tony managed to find the address
of the Association of Atari User Groups, he wrote off to them and lo and
behold a list of local user groups came his way. So many thanks to Ken
Ward for that. So here are those names and addresses for you to contact,
i don't know how many are still going, but this is the list as at SEPT 93.
First off, the Association of Atari User Groups (NORWICH USER GROUP)
KEN WARD
45 Coleburn Rd
Lakenham
Norwich NR1 2NZ (0603)661149
AVON: BRISTOL ST USERS GROUP
D.JACKSON
4 Barbour Gardens
Hartcliffe
Bristol BS13 OPN (0272)358505
DEVON: SOUTH WEST ST USER GROUP
DAVID EVERY
5 Turbill Gardens
Chadlewood
Plympton
DEVON PL7 3XF (0752)330176
DORSET: BORNEMOUTH AND POOLE ATARI USER GROUP
IAN BROOKER
163 Verity Crescent
Canford Heath
Poole
DORSET BH17 7TX (0202)672907
ESSEX: BRENTWOOD ATARI USER GROUP COLCHESTER ATARI USER GROUP
GAVIN DANDRIDGE MARTYN RAYNER
Grindelwald 61 Rayner Rd
Crow Green Lane Colchester
Pilgrims Hatch ESSEX
Brentwood CO2 9AE
ESSEX CM15 9RH (0206)760168
CAMBS: HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMPUTER CLUB
TONY CROFT
7 St Martins Rd
Catteris
CAMBS PE16 6JB
CORNWALL: MID-CORNWALL CO-OP COMPUTER CLUB
MIKE RICHARDS
8 Victoria Rd
Roche
St Austell
CORNWALL PL26 8JF (0726)890473
HERTS: CHESHUNT COMPUTER CLUB KENT:MAIDSTONE COMPUTER CLUB
DERRYCK CROKER RAY STYLES
196 Coates Way 4 Brookmead Rd
Garston Cliffewoods
WATFORD WD2 6PE KENT ME3 8HP
(0923)673719 (0634)221123
LANCS: WIGAN COMPUTER CLUB LONDON:LONDON ATARI COMPUTER ENTH'
ALAN OWEN GLENN READER
1 Lidgate Close 143 Richmond Rd
Wigan Leytonstone
LANCS WN3 6HA LONDON E11 4BT
(0942)212662 081-960-1605
SUSSEX: SEAFORD COMPUTER CLUB WILTS:SWINDON ATARI USER GROUP
CHARLES WARE MIKE BIRD
23 Kedale Rd 46 Eastcott Rd
Seaford Swindon
SUSSEX BN25 2BX WILTS SN1 3LR
(0793)539105
SCOTLAND: ATARI USER GROUP OF SCOTLAND UDDINGSTON ATARI/AMIGA USERS
FRASER BLACKLAWS WILLIAM BEATON
9/3 North Hillshousefield 28 Croft Wynd
EDINBURGH Uddingston
EH6 4HU GLASGOW G71 8BJ
031-553-1288 (0698)816531
IRELAND: ATARI USER GROUP OF IRELAND
MIKE CASEY
3 ST Kevins Pk
Kilmacud
Co. Dublin
And last of all....
ASSOCIATION OF ATARI USERS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
TERRY FREEDMAN
16 Hall Rise
Witham
ESSEX
CM8 1DH
Many of the above groups have regular meetings and newsletters and offer
P.D. services. Some of them also deal with other machines (though why i
don't know?). If you want to know more about any of these groups write to
them with a stamped S.A.E. asking for more details. If there is a phone
number at the bottom of the address, you'd be better advised to give them
a ring first to check they are still going so you're not wasting your
stamps. Mainly because the two midlands clubs on the list i rang are no
longer in existance. (One still exists, but only for amiga and pc). If
you know of any user-groups which are definately alive, send us the
details for all STOSSERS to see.
Talking of things dead and undead, we move onto STEN. Dave mooney
dropped me a line recently, and revealed to me that although he will no
longer be doing it he has given permission for a chappie called John Ash
to have a go at it. Allbeit with a slightly different name etc... You can
write to the new editor at
JOHN ASH
62 FLEET RD
DARTFORD
KENT
Please don't forget, that if you want to expect any sort of reply, you
should send a stamped, self addressed envelope.
Let's hope John, can continue where Dave left off. Good luck mate!.
Word has also reached me of a new paper-based magazine which will
hopefully be with us around the end of January time. Called the
"ST Handbook", the magazine will be mainly a p.d./shareware orientated
magazine, bi-monthly to start with. A5 format with reviews, charts,
competitions and even it's own comic strip. There'll also be a cover disk
containing p.d. games and utlities. At the time of writing (or typing),
the magazine will carry a cover-price of £2 and will not be available in
the shops. For more information telephone Victor Wright on (021)459 4340
during office hours. With a bit of luck, we hope to get hold of a copy to
review, so then we'll be able to tell you all about it eh?.
Right then, enough wibbling i hear you cry, what have we got for you in
this holiday theme issue. Incidentally, thanks must go to Auld Bastid,
who did most (if not all!) of the graphics for this issue. With a bit of
luck we'll be seeing a lot more from him in future issues.
Matthew Greens 3d tutorial arrives, along with a plea for help in creating
objects, so if you're a STOS 3d fan, then make sure you don't miss that
one. Deano's missing link tutorial continues this month, offering more
help to users of the best extension around. (If you STILL haven't got it,
write to me with a disk of p.d. and a copy will wing it's way to you).
There's plenty more from Deano as well, including "How to write programs
in STOS", and "Sprites Q's and A's", for all those of you having trouble
with those flickery little beasties. There's also his SAC Compy in which
you can win loads of nice little goodies for your beloved pooter.
Incidentally, some of you out there may have noticed we made a slight boo-
boo on the closing date, ie. we put it at 31st May 1993 or something like
that. Hopefully, none of you were daft enough to think it correct.
Anyway, the closing date should have read 31st may 1994. So you've still
got plenty of time to get those entries in haven't you!.
Our own Stosser compy also continues this month, once again we're offering
loads of goodies to the winner. Including some games for the winner, ten
disks of p.d for runner up and 5 disks full of STOS stuff for the third
name drawn out of the hat. All you have to do is fill in the file on the
disk called FILL_ME.IN, simple really. We've had a couple already, but
this issue centre-stage belongs to Chris Sharp of Supreme Software who
reveals his inner-most thoughts to the STOS-loving world. Thanks a lot
for that Chris, your names gone into the hat. Incidentally, Chris has a
recently released a new licenseware game called "FREAKED OUT 2", read the
adverts section for more details. Don't forget, you can advertise your
own programs in the adverts section, just send it in to me at the usual
address.
The telegraph pole is looking a popular new addition with a
couple of messages added already. As before, if you've just written a
program you can advertise it in that section as long as its pd, shareware
or licensware. No more than 4 lines, without swearing or bickering
though. Sensible stuff as well please.
Auld Bastid returns with the second part in his Customising Stos series,
this time he does something about the STOS fontset. There's also some
graphical hints and tips from him regarding packing your Stos pictures and
converting between different resolutions.
More Stos problems are solved by Martin Cubitt, in his agony column, along
with part three of his How to write extensions series. This time he
explains the ins and outs of the installation program. Also from Martin
there's info on saving space in your programs and a mono monitor review.
For those of you stuck for ideas, Tony Greenwood (the man himself) has a
few that you may like to take on board. There's also some info on disk-
accessing which Tony sent me ages ago, but i've only just found. Some of
you could find that one a great help.
Scott King has some more goodies for us (seperated from his original doc)
in the form of info on producing a commercial software package. He also
explains some of the problems to be found when using the STOS fixer
program to improve compatibility. Marcus platt delves into the Ste
extension for us, and Les Greenhalgh is the new guy on the block with his
file on optimising. My own beginners guide to computing reaches it's
conclusion (probably), and once again there's a humourous break supplied
by Colin of the Gosport Fun Factory.
Just before i go onto the usual thanks and all that, i'd just like to
mention that if you're planning on sending us an article, to ensure it
reaches us in time for the next issue, you'll need to get it to us by the
end of the previous month. For example, if you were sending us something
for issue 11 (release date 20th Feb), then we'll need it by 31st JAN.
This is to allow us plenty of time to sort the article out, then decide
what to use and get them sent off to Tony so he can finalise the shell in
time for release.
As per usual here's the addresses you'll need to write to, and if you're
expecting a reply don't forget the stamped SAE. If you're sending a disk,
please, please, please fill them up. Don't forget we're doing it for fun,
and it's not really fair if you send us a blank disk and expect us to send
you the next issue of STOSSER is it?. At least 70% or so full is a lot
nicer than a disk with nothing on. It doesn't take long to drag over a
few icons does it. Even if you think we've already got it. Anything will
do, and it's better than nothing. I for one will soon be rigourously
enforcing this little rule if things don't change. This dosen't
nessecarily apply to those of you sending articles though. Although we'd
like a little more than just one article on the disk.
Right, as promised here are those addresses:
All source code, accesories etc to:
TONY GREENWOOD ( Shell Programmer )
29 PAXTON ST
ACCRINGTON
LANCS
BB5 1QQ
All problems, solutions etc to:
MARTIN CUBITT ( Stos Doctor )
14 DEEPDENE AVE
RAYLEIGH
ESSEX
SS6 9LG
All articles, reviews and textual stuff to:
KEEFY ( Editor )
57 HEARSALL LANE
EARLSDON
COVENTRY
CV5 6HF
Well, i think thats about your lot really, i think that all there remains
to say is thanks to all the guys and gals who've helped STOSSER get to
double figures, and here are those heroes. If your name has somehow been
forgotten, then i apologise for that, maybe you should drop us a line with
an article or something to remind us that you exist?.
Here we go with the roll call........IN NO PARTICLUAR ORDER...
ARSHAD........... ACCRINGTON
ANDY CATO ........ NEWCASTLE
A.C. PORRITT....... HARTLEPOOL
BILLY ALLAN........ DUMBARTON
BEN RILEY....... ACCRINGTON
COLIN PRATT......... GOSPORT
LYNN PRATT......... GOSPORT
COLIN McALLISTER....... RENFREWSHIRE
DEAN SHARPLES....... ROCHDALE
DION GUY............... BISHOPS WALTHAM
FRED DARLINGTON...... PRESTON
IAN HOLDEN.......... BLACKBURN
JEAN-FRANCOIS BERJON.. FRANCE
JAMES HORNBY........ LONDON
JULIE WORDEN......... ACCRINGTON
KEITH DUNN............ COVENTRY
MARTIN CUBITT...... RAYLEIGH
MATTHEW GREEN...... CRAWLEY DOWN
STEVEN GOODING....... SOUTHSEA
TONY GREENWOOD....... ACCRINGTON
TONY GOODING.......... HANTS
WILLIAM MORRISON...... DONCASTER
WILFRIED KICKSTEIN.... GERMANY
R. WHITE......... N.IRELAND
BRIAN CROSSLAND........ CHESTERFEILD
ANDY MORGAN........... NUNEATON
JAMES AUBREY......... SUTTON
PIOTR J. TIMINSKI...... POLAND
JAMES AMES............ PRESTON
PHIL GRAINEER........ OKEHAMPTON
PAUL CHAPMAN........ HARTLEPOOL
RAPHAEL AST....... GERMANY
ROBERT LANNIGAN....... CARLUKE
JAMES L MATTHEWS.......... MAIDSTONE
NEVILLE WILSON...... BIRMINGHAM
MARCUS PLATT...... TAMWORTH
PAUL ARCHER........ WITHAM
CHRIS SHARP.......... DINAS POWYS
MARTIN ANDERSON...... LIVERPOOL
AULD BASTID............ DUNBAR
DEAN TACHBROOK....... NORWICH
ELLIS WATSON......... SWANSEA
CHRIS ???????.... DERBY
DAVID RAE............ NORTHAMPTON
SIMON FREEMAN........... BIRMINGHAM
KEN WARD....... NORWICH
LES GREEHALGH....... ????????
DARREN TAPLIN.... BRENCHLEY
Cheers everyone......and enjoy the zine!.