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Issue 4 - January 1995 - POWER version
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Welcome to the fourth POWER version of Skynet Times, the hot new
disk magazine for YOUR Atari!! Don't forget that if you like what you
see in this POWER version, you can get the full version of Skynet Times
by writing directly to myself.
Prices...
One Issue.............................................£1.00
Three issues..........................................£2.50
When ordering one issue you will recieve the issue of the current month,
and when you order three issues you will get the issue of the current
month and the two months that follow (when they are released!).
Payment details...
All cheques/postal orders MUST be made payable to Mr B Nott.
You can only order copies of the magazine if you live INSIDE EUROPE.
High density disks cannot be accepted at present. If you only have High
density disks then add 50p to your order and I will supply you with
double density disks (50p PER disk).
Please send the right amount of disks and a 1st class stamp with your
order.
ORDERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE UK
Orders can be taken from outside of the UK, but not from outside of
Europe. Please make sure you send enough postage as I will just stick
the stamps that you send me onto the envelope and post it.
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The Address....
Sorry for not entering the address in the last POWER issue!
Skynet Times,
78 Combe Ave,
Portishead,
Avon,
BS20 9JT,
ENGLAND
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DISCLAIMER
All opinions in the reviews are the opinions of the reviewers them
selves so they may not be your opinion aswell but that's your
problem. It is not our responsibility if you are disatisfied with any
product recomended in the magazine.
Articles are copyright of their authors and may not be
reproduced in any way, unless stated (e.g. order forms etc.).
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Right, let's get things underway then, shall we?.............
NOTE: A line of 20 asteriks (***************) denotes the start of
the next article.
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117 | News
181 | Dragonlance Experience Advert
203 | Adverts Advert!!
220 | Interview with CIH of Maggie
423 | Interview with Grazey of the PHF
561 | Interview with Cal of the PHF
642 | Customising the Desktop
768 | How to get good sound from an STFM...
845 | Ascii Art monthly
876 | CHiT CHaT
936 | Did you Know?
971 | Your indispensible guide to ST terms and Jargon
1056 | Metal monthly
1129 | Maggie 15 review
1258 | Japtro Megademo review
1351 | Falcon Fact File advert
1380 | Falcon owners Group informaton
1485 | FOG Catalogue
1680 | Next Issue...
1761 | The Epilogue
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Just what is going on out there?
The Jaguar is Doomed... (don't worry - not like that!)
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The new all-out madness blow-their-guts-to-bits shoot 'em up for
the PC, 'Doom', will soon be available to those of you whom are lucky
enough to be owners of Jaguars. PC freaks are all slagging of owners of
higher end Atari machines as their 'Doom' thing outshines anything ever
seen on an Atari (even Llamatron!). But more fool them!! Soon they will be
laughing on the other sides of there faces as the Jaguar version ('JagDoom'
as CIH of Maggie loves to call it!) will be hitting the streets and will
feature Truecolour graphics and still retain the same frame rate.
The Jag version is expected to have 20 levels along with a 'hidden'
level. Levels will be slightly different to those in the PC version.
I still don't think that Doom will be quite as good on a console.
A mate of mine has a 486 PC running at 66Mhz with CD-Rom, SoundBlaster and
all the works. He can customise the game and even add his own samples, etc.
Maybe the game will be better suited to the Jaguar-based computer (that's
if Atari make it!).
Doom for the Jaguar is expected to be released around Christmas
(i.e. now!).
Atari drop patent infringement lawsuit against Sega
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Atari have now dropped their case against the rival console giants
and made a $90 million settlement. Sega are going to buy 4 million shares
in Atari.
The whole fiasco came about by Sega stealing Atari's software
algorithms and other things like the 9-pin joystick port.
With the new settlement, Atari games will be licensed for Sega
consoles and the same with Sega games. I doubt though that we will be seeing
games like Sonic on the Jaguar. This is a good move for Atari as now more
popular games will be available on the Jaguar which hopefully boost it's
sales.
Proceeds from this are very unlikely to be put into things like
ST and Falcon support. The money will probably be spent on building more
Jaguars.
Well, that's about all the News we have for you dis month..
Vogue 17.12.94
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* o Skynet's latest demo for the Atari ST. Get your copy from POWER PD *
* by sending 99p to: POWER, 3 Salisbury Rd, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 2TY. *
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* o Alternatively get it directly from us by sending 50p plus a DSDD disk *
* and a stamp to: Skynet, 78 Combe Ave, Portishead, Avon, BS20 9JT. *
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If you would like to advertise in Skynet Times then you can do so for
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Now for some interviews with top ST people...
You thought you were still sane, but do not fool yourself..
For now the time has come for an interview with CIH of the Maggie Team!
Name:
Napoleon Wildebeeste the third, alright, dammit! Chris Holland,
otherwise know as CIH from the amazing combination of initials
that I have..
Age:
Classified..
Hairstyle:
Variable, with the chance of showers later in the day.. Has been
semi-long, but at the moment, rather shorter in a lo-maintenance
eazi-care 'bog-brush' kind of style..
Size of nail of left thumb:
44.95 degrees centigrade..
How long have you had an Atari?
My first Atari turned up at my house in the spring of '87, it was
a 520 STFM, none of this 5 million years on the 8-bit atari
beforehand sort of nonsense..
How long have you been on the scene?
By 'scene', I suppose you mean more than local activity on the
machine.. There had always been a good club locally, and I was
interested in 'scene' activities such as the early demos, but the
breakthrough came with the first issue of Maggie released in June
1990, because I decided I would like to do something, even if it
was only writing nonsense like this.. I first appeared in issue
two, and the rest is history, apart from some game reviews and
decidedly dodgy short stories..
What computers did you own before (if any)?
I started with the wonderful Sinclair black doorstop, the ZX81,
probably the best machine ever made.. The fact that the ST and
Falcon can brilliantly emulate it is a major point in their
favour.. I seemed to bypass the Speccy, had a flirtation with the
college Beebs, and the next wholly owned machine was an obscure
bit brilliant 8-bit called the Elan Enterprise.. In several
stunning parallels to recent Atari history, a superbly specified
machine that failed to be sold or backed properly, which attracted
a devoted following, but ultimately perished from lack of real
support from the mainstream..
The ST's sort of followed from there..
How did you end up being the editor of MAGGIE?
Someone picked me out of the police identity parade.. No,
seriously, I acquired the source code when the original editor,
Mike 'Sammy Joe' Schussler turned up in '92.. Delta Force, the
then custodians of Maggie had finished at issue 10 without telling
anyone, so if you backtrack to our first 'post Delta-Force issue',
number 11, there are all sort of references to the still-
impending 'official' Maggie at that time, sad, but kind of amusing
now..
Do you find editing a disk mag hard work?
Only the initial re-motivation to start a new issue.. Once we get
some articles under our belt, it gets easier, and we tend to plan
it a bit more these days, and have a pretty good idea of what is
going in to the next issue as well..
What inspired you to make MAGGIE Falcon-compatible?
My ownership of that new machine, shortly before I got the source
code.. Issue 11 was not compatible, as we used the original Delta
Force source code, and I felt that Falcon compatibility would be a
very desirable thing to have..
Was it easy to do?
Actually, very easy, as we found we only had to turn the music off
and the rest ran ok without any problems..
Have you made any major alterations to the Shell since you've been doing
MAGGIE?
None as yet, the fix to make it work on the Falcon was quick and
easy.. A revamp would suggest a re-write, and I am open to any
offers there!
How many people assist you in the making of MAGGIE?
It is fair to say that Maggie is put together by one and a half
people, myself, and various other contributors.. The one other
person who is regularly physically present on the scene, is a
fellow called Richard (Felice) who writes some stuff, and is
usually there for the final compilation of an issue as well..
How do you think large console companies like SEGA and NINTENDO are going
to be affected now the Jaguar is hitting the streets?
Hard to say really.. Sega and Nintendo are suffering right now,
without Jaguar, because of a general decline in interest in
consoles, and the fact that the boom market, a couple of
Christmas's ago, was heavily overstated.. There is now active
consumer resistance to their (over)pricing policies for cartridge
software, and the present 16-bit Mega Drive and SNES are showing
their age in the face of new competition, of which the Jag is only
a part.. This is a transitional period where nobody is really
certain which way the market is going to jump, so no-one is coming
forward to commit themselves to a particular system right now..
What machine should Atari release next (be imaginitive!)?
A Jag computer, with the present Jag chipset, 64 bit bus width
like the Jag and a 68030 cpu clocked at 32 mhz. (I would like an
'040, but equally, I would like to be able to afford to buy this
machine!) A Jag computer would be a golden opportunity to cash in
on the lack of an alternative to the PC, and a replacement for the
Amiga for aspiring coders, say at an entry price level of £4-500
to get you started, with more expensive 'professional' models for
those that can afford it..
It therefore seems crazy that Atari have announced they won't be
making any more computers, at least in the forseeable future..
How much life do you think there is left in the ST?
At the hobbyist level, almost infinite, as people seem to be doing
for themselves, what they used to rely on others to provide
before.. Long may it continue.. It is dead in the mainstream
sense, and has been for some time now..
Lot's of new PD/Shareware games are being developed at the moment, and
a couple of new demos are appearing like Japtro by Holocaust. Do you think
all these new releases will keep the ST alive that little bit longer?
Of course, any way the more self-reliant user base can contribute
to their machine will go a long way in the future..
Do you have your mushrooms fried or grilled?
Fried in breadcrumbs, with a garlic mayonaisse dip by my elbow,
and freshly squeezed lemon juice lightly sprinkled on top, and
don't forget the essential glass of claret!
Will MAGGIE be with us for many issues to come?
We will continue Maggie until at least issue twenty (Maggie 16 is
the current release issue for Dec '94/Jan '95.. After that, we
will see if there is still any point..
Thanks Chris, now feel free to advertise below.......
'Diskzine editors, are you shagged and jaded with life? Prose
style getting you down? Those new demos don't excite you like they
used to?
Then try..
BRITISH NAVY PUSSER's RUM
"As lately served on board ships of the Royal Navy."
FUEL's THE ENGINES OF LUNACY!!
TRY SOME TODAY!!!
(A bit of a bastard to find in the shops though, you need friends
in the Royal Navy clubs to get it.. But it's brilliant!!)
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Yeah, well, if that's what you call advertising Chris!!
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Vogue now has the exclusive pleasure of interviewing Grazey of
the PHF, one of the leading British demo crews.
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Name:GRAZEY
Age:24
Shoe size (just out of interest):10
What Atari machines do you own?
STFM 1040
What other machines do you own?
C64/1541 , A1200 80mb HD
Which one of them do you like most?
Well it really depends what I'm using them for :-
For coding, messing around I like the ST, trouble is after using a 1200
the GEM interface is cronically slow. The disq I/O is much superior though.
For a game I use my C64, out comes Dropzone, Kokotoni Wilf, Super Pipeline
etc, theres still no true C64 emulator on ANY machine. For demo viewing etc
I love the A1200, some of the latest FX are really excellent, also I do all
my comms on the A1200 because of the hard-disq.
How long you been on the Atari scene?
Since 1988
How long have you been demo coding altogether?
11 Years, started writing shite 'BASIC' demos on the C64, I say 'BASIC' as
coding in Commodore BASIC isn't really coding in BASIC at all!, poke this
peek (poke(??)AND??) etc. Makes the transition from Hi-Level to Low level
much less painless though!
What is your favorite demo that you have written?
er...Probably Ultimate Muzak Demo Volume 2, there was such a huge variety
of Musicians in there. I also like Who-Zone 4 on the C64 which also
featured loads of music rips I had done! (the fore runner of UMD!)
Name your 3 favourite ST demos...Cuddly Demos (TCB & TEX)
Union Demo (L16/Reps/DF/TCB/TEX)
Any demo by Ziggy Stardust (on a par
with Nick)
Name your 3 favourite C64 demos..Mighty Boggs 1st Album
Circlesque (Stoat n Tim)
Toaster (Upfront)
Name your 3 favourite Amiga demos..Desert Dream (Kefrens)
Enigma (Phenomena Association)
Switchback AGA (Rebels)
3 favourite ST tunes : Brat - Ant Lees (Ex-Cnetter!)
Maggie 1 Music - Nic Alderton (IC)
Best part - Jess/OVR
3 favourite C64 tunes : Sanxion Loader - Rob Hubbard (Of Hull!)
Parallax - Martin Galway
Cybernoid 1 - Jeroen Tel (M.O.N.)
3 favourite Amiga tunes : Shockwave - Matthew Simmonds (Anarchy)
Desert Dream - Laxity (Kefrens)
Turrican 1/2/3 - Chris Huelsbeck
What would make you sell your ST?
I don't really know if I'll ever sell it
Maybe if a new Super computer of the future can emulate a C64/ST 100%!
Are you addicted to Yetti meat?
I prefer Himalayian Womens breats
Do you use 'serious' software alot?
All the time : Devpac 60%, dPaint 2/Neochrome 2.28 15%, Ncomm 15%,
Demos 10%
Are you sober at the moment?
Yeh, burp
Will you be moving on to the Falcon in the future?
I was going to , but its just another archie, Atari shelved it!
Do you think the ST is dying?
I'm afraid its dead already, but there will
always be a strong hardy group of enthusiasts, I'm still active on the C64
, most people thought that died about 5 years ago
Do you think the Jaguar is going to be a success?
I don't give a shit, I not interested in consoles at all, who cares what'll
succeed : Playstation/Saturn/3D0/Jag ? I code, where's the keyboard ?
What do you think of Sam Tramiel?
Nice tash
HEY Vogue can I put out a couple of adverts!
Coming soon on A1200 - Projexion AGA - Coded By The PHF
Featuring :- 50 frames per second arcade action, 4 plane dual playfield
scrolling. True arcade blaster!
Original music by our new musician Lampopski!
Coding/GFX by Cal, GFX by Grazey, Add. Code by Johnny 99.
Coming soon on ST - Poker Challenge - Coded By Desert Star Software
maybe called Hollywood Hustler
Featuring :- The most realistic digitised graphics EVER seen on a 16bit
machine, 3 levels of difficulty. Atmospheric sampled sound,
humourous end sequences.
Amiga A1200/500 version been converted by The PHF!
Published by a major software house soon.
Cheers alot Vogue , Grazey :-)
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Vogue now has the exclusive pleasure of interviewing Cal of
the PHF, one of the leading British demo crews.
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Name:CAL
Age:27
Shoe size (just out of interest):7 1/2
What Atari machines do you own?
EX ST, I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT
What other machines do you own?
A1200 - RIPPED OFF AT ú399
Which one of them do you like most?
A1200 - EASE TO CODE AND SPEED/FLEXIBILITY
How long were you on the Atari scene?
FOR 3 YEARS
How long have you been demo coding altogether?
4 YEARS
What is your favorite demo that you have written?
LAMERTRON (A1200 GAME)
Name your 3 favorite ST demos...
CUDDLY DEMOS, UNION DEMO, UMD 1
Name your 3 favorite ST demos...
DESERT DREAM, DRAGON DEMO, HARDWIRED
What made you sell your ST?
TURRICAN ON THE AMIGA
AMIGA'S :- BIGGER SCREEN,ST's POSTBOX SCREEN,REAL COLOURS BETTER SOUND
COPPER,TRUE CO-PROCESSING,H/W SCROLL
Are you addicted to Yetti meat?
NO
Do you use 'serious' software alot?
DEVPAC 80%, 15% ON DPAINT 3, REST ON DEMOS/GAMES
Are you sober at the moment?
YES
Will you be moving on to the Falcon in the future?
NEVER!
Do you think the ST is dying?
ITS DEAD, RIP AND GOOD RIDDANCE
Do you think the Jaguar is going to be a success?
I HOPE IT IS
What do you think of Sam Tramiel?
FUCKING PRICK, WHERES ALL THE TV ADVERTS FOR THE JAGUAR
- Ain't he a bastard!! Glad he's left the ST!!
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Now for a pick of the month's Feature articles...
Customising the Desk
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Don't you find the GEM desktop boring?? I certainly do, and I'm
sure many other people think so to. There are ways of making your desktop
more interesting though by customising your DESKTOP.INF file. Here's what
the Skynet Times DESKTOP.INF file looks like...
#a000000
#b000000
#c7770007000600070055200505552220770557075055507703111103
#d
#E F8 12
#W 00 00 10 03 1D 12 08 A:\*.*@
#W 00 00 0D 08 2A 0B 00 @
#W 00 00 0E 09 2A 0B 00 @
#W 00 00 0F 0A 2A 0B 00 @
#M 00 00 00 FF A SKYNET TIMES@ @
#M 00 01 00 FF B ISSUE 4@ @
#T 00 03 02 FF TRASH@ @
#F FF 04 @ *.*@
#D FF 01 @ *.*@
#G 03 FF *.APP@ @
#G 03 FF *.PRG@ @
#F 03 04 *.TOS@ @
#P 03 04 *.TTP@ @
Pretty complicated hey!! Don't worry, it's not so bad when you
know what all the different little bits are for. In this article I'll go
though each line of the file and tell you how you can alter it to make
your desktop look kewl!!!
To do these alterations you will need a good text proccessor like
TEMPUS or EASY TEXT PLUS. Load in your DESKTOP.INF file and follow these
tips!.........
Firstly we come to the lines for the disk dirves...
#a000000
#b000000
#c7770007000600070055200505552220770557075055507703111103
#d
For drives a: and b: there are just six 0's. This just tell's the
computer that the drives exist. Do not ever alter the next line (#c), as
this holds cartridge information and can screw up your ST if it is altered.
Drive d: does not exist on my setup so the line is blank. It is best not
to alter any of the disk drive setup as making your ST think it has extra
drives just causes crashes.
On the next line is the resolution data...
#E F8 12
This line simply tells the ST what resolution to boot in (low,
medium or high). The final part of the line (12 in this case) can be
altered. Changing it to 11 will make it low resolution, 12 for medium,
and 13 for high. If you have a high res monitor and the DESKTOP.INF file
is telling it to go into low of medium resolution, the ST will ignore it.
I don't know what happens if you have a colour monitor and the ST is told
to enter high res. I suppose it will either enter low or medium res - or
crash?! Changing this data is very usefull for owners of early STE's as
these machines cannot save medium res in the DESKTOP.INF file.
Next up is window data...
#W 00 00 10 03 1D 12 08 A:\*.*@
#W 00 00 0D 08 2A 0B 00 @
#W 00 00 0E 09 2A 0B 00 @
#W 00 00 0F 0A 2A 0B 00 @
This data tells the ST how the windows are arranged on the desktop.
The first window is the only one here which is opened and it's displaying
all the files on the root directory of drive A. You can change the
directory that the window is displaying and the type of files. For example,
if you wanted to display all the NEOchrome files in the AUTO folder, you
could change the A:\*.* to A:\AUTO\*.NEO. Don't forget to put the '@' sign
at the end!! I wouldn't bother to alter the positions of the windows as
that is done more easily on the desktop itself.
Onto the Drive and Trash icons...
#M 00 00 00 FF A SKYNET TIMES@ @
#M 00 01 00 FF B ISSUE 4@ @
#T 00 03 02 FF TRASH@ @
This data shows the ST where to position the icons, and what their
labels are. The first part of the lines defines the type of icon (#M being
a drive icon, and #T being a trash can). The next two pairs of numbers
define the positions of the icons. As with the windows, this is easier done
on the desktop itself. The final pair of numbers before the 'FF' can be
altered. They define the graphic for the icon (00 for disk drive, 01 for
for folder, 02 for trashcan, 03 for program, and 04 for document file icon).
Altering these will not affect the way in which the icons work though, just
what they look like. After the 'FF' is the drive no (A,B, etc.). This can
be altered, and new drive icons can be added by adding a whole new line
(must be inbetween the #M and #T lines!), e.g. #M 00 02 00 FF D HARD DISK@ @
would put a D drive icon under the B drive icon with the label 'HARD DISK'.
The labels for the icons can also be altered and 'odd' characters can be
added. e.g. 'SKYNET TIMES' could be changed to '<-- SKYNET -->'. Remember
not to exceed 12 characters per icon and put the '@ @' at the end.
Finally there are the lines to define which type of files have
which icons in the windows...
#F FF 04 @ *.*@
#D FF 01 @ *.*@
#G 03 FF *.APP@ @
#G 03 FF *.PRG@ @
#F 03 04 *.TOS@ @
#P 03 04 *.TTP@ @
The first line defines the icon for files, and the second line
defines the icon for folders. These can be changed by altering the two
numbers after the 'FF', in the same way as for the disk and trash icons.
The final 4 lines define the the loading procedures for the various program
types. These are best left alone.
I hope you've learnt something guys!! Have fun with your desktop!
Vogue 11.12.94
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How to get good sound from an STFM
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After coping for a long time having sick sound from my STFM
(through my TV), I decided to do something about it. I wanted a direct
connection from my ST to my HI-FI. After a while of thinking about it,
I came up with the ultimate sollution, getting the sound from the
monitor socket. Now I'll tell you how to do it...
Firstly, the parts you'll need are...
1 x 13 pin DIN plug for the Atari's monitor socket,
1 x Standard phono plug,
plus a length of 2-core cable with shielding.
And the tools you need are...
A soldering iron,
Solder,
Scissors/Wire strippers.
Here's basically what you do...
1. Bare off the ends of the cable.
2. Now take a look at your 13-pin DIN plug. I should look like this from
the front...
o o o o <- Pin 1, Audio out
o o o o
o o o o
o <- Pin 13, Ground
You have to solder one of the wires to pin 1, and the other to pin 13.
3. Now get the other end of the cable and your phono plug...
4. Solder the wire that came from pin 13 or the monitor plug to the
outer shield of the phono plug (the longer pin).
Pin 13 -> |
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... and the wire that came from pin 1 of the monitor plug to the central
pin of the phono plug (the shorter pin).
5. Screw the case back onto the phono plug and slide the case over the
monitor plug untill I clips into place. Your lead is now ready to use.
6. Connect the montior plug into the monitor socket on the back of your ST,
and connect the phono plug to the AUX sockets on your HI-FI (either the
left or right socket, it doesn't matter).
7. Switch your ST on, play a decent tune, and crank up the volume on the
stereo. You should recognise a big difference in the sound quality.
This is because the sound is comming directly from the soundchip,
and not going through the TV modulator first.
What about monitor owners??
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If you already have a monitor plugged in, you can still do this
modification by un-soldering what ever is connected to pin 1 of the
plug, and adding and extra wire to pin 13. I don't advise you do this
unless you really know what you are doing as you could bugger up your
monitor lead for good, and they don't come cheap!!!
Vogue 12.12.94
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Boring blurb from the editor...
In true POWER style (sorry James... I just had to do it!!)
Don't you think that all the big ST demo crews like TCB, The Lost Boys,
Delta Force, etc. have been very disloyal to the ST? They have given us
great enjoyment in the past and some of their demos have really stretched
the ST to it's limits, but now they have just left the ST and gone on to
brighter Horizons. If I had written the best demos ever on a computer,
and everyone on the scene had heard of me then I wouldn't just leave the
computer. I have nothing against moving on to new technology though, but
it would be nice if they made an effort to keep the ST alive.
I have heard rumours though that the Carebears are going to do a 'final'
demo for the ST, and the new Japtro megademo by Holocaust features new
techniques never seen before on the ST. Maybe the ST demo scene is picking
up again. Or maybe not. We'll just have to wait and see!
It has come to pass that UK demo crew Persistence of Vision (POV) have
decided to cease the making of their wonderfull Compact demo discs (they
always spell disks 'discs'!). POV have given us the best demo CD's in the
past, but POV 150 will be their last. I don't think that #150 has actually
been released yet. I last heard from Mac Sys Data (the man behind it all)
about 2 months ago when he sent ne POV 147, and knowing POV, I doubt they
would release 3 CD's in 2 months!!! Mac Sys Data assures me, though, that
this won't be the end of POV as we know them on the Atari. They will still
release the odd few poorer-quality CD's here and there. They still have
a few module/picture compilations awaiting release. Maybe they will move on
to the Falcon in the future???
French demo crew Holocaust have released a new 4-disk megademo for the ST
called 'Japtro'. The demo (although I haven't seen it yet!) is supposed to
feature new effects not seen before on ST's. Half the demo is taken up by a
slideshow, and the other half is just pure sex coding. Grazey should be
sending me a copy any day now so I'll check it out!! See Grazey's review
of it elsewhere in this issue.
Now for something completely different...
Wouldn't it be good if royal mail did reduced rates for people like us
computer freaks who use the mail service alot. I would guess that the Mail
service makes a tidy sum out of people like us who send endless Jiffy bags
though the post. If you sent say 20 letters a week then the stamps would
only cost something like 10p each. Alot of other public services give
reduced rates to people who use the service alot, so why can't the mail?
It's a bit like performance-related pay isn't it?!
With the recent collapse of Commodore, and Atari ceasing of ST-making,
commercial releases for both ST's and Amiga's have just about fizzed
out over the past year or so. This drop is mainly in the games side
of the commercial software industry, and we are still seeing quite a
bit of 'serious' software for the Atari, although most of it is
Falcon related. Such companys are Titan Designs and System Solutions,
who are still doing a good job. Production of both ST's and Amiga's has
now ceased, so the question has to be asked, 'Is the 16-bit home computer
a thing of the past?'.
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Did you know?!
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Ten exciting facts you were just dying to know!
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1. Did you know that there were 4,684,000,000 people in the world in 1985?
2. Did you know that the Greek Godess 'Athena' is the Godess of wisdom?
3. Did you know that more than 75% of the world's wine is made in Europe?
4. Did you know that WK Rontgen discovered X-rays?
5. Did you know that the atomic number of Arsenic is 33?
6. Did you know that 1km/h is the same as 0.621371 mph?
7. Did you know that planet Saturn has a diameter of 120,000 km?
8. Did you know that the radio was first called the wireless?
9. Did you know that the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell?
10. Did you know that the Greek war of imdependance ended in 1830?
I bet you didn't!!!
Vogue 11.12.94
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'Your indispensible guide to the ST' - Issue 2
And this month's little handy article is...
Your indispensible guide to ST terms and Jargon
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In issue two we brought you the first indispensible guide, 'The
indispensible to ST file extensions'. Now, 'The indispensible guide to the
ST' Returns with this guide for those of you who get confused with all
the many different terms and Jargon. Sorry that it's in no particular order.
Coder: Coder is another name for a programmer. Also called Codeheads.
Screen Buffer: A part of the computer's memory (32k) which is reserved
for the screen data.
Lamer: Someone who thinks they know alot about ST's but doesn't. Also
can be someone on the scene that you hate!!!!
Muzak: A wierd spelling of Music that computer freaks tend to use (also
called Zaxx, Zak, Muzaxx, Zic).
Freaks: People who are addicted to their ST and live for it (kind of).
Module: A SOUNDTRACKER file. Contains up to 32 short samples and data for
the tune. Can be played and edited with a SoundTracker program.
Chip Music: A music file that plays tunes through the ST's YM1249 soundchip.
Piccy: Another wierd spelling, this time short for Picture.
ASCII: This is a standard text format called The American Standard Code for
the Interchange of Information (ASCII). This format can be read by most
computers.
CPU: The CPU is the main chip that controls everything that you computer
does. The ST has a 68000 CPU.
Machine Code: Machine Code is a programming lanmguage which lets you
control the CPU directly, making it the fastest programming language there
is, although it is very complicated. The ST uses 68000 machine code as it
has a 68000 CPU. The Falcon uses 68030 machine code as it has a 68030 CPU.
You can also program the Falcon's DSP chip using machine code. Also known
as 6800, or Assembler.
Disk magazine: If you don't know what a disk magazine is you must be a
thick shit as you are reading one right now!! A disk magazine is a magazine
on disk, with articles and a SHELL to select them. Also called Diskmag,
Diskzine or simply Mag.
Disk magazine SHELL: As part of a disk magazine there is a SHELL program
which is like a menu to select the articles. Sometimes the shell will
call up a document displayer to view the articles, but most of the time
there is one built into the program.
Demo: Short for Demonstration. This is a way for a programmer (or Coder)
to show off his talents. Normally they have no real use, but they are
great to watch and show what you ST can really do.
Megademo: A megademo is a compilation of many demos with a menu to select
them. All the demos are called SCREENS.
Dentro: A small demo with only a few screens.
Gigademo: A group of programmers called NEXT first came up with the
Gigademo. It has lots of demos spread over 3 or 4 disks.
Demo Crew: A Demo Crew is a group of a few Coders.
That wasn't an extensive list, but I hope it gave you an idea
of what all these wierd words mean!!
Vogue 17.12.94
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Next month's indispensible guide:
'Your indispensible guide to who IS and ISN'T a LAMER!'
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NO RAVERS ALLOWED :-)
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Vital Pearl Jam Album
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December 1st saw the release of Pearl Jam's new long-awaited album,
'Vitalogy'. In this new masterpiece the Seattle grundge band are keeping
with their old 'mainstreamy' sounding pop-grundge style. One of the songs
of Vitalogy, 'Spin the Black Circle' has been released on single in the UK
and made it quite far up the the charts (even in the top 10 in think!).
'Spin the Black Circle' is supposed to be a PUNK song, but personally I
think it's about as punky as Kurt Cobain's 'About a girl'!!!!!!
If you are a 'Jam fan then get this new album. On the other hand,
if you're not really into their stuff then you definately won't like
'Vitalogy'.
Is your pumpkin still in one piece???
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Yet another new album has been released for our ears recently. This
new killer from Smashing Pumpkins in called 'Pisces Iscariot', and is looks
set to be a big hit. The album is basically made up of B-sides and outtakes
and all of them are pretty wild!!! The songs are put together with oozing
guitar riffs and sampled phsycobabble. There are also the odd one or melow
depressing songs in the to even things out. A definate for anyone with
taste.
Apes, Pigs & Spacemen
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Apes, Pigs & Spacemen are one of the hottest new bands in Britain.
The foursome have a Trashy/Punk style and their noise is really funny in
places. Their first EP, 'Antiseptic' will be available soon from Music for
Nations.
That's all for this month guys!!
Remember... Charlie Don't Rave!!!
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then you might like to know that a fellow member of my band has just
made a Soundtracker Module of the song 'Teethgrinder'. If you want a copy
of it then send an SAE and a DSDD disk to the usual address.
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ISSUE 15 - REVIEWED
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Maggies in general
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Well, Maggie started off life being put together by a top demo
crew, The Lost Boys, when ST activity was at it's peak. Nowadays, the
ST is hardly at it's peak, but Maggie is still going strong in the
capable hands of Chris Holland and chums. Chris got hold on the Maggie
source code a couple of years ago, in time for him to do Maggie #11.
The last person to be the editor of Maggie before him was Sammy Joe
of Delta Force who finished after Maggie #10.
Maggie has always been, in my opinion, the best ST disk
magazine. It always has reviews of the latest programs before most
people have even heard of them. News is just as good, with news from
both the 'scene' and the business side of Atari. Maggie always brings
us the best humourous articles and articles full of bollocks, which are
what makes a good diskmag.
The shell is top, with it's excellent menu system, and it
always has an entertaining backdrop picture, which is usually extracting
the urine out of another rival computer company.
The text displayer is quite simple as far as functions go, but it
looks nice, using the 4 medium res colour palette tremendously. The
actual text files and ICE packed 1st Word + format, so the option in the
displayer to save out the articles as ascii is most handy.
Out of all the issues of Maggie that I've read, I haven't found
one in any way disappointing.
Maggie 15 in particular...
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Maggie 15, which is the current issue (I don't think Maggie 16 has
been released yet!), is just as fantastic as all the previous issues and
the articles are (as ever) very well written.
The Picture
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I must say that the picture is Maggie 15 is probably the best one
that I've seen. I shows MTV cartoon stars Beavis and Butthead, as if they
had just taken over Commodore. At the top it says 'Just as you thought no-
one would take over...', and the guys are sniggering in their usual way,
and commenting on how Commodore stinks. Most topical?!
Demos
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One of the things Maggie is most famous for is it's extensive
demo reviews section. Mainly Falcon demos are covered these days, as the
ST demo scene is kinda dying out!! The great Cycedelic Knockout demo for
the Falcon is the main one this month. Sorry, but I'm biast towards this
demo becuase Requiem (of Skynet) is also a member of the Mugwumps, who
made that demo. Other Falcon demos that are reviewed in issue 15 are
Autowaschen Verboten by Lazer, Strange dreams by New trend, and Plastic
Vibrations by NPG. The ST demos reviewed are Flippo by Oxygene and Humeur
Vitree by the Hemoroids.
Foggy
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As with Skynet Times, Maggie includes the full FOG PDL catalogue
each issue, and sometimes Requiem even writes an article or two. None in
Maggie 15 though!
Stuff
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What would Maggie be without it's Stuff?? About 25 articles in each
issue are just classed as 'Stuff'. One Gus Spank is responsible for alot
of the stuff in Maggie, and he seems to have a natrual talent for writing
article upon article of 'stuff' which makes no sense to anyone. Quite
a gift!!
Sensible?
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In Maggie 15 somewhere, there was quite a good selection of articles
which were actually sensible. Among Maggie 15's lump of usefull articles
were: A few show reports, Quite a good diskmag roundup (including POWER
diskmag), and an article about PD libraries.
Interviews
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Usually Maggie interviews quite a lot of interesting people, but
sadly in issue 15 they only interviewed one bloke from caspian software.
Utilities
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Utility reviews aren't one of Maggie's strong points, and in this
issue there is only one decent utility review, of Musicom II.
Ratings:-
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Graphics: 80% - Great title picture and good use of the 4 colours in
medium resolution.
Music: 60% - Big Alec chip tune plays throughout.
Code: 75% - Shell well written and nicely presented.
Readability: 95% - Never boring!!!
Overall: 92% - What would the ST diskmag scene be without it? - Lifeless?
Vogue 12.12.94
See elsewhere in this issue for an interview with CIH, editor of Maggie!!
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Okay, Grazey decided to do some demo reviews of the latest offerings
from Holocaust....here goes :-)
JAPTRO - By Holocuast : 4 disqs.
First up is the Japtro, mmmh this sounds rather risque but unless you get
turned on by Japanese kimomos ya can leave the bedroom door open. Okay we
start at the beginning. First up is a clone of the old Thalion intro, this
time upside down! Ya get this Manga dude scrolling down the screen with
rock sprites in the foreground then the screen shatters with a nice sample
to reveal your usual 3d rotating starfield with a 1 plane text zoomer, it
drivels on about the origins of the name 'Japtro' to the accompyment of one
of Tao's MON C64 conversions. What really makes this screen stand out is
the intervening of what I can only call lucious cartoon manga babes! Yeh
you get these innocent yoko hamis bouncing up the screen (full screen!).
The graphics are of exceptional quality, they appear to be j!ust in 16
colours which makes them even more astounding.Next up is a 3d landscape
with turns out to be the word Japtro, this runs rather slow (8 fps?) and
lasts rather too long, the music for this screen is by AN Cool/TCB from
OVR's megascroller.
Next up is another picture of a japanese knight? ..booring
French demos have always been critisised for there lack of design, even
though techinally they are amongst the best in Europe (even commercial
software obeys this rule). Well Holocaust are really trying to break this
mould and the next screen is really innovative! Instead of just your 3D
rotating cube and spheres (yawwn) you have characatures of each member of
Holocaust (in 3D), then begins a little sketch which is really quite funny.
All this is to the tune of Whittaker's Verminator.
Following the sketch are some examples of HARD coding, most techniques will
only be truly appreciated by fellow coders but even to the 68000 layman or
should that be laymer-man ??! the FX are very pleasing to the eye. The FX
include :- Full screen x,y,z starfield, Sinus moving landscape (similar to
the Ziggy Stardust OVR reset demo), Dot Tunnel (Full screen). We then get
a short interlude, the interlude been a pretty full screen jap pic with
added raster FX for extra colours, back to the HARD coding! :- full screen
Holocaust dot logo with sinus wave pattern, 3D realtime colour perspective
dot cube (FS), full screen Rotating solid cubes (reminds me of the
Digitallis screen in GBISTCP).
Dot landscapes seem to be the in thing at the moment, along with rotating
zoomers! Anyway not to disappoint HCT give us there effort, apparently
the landscape contains 12000 dots! I must admit it looks more impressive
than alot of A1200 landscape demos, mainly because they've kept the pixels
small where as A1200 coders use 4x4 pixels which distract from the effect.
Remember Legacy's 'Eat My Bollocks' dentro ? well you may recall a screen
which contained 8 dot spheres bouncing around the screen. Big headed HCT
do it with loadsa balls and in full screen, naturally. If that wasn't
enough they then demonstrate that not only can they move them on the x
and y but also on the z! This FX is really hard to describe! Think of a
cube made up of dots, but each dot is really a sphere made up of more
dots !!!???
A change in music signals a change of disq, this time the music is in the
capable hands of Jess/OVR/Union. First up a monochrome rotating zoomer
(there had to be one!) followed by loadsa Manga babes. Major FX include
:- Light sourced/4 Bit plane/rotating/disting/picture mapped cube!!!!
this is really amazing, I've never seen this effect before, ugly ? mmmh
maybe but the ST cant help the rez! More dots follow, plus a zooming box
scroller with rasters (Mediator's Phantasmorgia/Anarchy inspired ?).
Final FX's are splines (FS) plus an unlimited starfield! not sure how this
is done ! maybe a similar technique to the cheating unlimited bob method!
Anyway that wraps up the technical half of the demo, the next two disqs
are filled up of manga pictures with the music by Jeroen Tel (Cybernoid).
All are of good quality though some rather risque. But hey, who am I to
complain. Some will say that the demo should have been split into two;
a two disq slide show and two disq demo, but I think the coders are more
interested in the whole feel of the demo.
So all in all a very acceptable demo, new coding techniques, some even more
impressive than there A1200 (AGA) counterparts, excellent design and some
ground breaking full screen pictures.
Anyway score time.
Coding - 87% (New techniques)
Graphix - 83% (First 3 pictures outstanding)
Sound - 79% (Mixture of new and old chip tunes)
Design - 90%
Overall - 85%
#note# Slight incompatibility with STe, which is remedied by press reset
to skip the incompatible screen.
NEXT month I'll review the Blood Demo By Holocaust :-)
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Some bright offerings now from our Falcon section...
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The Falcon Fact File (FFF) has been set up by two Falcon
enthusiasts, Colin Fisher-McAllum and Kevin Beardsworth. The idea is very
simple, you send the guys some information about yourself and you Falcon
setup and they will send you a list containing details from all other
members of the club, along with yours. On the disk aswell there will be
a program called NameNet Address Manager, which you use to display the
list. NameNet can locate other users with similar setups who you can then
contact to discuss problems and solutions. The file is updated monthly.
The FFF disk will also contain some Falcon PD and Shareware. For
more information and/or a membership form, send an S.S.A.E. to:
FFF, 11 Pound Meadow, Whitchurch, Hants. RG28 7LG ENGLAND
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The Falcon Owners Group (UK)
10 Oak Drive, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8QS, England
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Email: requiem@armory.com
The Falcon Owners Group (FOG) was established in the early months of 1993 with
the help of Atari Corp. we are the only officialy recognised and approved
Falcon group in the world and have been serving the Atari community for over
a year.
The club publishes its own disk magazine once a month, this is a new venture
as previously we printed our magazines once a quarter but we feel the amount
of new software and news warrants a more frequent magazine, hence our disk
magazine - FALCON UPDATE - is released the last day of each month.
We also run our own public domain and shareware library with well over 130
high density disks of Falcon software. Everything from games and demos to
utilities and pictures. This range is every increasing and we feel we have
one of the largest collections in the world. All our disks are packed to
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daily basis. For members the price per disk is only one pound.
For those interested in comms and modems we have our own support BBS. Called
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in on the latest Falcon topics under discussion (or arguement!). This BBS
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With over 2 Gigs of software (all of it Atari related) and news and bulletins
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Those lucky ones who have access to the Internet can also contact FOG. Our
Email address is requiem@armory.com and from here you can order articles from
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with subject as 'FOG INFO' and your name and email address in the body.
We are also working on our own FTP site which will carry the latest selection
of Falcon software for free access. Finally we hope to have our on-line
magazine placed onto the World Wide Web by the end of 1994. You will be able
to link to this and read all about the new software and hardware, jump into
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We are ALWAYS on the look out for new software, either commercial or PD. So
if you have some software not listed here then please send a copy to us for
swapping. We are especially interested in hearing from people who have made
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of free publicity and exposure from us. We are all about promoting the
Falcon as much as possible.
If your software is really special then consider our licenseware project
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So you want to join FOG then? Simple. There are two ways to go about this,
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REF 006 : 50 IFF PICTURES + VAXEL SLIDESHOW
REF 008 : 14 MODULES
REF 009 : 14 MODULES
REF 010 : FALCON DEMOS - 3DTT, BIRDY, TERMINAL FUCK UP, PARAGON, PRO 2.1A
3 JPEG PICTURES
REF 011 : MUSIC UTILS - CRAZY SOUNDS, DIGITAPE DEMO, FADER, FORTUNE
PROTRACKER PLAYER, XBAR.
REF 012 : POV RAYTRACER (FIXED VERSION)
REF 013 : 21 JPEG PICTURES
REF 014 : FALCON DEMOS - CEBIT 93, BLACK SCORPION DEMOS
REF 015 : GRAPHICS UTILS - BITCAMERA, DML, IFF2XIMG, IFF HAM 8, JPEG2GIF,
GIF2JPEG, PALETTE MASTER, SPEED OF LIGHT 2.1, SPEED OF LIGHT 2.5,
GEMVIEW 2.24, STUDIO PHOTO DEMO
REF 016 : UTILITIES - BACKWARD, BOOTCONF, DCSEA, DESKPIC, FBOOT, FPATCH, FS2
GEMBENCH, MAGIBOOT, MDIAL_10, MEGA DEPACKER 2, MTOS ACC, PRIORITY
PROCLIST, SPEAKER OFF, TTGAMES
REF 017 : DSP ASSEMBLER + DEBUGGER, CHIPSET CPX, COOKIES CPX, PS CPX
REF 018 : MICRO C COMPILER (THIS DISK NEEDS MORE FILES ON IT!)
REF 020 : GAMES - OXYD VGA, SPACOLA
REF 021 : DEMOS - GROTESQUE, TRSI INTRO, LEFT DONUGHT, F UK MOI 1 & 2
REF 022 : GRAPHICS - PAPILLION, STUDIO PHOTO, TRUE PAINT, GEMVIEW 2.30
BABY S/E
REF 023 : FANTASY, HORROR, SEXY GIF PACK (16+ RATED)
REF 024 : ODD UTILS - BIGSCREEN, BOUND, COOLSONG, DRAGON, ETERNITY, FLIGHT
FRACTALE, GOURAUD, MAD, MOUNTAIN, MUDU, SWABS, UTOPOS.
REF 025 : HUMANS DEMO PART 1
REF 026 : HUMANS DEMO PART 2
REF 027 : SUPERB MODULES
REF 028 : MORPHING ANIMATION, BLAT GAME
REF 029 : DEMOS - NPG DENTRO, SHADE BOBS, GFX, LIGHT, NEW TREND
REF 030 : RAYTRACED FUJI ANIMATION, TUBULAR BELLS DEMO
REF 031 : UTILS - COPY, FLI PLAY, HDPATCH, ICE 2.4, LHARC, MSA, MT UTILS
NVRAM, OUTSIDE, OVERSCAN, SENTRY 2.05, VRAM, ST ZIP 2.3
REF 032 : 12 JPEGS, 680XX PIC, STUDIO PHOTO DEMO
REF 033 : UTILS - AUDIO12, CD AUDIO, CHAGALL, COLOUR ICONS, CONNECT 12,
CS DEMO, DMA SOUND, HARDCHOR
REF 034 : HERO'S OF THE LANCE GIFS + VIEWER
REF 035 : JESUS ON E'S MODULES (ZIPPED)
REF 036 : TGA SLIDESHOW DISK 1
REF 037 : TGA SLIDESHOW DISK 2
REF 038 : TGA SLIDESHOW DISK 3
REF 039 : JAPAN DEMO DISK 1
REF 040 : JAPAN DEMO DISK 2
REF 041 : TGA SLIDESHOW DISK 4
REF 043 : UTILS - 525, BURP, CHKDSK, DIVINE, DSP PLAY, EDISON, FS5, LAMEMINE
MARIO, MINI LEDGER, ML, OUTSIDE, PLASMA, PLAYMAN, PLY MOD,
PROTRACKER, PRY PLAY, QADVGA, SLIDEMOD, SPERM, SPEED, DOCS
REF 044 : LEMANS DEMO
REF 045 : STEALTH FLI ANIMATION
REF 046 : NETHACK, VERTICAL MAYHEM, CRIME DEMO
REF 047 : GEOTECH, HANDS, MOUSE, MOD CODE
REF 048 : AWESOME GIFS 2
REF 049 : 25 SOUNDTRACKER MODULES + PROTRACKER EDITOR/PLAYER
REF 050 : LASERS AND MEN
REF 051 : DEMOS - PENTAGON, WARUM, MINIS
REF 052 : DEMOS - 680XX, DSP FRACTAL, GEM AND WAX, INCONVEX, MAGNET, MJJ
REF 053 : GAMES - MAHJONG, OXYD RGB
REF 054 : GAMES - FALCON TRON, MADTRIS, MASTERS OF CHAOS
REF 055 : UTILS - BACKWARD 2.24, BMAPFIX, CLOCK, DIGITAL, ECOPY, FCONTROL,
FONTEER, MBROWSE, REZ FOOLER, SPEKTRUM, SWITCH, TCB TRACKER, XMENU
REF 056 : DEMOS - EKO COOL, OPIUM FRACTAL FLIGHT
REF 057 : DEMOS - OPIUM CHROME DRAGON, EKO PAPA WAS A BLADERUNNER
REF 058 : DEMOS - BIG DIGI DEMO, CONFLICT, EXTRO, SHADE VECTORS, TEKNO DRUGS
REF 059 : UTILS - BACKWARD 2.41, CLOE, 14 CPX'S, DAME, J SNAP D, MOVIE,
PIXART, RESTPAL, XGA2512
REF 060 : FLI ANIMS 2 - BALL, EARTH, PROBE
REF 061 : FLI ANIMS 3 - PORSHE, INVOKE
REF 062 : FLI ANIMS 4 - PLAYROOM, PENGUIN
REF 063 : FLI ANIMS 5 - SUPER NOVA
REF 064 : FLI ANIMS 6 - NEWTONS CRADLE
REF 065 : FLI ANIMS 7 - FISHY, VOYAGER
REF 066 : MOVING PIXELS DEMO DISK 1
REF 067 : MOVING PIXELS DEMO DISK 2
REF 068 : MOVING PIXELS DEMO DISK 3
REF 069 : MOVING PIXELS DEMO DISK 4
REF 070 : MOVING PIXELS DEMO DISK 5
REF 071 : WAV SAMPLES 1
REF 072 : WAV SAMPLES 2
REF 073 : WAV SAMPLES 3
REF 074 : WAV SAMPLES 4
REF 075 : WAV SAMPLES 5
REF 076 : WAV SAMPLES 6
REF 077 : WAV SAMPLES 7
REF 078 : WAV SAMPLES 8
REF 079 : MISC - STELLO, JPEG4A, ANCIENT, SNAPSHOT, T2P, TRIYAHOO, BACKWARD
REF 080 : DEMOS - LAZER PART 1, GULLE AM BACH
REF 081 : DEMOS - LAZER PART 2
REF 082 : DEMOS - MARGA
REF 083 : GAMES - STARBALL, MULTI BRIQUES + PHOENIX 2 DEMO
REF 084 : UFO WAR, MPEG ANIMATIONS - CINDY CRAWFORD, PRISM, HAWAII, DINO
REF 085 : MISC - CD ROM, DIGITAL 2.02, EKO DEMO, GRAPH, PREVIEW PIC
REF 086 : DEMOS - PLASTIKK VIBRATIONS, FRACTALS, ACP MOD PLAYER
REF 087 : DEMOS - STRANGE ATTRACTIONS + STELLO GAME
REF 088 : RAYTRACED JPEGS
REF 089 : MISC JPEGS, GIGER, 2000AD, RAYTRACED, FRACTALS
REF 090 : GAMES - BLACK HOLE, COLOUR CLASH, POT HOLE 2
REF 091 : FOG CYBER ANIMATION
REF 092 : GEMVIEW, MAHJONG
REF 093 : DEMOS - CHAOS AD 2, FRIED BITZ GRAPHICS WINNERS
REF 094 : DEMOS - ARRIVAL, DEMENTIA
REF 095 : 35 SPECTRUM GAMES FOR THE SPECTRUM EMULATOR
REF 096 : 37 SPECTRUM GAMES FOR THE SPECTRUM EMULATOR
REF 097 : SPECTRUM EMULATOR + 16 GAMES
REF 098 : ANIME AND MANGA SLIDESHOW
REF 099 : SUPER MODEL JPEGS
REF 100 : JAGUAR SLDIESHOW, POSITIVITY DEMO, VOXMAIL UTIL
REF 101 : LASERS AND MEN (NEW VERSION), TRIMOD, MEGATIZER MUSIC
REF 102 : AMIGA MODULES 1
REF 103 : AMIGA MODULES 2
REF 104 : AMIGA MODULES 3
REF 105 : AMIGA MODULES 4
REF 106 : AMIGA MODULES 5
REF 107 : AMIGA MODULES 6
REF 108 : AMIGA MODULES 7
REF 109 : AMIGA MODULES 8
REF 110 : AMIGA MODULES 9
REF 111 : AMIGA MODULES 10
REF 112 : AMIGA MODULES 11
REF 113 : AMIGA MODULES 12
REF 114 : AMIGA MODULES 13
REF 115 : AMIGA MODULES 14
REF 116 : DEMO - MUGWUMPS CYCEDELIC KNOCKOUT PART 1
REF 117 : DEMO - MUGWUMPS CYCEDELIC KNOCKOUT PART 2
REF 118 : MAGGIE 12 + MAGGIE 13
REF 119 : INDEPENDANT MUSIC COMPILE 1
REF 120 : DBA MAGAZINE 10
REF 121 : UTILS - LOADS AND LOADS OF THEM!!! SEE CATALOGUE
REF 122 : GRAPHICS - DELM PAINT
REF 123 : FLI ANIMS 8 - BALLS, BIRDSHOW, BIRDWALK, BOUNCE, CHOPPER,
FRACZOOM + PLAYER.
REF 124 : FLI ANIMS 9 - FAN, FLYING, FULLTREK, HAND, JELLYFISH, RACETRACK
+ PLAYER
REF 125 : FLI ANIMS 10 - HANDS, LINKS, NUT, SNEEZE, SQUARES, TURBINE,
WAVELOGO + PLAYER.
REF 126 : GOODGUYS INC DEMO, DEXTROUS.GIF
REF 127 : OCTALYSER 0.90
REF 128 : MJUZAKK + ST ZIP V2.4
REF 129 : POV RAYTRACER VERSION 2.00
REF 130 : UTILS - ASCII, DSP BIND, FIXES, GAPOSCAN, GEMAR123, HAPPY2, JPEG
GVS, NEWPACKER, TRANSLATOR, XTASK & SYNERGY DEPACKER.
REF 131 : GAMES - WORLD CONQUEST, WALZ, DYNABUSTERS+, SNACKMAN, TRIVIA &
TAUTOLOGY.
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No more Falcon stuff now! Just before I draw to a close, here's what's
goin' down for issue 5....
Gosh, look at all this kewl stuff that we've got lined up for issue 5!
...or do I mean "Um... Well, er.."????
New shell
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Maybe not in the next issue, but maybe in a couple of issues time,
maybe, we might just have our own shell for the mag. I will be seeing
Requiem over Xmas as he is returning to our humble town of Portishead
for the festive seanson (good will to all men 'n all that bollocks!!!)..
Req (for short) is a wiss at HiSOFT Basic and has already
produced a diskmag shell for the Falcon for his own FOG magazine. Maybe
he could do a nice ST version of it for Skynet Times. You never know. Watch
this space!!!!
Don't it look borin'?!
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I have to admit it... The background pictures in the shell are very
boring! I have improved a bit this time with a picture of Donald Duck, but
even that is a bit pants! So now I have decided that from issue 5 onwards
there will be cool, funny, and interesting backdrop pictures for you to
gawk at. I have ordered a few disks of humourous clipart from various PDL's,
so expect hot and cool pics in future issues!!
Interview? Who?
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I can't think of anyone to interview in issue 5. I've already done
Requiem, CIH, and Grazey & I can't think of anyone else to interview!!!
Any suggestions???
Aquire world fame(ish)!!
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Basically, send me your new proggys and I'll review them!!!!!
What else...
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Here's what else we have for issue 5......
o FOG PDL and POWER PD catalogues as always (probably
an updated version of the FOG catalogue).
o The next in the 'Indispensible guide to the ST' series
(next month's being 'The indispensible guide to who
is and isn't a Lamer!').
o More technical tips.
o An updated 'PD from me!!!' section.
o The Pennies from Heaven bargain index will be included
as usual (perhaps a new version).
o More factual facts in the new 'Did you know?' section.
o News of what happening on the ST and Falcon scenes.
o Reviews of all the latest software.
o Interview(s) with..... er, who knows???!!!
o More of my utterly boring 'CHiTCHaT'.
o Perhaps another short story.
o FOG news, along with the regular FOG info etc.
o Another great ASCii art picture.
o Free PD on the disk for ST and Falcon owners.
o And maybe another issue of METAL MONTHLY.
Lot's to look forward to then!!
Issue 5 will be out at the beginning of feburary.
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The Epilogue...
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Wow! Did you see the size of that file you've just been reading?
Bloody massive ain't it? Skynet Times has surely taken a turn for the better
this issue, and long may it continue! Don't forget that you can get the full
version from POWER P.D. for just 99p.
I'd just like to thank these guys:- CIH, RiCH, James 'L' Mathews, Grazey,
Cal, Caroline, George, & T. King
for helping in some way or another with this issue of Skynet Times.
Greetz go to the above as well!!!!
Humungus thanx to James for including this in POWER!!!!!
Our address: Skynet, 78 Combe Ave, Portishead, Avon, BS20 9JT, ENGLAND.
Happy new year to you all!!!
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A Skynet/POWER production. Copyright 1994 Jon Nott.