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= A GREAT MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING/NIGHT TO YOU! =======================
On the disk in your disk drive you will find "ST NEWS" Volume 9 Issue 3,
filled to the gerbils (?!) with all kinds of stuff as usual, and barely
in time not to be too late, sortof. Never mind all these uninteresting
utterings, just get down to the section below to see if some of the many
things in it might entice you into an actual reading session.
Suffice, for now, to tell you that it was finished on December 17th
1994, and that it's the 38th issue in total and the 11th since "ST NEWS"
went undead.
Below you will find some more details concerning this issue (like how to
copy it and what's in it).
Have fun reading,
Richard Karsmakers
a.k.a. Cronos
of the Amazing Cracking Conspiracy (ACC)
of the Quartermass Experiment (QX)
(Editor)
= WHAT'S IN IT, HEX? ====================================================
Yes, indeed, what may be found here? Below you will find a summary of
some of the most important bits, the CAPITALIZED parts of which PD
library owners are invited to use in their catalogues.
=========================================================================
AN INTERVIEW WITH TERRY PRATCHETT!
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What with this issue dedicated to Terry Pratchett, author of, among
other things, the really excellent series of Discworld novels, I guessed
it would be perfect to interview him. So that's what I did, and I talked
with him about a variety of subjects involving illustrious things such as
carniverous plants and Australia!
=========================================================================
FURTHER INTERVIEWS WITH ALTAR, DAMIEN M. JONES, AT THE GATES, ORPHANED
LAND, ANDY AND DAVE OF VOLUME 11 (OF "STARBALL" FAME) AND OTHERS!
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Once more your intrepid reporter went through incredible lengths to
acquaint you with some computer people and musicians, too!
dedicated!
=========================================================================
ADVENTURE SOLUTIONS: "FUTURE WARS", "BRIMSTONE", "BLUE FORCE", "HUGO"
AND SEVERAL OTHERS!
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Why wait for multiple (or 'stranger') aeons until another magazine
chucks out the odd tip on your favourite adventure that you've been stuck
on ever since the week after you bought it? "ST NEWS" has offered
solutions to almost *all* ST adventures and quite an enormous lot of PC
ones as well. You need look no further; check out the "Adventure
Solutions Index". If your favourite adventure's not in there then there's
quite a chance it's not actually an adventure.
By now, Math might actually have grown a beard. Haven't heard from him
in a while.
=========================================================================
LITERARY BITS!
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REVIEWS: "PROMISED LAND" (CD), "NEODESK" VERSION 4 (UTILITY),
"YOUTHANASIA" (CD), "TRUE LIES" (FILM), "GENEVA" (OS), MIRANDA SEX GARDEN
(CONCERT), "THE STAND" (BOOK), "ERGO PRO!" (UTILITY), "FORREST GUMP"
(FILM), "NEEDFUL THINGS" (BOOJK), "AWAKE" (CD), "THE LIAR" (BOOK),
"RAINBOW" (DRAWING PROGRAM), THE BRENTFORD TRILOGY (BOOKS), FOUR TRIBUTE
ALBUMS (CD), "YRAN" (FESTIVAL) AND MORE!
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The various contributors to "ST NEWS" don't just use their computers...
no, they also read books and listen to various bits of digital sound.
Sometimes, indeed, they leave their dark attics to go out and mingle
among other mortals to see concerts and films and the like. So some
opinions may be found here as well...
=========================================================================
UNBELIEVABLY HOT NEWS ABOUT FORTHCOMING MUSIC AND FILMS!
=========================================================================
A TOTALLY UNABRIDGED AND TOTALLY *ERIK* ST RENDITION OF A FILMSCRIPT!
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After "Terminator II" and "The Meaning of Life", the third film script
so far to be featured in "ST NEWS" in its whole entireness - and likely
not the last yet 'cause we still have some lying around.
=========================================================================
AN EVEN MORE COMPLETE FALCON SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST!
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Now you can see for yourself what old and recent stuff doesn't work on
the Falcon and, vastly more important, what *does*. It is probably the
most complete list of its kind, and trustworthy too; much of this stuff
is from my own experience.
=========================================================================
INTERESTING PROGRAMS TO BOOT!
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As usual you get some extra bits of software. This time, for example,
there's the fiendishly insulting "Grandson of Wowbagger the Infinitely
Prolonged" swearing accessory and a really nice and flexible thingy
written by a Nutty Norwegian called "PAnTHer". Check this stuff out
without further ado!
=========================================================================
= NOTES ABOUT COPYING ===================================================
I will be brief. Just like the 37 prior issues, "ST NEWS" is about as
Public Domain as you can get. Spread it, copy it, sell it (as CHEAP as
possible please), I don't mind. It is important that as many people as
possible get this issue, so give it to a friend for his/her birthday! In
case you're the owner of a Public Domain library, you are much encouraged
to include it in that. I need NO royalties. This is NO licenseware. You
can keep whatever profit you make yourself.
The disk format is:
Tracks : 0-80 (that's one extra)
Sectors per track : 11 (that's hyper-formatted)
Number of sides : 2 (would have done 3 if only it were possible)
You can copy it with just about any modern disk copier (though Martin
Backschat's "FastCopy" would be a most excellent choice (free plug
there)). And anyway, it's not *how* you copy it that's important, as long
as you *do* copy it, possible in the *largest* numbers!
Be wise and steer clear of expensive PD libraries. And please send a
donation now and again if you've enjoyed our efforts. I have received one
donation (hi Marinos!) in the last three years or something.
= NOTES ABOUT COMPATIBILITY =============================================
Atari (MEGA) ST(E): "ST NEWS" runs on all systems, including those with
512 Kb memory (though 1 Mb minimum would be nice, and
better). Graphic cards are not supported. Please use
medium or high resolution only.
Atari TT : "ST NEWS" has been tested on a TT and works when
launched from either ST medium or ST high resolution.
Atari Falcon 030 : "ST NEWS" runs smoothly from any 80-column VGA/RGB/TV
resolution with the exception of "VGA with double
line on and 2 colours" or "TV/RGB non-interlaced with
2 colours" (in which cases it will bomb). Any 40-
column resolution (including ST low resolution
compatibility mode) will cause all GEM and VDI draw
commands to be limited to the left half of the
screen. Also, the file selector needed to specify an
ASCII/WP file to be written is usually coloured
wrongly and drawn partly off the screen due to GEM
not being properly re-initialised. Any suggestions on
how to fix these problems?
Keeping [ALTERNATE] pressed during booting on a
Falcon with VGA monitor connected will cause the
program to use ST high resolution mode instead of ST
medium (among other things, this slows down the
scroller).
"ST NEWS" hasn't yet been tested on a Falcon with
SM124/5 monochrome monitor. If you can test this,
please let me know the result. Should work, though.
GEMulator : "ST NEWS" works with it, as long as you have the
music turned off.
MultiTOS / Geneva : "ST NEWS" will not work with any multi-tasking OS, as
it uses no GEM at all. Please disable it.
Warp 9 : Exiting "ST NEWS" may freeze the system with "Warp 9"
active. This can be fixed by adding the line
"ST_NEWS.PRG s0 b0 j0" (turn screen accelerator,
mouse block and mouse jump off) in the "WARP.DAT"
automatic configuration file.
BlowUp 030 : Exiting "ST NEWS" will cause a return to a distorted
screen. This is likely to happen with most extended
screen resolution drivers, including "ScreenBlaster".
Please disable them. Does anyone know a solution?
Disk drives : There are a few (very few) disk drives that can't
handle 11 sectors per track. I am very sorry, but I
would use a smaller format if I could. There's too
much stuff I want to put in "ST NEWS" but not quite
enough simply to increase the frequency of its
appearance, and I *never* want to start using TWO
disks. Maybe, one day when everybody has HD drives, I
will switch to HD disks.
That's it. No use reading any further.
S T N E W S
*THE* ATARI ST/STE/TT/FALCON MULTI MEDIA DISK MAGAZINE
SOON TO BE RELATIVELY FAMOUS
THE END OF THE "ST NEWS" VOLUME 9 ISSUE 3 TEXT FILE