¢INTRODUCTION - ISSUE 10¢November/December 1993¢¢Release Date: 21st December 1993¢¢¢ Festive greetings to all Futurians and welcome to another new issue! This disk is absolutely packed with goodies to keep you occupied over the long winter nights ahead of us.¢¢ As you will have noticed, the Side A menu has returned. This is because the huge text section had to be split into two parts, with a selection of articles on Side B. You can either flip the disk whilst using ViewDocs now or boot Side B and select ViewDocs from the menu. Sorry about this but it was the only way to get Merry Mix-Up and DiskComm to load and run from a menu.¢¢ There are many articles this time, including 8-Bit News, Software Scene (more reviews!), The Turbo BASIC Flyer (Programming Made Easy Part II), 8-Bit Trivia (the missing Atari cartridges), Hardware Warehouse (a look at a joypad), and a new column called Atari 8-Bit Memories (which looks back at good and bad memories of computing on the Atari 8-bit).¢¢ Here are the software details...¢¢Side A (BOOT WITH BASIC)¢¢MERRY MIX UP¢¢ Santa's mixed up all the Christmas presents - can you help him sort them out? Use a joystick to match the Christmas gifts, e.g. the hat to the glove. Festive fun!¢¢¢THE FUTURA CHRISTMAS DEMO¢¢ A superb Christmas demo programmed for NOSAUG by ace Scottish programmer 'Spike' from Midlothian (thanks Spike!). This is the NOSAUG Christmas card to wish all Futurians a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks to everyone who has sent me a Christmas card!¢¢ The demo is on this disk as a DiskComm file (.DCM), i.e. it is a boot disk which has been compressed into a single file (called XMASCARD.DCM). To create a boot disk of the demo you must follow these five simple steps:¢¢1. Select DISKCOM3.COM at the main menu.¢2. Enter [B] from the DiskComm menu (Turn file(s) into disk).¢3. Enter the source filename, i.e. XMASCARD.DCM. Press Return to begin (the .DCM file will load into memory).¢4. TAKE YOUR FUTURA DISK OUT OF THE DRIVE AND INSERT A BLANK DISK! Enter [Y] to format it. Enter [N] at the sector skew prompt. The boot disk will now be created.¢5. Boot your new Futura Christmas Card disk WITHOUT BASIC and enjoy!¢¢¢DISK COMMUNICATOR 3¢¢ An excellent disk utility by Bob Puff. Pack one side of a disk into a single file and vice verca. Very user-friendly!¢¢¢Side B (BOOT WITHOUT BASIC)¢¢MINE HUNTER¢¢ More NEW software! This time from long-term Futurian, Bryan Zillwood. This great Turbo BASIC game is a clone of Minesweeper. For full docs, refer to the MINE.DOC file on Side B of this disk. Thanks Bryan! Please remember to let me know which three NOSAUG PD disks you would like in return.¢¢¢DISK SECRETARY¢¢ This excellent Turbo BASIC utility by Ron Fetzer of OHAUG is for use with The Turbo BASIC Flyer column.¢¢¢A-ROGUE¢¢ I've been playing this game a lot recently. A-Rogue is a very addictive adventure game based on the classic mainframe adventure "Rogue". For more information, read AROGUE.DOC on Side B of this disk.¢¢¢ Many thanks to everyone who has supported Futura and NOSAUG throughout 1993! I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!¢¢See-ya in 94!¢¢Stuart.¢
