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Most users p}robably have never heard ofI.A.U before but if you have you willknow that we produced our ownnewsletter not so long ago, a}nd thiswas stopped due to lack of support.So we had to make a decision on how todo our part in the effort of keepingour b}eloved 8 bit alive so finally we(the I.A.U which stands for IrelandsAtari Users by the way) opted for the ever popular 'D}isk Mag' format which isnow commonly used. So for the last 4months my partner in crime Jason Keane (programmer guru of I.A}.U) has beenworking on the structure of the mag'and after some debugging its finallyhere. So what can you expect fromPHOE}NIX, well hopefully an 'A' sidecrammed packed with interestingarticles and a 'B' side full of thebest PD games, demos and }utilities.Phoenix will start of as Public Domainmaterial and will only be avaliablefrom PD libraries, eg T.W.A.U.G, Page 6}etc, this will continue for at leastthe first six issues of the disk mag'after the sixth issue our group willmake a decis}ion, either to sell themagazine through our group or keep itrunning through the PD libraries. Asthe first six issues will }be PDmaterial please feel free to copy themag' and pass copies to your friends,infact please make a point of it, makesure} every user you know, knows Phoenixis here as last.Phoenix will be released roughly every2 to 3 months, you should check }theusual user club PD updates to see whenthe next issue is avaliable, but thereis one thing to remember Phoenix willneed }your support to, to keep it up andrunning so I need your contributionsto, which can be in any form, how aboutreviewing som}e of the great newsoftware that is now being released, orhave you written a program, if so sendit in, any thing at all wil}l be a greathelp.So its up to you, support Phoenix andwe will support you.... well thats itfrom me, hopefully you enjoy }issue 1 ofPhoenix and hopefully I will see younext time.... for now good bye.RegardsRobert Paden. Quick Greetings g}oes to the following:Dave Ewens, and all at T.W.A.U.G, sorryguys for taking so long in getting thisfinally out.(by the wa}y your newslettergetting better every issue keep up thegood work).Stuart Murray, many thats for thesupport Stuart, hope}fully your'e stillgetting the support your excellent diskmag' deserves.Peter Mattock, as always Peter keep upthe good wo}rk.Tony McGuiness, hi Tony long time mate.And of course Jason, it works, itworks....Oasis Design, Andy Thompson, Pete}rGeraghty, Richard Keogh, Keith Pates,all the rest of my friends thanks forall the support, and of course a bighello to a}ll supporters and users ofthe ATARI CLASSIC every where.... } } } } } PEACE TO ALL. 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The only other userth"}at was in regular contact with Tonyand myself at that time was my goodfriend Jason Keane from Tipperary, soI.A.U was forme#}d. Not long after thatI suggested that I was going to start anewsletter up, and with Jasons andTonys support I did althou$}gh as Ialready said it last very long.Well thats basically the back-round toI.A.U so far, nothing to get excitedabout ye%}t I hear you cry, well now thatwe have had a bit of a break Jason andI will be pushing PHOENIX as much as we can (Tony, wh&}o is a married man withkids doesn't have much time these daysbut he does help when he can), Jasonwho is an excellent machi'}ne codeprogram is working on a few programsthat should be of interest to users,but more about that later, I myselfhave be(}en designing some new games forour trusty 8 bits, and will Jasonsprogramming help these should be outsoon as well, I won't)} say any more atthe moment, just lets say keep an eyeon I.A.U and PHOENIX for more 8 bitsupport. *} +} ,} -} .} d Soapbox is about as near as Phoenixwill get to a letters page... it willgive any user to express their views onthe 8bits!0}cene. Have you experienced a problem will anycompanies that supports the Classic, orany computer company for that mat!1}ter,if so tell us, or maybe you just wantto tell the rest of the users how goodone of the remaining classic supportersare!2}, maybe one we might not heard ofbefore... or is it possible that youhave some great serect that will makeall Classic user!3}s lives better, if sotell us all, remember 'SOAPBOX' is yourpage, its a chance to get something ofyour chest, or your chan!4}ce to helpother users get the best from theirmachines. !5} !6} !7} !8} !9} ! Oasis Design brings us some good newsin the form of details of some newsoftware soon to come our way, readersshould note%;} thatthis article waswritten in August 93 before A.M.S 7... MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE!!! ...byDa%<}niel Baverstock of OASIS Design Fame. "After taking to Derek Fern of MicroDiscount in late August this year, Iwas ast%=}ounded by the continual flood ofnew software from Poland, Germany,Czchekoslovakia, & surprizingly UK. Iwas even more so, w%>}hen hearing of thecontent of these new products. Whatfollows is just a brief insight intosome of the new software that wil%?}l soonbe available.Firstly, I was surprised to find outthat a new game was being made here inthe UK. Although there have %@}been somegreat programming on behalf of TigerDevelopments, I had assumed that manyEnglish programmers had let lay their8-%A}Bits for 16-Bits. How wrong can yoube! UFO, the new game currently stillin production, scheduled for release inaround 4-5 %B}months under an Englishtitle, is an amazing 3-4 disk effort bya collection of programmers up & downthe country. Its been d%C}escribed asMercenary, with full bodied polygonalgraphics. In other words, unlike thewire frame Mercenary graphics,(althou%D}gh great they were), the ships &landscape are solid. I am not sure ifthis is black & white or colour, (morelikely the latt%E}er), but it is set to bestunning never the less. The addedattraction to this game is that you areable to join two compute%F}rs together,enabling two players to fight against each other. Recently over in germany,many programs under development. %G}Perhaps one of the most recent advanceis in sampling. Tracker Player, withmany different versions from differentcountries%H}, takes samples to the limit. The Germany version by Friday Softwareis said to be excellent.Depending on the computers mem%I}ory & thefile size great sampled music can beplayed. An example of the advancedtechnical side of the Tracker Player,Derek%J} says he has a music file on the130XE that plays about 12 minutes ofdigitized sampling, due to the amazingcompression tech%K}niques used. The 130XE,but what about the 64K Atari's? Well astandard 64K music file lasts foraround 5 minutes! At the mo%L}ment, DerekFern has bought 5 double sidedadditional music file disks. TrackerPlayer comes as a player, usingPC/ST/Amiga s%M}amples. These have to bebought additionaly, in collections asno software is supplied to sample fromthe 16/32 bits computer%N}s. These samplesare saved in standard format, convertedto the 8-Bit, & compressed within a 64Kspace. Amazingly, the origin%O}al samplerate is kept, although the quality isvery slightly lower as the 8-Bitcomputer samples at 4bits, while theorigina%P}l at 16bits. There are manydifferent samplers out in Europe, soDerek Fern has yet to find the best.Rest assurred, in the %Q}next few months these samplers will be unleashed on theAtari community. I have been quoted aprice for this particular Tra%R}ckerPlayer at around 8-10 pounds, & thesame sought of price for a collectionof samples, again around 5 double sideddisks,%S} each with 4-5 sampled musicfiles on each disk, (depending on thefile sizes). A further development onthe sampling scene i%T}s the fact that samples can now be used in games. Whatsnew about that you might say! Well,lets take the Replay sampler fro%U}m 2-Bitsystems, released in 1988, & one of thefew & most popular Atari 8-Bit samplersaround). Whenever a sample was played%V},the screen had to be blanked off dueto the sample occupying memorylocations that displayed the screen.As you can see t%W}his is useless if a gun shot sample is required in ashoot-'em-up, or a sample is wanted toliven up gameplay. Now it %X}is realisedthat it is possible to play sampleswith the screen uneffected. This hasmeant new standards for music & soundef%Y}fects, as shown a new release fromPoland called 'Microx', a clone of anST game called 'Atomix', now availablefrom Micro %Z}Discount for 6.95. Apartfrom great graphics, sampled sound isused in the gameplay. Other futurereleases include a first o%[}n the Atari. Wait for it!! A true 3-Dimensional Gamethat uses special 3-D glasses that makethe screen jump out at the play%\}er. This is one release I am definitelylooking foward to! Many demos are setto hit the scene, including theBrundles dem%]}o for those who want to'Try before they Buy'! This shows thefirst 3-5 screens of the exact clone ofthe popular Lemmings g%^}ame, Brundles,the full game available as far as Iknow for 15.75, (75p UK postage).Again, this is sure to be a bestseller,%_} possibly even more popular thanOperation Blood. Another demo fromGermany, based on Lemmings, uses forthe first time, Bit%`}-Map Graphics, withthe Lemmings around an inch & a halfhigh. Derek stated that the graphicsare just superb, & that also g%a}oes forthe animation. Unfortunatly, thisGerman company spent so much time onthis demo, that there was no time tomake a g%b}ame using the same techniques. Other demos include ones that can takehigh resolution ST graphics, & movethem around the sc%c}reen at high speeds,squeeze, twist, & revolve them. Thesedemos will be available at the A.M.S onSaturday the 13th Novembe%d}r 1993, inBingley Hall, Stafford, Which will alsobe selling the new Operation Blood forthe light gun. For anyone unable to%e} goto the A.M.S, these Demos will beshortly available from Derek Fern'sMicro Discount. For those who likeOperation Blood%f}, there is also a newgame due for release called SpecialForces. However, so not to be an exactreplica of Operation Blood, %g}there havebeen a few changes in the operation ofthe game, of which I have to find out.So there is a brief taster of things%q}B%DOS SYSB*)DUP SYSBSPH1 DATBWPH2 DATB%AUTORUN SYSBEDIT1 DOCTRASH BBACKGRD DOCB /SOAPBOX DOCB6:MOREMOREDOCB3yHARDCOREDOCB>PRINTER DOCB SIDEB DOCB COMSOON DOCB DETAILS DOC tocome. Derek has told me he will befollowing up his visit to the GermanAtari Show with a report, possibly tobe shown i%r}n New Atari User. So, startsaving, there are going to be many moretitles yet!!" "Just In Case You Havenever heard of OASIS%s} Design:- OASIS design - Daniel Baverstock - Trevor Howson." %t} %u} %v} %w} %x} $P HARDCORE HARDWAREBY JASON KEANE CO. TIPPERARYOver the past few years support for theAtari has gradually declined to t)z}heextreme where there's very littlesupport. This includes both softwareand hardware. However, Mrs. Softwaredoes seem to h){}ave a few people on itsside (e.g. Ke-Soft) but Mr. Hardwarehas no-one. He's a social reject inAtariland. All is not lost h)|}owever asnow there's a new column supporting Mr.Hardware. This is it. This is the placewhere you'll find new gadgets for t)}}heAtari to allow you to do things that noMrs. Software, no matter how sexy, cando. This is hardcore hardware.Now after a)~}ll that introduction let'sget down to the nitty gritty ofco-ordinating electrons. Included inthis issue (SIDE B) somewhere)} is aschematic diagram for a circuit whichwill drive four relays. The circuitryisn't compilcated (anybody that has done)} physics will have come across it),but it is useful! The relays then maybeused to drive almost anything! The possiblitie)}s are almost unlimited suchdevices could be a high voltage morsecode system between two computers,disco light controllers,)} robotmovement, etc. The circuit isrelatively easy to build but firstunderstand that IRELANDS ATARI USERGROUP, PHOENIX, )}its editor,contributors, or myself CANNOT be heldresponsible if you damage yourcomputer. Having said that it should benot)}ed that all devices published willhave been tested fully by me. So if you're still with me here goes...Firstly some par)}ts are needed, theseare quite common and can be obtainedfrom almost any supplier.Essential items for any project-------)}------------------------Soldering Iron & SolderLength of wire(coloured if possible)Actually what I do for coloured wir)}e isbuy some rainbow-coloured-ribbon-cableand strip wires off of it.Parts:One 8-way terminal blockEight 1N4148 diod)}es Four relays (9V coil!)Four BC107 transistorsOne Female 9 pin D-socket and cover.One 9V transistor battery or equ)}ivelantpower-supply.Some Veroboard to build the circuit on. Construction------------It should be easy to build)} the ciruitnow from the schematic diagram. Itshould also be noted that I have onlyincluded the circuit diagram for onerel)}ay driver for one line. The other three are merely repeats.1. The line -X- on the left of the diagram can be either of )}the PIA's portbits (i.e. pin 1-4)2. The diodes on these lines are to prevent any nasty surges backfiringinto the comp)}uter. Not essential recommended for experimenting. 3. The pin configuration of the transistor should be noted.)} Fig.1 is for the metal can, Fig.2 is for the plastic. 4. The lines from the computer connect to the (B)base )}of the transistor. +9V to the (C)collector and 0V to the (E)emitter. 5. The relays can have six pins if sin)}gle pole. Two power the coil, another two are for coil off and thelast two for relay on. We're moreinterested in rela)}y on pins at themoment. If you can't work out which iswhich remove the plastic cover on therelay and it should be clear th)}en. 6. The complete pin configuration of the joystick ports is in Fig.3 Both ports are the same except that )} in port one pins 1-4 are the lower bits of location $D300 (54016) and inport two they are the higher.The board sh)}ould be disconnected fromthe computer before original power-up. Check the board one again and check forshorts along the gr)}ooves of theveroboard. Power up the board. Ifeverything seems okay turn the poweroff. Turn off your computer. Plug the9-p)}in D-socket into PORT 2 of thecomputer. Turn on the power the boardand then to the computer. The computershould boot. If i)}t doesn't turn it offand remove the board. Check thecomputer. If its okay (it should be!)check your connections especially)} at the 9 pin D-socket.If everything is okay type thefollowing program from BASIC. 10 POKE 54018,0 20 POKE 5)}4016,240 30 POKE 54018,60 40 POKE 54016,0 50 REM 60 FOR I=1 TO 200:NEXT I 70 POKE 54016,240 )} 80 FOR I=1 TO 200:NEXT I 90 POKE 54016,0 100 GOTO 60Run this program and you should hearthe relays click in )}and out every sooften. This confirms that everythingsperfect. All that is left to say is onthe use of this in your own pro)}grams.The actually working of the PIA(peripheral interface adapter) does notconcern us right now (a detaileddescription )}of it will be published inthe near future). But to turn on onerelay poke its line address. For ourcircuit it is as follows)}: SW1: POKE 54016,16 SW2: POKE 54016,32 SW3: POKE 54016,64 SW4: POKE 54016,128 To turn them o)}ff poke a value less thebit value. For example if you want toturn on SW1 and SW3 but leave SW2 andSW4 off POKE 54016,(16+6)}4). Anycombination can be used. To turn themall off poke any value less that 16 i.e15 or less (usually zero) Its ispossib)}le to have the relays respondingto the joystick in port one by readingthe joystick value and the pokeing therelay value. S)}uch ideas could be usedin robot controlling.i.e.If stick(0)=xxx then poke 54016,yyyThat all of hardcore hardware for t)}hisIssue. I don't know what's in store forthe next issue it depends on you.However, I can tell you that in thepipe-line f)}or publication is a stereo upgrade for the Atari (yes stereooutput -Gumby-), a second PIA, thefunction keys of the 1200XL)}, amongstother delights. On a final note are you sick of the redpower on light on your computer. Thenwhy not change it! )}I have! To green. Itlooks nicer and adds a touch ofpersonality.Jason Keane. )} )} )} )} )} (9ers, I will need morereviews to keep this article going on aregular basis, so any user that has aprinter at the moment why-} not review it(please), remember if your printer is anon Atari make please let us know whatkind of interface you use, also-} leteveryone know the good points and thebad points of your printer, to get anidea of what to write check out thereviews -}below...And to start us of this time, is areview of Ataris own 1029 by FergusFerguson from Co. Limerick....ATARI 1029-}The Atari 1029 is a programmabledot-matrix printer that is versatle,convenient, and easy to use. It canprint letters, num-}bers, andinternational characters. If you don'thave software for the 1029 (likemyself) you can use Atari BASIC and the'LP-}RINT' command. However, Atari'sbuilt-in graphics will not print. Thereare a good few word processorsavailable, but if you -}are creativeminded, you can get 'PRINTERS DELIGHT'which is a screen dump utility diskthat will load and dump picture fi-}lesfrom the following formats: TECHICOLOURDREAM, MICRO-PAINTER, ATARI ARTIST,ATARI PAINT, KOALA PAD. PrintersDelight can-} be obtained from Derek Fernfor around #7.50 (I say around becausethe catalogue is a year old.)Fortunately, the Atari 1029-} has abuilt-in interface so you can plug itdirectly into your 8-bit. It also hasa built-in power supply.When asked to w-}rite some bad pointsabout the printer I could not findanything wrong with it. I bought itfrom Derek Fern last year for #70-}.00and it is still going strong and I havenot bought a replacement ribbon for ityet.I hope that this article has beenben-}eficial and will give people a clearidea about the 1029 printer. TECHNICAL POINTS:Print - 5 x 7 Dot Matrix.F-}ormats - Regular Width 10 characters per inch 80 columns across. - -}Elongated 5 Charcters per inch 40 columns across.Printing Speed - 50 Char' per secondCharac-}ter Set - 132 Characters (International and non-international)Paper Type - Computer fanf-}old (4.5 to 9.5 inch wide) Single sheet (8.5 inchs wide) -}THE STAR LC-200 DOT MATRIX COLOURPRINTER. by TOCOMThis printer has a full complement offeatures, making it an excellen-}tpartner for a 8-bit Atari. It alsosupports the IBM/EPSON printer commandsand character sets enabling it to printanything-} your ATARI can generate, bothtext and graphics. Some of its mainfeatures are the following :Since it is compatible with E-}psonprinters, it works with any softwarethat supports the Epson. That includesmost word-processing and graphicsprograms,-} spread-sheets, and intergrated software packages. Clearlyunderstandable indicator displays andbeep tones provide immedia-}te feedbackwhen you press the buttons on thecontrol panel. The five buttons canoperate in combinations to perform asurpr-}ising variety of functionsincluding micro alignment. Versatilepaper handling, single sheets fanfold,and multi-part forms(u-}p toquadruple-ply) are all accepted and youcan use either push or pull tractor orfriction feed. A special feature enab-}les you to keep fanfold in theprinter parked while printing on otherpaper. The printer has one draft font,one high-speed d-}raft font and four NLQfonts (Courier, Sanserif, Orator andScript), italics for all styles, pluscondensed print, bold print-}, and quadruple-sized print.The colours it prints in is; Black,red, blue, violet, yellow, orange,green.SPECIFICATIONS-}Printing System Pica EliteHigh speed draft 200 cps 225 cpsDraft 150 cps 180 cpsNLQ -} 37.5 cps 45 cpsPrint Direction;Bidirectional, Logic-SeekingUndirectional, Logic-Seeking (Selectabl-}e)Print Head 9 PinsPaper Width 4" to 11.7" cut sheetPaper Width 4" to 10-}" FanfoldI found the best place to get a goodprinter is in the local paper, this onecost me #150.00, but I have seen the-}mfor less.PS I use the CUPID interface on my130XE with my printer. EPSON LX-400 by Richard Keogh.Bei-}ng the owner of an Atari 1029 I hadno intention of changing my printer. One day however I saw an Epsonadvertised very chea-}pley in the localnewspaper and I am glad to say I boughtit. To try and compare an Epson to aAtari 1029 is like tryiny to -}compare aRolls Royce to a Lada. It is quicker,gives much better quality printing, hasmany more features and most importan-}tlyis compatible with nearly all software.The printer is in a grey case and willaccept single sheets of paper orfanfold.-} There are 3 buttons down thefront righthand side; (On LINE/OFFLINE, NLQ/FORMFEED, DRAFT/LINEFEED/Autoload)and 4 lights s-}howing Power, Ready,Paper Out and On Line. As well as thedraft mode there are also 2 NLQtypefaces (Roman & Sans Serif) bui-}ltin. These can be chosen by using thebuttons on the computer. There are anumber of different print stylesavailable a-}lso and these includeEmphasized, Double-Strike, Condensedand Elite. Combinations of these canalso be chosen. The differen-}t printstyles may be chosen by sending codesto the printer or by using the specialSelectype feature which involespressing-} different combinations of the three buttons on the side of theprinter. This feature along with allthe others available ar-}e fullyexplained in the ringbound manual whichcomes with the printer.The printer supports 12 internationalcharacter sets -}and is IBM compatible.The Dip switches, which are easilyaccessible at the back of the machine,control everything from the -}shape ofthe zero through to the page length,though they can be overridden bysoftware.The printer gives excellent results-}with all the software I use includingMini Office II and Print Shop. Ifthere is one fault it is the fact thatyou need an i-}nterface. I use theMicroprint Interface, which isavailable at #31.95 from Derek Fern atMicro Discount and from GralinInt-}ernational, and I have found it to be perfectly acceptable.I am unsure of the present cost thoughthe man who I bought it -}off said itcost him #160.00 about a year ago.TECHNICAL INFO:Print Method - 9 Pin Dot MatrixPrint Speed - Elite dr-}aft 180 cps - Pica draft 150 cps - Pica NLQ 25 cpsNo. Of Copies - 1 Original + 2 copiesPape-}r Thicknes - Up to 0.25mmInput Buffer - 3 KbyteLine length - Pica 80 - Elite 86Ribbon Life - 3 m-}illion characters (1000 pages)Print Head Life- 200 Million stroke/pinCharacter Set - 96 Standard ASCII, -} special international characters and graphics characters. -} -} -} -} -} ,Q Remember, PHOENIX at the moment is onlyavalible through any of the PDlibraries, not from me, if you want tosend me an ar9}ticle or a letter pleasesend it to the following address:ROBERT PADEN54 ARDMILLAN CRESCENTSCRABO ESTATENEWTOWNARDSCO.9}DOWNN.IRELANDBT23 4PW.Any contributions, please try and sendthem as a wordprocessor file such aMini Office II doc.:} Side B Contents---------------Ok what have we got for on this firstissue of PHOENIX....Well, ever fancied becoming t1}he newRussell Grant (if so you need help),this program we have on disk calledASTRO may take you half of the waythere. A 1}smiple to use program thattells your stars, amaze your family andfriends with tales of the Zodiac, allyou need now is a da1}ft jumper.Also on side B there is the diagram asmentioned in Hardcore Hardware.And to finish of this issue there are 21}demo's the PHOENIX demo is by Andrew CThompson (thanks Andy)And last but not least is Jason owndemo for I.A.U. 1} 1} 1} 1} 1} 2} Ok, so there is not as much to read onthis issues disk as I was hopeing for,but with time running out and the postservic5}e doing their best to loseeverything that is sent to me, what canI say....Anyway, next issue will be different Ipromise,5} more to read, starting nextissue the NEWS column will start, thisis where I try and bring you the latestnews regarding At5}ari in general notjust the Classic... also from nextissue there will be a full listing ofall the remaining supporters of t5}he 8bit world, make you contact every one.We have a few other things planned aswell but you will have just to wait andse5}e, until then bye..... 5} 5} 5} 5} 5} 4 :} :} :} :} :} 0 8- 8g