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We are sorry for this inconvenience, but will make arrangements for you to receive your order in the quickest time possible.We are sending under separate cover, our most recent publication,  UNDERSTANDING MICROCOMPUTERS. This publicaton is we feel a valuable contributions to this new product and hope that it will serve to compensate you for having to wait for your order.If there is any way that we be of further service to you, or may help you during this delay feel free to contact us. Sincerely yours, Robert C. Berryworth Customer RelationsRCB:KLByour order in the quickest time possible.L* HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZj0m2w78LETTER PERFECT ATARI FUNCTIONSKEY FUNCTION KEY FUNCTIONCTRL A GO TO BEGINNING OF LINE CTRL V SPECIAL PRINT CHARACTERSCTRL B BOLDFACE TOGGLE CTRL W DELETE ALL BEFORE CURSORCTRL C CENTER NEXT LINE CTRL X DELETE ALL TEXTCTRL D DELIMITING CHARACTER CTRL Y DELETE ALL AFTER CURSORCTRL E (END) GO TO END OF TEXT CTRL Z GO TO END OF LINECTRL F FORMAT LINE CAPS LOWR SHIFT LOCK/RELEASECTRL G FOOTER ESC EXIT EDITORCTRL H HEADER CTRL ^ MOVE CURSOR UPCTRL I IMPROVE TEXT CTRL | MOVE CURSOR DOWNCTRL J (JOIN) ADD TO BUFFER CTRL <- MOVE CURSOR TO LEFTCTRL K (KILL) DELETE BUFFER CTRL -> MOVE CURSOR TO RIGHTCTRL L (LIFT) INSERT FROM BUFFER RETURN CARRIAGE RETURNCTRL M MOVE TO BUFFER SFT-DEL DELETE NEXT LINECTRL N (NEXT) DELETE NEXT BLOCK SFT-INS INSERT LINE AT CURSORCTRL O (ON,ON,ON) CONTINUOUS SCROLL CTRL TAB CLEAR TAB AT CURSORCTRL P FORCED END OF PAGE SFT-TAB SET TAB AT CURSORCTRL Q SCROLL ONE PAGE FORWARD CTRL DEL DELETE A CHARACTERCTRL R (REPLACE) SEARCH AND REPLACE CTRL INS INSERT A CHARACTERCTRL S (SEARCH) SEARCH ONLY SFT-CLEAR GO TO BEGINNING OF TEXTCTRL T (TOP) GO TO TOP OF SCREEN DEL DELETE LAST CHARACTERCTRL U UNDERLINE TOGGLE TAB TAB TO NEXT TAB STOPf1m17w107SPECIAL PRINT CHARACTERS* SUBSCRIPT $n PRINT STRING n^ SUPERSCRIPT #n PRINT NUMBER ndFORMAT REPRESENTATIONS DEFAULT VALUESd default values d no number neededr reset standard r no number neededt top margin t 5 spacesm left margin m 10 spacesj justification j 1 justifyw set line width w 64 charactersl line spacing l 1 (single spacing)p printed lines/page p 56 liness stop s 0 (no stop)f set type font f 0 (10 cpi)a margin adjust a 0 (no adjust)b bottom margin b 5 spacesn set page number n 0 (start at beginning)FORMAT REPRESENTATIONS DEFAULT VALUESL*j\]^_`abcdefL+ hijklmnopqrsPROGRAM REVIEWSBY CHAK TOM AND LAUREN DAVISCAVERNS OF MARS (APX-C16K, D24K)RATING: EXCELLENTCAVERNS OF MARS, REMARKABLY WRITTEN BY 17 YEAR OLD GREG CHRISTENSEN IS A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM WITH EXCELLENT GRAPHICS AND COLOR. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO TRAVEL DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE CAVERN WITHOUT BEING DESTROYED BY MARTIAN DEFENSE SYSTEMS WHILE TRYING TO REFUEL BY DESTROYING FUEL DUMPS. THERE ARE FIVE LEVELS TO THE CAVERN EACH WITH DIFFERENT OBSTACLES OF VARYING DIFFICULTY. THE OPTION KEY ON YOUR ATARI ALLOWS YOU TO JUMP FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL SO THAT YOU CAN PRACTICE TO GAIN MASTERY OF EACH OBSTACLE. IN LEVEL #1, YOU MANEUVER THROUGH THE ZIG-ZAGGING CAVES, OBTAINING FUEL FOR FUTURE MORE DIFFICULT LEVELS. LEVEL #2 QUICKLY SPEWS YOUR CRAFT INTO A HIGH SPEED OBSTACLE COURSE WHERE YOU MUST AVOID OR DESTROY THE FLYING ATTACKERS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SCREEN. LEVEL #3 IS PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING AND MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL. YOUR CRAFT MUST BYPASS A SERIES OF FLASHING LAZER TRAPS AND TIMING IS CRUCIAL. LEVEL #4 CONSISTS OF MANY FLASHING BLOTCHES THAT WREAK DESTRUCTION IF THEY BLOTCH ON YOU. THE LAST LEVEL #5 REQUIRES MANY 90 DEGREE TURNS THROUGH THE FORTRESS LEADING TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE CAVERN WHERE YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR BOMB ON THE HEADQUARTERS. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THIS FEAT, YOU THEN HAVE 98 TIME SEGMENTS TO ASCEND THE CAVERN TO THE SURFACE OF MARS. IN DOING THIS YOU FIND YOURSELF ABOVE A SECOND CAVERN. ALTHOUGH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THIS CAVERN ARE MUCH THEL+uvwxyz{|}~ SOAPBOX WELL NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PUBLISH ARE FIRST NEWSLETTER SO HERE IT GOES FOLKS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE LATES RUMORS FROM THE HOME FRONTSAY THAT NOW THERE WILL TWO NEW ATARICOMPUTERS TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR THEY WILL CALLED THE 600 & SUPER 800 WITH A 68000 MICROPROCESSOR THAT CAN ADDRESS 216 MEGABYTES OF ADDRESS THE 600 WILL BE ACROSS BETWEEN THE 400 & 800 AND HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH MACHINES. POSSIBLY THE REPLACEABLE MEMORY AND THE FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD. NOW FOR SOME INTERSTING FIGURES FROM ATARI THERE LAST SIX MONTH FIGURES SHOW A 900 PERCENT INCREASE IN IN SALES FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER AND ARE SO BACK ORDERED THAT THEY CANNOT MEET THE DELIVERY PROMISED FOR SEPTEMBER THE LATES DELIVERY TO THE STORES IS THE PILOT CARTRIDGE WITH TURTLE GRAPHICS TO USE WITH THE YOUNG PROGRAMMERS OF FIRST AND SECOND YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT INCLUDES A COMPLET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPSULE SUMMARY OF CAMMANDS NOW SLATED FOR JANUARY IS THE LONG AWAITED MICROSOFT BASIC ON DISK. WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLET CONTROL OF THE PLAYER MISSLE GRAPHICS SHOULD BE QUIET AND INTRESTING COMBONOW WE WILL BEABLE TO USE ALL THE MICRO PROGRAMS WRITTEN FOR THE APPLE & TRS 80 BUT THEY CANNOT USE ARES YET FLOKS THE NEXT MEETING OF S.O.A.P. WILLBE ON FEBURY 04 AT HOPSINGS RESTERANTON MADISON AVE. BETWEEN 32 & 33 STREETIN THE BACK ROOM page 2 for artical by terry page 3 for spical articals page 4 for programsET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPS SAME AS THE FIRST, IT IS STILL EXCITING NONETHELESS. YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT IS TO BLOW UP AS MANY CAVERNS OF MARS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE...GOOD LUCK!JAWBREAKERS (ON-LINE SYSTEMS-D24K ONLY) RATING: EXCELLENTGHOSTHUNTER (ARCADE PLUS-C16K, D16K) RATING: EXCELLENT PAC-MAN, THE GAME THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MANY IN THE ARCADES LAST YEAR, MADE ITS ADVENT IN THE HOME FOR THE ATARI 400/800 IN THE FORM OF JAWBREAKERS. SOON THEREAFTER APPEARED GHOSTHUNTER. EACH VERSION HAS ITS NOTABLE POINTS, MAKING THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM PAC-MAN, BUT JUST AS MUCH FUN. IN JAWBREAKERS THE FIRST THING THAT WILL STRIKE YOU IS THE CUTE RENDITION OF THE SONG "THE CANDYMAN." YOU CONTROL A SET OF DENTURES WHICH GOBBLE UP A MAZE OF CANDY. CHASING AFTER YOUR TEETH ARE A SET OF SMILIES THAT WILL INCAPACITATE YOU BY MAKING YOUR TEETH FALL OUT IF THEY CATCH UP WITH YOU, BUT... DON'T GRIT YOUR TEETH IN DESPAIR FOR YOU CAN EAT UP THE SMILIES AND SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR CELLS BY GOBBLING UP ONE OF FOUR JAWBREAKERS AND THEREBY TRANSFORMING YOURSELF INTO SUPERTEETH. WHEN AND IF YOU CLEAR THE MAZE OF ALL THE CANDIES, YOUR TEETH WILL BE REWARDED WITH A TOOTHBRUSHING. THE SOUND AND THE GRAPHICS ARE EXCELLENT, AS WELL AS THE SMOOTH AND REACTIVE CONTROL OF YOUR JOYSTICK. GHOSTHUNTER CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A HAUNTED HOUSE ON HUCKLEBERRY HILL, WHICH HAPPENS TO LOOK LIKE A MAZE. THE OBJECTIVE IS MUCH THE SAME AS JAWBREAKERS EXCEPT YOU ARE BEING CHASED BY GHOSTS INSTEAD OF SMILIES. IF THOSE SNEAKY GHOSTS CORNER YOU, YOU ARE GIVEN A HIDE OPTION BY PUSHING THE TRIGGER BUTTON RENDERING YOU INVISIBLE TO THE GHOSTS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE SECONDS. HOWEVER YOU MAY ONLY USE THIS OPTION ONCE PER GHOSTHUNTER. OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE THE HEAD TO HEAD OPTION ALLOWING TWO PEOPLE TO BE ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL AS VARIOUS ALTERNATION TWO PLAYER OPTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO SELET ONE OF SIXTEEN MAZES OR LET THE COMPUTER SELECT THEM RANDOMLY. EACH VERSION HAS ITS ADDICTIVE QUALITIES, THUS CHOOSING BETWEN THE TWO WILL BE DIFFICULT. SO WHY SETTLE FOR ONE, GET THEM BOTH AND WHEN THE ATARI VERSION COMES OUT GET THAT ONE AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!NOVICE COLUMN BY LAUREN DAVIS AND CHAK TOM PERHAPS THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION CONFRONTING THE NOVICE UPON THE ACQUISITION OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER IS THAT QUESTION ALMOST EVERYONE SEEMS TO THROW AT YOU---"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH A COMPUTER?" THE MOST IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR MANY IS STARRAIDERS, MISSILE COMMAND, AND OTHER SOPHISTICATED GAMES THAT THE VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM (VCS) CANNOT TACKLE. MANY JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE BY SAYING IT'S FOR THE KIDS, BUT WHAT CAN THOSE WITHOUT KIDS RESPOND WITH? ONE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN THE VARIOUS SOFTWARES FOR PERSONAL FINANCE, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. THAT WOULD ENABLE ONE TO JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE. PERHAPS THE BEST ANSWER IS NOT FOUND IN THE SOFTWARE CATALOGS, BUT RATHER CAN BE FOUND WITHIN ONESELF. "COMPUTER LITERACY" IS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES (S.A. N.Y. TIMES AND HARPER'S BAZAAR) AND MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE "COMPUTER LITERACY." IT'S CHIC, IT'S CONCISE, AND IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COLUMN. NEXT ISSUE, WE WILL DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMPUTERS TO MAKE THE NOVICE MORE LITERATE IN TERMS OF COMPUTERS.AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!L+ THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION  *** BY DIN MOK *** THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AIMED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. THIS "REVOLUTION" REALLY STARTED THROUGH THE PIONEERING EFFORTS OF COMPANIES SUCH AS APPLE, TANDY AND COMMODORE. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE APPLE, TRS-80 AND PET THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION CAUGHT MOMENTUM. DEDICATED USERS CLUBS SPRUNG UP EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY (AND THE WORLD), AND COMPUTING MAGAZINES WERE STARTED TO HELP INFORM USERS. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, APPLICATION PROGRAMS WERE MADE AVAILABLE SPANNING AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SUBJECTS AND INTERESTS. IN ADDITION, HARDWARE PEOPLE MADE AVAILABLE KITS OR EXPANSION BOARDS FOR EACH COMPUTER. MUCH CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPANIES, THE INTERESTED PUBLIC AND THE DEDICATED WORK OF MANY THIRD PARTY COMPANIES FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION. IN RECENT MONTHS, EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE POPULARITY OF THIS NEW FORM OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION. WITH THIS FAVORABLE BASELINE, ATARI INTRODUCED THE 400/800 COMPUTERS TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. THE ATARI PERSONAL COMPUTERS ARE NOT SIMPLY A "ME-TOO" REPACKAGED COPY OF ANY OF THE OTHER COMPUTERS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE A REVOLUTION IN THEMSELVES. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOUND IN THE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS). THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE THE FIRST ONE DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL SYSTEM. I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT NOTHING IN THE ATARI COMPUTER OR ANY OF THE EXPANSION PERIPHERALS WERE ADDED AS A SECOND THOUGHT. EVERYTHING WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT BY THE DESIGNERS AND THEN A SCHEME WAS DEVELOPED TO INTERMESH ALL THESE CAPABILITIES THROUGH THE OPERATING SYSTEM. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE ATARI IS PERFECT, IN MANY WAYS IT IS NOT, BUT ITS DESIGN CONCEPT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE BEGINNER WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS TO BUY CARTRIDGES AND HE IS UP AND RUNNING. INTERMEDIATE USERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. WHEN HE ADDS PERIPHERALS, HE'S UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE THE OS SUPPORTS A MULTITUDE OF EXPANSIONS. THE ADVANCED USER WILL ALSO APPRECIATE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. THE HARDWARE CAPABILITIES ARE SO MUCH MORE ADVANCED (ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF GRAPHICS AND SOUND) THAN ANY OTHER COMPUTER, HE WILL FIND THAT WHAT USED TO REQUIRE EXTENSIVE SOFTWARE CAN NOW BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HARDWARE. THE OS IS ALSO GENERAL ENOUGH THAT HE CAN USE BUILT IN SUBROUTINES WHICH NORMALLY HE HAD TO WRITE HIMSELF. IN ADDITION THE OS ALLOWS OTHER NON-ATARI DEDICATED PERIPHERALS TO BE ATTACHED WITH A MINIMUM OF WORK. THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE DEFINITELY UNIVERSAL ENOUGH TO SATISFY MANY PEOPLE'S NEEDS. THESE TWO GEMS WILL, I FEEL, SET NEW STANDARDS FOR THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION.BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HARDWARE. L+$LI$^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE LATEST RUMORS FROM THE HOME FRONTSAY THAT NOW THERE WILL TWO NEW ATARICOMPUTERS TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR THEY WILL CALLED THE 600 & SUPER 800 WITH A 68000 MICROPROCESSOR THAT CAN ADDRESS 216 MEGABYTES OF ADDRESS THE 600 WILL BE ACROSS BETWEEN THE 400 & 800 AND HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH MACHINES. POSSIBLY THE REPLACEABLE MEMORY AND THE FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD. NOW FOR SOME INTERSTING FIGURES FROM ATARI THERE LAST SIX MONTH FIGURES SHOW A 900 PERCENT INCREASE IN IN SALES FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER AND ARE SO BACK ORDERED THAT THEY CANNOT MEET THE DELIVERY PROMISED FOR SEPTEMBER THE LATES DELIVERY TO THE STORES IS THE PILOT CARTRIDGE WITH TURTLE GRAPHICS TO USE WITH THE YOUNG PROGRAMMERS OF FIRST AND SECOND YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT INCLUDES A COMPLET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPSULE SUMMARY OF CAMMANDS NOW SLATED FOR JANUARY IS THE LONG AWAITED MICROSOFT BASIC ON DISK. WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLET CONTROL OF THE PLAYER MISSLE GRAPHICS SHOULD BE QUIET AND INTRESTING COMBONOW WE WILL BEABLE TO USE ALL THE MICRO PROGRAMS WRITTEN FOR THE APPLE & TRS 80 BUT THEY CANNOT USE ARES YET FLOKS THE NEXT MEETING OF S.O.A.P. WILLBE ON FEBURY 04 AT HOPSINGS RESTERANTON MADISON AVE. BETWEEN 32 & 33 STREETIN THE BACK ROOMPROGRAM REVIEWSBY CHAK TOM AND LAUREN DAVISCAVERNS OF MARS (APX-C16K, D24K)RATING: EXCELLENTCAVERNS OF MARS, REMARKABLY WRITTEN BY 17 YEAR OLD GREG CHRISTENSEN IS A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM WITH EXCELLENT GRAPHICS AND COLOR. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO TRAVEL DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE CAVERN WITHOUT BEING DESTROYED BY MARTIAN DEFENSE SYSTEMS WHILE TRYING TO REFUEL BY DESTROYING FUEL DUMPS. THERE ARE FIVE LEVELS TO THE CAVERN EACH WITH DIFFERENT OBSTACLES OF VARYING DIFFICULTY. THE OPTION KEY ON YOUR ATARI ALLOWS YOU TO JUMP FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL SO THAT YOU CAN PRACTICE TO GAIN MASTERY OF EACH OBSTACLE. IN LEVEL #1, YOU MANEUVER THROUGH THE ZIG-ZAGGING CAVES, OBTAINING FUEL FOR FUTURE MORE DIFFICULT LEVELS. LEVEL #2 QUICKLY SPEWS YOUR CRAFT INTO A HIGH SPEED OBSTACLE COURSE WHERE YOU MUST AVOID OR DESTROY THE FLYING ATTACKERS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SCREEN. LEVEL #3 IS PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING AND MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL. YOUR CRAFT MUST BYPASS A SERIES OF FLASHING LAZER TRAPS AND TIMING IS CRUCIAL. LEVEL #4 CONSISTS OF MANY FLASHING BLOTCHES THAT WREAK DESTRUCTION IF THEY BLOTCH ON YOU. THE LAST LEVEL #5 REQUIRES MANY 90 DEGREE TURNS THROUGH THE FORTRESS LEADING TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE CAVERN WHERE YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR BOMB ON THE HEADQUARTERS. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THIS FEAT, YOU THEN HAVE 98 TIME SEGMENTS TO ASCEND THE CAVERN TO THE SURFACE OF MARS. IN DOING THIS YOU FIND YOURSELF ABOVE A SECOND CAVERN. ALTHOUGH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THIS CAVERN ARE MUCH THE SAME AS THE FIRST, IT IS STILL EXCITING NONETHELESS. YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT IS TO BLOW UP AS MANY CAVERNS OF MARS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE...GOOD LUCK!JAWBREAKERS (ON-LINE SYSTEMS-D24K ONLY) RATING: EXCELLENTGHOSTHUNTER (ARCADE PLUS-C16K, D16K) RATING: EXCELLENT PAC-MAN, THE GAME THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MANY IN THE ARCADES LAST YEAR, MADE ITS ADVENT IN THE HOME FOR THE ATARI 400/800 IN THE FORM OF JAWBREAKERS. SOON THEREAFTER APPEARED GHOSTHUNTER. EACH VERSION HAS ITS NOTABLE POINTS, MAKING THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM PAC-MAN, BUT JUST AS MUCH FUN. IN JAWBREAKERS THE FIRST THING THAT WILL STRIKE YOU IS THE CUTE RENDITION OF THE SONG "THE CANDYMAN." YOU CONTROL A SET OF DENTURES WHICH GOBBLE UP A MAZE OF CANDY. CHASING AFTER YOUR TEETH ARE A SET OF SMILIES THAT WILL INCAPACITATE YOU BY MAKING YOUR TEETH FALL OUT IF THEY CATCH UP WITH YOU, BUT... DON'T GRIT YOUR TEETH IN DESPAIR FOR YOU CAN EAT UP THE SMILIES AND SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR CELLS BY GOBBLING UP ONE OF FOUR JAWBREAKERS AND THEREBY TRANSFORMING YOURSELF INTO SUPERTEETH. WHEN AND IF YOU CLEAR THE MAZE OF ALL THE CANDIES, YOUR TEETH WILL BE REWARDED WITH A TOOTHBRUSHING. THE SOUND AND THE GRAPHICS ARE EXCELLENT, AS WELL AS THE SMOOTH AND REACTIVE CONTROL OF YOUR JOYSTICK. GHOSTHUNTER CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A HAUNTED HOUSE ON HUCKLEBERRY HILL, WHICH HAPPENS TO LOOK LIKE A MAZE. THE OBJECTIVE IS MUCH THE SAME AS JAWBREAKERS EXCEPT YOU ARE BEING CHASED BY GHOSTS INSTEAD OF SMILIES. IF THOSE SNEAKY GHOSTS CORNER YOU, YOU ARE GIVEN A HIDE OPTION BY PUSHING THE TRIGGER BUTTON RENDERING YOU INVISIBLE TO THE GHOSTS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE SECONDS. HOWEVER YOU MAY ONLY USE THIS OPTION ONCE PER GHOSTHUNTER. OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE THE HEAD TO HEAD OPTION ALLOWING TWO PEOPLE TO BE ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL AS VARIOUS ALTERNATION TWO PLAYER OPTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO SELET ONE OF SIXTEEN MAZES OR LET THE COMPUTER SELECT THEM RANDOMLY. EACH VERSION HAS ITS ADDICTIVE QUALITIES, THUS CHOOSING BETWEN THE TWO WILL BE DIFFICULT. SO WHY SETTLE FOR ONE, GET THEM BOTH AND WHEN THE ATARI VERSION COMES OUT GET THAT ONE AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!NOVICE COLUMN BY LAUREN DAVIS AND CHAK TOM PERHAPS THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION CONFRONTING THE NOVICE UPON THE ACQUISITION OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER IS THAT QUESTION ALMOST EVERYONE SEEMS TO THROW AT YOU---"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH A COMPUTER?" THE MOST IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR MANY IS STARRAIDERS, MISSILE COMMAND, AND OTHER SOPHISTICATED GAMES THAT THE VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM (VCS) CANNOT TACKLE. MANY JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE BY SAYING IT'S FOR THE KIDS, BUT WHAT CAN THOSE WITHOUT KIDS RESPOND WITH? ONE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN THE VARIOUS SOFTWARES FOR PERSONAL FINANCE, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. THAT WOULD ENABLE ONE TO JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE. PERHAPS THE BEST ANSWER IS NOT FOUND IN THE SOFTWARE CATALOGS, BUT RATHER CAN BE FOUND WITHIN ONESELF. "COMPUTER LITERACY" IS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES (S.A. N.Y. TIMES AND HARPER'S BAZAAR) AND MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE "COMPUTER LITERACY." IT'S CHIC, IT'S CONCISE, AND IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COLUMN. NEXT ISSUE, WE WILL DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMPUTERS TO MAKE THE NOVICE MORE LITERATE IN TERMS OF COMPUTERS.THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION  *** BY DIN MOK *** THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AIMED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. THIS "REVOLUTION" REALLY STARTED THROUGH THE PIONEERING EFFORTS OF COMPANIES SUCH AS APPLE, TANDY AND COMMODORE. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE APPLE, TRS-80 AND PET THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION CAUGHT MOMENTUM. DEDICATED USERS CLUBS SPRUNG UP EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY (AND THE WORLD), AND COMPUTING MAGAZINES WERE STARTED TO HELP INFORM USERS. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, APPLICATION PROGRAMS WERE MADE AVAILABLE SPANNING AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SUBJECTS AND INTERESTS. IN ADDITION, HARDWARE PEOPLE MADE AVAILABLE KITS OR EXPANSION BOARDS FOR EACH COMPUTER. MUCH CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPANIES, THE INTERESTED PUBLIC AND THE DEDICATED WORK OF MANY THIRD PARTY COMPANIES FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION. IN RECENT MONTHS, EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE POPULARITY OF THIS NEW FORM OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION. WITH THIS FAVORABLE BASELINE, ATARI INTRODUCED THE 400/800 COMPUTERS TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. THE ATARI PERSONAL COMPUTERS ARE NOT SIMPLY A "ME-TOO" REPACKAGED COPY OF ANY OF THE OTHER COMPUTERS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE A REVOLUTION IN THEMSELVES. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOUND IN THE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS). THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE THE FIRST ONE DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL SYSTEM. I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT NOTHING IN THE ATARI COMPUTER OR ANY OF THE EXPANSION PERIPHERALS WERE ADDED AS A SECOND THOUGHT. EVERYTHING WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT BY THE DESIGNERS AND THEN A SCHEME WAS DEVELOPED TO INTERMESH ALL THESE CAPABILITIES THROUGH THE OPERATING SYSTEM. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE ATARI IS PERFECT, IN MANY WAYS IT IS NOT, BUT ITS DESIGN CONCEPT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE BEGINNER WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS TO BUY CARTRIDGES AND HE IS UP AND RUNNING. INTERMEDIATE USERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. WHEN HE ADDS PERIPHERALS, HE'S UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE THE OS SUPPORTS A MULTITUDE OF EXPANSIONS. THE ADVANCED USER WILL ALSO APPRECIATE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. THE HARDWARE CAPABILITIES ARE SO MUCH MORE ADVANCED (ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF GRAPHICS AND SOUND) THAN ANY OTHER COMPUTER, HE WILL FIND THAT WHAT USED TO REQUIRE EXTENSIVE SOFTWARE CAN NOW BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HARDWARE. THE OS IS ALSO GENERAL ENOUGH THAT HE CAN USE BUILT IN SUBROUTINES WHICH NORMALLY HE HAD TO WRITE HIMSELF. IN ADDITION THE OS ALLOWS OTHER NON-ATARI DEDICATED PERIPHERALS TO BE ATTACHED WITH A MINIMUM OF WORK. THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE DEFINITELY UNIVERSAL ENOUGH TO SATISFY MANY PEOPLE'S NEEDS. THESE TWO GEMS WILL, I FEEL, SET NEW STANDARDS FOR THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION.BE L+S.O.A.P. is an independent users'group in no way affiliated with Atari,Inc., nor with any commercial organization. We would like to exchange newsletters with any other user groups. Please don't hesitate to write. It is only through this media that we can exchange ideas. We would like to exchange newsletters with any othL+     How SOAP started.Here in the metropolitan area, of the largest working, city where the lightsnever go out, sitting at dinner oneevening with a few friends, all of whom own Atari's we decided to form a users group. None of us are professionals in the field, in fact weare all novices. Soap being a large tvshow here on the east coast which appeals to the mass of soapbox opera fans. So that is how our name came into being Society of Atari Programmers.rs group. None of us are professionals in the field, in fact weare all novices. Soap being a large tvL+> S.O.A.P. MARTIN KAYE 4 PARK AVE. NYC 10016 4 PARK AVE. NYC 100LLCOLORFULVRYLCOLORFUL L?l <SAMPLE LP lGCOMM LP [TEST LP (gSOAP4 LP tSOAP3 LP SOAP5 LP LSOAP6 LP SOAP 1 LP SOAP 2 LP  SOAP7 LP L+ hijklmnopqrsPROGRAM REVIEWSBY CHAK TOM AND LAUREN DAVISCAVERNS OF MARS (APX-C16K, D24K)RATING: EXCELLENTCAVERNS OF MARS, REMARKABLY WRITTEN BY 17 YEAR OLD GREG CHRISTENSEN IS A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM WITH EXCELLENT GRAPHICS AND COLOR. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO TRAVEL DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE CAVERN WITHOUT BEING DESTROYED BY MARTIAN DEFENSE SYSTEMS WHILE TRYING TO REFUEL BY DESTROYING FUEL DUMPS. THERE ARE FIVE LEVELS TO THE CAVERN EACH WITH DIFFERENT OBSTACLES OF VARYING DIFFICULTY. THE OPTION KEY ON YOUR ATARI ALLOWS YOU TO JUMP FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL SO THAT YOU CAN PRACTICE TO GAIN MASTERY OF EACH OBSTACLE. IN LEVEL #1, YOU MANEUVER THROUGH THE ZIG-ZAGGING CAVES, OBTAINING FUEL FOR FUTURE MORE DIFFICULT LEVELS. LEVEL #2 QUICKLY SPEWS YOUR CRAFT INTO A HIGH SPEED OBSTACLE COURSE WHERE YOU MUST AVOID OR DESTROY THE FLYING ATTACKERS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SCREEN. LEVEL #3 IS PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING AND MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL. YOUR CRAFT MUST BYPASS A SERIES OF FLASHING LAZER TRAPS AND TIMING IS CRUCIAL. LEVEL #4 CONSISTS OF MANY FLASHING BLOTCHES THAT WREAK DESTRUCTION IF THEY BLOTCH ON YOU. THE LAST LEVEL #5 REQUIRES MANY 90 DEGREE TURNS THROUGH THE FORTRESS LEADING TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE CAVERN WHERE YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR BOMB ON THE HEADQUARTERS. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THIS FEAT, YOU THEN HAVE 98 TIME SEGMENTS TO ASCEND THE CAVERN TO THE SURFACE OF MARS. IN DOING THIS YOU FIND YOURSELF ABOVE A SECOND CAVERN. ALTHOUGH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THIS CAVERN ARE MUCH THEL+uvwxyz{|}~ SOAPBOX WELL NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PUBLISH ARE FIRST NEWSLETTER SO HERE IT GOES FOLKS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE LATES RUMORS FROM THE HOME FRONTSAY THAT NOW THERE WILL TWO NEW ATARICOMPUTERS TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR THEY WILL CALLED THE 600 & SUPER 800 WITH A 68000 MICROPROCESSOR THAT CAN ADDRESS 216 MEGABYTES OF ADDRESS THE 600 WILL BE ACROSS BETWEEN THE 400 & 800 AND HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH MACHINES. POSSIBLY THE REPLACEABLE MEMORY AND THE FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD. NOW FOR SOME INTERSTING FIGURES FROM ATARI THERE LAST SIX MONTH FIGURES SHOW A 900 PERCENT INCREASE IN IN SALES FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER AND ARE SO BACK ORDERED THAT THEY CANNOT MEET THE DELIVERY PROMISED FOR SEPTEMBER THE LATES DELIVERY TO THE STORES IS THE PILOT CARTRIDGE WITH TURTLE GRAPHICS TO USE WITH THE YOUNG PROGRAMMERS OF FIRST AND SECOND YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT INCLUDES A COMPLET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPSULE SUMMARY OF CAMMANDS NOW SLATED FOR JANUARY IS THE LONG AWAITED MICROSOFT BASIC ON DISK. WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLET CONTROL OF THE PLAYER MISSLE GRAPHICS SHOULD BE QUIET AND INTRESTING COMBONOW WE WILL BEABLE TO USE ALL THE MICRO PROGRAMS WRITTEN FOR THE APPLE & TRS 80 BUT THEY CANNOT USE ARES YET FLOKS THE NEXT MEETING OF S.O.A.P. WILLBE ON FEBURY 04 AT HOPSINGS RESTERANTON MADISON AVE. BETWEEN 32 & 33 STREETIN THE BACK ROOM page 2 for artical by terry page 3 for spical articals page 4 for programsET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPS SAME AS THE FIRST, IT IS STILL EXCITING NONETHELESS. YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT IS TO BLOW UP AS MANY CAVERNS OF MARS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE...GOOD LUCK!JAWBREAKERS (ON-LINE SYSTEMS-D24K ONLY) RATING: EXCELLENTGHOSTHUNTER (ARCADE PLUS-C16K, D16K) RATING: EXCELLENT PAC-MAN, THE GAME THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MANY IN THE ARCADES LAST YEAR, MADE ITS ADVENT IN THE HOME FOR THE ATARI 400/800 IN THE FORM OF JAWBREAKERS. SOON THEREAFTER APPEARED GHOSTHUNTER. EACH VERSION HAS ITS NOTABLE POINTS, MAKING THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM PAC-MAN, BUT JUST AS MUCH FUN. IN JAWBREAKERS THE FIRST THING THAT WILL STRIKE YOU IS THE CUTE RENDITION OF THE SONG "THE CANDYMAN." YOU CONTROL A SET OF DENTURES WHICH GOBBLE UP A MAZE OF CANDY. CHASING AFTER YOUR TEETH ARE A SET OF SMILIES THAT WILL INCAPACITATE YOU BY MAKING YOUR TEETH FALL OUT IF THEY CATCH UP WITH YOU, BUT... DON'T GRIT YOUR TEETH IN DESPAIR FOR YOU CAN EAT UP THE SMILIES AND SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR CELLS BY GOBBLING UP ONE OF FOUR JAWBREAKERS AND THEREBY TRANSFORMING YOURSELF INTO SUPERTEETH. WHEN AND IF YOU CLEAR THE MAZE OF ALL THE CANDIES, YOUR TEETH WILL BE REWARDED WITH A TOOTHBRUSHING. THE SOUND AND THE GRAPHICS ARE EXCELLENT, AS WELL AS THE SMOOTH AND REACTIVE CONTROL OF YOUR JOYSTICK. GHOSTHUNTER CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A HAUNTED HOUSE ON HUCKLEBERRY HILL, WHICH HAPPENS TO LOOK LIKE A MAZE. THE OBJECTIVE IS MUCH THE SAME AS JAWBREAKERS EXCEPT YOU ARE BEING CHASED BY GHOSTS INSTEAD OF SMILIES. IF THOSE SNEAKY GHOSTS CORNER YOU, YOU ARE GIVEN A HIDE OPTION BY PUSHING THE TRIGGER BUTTON RENDERING YOU INVISIBLE TO THE GHOSTS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE SECONDS. HOWEVER YOU MAY ONLY USE THIS OPTION ONCE PER GHOSTHUNTER. OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE THE HEAD TO HEAD OPTION ALLOWING TWO PEOPLE TO BE ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL AS VARIOUS ALTERNATION TWO PLAYER OPTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO SELET ONE OF SIXTEEN MAZES OR LET THE COMPUTER SELECT THEM RANDOMLY. EACH VERSION HAS ITS ADDICTIVE QUALITIES, THUS CHOOSING BETWEN THE TWO WILL BE DIFFICULT. SO WHY SETTLE FOR ONE, GET THEM BOTH AND WHEN THE ATARI VERSION COMES OUT GET THAT ONE AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!NOVICE COLUMN BY LAUREN DAVIS AND CHAK TOM PERHAPS THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION CONFRONTING THE NOVICE UPON THE ACQUISITION OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER IS THAT QUESTION ALMOST EVERYONE SEEMS TO THROW AT YOU---"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH A COMPUTER?" THE MOST IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR MANY IS STARRAIDERS, MISSILE COMMAND, AND OTHER SOPHISTICATED GAMES THAT THE VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM (VCS) CANNOT TACKLE. MANY JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE BY SAYING IT'S FOR THE KIDS, BUT WHAT CAN THOSE WITHOUT KIDS RESPOND WITH? ONE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN THE VARIOUS SOFTWARES FOR PERSONAL FINANCE, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. THAT WOULD ENABLE ONE TO JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE. PERHAPS THE BEST ANSWER IS NOT FOUND IN THE SOFTWARE CATALOGS, BUT RATHER CAN BE FOUND WITHIN ONESELF. "COMPUTER LITERACY" IS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES (S.A. N.Y. TIMES AND HARPER'S BAZAAR) AND MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE "COMPUTER LITERACY." IT'S CHIC, IT'S CONCISE, AND IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COLUMN. NEXT ISSUE, WE WILL DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMPUTERS TO MAKE THE NOVICE MORE LITERATE IN TERMS OF COMPUTERS.AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!L+ THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION  *** BY DIN MOK *** THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AIMED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. THIS "REVOLUTION" REALLY STARTED THROUGH THE PIONEERING EFFORTS OF COMPANIES SUCH AS APPLE, TANDY AND COMMODORE. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE APPLE, TRS-80 AND PET THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION CAUGHT MOMENTUM. DEDICATED USERS CLUBS SPRUNG UP EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY (AND THE WORLD), AND COMPUTING MAGAZINES WERE STARTED TO HELP INFORM USERS. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, APPLICATION PROGRAMS WERE MADE AVAILABLE SPANNING AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SUBJECTS AND INTERESTS. IN ADDITION, HARDWARE PEOPLE MADE AVAILABLE KITS OR EXPANSION BOARDS FOR EACH COMPUTER. MUCH CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPANIES, THE INTERESTED PUBLIC AND THE DEDICATED WORK OF MANY THIRD PARTY COMPANIES FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION. IN RECENT MONTHS, EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE POPULARITY OF THIS NEW FORM OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION. WITH THIS FAVORABLE BASELINE, ATARI INTRODUCED THE 400/800 COMPUTERS TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. THE ATARI PERSONAL COMPUTERS ARE NOT SIMPLY A "ME-TOO" REPACKAGED COPY OF ANY OF THE OTHER COMPUTERS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE A REVOLUTION IN THEMSELVES. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOUND IN THE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS). THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE THE FIRST ONE DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL SYSTEM. I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT NOTHING IN THE ATARI COMPUTER OR ANY OF THE EXPANSION PERIPHERALS WERE ADDED AS A SECOND THOUGHT. EVERYTHING WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT BY THE DESIGNERS AND THEN A SCHEME WAS DEVELOPED TO INTERMESH ALL THESE CAPABILITIES THROUGH THE OPERATING SYSTEM. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE ATARI IS PERFECT, IN MANY WAYS IT IS NOT, BUT ITS DESIGN CONCEPT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE BEGINNER WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS TO BUY CARTRIDGES AND HE IS UP AND RUNNING. INTERMEDIATE USERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. WHEN HE ADDS PERIPHERALS, HE'S UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE THE OS SUPPORTS A MULTITUDE OF EXPANSIONS. THE ADVANCED USER WILL ALSO APPRECIATE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. THE HARDWARE CAPABILITIES ARE SO MUCH MORE ADVANCED (ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF GRAPHICS AND SOUND) THAN ANY OTHER COMPUTER, HE WILL FIND THAT WHAT USED TO REQUIRE EXTENSIVE SOFTWARE CAN NOW BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HARDWARE. THE OS IS ALSO GENERAL ENOUGH THAT HE CAN USE BUILT IN SUBROUTINES WHICH NORMALLY HE HAD TO WRITE HIMSELF. IN ADDITION THE OS ALLOWS OTHER NON-ATARI DEDICATED PERIPHERALS TO BE ATTACHED WITH A MINIMUM OF WORK. THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE DEFINITELY UNIVERSAL ENOUGH TO SATISFY MANY PEOPLE'S NEEDS. THESE TWO GEMS WILL, I FEEL, SET NEW STANDARDS FOR THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION.BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HARDWARE. L+$LI$^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE LATEST RUMORS FROM THE HOME FRONTSAY THAT NOW THERE WILL TWO NEW ATARICOMPUTERS TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR THEY WILL CALLED THE 600 & SUPER 800 WITH A 68000 MICROPROCESSOR THAT CAN ADDRESS 216 MEGABYTES OF ADDRESS THE 600 WILL BE ACROSS BETWEEN THE 400 & 800 AND HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH MACHINES. POSSIBLY THE REPLACEABLE MEMORY AND THE FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD. NOW FOR SOME INTERSTING FIGURES FROM ATARI THERE LAST SIX MONTH FIGURES SHOW A 900 PERCENT INCREASE IN IN SALES FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER AND ARE SO BACK ORDERED THAT THEY CANNOT MEET THE DELIVERY PROMISED FOR SEPTEMBER THE LATES DELIVERY TO THE STORES IS THE PILOT CARTRIDGE WITH TURTLE GRAPHICS TO USE WITH THE YOUNG PROGRAMMERS OF FIRST AND SECOND YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT INCLUDES A COMPLET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPSULE SUMMARY OF CAMMANDS NOW SLATED FOR JANUARY IS THE LONG AWAITED MICROSOFT BASIC ON DISK. WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLET CONTROL OF THE PLAYER MISSLE GRAPHICS SHOULD BE QUIET AND INTRESTING COMBONOW WE WILL BEABLE TO USE ALL THE MICRO PROGRAMS WRITTEN FOR THE APPLE & TRS 80 BUT THEY CANNOT USE ARES YET FLOKS THE NEXT MEETING OF S.O.A.P. WILLBE ON FEBURY 04 AT HOPSINGS RESTERANTON MADISON AVE. BETWEEN 32 & 33 STREETIN THE BACK ROOMPROGRAM REVIEWSBY CHAK TOM AND LAUREN DAVISCAVERNS OF MARS (APX-C16K, D24K)RATING: EXCELLENTCAVERNS OF MARS, REMARKABLY WRITTEN BY 17 YEAR OLD GREG CHRISTENSEN IS A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM WITH EXCELLENT GRAPHICS AND COLOR. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO TRAVEL DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE CAVERN WITHOUT BEING DESTROYED BY MARTIAN DEFENSE SYSTEMS WHILE TRYING TO REFUEL BY DESTROYING FUEL DUMPS. THERE ARE FIVE LEVELS TO THE CAVERN EACH WITH DIFFERENT OBSTACLES OF VARYING DIFFICULTY. THE OPTION KEY ON YOUR ATARI ALLOWS YOU TO JUMP FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL SO THAT YOU CAN PRACTICE TO GAIN MASTERY OF EACH OBSTACLE. IN LEVEL #1, YOU MANEUVER THROUGH THE ZIG-ZAGGING CAVES, OBTAINING FUEL FOR FUTURE MORE DIFFICULT LEVELS. LEVEL #2 QUICKLY SPEWS YOUR CRAFT INTO A HIGH SPEED OBSTACLE COURSE WHERE YOU MUST AVOID OR DESTROY THE FLYING ATTACKERS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SCREEN. LEVEL #3 IS PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING AND MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL. YOUR CRAFT MUST BYPASS A SERIES OF FLASHING LAZER TRAPS AND TIMING IS CRUCIAL. LEVEL #4 CONSISTS OF MANY FLASHING BLOTCHES THAT WREAK DESTRUCTION IF THEY BLOTCH ON YOU. THE LAST LEVEL #5 REQUIRES MANY 90 DEGREE TURNS THROUGH THE FORTRESS LEADING TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE CAVERN WHERE YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR BOMB ON THE HEADQUARTERS. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THIS FEAT, YOU THEN HAVE 98 TIME SEGMENTS TO ASCEND THE CAVERN TO THE SURFACE OF MARS. IN DOING THIS YOU FIND YOURSELF ABOVE A SECOND CAVERN. ALTHOUGH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THIS CAVERN ARE MUCH THE SAME AS THE FIRST, IT IS STILL EXCITING NONETHELESS. YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT IS TO BLOW UP AS MANY CAVERNS OF MARS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE...GOOD LUCK!JAWBREAKERS (ON-LINE SYSTEMS-D24K ONLY) RATING: EXCELLENTGHOSTHUNTER (ARCADE PLUS-C16K, D16K) RATING: EXCELLENT PAC-MAN, THE GAME THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MANY IN THE ARCADES LAST YEAR, MADE ITS ADVENT IN THE HOME FOR THE ATARI 400/800 IN THE FORM OF JAWBREAKERS. SOON THEREAFTER APPEARED GHOSTHUNTER. EACH VERSION HAS ITS NOTABLE POINTS, MAKING THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM PAC-MAN, BUT JUST AS MUCH FUN. IN JAWBREAKERS THE FIRST THING THAT WILL STRIKE YOU IS THE CUTE RENDITION OF THE SONG "THE CANDYMAN." YOU CONTROL A SET OF DENTURES WHICH GOBBLE UP A MAZE OF CANDY. CHASING AFTER YOUR TEETH ARE A SET OF SMILIES THAT WILL INCAPACITATE YOU BY MAKING YOUR TEETH FALL OUT IF THEY CATCH UP WITH YOU, BUT... DON'T GRIT YOUR TEETH IN DESPAIR FOR YOU CAN EAT UP THE SMILIES AND SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR CELLS BY GOBBLING UP ONE OF FOUR JAWBREAKERS AND THEREBY TRANSFORMING YOURSELF INTO SUPERTEETH. WHEN AND IF YOU CLEAR THE MAZE OF ALL THE CANDIES, YOUR TEETH WILL BE REWARDED WITH A TOOTHBRUSHING. THE SOUND AND THE GRAPHICS ARE EXCELLENT, AS WELL AS THE SMOOTH AND REACTIVE CONTROL OF YOUR JOYSTICK. GHOSTHUNTER CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A HAUNTED HOUSE ON HUCKLEBERRY HILL, WHICH HAPPENS TO LOOK LIKE A MAZE. THE OBJECTIVE IS MUCH THE SAME AS JAWBREAKERS EXCEPT YOU ARE BEING CHASED BY GHOSTS INSTEAD OF SMILIES. IF THOSE SNEAKY GHOSTS CORNER YOU, YOU ARE GIVEN A HIDE OPTION BY PUSHING THE TRIGGER BUTTON RENDERING YOU INVISIBLE TO THE GHOSTS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE SECONDS. HOWEVER YOU MAY ONLY USE THIS OPTION ONCE PER GHOSTHUNTER. OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE THE HEAD TO HEAD OPTION ALLOWING TWO PEOPLE TO BE ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL AS VARIOUS ALTERNATION TWO PLAYER OPTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO SELET ONE OF SIXTEEN MAZES OR LET THE COMPUTER SELECT THEM RANDOMLY. EACH VERSION HAS ITS ADDICTIVE QUALITIES, THUS CHOOSING BETWEN THE TWO WILL BE DIFFICULT. SO WHY SETTLE FOR ONE, GET THEM BOTH AND WHEN THE ATARI VERSION COMES OUT GET THAT ONE AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!NOVICE COLUMN BY LAUREN DAVIS AND CHAK TOM PERHAPS THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION CONFRONTING THE NOVICE UPON THE ACQUISITION OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER IS THAT QUESTION ALMOST EVERYONE SEEMS TO THROW AT YOU---"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH A COMPUTER?" THE MOST IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR MANY IS STARRAIDERS, MISSILE COMMAND, AND OTHER SOPHISTICATED GAMES THAT THE VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM (VCS) CANNOT TACKLE. MANY JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE BY SAYING IT'S FOR THE KIDS, BUT WHAT CAN THOSE WITHOUT KIDS RESPOND WITH? ONE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN THE VARIOUS SOFTWARES FOR PERSONAL FINANCE, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. THAT WOULD ENABLE ONE TO JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE. PERHAPS THE BEST ANSWER IS NOT FOUND IN THE SOFTWARE CATALOGS, BUT RATHER CAN BE FOUND WITHIN ONESELF. "COMPUTER LITERACY" IS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES (S.A. N.Y. TIMES AND HARPER'S BAZAAR) AND MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE "COMPUTER LITERACY." IT'S CHIC, IT'S CONCISE, AND IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COLUMN. NEXT ISSUE, WE WILL DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMPUTERS TO MAKE THE NOVICE MORE LITERATE IN TERMS OF COMPUTERS.THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION  *** BY DIN MOK *** THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AIMED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. THIS "REVOLUTION" REALLY STARTED THROUGH THE PIONEERING EFFORTS OF COMPANIES SUCH AS APPLE, TANDY AND COMMODORE. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE APPLE, TRS-80 AND PET THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION CAUGHT MOMENTUM. DEDICATED USERS CLUBS SPRUNG UP EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY (AND THE WORLD), AND COMPUTING MAGAZINES WERE STARTED TO HELP INFORM USERS. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, APPLICATION PROGRAMS WERE MADE AVAILABLE SPANNING AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SUBJECTS AND INTERESTS. IN ADDITION, HARDWARE PEOPLE MADE AVAILABLE KITS OR EXPANSION BOARDS FOR EACH COMPUTER. MUCH CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPANIES, THE INTERESTED PUBLIC AND THE DEDICATED WORK OF MANY THIRD PARTY COMPANIES FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION. IN RECENT MONTHS, EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE POPULARITY OF THIS NEW FORM OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION. WITH THIS FAVORABLE BASELINE, ATARI INTRODUCED THE 400/800 COMPUTERS TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. THE ATARI PERSONAL COMPUTERS ARE NOT SIMPLY A "ME-TOO" REPACKAGED COPY OF ANY OF THE OTHER COMPUTERS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE A REVOLUTION IN THEMSELVES. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOUND IN THE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS). THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE THE FIRST ONE DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL SYSTEM. I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT NOTHING IN THE ATARI COMPUTER OR ANY OF THE EXPANSION PERIPHERALS WERE ADDED AS A SECOND THOUGHT. EVERYTHING WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT BY THE DESIGNERS AND THEN A SCHEME WAS DEVELOPED TO INTERMESH ALL THESE CAPABILITIES THROUGH THE OPERATING SYSTEM. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE ATARI IS PERFECT, IN MANY WAYS IT IS NOT, BUT ITS DESIGN CONCEPT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE BEGINNER WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS TO BUY CARTRIDGES AND HE IS UP AND RUNNING. INTERMEDIATE USERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. WHEN HE ADDS PERIPHERALS, HE'S UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE THE OS SUPPORTS A MULTITUDE OF EXPANSIONS. THE ADVANCED USER WILL ALSO APPRECIATE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED FOR HIM. THE HARDWARE CAPABILITIES ARE SO MUCH MORE ADVANCED (ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF GRAPHICS AND SOUND) THAN ANY OTHER COMPUTER, HE WILL FIND THAT WHAT USED TO REQUIRE EXTENSIVE SOFTWARE CAN NOW BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HARDWARE. THE OS IS ALSO GENERAL ENOUGH THAT HE CAN USE BUILT IN SUBROUTINES WHICH NORMALLY HE HAD TO WRITE HIMSELF. IN ADDITION THE OS ALLOWS OTHER NON-ATARI DEDICATED PERIPHERALS TO BE ATTACHED WITH A MINIMUM OF WORK. THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE DEFINITELY UNIVERSAL ENOUGH TO SATISFY MANY PEOPLE'S NEEDS. THESE TWO GEMS WILL, I FEEL, SET NEW STANDARDS FOR THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION.BE L+S.O.A.P. is an independent users'group in no way affiliated with Atari,Inc., nor with any commercial organization. We would like to exchange newsletters with any other user groups. Please don't hesitate to write. It is only through this media that we can exchange ideas. We would like to exchange newsletters with any othL+     How SOAP started.Here in the metropolitan area, of the largest working, city where the lightsnever go out, sitting at dinner oneevening with a few friends, all of whom own Atari's we decided to form a users group. None of us are professionals in the field, in fact weare all novices. Soap being a large tvshow here on the east coast which appeals to the mass of soapbox opera fans. So that is how our name came into being Society of Atari Programmers.rs group. None of us are professionals in the field, in fact weare all novices. Soap being a large tvL+> S.O.A.P. MARTIN KAYE 4 PARK AVE. NYC 10016 4 PARK AVE. NYC 100LLCOLORFULVRYLCOLORFUL L?l <SAMPLE LP lGCOMM LP l [TEST LP L(gSOAP4 LP LtSOAP3 LP LSOAP5 LP LLSOAP6 LP LSOAP 1 LP LSOAP 2 LP L SOAP7 LP L+ hijklmnopqrsPROGRAM REVIEWSBY CHAK TOM AND LAUREN DAVISCAVERNS OF MARS (APX-C16K, D24K)RATING: EXCELLENTCAVERNS OF MARS, REMARKABLY WRITTEN BY 17 YEAR OLD GREG CHRISTENSEN IS A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM WITH EXCELLENT GRAPHICS AND COLOR. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO TRAVEL DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE CAVERN WITHOUT BEING DESTROYED BY MARTIAN DEFENSE SYSTEMS WHILE TRYING TO REFUEL BY DESTROYING FUEL DUMPS. THERE ARE FIVE LEVELS TO THE CAVERN EACH WITH DIFFERENT OBSTACLES OF VARYING DIFFICULTY. THE OPTION KEY ON YOUR ATARI ALLOWS YOU TO JUMP FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL SO THAT YOU CAN PRACTICE TO GAIN MASTERY OF EACH OBSTACLE. IN LEVEL #1, YOU MANEUVER THROUGH THE ZIG-ZAGGING CAVES, OBTAINING FUEL FOR FUTURE MORE DIFFICULT LEVELS. LEVEL #2 QUICKLY SPEWS YOUR CRAFT INTO A HIGH SPEED OBSTACLE COURSE WHERE YOU MUST AVOID OR DESTROY THE FLYING ATTACKERS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SCREEN. LEVEL #3 IS PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING AND MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL. YOUR CRAFT MUST BYPASS A SERIES OF FLASHING LAZER TRAPS AND TIMING IS CRUCIAL. LEVEL #4 CONSISTS OF MANY FLASHING BLOTCHES THAT WREAK DESTRUCTION IF THEY BLOTCH ON YOU. THE LAST LEVEL #5 REQUIRES MANY 90 DEGREE TURNS THROUGH THE FORTRESS LEADING TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE CAVERN WHERE YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR BOMB ON THE HEADQUARTERS. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THIS FEAT, YOU THEN HAVE 98 TIME SEGMENTS TO ASCEND THE CAVERN TO THE SURFACE OF MARS. IN DOING THIS YOU FIND YOURSELF ABOVE A SECOND CAVERN. ALTHOUGH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THIS CAVERN ARE MUCH THEL+uvwxyz{|}~ SOAPBOX WELL NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PUBLISH ARE FIRST NEWSLETTER SO HERE IT GOES FOLKS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE LATES RUMORS FROM THE HOME FRONTSAY THAT NOW THERE WILL TWO NEW ATARICOMPUTERS TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR THEY WILL CALLED THE 600 & SUPER 800 WITH A 68000 MICROPROCESSOR THAT CAN ADDRESS 216 MEGABYTES OF ADDRESS THE 600 WILL BE ACROSS BETWEEN THE 400 & 800 AND HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH MACHINES. POSSIBLY THE REPLACEABLE MEMORY AND THE FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD. NOW FOR SOME INTERSTING FIGURES FROM ATARI THERE LAST SIX MONTH FIGURES SHOW A 900 PERCENT INCREASE IN IN SALES FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER AND ARE SO BACK ORDERED THAT THEY CANNOT MEET THE DELIVERY PROMISED FOR SEPTEMBER THE LATES DELIVERY TO THE STORES IS THE PILOT CARTRIDGE WITH TURTLE GRAPHICS TO USE WITH THE YOUNG PROGRAMMERS OF FIRST AND SECOND YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT INCLUDES A COMPLET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPSULE SUMMARY OF CAMMANDS NOW SLATED FOR JANUARY IS THE LONG AWAITED MICROSOFT BASIC ON DISK. WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLET CONTROL OF THE PLAYER MISSLE GRAPHICS SHOULD BE QUIET AND INTRESTING COMBONOW WE WILL BEABLE TO USE ALL THE MICRO PROGRAMS WRITTEN FOR THE APPLE & TRS 80 BUT THEY CANNOT USE ARES YET FLOKS THE NEXT MEETING OF S.O.A.P. WILLBE ON FEBURY 04 AT HOPSINGS RESTERANTON MADISON AVE. BETWEEN 32 & 33 STREETIN THE BACK ROOM page 2 for artical by terry page 3 for spical articals page 4 for programsET MANULE AND 2 TAPES. PLUS A CHEATSHEET OR CAPS SAME AS THE FIRST, IT IS STILL EXCITING NONETHELESS. YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT IS TO BLOW UP AS MANY CAVERNS OF MARS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE...GOOD LUCK!JAWBREAKERS (ON-LINE SYSTEMS-D24K ONLY) RATING: EXCELLENTGHOSTHUNTER (ARCADE PLUS-C16K, D16K) RATING: EXCELLENT PAC-MAN, THE GAME THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MANY IN THE ARCADES LAST YEAR, MADE ITS ADVENT IN THE HOME FOR THE ATARI 400/800 IN THE FORM OF JAWBREAKERS. SOON THEREAFTER APPEARED GHOSTHUNTER. EACH VERSION HAS ITS NOTABLE POINTS, MAKING THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM PAC-MAN, BUT JUST AS MUCH FUN. IN JAWBREAKERS THE FIRST THING THAT WILL STRIKE YOU IS THE CUTE RENDITION OF THE SONG "THE CANDYMAN." YOU CONTROL A SET OF DENTURES WHICH GOBBLE UP A MAZE OF CANDY. CHASING AFTER YOUR TEETH ARE A SET OF SMILIES THAT WILL INCAPACITATE YOU BY MAKING YOUR TEETH FALL OUT IF THEY CATCH UP WITH YOU, BUT... DON'T GRIT YOUR TEETH IN DESPAIR FOR YOU CAN EAT UP THE SMILIES AND SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR CELLS BY GOBBLING UP ONE OF FOUR JAWBREAKERS AND THEREBY TRANSFORMING YOURSELF INTO SUPERTEETH. WHEN AND IF YOU CLEAR THE MAZE OF ALL THE CANDIES, YOUR TEETH WILL BE REWARDED WITH A TOOTHBRUSHING. THE SOUND AND THE GRAPHICS ARE EXCELLENT, AS WELL AS THE SMOOTH AND REACTIVE CONTROL OF YOUR JOYSTICK. GHOSTHUNTER CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A HAUNTED HOUSE ON HUCKLEBERRY HILL, WHICH HAPPENS TO LOOK LIKE A MAZE. THE OBJECTIVE IS MUCH THE SAME AS JAWBREAKERS EXCEPT YOU ARE BEING CHASED BY GHOSTS INSTEAD OF SMILIES. IF THOSE SNEAKY GHOSTS CORNER YOU, YOU ARE GIVEN A HIDE OPTION BY PUSHING THE TRIGGER BUTTON RENDERING YOU INVISIBLE TO THE GHOSTS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE SECONDS. HOWEVER YOU MAY ONLY USE THIS OPTION ONCE PER GHOSTHUNTER. OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE THE HEAD TO HEAD OPTION ALLOWING TWO PEOPLE TO BE ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL AS VARIOUS ALTERNATION TWO PLAYER OPTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO SELET ONE OF SIXTEEN MAZES OR LET THE COMPUTER SELECT THEM RANDOMLY. EACH VERSION HAS ITS ADDICTIVE QUALITIES, THUS CHOOSING BETWEN THE TWO WILL BE DIFFICULT. SO WHY SETTLE FOR ONE, GET THEM BOTH AND WHEN THE ATARI VERSION COMES OUT GET THAT ONE AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!NOVICE COLUMN BY LAUREN DAVIS AND CHAK TOM PERHAPS THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION CONFRONTING THE NOVICE UPON THE ACQUISITION OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER IS THAT QUESTION ALMOST EVERYONE SEEMS TO THROW AT YOU---"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH A COMPUTER?" THE MOST IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR MANY IS STARRAIDERS, MISSILE COMMAND, AND OTHER SOPHISTICATED GAMES THAT THE VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM (VCS) CANNOT TACKLE. MANY JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE BY SAYING IT'S FOR THE KIDS, BUT WHAT CAN THOSE WITHOUT KIDS RESPOND WITH? ONE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN THE VARIOUS SOFTWARES FOR PERSONAL FINANCE, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. THAT WOULD ENABLE ONE TO JUSTIFY THIS PURCHASE. PERHAPS THE BEST ANSWER IS NOT FOUND IN THE SOFTWARE CATALOGS, BUT RATHER CAN BE FOUND WITHIN ONESELF. "COMPUTER LITERACY" IS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES (S.A. N.Y. TIMES AND HARPER'S BAZAAR) AND MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE "COMPUTER LITERACY." IT'S CHIC, IT'S CONCISE, AND IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COLUMN. NEHT ISSUE, WE WILL DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMPUTERS TO MAKE THE NOVICE MORE LITERATE IN TERMS OF COMPUTERS.AS WELL!!! HAPPY HUNTING!L+ THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION  *** BY DIN MOK *** THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AIMED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. THIS "REVOLUTION" REALLY STARTED THROUGH THE PIONEERING EFFORTS OF COMPANIES SUCH AS APPLE, TANDY AND COMMODORE. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE APPLE, TRS-80 AND PET THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION CAUGHT MOMENTUM. DEDICATED USERS CLUBS SPRUNG UP EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY (AND THE WORLD), AND COMPUTING MAGAZINES WERE STARTED TO HELP INFORM USERS. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, APPLICATION PROGRAMS WERE MADE AVAILABLE SPANNING AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SUBJECTS AND INTERESTS. IN ADDITION, HARDWARE PEOPLE MADE AVAILABLE KITS OR EXPANSION BOARDS FOR EACH COMPUTER. MUCH CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPANIES, THE INTERESTED PUBLIC AND THE DEDICATED WORK OF MANY THIRD PARTY COMPANIES FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE PERSONAL COMPUTING REVOLUTION. IN RECENT MONTHS, EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE POPULARITY OF THIS NEW FORM OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION. WITH THIS FAVORABLE BASELINE, ATARI INTRODUCED THE 400/800 COMPUTERS TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. THE ATARI PERSONAL COMPUTERS ARE NOT SIMPLY A "ME-TOO" REPACKAGED COPY OF ANY OF THE OTHER COMPUTERS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE A REVOLUTION IN THEMSELVES. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOUND IN THE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS). THE ATARI COMPUTERS ARE THE FIRST ONE DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL SYSTEM. I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT NOTHING IN THE ATARI COMPUTER OR ANY OF THE EXPANSION PERIPHERALS WERE ADDED AS A SECOND THOUGHT. EVERYTHING WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT BY THE DESIGNERS AND THEN A SCHEM