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Some BASIC programs m j}ay contain instructions in their program listings. LIST to read. -To view DOCumentation files one page at a time, k} press [START], [Return], or the Joystick Trigger to display the highlighted DOC file. Pressing the [Esc] key cau l}ses a return to MENU. -To print out a hard-copy of any DOCumentation file, [Q]uit the MENU, boot DOS, and then from m} DOS, use the (C)Copy command: D:Filename.DOC,P: -To use this great MENU program on your own disks, simply n} copy the file "AUTORUN.SYS". D:Filename.DOC,P: -To use this great MENU program on your own disks, simply ! EasyFind ******** 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ------------------------ EasyFind is menu drp}iven indexing system much like a card catalog found in the library. It was originally designed to search and retrive artq}icles from Atari magazines.However, it can and has been used for almost any kind of reference information you can think or}f: technical journals, club newsletters, record and tape collections, and many others. It will search through files of s}information and will only select those records that match search phrases you enter and it will display them on screen or ot}utput them to a printer or disk file. Furthermore, it can find all the fixes that were submitted for a particular prograu}m so that instead of wasting your time typing in programs than don't work, it will run right the first time! If you are v}like most Atari enthusiasts, your collection of magazines extends back many years and grows monthly. The problem of findw}ing all that good stuff from months or years ago keeps getting worse as your collection get bigger.To determine if EasyFinx}d will help you, just take this short three question test. If you answer yes to any of them, then EasyFind will definitey}ly help you. o Have you ever looked through your collection of magazines trying to find a particular article you rz}emember seeing, but you can't remember where? o Have you ever spent HOURS doing this and still not found it? o Have{} you ever typed in a program from an old magazine only to have it not work because there were bugs in it - bugs that|} were discovered and written up in a letter to the editor somewhere? EasyFind is really a specialized database progr}}am specifically designed for searching and retreiving text-based information in a very quick and easy manner. As you wil~}l see, in this database there are no numeric fields or complicated record formats. Each reference record is simply seven} lines of text much like on a index card or library catalog card. Because the record is so simple, you don't need any sp}ecialized data entry procedures to enter your own data, and Sierra Services offers an extensive library of magazine index}es.However, if you do want to create your own specialized indexes, the records can be created using any standard word pro}cessing program or text processor. 2. INSTALLATION ---------------- EasyFind is designed to work with any 8-bit Atar}i - 400, 800, 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, or 130XE with a disk drive, 48K of memory, and Atari BASIC. Optionally, it will suppor}t any device known to the Atari Operating System for output and any disk drive for input. Installation is quite simple. Y}ou just put the disk containing EasyFind into disk drive 1 and turn the power on to your machine. There is an AUTORUN.SYS} file on the disk that automatically runs anytime you boot your system. It in turn runs the BASIC program on the disk, c}alled EASYFIND. Once EasyFind has loaded you can remove it from the disk drive and use it for other data diskettes. Eas}yFind comes on a disk with Atari DOS 2.0S since this is a public-domain DOS. EasyFind will work with other Disk Operating} Systems such as the double density DOS/XL from OSS, although it has not been tested with all of them. Please note that }nothing is copy-protected and you are in fact encouraged to share this program with anyone. However, we do ask that you }do not give away free copies of the magazine indexes that we sell, since they are copyrighted. 3. GETTING STARTED ---}---------------- In order to get started quickly using EasyFind just follow these steps. You can come back to the manua}l later to learn more, or just use the on-line help feature, by pressing the button to get information on all the }features. o Put the EasyFind diskette in drive 1 and boot your system The system will display a message of "Loadin}g EasyFind", then there will be a title screen followed shortly by the main display. o Using the left and right arrow} keys (without holding the CTRL key) move the wide cursor so the Disk option at the bottom of the screen is shown} in reverse video. Now press . At the prompt for "Disk" enter the number of the disk drive containing t}he magazine index. o You will see a list of files on that disk in a window. Using the up and down arrow keys, se}lect the file you want to search and press . o Move the wide cursor to the left until Search is shown in reve}rse video and press . At the prompt, "Phrase", enter what information you're looking for, such as "Graph}ics". You will be prompted again on the second line, but just press again. o Everything is now setup and} ready to go. So press the button to start searching and any record that contains the string "Graphics"} will be displayed. Press the key to stop searching. 4. FEATURES ------------ EasyFind has many features t}hat make it easy and enjoyable to use: Simple menus, On-line help, Windows, Scrolling display window, Two display formats}, Output to printer or disk, Multiple search phrases, Boolean logic, and more! After you have started up EasyFind, you w}ill be presented with a full screen display. At this point you can activate any of EasyFind's features using the menus a}nd certain keys, but first let's look at the screen display. The Screen Display... The screen is divided vertically int}o three main areas: - The Option Menu is at the bottom of the screen. This is where you control how and what Easy}Find will do. There are nine different option choices in this menu: Search, File, Disk, Record, Keywords, Autoprin}t, Output, Display, and Exit. - The Option Display is at the top of the screen. This always shows you what option}s you have selected: Disk, File, Record, Output, and Autoprint. - The Display Window is in the middle of the scre}en.This is where any selected records are displayed as well as the on-line help. This is a 12 line window that s}crolls. The Keys... All of EasyFind's functions are controlled by just a few keys that are described here. Of course,} there are times that you have to use the alphanumeric keys to enter in search phrases or file names when prompted, but th}ese control the menu and display. Left and Right Arrow Keys... Using these keys (without holding down the CTRL key) all}ows you to select a option from the Option Menu at the bottom of the screen. When an option is selected, is will appear }in reverse video. Although the menu appears on two lines, you only have to use these two keys to select any option. Als}o, the menu wraps around from Search to Exit, so that if you move left past Search you wind up down at the bottom at Exit.} There are other menus that are shown in smaller windows for choices to options. For example, the AutoPrint option has }a small menu of two choices: ON or OFF. The arrow keys are used to select either of these choices. Up and Down Arrow K}eys... Using these keys (without holding down the CTRL key) will find the next or last record in the current index file.} Once you have told EasyFind what file to search the up arrow key will find the last record in the file and the down arr}ow will find the next record. If you use these keys before you enter a search phrase, EasyFind will display each record i}n the file. Another use for these arrow keys is with the File option. If you activate this option, you will be shown a} vertical menu of file names and you select a file name by moving up and down the list. HELP, RETURN, START, ESC... One} of the most useful features is EasyFind's context-sensitive on-line help function that is activated at any time by pressi}ng the key on XL and XE machines or CTRL-H on the older Atari 400's and 800's. You might be asking yourself, What} is 'context-sensitive on-line help'? This simply means that when you ask for help, the computer knows what option you a}re using and displays help that is relevant to only that option. The key is an all-purpose key. When a menu ch}oice has been selected (it's shown in reverse video) you 'activate' that choice with the key. This applies both} to the main Option Menu as well as the smaller menus in the windows. When the button is pressed, EasyFind 'star}ts' searching through the database for whatever records match the search phrases you have entered. As it finds a record }it will automatically display it on the screen and then continue to look through the database for another record that mat}ches. The key will stop the automatic search function and put you back in control again. This may give you some t}ime to look at things before going on. If you press the button again, EasyFind will continue its search through }the database from wherever it last stopped. 5. MENU OPTIONS ---------------- The menu at the bottom of the screen co}ntrols the whole program and it is the most important to understand. Let's look at each menu item. The Search Option }When you want to find some information in an index, you have to tell the computer what to look for. Here you can enter on}e or two search phrases, up to 20 characters each, and also tell the computer if it has to match both phrases in the reco}rd or only one of the phrases. For example, let's say you wanted to find out all reviews of game programs. You would en}ter REVIEW for the first search phrase, GAME for the second, and require that records must match BOTH phrases. This corr}esponds to the Boolean AND function. If you had said that records only need to match EITHER phrase, this would be like th}e Boolean OR function and records that had either GAME or REVIEW in them would be selected. Also, if you wanted to selec}t or look at all records, you only need to enter an asterisk "*" for the first search phrase. The File Option There ca}n be many different files or databases on a disk that you would want to search. When you activate this option, a director}y of all files with an extension of ".DAT" on the current disk will appear in a text window. Using the up and down arrow}s you select one of the files that you want to search for information. Once you have selected the file you simply press } and that file will be OPENed for use by EasyFind. The Disk Option You can search files that are on any disk dr}ive including a RAMdisk drive.For those users with more than one disk drive, several different databases can be kept on m}ultiple disk drives.When you activate this option, you will see the prompt "DISK: " in a small text window. You can ente}r any number between 1 and 8. If you enter an invalid number, the program defaults to drive 1 for the current drive.You }must select a disk drive, before you can select a file on that drive to search for information. The Record Option Info}rmation is accessed by records when you are searching for a given reference. The records are stored in the database file }just as simple sequential records. However, when you read these records, EasyFind remembers where they are in the file a}nd can then later access them by number. When you activate this option, you will see the prompt, "RECORD: " in a small }text window. If you enter in a record number that has already been accessed, then that record will be displayed. This o}ption is only valid in the Full screen display mode. You will also note that the current record being displayed is shown }in the upper right hand corner of the Option Display area. The Keywords Option Searching for references involves telli}ng EasyFind to find a certain phrase or combination of phrases within the records. When you activate this option, this li}st of keywords is shown in the Display Window. In the Atari magazine indexes offered by Sierra Services, if these words }don't occur within the title or description, they are added to the description to better organize and categorize the info}rmation.r within the title or description, they are added to the description to better organize and categorize the info The Autoprint Option Sometimes you want to maintain a permanent or temporary copy of the records you have found. You c}an do this with the AutoPrint option. When you activate this option, you are presented with a small text window in which }you have two choices: ON or OFF. By using the left or right arrows, you can select your choice and then activate the ch}oice by pressing the key. If you turn the AutoPrint feature ON, then every record that is selected will be sent} to the output device you have selected. The form of the record depends on the Display format: if the Full display forma}t is active, then a full seven line record will be sent to the output device. However, if you are in the Brief mode, onl}y a single line will be output per record. The Output Option This option works in conjunction with the AutoPrint option} and can be one of the more powerful options available. It allows you to output selected records to any device you choos}e. Normally, this would be the printer or P: device, but it just as well can be a disk file or cassette file.When you a}ctivate this option, you will see the prompt "Output Device:" in a text window. You can enter any valid device specificat}ion up to 15 characters in length and just end your entry by pressing . After you have entered your new device s}pecification, the old output device is closed and the new one is opened for output. For example, if you want to create }subsets of your database file, you can enter a disk file name as the Output Device. Then, whenever records are selected a}nd the AutoPrint option is on, they will be saved in the disk file. Please note that you have to enter a new device name} before the old file will be closed. The Display Option There are two display formats for viewing records in a database} file. They are the Full and Brief format. As we mentioned earlier, EasyFind associates seven lines of text together an}d that becomes the 'record' for this program. The Full format displays all seven lines of the record in the Display Wind}ow. The Brief format only displays one line per record, but can show up to 11 records on the screen at once. The one lin}e includes the record number, the month, and up to 31 characters of the title. You can toggle back and forth between the} Full and Brief display and here is where it is most useful. For example, if you were searching a database file and you }expected to find a lot of records that matched, you might want to specify the Brief format. When you saw a title that lo}oked like the right one, you could then select the Full format and see the complete record. Once you were done, you can }go back to the Brief display, and the screen will be the same as before you went into the Full display mode. The Exit Op}tion This is the easiest option of all. This simply closes all the files, stops the EasyFind program, and returns you to} BASIC. 6. INDEX FILES --------------- As we said earlier, EasyFind is a specialized database program that was origi}nally designed to search and retrieve references to articles and programs in Atari magazines. The databases that contain} this information are called index files, since they are essentially card or magazine indexes. The index files have a ve}ry simple design, but because of its simplicity, it is also very flexible. File Format All database programs work with} records and EasyFind is no different in that respect, but the definition of a record is slightly different from what you }might expect.A record is simply a collection of related data items, usually called fields. However, for EasyFind, a reco}rd is a collection of seven lines or strings of information. There are no fields or specialized formats.Anything you wan}t can be entered in these lines or strings. Actually, each of these lines or strings is a 'record' as far as the Atari I}/O systems is concerned, since it considers a record to be some number of contiguous bytes terminated by a End Of Line (E}OL) or Return character. Here is the format of the file that EasyFind expects to read. Each line must be 39 characters }or less and it must be terminated by a End Of Line character. Anytime you PRINT a string in BASIC, it is terminated by a} End Of Line character and most all word processors do also. Line 1: Magazine, Month, Year, Page, Author (Ea}ch of these "fields" should be separated by a space) Line 2: Title or article Line 3: Description} of article Line 4: Description of article Line 5: Description of article Line 6: Description of article Line 7: }Description of article NOTE: Although EasyFind doesn't care what information is in these seven lines as far a searching} and retrieving is concerned, the Brief format will look for a space between the Magazine and Month in the first 10 chara}cters of line 1. If it finds a space, it takes the next three characters and displays them as the month. It also uses t}he first 31 characters of Line 2 in the display as the Title. How to Create Your Own Indexes The easiest way to create }your own index files is using a standard word processor that is compatible with AtariWriter format. For each database re}cord, enter up to seven lines and terminate each line by pressing the . You must end each line with a . }Do not use the word wrap feature. You don't have to fill in each line. For example, if you only have 5 lines of useful }information for one record, just press the twice for each of the two missing lines. This in effect gives you 5 }actual lines and 2 empty lines. The only rule here, is that each record must have 7 lines, whether they are empty or not}. Another way to create an index file would be with a simple BASIC program such as this: 10 OPEN #1, 8, 0, "INDEX.DAT"} 20 DIM LINE$(39) 30 INPUT LINE$ 40 PRINT #1;LINE$ 50 GOTO 30 Once you are done entering data, just press the BREA}K key and close the file by entering CLOSE #1 in immediate mode. NOTE: EasyFind expects each index file to have a file} extention of ".DAT". When the File option is activated, it only allows you to select or open a file with this extension}. The following are examples of file names that EasyFind would recognize: ANALOG85.DAT, MYDATA.DAT 7. EXAMPLE ------}----- Let's step through an example of how you might use EasyFind if you wanted to find some information of Player/Missl}e graphics. After you start up EasyFind, you will be presented with a full screen display. Now do the following: o Pre }ss the right arrow key until File is selected and press o You will now see a small window in the middle of } the screen with the prompt "Disk: ". Let's assume your index file is in disk drive 1 and it is called "ATARI.DA }T". o Enter 1 and press . EasyFind will now read the disk directory on disk 1 and will display that direc }tory in a window in the middle of the screen. o Press the down arrow until the file "ATARI.DAT" is selected, th }en press . The file will now be opened. o Press the left arrow key until Search is selected, then press <}RETURN>. o You now see a window in the middle of the screen with a prompt, "Phrase : ". Enter P/M and press . o You will still be in the same window and the same prompt, but on the second line.Just press . o }Now to start searching, press the button. You should see the record number in the upper right hand corner o}f the screen counting upward. As soon as a record is found that contains the string "P/M" is found, it will be d}isplayed. o In order to stop searching, you press the key.After, the first record is found, press the }key. o In order to continue searching, you press the button again and the searching will continue from whe}re you left off in the index file. 8. CUSTOMER SERVICE -------------------- Our policy on Customer Service is quit}e simple. If for any reason, you are not satisfied with any purchase you have made from Sierra Services, simply return it} to us and you will be issued a complete refund. Also, we will replace any defective disk free of charge that is returne}d to us, other than that caused by negligence. We will provide free telephone assistance to the best of our ability. Ho}wever, if your question is complicated, we suggest that you send a letter describing your problem or situation. All lett}ers sent in will be answered in a timely manner. Sierra Services P.O. Box 40454 } Bellevue, WA. U.S.A. 98004 Sierra Services P.O. 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(PATCH, }UPDATE, HOME USE)ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER COMMENT"Switching the Flip Switch"Two readers submit alternative switchesand i}dentification of which jack to solder wires to (J101) for "The 810 Flip Switch" (JUL 86). (HARDWARE, FIX, DISK)ANALOG SEP} 86 p6 READER COMMENT"Helper Help"Reply to "Function Key Helper" (JUL 86)ST-Log regarding the way the screen flips when} using a$=input$(1) command.Just run the BASIC program while the edit window is open. (HINT, TIP)ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER} COMMENT"More on the 256K XL RAM Upgrade"Newell Industries supplies correctionsto features and pricing for the JUL 86revi}ew of the upgrade kit. (HARDWARE) ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER COMMENT"Foreign Subscriptions"Reader from England complains} about the$11 surcharge for foreign orders on subscriptions. ANALOG claims that thisjust changed last month. ANALOG SEP} 86 p6 READER COMMENT"Art for Art's Sake"Much of the art work seen on the insideof ANALOG was done by Gary Lipincott, a}n artist in Spencer, Massachusetts. ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER COMMENT"More Action!, Please."Reader who has just learned} Action! asks ANALOG to publish more material on Action! programming, especially ofa tutorial nature. ANALOG SEP 86 p6 } READER COMMENT"Help Keep the 8-bits Strong"Reader urges others to write to Spring-board, 7808 Creekridge Circle, Minneap-}olis, MN 55435, and ask them to bring"The Newsroom" over to the Atari. ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER COMMENT"Atari Exciteme}nt"Reader supports the position of ANALOGin the ongoing ST vs 8-bit Atari con-troversy. Reader asks for a little bitof b}oth and not to separate the two groups.ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER COMMENT"Home Inventory Fix"Several missing lines from th}e (MAR 86)issue are given here. (FIX, PATCH, UPDATE, HOME USE) ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER COMMENT"BASIC Editor II Updat}e"Checksums for BASIC Editor II listing in AUG 86 issue are given. You can'tuse the BASIC Editor (JUN 86) to enterin thi}s updated version. (FIX, PATCH, UPDATE, UTILITY)ANALOG SEP 86 p6 READER COMMENT"Double Density Demanded"Reader complain}s that some programs inANALOG (specifically Load*It and Formatter FEB 86) dont work with any DOS other than DOS 2.0 - espe}cially the newer double density DOS's.ANALOG SEP 86 p11 Robinson, Paul"Counting Without Fingers"A somewhat humorous hist}ory of comput-ing from the time of the abacus thru the beginnings of the microprocessor in1970. ANALOG SEP 86 p13 Ratc}liff, Matthew"Database Delphi"New column devoted to news and updates about the ANALOG Computing Atari usersgroup on Delph}i. (COMMUNICATIONS, BBS) ANALOG SEP 86 p15 Giambra, Angelo"Magic Spell"100% machine language spelling checkerfor all} word processing programs exceptLetter Perfect. Uses your own diction-ary and can hold 6,500 words in a 48K machine. Very }easy to use.ANALOG SEP 86 p29 Wiegers, Karl"BOOT CAMP"Tutorial on graphics continues. Using the demo title screen develo}ped last month, a Display List Interrupt routine(DLI) is shown to give more color to the screen. ANALOG SEP 86 p33 Morri}son, Jack"Soft Touch"Tutorial on the Atari Touch Tablet andincludes 5 demo programs that use the tablet to: control sound}, move the cur-sor, select from a menu, and to read and display packed pictures. (GRAPHICS)ANALOG SEP 86 p39 Walnum, Clay}ton"Moonlord"Action game written in BASIC with a theme similar to Star Trek games - Photon Torpedoes, phasers, galactic }maps, sensors, hostile alien ships, andstarbases.ANALOG SEP 86 p85 Eddy, Andy"Blackhawk"Review of this Choplifter-like g}ame from Orion Software. Reviewer feelsthe game is o.k., but not great. How-ever at $15 it is probably worth themoney.A}NALOG SEP 86 p91 Panak, Steve"PANAK STRIKES!"Reviews: "Fooblitsky" from Infocom, "Racing Destruction Set" by ElectronicA}rts, "Monday Morning Manager" from TK Computer Products, and "Computer Baseball" from SSI. (GAME)ANALOG SEP 86 p95 Curtin}, Bob"MicroLeague Baseball"Review of this simulation program fromMicro League Sports Association. It uses the statistics }from real players,present and past. Has some graphics butit is not an arcade game.ANALOG SEP 86 p97 Leyenberger, Arthur"}The End User"Arthur replies to several letters, looks at new books for the ST, salutes an Atari user who is producing an I}ndexfor computing magazines, and some other8-bit news items.ANALOG SEP 86 p100 Schwener, David"Launch Code"Unique game i}n which 12 ICBM missles have been set to launch in 36 hours unless you can enter the secret 3-digitlaunch code in time. Go}od graphics display. Written in BASIC.ANALOG SEP 86 p105 Brilliant, Lee"Bits & Pieces"Hardware project to build a battery}-powered real time clock that plugs intothe joystick port. Software supplied will read & write to clock, but doesn'twork }with DOS time/date stamping.ANALOG SEP 86 p114 Plotkin, David"Page Designer"Review of this print-shop like printerpackage} from Xlent software. With PageDesigner you cna design ads, signs, with high-resolution graphics. Will work with KoalaPad.}ANALOG SEP 86 p115 Alpert, Stephen"La Machine"Graphics utility program that lets youcreate bit-mapped animation figures. }Itcreates, animates, prints, saves, and loads from disk animation figures in four colors. Machine language (ML)ANALOG SEP} 86 p127 Ratcliff, Matthew"The June CES"5 pages of info on new products for the8-bit Ataris at the June CES. ICD hasa new} multifunction board with 1MB of memory, hard disk interface, R: and P: interfaces, and more. (SURVEY, REVIEW)ANTIC SEP 86} p6 I/O BOARD"COMP Complaint"Reader gets error using COMP as a vari-able name. Reason is that there is an undocumented }COM keyword in Atari BASICthat means the same a DIM.It was origi-nally intended to be COMmon statement.ANTIC SEP 86 p6 I}/O BOARD"ACE Acknowledges"ACE computer club thanks ANTIC for theaward in MAY 86 issue as a users group. ANTIC SEP 86} p6 I/O BOARD"Fuji in Print"Reader wants to print the Atari Fuji symbol on an ST computer that appears on screen in 1st}-Word. With an SG-10printer for example, just hold down the key while pressing .ANTIC SEP 86 p6 I/O BOA}RD"I/O Makes the Grade"Teacher of a 2nd grade class with an Atari 800 thanks all the readers forsubmitting those short gr}aphics demos in I/O BOARD and encourges readers to send in more. (EDUCATION)ANTIC SEP 86 p6 I/O BOARD"Tough Flight"Abs}olute beginning Atari user complainsthat the New Owners Column assumes too much about their readers knowledge. Hehad a tou}gh time just getting the 1st example working.ANTIC SEP 86 p6 I/O BOARD"1040ST RAMdisk"ANTIC had problem of with RAMdisk} aftera re-boot where it was the D: device and then became the F: and E:... and soon. Fix is to wait 10-15 seconds afterp}ower-down before power-up. (HARDWARE)ANTIC SEP 86 p6 I/O BOARD"Publishing Machine"Reader would like to see more desktop}publishing software and fonts availablefor the Atari like "Newsroom" and someof the newer fonts for "The Print Shop" ANTI}C SEP 86 p6 I/O BOARD"Stable Shapes"Reader shares a stable pattern for"Life Revisited" (APR 86) that is alsoa stable mo}lecular structure for carbon(GAME) ANTIC SEP 86 p11 Jackson, Charles"Weather Maps from Space"Special feature on how to }receive anddecode weather satellite pictures onyour Atari with a Shortwave Radio, a special hardware interface, and soft-}ware supplied in accompanying articles.ANTIC SEP 86 p13 Jackson, Charles"Weather Facsimile Worldwide"Tutorial article on }WEFAX or WeatherFascimile. This is a method of trans-mitting photographs and weather satell-ite maps via radio and teleph}one. ANTIC SEP 86 p20 Many, Chris"Music Studio"Review of this easy-to-use music comp-oser software for both 8-bit and }ST systems from Activision. Menu drivensoftware that allows you to compose, edit and playback music. (SOUND, MIDI)ANTIC }SEP 86 p24 Marquardt, Bill"Build the WEFAX Interface"Detailed on how to build this hardwareinterface for $20 with parts f}rom RadioShack. Only requires basic soldering skills to complete. ANTIC SEP 86 p29 Plotkin, David"New Owners Column"T}utorial on using Atari BASIC to buildsoftware. This month is devoted to using subroutines and the GOSUB and RETURN statem}ents. Demo program usesgraphics and recursion techniques.ANTIC SEP 86 p31 Bass, Patrick"WEFAX Decoder"How to use the WEF}AX decoder program and the WEFAX Interface. It can load, save, and display weather satellite pictures. Stores them in 62-s}ectorformat for use with MicroPainter.ANTIC SEP 86 p36"PRODUCT REVIEWS""Atari Planetarium" from Atari, "Star Raiders II"} from Atari, "MicroFlyte ATC Joystick" from MicroCube Corp., "MicroLeague Baseball" from MicroleagueSports AssociationANT}IC SEP 86 p38"PRODUCT REVIEWS""Compute Your Roots" from Wasatch Genealogical Software ANTIC SEP 86 p39 Gevatosky, K}evin"BASIC Tracer"Debugging utility for Atari BASIC programs on XL or XE machines. It willshow the line number being exec}uted andcan speed or slow down program execu-tion. Written in assembly language.ANTIC SEP 86 p42 Bisson, Gigi"Where the }Weather Comes From"A look inside a National Weather Service station in Redwood City, CA. ANTIC SEP 86 p47 Bisson, Gi}gi"Weather Calculator"BASIC program to make weather predict-ions that is used by a professional meterologist. Does temper}ature conver-sions, computes sunrise/sunset, wind-chill factor, and more.ANTIC SEP 86 p92"TECH TIPS"Tells how to control} your old cassetteto provide music or voice narration foryour programs; 7-line BASIC program that will allow you to scroll} forwardsor backwards one line at a time.COMPUTE! SEP 86 p10 READERS FEEDBACK"Loading Touch Tablet Screens"Undocumented }feature of Atari Tablet orKoalaPad to load and save uncompressedpictures, like Micropainter: saves as file PICTURE} and willload a file PICTURE. (GRAPHICS)COMPUTE! SEP 86 p20 Yakal, Kathy"Promoting Computers in School"Feature a}rticle on recent usage of computers in schools. (EDUCATION, LEARNING, CHILDREN) COMPUTE! SEP 86 p26 Yakal, Kathy"The } Reference Library of the Future"Introductory survey article on the CD-ROM technology and its impending impact on data sto }rage and computers. COMPUTE! SEP 86 p31 Michel, Steve"Beehive"Two player strategy game played on aboard of 121 hexago }ns in an 11x11 matrix. Object is to fill connected hexagons from one border to the other.Nice visual display. (BASIC)COMP }UTE! SEP 86 p52 Jackmond, Gregory"Jacket Lister"BASIC program that will list an alpha-betized directory listing on your  }printer that can be cut and folder to fit your diskette jacket. Also see AUG 86 ANTIC, "Floppy Filer",p35. (UTILITY)COMPUT}E! SEP 86 p68 Rockower, Stephen"Atari 130XE Automated RAM Disk"Utility program that will move selectedprograms into the R}AMdisk when you bootup the system. Written in BASIC this isfor DOS 2.5 only. Also see ANALOG JUL 86, "RAMcopy!". (MEMORY)}COMPUTE! SEP 86 p70 Chandler, Anthony"IF-THEN-ELSE for SpeedCalc"Tutorial on how to setup spreadsheets to perform differe}nt computations basedon the result of "if" tests. Table of IF-THEN-ELSE formulas and a samplespreadsheet. (HOME USE, FINAN}CIAL)COMPUTE! SEP 86 p95 Chapman, Fred"Enhancements for Atari SpeedCalc"Two enhancments that allow control overwhat bloc}ks of cells to print out andmoving or copying cells without havingto recalculate the entire spreadsheet.(FIX,PATCH,UPDATE,}FINANCIAL,HOME USE)COMPUTE! SEP 86 p100 Martinsons,Robert"Stringing Atari Machine Language"Nice utility program that will }read binary files and convert them into a form that can be stored in Atari BASIC strings using the forced read mode of E:} device. COMPUTE! SEP 86 p105 Halfhill, Tom"The Beginners Page"Dictionary of some computer terms andwhat they mean from "}Boot" to "Warm Start". COMPUTE! SEP 86 p111 Wilkinson, Bill"INSIGHT: Atari"Subtitled the Five-Year Retrospectivein ca}tegorizes the best of the articlesin areas like "getting more out of Atari BASIC" and "Undocumented GraphicsModes"ANALOG }JAN 86 p4 READER COMMENT"The Digging of the Musorqa"Reader has experimented with both theKoalaPad and with Atari Paddle }Controllers with "Musorqa" (SEP 85) andthey both work. (SOUND, MUSIC) ANALOG JAN 86 p4 READER COMMENT"G: Whiz"Reader }praises the value of "G:" in (OCT 85) issue and shares a tip on howto change the default left margin: justPOKE 10740 with }the margin number you want. (UTILITY, PRINTER)ANALOG JAN 86 p4 READER COMMENT"Translator Revisited"Reader shares mods t}o "Home-made Translator" (JUL 85) that keep theoriginal keyclick, bell, and screencolor that were left out, but desired b}y other readers. (FIX, PATCH, UTILITY)ANALOG JAN 86 p4 READER COMMENT"Another Accounting"Response to review of "Home Acc}ountant"(OCT 85). Reader agrees with readerthat support from Continental on thisprogram is poor and notes 1 bug that was } not mentioned. (HOME USE, FINANCE)ANALOG JAN 86 p4 READER COMMENT"A Printer Worth Checking"Reader feels that "Printers !}Revisited"(OCT 85) left out a great printer fromthe review: The Blue Chip M120/10. ANALOG JAN 86 p4 READER COMMENT""}Trivia Follow-Up"Response to review of "Trivia Mania"(NOV 86) from manufacturer who feels that the spelling errors have be#}en corrected and that the reviewer did notsee the full value of some features.ANALOG JAN 86 p4 READER COMMENT"Correctio$}n for Forem Tutor"Replacelemt for last paragraph in theDEC 85 issue of "Forum Tutor", p 94called "Quitting". (FIX, UPDATE%}) ANALOG JAN 86 p7 Lee, Donald"Color Alignment Generator"This program first appeared in the 1983APX catalog and won &}the first placeAtari Star Award in Home Management forthat quarter. Helps adjust alignment ofTV's and monitors. (UTILITY)'}ANALOG JAN 86 p13 Curtin, Bob"BASIC XE"Two page review of this excellent replacement BASIC for the Atari fromOSS. This (}version is designed to takeadvantage of the extra memory in the130XE.ANALOG JAN 86 p19 Anderson, Greg"DLI Maker"Menu-dr)}iven utility program that willallow you to create custom DLI's tochange screen color or character sets.It even LIST's a fi*}le to disk with allinitialization for BASIC. (GRAPHICS)ANALOG JAN 86 p33 Tan, William"130XE Disk Copy"Utility program th+}at will use the extramemory in a 130XE to make a disk copyin a single pass. It is usable fromBASIC without going to DOS. ,}Mainly forsingle disk systems.ANALOG JAN 86 p37 Leavens, Alex"Fractals An Introduction"Tutorial article on what is a fra-}ctal,why they were defined, where they are used and a short BASIC demo program to generate fractal graphics.(MATHEMATICS).} ANALOG JAN 86 p39 Kelley, Patrick"Kareteka"Enthusiastic one-page review of thisaction-adventure game from Broderbund.T/}his game makes a martial-arts expertout of you and displays excellentgraphics and play.ANALOG JAN 86 p40 Tatge, Conrad"I0}ncoming"Arcade-style game from a single player with a joystick. The object is to protect your city from wave after wave 1}of incoming helicopters and space shuttles. ANALOG JAN 86 p49 Leyenberger, Arthur"PaperClip"Thorough two-page review of 2}this word processing program from Batteries Included. This program is one of themost powerful and easiest to use of thewo3}rd processors on the market.ANALOG JAN 86 p51 Walnum, Clayton"Dynamic Displays"Tutorial article on using redefinedcharac4}ter sets and Veritcal Blank Interrupt (VBI) to create animation in BASIC. Includes a subroutine for the VBI and BASIC dem5}o. (GRAPHICS)ANALOG JAN 86 p59 Page, Chris"Air Hockey"Arcade-style game written in Action! that has options for 1 or 2 p6}layers,friction, velocity, and bounce. It is similar to pong. ANALOG JAN 86 p81 Leyenberger, Arthur"The Print Shop"Re7}view of this unique personal printingutility from Broderbund. Print Shop supports a variety of printers and allows you to8} create banners, cards, posters, etc. ANALOG JAN 86 p83 Hudson, Tom"BOOT CAMP"Continuation of the last several monthso9}n the CIO. This month a file utilityprogram is shown that will copy anytext file to the computer screen.(TUTORIAL, ML, AS:}SEMBLY LANGUAGE)ANALOG JAN 86 p91 Leyenberger, Arthur"The End User"Discusses GEM for the ST series and a couple of ST pr;}ograms: NEO-Chrome andST-Writer. (REVIEW, WORD PROCESSOR, GRAPHICS) ANALOG JAN 86 p95 McCuen, Mike"Print Shop File Con<}verter"Utility program that will convert any screens saved with Print Shop to DOS format. They can then be loaded into a=}nd used in other programs. ANALOG JAN 86 p99 Panak, Steve"PANAK STRIKES"Reviews of "Hacker" and "Master of the Lamps">} from Activision, "Lode Runner's Rescue" from Synapse, "Decision in the Desert" from Microprose, "Broadsides" from SSI.AN?}ALOG JAN 86 p105 Leyenberger, Arthur"DEGAS"Three page review of this graphics design program for the ST machines fromBat@}teries Included. This is the firstof many packages for the ST and may still be the best.ANALOG JAN 86 p110 Palmer, BernaA}rd"Kiss"Review of this word processor programthat the reviewer feels is not worththe money and has very limited capabiliB}ties. Sold by Eastern House. ANTIC JAN 86 p6 I/O BOARD"Return Stripper"Short BASIC program to remove excesscarriage rC}eturn characters from down-loaded files. (UTILITY, COMMUNICATIONS,BBS) ANTIC JAN 86 p6 I/O BOARD"Disk Swap"Atari willD} exchange for free all oldDOS 3 disks for DOS 2.5. They alsoinclude a free utility, DISKFIX.COM that can repair damaged fE}iles. ANTIC JAN 86 p6 I/O BOARD"Revision C Revised"Reader asks how to chain two or moreAUTORUN.SYS programs in DOS 2 oF}r 2.5.To chain file X.BIN to AUTORUN.SYS,typeC X.BIN,AUTORUN.SYS/A(DISK, HINT, TIP)ANTIC JAN 86 p6 I/OG} BOARD"Prowriter 3-D"Reader shares an enhancement to OCT 85"Graph 3-D" to allow output to a Prowriter printer. (PATCH, UPH}DATE) ANTIC JAN 86 p12 Anthony, Scott"Sysop Santa Claus"Program asks questions about the personyou're selecting a gifI}t for and willthen search thru the database inCompuServe's ANTIC ONLINE for the rightgift. (BBS, COMMUNICATIONS, HOME USE)J}ANTIC JAN 86 p14 Chadwick, Ian"Mapping the XL/XE"Details most of the changes that havetaken place in the OS for the new K}XL/XEmachines. Updates "Mapping the Atari" by Ian Chadwick. (RAMDISK, MEMORY,HELP)ANTIC JAN 86 p18 Pinho, Fred"Dandy DiL}ssolver"This describes two screen fading techniques: spiral dissolve and ahorizontal sweep dissolve. Machinelangauge routM}ine work in BASIC Graphicsmode 0-15. Examples given.ANTIC JAN 86 p21 Negus, Ernie"Dungeon Master's Apprentice"Program peN}rforms all the clerical tasksassociated with Dungeons and Dragons:keeps all your characters and theirabilities on disk, roO}lls multi-sideddice, and keeps score. (ADVENTURE GAME)ANTIC JAN 86 p23 Filskov, Alfred"Appointment Calendar"Personal calP}endar that is well writtenand convenient to use. You can evenprint out an entire months appointmentson a Epson, Gemini, orQ} compatible printer. (HOME USE, BASIC)ANTIC JAN 86 p25 Perone, James"Atari Bingo Caller"Simple BASIC program that generaR}tesrandom numbers for the old-fashionedgame of Bingo. It calls the numbers, but you still need the bingo cards andmarkersS}.ANTIC JAN 86 p29 Kershaw, Brad"Two Hot New Modems"Reviews the "Code-A-Phone Tel-A-Modem"from Code-A-Phone Corp which isT} a modem and telephone togethe, and"MultiModem" from MultiTech Systems.(COMMUNICATIONS)ANTIC JAN 86 p33 Chabris, ChristoU}pher"BASIC XE from O.S.S."Subtitled, "Ultimate BASIC for 8-bitAtari", this new BASIC for the XE andXL series is even fastV}er and better than BASIC XL. It can also take use theextra 64K in XE machines. (REVIEW)ANTIC JAN 86 p38"PRODUCT REVIEWS"W}"Kennedy Approach" by MicroProse Soft-ware, "Halley Project" by Mindscape,Inc., "Wishbringer" from Infocom, Inc."ObjectiveX}: Kursk" by SSI, "Mindshadow"by Activision.ANTIC JAN 86 p42"PRODUCT REVIEWS""Twirlybird" by Hardwood Software. ANY}TIC JAN 86 p45 Goulet, Jean"Wireball" Game of the MonthSingle player arcade-style game inwhich you must eat all the greeZ}n ballson the screen while avoiding twoenemies. You move by shooting out wiresand moving on them around the screen.COMPUT[}E! JAN 86 p10 READERS FEEDBACK"Atari Program Overlays"Tells how to merge or add program linesto a running BASIC program \}for suchapplications as trivia game questionsand answers. Also explains how to use"dynamic keyboard". (HINT, TIP)COMPUTE!]} JAN 86 p48 Elizer, Ben"Solitaire"Computerized version of the familiar card game, with a slight twist since itis impleme^}nted on a computer. Graphicsare minimal. Written in BASIC. COMPUTE! JAN 86 p100 Stromberg, Dan"Atari Cassette Verify"Ver_}y short ML program that compares aCSAVEd or LISTed on tape to what is inmemory and will verify if the tape waswritten corr`}ectly. (UTILITY) COMPUTE! JAN 86 p109 Pedersen, Torben"Atari RESET Controller"Machine language program that will trapthea} RESET button in any BASIC program.It includes an AUTORUN.SYS file thatloads the program that disables RESETand the BREAK b}key. (UTILITY, ML)COMPUTE! JAN 86 p112 Wray, Bryce"Line Deleter for Atari"Simple 7 line BASIC program that willdelete anyc} range of lines within andAtari BASIC program. Uses the "dynamic keyboard" technique. (UTILITY) COMPUTE! JAN 86 p115 Halfd}hill, Tom"The Beginners Page"Tutorial on using strings and stringvariables in BASIC programs. Some easyexamples on printie}ng strings and inputting data into strings. COMPUTE! JAN 86 p116 Wilkinson, Bill"INSIGHT: Atari"Bill Wilkinson compares f}the merits ofusing the older 8-bit Atari 800XL or130XE computers to the newer 16-bit520ST's. Bill Wilkinson compares d