MEGA MAGAZINE ISSUE #7
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Release date: 22 April 1994

DISK ONE - SIDE ONE

Contributors: Frankenstein (The Netherlands)
              TML (The Netherlands)
              FM (The Netherlands)
              Ghostdriver (The Netherlands)
              SolarSystems (The Netherlands)
              Unknown Base (The Netherlands)
              Bo Schreurs (The Netherlands)
              Matrix (The Netherlands)
              BeweSoft (CSFR)
              Pokey soft (Norway)
              Pimpf (Canary Islands)
              Detail (Turkey)
              WosFilm (Sweden)

Contents:

 1. Welcome to MegaZine #7
 2. Mega magazine info
 3. Side two and disk two!
 4. Contributors information
 5. The Dutch Atari 8-bit BBS scene
 6. Fast graphics operations for 6502
 7. Atari 8-bit public domain CD-ROM
 8. How to disable the ROM-OS
 9. Speed up your drawings
10. EAN and UPC codes
11. Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF)
12. Excuses from a contributor
13. Fermat's conjecture,first approach
14. OS-RAM and interrupts
15. Meeting 'famous' 8-bit Atarians
16. Key macro's for the MAC/65
17. Koala picture files
18. Lollapalooza '93
19. The making of a demo #2
20. Atari 8-bit news from Europe
21. Reaction: Music composers
22. Menace!
23. Mouse routine in an interrupt
24. Game reviews
25. The Russian multiplication
26. The world of the SNES #2
27. Speed up your code
28. Virus virus!
29. The XF speedy reviewed
30. Atari Character Representation
31. The All Micro Show #7
32. Multitasking
33. Hints for Atmas II users
34. The INTEL OUTSIDE demo reviewed
35. Assembler Interchange Format #5
36. Contacts and stuff!
37. Atari 8-bit emulator for the PC
38. Last notes

SIDE TWO AND DISK TWO!
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This is the first time that Mega Magazine consists of two 
disks.
Side two of disk one will contain executable files (just 
boot the disk and you'll get a menu). The other (extra) disk 
is mainly filled with ARC (archieve, compressed) files.

DISK ONE - SIDE TWO

EVIL.COM - DEMO
Demo from Pure Evil and Data (USA)

TETRIS3D.COM - GAME
A nice puzzle game from BeweSoft

HORBIG.COM - DEMO
The HORBIG demo from Pokey Soft

SEASIDE.COM - DEMO
Seaside demo made by BeweSoft

STRMOUNT.COM - DEMO
Strange mountains demo by BeweSoft

STRANGE2.COM - DEMO
Strange mountains demo II by BeweSoft

WAVEY.COM - DEMO
The wavey demo by Shadow Productions

WAVEY2.COM - DEMO
The wavey demo 2 by the Drop Dead Crew

MAKING2.COM - DEMO
Making of a demo part 2 by Pokey Soft

NDOSCONV.COM - UTILITY
No-Dos converter. Utility to make menu disks with COM files.


DISK TWO - SIDE ONE

ARC24.COM
File compressor from Bob Puff.

UNARC24.COM
File decompressor from Bob Puff.

DISKCOM3.COM
Disk Communicator from Bob Puff.

KEYEDIT.ARC
Macro key editor from TML

SUPERPCK.ARC
Super Packer from BeweSoft. The replacement for MAGNUS 
Cruncher. Super Packer is user friendly and it has many nice 
options.

VMAGIC.ARC
Sources from the Vector Magic part of the Halle Project by 
CSS. The sources are in 130XE+ assembler format.

WAVEY.ARC
MAC/65 sources of the Wavey demo by Shadow Productions 
(USA).

ACR.ARC
Atari Character Representation. Read the article for 
information.

EAN.BAS
EAN and UPC codes. Read the article.

SIMPLE.DC3
Simple Minds! A commercial game from ANG Software. (C)1993. 
A nice bonus for all you MegaZine owners.


DISK TWO - SIDE TWO

COMTL11.ARC
COMTool version 1.1.

DRAW.ARC
Speed up your drawings. Please read the article.

HORBIG.ARC
AMAC sources from the HorBig demo made by Pokey Soft.

MAKING2.ARC
Making of a demo part 2. Read the article for info.

MICROPRG.ARC
Micro Discount demo (OUR-5OFT)
The file on issue #6 was corrupt.
Read the article "Demo source codes" from issue #6 for 
information.

MICROSRC.ARC
Micro Discount demo sources (OUR-5OFT)
The file on issue #6 was corrupt.

MOUSEINT.ARC
Mouse check routine in an interrupt! Read the article.

MSDOS22.ARC
Micro SpartaDOS 2.2 by BeweSoft.

OPCTAB.ARC
Opcode tables for the 6502 (legal and illegal). The 
execution time is included (in Color Clocks).

SEASIDE.ARC
Demo sources from the Seaside demo made by BeweSoft.

TWOTASK.ARC
Multitasking example sources. Read the article for info.

VSCAN.ARC
A virus scanner by BeweSoft. Read the article about viruses 
for info.

UPI31.ARC
Universal Parameter Interface V3.1. For programmers who want 
to make parameter passing programs. Please have a look at it 
and send your reactions to Frankenstein (MegaZine address).


WARNING: This magazine can contain language which may be
unsuitable for young people. Don't blame us!!

NOTE: Most articles are written by people who usualy don't 
write or speak English. This means that the articles can 
contain some spelling errors and other mistakes. If you 
really bother then write us what we do wrong so we can learn 
from our mistakes.


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