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"F:Ad,"A8" AU#,F:Ad,"D}AF", A$..'@"P:'@,*"@yASE%..'@P:'@,*"@iASE(9 E}A&@P:,"9(@=2 "(GF6  '6-+",$%+",$+@&,6(=:,F}PN (((":6-+",$@ %+",$@G*@'N*Z: 6-6-@@-$6.*":6.G} _"F:Ad,"A8" AU`,F:Ad,"AF", Ad<67B:,%,.7<,)67B:,%,.7H}<,<67B:,%,.7<,n"6-?:<><> END <><><>ut its up toyou to find them!We can't do everything for you, can we?But we do try anyway!  The OL HACKERS Disk News Letter Help File  The OL'HACKER Disk Based News LetteY}rs very simple for you to use. Allyou have to do is make the selectionsyou'd like and read them. To readthe whole newslZ}eter, use SelectionA. To read only part of thenewsletter, select each file in anyorder by using the letter in front ofit[} o the main menu screen. If youwant to change one of yourselections, use the BACKSPACE key toremove selections until you\} rach theone to be changed, and start fromthere with your new selections. Theother screen editing function keyswill not]} wrk from the main menu. When you are finished selecting, pressRETURN then [R] and start reading. Asyou can see there ar^}e auses in thetext so it's much easier to read. Making a selection from 1 thru 4 youcan Exit to Basic or Exit to Dos, or_}evn go to The News Letter PressRoom. Selections B thru Z are newsArticles. When a selection is madethe article is sent `}tothe screenwith page breaks. At the end of thelast article selected, you are sentback to the Newsletter Main Menu. a} About The Printer  When you make your selection ofthe file you would like to reab}d ouwill be presented with the following: enu rint ead: If you choose then and youdon't have a pric}ntr on line you willcome back to these options. Then youshould use the option to read thefile online. If however you d}eihermade a mistake or don't care to reador print the file you selected youcan go right back to the main menujust by hite}tig . If you choose and you have not yet configuredyour printer, you will do that beforeprinting. When the nf}ewletter program isformatting files for the printer, orwhile it is printing, press CONTROLand P to pause printing. To reg}sue,press any key. To cancel printing,press CONTROL and C. About Configuring Your Printer   h}  The printer configuration sectioncan be reached by using selection 3from the main menu. You also will bei}sed there the first time you try toprint a file, if you haven't beenthere already. Explainations of theconfiguration secj}tin can be accessedfrom the print room menu. en't beenthere already. Explainations of theconfiguration sec=N) !"`3!3} ********THE LEGAL CONTRACT NECESSARY FOR ALAWYER TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULBCourtesy Of:The Eagle's Nest BBS (716-8$}750929Whereas the party of the first part,also known as "Lawyer", and the partyof the second part, also known as"Light $}Bub", do hereby and forthwithagree to a transaction wherein theparty of the second part (Light Bulb)shall be removed from$} te currentposition as a result of failure toperform previously agreed uponduties, i.e., the lighting,elucidation, and o$}thrwiseillumination of the area ranging fromthe front (north) door, through theentryway, terminating at an area justinsi$}dethe primary living area,demarcated by the beginning of thecarpet, any spillover illuminationbeing at the option of the $}paty ofthe second part (Light Bulb) and notrequired by the aforementionedagreement between the parties.The aforemention$}edremovaltransaction shall include, but not belimited to, the following steps:1.) The party of the first part(Lawyer) s$}hal, with or withoutelevation at his option, by means ofa chair, stepstool, ladder or anyother means of elevation, grasp $}thparty of the second part (Light Bulb)and rotate the party of the secondpart (Light Bulb) in acounter-clockwise directi$}onthispoint being non-negotiable.2.) Upon reaching a point where theparty of the second part (Light Bulb)becomes separa$}te from the party ofthe third part ("Receptacle"), Theparty of the first part (Lawyer)shall have the option of disposing $}ofthe party of the second part (LightBulb) in a manner consistent with allapplicable state, local and federalstatutes.3$}.)Once separation and disposalhave been achieved, the party of thefirst part (Lawyer) shall have theoption of beginning i$}nsallation of theparty of the fourth part ("NewLight Bulb").This installation shall occur in amanner consistent with th$}e everse ofthe procedures described in step oneof this self-same document, beingcareful to note that the rotationshould $}ocur in a clockwisedirection, this point also beingnon-negotiable.NOTE: The above described steps maybe performed, at t$}heoption of theparty of the first part (Lawyer), byany or all persons authorized by him,the objective being to produce th$}eost possible revenue for the partyof the fifth part, also known as"Partnership." Signed, Sealed and Accepted! $} ******revenue for the partyof the fifth part, also known as"Partnership." Signed, Sealed and Accepted! $ &'O3D@h@vAA ""Revision/Version Checker V.2June 23, 1991by Dav(}id TiptonFFinspired by Antic June 1987 and James Keho "Tech Tips" AAalso thanks to MAPPING THE AT(}ARI by Ian Chadwick!"I:,!Ap" A # +(0@2AR@<  (} CHIP CHECKERF(P,,($The internal components in all AtariZ))(!computers are not necessarily thed''(sam(}e. You can use this programn))(!to see if your Atari has the mostx**("up-to-date ROM and graphics chips.)()( (} press [START] to continue"F:B2y,@" A@9 +'0@@9AR@-((}-(" Graphics chip check: CTIA/GTIA*(*(Early 400 and 800 machines have++(#the CTIA chip, which does not allow(}..(&the use of GRAPHICS modes 9, 10, & 11.++(#Later model 400/800s, and all XL/XE**("machines contain the more powe(}rful**("GTIA chip. 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The procedure will be (more (}complex with a 400.())( YOUR ATARI CONTAINS THE REVISIONF:B,"@V( AF:B,"((} B(OPERATING SYSTEM.)()( press [START] to continue&"F:B2y,@" APX +b0@(}@lAR@v+(+( Atari BASIC Revision check/(/($There are 3 versions of Atari (}BASIC.))(!Rev. A is the original cartridge.**("It is okay, except for the dreaded))(!editing lockup bug. A bug i(}n the))(!editor causes the Atari to lockup((( irrevocably at times (especially++(#during program editing). The A(}tari,,($then has to be turned completely off##(and on again. This is bad.))(!Rev. B was built into early 600XL(},,($and 800XL machines. Atari fixed the--(%editing lockup but introduced two new,,($nasty bugs which corrupt SAVE(}d BASIC))(!programs by adding an unneeded 16 **("bytes to the end of the file EVERY**("time it is saved. Rev. 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But there is (}still--(%support available! What follows will,,($be a list of mail-order vendors that--(%sell 8-bit Atari items.(} All are very((( reliable and they stock hardware''(and software. Write them for a(catalog.")()( (}press [START] to continue,"F:B2y,@" AA@9 +'0@@9AR@(B(}EST Electronics##(2021 The Alameda, Suite 290(San Jose, CA 95126-1127((408) 243-6950((B & C Co(}mputerVisions(3257 Kifer Road(Santa Clara, CA 95051((408) 749-1003((American Techna-Vision(}(15338 Inverness St.(San Leandro, CA 94579 (in CA: (415) 352-3787""(outside CA: (800) 551-9995((}(San Jose Computer((1278 Alma Court2(San Jose, CA 95112<(store: (408) 995-5080F##(orders ONLY: (80(}0) 726-8576P(U&&( press [START] to continueZ"F:B2y,@" ARp9 +'0@@(}9AR@x((( Finally, a formidable network ofz))(!BBSes provides Atari 8-bit owners++(#with software a(}nd information about))(!their computers. It is more than((( likely that such an Atari BBS is(located near you(}.(!!(My favorite Atari BBS is:(Bates Motel BBS##(Stockton, CA (209) 463-5842 (2400 baud 24 hours (}a day(((( If you have questions about this--(%program, I can be reached at Seeker's**("Haven BBS (415) 754-2(}440 2400 baud(in Antioch, CA (%%( David Tipton(**("press [START] to terminate progra(}m$"F:B2y,@" Aa.D:CHIPCHEK.BAS!A@ DiELVs [START] to terminate progra(` ******* VTEX.COM - The Text Viewing Utility Version 1.1 3/10/92 Program and Documentation by,}: Larry Richardson 5521 Madrid Ave. Orlando, Fl 32807 Thi,}s program is distributed as SHAREWARE. I have spent a great deal of time designing, coding, debugging, and modifying ,} this program. Any donations I receive for my time and effort will encourage me to continue supporting this progr,}am as well as writing new software for the Atari 8- bit computer. Thank you. USE arrow key to scroll pages FORW,}ARD or BACK. I. What does it do? VTEX is a utility that allows you to view any file on the screen,}. If you have used DOS to view a file (copy from the file to E:), you already know how unfriendly it is. VTEX is,} an attempt to give the Atari 8-bit users an easier and more powerful method to view a file. II Features ,} VTEX can page through a file, both forward and backward. It has the ability to skip to the last page and back ,}to the first page, or to skip in increments of ten pages. Since VTEX doesn't go through CIO to display on the scr,}een, special characters (such as the clear screen command) will not interfere with the display. VTEX has a pseudo-word,} wrap (I'll explain later), and can delete the leading spaces from the left margin (good for viewing files that h,}ave been PRINTed to disk). VTEX also has string search capabilities, ASCII CR/LF handling, adjustable screen c,}olors, a directory lister, and the ability to save its default configuration. It has been tested under both Atari ,}DO 2.5 (2.0) and SpartaDOS. III. Running VTEX From any Atari type DOS, use the binary load comman,}d and load the VTEX executable file (VTEX.COM). The program will prompt for a filename. Enter the filename to v,}iew and press RETURN. After VTEX opens the file, the VTEX view screen will appear. At the bottom of the screen is ,}the VTEX status line. It displays the version number of the program, the current page number of the file being view,}ed and has an end-of-file indicator. It also indicates if the word-wrap, delete leading spaces, or ASCII/ATASCII opti,}on are active or not. From SpartaDOS, you may specify the filename to view on the command line. Simp,}ly type - VTEX filename . Under SpartaDOS, VTEX will look for the filename on the command line. If it doe,}sn't find the filename there, it will prompt you to enter the filename (as it always does under Atari DOS). Wit,}h either DOS, if VTEX encounters an error while trying to open the file, it will re-prompt you for a new filen,}ame. If you wish to exit VTEX at this prompt, press ESC. The program will then exit to DOS. IV. Commands,} Once VTEX is running, you have a number of commands to choose from. The commands are explained below. ,} PAGE FORWARD Press the down arrow key (without holding down the CONTROL key). VTEX will display th,}e next page in the file. As VTEX moves forward through a file, it notes the position of the beginning of each page so t,}hat it can move backward (or jump forward) directly to that page. PAGE BACKWARD Press the up ar,}row key (without holding down the CONTROL key). VTEX will display the previous page in the file. FORWARD 10 P,}AGES Press down arrow (without the CONTROL key). Note that because of the way Atari 8-bit DOS's ha,}ndle random access files, VTEX cannot just jump to a page that it has not yet read in a sequential manner (s,}ee the explanation in PAGE FORWARD). It doesn't know at what point in the file the 10th page occurs, for exam,}ple, until it has read pages 1-10. Therefore, when you press down arrow, VTEX will either. 1) Move for,}ward 10 pages (if it has already read that far in the file) - or - 2) Move to the highest page it h,}as read (if less than 10 pages from the current page) BACKWARD 10 PAGES Press up arrow (with,}out the CONTROL key). VTEX will either: 1) Move backward 10 pages (if the current page being displayed is grea,}ter than 10) - or - 2) Go to the beginning of the file. GO TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FILE ,} Press B to return to the first page of the file. GO TO THE END OF THE FILE Press E to ATTEMPT to,} go to the end of the file. VTEX can only go directly to the end of the file if it has already read the last page. ,}If the last page has not been read, pressing E will take you to the highest page number read at that point. ,}Once the last page has been read (using the down arrow to page forward), VTEX notes the position if this page so ,}it can access it directly. DISPLAY THE CURRENT FILENAME Press F to display the name of the file that ,}is currently being viewed. Press F again to see the normal VTEX status line. WORD WRAP THE DISPLAY ,}Press W to turn on the pseudo-word wrap. A 'W' will appear on the left side of the status line to let you know,} that word wrap is active. This is not a true word wrap, so long words will hang over onto the next page. VTEX will si,}mply start looking for a space after column 31. If it finds a space, it will break the line here and wrap the text,} at this point. Pressing W again will turn the word wrap off. Note that because selecting word wrap (or ,}the delete leading spaces option) will change the size of the displayed pages, VTEX resets the file to start back at,} page 1 when either of these options are selected. This allows the program to re-build its pointers to the beginning of,} the pages (which will now be in different positions). DELETE LEADING LEFT SPACES Press D to ,}turn on the delete leading left spaces option. A 'D' will appear on the left side of the status line to let you know,} that this option is active. Any spaces that would have appeared on the left edge of the page are now gone. Also, t,}he current page is reset to 1 (see the note under the word wrap option for an explanation). Press D again to ,}turn this option off. SEARCH FOR A STRING Press S key to search for a string. The program will prompt ,}you to enter a string. Type the string you wish to search for and press RETURN. The program will start from the,} current page and look forward for the search string. The search will stop when the program has found your string, th-}e and of the file has been reached, or the ESC key is pressed. The function will not search if the current page is th-}e and of the file. ASCII option VTEX can optionally display ASCII carriage return/line feeds or carriag-}e returns alone as it would ATASCII carriage returns. This is useful for viewing text generated on IBM PC's, such -} as many text files that are on bulletin boards. Pressing A will toggle this option on or off. An 'A' will-} appear on the left side of the status line to let you know that the ASCII option is active. As with the word-wra-}p and delete leading spaces option, the file will be reset to the beginning when this option is selected. LOA-}D A NEW FILE Pressing L will make VTEX prompt you for a new filename to load and view. Enter the filename and p-}ress RETURN. If the program encounters an error while trying to open the file, the buzzer will sound and the prompt wi-}ll re-appear to allow you to try again. Pressing ESC at this prompt will exit the option and let you continue to- } view the current file. When a new file is loaded, VTEX operates as if it has just been loaded (i.e. you begin at t- }he first page in the file and all pointer information must be re-created). If no drive specifier is given, the D:- } prefix is appended to the filename before attempting to load the file. EXIT THE PROGRAM To exit VTEX and ret- }urn to DOS, press the ESC key. Note that if you choose the search option, pressing ESC while the program is prompt- }ing for the search string simply takes you out of the search function. This is also the case with the load a ne-}w file option. Pressing ESC while the program is prompting you for a filename will simply abort the command. N-}OTE: The following are functions that are new to VTEX (added since version 1.0). Following these will be a l-}ist of the other enhancements made to the program since the 1.0 version. DIRECTORY Press R to -}view a disk directory. VTEX will prompt for a path (the initial default path is D:*.*). This path is the -} drive specifier, subdirectories, AND file specifier. For example, to view the directory listing all of the .BAS-} files on drive 2 in the BASIC subdirectory, the path would be: D2:>BASIC>*.BAS To view all of the files-} on the default drive in the current subdirectory: D:*.* Pressing ESC at the path prompt will abort-} the directory listing. COLORS VTEX now allows the user to customize the screen color and text intensity-} to his or her liking. The < and > keys decrease and increase the screen intensity. The 9 and 0 keys decrease a-}nd increase the text intensity. Finally, SHIFT < and SHIFT > decrease and increase the screen color, indep-}endent of the intensity level. SAVE CURRENT CONFIGURATION Press C to save the current configuration. Th-}is command saves the state of some of the VTEX features, allowing you to customize your copy of the prog-}ram. The following are all saved by this command: - Word Wrap On/Off - ASCII/ATASCII state - Dele-}te Spaces On/Off - Screen color and Text intensity Press C and VTEX will prompt for a VTEXfile name. -}This is the name of the VTEX executable that you run. After entering the filename, VTEX will update the execu-}table file itself with the new default values for the above features. So, to make a bright red screen and black t-}ext your default, simply set the screen colors and then press C. HELP SCREEN VTEX version 1.1 now has a help-} Screen built in. Just press ? and the help will pop up on the screen. All of the key commands listed in this D- }OC file are on the help screen, followed by a short explanation. You may execute any key command from help by just pres-!}sing the key (you don't have to exit help first). NOTE: To exit help without doing a command, press ?, or any o-"}ther unused key. Pressing ESC will not only exit the help screen, but take you completely out VTEX and bac-#}k to DOS. NOTES ON VERSION 1.1 After many suggestions, I had to figure out what to add and what to th-$}row away. I wanted to keep the program still fairly small, but add enough of the good suggestions to make it mo-%}re usable than before. The commands above were new to 1.1 (Directory, screen colors, save configuration, and -&}help screen). Also, a few things were fixed and improved. - First, a bug hat caused VTEX to sometime-'}s exit to DOS before running was squashed! - Another 1.0 bug... go to the End-of-file, select A, D, o-(}r , and the program would not advance forward. Squashed! - The BREAK key is now disabled while in-)} the program. - ESC will stop a string search before getting to the end of the file (I did a search on -*}a 70+ page document one evening... I put the ESC feature in shortly after that!) - When loading a file with-+} L the default drive is now D: instead of D1:. Now SpartaDos users can specify a filename without a drive, and-,} the default SD drive will be used instead of D1: V. SpartaDOS X Notes If you are lucky enough to--} own a SpartaDOS X cartridge, then this section will give you a few common sense ideas on how to best use VTEX. -.} First, it is very easy to make VTEX behave as though it is simply another command by placing it on on-/}e of the active drives and setting the PATH to look on that drive. I use a 256K 800XL, so I have an AUTOEXEC.BA-0}T file that does the following: 1) Set up a ramdisk as D8: 2) Copy VTEX up to the ramdisk and call-1} it V.COM. 3) SET PATH=CAR:;D8: With the path set up to look on the ramdisk for .COM files, I can now -2}execute VTEX from the command line without having to tell SpartaDOS what drive it is on. Since it is on the ramdisk,-3} it loads and begins executing in a second. Also, by calling the program V.COM, all I have to type to view -4}a file is: V filename Second (and last), SpartaDOS X now handles the NONE and POINT view ,x'6-%1 AQ@ D:NEWSLTR.BAS(67<,.7<, A`("AP`16-%@A6-%@9+ The Composing Room Help File Before you can Print a file you haveto configure your I7}ow Printer.To Do sothere are 2 selections that will helpto make it easy as possibile for you.If you have one of the priI8}ntrs listedin selection then your printerwill be set up for NLQ and DOUBLEstrike. If you don't have one ofI9} teprinters that's in Selection youhave to use selection . This is toensure that all printers will workwitI:}hot any problems with The WQNRDisk Based News Letter. Now onceyour printer has been configured youwill NOT I;}hae to reconfigure yourprinter as long as you are have yourNews letter running. Not only that theprinter will stay I<}cofigured to whatever configuration you selected aslong as you have your printers powerturned on or until you I=}reonfigureit. Once you have configured yourprinter all you have to do is hit theۿ to Return to the Main menu. H|m Brozovich Reprint from Michigan Atari Magazine, and OL' HACKERS ATARI 8 BIT USER GROUP, NY. 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PSSI L~qLq!堪q Q LQ1}S SILHq"T!TYX NS NZ STPOTOO QSILLr Q QS SS S IUl Lc`1}`b SILHq"T!TYX NS NZ STPOTOO QSILLr Q QS SS S IUl Lc`0 +*+*+* This article has been taken from Z*MAG on-line newsletter issue 201. * CAROLYN'S CORNER by5} Crolyn Hoglin, Orlando, Florida ==== Reprinted from the Mid-Florida Atari Computer Club Newsletter, an5}d y the OL' HACKERS ATARI USERS GROUP, NY Q--> How can I prepare a document with AtariWriter Plus that will be5} ompatible with WordStar or another word processing program on a 16-bit computer? A--> We have two problems here: 5} Te textfile itself (the Atari document) and the medium (the Atari disk). Both are essentially incompatible with a 165}-bt computer. This is not to say that the job cannot be done. It just takes a little doing. Read on! Begin by typin5}g your document into AtariWriter Plus as usual, but DO NOT use any internal formatting commands, such as for centeri5}ng expanded print, underlining, etc. It doesn't matter how the formatting is set up on the Global Format screen be5}case these instructions won't be used anyway. When you have proofread your text, and everything is A-OK, save th5}e ile as usual. Now go back to the edit screen. From the top-of-file, press [START]-S. When prompted for your 5}serch string, hold down the [SHIFT] key and hit [ESC] twice, followed by a [RETURN]. Then press [START]-R and enter t5}hereplace string as [CTRL]-M [CTRL]-J followed by the usual [RETURN]. The string will look like a stylized "MJ5}" and in ASCII it translates to a carriage return and a line feed. Now for the magic: press [OPTION]-G and all th5}os Atari return symbols (ASCII 155) will be replaced by ASCII 13 and 10. This modified file must be saved from the Atar5}iWiter Plus menu by pressing [CTRL]-S to SAVE ASCII. Give the file the extender of ".ASC" so that you will not get5} i mixed up with the first saved file. It's a good idea to keep both files, because if you want to edit the text later, 5} i will be much easier to work from the first file - and then do the global-replace bit and ASCII SAVE again - th5}anto work in the ASCII file itself. (The latter appears to be one huge paragraph when viewed in AtariWriter P5}lu.) Well, now we have solved our first problem. We have a file that, byte for byte, will be compatible with 5}mot word processing programs on 16- bit computers. But this file is still on our Atari-formatted disk (single,5} ehanced, or double density) which will not be readable by a 16- bit computer. There are several ways to handle this:5} 1 If you have both computers yourself and also a null modem, you can boot each computer with its own termina5}l program and send the Atari ASCII file to the 16-bit (Atari, IBM, or what-have-you) computer. 2) If you have both compu5}tes, but do not have a null modem, you can upload the ASCII file from your Atari to a BBS that features F-Mail. Then 5}cal the BBS back with your 16-bit computer and download the same file. Be sure to erase the file from the BB5}S nce you have downloaded it. 3) If the converted file is for someone other than yourself, you can either contact 5}yor friend directly via modem; or you can upload the file to a BBS, where he or she can download it to the 16-b5}itcomputer. Finally, you'll have a 16-bit file on a 16-bit disk, which can be loaded into any word processor and forma5}ttd to suit your needs. If you have any questions concerning word processing in general or AtariWriter Plus in pa6} #134 UTILITY PROGRAMS COMPILED BY JAX ATARI COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS (J.A.C.E.) group, Florida. [Side 1]: (JACE UTILITIES D9}IS D2). 18 programs. (FILEREAD) Data file reader. (TESTPAT) TV test pattern generator. (MLTOBAS) M/L to BASIC DATA conver9}te. (AUTORUN) Autorun your disk menu. (RENUMBER) BASIC renumber utility. (CASDISK) Autoboot cassette-to-disk. (KEYBOARD)9} Fiendlier keyboard M/L. (DUMPER) Examine Atari's memory. (MEMTEST) Test your RAM memory. (AUTOMATE) Builds AUTORUN.SYS f9}ils. (PROGLIB) Catalog your diskettes. (PROGSORT) M/L sort for PROGLIB. (DISKLABL) Make your own labels. (FILEINDX) Neat9} dsk indexing program. (AUTOGEN) AUTORUN.SYS builder. (MENUMKR) Disk menu. (RPMTEST) Check your disk drive speed. (SMALLD9}OS BASIC DOS system. [Side 2]: (JACE UTILITIES DISK D3). 14 programs. (MENUPLUS) Super disk menu system. (DUPFAST) Fast9} dsk copy program. (STICKTST) Test your old joysticks. (DUPL2D) Disk duplicating program. (TAPEDUPE) Backup your M/L tap9}es (NEWDUP.SYS) Advanced Atari DOS 2.1. (DTESTEXE) M/L 810 disk test system. (FORMATIX) Easy disk formatting system. (DI9}SKEST) Test you drive and diskettes. (DEDITOR) Disk sector editor. (TVTEST) Test and align your TV. (DISKCASS) Dump binar9}y iles to tape. (POLYCOPY) SUPER multi-file copy utility. (MLMENUMK) Build fancy color menu for binary load programs. #9} 15 UTILITY PROGRAMS COMPILED BY JAX ATARI COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS (J.A.C.E) group, Florida. [Side 1]: (JACE UTILITY DISK E9}9) 10 more advanced utility programs. (MENUPLUS) Super disk menu system. (VRSLABLE) Print disk menu lables. (DIETY) Send9} dsk sectors via modem. (EDIT4TH) Edit FORTH files from BASIC. (FIXXL) A binary load version of the Atari Translator, wit9}h ocs. (DIFCVT) Converts between SYNFILE and other types of data files. (DSKCAT) Catalog your diskettes. (WRITER) Documen9}taion file writer. (FORTHCON) Converts FORTH files to DOS files for sending via modem. (MATTEDIT) Menu driven 40 column 9}tet and character graphics editor. [Side 2]: (JACE UTILITY DISK G4). 9 Utility programs. (UNDELETE) Easy to use utility 9}torecover those "lost" or mistakenly deleted disk files. (DOSWIZ) SUPER disk utilities pack, includes sector editor and 9}moe! (COMPRESS) Most unusual compiler, takes a standard Binary Load program and compresses it to use LESS DISK SPACE! Ca9}n ree up to 20% of the sectors originally needed. (CONTEXT) Converts text files between Letter Perfect format and DOS 2.09} ormat. (XDISPLAY) 80 column display for your Atari, with Docs. (MAILWIZ) Converts Atari Maillist files to Letter Wizar9}d ompatible. (LBL1020) Print disk directory lables with your Atari 1020 printer/plotter. (KEYPAD) Driver for Atari Nume9}ri Key Pad. (KEYPAD2) Driver for Atari Numeric Key Pad- with "," for "Y". =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE FOLLOWING9} 5DISKS (NOS. 136 THRU 140) HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM CLUB CENACLE AN ATARI USER GROUP REPRESENTING AND SERVING XL/XE OWNER9}STHROUGHOUT FRANCE. THE PROGRAMS ON THESE DISKS ARE PD PROGRAMS FROM EUROPE AND THE USA, THERE ARE ALSO SOME ORIGINAL F9}RECH PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ARE IN ENGLISH, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE IN FRENCH (TRANSLATED FROM NORTH AMERICAN PROG9}RAS). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= # 136 CENACLE NEWS NO. 7 DISK CN7A1/7A2. [Side 1]: 15 BASIC Printer Utility progr9}am. (WYSIWYG!)-Cassette Jackets by Chet Walters for Epson or Prowriter Printers. (PSLABELS)-Ver 1.0 by Walt McCrea/Ver 3.9}0 y Jim Pierson-Perry. (DRIVER)-Printer Control Set-Up for Epson FX/LX-80 by Richard Browne. (CHAREPSO)-Printer Character9} Dsign Aid by Len Golding. (LOADCHAR)-by Len Golding. (FONTPRT)-Font Printer by Remi Gallopin. (TEXTPRT)-Text Printer 9}byRemi Gallopin. (TILES)-Atari Truchet Files by Frank Kweder, (COCKTAIL)-The Pan-Galactic Cocktail Bar by Ruth James (H9}owto make Drinks, -will print to printer). (DUMPGR8)-Mode 8 Screen Dump by Remi Gallopin for 62 sector graphics with .P9}ICsuffix. (DUMP1029)-Mode 8 Screen Dump for Atari 1029. (LABL1029)-DOS Directory for Atari 1029 "Small Font" by Terry Da9}vis. (LIST 1029)-from Page 6 England, prints listed docs. (POST1029)-Poster Printer 1029 by J.C. Guerrier for 62 sector 9}imges with .MIC suffix. (DUMPGR15)-Epson Screen Dump by Phil Cardwell; Page 6 Magazine-Micro Painter Screen. [Side 2]: 9}Ths side contains 62 sector graphics and Fonts for use with the programs listed for side 1. TIMEMACH.PIC, TWIN2.PIC, TEX.9}PI, DOLLAR.PIC, ROCKY.PIC, DIPCHIPSP.PIC, EYES.PIC, WILLIAM.PIC, FOG.MIC, and the follwing Fonts: STYLISH, BLOCK, OUTLI9}NE ULTIMON, ITALICS, GREEK, SQUARE, STOP, ROMAN, DATA, ASPGOTH, FANCY3, COMPUTER, SPECIAL, MEDEVAL and DEVE. # 137 CLU9}B ENACLE NEWS NO. 9 DEC. 1990. [Side 1]: (UNARC.COM)-Super UnArc! Ver. 2.8 by Robert Puff. One of the best unarc progra9}ms this one is in English and menu driven. Also contains 3 arced programs. (DESSINS.ARC), (DIVERS.ARC) and (TTX.ARC).9} Side 2]: Super Loader V 5.0 with five games: [A] (BLOKHEAD)-Block Head by Paul Wheildon. [B] (CHARLIE)-Gun Powder Char9}li by Stephen Broumley via ATARI USER. [C] (GALACTIC)-Galactic Chase. [D] (HOTBLOCK.S)-Hot Blocks by Paul C. Lay. [E] (XE9}VIUS)-Xevious by Paul & I.C. Another arc program ((FONTPRG.ARC) plus five graphic demos which require Turbo-Basic to 9}ru: (DEMO2)-The Allen Demos-2, (DEMO3)-The Allen Demos-2 saved as DEMO3, (DEMO1.TBA)-The Allen Demos-1, (COLOURS.TBA)-Co9}lo Demo, (SQURVES.TBA)-Demo Squrves. # 138 CLUB CENACLE NEWS NO. 7. [Side 1]: Ten BASIC and three BINARY GAMES. Run (M9}EN.OBJ) to load and run the following ten Games: [A](MAZE.BAS)-Maze Search by David Bohlke. [B](CHICKEN.BAS)-Chicken by 9}J.. Guerrier. [C](PUZZEL.BAS)-Puzzle Couleur via J.C. Guerrier from Michael O'Connor. [D](MOTOR.BAS)-Mean Motor by Gavin 9}Daidson. [E](KTYPE.BAS)- K-Type by Gareth Martin. [F](AMAZING.BAS)-Amazing! for Atari XL/XE by Trevor Prendergast. [G](T9}ENIS.OBJ)-Tennis requires two players and two joysticks. [H](BLASTCOM.OBJ)-Blastcom. [I](RIDER.OBJ)-Star Rider by Paul La9}y. [J](HEADBANG.BAS)-Head Banger by Bill Halsall. The following three have to loaded and run from BASIC: (BOWLTRAP.BAS)-B9}ow Trap by Nigel Llewellyn from Page 6 Magazine. (PACMATHS.BAS)- Pac-Maths via J.C. Guerrier by Gary Tinsley. (SUNPLOT.B9}AS-Sun Plotter for Atari XL/XE by Scott Welch from Page 6, a sunrise/sunset finder on a world map you pick the date and t9}im in GMT. [Side 2]: Loaded with utilities, demos and docs in both French and English. (ONEPASS.COM)-130XE One Pass Disk9} Cpier for Single Density Only, menu driven, three separate operations; Read-Format-Write. (XLBANK.BAS)-Bank Switching fo9}r tari XL Hidden Memory by Kevin T. Pate via Remi Gallopin. (XLALPHA.BAS)-Bank Switching of XL Memory via Remi Gallopin.9} XLMEM.BAS)-Single Byte Access to Atari XL Hidden Memory by Kevin T. Pate via Remi Gallopin. (XLDEMO.BAS) -Bank Switch9}in of Atari XL Hidden Memory by Kevin T. Pate via Remi Gallopin. (ALPHA1.BAS)-by Remi Gallopin, Loads and sorts disk di9}retory. (Calendar.BAS)-Calendar II by Slimane Khelifa Karim. (CALENDAR.DTA)- part of CALENDAR.BAS. (GENE.BAS)-Genealogy v9}ia Delatorre Thierry. (GENEALOG.IE) and (GENE.DOC) use with GENE.BAS. (FILANA.ASM) Assembly Language. (MDRIVE.OBJ)-Sets u9}p tari 800XL Ram Disk. (AWDSK2.OBJ)-Cause AtariWriter formatted output to be directed to a disk file (e.g. prints to disk9} wth or without printer controls, see .DOC). (AWDSK2.DOC)-Documentation in English by John Navas II. Printer drivers for9} ADSK2: (ATAR1027.ATW), (EPSNMK80), (GEMO10X), (MANNMANN), (ATAR1020), (EPSNFX80), (EPSNRX80), (OKI92A) and (MX100FT3). (9}AT.DOC)-Printer Driver instructions in French. (EDTMAGIC.OBJ)-Edit Magic an editing utility. # 139 (From Club Cenacle)9} Side 1]: "FOUR TRACKS" a music program. Instructions on disk in French. Contains 7 demo selections. [Side 2]: Contains 9}63SEQ files for use with "FOUR TRACKS". Documentation in French included on this side. # 140 [Side 1]: (From Club Cen9}ace) "GRAPH MASTER" Version 4.0 by P. Falton. Written for the Atari 1029 Printer and supports the following programs: ATA9}RI ARTIST, REMBRANDT, MICROPAINTER, FUN WITH ARTS, KOALA PAD, MOVIES MAKER, PRINT SHOP and Boot Sectors. Also contains a 9}Mii DOS. Written in French. [Side 2]: From the Bournemouth and Poole Atari User Group (BaPAUG) England-Disk #004. "TMB 9}Drw" Version 2, The 8 bit Mouse Drawing Program that uses a Joystick (Port 1) or a ST Mouse (Port 2).A Manual, Utility 9}an Update documentation on disk. Also included are TBMOUSE6.OBJ PICLOADA.OBJ and P1029.OBJ. # 141 [Side 1]: ADDRESS9} POGRAMS. Received from England, two version of the program are on this side, one is in English the other is in Polish. T9}he program is menu driven allowing you to (1)Enter Address, (2)Search Address, (3)Load Address, (4)Save Address, (5)Addre9}ssList and (6)End of Program. The English version is self booting. (KART.BAS), (KARTKAS.BAS), (FILE.DAT). [Side 2]: WINDO9}W L/XE by Joerg Forg, Megamania Software instructions in German/English. An excellent windows program using the joy stick9} fr control. Areas include = INFO/COPY/LOCK/UNLOCK/RENAME/DELETE, = SUB DIR, = CALCULATOR, 9}= L/XE PAINT (a Paint Program)/NOTICE BOARD AND . Also the DOS on this disk is SUPERDOS V2.9 by Paul Nicholls. (GEO9}S.RG), (GEOS.PIC), (EINSTELL.PRG), (PRINT.PRG), (CALC.PRG), (CALC.DAT), (DATCLOCK.INF), (GEOS.INF), (HELLO.PRG), (INSTAL9}L.RG), (PAINT.PRG), (PFEIL.DLI), (NOTIZ.DAT), (USER.INF), (DOS.SYS) and (SDUP.SYS). # 142 BIT BYTER ABBUC MAGAZIN NO. 29}5. Another great disk from the Atarians in Germany. For a description of the programs on this disk, refer to the July/Au:}gut 1991 issue of The OLl'HACKERS Newsletter. [side 1]: INFO.TXT, PROG.TXT, GAMETES.TXT, USNEWS.TXT, RESIDEN.TXT, BASKUR:}S.AS, BASKURS.FNT, EPSON.BAS, DEUTSCH.FNT, SPRACHEN.DAT, SPANURL.BAS, TITEL.COM, LESER.BAS, DEPACK.OBJ, PDEKE.TXT, AUFG:}AB.TXT, KYAN.TXT, USBEST.TXT, INSERAT.TXT, BASKURS.ASC, BASKURS.BEI, KARTVDEU.BAS, ATARIXL.DAT, RAMCOPY.BAS. [SIDE 2:}]:BIGHOUSE.COM, ART.COM, BINOMIAL.TUR, BREAK.COM, DIRPRINT.2XO, MUSIKBOX.BAS, TETRIS.UP, KURS4.COM, RUDY.ART, BREAK.LST, :}DIPRINT.BAS, START.PIC, QUNERASE.BAS. # 143 [Side 1]: (COMMUNICATIONS I)I (JACE # F4). MENUPLUS, HOMEBOOT.OBJ, HTCUST.:}OB, TD1030.LST, MPPNOTES.DOC, FOREM.MES, HELP, HTCUST.DOC, LEBREAK.OBJ, ETMODEM, TSCOPED. [SIDE 2]: (PR:CONN TELECOMMUNI:}CAIONS). AMODEM72.BAS, AMODEM72.DOC, AUTGEN72.BAS, RSCOPE.COM, RSCOPE.DOC, PRC.SYS, RS232.SYS, README.DOC, PRINTDOC.BA:}S. # 144 [Side 1]: (ANTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS - PD024). AUTOGEN.BAS, AMODEM.BAS, AUTODIAL.NUM, BOOT232.OBJ, DLINK.DOC, D:}ISLINK.OBJ, TSCOPE.OBJ, TSCOPE.DOC, AMODEM.DOC, HELP. [Side 2]: (TELECOMMUNICATION 1) (AMODEM 7.1). BBS.LST, AUTODIAL.: }BA, RHANDLER, HNDLR850, THANDLER, MHANDLER, HANDLER.DOC, AMODEM71.DOC, AMODEM71, TSCOPE.DOC, TSDIAL.DOC, TSCOPE, MSCO: }PE DOC. # 145 [Side 1]: (COMMUNICATIONS 1A) (1030 EXPRESS). XPRS1030.OBJ, XPRS1030.DOC, INSTRUCT.ION, README.DOC, AMOD: }EM2, AMODEM42.DOC. [Side 2]: (COMMUNICATIONS 1B) (850 EXPRESS). AMODEM7.22, XPRS850.OBJ, XPRS850.DOC, DIAL7.2, AUTO1030: }.7. # 146 J.A.C.G. BATCH # 4 (231D). MISC. [Side 1]: (ATAS2A.BAS)-UTILITY: converts ATASCII code in ATARIWRITER PLUS d: }ocments to ASCII, (SUBTRA.BAS)-EDUCATIONAL: elementary subtraction program with sound effects, (SUNSET.BAS)-GRAPHICS: Pi:}ctre, (SCROOL.LST)-GRAPHICS: scrolling colors, (HITMISS.BAS)-GAME: similar to PONG, requires joystick, (COMOKI.BAS)-GRAP:}HIS: cartoon, (PCBDRW.BAS)-UTILITY: PLOTTING program originating on COMPUSERVE, (CNFGXE.DAT)-DAT FILE: use with PCBDRW.B:}AS (PCBXE.DAT)-DAT FILE: use with PCBDRW.BAS, (TREKST.BAS)-GAME: GRAPHICS w/sound StarTrek Mission, use keyboard, (TREKST:}.DC)-companion DOCumentation for TREKST.BAS. [Side 2]: (CRAPS.BAS)-GAME: craps/dice, (BUSNES.BAS)-UTILITY: home/Busines:}s, (HUSKY.BAS)-GRAPHICS: Animals, (JULY4.BAS)-GRAPHICS: Cartoon w/sound, patriotic display, (TRON.BAS)-UTILITY: GRAPHICS,:} daws with joystick and trigger press, (MAZEM.BAS)-GAME: MAZE, requires joystick, (XEDUP.BAS)-UTILITY: uses 130XE RAMDIS:}K o copy one or more files from a dick onto another preformatted disk, (SANTABBS.BAS)-GAME?/TEXT? Pseudomodem converstai:}onwith Santa, Cute!--Rear (DOCS) on this disk for instructions. # 147 NOVATARI (Northern Virginia ATARI Users Group) :}GAES Disk # 4 (JACG BATCH #5), [Side 1]: MAZE GAMES- 7 programs: DMAZE.BAS, HIDMAZE.BAS, ICECAVE.BAS, KINGMAZE.BAS, :}MATMAZE.BAS, MAZERACE.BAS and OMAZE.BAS. [Side 2]: UTILITIES/GAMES: BIKER DAVE (BIKER.BAS), DEMO (PRISON.BAS), CHECKB:}OO MANAGER (CHECK.BAS), JEANIE ROWE'S ATARI COMPUTER MUSIC (HAVEN.BAS), THE LABELER VER. 4.0 (Mail & Disk Label Creator :}byKen Watson, Canada) (LABEL4.BAS), FILE INDEX 3.0 by Stacy Goff (Master Index to Files) (FILIDX.BAS) and LUCKY LOTTE:}RYNUMBER GENERATOR (LOTTO.BAS). # 148 [Side 1]: NEW SPECIAL PROGRAMS. Boot Directory Maker (BOOTDIR.BAS), Number of Pi:}ecs in a Roll (ROLLQTY.BAS), Address Envelope & Label by Alex Pignato, OL' HACKERS- (ADDRESS.ENV). The following program:}s re by Thomas Andrews: (member OL' HACKERS and ACE of SYRACUSE)-- Customer List Manager (MANAGER2.BAS), PrintStar 1.2 M:}uli-Column Text Printer (Look for PRINTSTR3.BAS, Upgrade) (PRNTSTR2.BAS), Program Lister-1025 File Lister (PROGLSTR.B:}AS(PSTR1025.BAS) and Reformat 2.0 (REFRMAT2.CTB). [Side 2]: MORE PROGRAMS. (SYNTAB.BAS) reads your program very slowly be:}foe printing an analysis of the program. (TITLCARD.BAS) Title Card Generator makes fancy main titles. EXC. prog. (GASMIL: }ESBAS) by Alex Pignato, (OL' HACKERS)-- Computes cost per miles. (PRINTER.BAS) EPSON Printer Options-sends Control Cod:!}e combinations to MX-80 printer. (TOPRINT.BAS) File Printer-prints a file on printer or screen 40/80 column. (PRNTRSET.:"}BA) PSET Ver 8.2 by M.M.! set-up Epson or Panasonic printer for printing text or doc. files in any setting. (SYSTAT.BAS) :#}Atri System Status for your particular setup. (PRNTHAND.BAS) Printer Handler for Epson, C. Itoh Prowriter or other. (HEL:$}PMDS.BAS) by Alex Pignato, (OL' HACKERS)- shorties of different methods. (COLR40.COM) Color Helper by M.M.! assists prog:%}ramer to figure out color codes. # 149 BOBTERM VER 1.22 (Shareware). [Side 1]: BOBTERM.CNF, BTPLU.COM, BOBTERM.PH1, A:&}UTRUN.SYS. [Side 2]: Complete documentaion for BOBTERM: BTPLU.DOC, DOCS.TXT, READ.ME, UPDATE.TXT, XM.COM, BTRAMDSK.DOC, :'}CPBTM, MPP.COM, RVERTER.COM, XEP.BTM, BTRAMDSK.BAS. # 150 [SIDE 1]: LOGOS MAKER by Thorgal, Shareware from Poland, wit:(}h omplete English documentation. Stores pictures in text mode for faster operation. [Side 2]: BASIC UTILITIES from Stour:)}brdge Users Group (England). (INVEST.BAS) Capitol and Expense Program by Tom Lowry. (CAD.BAS) Computer Assisted Design Pr:*}ogam with Help instructions. (MATTED14.BAS) MATT*EDIT Rev. 14. (BIORHYTM.BAS) Personal Biorhytm by Russell A. Gill. (CA:+}LCLAT.BAS) Atari Calculator Simulator by Wallace Duvall. ---------- END ------------------- end of listing D:N:,}EWIB5B.A39 -----------------------------ce Duvall. ---------- END ------------------- end of listing D:N80 search. But at work, IBM was king, and I became a power user of Lotus 1- 2-3, Javelin Plus, and custom built decisio>.}n support models. This lead to a desire to upgrade to a "real" machine and relegate the trusty old Atari to a ki>/}d's game machine. Being the frugal sort, I always resisted this temptation by making my Atari a more robust machin>0}e with every conceivable upgrade possible, ranging from the Newell 256KXL memory upgrade including the Ramro>1}d XL operating system with 80 Column upgrade and to two US Doubler equipped 1050s. But no matter whether I add>2}ed extra memory or 80 columns in Atariwriter Plus+ or double density drives, I still did not have IBM compatib>3}ility. As the price of IBM clones dropped, more and more co-workers were buying their first PCs or >4}scraping their C64s for the new clones. Eventually, I became the outcast and was looked upon as being the stra>5}ng one for not being able to take work home. Once again, I was faced with the prospect of scrapping an investment >6} of over $2500 in hardware and software and years of accumulated knowledge about the intricacies of applyi>7}ng the 8bit Atari to productivity applications. I was almost ready to make the plunge to the IBM world when >8} noticed an ad in Antic Magazine for the Happy 7.1 Upgrade and software claiming that it gave IBM file com>9}patibility to the 8bit Atari without resorting to null modem cables or telephone hook-ups. Also, Happy dro>:}pped their price from $249.95 to $99.95 (does this say something about the life cycle of 8bit products?) >;}which made the decision easier. I promptly called up my friendly mail order house because no local merchant><}s stocked the product. By the way, it's getting harder to find any 8bit products on store shelves in t>=}he Detroit area. Anyway, less then a week later the man in the "Big Brown Truck, " UPS to those of you without kids>>}" delivered my Happy 1050 Upgrade, Happy Disk Controller, and Version 7.1 software. Being a hardware hac>?}ker made installation a simple matter for me, no soldering or desoldering required. But if you can't tell the differenc>@}e between a Phillips screwdriver and and a floppy disk, you might want to find someone to do the installation for >A}you. After printing out the documentation, I was eager to translate an Atari file into IBM format so tha>B}t could take it to work to and see if this thing really worked. Much to my chagrin, I discovered the Happy>C} cannot Format IBM disks so the test had to wait. Formatting disks for use with the Happy 1050 must be done from>D} the MS-DOS machine using the Format A:/1 command because the 1050 is single- sided and the IBMs, except some early P>E}Cs are double-sided. After formatting a supply of disks on the IBM machine, I proceeded to make copies of>F} fles from the Atari to the IBM and visa versa. My objective in this whole process was to be able to transf>G}er numeric data between Syncalc and Lotus 1-2-3 and textual data from Atariwriter Plus to IBM readable ASCI>H}I next files. The later proved easy once I learned to use the Save ASC option from Atariwriter Plus and use the Text>I} Translation = Yes Option in the IBMXFR program supplied by Happy. The resulting text files on the IBM had none o>J}n the the text formatting options they had in Atariwriter Plus. My IBM word processor, Volkswriter, wa>K}s able to load the files with only one problem. That is, any imbedded print characters in the files such as Cnt>L}l U for underlining caused the data within the print codes to be garbled in the translation. Removing all of the >M} imbedded characters with Atariwriter Plus before saving the files in ASC format solved the problem bu>N}t it does make compatibility a little less complete because the necessary formatting commands must then b>O}e reentered in the IBM file. The Syncalc translation process proved to be much more complicated. My first attem>P}pt were with DIF files created by Lotus 1-2-3 version 2.01. The Happy IBMFXR program translated them OK, but when I >Q}tried to load them into Syncalc using the Load-Data Option, weird things happened -- only part of the file came thro>R}ugh and some of it was garbled. Going from a Syncalc DIF to Lotus 1-2-3 was OK but I couldn't go from 1-2-3 to Syncalc.>S} A little bit of research turned up the fact that with Version 2.01 of 1-2-3, Lotus made some changes in the way th>T}e program's Translate Utility creates DIF files. To be more explicit, in version 2.01 of Lotus, the Translate >U} Utility ignores all non-needed blank cells when creating a DIF file. This is different from the previous versions>V} if Lotus and other programs that account for all the cells in a range including the blank cells when creating th>W}e DIF file. Anyway, a way around this problem was suggested in the June 1987 issue of Lotus magazine on >X} Page 132. To create an old style DIF file in Lotus 2.01 use the following procedure from within 1-2-3: 1) Retriev>Y}e the file to be translated 2) Put a label-prefix apostrophe in cell A1-type an Apostrophe hit Enter. 3) Copy A1 to th>Z}e entire relevant portion of the spreadsheet as follows /C From A1 Push Return -To A1..(Type period) Push End Key, Pus>[}h home Key. 4) The file will look erased but you will notice that a label-prefix apostrophe has been placed in e>\}ach cell of the relevant portion of the spreadsheet. 5) Re-load the original file using the File Combine, Copy, En>]}tire File method. 6) Re-save the file under a new name. This yields a file with no non-blank cells for the Translate U>^}tility to ignore. 7) Translate this new file to DIF using the Lotus Translate Utility and your single sided Atari>_} readable disks. The new file will load into Syncalc with no problems. One point that must be made is that sp>`}readsheets transferred in this way will not work from one program to another ie. Syncalc spreadsheets will not run i>a}n Lotus 1-2-3 and visa versa. The documentation supplied with the Happy 7.1 Software makes this clear. Using t>b}he DIF files described above is only a way of transferring data between programs and not a way of transferring >c}models between programs. As far as program compatibility goes, it may be possible to move Visicalc models fr>d}om the IBM to the Atari and use Syncalc's translate utility to get them into the Atari. This of course assumes that >e}there are people still out there using Visicalc on the IBM PC. In general, if you are really looking for complet>f}y compatibility between your work based IBM and your Atari 8bit, the Happy 7.1 Upgrade will not serve your needs>g} You'll have to go out and buy a clone or an ST to get full program compatibility. But, this very limited compatibility>h} didn't hinder me from getting utility out of the program because the applications I was attempting to coordi>i}nate between the 2 machines involved only the exchange of data, not the transfer of models. In other words, if you wa>j}nt to be able to write a memo on your Atari at home over the weekend and then take the disk in to work and print it out>k} and distribute on your IBM on Monday, then the Happy 7.1 Upgrade is for you. If, on the other hand, you're>l} developing a capacity planning model in Lotus 1-2-3 and want to be able to see your kids before they go to bed-your ch>m}oices are more limited, either buy the clone or ST or learn to work late. My own applications point up a limitat>n}io that you have on the Atari 8bit, for productivity programs, that you don't have on more robust machines like t>o}he IBM. Namely, what I do is go on-line with Dow Jones News Retrieval and download stock prices and news headl>p}ines about a certain group of companies. This data is entered into a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet that does >q} come calculations on the data and serves as a base for editing the news headlines and then finally is used to >r}print out a report. In Lotus, I can import my downloaded ASCII data directly into the spreadsheet which I can't do>s} with Syncalc. In Syncalc, I must type in the numeric portion of the data directly into a spreadsheet model, t>t}he I Print the file to disk as a print file. This file can be loaded into Atariwriter Plus and then merged with >u}the rest of downloaded file which Atariwriter Plus can load and edit. This resulting file can then be converte>v}d into IBM format for distribution. It would be nice if Syncalc would allow you to import ASCII text files>w} into a spreadsheet thus saving an extra step that is not required on the IBM PC. If anyone knows of any utilitie>x}s that can translate ASCII text files into DIF, Syncalc, or Visicalc format, I would like to here from you. One>y} other feature you might want to consider is its obvious ability to make backup copies of your protected software. In man>z}y bases manufacterers are out of business. It is becoming very important to have backup of your software, which is almo>{}st impossible to replace these days. The Happy 7.1 Upgrade performs this task admirably even on the Synapse>}d M * @  $ % CC$$)%1 Udߥ$9%: !0 S$%B}} DD˙`  }J)Lr J  ((  p L ()   JB~}L= ( L 0q A    IB JC;? D W B} LL  ` W )LA!  ߰")-݆ p" B} $G@LL 08`Q")<2Q0 -G$Ș݆ UL# ; p8(()(0ʥ)NQ`B}$GȘ݆LU )L ݆ L GȘ ݆LL )W>Z   HH)H B}p h  hyhy D L> L JJ    ! LA*` BFB}7'8  M HN H` 8 Z  \LdJJ!"!GFE@F (!LB}EE !E^ ^ E E7EȩEdE/EȩE  DB} .L }  ;F d  ;?F7F? ( .   Z D LL d B} . 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