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Because it is still full of too much interesting info and news and to make up for last N/L lack of a review it's b$}eing printed.) NEWSLETTER REVIEW by Alan Sharkis OHAUG Newsletter Librarian "If you want som$}ething done, give it to a busy person." I'm looking at the remainder of this month and all of next month and wond$}ering how I'm going to get through it. Well, not actually wondering. I KNOW how I'll get through it. Planning is the$} key, and I am planned for every minute of May and June! If something else drops into my lap, there's simply no t$}ime for it! But I did carve out a piece of time to do these newsletter reviews. We may lose Atari (the company, $} not the community), according to some people. Should that happen, some people might be persuaded to give$} up their 8-bits. The reality, of course, is that the company has not really supported us for years, and that we h$}ave survived very nicely, thank you, without them. I see no reason why that can't continue. If I can spread the w$}ord, albeit late, about things other people and user groups in the community are doing, I'm happy to do so$}. Talk about late. The first newsletter handed to me for review is one year old. It doesn't matter, though, for the$} information init is several years older than that. Why recycle this stuff? Its simple. We can't all be expected to$}remember every programming technique, or every product released. If the material actually solves even one problem for som$}eone, then you bet I'm for spreading the word. But, there's also new material in some of the newsletters. Think of $}it! Atari hasn't supported us for a few years, but people are always writing new shareware and p/d program$}s, commercial games are still being imported from Europe, and the large committment needed to produce new hard$}ware is still undertaken by some brave souls. It would be nice to have support and recognition from Atari. But$} it's also nice that they provided us with the machine that seemingly won't die. Let's not lose sight of that, eithe$}r. The W.A.N.D. for May/June, 1992 features a handful of programs and program fragments in BASIC that pro$}duce some interesting graphics. On the first page, for exammple, is a reprint of a JAN IVERSON (DACE, 12/85) frag$}ment that scrolls a screen horizontally without resorting to HSCROLL. Several interesting geometric screens $} come out of a reprint of a FRANK KWEDER article that appeared in the Jan/Feb issue of Current Notes. Frank took$} IBM Basic programs and translated them into Atari BASIC. He could have used the TurboBasic MOD command, but found$} a way around it. Also included is the most descriptive review I've ever seen of Video Title Shop. It's a repr$}int of STEVE HOFFEE's November, 1991 Current Notes review and explains how graphics can be added to the program$} from outside sources. A reprint of a March 1992 Nybbles and Bytes article, second in their series, on Game Hin$}ts for Commercial Software (no author listed) is amazing in its scope. I've found the AT+/SPD Modification Progr$}am, from LVAUG to be most helpful over the years. A reprint of CHARLES COLE's November 1991 review of this progra$}m is thorough and accurate. For the uninitiated, the AT+/SPD Modification Program allows you to use Atari$}Writer+ with disk-based and X- Cart versions of Sparta Dos. It adds the ability to access up to eight drives$}, so that you can set up multiple ramdrives on an expanded machine. A reprint of a ROGER HELLER (JACS) $}article on how his wife came to use Ataris in her business and a ROLLY HERMAN article on printing in larg$}e type (lots of samples here) round out the issue. The SAGE Scroll for February, 1993 reprinted a section$} from The Secret Guide to Computers, by RUSS WALTER. I had the book out of the library, and especially liked that $}section. The 8-bit Section features a reprint of a review of YEMACYB/4 that was written by ELDRIDGE STOCKS for$} the STATUS Newsletter, October, 1991. NewsLine (ACE of St. Louis) for Jan/Feb, 1993 is a sight for sore eyes.$} I was saddened not to see this fine newsletter for what seemed like an eternity. Now, it's back, and I have to tout $}an article by LEN STYS with the unlikely title, ATARI USER GROUPS -- The Wind Beneath the Falcon's Wings. Len $} would like to return to the heyday of Atari, with a Department of User Group Services, User Group Information Net$}work, an Atari User Group Newsletter, company presence and sponsorship of all shows, a gift catalog, etc., etc.,$} all to promote the Falcon. He feels that the strengh of the Atari community today resides in the user groups$} and that Atari, Corp. must tap that strength to make the Falcon a success. Could it be, Mr. Stys, that Atari, Corp. c$}ould not -- has not the resources -- to undertake such a venture at this time? I fully agree that the strength is i$}n user groups. We 8-bitters have proven that many times over. But, I can't really see Atari, Corp. putting in that k$}ind of effort until they are able to rebuild their company. Meantime, it's up to user groups that support the ST to$} promote the Falcon, to get dealers to carry it, until Atari can do so on its own. The February, 1993 issue of $}M.U.G. Newsletter continues (Part 2) the Derek C. Signorini history of the infamous difficulty at the Pittsburgh $}show. The February, 1993 issue of (FR)ANTIC contains (no author listed) a listing of filename extenders, shorter $} than most, but with some special hints on how to use them. It also contains a very interesting Tips column $}by THELMA SUNVISON. Thelma discusses the STRING TOO LONG error in AtariWriter+. This error mes$}sage isn't explained anywhere in the AW+ docs, and is troubling, to say the least. Thelma clarifies wha$}t it means and how to avoid it. In another column, Thelma announces that the club is selling a $2 for those $}who wish to play the Texas Lottery and want their Atari to help them pick the numbers. There is a press release $}that TransWorld Exchange is putting out a $5 disk of Fig-FORTH modules used to create some of the Polish disks. $} There are also other interesting press releases. Check them out. Speaking of Polish games, ED HALL mentions them$} in his New Software column, along with announcements of Futra, Space Trouble II, and Megablast. JAMES LAV$}INIER details the procedure for installing a hard drive on an 8-bit system. JACK LEA wrote an article that is s$}ure to make some people laugh. Disregard the bad spelling. It contributes to the charm of the piece. $}I refer to RED FACED and DOGHOUSED. Between Bytes (JACS) for February, 1993 contains a great article by ROGE$}R HELLER on poking numbers into memory from BASIC data statements. It explains not only why this is done, but ho$}w the programmer knows what numbers to use and what addresses to choose for them. The JACG Newslet$}ter for February, 1993 has some interesting articles. SAM COREY's 8-bit LIBRARIAN's REPORT mentions our club's new$}sleter as a great source of information. Thanks, Sam. We try. WILLIAM BINGHAM has a super programming column, inspired$} by his purchase of a Black Box with its built-in Assembly Language Monitor. With it, he was able to improve the Wor$}d Magic program's directory screen routines. DAVE ARLINGTON continues his series on a review of Ultima IV. The March,$} 1993 issue of (FR)ANTIC contains a column on Disk Drives Care and Feeding by RUSSELL STOWE. Russell provides u$}s with seven great hints on keeping drives working properly. Russell aslo has a column on sector copiers that exp$}lains what they do and gives several examples. In an interesting portrait entitled, "Lighting Candles in the Dark", J$}ACK LEA has highlighted DON BELL, the proprieter of Bellcom (the p/d - shareware company). It's gre$}at reading. Another portrait, this time a self-portrait is about MANUEL GARCIA and it entitled, "Game Pl$}ayer Bargain Hunter." THELMA SUNVISON tells us how to merge one file into another using AtariWriter+. The$} AAAUA thanks OHAUG for several programs they are putting on a library disk that OHAUG originally s$}upplied to them. The March, 1993 issue of S.L.C.C. Journal continues with BOB WOOLLEY's series on interfacing the $}1200XL and an IDE hard drive. There is also a very amusing article - Computer Virus News- that should get at le$}ast a chuckle. M.U.G. Newsletter for March, 1993 continues -- you guessed it -- Derek C. Signorini's series on $} the Pittsburgh debacle. Nybbles and Bytes (N.W.P.A.C.) for Mar/Apr, 1993 reprints a Current Notes review by $}CHARLES COLE of SpartaDOS X. I use my X-Cart for many applications, and I have to agree with Charles on ever$}ything he said -- positives as well as a few negatives -- about this cartridge. JOHN D. KASUPSKI of WNYAUG has t$}wo articles in this issue. One is about reasons to connect a hard drive to an 8-bit system and has been reviewed here$} previously. The other, reprinted from the excellent disk- based POKEY newsletter, is his review of B$}BS Express PRO. In that review, John mentions the IAN, The New Nest, and Sysop JIM HARRIS who is, as we all $}know, a member of LIAUG and OHAUG. The L.V.A.U.G. News for April, 1993 contains reprint of THELMA SUNVISON's (FR)$}ANTIC TIPS Column from January 1993 dealing with the importance of keeping cables straight and untangl$}ed. It also contains MICHAEL STOLIKER's fifth SpartaDos tutorial, dealing with disk structure. An art$}icle on computer crime, reprinted from The S.A.G.E. Scroll of January, 1993 is also included. The M.U.G. 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D  L    p  E` , d)  D L) 0BM݊L݉-z} ML  N݆ L NLML [ TEqEHȱEqEh 0Gȹ G-{} HLL GɛL  LFREE SECTORS G) *Gȩ GȽG GȌ*jj >G-|}<><> (EDITORS NOTE: Due space constraints, this article was cut---This was a neccessity, but the 5} informative sections were not cut, and may be a guide if you happen to have a similar problem, or want to upgrade!) 5} DOCTOR'S ORDERS by John Kasupski, WNYAUG Reprinted by OL' HACKERS with THANKS! 800XL POST-MORTEM ----- --5}--------- Well, it finally happened. My trusty, faithful old 800XL finally decided to give me some SERIO5}US problems, forcing me to start using my 130XE instead. It all started when I tried to print out the disk5} labels for last month's POKEY. Every time I tried to print the labels, I got an error 138. For those who aren't 5}familiar with Atari BASIC error messages, that's a device timeout. Since the device I was attempting to use at5} the time was the printer, I checked all the printer connection cables between my 800XL, the Xetec Graphix AT inter5}face, and my Brother M-1009 printer. The connections were all fine. I booted TextPro and tried to dump a text fil5}e to the printer. TextPro doesn't bother with codes, it gives you the plain-English message "Device timeo5}ut." THE SEARCH I entered the MIO configuration menu and switched WNYAUG's Star NX-15 printer in as P1: instead o5}f P2: and tried again. The text file printed perfectly with this printer, which is connected directly to the MIO as5} a parallel device, so obviously the problem was in the Brother printer, or the serial chain. I double-checked al5}l connections on my serial daisy-chain. No problems there. I recalled reading about potential problems with th5}e serial ports on the XF-551 drives and wondered if I was now beginning to experience similar problems. I5} eliminated the 551 from the chain and tried it again. No dice. This printer just wasn't going to print the labels5}, period. I decided to just print the labels on the Star instead. As I rebooted the disk with the label pri5}nting program, however, I noticed something else happening. The busy light on my 1050 drive was flashing on and off du5}ring the load. This is normal on a Happy 1050 with a short off delay set. It is NOT normal on my US Doubler 1050! What'5}s going on here? I booted another disk to verify what I had noticed. This was an old SpartaDOS boot disk which 5}installed several keyboard macros. As I typed in commands at the DOS prompt, I watched the screen and noticed tha5}t there was a distinct delay between the time I pressed a key and the time it appeared on my screen...sometimes four 5}or five seconds! The keyboard was acting up too? EGADS! WHATS THIS? Wait a second... I pulled out the newer 5}130XE, ripped the 800XL out of the system, and tried everything again. With the 130XE all my previous problems disappea5}red. The source of the problems was the 800XL that had served me faithfully since I first got it. So, I guess 5} I've just joined the ranks of those using a 130XE instead of an older 800XL. This time, I'll just have to get used5} to the 130XE's keyboard. It's interesting to note, though, that had this happened just a few weeks ear5}lier it would have absolutely driven me berserk. That was before my new hard drive controller card arrived, al5}lowing me to boot off my hard drive again. That in turn allows me to have the 256K MIO RAMdisk free for jockeying files5} around. MIO TO THE RESCUE! Prior to getting the HD running again, I was booting from the MIO RAMdisk and usi5}ng the 192K RAMdisk in the 256K 800XL for jockeying space. Without the HD in the system to free up my MIO RAM, I w5}ould have been forced to suffer with the puny 64K RAMdisk in my stock 130XE, and I would have found this unbearabl5}e! MY FUTURE UPGRADE? At least the 800XL lasted long enough for me to get the HD going again. And, I can always up5}grade the 130XE - I just found a company that will do a 320K upgrade for $50 or a 576K upgrade for $65. Maybe soon 5}I'll have one of those upgrades done. In the meantime, though, I'll just thank my lucky stars (and The Man Upstairs5}) that I bought a MIO instead of a Black Box. I'm sure I really would go nuts editing the POKEY every month witho5}ut a large RAMdisk to work with! UPGRADE CHECKUP ------- ------- Did you really think I would mention those 5}unusually low upgrade prices for the 130XE without letting you know the source? The following is from a text fil5}e I captured on The Closer To Home BBS. I have edited the format for the POKEY, but the entire original contents are5} intact as posted. ****** June 1, 1992. (Editor- call to see if they are still in business!) Benton Ha5}rbor, MI Breakthrough Ultd. is very pleased to announce a line of memory upgrades for the Atari XL/XE computers. For5} quite reasonable fees, we can upgrade your 800/1200 XL from 64k or 256k to 512k! This can be done with out any loss o5}f compatability from any of the standard 800/1200 XL's and is compatable withthe 130XE in cpu mode. This allows y5}ou to format a ramdisk of 448k bytes-We test and install all upgrades ourselves and burn them in for 24hrs. When 5}you receive your computer back, a disk will be included that contains a ramdisk driver tailored for your compute5}r and use with SmartaDOS 3.2d. This upgrade will NOT interfere with the use of the internal BASIC, (on 5}800XL), or diagnostic ROM on any XL. All units are return shipped within 3 business days using the same container 5}and shipping method you send to us. Prices and upgrade levels for the XL line follow: 64k to 256k 800/1200 XL - 5}$50 64k to 512k 800/1200 XL - $65 If you already have 256k in your 800/1200 XL, and your upgrade uses 41256 DRAM'5}s, use the following price list: 256k to 512k 800/1200 XL - $35 Also, we now upgrade the 65XE/XEGS to 320K, and the 130X5}E to 320K or 576K. The following price list is use for the XE computers: 65XE/XEGS - call for price 128k to 320k 130 5}XE - $50 128k to 567k 130 XE - $65 If you already have 320k in your 130XE, and your upgrade uses 41256 DRAM's, u5}se the following price list: 320k to 576k 130 XE - $35 To figure your total price, choose your upgrade type5}, add $3 for handling, then add the EXACT shipping cost that the carrier, (UPS, FedExpress, US Post Office), cha5}rges to ship to Benton arbor, MI 49022. Include a money order or cashier's check for that amount. Personal 5}Checks will be accepted, however, a three week waiting period will be required for the check to clear. Cash is 5}accepted, but we are NOT responsible for cash lost in shipping. Ship computer console and keyboard ONLY! Do NO5}T include RF cables, switch box, power supply or any other items. Address to ship to: Breakthrough Unlimited 4703 Terr5}itoral Rd. #3 Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Before you ship your computer, call us here at BTU for a Unit Upgrad5}e #. Our phone number is (616) 944-1851 1pm to 6 pm EDT Mon. thru Fri. If your computer's current configuration 5} is not listed above, call for a quote. All work done is warranted for 90 days against defects in materials and5} workmanship (excluding shipping costs). These prices assume that the unit shipped is FULLY FUNCTIONA5}L! All units are tested on arival, and units not functioning correctly, will be returned unmodified with the shipping5} and handling costs deducted from enclosed fees. Special rush handling is available for an extra charge of $10. Ru5}sh units are return shipped in 36hrs. Discounts are available as follows: Members of a user group affiliate5}d with Atari Interface Magizine will receive 10% off the cost of the upgrade (not including rush, shipping or6} handling). Membership WILL be verified. Sysops of 24hr ATARI BBS's who carry our ad's, (this msg), as a s6}ign-on bulletin will recive a 10% discount on the cost of the upgrade (not including rush,shipping or handling). 6}Such ads WILL be verifyed. This applys ONLY to the primary sysop, who owns/maintains system at their residenc6}e or place of employment. The above discounts may be combined. User groups take note!! If your user group has a q6}uanity of units to upgrade, mass discounts are available. This is due to the fact that we receive price c6}uts when we are able to order chips in quantity, and that quantity shipping is less expensive. Discounts range fro6}m 15- 35% and may NOT be combined with other discounts. You must call with the quantity of computers and upgrade d6}esired for each. These mass upgrade rates apply to 4 or more units, but call for exact pricing. Discount may vary, dep6}ending on upgrade level and qty of units. Rush is not available on mass upgrades, but our normal turnaround time o6 }f 3 business days applys. EOT** Now, that's news, isn't it? RAM upgrades for the Atari XL/XE machines have 6 } just gotten more affordable! If there is anyone else in WNYAUG that's interested in getting a memory upgrade, let6 } me know about it. If there are four or more of us we can look into getting the mass quantity discount mentioned ab6 }ove, and save on some shipping costs as well. THE ATTIC IS UP! (Aren't Most Of 'Em?) --------------------- Whi6 }ch brings me to the REAL big news. While I was nosing around on The Closer To Home BBS, I found a public domain 6} command for BBS Express! Professional, COLD.CMD, that allows a SysOp to coldstart the host computer from within the6} DOS shell. After some online testing conducted by Don K! and myself, we can report that (1) COLD.CMD really works6}, and (2) partially due to this, THE WIZARD'S ATTIC BBS IS NOW UP AND RUNNING AGAIN AND HAS BEEN REOPENED F6}OR PUBLIC ACCESS!!! Yes, The Attic is back after a long hiatus, which was originall caused by a hard drive6} crash. The main problems we had were as follows: 1) A lack of time for SysOps and co- SysOps (myself included) to spend 6} on fixing the system. 2) The loss of some of the text and other files used to run the BBS. 3) Several error mes6}sages that occurred during the logon sequence, including the inability of the system to save data for new u6}sers who applied for a permanent password. Although the first problem will probably always exist, the long6} Independence Day weekend afforded us some extra free time, which we used to eliminate the other two problems listed6} above. There are still a few minor bugs to work out, but THE ATTIC LIVES! WHILE WE'RE AT IT... ----- ----- -- ----- 6} If you're active online and can afford a long distance call now and the, I strongly recommend you get on The Clo6}ser To Home BBS and take a look around. Closer To Home is operated by Tom Hunt, author of such ShareWare prog6}rams as SnapShot, SnapShot HD, CTH FastBASIC, and the modification that allows Turbo BASIC and SpartaDOS 3.2 to pe6}acefully co- exist...among others. CTH is the official support board for Tom Hunt's excellent efforts, and is6} also home to some top-notch P.D. commands, online games, and other goodies that will absolutely delight BBS Express! P6}ro SysOps (watch for some of them on local Pro boards). There are some other reasons why I can honestly say that of 6} all the Pro boards I've called (and I've called quite a few, literally across the USA), none of them has ever 6}impressed me as a first-time caller as much as Closer To Home did the first time I called it. Of course, I 6 }haven't seen anything else that Tom Hunt has done that didn't impress me, either, so I don't know why I was surprised to6!} see such a first-rate BBS (his choice of Pro as BBS software didn't hurt either), but I don't rave about a BBS of6"}ten, so check this one out if you can. From what I gathered reading the messages bases, Mr. Hunt upgraded to Pro b6#}ack in January 1992. It appears he was using Oasis prior to that. In case Tom Hunt reads this, I want it on record6$} that I applaud his choice to upgrade to Pro and that I wish more SysOps ran boards the way his is run! This makes me6%} wish I had two phone lines and a Pro node of my own. For now, though, I'll content myself with (and thoroughly enj6&}oy) helping out on The Wizard's Attic. PARtING SHOT ------- ---- I'm pleased that I've been able to in6'}clude so much GOOD news in this month's ORDERS. The return of The Attic, the upgrade news, my HD back together aga6(}in, the discovery of CTH... I hope July has been as good a month for all of you as it has been for me, and t6)}hat the trend continues for the month of August! * end *h for all of you as it has been for me, and t4K +-+-+-+ Reprinted from XIO3 the GARDEN CITY ACE-CANADA Jul/Aug'93 NEWSLETTER, by THE OL'HACKERS AUG, N:+}Y, with THANKS. THE COMPUTER DICTIONARY by GORDON F. HOOPER COMPUTER - The machine which brought on a:,}ll your troubles. DISK DRIVE - The machine you want to throw out of the window of a 25 story bulilding when it doesn't c:-}ooperate. DISKETTE - A magnetic storage device which is useful as a coaster if you bend it, touch it or expose it t:.}o magnetic fields, liquids or heat. HARD DRIVE - A device for mass storage, useful for BBS Sysops and other mas:/}ochists. MONITOR - A crude television set which dosen't even have the mindless sitcoms or gratuitous sex like:0} network TV, and no dials either! PRINTER - a contraption which causes you many days of toil before you can force it to:1} work with your computer. PRINTER RIBBON - a gadget which always breaks at 4 am of the day your 100 page thesis is :2}due. LASER PRINTER - Costs more than four 8 BIT systems. RAMDISK -A wonderful device imaginary which allows you to los:3}e hours of work simply by flicking a switch. JOYSTICK - An input device used to entertain people who should :4}find something better and more useful to do with their lives. DOCS - Instructions for software programs that :5}are written by individuals who have no idea of how to communicate with normal people. MODEM - A device to co:6}nnect your computer to phone lines that results in bills of magnificent proprtions each and every month. FILES - Work:7} which has been written to disk using 8 letters as a filename which are incomprehensible when the time comes (and it :8}will) to decipher them. SWEAR WORDS - Language required before your computer system will perform properly. LO:9}CKUPS - God's revenge for taking his name in vain. MS DOS - God's revenge on people who don't buy Atari computers.::} [[[End]]]or taking his name in vain. MS DOS - God's revenge on people who don't buy Atari computers.8 *+*+* THE X-COM WEDGE V2.0 Programmed And Reviewed by Ed Bachman Reprinted from: SAGE Scroll><}, Feb. 1992 AND: Z*NET Vol. 1, No. 9, 1992 (Editors Note: For all the many SPARTA DOS users,a fantastic utility) >=} WEDGE IS an extended command set utility for SpartaDOS 3.2d & XL/XE's with at least 128K of RAM. The Wedge is a>>} utiliy, or actually a whole gaggle of utilities in one package. It performs a range of operations, from viewin>?}g ARC files, moving files, peeks and pokes, a file reader, a file locator to various Sparta-specific functions.>@} The "icing on the cake", so to speak, is the fact that once installed all these functions become "resident" or interna>A}l commands to the SpartaDOS command processor. Better still, the majority of these commands are NOT destructive to>B} memory, unlike most stand alone utilities. The 1.x series of the Wedge was an attempt at consolidating varyin>C}g utilities, but at an enormous memory cost (hey, you have to put the code somewhere!). Hence version 2.x of the Wedge>D}, which bumps memlo by less than 200 bytes. This is accomplished by placing the bulk of the code out in extended RAM.>E} This requires a system of 128K or more, however, this extra space also allows the Wedge to be much more powerful th>F}an a stand alone utility. Better yet, all of the work performed by the Wedge is done in extended RAM, effectively pr>G}eserving memory in the main bank. This allows for a variety of normally memory destructive tasks to be done, without>H} harming any programs or data in the main bank of memory. **** SOME WEDGE FEATURES ----------------- -- The We>I}dge adds 17 "extended" commands to the command processor in SpartaDOS 3.2d. It will add an additional three com>J}mands if it finds a Multi I/O unit on line as well. here are some of the features the Wedge makes available: ****>K} * A "paged" file reader* * An ARC/ALF file viewer* * Hex and decimal conversions* * PEEKs and POKEs* * Identify fil>L}es* * Find files* * Protected copy, not memory destructive* * Count files* * Double column directories* * Move >M} files* * Rename subdirectories* * Erase files with query and more! MIO users will also have a resi>N}dent DSWAP, lock MIO drive function and direct access to the MIO Menu which does not coldstart the computer sh>O}ould you have a cart installed. The Wedge works well under a variety of applications and programm>P}ing environments. Although it is a resident utility, it can be removed at any time for programs that require the ex>Q}tended RAM for their own uses. If I sound enthusiastic about the Wedge it's because I am! I believe you'll find this>R} to be a very useful utility, and after a time, somewhat habit-forming (GRIN!). The Wedge is ShareWare, and can>S} be found on BBSes across the country. The most current revision is always available on my support board, the Atari >T} Computer Users Technical Exchange, the ACUTE BBS (215)-261- 0620. (Editor's Note: Because a review of >U}software written by that software's Author might well be viewed (perhaps rightfully so) as less than obje>V}ctive, let me add that I have tried the Wedge and found that it meets or exceeds the author's claims. In fact, Ed Ba>W}chman of LVAUG has written several excellent SpartaDOS utilities, and I can confidently recommend ANY of t>X}hem to Sparta users!) =-=-=-= llent SpartaDOS utilities, and I can confidently recommend ANY of t<1 <><><><> In the Sept./Oct. 1992 issue ofthe OL' HACKERS newsletter, on Side 1,inadvertantly, a corruptBZ}ed programcalled "TITLCARD.BAS" was installed onthe disk. The problem was brought tomy attention and I turned for helpB[} tomy friend and OHAUG member TOM ANDREWSwho in short order got rid of the bug.Not wanting to leave you with a buggyproB\}gram, I am correcting the problem.Prog. runs 10X faster if TURBOBASICis used. On this disk will be found thecoB]}rrected version of "TITLCARD.BAS",which was corrected by OHAUG member,TOM ANDREWS. Thanks TOM! <><><><>co@z +-+-+-+ Reprinted from XIO3 the GARDEN CITY ACE-CANADA Jul/Aug '93 NEWSLETTER, by THE OL' HACKERS AF_}UG, NY, with THANKS. THE BEST COMPUTER by DOUGLAS SKRECKY What's better a 486 powerhouse with 8 Megs of ramF`}, a 100 Meg hard disk, Super VGA monitor and a Laser Printer....... or an Atari 800XL with a Panasonlic 1080 Dot Fa} Matrix Printer?........ Before a tidal wave of laughter erupts, perhaps we should weigh the merits of theFb}se two choices objectively just in case the obvious winner should prove to be have feet of clay. What can aFc}n Atari 800XL do? Well, you and a friend could play Angleworm with it, which just happens to be the best publicFd} domain two player game ever invented. What can a 486 do? If you were an accountant you could play Dbase IV, Fe}which I hear is lots of fun for these people, but unfortunately not for anyone else. The Atari can run an excellent PFf}D shoot-em-up game called Gauntlet. The 486 can help you to balance your checkbook, which is real easy seeing that it Fg}would be empty if you bought a 486. The Atari can help you rattle off a letter to a friend. The 486 can help you go brokFh}e running your very own desktop publishing business, provided you can master the 500 page manual first. PerhapsFi} all this is a rather unfair comparison because of the large price difference between the two choices. A faiFj}rer contest would be between packages of equal value. So, lets throw in a used Ford Fiesta with the 486 and compare thaFk}t to an Atari package with an expensive sports car that the babes are sorta...... partial to. And tFl}he winner in this contest is ... 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