kek@mgweed.UUCP (Kit Kimes) (08/03/85)
September 1985 ANTIC Table of Contents Theme: Power Programming Page Article 11 STARTING OUT: SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY This tutorial introduces beginners to the Atari's SOUND command. Includes a BASIC program that demonstrates 17 Atari sound effects. 13 GAME OF THE MONTH: CRICKETS This is a frogger style game that was written by Stan Ockers. He has written many of the better public domain games for Atari and this has appeared on some BBS. 16 ST FEVER HITS ENGLAND Anticipation for the ST series runs high in the UK. 17 ST ANY WAY YOU WANT IT A discussion of how to use the GEM control panel. 19 ST GALLERY Some examples of the graphics possible in the 640x400 mode. 20 MAPPING THE 520ST The first "legal" memory addresses. 22 MORE ST PRODUCTS COMING A look at the hardware and software announced and being developed for the ST. It includes addresses of most of companies. 25 REVISION C CONVERTER If you own an XL computer with the buggy Revision B BASIC, this program will allow you to modify it to version C and save it on disk. 27 TIC TOC FLIP This short BASIC program is an eye-popping demonstration of the page flipping animation technique. 30 ATARI TIME MACHINE This article teaches you how to harness the power of Atari's timer registers for your own programs. 33 MIRRORED DISPLAY LISTS Learn how to use mirrored display lists--a powerful graphics programming technique that easily produces distinctive effects without tying up a great deal of memory. 36 ONE-PASS DISK COPY 130 Copy your disks in one quick pass using the full 128K memory of the 130XE. Features single read/multiple write and write to multiple drives. Perfect for disk librarians. 38 16-BIT SOUNDPOWER Beef up your Atari music from BASIC. Learn how to program 16-bit dual-voice sound to get richly melodic 7 octave music. 40 8 QUEENS ACTION! Lightning-fast ACTION! solution to "The Eight Queens Problem" from the April 1985 ANTIC. 92 chess solutions in 40 seconds. 42 PLOTTERS FOR YOUR ATARI A discussion of the hardware and software that is available to allow you to get a hardcopy of your graphics in color. 45 HACKERS FOREVER! A book review of three recent books on the subject: "Hackers" by Steven Levy, "Out of the Inner Circle" by cracker Bill Landreth and "Neuromancer" by William Gibson (Sci Fi) 48 SIG*ATARI'S GREATEST HITS! A discussion of the best of the public domain software available on CompuServe in several different categories. It gives the file names and a short description of them. 51 SOFTWARE LIBRARY The program listings for all the type-in programs in the magazine. 70 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE: FINE SCROLLING WORLD, PART I Learn how to fine scroll with all the speed and power of machine language. This is the start of a two part tutorial by Mark Andrews, author of "Atari Roots". 73 PRODUCT REVIEWS HARDWARE: Star SR-10 Printer (Star Micronics) SOFTWARE: Trivia Quest (Royal Software) Bank Street Music Writer (Mindscape, Inc) Kampfgruppe (SSI) Computer Title Bout (Avalon Hill) Battle of Shiloh (SSI) Broadsides (SSI) Alley Cat (Synapse Software) BOOKS: Guidebook to Winning Adventures Dr. Wacko's Atari Basic Home Computer Wars Comments: The theme of this issue is power programming and many of the articles were designed as tutorials to help you learn how to use them in your programs. Most also contain short programs or, at least, sample listings so you can add them to your program. The editorial page contains a reader survey to help ANTIC determine what it's readers want. Be sure to let them know what you want to see more or less of. ANTIC has added several new programs to their software catalog and I will be updating my copy and posting it sometime this month. Their catalog now has an index and is broken up by categories. It is easier to read than earlier versions. There is a full page ad by VIP Technologies for their VIP PROFESSIONAL for the ST series of computers. You can order it direct for $99.95. It will sell for $149.95 after Nov. 1. Kit Kimes AT&T Information Systems Montgomery Works Montgomery, Il. 60538-0305 ..!ihnp4!mgweed!kek