kek@mgweed.UUCP (Kit Kimes) (08/29/84)
October, 1984 ANTIC magazine TOC Theme: Computer Learning Magic page article 12 INSIDE ATARI A review of the new Atarilab educational series. 15 COMMUNICATIONS -- PLATO TEACHES A discussion of what PLATO is and what it offers in terms of education. 17 COMMUNICATIONS -- PLATO'S TOP CLASSES: A SAMPLE A review of 'Zeiss Planetarium, one of Plato's more popular learning program. 19 LOGO -- SOLVING PUZZLES WITH LOGO Short puzzle solving routines in Logo that demonstrate the language's logical analysis power. (requires LOGO) 22 MOLE ATTACK (Educational Program) A way for young beginning typists to practice finding letters while having fun. 23 PLUS MINUS (Educational Program) A simple arithmetic program for young children. 26 BRAIN RESEARCH WITH THE ATARI An article showing the powerful use of the Atari. 29 EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE Antic's top picks in the following fields: Early Learning, Early Math, Logic, Language Skills and Construction & Strategy Games. 35 ATARI AT A SCIENCE MUSEUM A look at how Atari's are used in University of California, Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science workshops. 39 PROGRAM THE BOUNCING BALL A player/missile graphics tutorial, an excerpt from the book 'Computer Animation Primer by David Fox and Mitchell Waite. 42 ANTIC 4/5 EDITOR ANIMATOR This article lets you design and produce smooth animation sequences in four colors with blocks of characters in Antic Modes 4 and 5 (Graphics 12 and 13 on XL computers). 45 JACKS (Game of the Month) A short elegant program for the classics kids' game. 47 DIVER (BONUS GAME) This arcade-style BASIC action game has you as the commander of a small one man diving bell. You explore dangerous reefs in search of treasure chests. 51 SOFTWARE LIBRARY The center of the magazine now contains all the program listings from the magazine. They are designed to be cut out and filed in a loose leaf notebook. This allows you to lay them flat while you are typing and makes it easier to store them. 72 RATING COMPUTER SAT PREPARATION COURSES A look at the courses from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Program Design, Inc and Krell Software Corp. 74 SPRAY PAINTER A short but powerful subroutine that you can add to your favorite Graphics 8 paint program. This feature is a favorite of MACINTOSH owners. 76 PRODUCT REVIEWS Software: Chatterbee (Tronix)--Must have S.A.M. to work. Delta Drawing (Spinnaker)--Turtle graphics Little Red Riding Hood (Futurehouse, Inc.)--Must have S.A.M. Reading Comprehension Skills & Learn About Words (American Educational Computers) Speedread+ (Inet Corp.) Memorease+ (Inet Corp.) Books: Buy a School for your Home (Reston Publishing) The Art of Computer Game Design: Reflections of a Master Game Designer (Osborne/McGraw-Hill)--by Christopher Crawford, former head of Atari's Game Research Group, programmer of 'Eastern Front 1941' and 'Excalibur'. Comments ANTIC claims that they are the #1 Atari Computer Magazine. I don't know by what standard, but I do know that they are improving every issue, and they are really trying to serve the Atari community. They have been changing the magazine for the better and now all the program listings are in the middle of the magazine by themselves so they can be removed without disturbing any articles. ANTIC has an active notefile on the PLATO system. They are investigating ways to start a special bulletin board for users groups that would organize regular nationwide users group teleconferences, provide a super-accurate product rating system based on feedback from all over the nation and generally provide a clearinghouse for national users groups. They are starting a direct mail catalog of products (software and hardware) because it is so hard for small companies to get nationwide distribution. All ANTIC subscribers will automatically receive this catalog and anyone else can write and ask to be put on the list. They are hoping to carry all the dropped APX software and the software of any third party vendors that want them to. Their Public Domain Software library is expanding. They have added 8 new disks this month including a double sided disk containing Antic FORTH, a Business disk, a Computer tutorial and a Telecommunications disk including a new improved version of AMODEM. Disks are still $10 each plus shipping. All in all, a very good issue. Kit Kimes AT&T Consumer Products Montgomery Works Montgomery, Il. 60538-0305 ..!ihnp4!mgweed!kek