kek@mgweed.UUCP (Kit Kimes) (04/30/84)
[] Below is the table of contents and synopsis of the articles appearing in the June 1984 issue of ANTIC magazine. They did not produce a May issue. Thanks to all who took the time to write and say that they thought this was a good idea. I got no negative responses. If someone else wants to put the TOC of other magazines in this group, go ahead. This is the only one I am going to do, even though I read all the magazines that apply to Atari, this is the only one I subscribe to. June 1984 ANTIC Table of Contents Page Article 10 EVOLUTION OF THE XL COMPUTERS Explores some of the changes in the new computers. 16 ALPHABET MUSIC This is a short educational game for young children using musical notes. It runs on all Atari computers with all memory configurations. 20 TALK TO YOUR ROBOT Third in a series. Requires FORTH language. 27 PROFILE Interview with James Levy, head of Activision. 33 ANATOMY OF AN 800XL An inside look at the new computers. 38 EXPLORING THE XL This article looks at at number of interesting aspects of Atari's new line of XL computers. If you have an XL and Synassembler, the accompanying program listing will convert Synassembler so that it can run on your XL machine without the Translator program. 41 SCROLL YOUR WAY TO THE TOP This article serves as an introduction to the graphics animation technique called scrolling. Requires BASIC and 16K. It runs on all Atari computers. 46 USE BASIC TO ANIMATE This article, the first in a two-part series, shows you how to control Player/Missile graphics from BASIC. The accompanying BASIC program is a 4 player, tank battle game. It requires 32K. Modifications are included to run on XL machines. 54 COLOR FINETUNER This article presents an assembly-language program, with a BASIC loader, which lets you change the contents of the color registers--even when a program is running. Requires BASIC and 16K. Must use Translator to work on XL machines. 58 BASIC--A VARIABLE APPROACH This article presents a variable-list utility that aids in the debugging of BASIC programs. Runs on all Atari computers but requires a disk drive, printer and 16K. 62 COMPUTER FURNITURE A round-up of stands, desks, etc. 71 ESCAPE FROM EPSILON (game of the month) Escape from Epsilon is a challenging arcade game for one player. Requires joystick, BASIC and 16K (Cassette) or 24K (Disk) and runs on all Atari computers. 87 SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS This article explains the use of macros in assembly-language programming, and supplies a library of macros for graphics programming. To use the accompanying programs, you must use MAC/65, a macro assembler from Optimized Systems Software (OSS). The macros and demo program will run on any Atari computer. This issue also includes some regular columns and reviews and previews of new products. Kit Kimes AT&T Consumer Products Montgomery Works Aurora, Il. 60507 ..!ihnp4!we13!mgweed!kek