Info-Atari8@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU (Info-Atari8 Digest) (11/08/86)
Info-Atari8 Digest Friday, November 7, 1986 Volume 86 : Issue 2
This weeks Editor: Bill Westfield
Today's Topics:
Re: Atari At Work
Missing article
Train Dispatcher Wanted
December 1986 ANTIC TOC
Omniview
Re: Train Dispatcher Wanted
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Date: 4 Nov 86 03:44:28 GMT
From: cbatt!ukma!ukecc!chaney@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Chaney)
Subject: Re: Atari At Work
To: info-atari8@score.stanford.edu
To Whom It May Inspire to Help-
Some years back I read an article (possibly in COMPUTE!) regarding the
use of a servo via the joystick ports. The interesting part of the article was
the explanation, and subsequent programs, allowing the joystick port to be
accessed for *output* from BASIC. If anyone has this article or relevant ones, I would be very appreciative. The end goal is to run a UART-based switching
system for the Atari 800.
| Void where prohibited by law | Bitnet: EXT698@UKCC
Dan Chaney
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Date: 5 Nov 86 02:28:16 GMT
From: cbatt!ukma!ukecc!chaney@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Chaney)
Subject: Missing article
To: info-atari8@score.stanford.edu
Several years ago (well, maybe 3) I read an article in COMPUTE that
explained how to utilize the Atari 800's joystick-output ability to run a
servo. I have since then decided it would be more than helpful to take
this program (written in Basic and/or Assembler) and connect it to a UART
based circuit that would allow the Atari 800 to control at least 8, prob-
ably 256 switches per Joystick port.
If anyone has this article, now what issue from whence it came or
(preferred) knows something more on programming the joysticks for output,
I would be greatly appreciative.
Dan Chaney
BITNET : EXT698@UKCC
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Date: 6 Nov 86 02:03:00 GMT
From: appelbau@topaz.rutgers.edu (Marc L. Appelbaum)
Subject: Train Dispatcher Wanted
To: info-atari8@score.stanford.edu
Does anyone know where I could get the program Train Dispatcher. It
is a simulation game. I don't know who is the publisher. I would be
willing to buy it from someone. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Marc
--
Marc L. Appelbaum
Arpa: appelbaum@blue.RUTGERS.EDU or MARC@AIM.RUTGERS.EDU
Uucp: ...{allegra| harvard| seismo| sri-iu| ut-sally}!topaz!ru-blue!appelbaum
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Date: 4 Nov 86 22:16:05 GMT
From: ihnp4!ihuxi!store2@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Wilcox)
Subject: December 1986 ANTIC TOC
To: info-atari8@score.stanford.edu
*****[Ignore header path]*****
December 1986 ANTIC TOC
Theme: Annual Shoppers Guide
page article
6 I/O BOARD
Letters from Readers.
11 SHOPPERS GUIDE
100 best products for the 8-bit Atari.
35 GAME OF THE MONTH: UNCLE HENRY'S NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP
Arcade style game. BASIC with ML subroutines.
47 RESPONSE SURFACE MAPPING
Turn complicated math functions into easy-to-read graphs
that double as moire art. BASIC.
50 TWO NEW ATARI PRINTERS
A review of the Atari XMM801 and SMM804 printers for the
8-bit and ST computers.
54 NEW OWNERS COLUMN
This is lesson 9 on Subscripted Variables.
59 EDUCATION: SPELLBLAST
This program combines rapid-fire arcade action with the
time-honored Hangman format to bring children a fun way
to learn spelling. BASIC.
62 STEPPER MOTOR ROBOT-CONTROLLER
Have you ever wanted to use your Atari to move things?
Perhaps to roll a robot around, direct a photocell scanner
from across a room, or move a manipulator arm? Stepper
motors can do it--with the interface board and software
described in this article. Assembly required. BASIC.
67 LANDSCAPE ILLUSION
Take your Atari on a scrolling 3D drive through the desert,
complete with engine noises. This program simulates motion
by scrolling the foreground and background scenes at
different rates. BASIC.
***********BEGIN THE ST RESOURCE SECTION**********
72 BUILD GEM DIALOG BOXES
A tutorial on how to create and manipulate your own
dialog box.
89 DEDUCTION
A classy ST BASIC adaptation of the old game most
recently popularized as Master Mind. You must guess
a pattern of four colors chosen by the computers.
95 ST PRODUCT NEWS AND REVIEWS
Books
Atari ST BASIC Training Guide (Abacus)
Hardware
ESTE Clock Cartridge (BigFoot Systems)
Software
Action Pack (Action Software)
EZ-Track ST (Hybrid Arts)
New Products (description only)
Fast BASIC cartridge (Computer Concepts)
Star Raiders (Atari Corp)
Midiplay (Electronic Music Publishing House, Inc)
SYS/EX (Key Clique)
EZRAM 520 (Terrific Peripherals)
TechMate Chess (Szabo Software)
K-Resource (Kuma Software)
MT C-Shell (Beckmeyer Development Tools)
UCSD Pascal Power System (Pecan Software Systems, Inc)
Philon Fast/BASIC-M (Philon Inc)
***********END THE ST RESOURCE SECTION************
101 SOFTWARE LIBRARY
This section contains all the program listings for the
articles in this issue.
130 TECH TIPS
This section is a collection of tips and short
programs from readers or collected from various Users
Groups newsletters.
Coming next month: Atari talking typewriter for ST and 8-bit, door prize
selector, Math educational game with optional speech
modules, J.D.Casten's newest hit game and Super Star
Trek for the ST.
Comments: There has been some discussion on the net lately about using
the BSR X10 controller with the Atari. There is an ad in
ANTIC from Terrific Peripherals for this device. For $119.95
you get the X-10 Powerhouse controller, a special Atari
interface adapter and the Building Manager software disk.
ANTIC is running an 8-bit contest for practical programs.
First prize is a 1040ST with $500 worth of software from
Batteries Included. Computer Mail Order (CMO) has a nice
16 page spread with lots of specials.
Kit Kimes
AT&T-ISL
1100 E. Warrenville Rd.
Naperville, IL 60566
...!ihnp4!iwvae!kimes
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Date: 6 Nov 86 03:37:59 GMT
From: wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott)
Subject: Omniview
To: info-atari8@score.stanford.edu
I've decided it's about time for me to do some upgrading to my 800xl &
1050 system. I've just ordered the US Doubler for the 1050, and am
going to do a 256k upgrade after Christmas. I've also been intrigued
by the ads in Analog/Antic for Omniview and was hoping some of you
out there may be able to give me your impressions of it and/or answer
a few questions:
1- Just how good is the 80 column output, and what's the deal with
"a non-composite monitor is suggested for serious 80 column work"
in the ad? (Atari is composite-only output!?!)
2- How hard is it to install (really)? Is soldering required, and if
so, how much (just one or two wires, or a LOT)?
3- Does it retain software compatibility, or are there some known
programs that won't work with it due to changes in the OS (ie-
copy protection schemes that check certain locations in the OS
and refuse to run if they see something they don't like)?
4- And lastly, I notice 2 versions for the xl: a standard version and
256k version. My question: would the 256k version work in a 64k
800xl? (that way I could get omnivew 256 now to use, and then when,
later this winter, I get 256k everything would work nicely-
otherwise I'd have to wait to get Omniview until after I get my
memory).
Also: what is RAMROD XL?
Any help you may be able to give is greatly appreciated.
Ray Wilmott
wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu
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Date: 6 Nov 86 12:52:27 GMT
From: vrdxhq!bdmrrr!shprentz@seismo.css.gov (Joel Shprentz)
Subject: Re: Train Dispatcher Wanted
To: info-atari8@score.stanford.edu
> Does anyone know where I could get the program Train Dispatcher.
According to an ad in the October issue of Model Railroader, Train
Dispatcher is available from Signal Computer Consultants, Ltd., P. O.
Box 18222, Dept. 9, Pittsburgh, PA 15236. Call (415) 655-7727. The
Atari version costs $25.00 plus $2.50 postage. Specify computer model
and choice of tape or disk.
--
Joel Shprentz Phone: (703) 848-7305
BDM Corporation Uucp: {seismo,vrdxhq}!bdmrrr!shprentz
7915 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
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