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*****[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