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*****[Ignore header path]***** September 1986 ANTIC TOC Theme: Weather page article 11 WEATHER MAPS FROM SPACE A short article on the ANTIC project and articles included in this issue. 13 WEATHER FACSIMILE WORLDWIDE An article detailing the method of gathering and distrib- uting weather pictures from space. 20 MUSIC STUDIO A review of this software from Activision for both the ST and the 8-bit computers. 24 BUILD THE WEFAX INTERFACE This is the hardware interface you will need to be able to get weather maps into your atari. Parts will cost you about $20. NOTE: You will also need a good short wave radio with single side band capability. Even that will not insure that you will be able to receive good pictures. It could depend on your location. 29 NEW OWNERS COLUMN This is lesson 6 covering subroutines with a couple of sample uses. 31 WEFAX DECODER This is the software program that you will need to be able to convert radio signals to information your 8-bit Atari can use to display weather pictures. You will also need the WEFAX interface described on page 24. 36 PRODUCT REVIEWS Software Atari Planetarium (Atari Corp) Microleague Baseball (MicroLeague Sports Assoc.) Star Raiders II (Atari Corp) Compute Your Roots (Wasatch Genealogical Software) Hardware Microflyte ATC Joystick (MicroCube Corp) 39 BASIC TRACER A powerful (ANTIC's word) debugging tool that displays onscreen the line number being executed by your program. Works only on XL and XE computers. 42 WHERE THE WEATHER COMES FROM ANTIC visits a National Weather Service station to see how weather pictures are received and used. 47 WEATHER CALCULATOR Make weather predictions with the same program a professional meteorologist uses to calculate weather readings at home on his Atari. ***********THE ST RESOURCE********** 54 ST WEFAX DECODER This is the software program that you will need to be able to convert radio signels to information your ST Atari can use to display weather pictures. You will also need the WEFAX interface described on page 24. NOTE: You will also need an MC68000 assembler such as the one included with the developers kit or the one from Metacomco or Haba Hippo C assembler. You may have to fine tune it to work with any besides the one that comes with the developers kit. 58 THE MANAGER A review of the database from BMB Compuscience Software. It takes advantage of the ST color capability but not the GEM interface. 63 ST PRODUCT NEWS AND REVIEWS Software Financial Cookbook (Electronic Arts) Cards (MichTron) New Products (description only) Helpmate (Royal Software) STCalc (Royal Software) HelpCalc ST (Royal Software) Sidecar (Migraph) Volksmodem vm520 (Anchor Automation) Softworks BASIC (Softworks) ST 3D Graphics (Abacus Software) Cinemaware (Mindscape) Electro Page (SoftLogick Corp) Little Computer People Project (Activision) ST Net (Quantum Microsystems) Make It Move (Avila Associates) Print-Technik Video Digitizer (Print-Technik) 68000 Disassembler (SCI Software Development) Earthspace (Digital Reality) Bonnie Blue (Paperlogic Ltd) Microhost (Computer Ciriculum Corp) MicroApl APL.68000 (Spencer Organization Inc) 67 MEGAMAX C A review of Megamax's C complier that ANTIC describes as the best available for the ST computers. **************************************** 71 SOFTWARE LIBRARY This section contains all the program listings for the articles in this issue. 98 NEW PRODUCTS A description but not a review of several new products available for the Atari computers. Coming next month: Hard Disks for the 8-bit and ST computers; Review of P:R:; Atari in the classroom; Castle, and educational game for the 8-bit or ST. Comments: This issue is particularly interesting for anyone interested in weather and forecasting. The current ad for the Zobian Controls 'RAT' shows they have lowered the price of this mouse device to $69.95. Does anyone use this device? If so please mail me your reaction to it or review it for the whole net. Thanks. Kit Kimes AT&T--Information Systems Labs 1100 E. Warrenville Rd. Naperville, IL 60566 ...ihnp4!iwvae!kimes