store2@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes) (09/03/87)
OCTOBER 1987 ANTIC TOC page article 8 I/O BOARD Letters from Readers. 12 PRODUCT REVIEWS Software Guitar Wizard (Baudville) Linkword Languages (Artworx Software) Ultra Menu (Computer Software Services) Hardware Ultra-Speed (Computer Software Services) 15 SUPER DISK BONUS The bonus program for disk subscribers this month is the ANTIC Spelling Checker that allows up to 10 personal dictionaries of approximately 6300 words each. 16 STARTING OUT: ATARI ANIMATION This is the fifth lesson in the series. It covers bit mapping and has an interesting demo. 24 GAME OF THE MONTH: RESISTORS This action game teaches binary and electronics. It uses a redefined character set for the graphics. BASIC 27 USERS GROUP: ACENET A discussion of the 17 Southern CA user groups that make up ACENET. 32 NEW PRODUCTS A description but not a review of several new products available for the Atari computers. This month they describe the Okidata 180 printer, Cycle Knight (Artworx Software), the pocket calculators with the Atari logo on them, Microstuffer (Supra) and XR 100 Bar Coder (Xenia Research)--an inventory bar code reader. 33 PAGE 6 EXCHANGE: GRAPHICS IMPOSSIBLE Two eye-popping demos of graphics techniques often mistakenly considered impossible--mixed vertical display lists and dual players on the same horizontal line. 37 FOOTBALL PREDICTOR A program that helps you pick the winners and beat the points spread. It is claimed that this program had nearly a 60% success rate against the points spread last year. 39 TELEPROMPTING WITH ATARI An article on how Q-Tv of Los Angles use the Atari 130XE as the basis of a teleprompting system. 40 ANTIC PROMPTER Now you too can use your Atari to prompt you when you give those important speeches at club meetings, etc. This program will read a file written in AtariWriter, Paper Clip or its own editor and display it in large letters. You use the joystick to select speed and direction. 42 MAVERICK ATARI SCHOOL A writeup on the PCS School for Advanced Learning in Nampa, Idaho. 44 BONUS GAME: MATH FLASHCARDS No fancy graphics. Just a direct, no-nonsense program that kids enjoy using. 46 BONUS GAME: NAME THE PRESIDENTS A simple, short program helps youngsters learn the Presidents of the U.S. 47 CHECKBOOK BALANCER A compact but powerful user-friendly calculating database. ***********BEGIN THE ST RESOURCE SECTION********** 52 ANTIC PROMPTER ST Now you too can use your Atari to prompt you when you give those important speeches at club meetings, etc. This program is written in GFA BASIC, runs on any color or monochrome ST and will smoothly scroll text files (using very large letters) up the TV screen at speeds ranging from very slow to faster than most people can talk. 55 ST PRODUCT NEWS AND REVIEWS Software Balance of Power (Mindscape) First Shapes (First Byte) Kid Talk (First Byte) Math Talk (First Byte) Speller Bee (First Byte) New Products (description only) Supercharger (Migraph), Font Pack I (Migraph), Personal Draw Art (Migraph), Technical Draw Arts (Migraph), Label- Master Elite (Migraph), Sub Battle Simulator (Epyx), ARTablets (EI/O Products), New Aladdin (magazine of disk), SoftWerx Maxpak for 50 Bux (SoftWerx), P-edit (KEPCO), Sales-Pro Software System (Hi-Tech Advisers) and Encrypt (Middle Coast Publishing). ***********END THE ST RESOURCE SECTION************ 63 SOFTWARE LIBRARY This section contains all the program listings for the articles in this issue. 82 TECH TIPS This section is a collection of tips and short programs from readers or collected from various Users Groups newsletters. Comments: One of the products reviewed this month is Ultra-Speed, a replacement OS chip for XL/XE machines that allows high-speed access with most disk drives modifications and virtually all software. It allows you to switch between it and the original OS. It provides a true cold-start by pressing [HELP] and [RESET]. There is a new regular feature in ANTIC called Page 6 Exchange. It consists of programs originally published in a British publication called Page 6. They, in turn, will be able to print programs from ANTIC. Kit Kimes AT&T-ISL 1100 E. Warrenville Rd. Naperville, IL 60566 ...!ihnp4!iwvae!kimes