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<*******************[Ignore header path]*******************> January 1987 ANTIC TOC Theme: Talking Atari page article 6 I/O BOARD Letters from Readers. 13 TALKING TYPEWRITER A hardware and software article detailing how to build and use a speech synthesizer using the Tandy SPO256-AL2 chip. It can be used with either an 8-bit or ST Atari. See Assembly Language Talker in the ST section for software article for the ST. 16 FOR SALE: ATARI VOICES A mini review for many of the speech related products for the 8-bit and ST computers such as the Covox Voice Master, Parrot, etc. 20 NOW HEAR THIS! A brief history of speech synthesis from the 1930's until today. 25 NEW PRODUCTS A description but not a review of several new products available for the Atari computers. 27 DOOR PRIZE A program to pick and display winning raffle numbers. There is an optional speech listing that allows this program to work with the Talking Typewriter box (See page 13). 29 EDUCATION: MATH ATTACK This program helps students of any age learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide. It offers a choice of flash cards or a self-grading test and has an optional speech listing for the Talking Typewriter box. 37 ATARI FAIRS '87 A review of what goes on at Atari Computer Fairs and a listing of ones for early 1987. I will post this listing separately since a lot of people don't leaf through this posting. 38 NEW OWNERS COLUMN This is lesson 10 on Strings. 42 PRODUCT REVIEWS Software Blazing Paddles (Baudville) Graphix AT (Xetec Inc.) Miles Payroll Accounting System (Miles Computing Inc.) Hardware 500XJ Joystick (Epyx Inc.) 46 STAR NL-10 PRINTER A feature length review of this affordable dot-matrix printer that allows graphics dumps and near letter quality printing. 53 FIRST XLEnt WORD PROCESSOR A feature length review of this word processor that ANTIC calls one "up there with the best" from XLEnt Software. 57 GAME OF THE MONTH: REBOUND A diabolical maze chase game from J. D. Casten. It features flashy graphics, fast action and a typically demented storyline. BASIC. 63 MENU MAESTO Plug elaborate menu screens into your own programs with ease. Menu Scroller is a short BASIC utility that works on all 8-Bit Ataris. ***********BEGIN THE ST RESOURCE SECTION********** 68 ST Flight Simulator II A feature length review of the ST version of SubLOGIC's popular flight simulator. 75 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TALKER A 68000 assembly language program to allow your ST to talk using the Talking Typewriter box (see page 13). 80 SUPER TREK IN ST BASIC Super Trek is an ambitious, commercial-quality GEM version of he classic Public Domain Star Trek game. ST BASIC. 85 MODULA-2: DEVELOPERS VERSION A feature length review of this language from TDI Software. 90 DEGAS ELITE A feature length review of this latest Tom Hudson programmed drawing and painting program from Batteries Included. 94 ST PRODUCT NEWS New Products (description only) 96 ST REVIEWS Software ST Star Raiders (Atari Corp.) The Animator (MichTron) Macro Manager (Shanner International Corp.) ***********END THE ST RESOURCE SECTION************ 99 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: Word processing program comparison for the 8-bit Ataris. Fog Indexer for the 8-bit and ST computers. An article on 130XE RAM Banks. Inside the Atari Base BBS and a new feature: Users Group of the Month. Comments: There is a new ad for Zorbian Controls featuring their now two button digital SuperRAT mouse and their RAOS rats compatible operating system it claims gives you the features of the ST GEM icons and pull down menus, etc. If you get the ANTIC disk with your subscription or if you buy it separate, you will get a bonus program called Roulette that is speedy and colorful. Kit Kimes AT&T-ISL 1100 E. Warrenville Rd. Naperville, IL 60566 ...!ihnp4!iwvae!kimes