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IN THIS ISSU E: The 130/ 576K UPGRADE
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DANGERS of NON-STANDARD MEMORY EXPANSIONS
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MAST MINUTES
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SOME TIPS on the ST
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SOFTWARE REVIEWS
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BYTES FRON THE PRESS Here it is JULY, hcpe you can 1ake the 1eeting this 1onth, Be sure and read tht 8-Bit news "tolu1n, and the 8-Bit D,O,N. news. The qcod news is NEW SOFTWARE is c011ing for th1 B-Bit ATARI, The thing l 1 11 1ost excit1d about is the NEN 300/1200 Baud "OdOI that ATARI IS COIiing out with approx in SEPT, This N0do1 will havt a RS232 port on it, this 111n1 every one with a B50 interface can use it, the S20ST can use it, any c01put,r with a RS232 1nterfac1 can us, it!!! But the 6REAT thing about it is it HAS ASERIAL port on it for tht 1 8-BIT' ATARI, and the PRICE '-S99,95-' !!! I can't wait I l l
Now hew about NAST? Things could not be better ! ! "AST now ONN's a 520ST 1 we purchased on, fro1 USER FRIENDLY, This way Nt know for surt there will bt a 520ST avaiablt fer DENO's btfort and afttr tht 111ting, I want to thank Stevt Pauley, and Tedd Burkty fro1 NINDTOOL'S for supplying a 520ST for the 111tin9s to dat1, without their help "AST would not bt wh1r1 1t i1 today, Ke1b1rship is on the rise!! Both SPACE • NAST, keep up the good work !! R1111b1r if you 1111 ycur 8-Bit b1caus1 you bought an ST·· TELL th1 ntw owntr about SPACE
6,YT!OSQ,CO" - An B·bit e1ul1t0r (VT100 • 10 squared get it? Well it ca1e that May I didn't na1e 1tlNEEOS TRANSLATOR ON XL/XE's AND NO BASIC! ' !! NAKE SURE TO RUN 19 BEFORE RUNIN6!! ! "UST BE COPIED TO NEW DISK W/ 00S~DUP ANO RENA"ED AUTORUN,SYS. 7,CBHLIFEl,DOC - Instructions for 18, B,CBHLIFE1,BAS - An 8-bit 911e cf lift (not the boird ga1el co1plet1 Mith doc's and so1e Si1pl1s • 4 data files 9,INSTRUCT,BAS • A ho11br1w to print the various docu11ntation, To get past DON's call 1e or leave your na11 and the na1es of the DON's you want, at the ■eeting. If you hive any probl11s with disks let •• know. Set ycu at the ■eeting.
V,P, Notes By Jl1 Schulz NINI of th, 8 bit world ii a llttll 1111 thll 1onth 1ft1r the w11lth of ntw Atari products were announced at CES, However, a couple of new things hive co■e out,
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SSS THIS NONTH ISi S BRING YOUR FAVORITE PR06RAN S S TO THE NEETIN6 AND TELL THE S S REST OF US WHY YOU LIKE IT. I l ---- BY 6IVIN6 US ADENO -··I
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B·BIT D.O.N. by:Frank Haug Welco1e to another 101ent in the nevtr·ending saga of the DON. I hope you had/haves a gr11t 4th of July.I aby the ti11 ycu read this you 1ay have spent tht fourth or be spending it but at this •riting it ain't here yet) Well you didn't think I'd writt this article straight did you? Any•ay •elco■e back. AT LAST!!! !! Wt'vt rtcievtd th1 JACS Prlntshcp Graphics lhoorayl So 1ayb1 now th1t you're in i 900d 100d you'll donate at l111t a tiny-weny progr11, Tht 1st disk Mill be ivailable 1t the 1eeting, fizz,,b001,,h1r1 art th, disks on tht July 1986 DO", 1,BOWLJNG • Play with Joystick, Up to four pl1y1r1 lone joystick! 2,YOLLYBA • Volleyball for four players (r1quir11 four joyst1cksl. 3,YOLLYBA,INS -Instructions for 12, 4,PINGPON6 - Tho it's nowhere near BLAZIN6 PADDLES its a great version, Two player paddle various boards, S,XLVTIOO.INS - Instructions for 16
Topic one involve, all Indus drivt o•ners. Indus MIS bought out or sold to a co1pany c•lltd Future Syst11s. Indus, those who don't know, is probably one of the 1ost advanced third-party disk drive ■anufacturers, Future Syst11s are selling th1 long awaited Syncho1esh II, tNice as fast 11 the original, and a ra1 charger card which will allow you to run CP/N pr0gr111 on your XL/XE. The r11 charger card is only 199,00, I will have 1ore infor1ation fer those who art interesttd at the 1etting, Topic two involves new progra1s for the Xl/XE, This 1onth twc Interesting pr0gra11 have surfaced for the 8 bit. One of these ii the long &Malted Print Shop Co1panion, If you awn Print Shep and alMay1 Mant1d to do 1ore Mith it than this progra1 is for you. S01e of the featurts include calendar creation and print shop border creation, I have s,en this pro9ra1 but I hav,n't run it yet so I don't know 1uch 1ore, Progra1 two is Chess1aster 2000, This is a 3-D chess progra1 Nith too 1any features to 11ntion, I have 111n this progra1 in action and It locks v1ry int1r1sting, Bug your local co1puter dealer to order you cne or beth, "•ybe if wt are lucky, wt can 91t these d1101d at the next 111tin9. Topic thr11 involves ANAL06 11g1zin1, ANALOG 11gazin1 h11 lat1ly got caught in tht 8 bit/ST b1ttl1 11ong u11r1 fer support, So ANAL06 has co11 up with a solution. In the c01ing 1onths, ANAL06 is going to product an B bit only 11gaz1n1 to show its continuing support far tht XL/XE 11ri11, No ST, This sp1c11l i1su1 will include alot of tptcial progr11s and is being c01par1d by ANAL06 to their BEST of ANAL06 book. Well, thit'1 it for this 1onth, Until the SPACE 1eeting, happy co1put1ng,
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The 130XE/576K upgrade by Scott Peterson. Copyrig~t (C) 1986, released to the public. Here we go again, this ti ■ e I reco11end you have so■e electronics experience if you wish to perform the upgrade. So1e of the work is duplicated fro■ the 320K upgrade so 320XE owners will not have as 1uch work to do. One other point: when in the 576K ■ ode you NUST use so■ e sort of basic cart, as you lose the internal basic. This is only in the 57bK ■ode; in the 130XE ■ ode internal basic will function normally. TOOLS NEEDED: To preform this upgrade you need the following: Low wattage fine tip soldering iron. Vacuum de-soldering tool!like Radio Shack PNl64-2098l. S01e 30-gauge wire !Radio Shack PNl27B-501l. 12 phillips head screwdriver. Heat-shrink tubing, 1/B in. Dia. Also a pair of s■all needle-nose pliers and a s ■all flat tip screwdriver are handy. PARTS NEEDED: 74LS158 Z1 Z2-Z17 41256(150ns.) 74LSllB 218 7432 Z19 33 oh ■ 1/4 watt resistor. R1-R2 DPDT switch (lik~ Radio Shack Nicro-■ ini Sl PNl275-b2bl - see note by dhgra■ Re■ove the 130XE case and ■etal RF shield to get down to the ■ other board (320XE users go to step two). STEP ONE: De-solder and re1ove the eight raa chips U26 thru U33!NT4264). They are the row closest to the TV RF 1odule (do NOT use solder wick. The circuit board of the 130XE has very weak runs and they will pull loose if not completely de-soldered). Replace these with the 16 pin low profile sockets. Take a !iece of wire approx 12 in. long and run a jU ■per When you are done fro ■ pin 1 of each socket to the next. the wire should be attached to pin 1 of each of the new sockets and you should have about 6 inchs left over. Do this on the rear of the 1other board and then snake the wire thru the large hole near the ra1 chips. Next, de-solder and re1ove U23(C014795l 1 and replace it with a 40 pin socket. Bend up pins 15 and 16 and insert it in the socket you just installed. Take Z1(74LS158) and break off pins 5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14. Bend up the other pins on it except 8 and 16. Put this "piggy back" on top of U20 !HD14050, or 4050 - located just to the right of CSOl and solder pins 8 and 16 of 21 to pins 8 and 16 on U20. Now take a short jumper fro1 pin 15 on Zl to pin B of Zl. Take a piece of wire about 4 in. long, solder one end to pin 30 on the chip marked "C014805" on the mother board,
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and the other end to pin 1 on 21. Next solder a wire to pin 15 (one of the two you bent out) of U23 and connect the other end to pin 2 on Z!, Solder a wire to pin 16 on U23 and connect the other end to pin 3 on 21. Take R1(33 oh ■ l and trim the leads to about. 1/4 in. Take the wire you connected to pin 1 of the ra1 chip sockets and solder it to one end of Rl, solder the ether end of R1 to pin 4 on 21. STEP TWO: Slide the ■other board back into the bottem half of the plastic case (do not use the RF shield, you 1ust be able to get at the ■other board), and attach the keyboard. It will rest above the ■other board without touching it. Test all 41256 ra1 chips by putting one set of 8 in the sockets and using the handlers(or D0S'sl, and then the next. After testing all ra1 chips re1ove the■ all fro■ the sockets, and take 8 of them and cut about half of pin 15 off of each one. Only the "fat• part of pin 15 should be left. After doing this you have to "piggy back" the B 256K raa chips with the short pin 15's on top of the other 8 256K raa chips. Now solder all the pins together on the stacked ra■ chips except for pin 15, which should not be touching the other pin 15. Nake sure you have the1 going pin 1 to 1, pin 2 to 2, ect. When you get done you will have B sets of Piggy backed 256K ra■ chips. Now take a piece of wire about 16 in. long and run a jU■per fro ■ one pin 15 to the next on all the top 256k DRAN's, leaving about 1 inch between each ram chip. Put the stacked ra1 chips into the B sockets you installed earlier. Take ZlB (74LS138l and bend up all the pins except 8 and 16. Cut the bent pins in half so only the fat part is left and solder pins 8 and 16 to pins 8 and 16 of the other 74LS138 right below the U23 <C014795l. Take Z19 and bend up all pins except 7 and 14. Once again cut all the pins you bent up in half and solder pins 7 and 14 to pins 7 and 14 of the 74LSOB right below U23. Take the wire you earlier jU■ped to pin 15 of ZlO thru 217 <the upper row of 256K ram chips), go out 2 in. and cut the wire. Now install R2(33 ohm) between this cut. Place a piece of heat shrink tubing over Rl. Nake sure no wire is exposed and heat it with a lighter. Take the other end of this wire and connect it to 218 pin 14. Find the 2 33 oh ■ resistors just to the right of U28 <one of the ra1 chips you socketed). The upper one of the 2 is Rlll, Desolder the right leg of it and bend it up. Take a piece of wire and solder it to the land where you just re1oved the leg of R111. Connect the other end to ZlB pin 4. Trim back the leg of R111 and solder a wire to it, slip a piece of heat shrink tube over it and heat it up. Now connect the other end to 218 pin 12, Take a short wire and run a jU■per fro■ pins 1 and 16 of ZlB. Take another short wire and connect a jU■per fro■ 1986
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pins 3, 5, and B of ZlB. Now connect a wire fro1 ZlB pin 2 to 219 pin 3. Find the wire you installed fro• U23 pin 15 to 21(74LS158l pin 2 and desolder it fro• U23. Take it and reconnect it to 219 pin 11. Now pry U23(C014795l back out of the socket, bend ~p pin 11 and plug it back in. Run a jU ■per froa pins I and 4 of 219, and another juaper . fro• pins 10 and 13 of Z19. Connect a wire fro• U23 pin 11 to Z19 pin 1, and fro1 U23 pin 15 to Z19 pin 13. Now connect a Nire fro• Z19 pin 8 to the right side of the 3.3K oh• resistor ■arked R206 (located at the bottea right of U23l, Connect a wire to Z19 pin 6 and run it to pin 18 of U3 (CD61618l. Now co1es the tricky part. Drill a s1all hole (1/4 in. or so, depending on the switch size) at the rear right on the back of your 130XE. Take the small DPDT switch !Sll and install it in the hole, Now connect it as shown (Si 1ake sure the switch DDESNT have a center off position iii; Sl!rearl U23 __ U23 o-:----- pin 1 pin 20 ----:-o : \ I :
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Note: where the wires cross in the 1iddle, they are NOT connected. "ake the connection fro■ the switch to U23 on the rear of the mother board. Nell that's it (thank godl. Now re-asse1ble the co1puter, being careful! not to break any wiring going to the switch. You should now have in one switch position a 1001 co1patable 130xe, and in the other you have a 576K !30XE that does not have Antic 1e1ory enhance ■ode and also cannot use internal basic, In the 130XE 1ode you gain 64K as bit 6 of the PIA can still b~ used. The following page list of the bit table and nu1bers to be used in location 54017(PORTBl. Once again, if you need help call the Peanut Gallery BBS (408)-384-3906. If you want a 1ailer of all the upgrades I have as well as a disk Nith handlers, source codes, etc. send a 1oney order (please, no checks) for $10,00 to; Scott Peterson P.O.Box 33 Ft.Ord CA. 93941-0033 This includes the 800 288K upgrade by D.6.Byrd, the 800XL/256K (C.Burchholzl, the 130XE/320k upgrade and anything else I finish. Good luck, and have fun. "e■ory Control Register 54017!D301) 130XE in 576K ■ode,
D=O enable diag. RO" R=l er.able OS RO" C=O enable extended 1e1ory abcde=1e1ory control bits.
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There is a version of "YDDS to support this ■od. It is called 4,1A and will run up to 32 16K banks. At this time ICD is working on a RD.CD" file to support this. Also I have written a machine language tester that will load and test all 32 banks of 1e1ory to insure that they are there and work. ionder how long it will take Jay Torres to copy this one ... Good luck Scott Peterson
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DANGERS OF NON-STANDARD "£"ORY EXPANSIONS Byt Bill Nilkin1an, OSS This t1chnic1l note is b1in9 writt1n bec1u1110 1any of th• 1110ry expansion schetes I 111 bein9 taut1d are NOT ca1p1tibl1with11t1nd1rd 130XE, If you i1pl111nt th1 111ary expansion per ■ast of th111 sch1111 1 you will b1 ■issing ant i1partant feature of the 130XE: the ability ta direct ANTIC ta do its D"A ta either 11in 111ary or th1 r1qu11t1d bank of 111ary, In I standard 130XE, cl11rin9 bit 5 ta z1ra r1qu11t1 ANTIC ta fallow th1 bank 1witchin91 sitting bit 5 ta I an, tells it ta r11ain in 11in H■ary, no utt1r what n1ary bank 1111 r1qua1t1d, This it an i1part1nt f11tur1! "•rk Ra11 (1110 of OBS) and I will t1k1 credit far b1tn9 in1trunnt1l in th1 cr11tian of the function of this bit, Nhen Atari asked us ta do DOS 2,5 and its R11Di1k, their prototype hardware had ANTIC fallowing bit 4 along with tht CPU, Tht ■ast obvious prabl11 with this is that you can't u11 the 1xtr1 banks far CPU purposes lt,9, 1 R11Di1kl whtn ANTIC ii d0in9 its D"A in the 111ary betw11n S4000 and S7FFF, The prablt■ was especially 1cut1 with AtariNrittr (tht 16K cartrid91 version), since its display 111ary is ALNAYS tn this r1n91, Actually, "•rk and I found that if you art ONLY using tht bank select 1Nary far a R11Disk, this is not an onerous r11trictian, It 1i1ply 11an1 that you could only do pseudo-sector tr1nsf1r1 during v1rtic1l blank, And, in fact, DOS 2,5 still h11 a flag in it which you can POKE which will tell it ta only use extended INary during deferred vertical blank, Now, th1r1 was 1n0th1r h1rdwar1 10lutian1 which wt 11ntian1d ta At1ri1 1i1ply n1v1r allow ANTIC ta us, extendtd 111ary, Ne di1cu111d tht two options with Atari, and bath they and we dtcidtd we felt strongly that tht capability of bank s1l1cting ANTIC'• naary w11 i ■partant. Thus the Ult of that bit. Sa, if your BOOXL hardware ■ad N0rk1 with tht AtariNrittr cartridge, then you obviously adapttd that second hardware 10lutian1 don't let ANTIC ust exttndtd 1e10ry, That is .not I r11lly t,rriblt d1ci1ian (11peci1lly if it is 1cana1ically 1ativat1dl, but it da11 111n that it is possible that 1011 future 130XE software will not run an your 1adifi1d IIChint, Actually, I already hav, at l1a1t ant piece of 1oftw1r1, writttn in ACTION!, which d1p1nd1 an tht 130XE's 11thad, But it's only an ultra-fast pictur1 switchin9 d110, so it's no big deal. Thtr1 ii a tad ta bath tht 130XE and SOOXL which 11intain1 the 130XE/ANTIC bank select capability, It was designed by Charles Andrews of Eu9en1 1 Oregan, and ht 1how1d a 320XE using this ■ad at CES in January (in Atari's booth, as a courtesy ta hi ■ by Atari-·though it does 1pp11r ta b1 an i ■plicit endorse■ent of his sche11), I believe his 1ethod uses an entirely separate port for controlling the beyond-130XE extensions lin the SD6xx range, ■aybe?I, However, I devised a ■ethad of doing the sa■t thing using
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only Port B, The sch111 is autlintd in th, following para;raph, A1 LE6AL 1 320XE: This 10d d1ptnd1 an the fact that the diagnostic RON ar11 is only u11d at pa111r up or by th1 11lf•t11t rautin11, At th111 ti111, both ANTIC and th1 CPU art u1in9 only 11in 1110ry, 10 bits 4 and 5 of SD301 art bath Sit ta an,. Thul WI chang1 th, 1 1nabl1 1 of tht di19na1tic1 fro■ th1 logic 1qu1tian di19 1n1bl1 ■ not bit71 • to diag_1n1bl1 • nat_bit7 and bit4 and bits. Thtn tht 1n1bl1 far th11xt1nd1d RA" btCOHI RAN 1n1bl1 ■ lnot_bit4 or not_bitS> and wt can now u11 bits 6 a~d 7 for bank selection in the sa11 11nner that other 1che11s u11 bits 6 and 5, R111on this warks1 tven if Atari ev1r chan911 the self-diagnostics so that they chect the 1xt1nd1d RA", they can't put that particular codt in th, RO" which overlays S5000-S57FF, because that's right in the 1iddl1 of the RA" area they need to check!
"AST "INUTES The 111ting was called to ordtr at 7:35, Bruce Haug sold raffle tickets an HIPPO'S JOKES AND QUOTES which was raffled off for a profit of f17;00 Bruce reparttd that the "AST SI& purchased a 520ST of its awn, fro■ USER FRIENDLY, Steve Pauley and Tadd Burkey of NINDTOOLS were 9iv1n I bi9 hand far providing us with 1 ST for the first 1onth1 of "AST, Ji ■ 91v1 his u1u1l rtpart an whats ntw with th1 520ST, his rtport an tht CES Shaw includ1d I list of n1w pragra11 that 1r1 ca■■in; out far tht 520ST, If I li1t1d th11 here it would 1or1 thin fill this n1wsl1tt1r, ATARI 1how1d START, I n1w 1191zin1 with 1 3 1/2' disk, The first i11u1 is 1v1iabl1 at local book 1tor11, without disk, Futur1 i11u1 1 1 Nill hlVI DISK'S, Co1put1 and ANALO& 1r1 caning out with ST "agazin11 by the end of the year. ST BASIC is b1in9 rewritt1n fro■ scratch, and ATARI has low,red th, pric1 an "ona·Chro■t ■onitors, that was about it for what is new. Ji ■ &lish d11aed a "idi Interface, with a pair of de■o's by Audio Lite, the ■aker of "usic Studio, This was a very i ■pressivt de■o, A Casio Keyboard played on one channel, and the ATARI ST an the other, Everyone enjoyed it, and they all had questions about cast and how do you progra■ it?? Ji ■ reported he had 5 DON's to sell after the 111ting, Yery
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NtWI fro■ tht Ca-Chair By Ji1 Schulz It', that till again for 1n0th1r KAST .,,ting full of ru1ors, n1ws, and plenty of new disks of the 1onth, The c01put1r shaw 11110n is now av,r 1fttr nint 1onth1 of 1h0w1 10 1xpect the ru1or ■ ill to bt quit, dry far the next c0upl1 of 1onth1, Now is the ti11 for the s0ftw1r1 c01pani1s to deliver an the pra1is1s of new software which they have pra1ised over the last nine 1onths, But I 11 sure I will have so1e juicy news and ru1ors anyway for the 1eeting, I hav, just gotten back fro• a three day ST-less vacation and have not yet caught up on the latest ST news so this 1onth's ru1ors will be kept short, The hot news is if you are in the 1arket for a hard disk prices are going down, Supra has reduced the prices on their 20 and 30 Kbyte hard disks, 1011 of the best around, Supra has lowered their pric1 in anticipation of th, release of the Atari hard disk, which has ytt to bt SIIR, Also if you don't own 1n ST now is tht ti11 to buy, Atari has a new special going on right now, If you buy a color 520ST syste1, you get a free 1onochra1e 1onitor. Two 1onit0rs for th, pric1 of on,, Look for this d11l at your local d11l1r, Starting thil 10nth, I Nill ,tart a DIN c0lu1n calltd Softwar1 Upd1t11, In this caluan, I will list the l1t11t v1r1ian nu1b1r1 af public da11in, 1har1war1, and ca111rci1l 1aftwar1. I will Illa lilt NIYI to git th, lat11t v1r1i0n1 of tht c0111rci1l software, But in order for this c0lu1n to succeed, I nnd your help, I would likt you to boot up all of your c0111rci1l saftwar, var1i0ns 1 write th11 down, and bring the1 to th, n,xt KAST 111ting, I own quit, 1 l1rg1 10fh1r1 c01l1cti0n, but I usually buy 1y 10ftwar1 when it first ca1es out so 101t of 1y v1r1ians 1r1 1,00, I don't Ilk for your htlp that IUCh but now I II, I spend at least 90X of 1y free ti11 k1eping this club going 10 the least you can do is to help 11 git this infor1ati0n out to 111, I will 0rg1niz1 the data and write th1 c0lu1n, All I want is your input, L11t 10nth'1 n1wl1tt1r said that both SPACE and KAST were dead, Prove the• wrong and contribute ta this colu1n, Enough said, Starting next 1onth, I will start another new c0lu1n which I will call Leftovers. This colu1n will include leftover and forgotten news fra1 the last KAST 1eeting, I usually have about twice 11 1uch 1at1rial 11 use at the 1eeting and this will be the way in which I will get ■ore news out to you the ST owners, Disk of the 1anth sales will be 10ving this 1anth to th, back of th, rao1, Starting this 1onth, und1r I l1ro1 KAST disk of the 1anth banner by the door disk of th, 10nth will be sold, Disk of the 1onth will bt sold by 11 b1far1 and after the 1eeting and by Frank Haug during the 1eeting, So there is no longer any reason not ta buy the disk of the 1onth.
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Finally, tht 10ftw1r1 pick of th1 10nth,,,,, Thi envelope, ple1se, And the winner is FLASH! FLASH is a n,w t1l1c011unicati0n1 pragr11 fra1 ANTIC which has about everything an ST owner would want in a 1ode1 pragra1, I do not yet own a copy of FLASH, but I have not yet· heard one bad word about it, which see1s strange, FLASH was tested for over 100 hours an Co1puserve, beta tested by the Co1puserve sysaps, and is patchable, FLASH includes a patch capability to pitch new features and fix bugs, Two patches are already available for FLASH, FLASH is probably going to be the standard 1ode1 progra1 for the ST because FLASH was written especially for the ST and is supported through patches for tht ST, Kore an FLASH next 1anth, Ntll, that ii it for this 1onth, Boy, 11 I getting tired of writing, Ne will be you soon at KAST July 111ting for ■ore of the hotest news, ru1ors, software de1os, and public da1ain software, Software Updates By Ji I Schulz For this 1onth's first software updates c0lu1n, I will tell you of four new versions of popular co11ercial 10ftw1r1 which is av1ilable, Next1onth, I will start a 10nthly upd1t1d list of the lat11t versions of public d011in, lh1rewar1 1 and c0111rci1l 10ftwar1, First this 10nth i1 First Nord fro■ ATARI, The latest version of First Nord, 1,061 is 1vail1ble fro• Atari for S9,95, This fixes all serious bugsknawn by Atari and caaes with a printed 11nu1l, For tht updat,, writ, ta Atari C0rpor1ti0n/Cu1ta11r Relation, D1pt,/ Attn1 1st Nord Up9r1d1/1196 80rr1911 Av1nu1/Sunnyv1l1, CA 94086, Pl1111 r1111ber to include your 0ri9in1l First Nord disk, till th11 N1il H1rri111nt yau on Dtlphi, S1c0nd upd1t1 this 1onth i1 Ti11 Bandits fr01 Nichtran. Kichtron has 1dd1d I ,av, 9111 f11tur1 to Till Bandits, It now will save your play,r IICh till yau 90 to th, Till 61t11. To git thl n,w v1r1i0n of Till Bandit,, send a check for SS,00 or Yi11 or KC and your original disk For th1 update, th, addr111 i1 to Kichtron, Pleasa Nichtran/576 South Telegraph/Pontiac, KI 48053, 11nt Gordon the■ Ttll disk, r1111ber to ,end your 0ri9inal you on &enie, Third update this 10nth i1 K&Jor Kotion fro■ Kichtron, Kichtran has addtd an option 10 that you can now u11 a Joystick, To 91t the new v1r1i0n,11nd a check for Sl0,00 and your original disk to Kichtron, For the update,u11 the sa1e Kichtron address as above, Please r11e1ber to send your original disk and tell th11 Bob sent you fro■ 6enie, Forth updat, this 1anth is Easy-Draw fra1 Nigraph, Nigraph has' released version 1,03 which now includes enhanc111nts of 1ixing text and graphics in your printouts, Ta get the new version, send a check far $3,00 and your ori9inal disk ta Kigraph, For the update, the address is Ni9raph/720 S 333rd Streit, Suite 201/Federal Nay, NA 98003, R1111b1r your ari9in1l disk and till th11 Kevin s,nt you fro■ the Current Note editorial, Ntll 1 th1t 1 1 it for updates this 1anth, I will 11arch out ■ore have the■ ready for next 1anth, Until then, see you at the 111ting,
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S01e Tips on the ST
by John Deltar Ori9inal article acco1panied 1 ST·Talk 1 v1r1ion 1.1 1 by John D1Kar, di1tribut1d by Quantu1 Kicro1y1t111,· Inc. Reprinttd by p1r1i11ion of author and QKI. Yolu11 1, Pil't 3 111 So1e Notes on The Operating Sy1te1 !TOSI It's pretty frustrating when I hear people talk about th, ST's operating syste1. Her1'1 a few definitions and clarifications on what's inside of there; I'll stll't fro■ the botto1 up. The ST BIDS !Built-In Operating Syste1l is a group of functions to handle the lowest-level tasks in the ST. This includes si1ple input and output to and fro• the devices and other functions specific to the hardware. These routines are used by advancad progr111ers when ■ore control or speed is needed. Since the BIOS is 1ostly specific to the ST, use cf these calls will make it hardtr to conv■rt the progra1 to another computer. GENDOS is th■ 1ediu1-l1vel set of functions that h1ndl11 disk f~le 1anage1ent, ge~■ral input and output, 111ory allocation and progr11 loading. This 11t of routin11 i1 si1il1r to CPN/68K but is NOT CP/K co■patiblt (this has bHn one of tht 101t c011an 1i1und1r1taning1!l. Although &EKDOS NII writt,n by Di9ital R111arch Inc., tht 11k1r1 of CP/K, &EKDOS ii clo11ly rel1t1d to KSDOS with shilar function nu1ber1 and p1raHt1r1, Sine, &EKDOS 1■p1r1t11 the progr1111r fro■ th, h1rdwar1 1pecific1, praor111 art 1are easily converted to other ca1puter1. Anothtr low•ltvtl 11t of routin11 ii c1lltd tht 'Llnt•A &r1phic1•, The11 art v1ry f11t dr1win9 function, u1td 1xt1n1lv1ly by &EK and 1r11110 1v1illbl1 dirtctly to tht prograuer, The Lint-A routin11 art r11pan1ibl1 for JUlt about everything you see on your ST scretn, Use of th111 routines takes it difficult to ■ave progra11 to other c01put1r1 and it's very difficult (or i1po11iblel to 11kt the• work nearly as fast on any other co■puter! &EK itself is actually not an operating systH -· it's a library of routines available to the progra11er that 11nages the grphics display and the us■r int!raction with the progra1. &EK is divided into two 11Jar 11t1 of functions1 the YDI !Virtual Device Inttrfacel which handles higher-level graphics and the AES (Application Environ1ent Services) which are high-level librarin of routine, for the user/progra■ interaction, YDI 11k111xt1n1iv1 u11 of tht lln1•1 graphics to control the screen display with over one hundred available functions! The AES contains libraries of routin11 (totaling over a hundred, again!) that u11 YDl and &EKDOS, Tht pro9ra111r u111 th111 librari11 for a con1i1t1nt environ1ent between the progra1 and the end user, &EK progra1s that do not 1ak1 call• to th, BIDS 1r1, in
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theory, co1pletely portable to &EN on other coaputers, including the IBN PC. The &EN DeskTop is actually a &EN application that runs by dtfault when you turn on your co1puter, Any or all of th ■se routines, including the BIDS can be ignored by another operating 1yste1 loaded into the ST. I can't wait to see what kinds of syste■s beco■e available for the ST! I hear there are definite plans for 0S9 and other 1ultitasking OS's, 121 Sa1e Notes on the Hardware 1'1 still i1pressed every tie I look inside of an ST! I could go on forever about the details, but I had better 11v1 that for later, So h1r1'1 a few co111nt1 on a 101e hardwar1-r1lat1d thin911 The 520ST has a Ke1ory Controller that can handle upto four 119abytes of RAK without any additional support chips. The Operating Sy1te1 looks for up to 4N of RAK and all progra1s 1ay access it continually without banking or 1eg1enting. Mith 32 1-Keg R11 chips and a lot of work, you have a 4-Keg ST! _ Tht ROK Cartridge port on the left side of the ST has nu read/write lint and ls 1trictly for read-only 1e1ory. You cannot add RAK or othtr 1upport chips to that port, Tht DNA part 11 not a Hard Drive Port. It r1quir11 about t20Q worth of circuitry to control a bar, hard disk drivt, However, it is relatively inexpen1ive to control SASI and SCSI d1vic11 and allow, for upto 1i;ht co1patibl1 peripherals. Atari uys that a $699 hard drive will be available soon. Acouple of other co1panies are showing hird drives and hard drive controll1r1 for th, ST. The ST has four custo1 int1gr1ted circuits that are availablt only fro1 Atari, Btsid11 tht RONS, all of th■ reaaining IC's are readily available 'off the shelf", Everthing in the ST is soldered in without sockets except far the custo1 chips and ROKS (these are not guaranteed ta stay socketed in lat!r production runsl, The floppy disk controller in the ST will control only two disk drives; but it will control 5 1/41 drives with a farut ca1p1tible with "5D0S and an IBK·PC. A si1ple cable -fro• inside th■ SF343/SF314 drive can hook to a 40 track or 80 track 5 1/4 1 drive, This isn't really too useful, but it i1 definittly faster to copy files direct fro■ di1k instead of transfering the• through ter1inal progra1s b1tw1tn an'ST and IBN·PC, How1v1r 1 tht l1tt1r 11thod is usually 1ar1 convenient and 1111 expensive, Anothtr not11 the ST cannot drive bath the 1onachro11 and color 1anitors at the saH tin, If thi1 was all too heavy to handle, the next topics should be ■are useful! The concluding 11g11nt of thi1 articl ■ will bt printtd in next 1anth'1 n1w1l1tter. ·td,
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ST Disk of the "onth - July By Ji ■ Schulz Last 1onth 1 we saw the rise of the five disk disks of the 1onth, Nell,wh1t do we have for this 1onth, I 11 afraid not ta 1uch, It looks as though 1u111rti1e is vacation ti1e 1nd that 1ean1 1111 public da1ain software, As things looks now, this 1anth could bl I littl, Nllk, But I hlVI said this before, So far this is what is up far this 1anth'1 disk, Ker■it
- Yes, I have gotten a hold of a GE"-b111d version of Ker1it fro• 61r1any, Sa11an1 else who got f1d up waiting far 1nath1r version that w11 non-d1velap1r k1r1it, This pragr11 is fully GEN·int1rf1c1d and includ11 th, 1aurc1 code. N1diu1-r11
- This is another v1r1ian of th, auto dir1ctary pragr11 which wh1n put in th1 AUTO dir1ctary will brino a color 1y1t11 up in 11diu1 r11alutian, This pra9r11 1110 ch1ck1 ta 111 if you 1r1 running a 1anachra11 1y1t11 and da11 nothing, Calculator • Y11 1 one 1ar1 calculator ta 1dd ta your call1ctian, This calculator includ11 source cad,, a pragr11 calculator, and a desk accessory calculator, Sa if you ever wandered haw a calculator is written, here is your chance, This is what I have far starters, Nore is ca1ing in so expect at least two full disks of public da1ain software, Also expect source code far the sa1e of the 1ast popular utility pragra1s fro■ the past, If that is not enough, I will have a goad selection of special disks this 1anth, The first catagary is ca111rcial duo disks, These disks will contain de101 of cauercial pragra11 which aftenti1es take a whale disk ta the111lvn, Here is this 1anth's selection, Zaa1racks - This is I fully op1r1tian1l d11a disk of the Zaa1r1ck1 data b111 pragr11, All fil11 ta run Zaa1racks 1r1 an this disk, The only li1it1tian with this de10 is that you can only have 20 data base records, Other than that it is a fully operational version of Zoa1rack1, NaN you can run and use th1 unique ind popular data b111 pra9r11 b1for1 you buy it, Atari D110 fro• Atari of th, f11tur11 and disk d110 • This is ST, Yau o•t 1u1ic fro, "u1ic th, far 1v1il1bl1 praor111 Studio thaughaut th, d110 and you 91t ta 1111 nu1b1r of ST pra;r111 in action, 1 goad d110 ta shaw your fri1nd1 ta get the1 hooked an the ST, FTL D1101 • FTL, th, p1opl1 who hlVI brought UI Bunda;, hlYI two d1101 of th1ir n1w progr111 Dung1an and Nicro Cookbook, Dungeon, fro• the de■a looks like a 3-D D • D type ga1e with 1xcellent looking dungeon scenes. Nicra Caakbaak is 1 cookbook an disk, This de1a ca11s with a nu■ber of recipres
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,and shows sa■e of the features of this new cookbook data base progra■, ???? - I a1 ordering today another de1a which is fully operational and includes a separate tutorial disk, This two disk de■o set sounds very excellent and its only li1its is the nu1ber of records which can be stared, If I receive it before the 1eeting expect to see this two disk set also available, In addition ta th111 1 I hav1 nu1b1r of other 1isc1ll1n1au1 co111rcial d1101 which 1i9ht 1110 bt available this ■onth, Now for th, fun part, I hav1 thr11 or 1ayb1 should I say six 1y1t1ry disks this 1anth, I have ca■e across three 1xc1ll1nt 1aftw1r1 packa911 which I Nill 1ak1 available this ■anth, ?????? 11 - This software p1cka91 is the first progr11 which I wanted ta convert to the ST if I had the ti1e. Nill, 1011an11111 has finally done, This pr01Jra1 is 10 big that it tak11 2 hours ta ca1pil1 and 15 1inut11 ta link, The pr01Jra1 itself takes up 1ast of a single-sided disk with the source code taking up two ■are disks, But if that is not enough, there is already a second conversion of this pragr11 availabl1, I hap, that I 1ight hav1 bath versions by th1 111ting, I II waiting patiently far this pragraa: ta arriv1. If it arriv11, you will have ta see it, Far co■plexity, this pragra1 is very goad, Dan'~ expect tao 1uch far 9raphic1. ??????? 12 - This software package is a derivative of the next 1aftwar1 package, This pragra1 takes up two disks and it uses itself, It ca1es with ca1plete dacu11ntatian. There is not tao 1uch that I can say about this without giving. it away. If you Ult your ST, I think this progra1 Nill bl a good addition ta your library. ??????? 13 - This 1aftw1r1 packag1 is whit I call a rial find, Nhat would you say if I told you so1eone took probably on1 of the best known public da■ain software packages far the ST· and fixed all known bugs and kicked out a new version??? Nill, that is what this pr09ra1 is, I r1c1iv1d this pragra1 today and it looks very goad. Far ■art infar11tian 1 ca11 ta th• 111ting, Nell, if that isn't 1naugh for this 1anth 1 this 1anth I will introduce I qu1rt1rly ANAL06 ST disk of th1 1anth, ANALOG now jets user groups distribute selected progra1s fra1 the 1agazine as long as ANALOG is 1entianed, This disk Nill available this 1anth and every two or three 1onths thare aft1r II long II I get a full disk of ANALOG pragra11, Is this enough??? How about the·introductian of the NAST Nusic disks?? Ta start out, this 1onth we will celebrate Christos in July with the "usic Studio Christ ■as disk, You can noN listen to all your favorite Christus 1usic on your ST, Nhat else is there better to do an a hot su11er day?? Plus this 1anth Ne will see, I hope you aren't fooling us again this 10nth 1 1986
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th1 introduction of th1 "AST pictur1 disk coll1ction. Thi picture disks will include the TINYYIEN progra1 and pictures 1que1zed with TJNYSTUFF, If th1r1 ar1 1onochro11 pictur11 on tht di1k, P1CSN6 will bt includtd to conv,rt th11e pictures far viewing on a color syst11, New, that is a 1authful, If ther1 is not sa11thing that int1r11t1 you in this 10nth's di1k call1ctian, I don't know what l can say, I just hope that I can get so1e sleep after using and playing with th1s1 pro9ra11 b1far1 th1 1eeting. I have t11porarily discontinued listing the pr1vious 1onth's disks far this 1onth b1cau11 of the w1alth of new disk 1aterial, So as of last 1onth we now have 26 <count'11) disks of th1 1onth after only five 1onths, For infar1ation on any of the past disks, see 11 at the next 1eeting, Far those who don't know, "AST has a disk of the 1onth which we charge $7,00 for which is packed full of public do1ain software for the ST, All software progra1s are checked by 11 and docu1ented in a READ,"E file in each directory so you are sure you get so1ething that works, Please note the new price of $7,00 per disk to help keep up the quality of the "AST DO" library, For those who cannot 1ake the 1eeting and still would like the DO", l will 1ail the• to you within one week of the 1eeting for the standard 57,00 plus so.so far postage and handling for each disk, "Y address is: 3264 Nelco1e Avenue North Crystal, "N 55422 So, that's it for the 1onth of July, So for nDN 1 I will sie you at the next "AST 1eeting with at least two new full disks of the b1st public do1ain softwar1 to b1 found fro• the last 10nth and a whole lot 1or1, Software Reviews By Ji1 Schulz This 1onth's reviews 1ight be considered a paid advertise1ent for "ichtron, but it isn't. This 1onth's reviews will look at three of the latest progra1s fro■ "ichtran: Ti11 Bandits, Cards, and Carner1an. Ne will be if they livt up to 111 th1 hyp1 that these progra1s have been given, Ti1e Bandits By "ichtran Nell, Ti1e Bandits, this sounds lik1 th1 na11 of I popular 1ovie or 1aybe a wild west shootout, Ti1e Bandits is a 1trang1 9111 to explain, This is a shoat••• up, adv1ntur1, and. 1yst1ry all roll1d in an,. If you buy any 9111 for the ST, this ii it, Nait a 1inut1 that COIII lat,r. Till Bandit, i1 actually about 1ixt11n 91111 all ralltd into ant bi9 9111 with 1ach 9111 having fift11n l1v1l1, Sound int1r11tin9,,,, Nill, how would you likt to play P1c11n an, 1inut1 and 11arching the Star Trek far ite1s th1 n1xt 1inute??? Ok, that doesn't interest you, Haw about about bting in an old wist town fighting sn1k11 ant 1inut1 and the n1xt 1inute fighting c1ntip1de1, Also interwined in 1011 of these 91111 1r1 adventures to b1 salved, The progra1 clai1s to be about lOOK and I will hav, ta be agr1e with th11. Before conclusion ti1e, I have to 11ntion one 10re option, This progra1 also has a unique two player option, which you can cooperate with each other or fight each.
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Ok, conclusion ti1e. Do I buy this ga1e or whatever you call it??? Co1e'on, Ji1, anything this good has to have proble1s, Okay, there are proble1s, First, the progra1 at rando1 ti1es quits back to the 1ain screen, Ati1e portal??? I doubt it. At ti1es, this is a nuisance and it nevers happens the sa1e way twice. Disturbing!!! Second, there is no save ga1e feature, Nith a large and co1plic1ted ga11 like this, you ne1d to be able to SIVI 91111. Third, the 9111 is copy-protected, I don't know if this is bid or not, I b1li1v1th11uthar1 should prat1ct th1ir int1r11t1, but I have heard of so1e Ti1e B1ndit horror stories, The ga1e do11 IIVI thl high 1car11 ta disk, Ok, conclusion ti1e p1rt 2, Do 1 buy or not??? I 11y y11, y11, yes!!! Thi probl111 th1t I 1entioned earlier would not keep 11 fro• this pra9ra1, but I would likl th11 fixtd, Thil pr09r11 ii JUlt ta 9oad ta not buy it, Tht graphics art 9r11t, ah I far9at 1baut tht 9r1phic1, Tht 9111 play ii 9aad 1110, This pra9r11 is ant af th, ftw pragr111 which h11 1O11thiffg for 1v1ryon1, If you 91t bar1d with one 9111 1 you Just play 1nath1r, Thi1 progr11 n1v1r g1t1 old, Buy it!!! Fin1lly, II thil 9011 to pr111, it looks likl 10110n1 It "ichtron is listening, Anew save 9111 feature has been 1dd1d ta Ti11 Bandits. For 1are infor11tian, r11d th, "'" softw1re updates colu1n by yours truly s01ewher1 else in this 1onth's newsletter,
Cardi by "ichtron Ok, 1noth1r card 9111, Ji1, you r1view1d a c1rd 9111 a couple of 1onths ago, Isn't that enough??? No one needs two card 91111, Nrong, card breath, If you buy any card g1u, this is the one ta buy. Oh ah, there I go again, Cards it a &E" int1rf1c1-b111d card gue of fiv1 popul1r card 9101 ·BlackJICk 1 Cribbag1 1 Klondik1 1 Poker Squ1r11 1 1nd Salit1ir1, Each of these card 91111 is very oll don, it often ti11111lf-1xpl1n1tory, I hive spent 1O1t of •Y ti11 playing Klondikl and Solit1ir1, There it nothing bid that I can 11y about this progr11. Sa far, this it an, af th, f1w progra11 which J hlVI run with no bug,. If th1r1 is 1nything wrong with this progra1, it is that it is addicting, I h1v1 1p1nt 11ny lite, late nights pl1ying this 9111, It it th1t good, For you interface f1n1 1 the progra1 can be run al1ost exclusively fro1 the 1ouse, Except for a k1ybo1rd hit in Cribb1g1, you never hive ta hit th1 k1yba1rd to play this 9111, Very nice, And if you don't like to use the &EM interface 1enus, the function keys h1v1 the 1111 functions as the 11nu entries. Need I say 1ore???? Do I buy·this progr11??? If you like c1rd ga111, in general, or if 1ny of the above c1rd 91111 1r1 your f1vorites, I would s1y this is 1 definite buy, I love solit1ire card 91111 so l love this progra1, If you 1r1 not I card gau fan, I would say give this progr111 look before you buy. It 1ight not be for you, For 11, as soon as I done writing articles for the newsletter, it is back to Cards.
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C0rn1r11n By llichtran C0rn1r1an??? Nhat is this llichtran's Sidekick clan,, look alike??? Correct!! But the big question is does it live up ta Sidekick in featur11 and usefulness??? This r11ains ta be seen, Corner1an is a 100K desk accessary, yes that big, Th1 pragr111 which includes 11v1n utility progr111, include a real·ti1e analog clack, a corner digital clack, a notepad for notes, an ascii table, a phone book, a 16 digit calculatar with a paper t1p1 f11tur1, a DOS windaw, and 1 1S 1quar1 9111. Quit, I bit far 100k, Eich af th111 ca111 up in its awn windaw 1nd th1 initi1l p01itian af 11ch utility can bl ltt II Will II 1dditian1l p1r111t1r1 abaut each utility, Nell, that's tht facts, now to th1 analysis, Carn1r11n is 100k!!! This 111111 little 1xtr111 but yau da git a lat far that, Of th1 utility pragr111, currently I only use tht corner clack and th1 calculator, Oth1rwi11 l waste tao IUCh 1e1ory an desk 1cc1s11ri1s. l likl tht carntr clack, Tht corner clack i1 a 11111 digital clack which resides in the upper right hand corner of the screen continually clicking off th1 ti1e, I likt always seeing the current tiae without pulling down the desk accessaries, The calculator is also nice for nothing but the tape feature, Nith this calculator, you can run a tape of your calculator values either an screen or at the printer, The values can either be clicked or entered at the keyboard,
Thi athtr utilities 1ith1r r1quir1 tht 1y1t11 disk in· drivt Ato wark or are just fluff, Also these are only available in 6£11 interfaced pragra1s, This is tao bad, I would lave ta have a phone baak in PC lnt1rc011 or the note taking pragra1 in ZDRK I, But no luck, Canclusian ti111g1in, Da I buy???? I bit yau knaw what I 11 gaing ta 11y!!! I 11 gaing ta giv1 this pragr11 anly I canditian1l buy, If yau awn a hard disk, I wauld 11riau1ly laak at this pragra1, Nith tht need far te■porary files an the hard disk and less ra1di1k1, 100K i1 na langer a big dial, Far all athers, take the above warnings striausly, Until I get 1y hard di1k, I anly USI it whtn I nttd I vaad calculator. Thil ii nat SidtKick, If they cauld only 11kt the utiliti11 available fra1 within all pragr11s, it would 1ak1 this pragr11 a lot 1or1 useful and it would be well w~rth the 100K lass, Nell, that i1 it far this 1anth, Next 1onth I Nill depart fro, the nor1al reviews of popular pr0gra11 and look at four of the currently available co■■unications progra■s: PC Interco11, STTalk, lliTer■, ind Flash, I will shaw you haw they all stack up again each other, Until
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