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We're waiting for the Big One. We felt the earth move in June Special Subscription Offer 4 and July as a series of record earthquakes rocked California Held over by popular demand! (coordinating editor Matt got a bump on his head and for the second time a Southern California quake kil led one of our office hard drives). In the meantime, we Atarians wait for the Big One AtariUser News 6 to be released by , in hopes of rocking the computer Top Stories ... And so much more ... landscape with new features and power. It's the "Falcon" we're taJking about here, the new machine to be unveiled this fall. But, as you expected, we have more than a RE:Views 15 hint of what to expect ftom the Falcon (or whatever it ends up Lynx Hydra, Arabesque, Lynx Casino, Lynx Hockey. being caJled) in this issue ofAtariUser. July and August vacationing takes its toll on everything in the Lynx 18 computer industry, and AtariUser is no exception. [Jut we are here Atari's now backing the Lynx with improved marketing. again, on time, this and every month, when some magazines toss in the towel and take a break. We think that you prefer it that way. Our outs1anding information this month includes an extended Q&A session on the Portfolio with BJ Gleason. LOls'a news, new V Features products, and our comprehensiveAVs AturiLand Calendar as usual. Add our Resource section with a directory of the member­ ship of the Independent Association of Atari Developers, and Portfolio FAQ 20 you've got another "keeper" issue ofA tari User for your future As a writer for AtariUser; a software developer; and reference. as a Sysop on CompuServe, BJ Gleason gets asked a We're adding new statrmembers at AtariUser, and will be re­ lot ofquestions. Not that he mind questions, but a organizing the opemtion to make it easier to gel in touch with us, to lot ofthem get asked over and over and over again. subscribe to us, and to pass us the information we all need to help keep Atari Users happy and productive. More on that next month. So here, for the first time anywhere, is your defini­ Also in the months ahead, look for our 8-bit Atari column to tive Porrfolio answer resource! In this colwnn he'll cover some exciting new software fhim Europe, and our MIDI these "Frequently Asked QueStions. " column will return with developer-by-developer analysis of the 're not in any particular order; and the names music software systems for the Atari. been removed to protect the (uh, not so) All in all, we think you' ll be pleased to know that our changes are taking our established efrorts and making them still more stable, at a time when stability is mre.

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1111::1.: With Gemulator, you can run Atari ST and DOS software on one PC. The screen on the left shows TOS ._.~ 2.06 running on top of Windows.

Turn your 386 or 486 based PC into an Atari ST clone. Introductory price: $199 u.s. When ordered before September 15, 1992.

Gemulator requires a PC with 8 megabytes of RAM. A 486 is required for full speed ST emulation. A 386 will run at half speed.

Gemulator will be shown at th~ Glendale show! Easy to install. Just plug it in to your Pc. Emulates a 2 megAtari ST. Reads all ST disk formats, even Twisted disks and TOS 1.0 formatted disks. Emulates all 3 Atari ST screen resolutions and the STe's 4096 color palette. Supports all versions of TOS (including TOS 1.0, TOS 1.4, and TOS 2.06). Multitasks ST software and PC software when used with Microsoft Windows. Hard disk support allows you to put your Atari ST programs on the PC's hard disk. Share text files, pictures, spreadsheets, and databases between ST and PC software. Fully compatible with: Pagestream, Calamus, LDW Power, ST Writer, GFA Basic, Neodesk, Prism Paint, Tempus, Word Writer, First Word Plus, Degas, Hotwire, Multidesk, Maxifile, GDOS/G+PLUS, Quick ST, Warp 9, Word Flair, Sudden View, Laser C, and many more programs.

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Waiting for the """"" 030 Even though no official word is available, even Signal Processor has maintained a lid on details, and even though updatedTOS claim that the new computer to be unveiled this multitasking. the name FALCON, the rumor mill has and speculation, and pseudo-information on what is expected to be a machine. Corp in cooperation Atari held an Department at the designed the multitasking basis for MultiTOS, a and extensions on disk. running applications, ~Ulluw~nou~ processes in desk accessories are now and the ability to run making every application work like an accessory. Under ifone of many parallel running applications should crash, the others remain protected and safe. A more limited version ofMultiTOS for older ST computers is expected to be available as software. According to the Atari Advantage Falcon story, the Falcon case will be a to the color of the Portfolio and STacy. It will compatible LAN port plus an industry port, stereo microphone and ports, a DSP port, as the Falcon fir..t look almost came early, through the efforts of Atari Advantage Magazine. An exclusive Falcon story, complete with photogmphs of the outside and even the motherboard of the Falcon, was planned for their June issue. However, in production that issue to the June/July " and then negotiations with Atari Corp regarding non-disclosure matters caused the photogmphs to be dropped and the printing to be further delayed until • The Falcon ... late July. the photogmphs will instead be A 6B03O running at featured in an upcoming issue of'Atari Explorer CPU devices, such 16 MHz. in the 1040- style one piece cabinet, (see related story, below). 'Ihe Atari Advantage dmmatic speed and PC the Falcon features "more Falcon article remains gencmlly complete, and is a snap. Other internal items a fan and an internal hard colors than you can see, recommended reading, even getting "thumbs up" from disk-a 2.5" 40 meg unit in the one Advantage cracked open. more sounds than you can hea(', and uses a Motorola Atari officials. The Falcon issue should be availablt: at Atari A daughter board held 16 meg of RAM in a plug-in module. Digital Signal Processor dealers well into August. Price? It is said that the Falcon 030 will start at under 'in DSP 56001 (like in NeXT). $700. 0>" It will have an updated TOS SpeculatIve Specs « that will Watch this space-AtariUser will feature an official " include MultiTOS The Falcon 030 (it may ~till be called something else when fCature list and review as soon as Atari commits itself, probably •.. multitasking. released, but this name is now seeming to stick) wi ll fl:'dture a at the show in Germany in late Augu~t . : 68030 running at 16 MHz, in the I 040-style one piece cabinet, ~ and feature "more colors than you can see. more sounds than ~ • ATARIIN FORBES

The August 3, 1992 Issue of Forbes Magazine recounts the AIari IIIory In a article called Selr by Oyan famed annual company picnic, reporting headquarters in Sunnyvale, Califomi bIamM AlBri's elevated by frank and open discussions ofthe the Tramlel pinching. and the coming products. No, the press was not invited. that second- 992 financial (unavailable al will be far worse first qual18r when Lynx goes West $14 million on $44 In sales. Further, the As Atari gears up for the Jaguar game console to be released in says that Jack 1993, the Lombard, Illinois offices of Atari Entertainment are Tramlel has personally being relocated to Sunnyvale. Home of the Lynx development tskan over day-to-day operation of the company, team, Lombard will remain open as a programming center, but, moving his son Sam out of sales, rnarlceting, and support for the Lynx and soon the his former ofIIca. The will be part ofthe California operation under the article does mention the new line of Falcon Bernie Stolar. Leaving Atari are Larry Entertainment System due to an infiingement computsrs and the Jaguar Plotkin, who did not wish to by .. The judgment follows a July game console, but speculates that Alari has Gal00b had been wrongfully enjoined from less than half of the cash selling Game Genie for the NES, and the U.S. Court of needed to perform an Appeals unanimous decision in May 1992, affinns that ruling. appropriate roll-out of the new products. Alari oftIc::Ials ST-Book, Balks aren't happy with the Forbes article's tone:but The sexy ST-Book was expected to be available in quantity by some observers are saying, mid-summer, but still is out of sight. According to Bob "Any press Is mora press Brodie, part ofthe reason is the need to improve the sight of What ever happened than we have had. A lot of the screen. Test results from allover say that a backlight is raaders will discover that Alari Is not dead, at least" simply required, regardless of any loss of opercltion time that it to the AUA? creates. The ST-Book prototypes have operated for as long as Many individuals and Atari user groups sent money to the II hours on a charge, and a backlit screen would cut that by Atari Users Association in 1990 and 1991, and haven't heard more than halE And backlights seem to be an a11-Qr-nothing from the group since. Intended as a "unified voice" of Atari affair, screens that can be backlit can't be read without a usen;, the group offered a software library, a newsletter, and backlighl If Alliri does a retool for a light, the entire notebook high hopes, but suffered from lack ofrea! purpose and computer will become something else altogether. At a later direction. In mid 1991, theAUA took up the cause of working and later date. Another problem is the ever-tumbling prices of again~t pirciCy, a campaign that attracted positive attention and PC notebook computers. At the S2,OOO+ projected price of the more membership. However, shortly after the AUA took the Atari ST-Book, careful buyers could buy two reasonably anti-piracy stance, Derek Signorini, president ofthe AUA, competent IBM compatible unitr-with software. received a phone bill totalling almost S2,ooo, apparently performed by a "phreaker" as a warning to the AUA against further activity. Derek reportedly used the existing AUA finances as well as cash raised by the sale of all of his Atari • Some of AteriUsar's News and Press The Empire equipment to pay a settlement of 112 ofthe bill. According to information Is provided by Eric Lambeth, who wants to reorganize the AUA, no funds the ZONet Intemalional Alan whatsoever remain to make refunds to the 253 members who News SeNios, copyright ~ Strikes Back••. Ron Kovacs., P.O. Box 59, each paid SIOto SIS. ~• Nintendo and Atari Corp have jointly announced that Atari has Middlesex, NJ 08846, Since the reasons for the closing of the AUA have been (908) 968-2024 voice, (908) .. withdrawn its appeal ofajury verdict andjudgment in fcivor of made public, Derek Signorini released an 8-part "expose" on 968-8148 BSS, GEnie: Z­ ::I• Nintendo. Atari had sued in a long and expensive trial based • the problems he encountered while piloting the AUA In it, NET, CompuServe: 't: on antitrust grounds against Nintendo in Federal Court in San 71777,2140. Derek makes bitter accusations of political pressure and hidden ~ Francisco. In the end, the jury was unable reach a decision Sew\ & Slliff Atari and Related Computer News

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agendas on the part of various media and Atari employees that allegedly led to suppression of the AUA as an organization. Calamus News Meanwhile, Eric is attempting to get the AUA back on its Nathan Potechin, President of ISO Marketing since 1987, feet, and is offering to reopen the software library, user group announced the formation ofOMC Publishing. Inc .. "In order directOly, and article exchange for user groups. He will honor to place a stronger emphasis on what has become the main paid memberships but asks for donations of$5 or more. For activity ofiSO - the Calamus SL product line - we've more information, contact Eric Lambeth, P.O. Box 1062, restructured to better address the needs of our many Calamus • ATARI EXPLORER Springfield, MO 65714-1062, GEnie: E.lAMBE1H customers," said Potechin in a July 9 press release. He plans TAKES ADVANTAGE for the new corporation to continue to woric for increased The publisher and editor of market share for Calamus as well as acting as an OEM Rcseller Alan Advantage (a new and Value Added Reseller (VAR). Alan ST magazine) have SPA Fights Piracy In late June, ISO Marketing. Inc. (now OMC Publishing. been hired to lake over Inc.) awarded ll1l\ior prizes in the 2nd Annual Calamus Family production 01 Alan's In­ An FBI raid on a Boston bulletin board system (BBS) yielded house magazine, Alan Creativity and Design Contest. First Prize Wmner of seizure of computers and records of operntions that show Explorer. Mike Lindsay and $1,500.00 worth ofAGFA Compugmphic fonts for use in both illegal distribution of software to users in 36 states and II Darren Meers are Outline Art and Calamus went to Dan Marusich of Absolute relocating to Sunnyvale to foreign countries, including Israel, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Visuals out ofTuscon, Ariwna. His submission was of pilot the glossy bi-monthly France, Germany, IrdQ, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Explorer altar their short multiple logo designs. Second Prize (an Atari SLM605laser stint producing their own the United Kingdom. The BBS was "Davy Jones Locker" and printer compliments of Atari) went to Rolf Berger of Images Atari magazine. According opernted by paid subscription, offering users access to over 200 Unlimited in Ottawa, Ontario, for a report cover design. Third . to Lindsay, inany pirated programs ranging up to the $3,500 AutoCAD system, Prize was a complete Calamus SL package won by Joey subscripllons were either and a number of prerelease versions of software that can't even not billed or charged in (REALM) Sherman, for his "Grog. Bob, and the Almost Oval­ be bought by the general public. No arrests were made yet, anticipation 01 the move. Looking Red Thing with No Real Purpose." Fourth Prize Paid subscribers will be pending further investigation of criminal charges. Civil suits went to Jamie Todd of Chimera for his cassette sleeve design. given options on conversion have been filed in Federal Court by the Software Protection to a subscription to Alari Jamie and his band, Radio Silence, also use their Atari Association on behalf of their member developers, charging Explorer. equipment for music composition and performance. Fifth Undsay and Meers board operntors with copyright infringement and seeking an Prize went to Steve KaIcita for his T-Shirt design, "Robot." were part 01 ST-Inlormer unspecified amount of compensatory damages. The SPA (an AtBri ST news lablold) estimates software pirdCY worldwide co~ts the computer lor lour years, and both lell Calamus SL Upgraded indu~1ry $10 billion to $12 billion a year. Inlormer in January 1992 A free upgrade for Calamus SL owners is now offered by over a dispula regarding In the Atari marlcet, some small developers have had OMC. Registered owners will receive upgrade instruction by ownership and control. pirdCY of their products make the difference between success Their own magazine, Alan mail, and there is only a $10 shipping and insurance charge. and failure of their companies. Advantage, had established Many of the features ofSL that were previously inactive or a respectable circulation, Other news from the SPA via surveys of over 1,000 home buggy are now up and running as they should be. In addition, but Alari Corp electad not to computer and users ... 40% of entertainment bring Advantage in-house Calamus SL now includes a new standard module, the software users in the survey and 26% of education software 86 an additional magazine. Focoltone color matching system. Focoltone Ltd. is a U.K.. users admitted to the SPA that they copy software from friends, Will Atari Advanlage firm that offers precision color modules for allll1l\ior OTP continue publishing uncler work, or from school. platforms and software. Available in addition to the software new management? At Education and recreation software rank nearly equal in use press time, nothing could (which is included with the upgrade) is a 763 color Swatch by those who use them, loggirig an average of four hours a be conlirmed, either way. Book ($79 US, $95 CON), a set of 16 Color Charts with The naming 01 editorial week per user. There are, however, many more game users. process color specifications ($1691200, also available on slaff lor Explorer ends Nearly 40"10 of entertainment software homcs have no children, months 01 conjecture about newsprint), and a Color Specifier Chip Book with 5 swatches while only 22% of education software is in childless homes. who would take over lor of each color ($2001240). Owners of Calamus 1.09N can still Personal productivity software comes out high~t in homes John Jainschigg. John upgrdde to the improved Calamus SL for $200 US, $229 declined to move to with no children, but not far above entcrtainment programs. CON. Sunnyvale Irom his New Personal productivity software users own an average of3.6 York offices where he progrdll1s, while entertainment users own almost ten. produced Explorer lor the More Modules for SL last two years. For those with a high school education, computer use is lbree new modules now join the availability list as add-ons for Bringing Alari Explorer less than one third that of video games. College degreed user's to the home offices is part 01 the modular Calamus SL. The OATAFORMER module PC use at home is about double their video game usage. PC an overall consolidation 01 comes in two parts - RASTER and VECfOR, used to use is also tied strongly to income, with 41 % of homes with executive efforts and convert Calamus grciphic fiames or pages to other file formats attentions at Alari. Over­ PC's having incomes over $50,000, versus only 23% for those for export. Raster will export to Degas (PI?), Doodle (PIC), seeing magazine operation with video games. will be Alari's Bemie Stolar. NeoChrome (NED), STAD (PAC), GEM Image (IMG), Enhanced Simplex (ESM), Block (BLK), PC Paintbrush .\'('\1'\ (~ SII1// Atar; and Related Computer News

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• NEW HOST BRINGS (PCX). IFFILBM (IFF), TIFF (TIF); Targa (TGA), Calamus Oxxi Inc., P.O. Box 90309, Long Beach, CA 9OIIO'M309, CD, FLOPTICAL (CRG), and GIF87a (GIF). Vector will export to Calamus USA, FAX (310) 427-0971 TOATARI (CVG), GEM Metafile (GEM), Autocad (OX F), HPGL ICD Inc. has announced a Plotfile (PLT), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) and PostScript new host adaptor that will (PS). There are choices of saving with Color, Grayscale or . enable standard ST can computers to use Industry Monochrome; you specifY ALL or STANDARD (VOl) Complete Mailing standard SCSI devices, colors and filled or outlined fill patterns. There are also options Including hard drives, CD to save 1-, 4- and 8- bit gmyscale or 8-and 24- bit color. For Solution ROM drives, and ftopticals PostScript files, the options include filled or empty fills and designed for IBM, MAC, Step Ahead Software, Inc. and Synergy Resources you may choose to save an ilTlllge with the file. For EPS you and . Pricing has not announced the release of neW versions ofTracker 1ST and been announced, but "The may choose to attach a TIFF with the converted file. GEMvelope!, and a working demo version of GEM vel ope! Link" will be a sell-powered Datafonner will not enable import of PS or EPS files into will be included free in future packages ofTracker 1ST. The molded cable-box a"air that Calamus SL. Dalaformer is $100, $120 CON. will connect to Atari's DMA teaming ofTracker/ST and GEMvelope! aids those who need The new MOUNT module ($50160) allows printing more (ACSI) port and plug to maintain a mailing list and want to print mailing labels and directly to standard 5O-pln than one page on each sheet of printed paper, handy for small bar-coded envelopes. The new version ofTracker 1ST, v3.04, Centronics SCSI ports, fonnat publications. giving instant and complete has a command which lets the user cut the current name and The BRUSH Module ($30135) is a ~ter gmphics editor access to virtually any address to the Atari Clipboard and paste the address into peripheral using SCSI, with that allows you to select from a palette of20 brush sizes and GEMvelope! (v2.84) for printing using a variety of different up to 8 devices at one time shapes (including variable) and then access the same color typefuces. The new Atari Font GOOS (not FSM GOOS) is being supported. Better table that is available in the other modules. yet, MS-DOS formatted also included on the disk, as are three fonts and printer drivers.. Previously available add-on modules include: Speed Line devices will read and write In addition, each copy ofTracker/ST will come with a coupon directly and trensparenUy Autotracer ($50/60) converts a rcNer' gnlphic to a vector for 1/3 off the retail price of GEM vel ope!. Upgmding to from the ST without gmphic within seconds; Color separation module ($50/60) modification, using lCD's Tracker/ST v3.04 is free for owners ofv3.0 or above. allows definition of separation filters, including undercolor driver software. CD-ROMs Registered users on GEnie may receive their updates through are now supported through removal and adornment (spot color); and the Vector Graphic e-mail, and those without GEnie accounts may upgmde by The Link's extended SCSI Module ($100/120) which allows the creation and editing of . sending a check or money order for $5.00 (shipping and commands, with a re­ monochrome or color vector grdphics. written MetaDOS driver to handling) to Step Ahead Software, 496-A Hudson Street, #F39 DMC Publishing, 2800 John St, Suite 10, Markham, support the SCSI-2 New York City, NY 10014, 212-627-5830. GEnie Address: standard for CD-ROM Ontario L3ROE2, phone 416-479-1880, FAX 416-479-1822 . . players. The ICD Link will NEVIN-S. Upgmdes from Tracker/ST v2.0-2.51 are $30.00, be premiered at the Atari and may be purchased by check, money,order, and all major Messe in Dusseldorf, credit cards. GEMvelope! comes with both a prognun and Germany in August. ICD is laking orders now w~h desk accessory version, and retails for $30 from Synergy shipments expected in micl­ NeoMovement Resources, 754 N. Bolton Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46219- August. For further 5902, 317-356-6946, GEnie Address: RRiCHARDS2. Information, contact GribnifSoftware, mailers ofNeoDesk, STalker, and importers Thomas Harker at ICD by of Ardbesque and Convector (and otht:r cool goodies) has phone (815) 968-2228 moved to new offices. New addn... ss and telephone numbers are extension 120, or FAX (815) 968-6888. effective immediately: GribnifSoftW'dI'C, P.O. Box 779, Northampton, MA 01061. Phone (including technical Moving Molrcules support): (4\3) 247-5620. Fax line (24 hours): (4\3) 247- Computer animations of cellular and molecular processes is 5622. available for use on the ST computers. The series consists of 34 full color animations developed for an introductory cell biology/molecular genetics course at the University ofWestem Ontario, London, ON, Canada by Drs. Alan Day and Robert Dean. Each animation is a complete mini-lesson and provides New SuperBase 15-20 minutes of stody time. A number of animations also present important biotechnological techniques such as PCR, Coming DNA sequencing, and cloning. The tutorial series is available ~ SuperBase database ~ystems for the Atari have been acquired for a fee by contacting Dr. Alan Day, Dept. of Plant Sciences, ~ by Oxxi Inc., who now offer upgrcldes for the popular line of University ofWestem Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B7. Phone c( software. '[he charge to upgrclde either version ofSuperbase (519) 433-7145 or Fax (519) 661 -3292. Please specifY the • Personal to SB Pro 3 is $85, available only thruugh Oxxi. The Atari version. • j upgrclde includes full product, manuals and all. 1: A new product, Superbase 4, is expected in the near future. I m------~------~ 1-800-8 5-3070 Order Line Only For tech support call Micro Computer Depot 803-788-5165 Atan s largest dealer In the south east. We have been selling and servicing them Store/Order Hours since 1981. We are Sales and Service authorized for the complete Al{~ ri line. Mon-Fri 9:00-6:00 Call for current pricing on all machines.

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This year, the Glendale Show will be holding Desktop Publishing Classes. This has been a very popular feature at other shows. ISO Marketing will be holding Beginners and Advanced classes for owner and prospective owners of Calamus SL. Classes will be held on Saturday and Sunday. Classroom size is limited. There will be a $25.00 fee for these hands-on classes.

Please make your reservations by sending a check for $25.00 payable to H.A.C.K.S., 249 Brand BI. #321, Glendale, CA 91203. Be sure to state the preference of day and class level. A confirmation will be sent, about 2 weeks prior to the show, by return mail stating which class you will be enrolled in. Enrollment in the classes will also entitle you to admission to the rest of the show for the day of your class. JI\.Ri~l!!llY ~!~!HS?a!!!e~~~!S AlARI" .. ATARI HARDWARE! •••••••••••••••••• MultiSync TradeUp! : Trade Up! : Star"Sync Monitor .....•.... $449 • • Star"Sync Switch Box ...... $59 • If you own a 520 or 1040ST • Star"Sync System ...... $499 • consider trading up to an STE! • • They're really fast and fun . • The Mother of All TradeUp's! • • Three Resolutions, One Great Price! • Call us or better yet call me, • • Doug, and let me tempt ya! • Ed ~~!!~:!!!5;;;;;;;;;;;;~~~~--':·~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~·~ MEGA STE! ... Mega STE 1MB RAM .. __ $819 SPECTRE GCR SALE! 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The number two item on most Lynx The Taste ofChicago is THE big summer event here in Chicago. It's a 9 day food festival which attracts over a million owners' wish lists (with number one people. At the Taste, you can by out all kinds offoods from many of the best restaurants in the city. Along with all the being lots ofnew games) is that Atari food, there's plenty offree entertainment, and this year some of would start letting the public know that entertainment was provided by the Lynx. Atari had a tent with over 100 Lynx systems set up. 'about the Lynx. I'm extremely happy People got to play special short ver.;ions of Batman Returns, . to report that Atari is starting to m(lke Pinball Jam, Hydra, and NFL Football, and the people who had the highest scores on the games at the end ofthe day won a that wish a reality. Lynx. After.the second day they stopped using NFL Football. It seems quite a few people could only score 7 points in the time a1loted so there weren't any definitive high scorers. lbey The first step towards this was the acquisition of the used a random drawing on the rest ofthe days to determine "Batman Returns" license. This was the sort of high who would win a Lynx. visibility product that the Lynx has been lacking. As you left the tent, you got a Lynx sticker. A local TV has a strong stable of popular arcade titles, ~tation was picking out people at random to receive a Lynx uite a few home player.; (especially the system during the live broadcast of their afternoon cartoon ,nOF'r m,,,,,l, r!nn·' the arcades much and need some show. Sonic to get them Atari was expecting 90,000 people to pass through their tent by the end ofthe Taste, and jUdging by the lines on the last tie-in out in time day, I bet they got at I~'t that many. was going to record, this seemed HiStory Repeats Itself out of the hat with this A little more than a decade ago, the most popular arcade game shelves a week before around was released for play on home systems. Despite a steep price, the game sold like cmzy. The game, of course, was Pac the she! ves, you've got Man, and it came out for the for around $55 . . is where Atari really As I write this, the most popular arcade game oftoday has around. No sooner had the ju~t made its home debut, and it, too, is selling in huge were running on a regular number.; even with a big price tag. This game is Street Fighter programming such as "The 2 (sorry, for the Super Nintendo) and clocks in at $75. bought some prime time '[be similarities are interesting but it's the differences that and "Saturday Night Live." are ~'triking. Pac Man WdS an 8 kilobyte cartridge and was . Atari 's special promotion barely recognizable compared to the arcade original. Street . could get the Batman title for Fighter 2 is a 2 Megabyte cartridge and is a perfect audio­ high profile title to entice visual and gameplay clone ofits original. It's a good indication and the results are ~1arting to be of how far game sy~tems have come technically. Game prioes noticeable. nmmnltinn started, the Toys 'R Us I aren't too high when you think about it-ten years later, for frequent has been sold out or the Lynx. This 'Ioys 'R Us has only $20 more you get a game that has 256 times Jhe rnemoty. also ,1arted to use part of the wall space lor Lynx And ALL of the Lynx titles are cheaper today than Pac Man cartridges. Hopefully, this good marketing sense is a sign of good was years ago. ~inton Smith. things to come.

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• Old you know you can place the UPDATE command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file Have your programs take-up less space. get a llat 0' 'llaname. so that it is activated when you reboot your machine. Disk space is a prime concern on the Portfolio. To make when you want to load a "Ie Into an application? progrnms smaller, there are two utilities, LZEXE and PKLITE, When a built-in application What are some o/the Bugs in the Porl/oiio? which will compress programs to' about 213 's their original asks for a filename to load, The number one bug, one that causes fiustl"dted new size. And the cool part is that they still run! type " to display a list of files for that owners to bring the machine back to the dealer more than any application. other: if you try to load a zero length file into one of the built-in Can I "In MSiDOS 3.0 or /aler on the POI1/0/i0~ applications, the Port will lock up. This is especially easy to No, The unit is MSIOOS 2.11 compatible in ROM. Due cause when first playing with the applications; if you save a file to the hardware differences and memory limitations, other with nothing in it, next time you load that application, you're versions of DOS will not run on it dead. Just reboot the machine, delete the zero length liIe, and you should be ready to go. Is a Technical Manual Available/or the Porl/o/Jo~ Then there's the "ShotGun" bug. When you power up the If you're an amateur or professional developer and want to Portfolio, it will write a random byte to a certain memory develop programs that take advantage of the inner workings of location. If an application is loaded, this can mangle the data the machine, a Tcchnical Reference manual is available from file. One way around is to exit any applications before the Atari for $60. Call Gail Bacani at (408) 745-2022 for more machine powers down, or enter the following lines in the details. The manual includes emulation software for the pc, CONFIG.SYS file: FILES=20 BUFFERS=32 What are .PGc, .PGF, and .PGX flies? 'The randomized memory location will then always be Don Messerli, of the Software Vineyard, has developed inside the file buffer area, and will not affcct the data liIes. the .PGC (Portfolio Graphics Compressed) standard. This Also, the Portfolio will lock up if you try to load a liIe into ~tandard, along with his excellent program, PGSHOW. allows the editor that ends with a . 'Ihe lor 9 frames per second of animation. It is very impressive. UPDATE program fixes this bug. PBASIC also supports the .PGC ~tandard. and allows up to about 4 frames per second, There was an earlier version called How do I reboot the Porl/olio? .PGF, where the files were always 1920 bytes in size. .PGC When the Portfolio locks up, there are three ways to reboot files are compressed to take up less space ..PGX files are part the machine. First try the "three finger salute," . of an Animation Package for the Portfolio. Depending on the . If this has no efli::ct, tum the complexity of the image, the package is able to display machine upside down, and aboY!; the Atari label, there is a anywhere from 16 to 20 images per second on the Portfolio's hole. Use a paper clip to depress the switch in the hole. If the LCD screen. To see the results of his labor, download Portfolio ~till .refuses to reboot, you will have to cold boot the PGFLlX, the animation package, and either DOMINOS.ZIP machine. Remove the battery cover. Use a paper clip to or HORSE.ZIP, the mini-movies. depress the small metal tab. 'Ihe cold reboot will take your Portfolio back to when you first got it. You will even have to What is a .HOO file? tell it what language you want to use. Everything on drive C: A .Hoo file is a progmm designed to run from inside the will belo~t . Portfolio's internal editor. Press inside the editor to get a list of .1-100 liles. Can ,lie ROM be upgrude(l? No. So there.

What is the APR? Atari has released the APB (Accessories, Peripherals Bulletin) for the Portfolio. N (l) This twenty page manual includes hints and tips, as well as listing third party (l) ~ vendors' hardware and software for the Portfolio. For a copy, see your dealer, or iii :l C> write to Atari, 1196 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1302. The cover «:l price is $1.00. •.,.. :2• c! Can I attach a Hard There is finally a hard 14701 Candeda Place, Flashdrive hard disk unit. Interface. The 20mb

What is a .RUNfile? 'This is a prognun that can be run from the leaving all the memory free for your data. 'Ihe a special format, and have been specially written Portfolio. You can't always copy these files, since be ~tored in consecutive sectors on the memory card. a .RUN c-dI'd, the quickest way is to reformat the and then copy the .RUN file first. 'Ihis will assure stored on the card correctly. '10 execute a .RUN • Have your progrem. the command RI)N filename. RUN. the x-my take-up lea•• pace. security people will want to Disk space is a prime Whell usillg the F/uslu/rive, the M 0 cOm»Umd locks up the .. .. . since they won't recognize it When you concern on the Portfolio. To make programs smaller, computer. Why? . :i~ho(~il to them, they will ask you to tum it on, so it's best not there are two utilities, On some models of the Portfolio, there is a problem with' to have anything embarrdSsing on the sereen. Many ofthl~m LZEXE and PKLlTE, which the MKDIR (MD) command. The designers ofthe Portfolio will be very interested in the machine 'and will probably want will compress programs to about 2/3's their original never anticipated a hard drive connected to the unit. 'Ihe MD to know more about it. size. And the cool part is command cannot handle drives larger that 2mb. USE had to that they still runl create their own version of the MD command, called AIMD. WIIIIJ do I do whell tile P011/olio dies? to bypass this problem. It is included with the Portllllio driver. Atari has a trdde in progrdm lor dead Portlblios. '1hey' li exchange an old Port lor a new Port fllr $110. Ovemight Where calli get programs/or the POI1/olio? shipping is available at extm cost. Contact Atari before AIARI UUS; 408-745-2191; FII)O 13BS; 301-997-7204; sending the unit. Any PORT in a S'IDRM U13S; 919-598-5320; CompuServc; GEnic; IntcmetJUitnct: AIARI.ARCHIVE.UMICH.EDU ClIII I get a replucenumt BlIttery/Bus cover? Ilo~1 mille. btrd ~overs can be ordered from Atari for 5 dollars. Calli illcreuse the illtemuJ tnenUiry size o/the Pm1jiJ/io? Ycs. 'Ihere arc two approaches. A device available Will t/rere ever be a Pol1/olio II? outside the US called Memory Expander-+- will increase thl:: Who knows'! AIllIi has aI ways played close to the ehes t Port's internal memory to 384k, and add a second RAMcard on future developments. If you want to sc>(! an improved slot. It plugs in like the Pamllcl Port. Megabyte Computers in version of the Portfolio, you shou ld write to Atan and let them Texas will now upgmde the Portlolio to 512k of memory know you want one. - JjJ Gleason. internally. 'Ihe $299 modification includes a six month

(II wamillty for the work. For more information call, (817) 589- '" 2950. '" ... BJ Gleason is an instructor of Computer Science at Thl3 iii 6, Can I modify the POI1/o/iomyseifto 512k? American University in Washington, D.C . and he's been programming for over a decade now. He's the author of ~ Probably not. lhe Portfolio uses surface mount technol- over two dozen utilities and games. including PBASIC 4.9" • ogy for its chips, and the 512k chips require jumpers to be the 'freeware' BASIC interpreter designed specifically for II 1e : instaJled. Portfolio. His Email [email protected]­ erican.e du and his Compuserve 10 is 73500.2517. There :2 are even more questions and answers in the PORT.FAQ file j on Compuserve. Resollrce

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