CompuServe ATARI8 Welcome to ATARI 8-Bit Forum, V. 4B(137) Hello, LOWELL J. ROSMAN,M.D. Last visit: 25-Apr-87 20:48:44 Forum messages: 185656 to 186302 Last message you've read: 0 Subtopic(s) Selected: [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 7 11 ] No members are in conference. Press <CR> : ATARI 8-Bit Forum FUNCTIONS 1 (L) Leave a Message 2 (R) Read Messages 3 (CO) Conference Mode 4 (DL) Data Libraries 5 (B) Bulletins 6 (MD) Member Directory 7 (OP) User Options 8 (IN) Instructions Enter choice ! BULLETINS 1 Short 2 Regular 3 Conference 4 Data Library 5 Membership Information 6 Sysop Roster Enter choice ! *** APRIL 16 *** On Thursday April 30 at 9PM EDT, Trip Hawkins, President, Chairman, and CEO of Electronic Arts, the folks that brought you Archon, Pinball Construction Set, Seven Cities of Gold, One-on-One, Music Construction Set, Skyfox, The Bard's Tale, and brought Skyfox and Arctic Fox to the Atari ST, and distribute Ultima, Chessmaster 2000, Autoduel, Ogre, Starfleet One, and other great programs will hold an open Conference in the ATARI 16-Bit Forum (GO ATARI16) on Channel 18. Primary topics of this outstanding guest appearance will include the course that EA intends to take with it's aquisition of Batteries Included and a discussion of Mr. Hawkins' views on the Atari Market. All EA fans and ATARI8 members are welcome to attend, but please drop SYSOP*Mike Schoenbach [76703,4363] a note in Email or in ATARI16 so that he can reserve space for you! *** APRIL 11 *** ANNOUNCING THE SIG*ATARI PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP !!! (<R>ead WRKSHP.TXT in DL 2 for details!) ========== The edited conference transcript for the Magazine Conference is now ========== The edited conference transcript for the Magazine Conference is now available in DL 7 under the filename MAG.CO! *** APRIL 6 *** === ICD/KYAN/OSS Online Support === ICD, Kyan, and OSS: All three companies are synonymous with top-rate products and support for the 8-bit ATARI computers. DL 11 and message subtopic 9 has been set up as an official product support section for all three companies to use for answering your questions and providing updates, patches, and help/support files for their products. Please read DL 11's (DES)cription file for more details on the new product support section! === NEW DAYTIME RATES === EVENING CONNECT RATES IN EFFECT ALL DAY FROM APRIL 1 TO MAY 31! <R>ead RATES.TXT in Data Library 0 (DL 0) for more details! *** REMEMBER: UPLOAD TIME IS FREE! Last Page ! BULLETINS 1 Short 2 Regular 3 Conference 4 Data Library 5 Membership Information 6 Sysop Roster Enter choice !^Z Enter choice !^Z Enter choice ! ATARI 8-Bit Forum FUNCTIONS 1 (L) Leave a Message 2 (R) Read Messages 3 (CO) Conference Mode 4 (DL) Data Libraries 5 (B) Bulletins 6 (MD) Member Directory 7 (OP) User Options 8 (IN) Instructions Enter choice ! Exiting at 25-Apr-87 20:51:11 Last message in forum: 186302 Last message you've read: 0 Thank you for visiting ATARI 8-Bit Forum One moment please... CompuServe ANTIC //////////////// ANTIC ONLINE The Electronic Atari Resource What's New: -> FEATURE Interview with Hitchhikers DOUGLAS ADAMS * GO 6 -> FEATURE Interview with Hitchhikers DOUGLAS ADAMS * GO 6 APRIL Software Shelf * GO 2550 XEP80 80-Column Board * GO 2369 New I/O answers * GO 2223 CEBIT Reports (Germany) * GO 7 Special START Survey * GO 2600 Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-10 1 Welcome to Antic Online 2 Latest Atari News 3 New Products & Reviews 4 The Software Shelf 5 The Mailbox 6 RLE Art Gallery 7 (Atari Forums) SIG*ATARI 8 Antic Online Archives 9 Customer Service Hotline Enter choice ! CompuServe ANT-4 WELCOME TO ANTIC ONLINE: 1 Introduction 2 How to Use Antic Online 3 Meet the Staff 4 Antic Author's Guide Enter choice ! CompuServe ANT-1824 ***WELCOME TO ANTIC ONLINE*** You and Antic are now making history together! You have accessed the first online magazine exclusively for Atari computer users. ANTIC ONLINE now offers more features than ever before, including: * MORE USER SURVEYS * ONLINE GRAPHICS * DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE ...and much more. We've completely redesigned and rebuilt ANTIC ONLINE. It's easier to use. Hot news stories can be added *instantly*. And it has more features than any other online magazine. Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-1825 ONLINE GRAPHICS ANTIC ONLINE now offers RLE (Run Length Encoded) Vidtex Graphics. These are two-color hi-res pictures that you can see NOW, while reading ANTIC ONLINE. Each month we'll feature eight new RLE pictures. Some of these are our own artwork, others are from readers. ONLINE NEWS PHOTOS For the first time, you'll be able to read our on-the-spot news reports, then see it happening. Whenever possible, we'll create digitized photos of trade shows, new products and people in the news, and feature these in our RLE Art Gallery. Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-1826 Use menu choice 6 from our top menu to get to this section, or type GO ANT-1470. Use menu choice 6 from our top menu to get to this section, or type GO ANT-1470. SOFTWARE SHELF Now you can download software from ANTIC ONLINE! Every month, our Software Shelf will offer eight ANTIC programs. Download as many as you like: they're all *free* to ANTIC ONLINE readers. (Documentation is also available). At the end of every month, Software Shelf programs will be moved into the SIG*Atari data libraries, and eight new programs will appear on the Shelf. (Type GO SIGATARI to get to SIG*Atari.) About half of the programs on the Software Shelf are for 8-bit Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-2362 Atari computers (400/800/XL/XE models), and the other half are ST programs. To visit the Software Shelf, just select the "Software Shelf" menu option from either the ST Section or the XL/XE section, or type GO ANT-2550. (The Software Shelf is a free service to ANTIC ONLINE readers. All ANTIC programs are still copyrighted by Antic Publishing Inc. and may not be copied, uploaded to Bulletin Board Systems, or reproduced in any manner without written permission from Antic Publishing Inc.) MORE FEATURES Look for more current Atari news. We've streamlined many procedures and made many technical improvements which let us offer hot Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-2363 news and timely features very quickly (usually within 24 hours). This is because nearly all of ANTIC ONLINE's "behind-the-scenes" work is now being done in the Antic offices. We can add articles as soon as they're written, re-arrange menus which become cluttered, and keep ANTIC ONLINE a timely, valuable service. DROP US A LINE If you have a comment, criticism, question or suggestion, send it to us through our Online I/O Board. Your messages are read every day; answers to questions of greatest interest will be published in our Replies section. Use the Mailbox menu choice to get to the I/O Board, or type GO Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-2364 ANT-9 to get there directly. ANTIC ONLINE is CompuServe's largest electronic magazine; CompuServe is the largest general information database in North America. (Vidtex is a trademark of CompuServe Inc.) ANTIC ONLINE copyright 1985, 1986, 1987 by Antic Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. Antic, Antic Online, START and II Computing are registered trademarks of Antic Publishing Inc. 544 Second ST, San Francisco, CA 94107. (415) 957-0886. Antic Publishing is an independent corporation not affiliated in any way with Atari Corp. Atari is a trademark of Atari Corp. All Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-2365 references to Atari products are trademarked and should be so noted. * MASTHEAD * Publisher: James Capparell Editor: Nat Friedland Online Editor: Charles Jackson ST Program Ed.: Patrick Bass Assistant Editor: Gregg Pearlman Last page ! CompuServe ANT-4 WELCOME TO ANTIC ONLINE: 1 Introduction 2 How to Use Antic Online 3 Meet the Staff 4 Antic Author's Guide Enter choice ! CompuServe ANT-1827 Here's how to start using the ANTIC ELECTRONIC EDITION without getting lost: Immediately following the Opening Screen you saw a WHAT'S NEW screen. This display can guide you quickly to sections of ANTIC ONLINE where important new files have just been added. Just follow the menu prompts to find whatever you need! If you have any comments or suggestions, please forward them to the Antic Technical Staff, through the MAILBOX section, (type GO ANT-9). Last page ! CompuServe ANT-4 WELCOME TO ANTIC ONLINE: 1 Introduction 2 How to Use Antic Online 3 Meet the Staff 4 Antic Author's Guide Enter choice ! CompuServe ANT-1821 THE ANTIC EDITORIAL STAFF: NAT FRIEDLAND has been the editor of Antic Magazine since May, 1984. During this period, subscriptions are up 29 percent. Thanx, and we'll keep trying to bring the Atari community what it's looking for in their magazine. CHARLES JACKSON, editor of ANTIC ONLINE, is also the Technical Editor to Antic Magazine. Jackson designed and assembled the current version of Antic ONLINE. He joined Antic Magazine in 1984, and has been with Antic Online since its inception in December of that year. Jackson designed and/or wrote many popular Antic programs, including "Fractal Zoom", "WEFAX: Weather Satellite Facsimile", "Rapid Graphics Press <CR> for more ! CompuServe ANT-1822 Converter", "The San Francisco Fogger" and GRAPHIC SHOP. PATRICK BASS, Antics' ST Program Editor, got his start in computer hardware and made the switch to software in 1976. He was one of the videogame programmers at Atari, and later worked closely with Nolan Bushnell designing computerized color analysis.
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