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| ROVAC ZMAGAZINE |
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| Issue #172 |
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| August 29, 1989 |
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|Copyright 1989, RII|
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|This week in ZMagazine|
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Kentuckiana Atari Fest Cancelled
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Lawrence Estep
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Null-Modem Adapter
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The Traveler
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GEnie New 8-bit Uploads
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World of Atari--Dallas (Part 3)
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Z*Staff
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CompuServe New 8-bit Uploads
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Atari Interface Magazine Offer
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|KENTUCKIANA ATARI FEST CANCELLATION|
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|by Lawrence Estep|
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The Atari Exchange Of Louisville,
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Kentucky has announced the cancellation
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of the Kentuckiana Atari Fest '89 that
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was scheduled for October 28th and 29th
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at the Sheraton Lakeview hotel in
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Clarksville, Indiana.
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The primary reason for the cancellation
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was lack of support and a firm
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commitment from Atari Corporation,
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according to Lawrence Estep, AEL
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Convention Coordinator. The problem
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was further complicated by the
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dismissal of Chris Roberts, user group
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coordinator of Atari Corp., who was
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helping with the organization of the
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convention.
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The AEL felt that the quality and
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reputation of the show could have been
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ruined by the cancellation of Atari
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Corp., and that the time restraints
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caused by the October convention could
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have caused many coordination problems.
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According to Lawrence, the convention
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has been tenatively rescheduled for
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sometime in July, 1990, and that
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interest exhibitors may contact the AEL
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Kentuckiana Atari Fest headquarters at
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(812) 944-8997 for more information.
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The Atari Exchange Of Louisville,
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Kentucky would like to thank everyone
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who expressed an interest in the
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convention, and apologizes for any
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inconvenience that this cancellation
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may have caused.
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As a token of our appreciation to user
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groups, dealers, developers, and PD
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authors, the AEL is offering two
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advertising packages for our
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newsletter, AELien Transmissions. For
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one piece of Atari software/hardware
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per month, you will receive a free
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advertisement, or for a donation for
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our December computer raffle, you will
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receive an ad in either our November or
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December newsletter.
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A special price has been set-up for
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advertisements without donations, and
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more information can be obtained from
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AEL Promotions director, Lawrence
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Estep.
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The AEL would also like to encourage
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user groups to exchange newsletters and
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PD catalogs with us. All materials can
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be sent to the address below.
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Thank you for your time, and patience.
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Sincerely,
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Lawrence Estep
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AEL PD Librarian/Promotions
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director
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Atari Exchange Of Louisville
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c/o Lawrence R. Estep
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524 Roseview Terrace
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New Albany,IN 47150-4457
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|NULL MODEM ADAPTER|
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|AtariTech BBS!|
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Have you ever tried to transfer files
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from one computer to another? You
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probably connected two modems together,
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or called yourself if you happen to
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have two telephone lines. It was
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probably a very slow process, unless
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you happen to own TWO 9600 baud modems!
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A Null-Modem Adapter can help you. It
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will allow you to transfer files at up
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to 9600 baud and not have to tie up
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your telephone line.
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A Null-Modem Adapter is simply a
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connector between two computers that
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allows direct communication between two
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computers. An actual modem is never
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used, so you can use the highest baud
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rate that both computers can handle.
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What the null-modem adapter does is
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convince the computers that they are
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connected to a modem instead of another
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computer.
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Before building your Null-Modem
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adapter, you need to determine which
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types of connectors to use. Most
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null-modem connectors use a male and a
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female DB-25 (modem type) connector.
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If you already have modem cables for
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both computers, you will probably find
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that a null-modem connector with two
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female connectors will be more useful
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to you. This way you can connect the
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two modem cables together with the
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null-modem adapter and be ready to
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roll!
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What you need
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> Soldering Iron and Solder
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> Approximately 12- of #24 stranded
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wire
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> Cover shell--Shack # 276-1520
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> Two DB-25 solder-type connectors
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Female--Radio Shack 276-1548
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Male--Radio Shack 276-1547
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(determine which ones you need)
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How to build it
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Full Handshake Null Modem (best):
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Connector: A B
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1 to 1
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Connect 2 to 3
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these 3 to 2
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pins: 4 to 5
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5 to 4
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6,8 to 20
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7 to 7
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20 to 6,8
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The pins on the connector are numbered,
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but remember that pins on the Male
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connector, looking at the solder side,
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narrow-edge down, are numbered
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right-to-left, top row first. The
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female connector is numbered
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left-to-right!
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If this one does not work, and you have
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CHECKED the WIRING, then try using the
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-No-Handshake- null-modem adapter:
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Connect the following pins OF EACH
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connector together:
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Connect pins 4 + 5 together.
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Connect 6, 8, + 20 together.
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Connect these pins BETWEEN the two
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connectors together:
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Connector: A B
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1 to 1
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2 to 3
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3 to 2
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7 to 7
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How to use the adapter
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Boot up each computer with a good
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terminal program. For the Atari 8-bit
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I suggest AMODEM 7.5 because it can
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handle BOTH 9600 baud and YMODEM
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transfer protocol. This will give
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you the fastest possible data transfer.
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Set both terminals to the fastest baud
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rate that both computers can handle.
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Next connect the computers together
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with the Null-Modem Adapter. Following
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the instructions of each terminal
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program, simply set the sending
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computer for upload and the receiving
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computer for download. Remember to use
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the same protocol on each computer, and
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it is usually better to start the
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receiving computer first. Basically,
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that's it! Easy!
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If you have any questions about this or
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any technical questions about Atari
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8-bit computers, you can call the
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AtariTech BBS at (813) 539-8141.
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We have many files on easy-to-build
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hardware projects, memory upgrades,
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fixes and mods.
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Traveler
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(Editor's note: Amodem 7.5x is a very
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fine terminal program. However, with
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the release of BobTerm v1.1
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(shareware), a baud (bps) rate of
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19,200 is available, as is Fmodem
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protocol (4K blocks as compared to
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Ymodem's 1K blocks).)
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|GENIE NEW 8-BIT UPLOADS|
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Courtesy of GEnie's 8-bit Atari Library
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No. File Name
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YYMMDD Bytes Access Lib
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4550 SXFORMAT.ACC
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890808 1260 4 26
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Desc: SpartaDOS X Format
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Accessory
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4574 XON2.ARC
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890825 2520 23 22
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Desc: Turns SpartaDOS X on after
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disable.
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4573 DEAD.ARC
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890825 98280 13 5
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Desc: 21 DEAD SONGS ON AMP2 WITH
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LYRICS
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4572 PUBCHAT4.ARC
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890824 8820 2 24
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Desc: Replacement PRO BBS Chat
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Module
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4571 OASISTD11.ARC
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890822 22680 10 27
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Desc: Update 1.1 of Oasis Test
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Drive
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4570 Z171.ARC
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890821 17640 70 13
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Desc: ZMagazine issue #171 for 22
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Aug '89
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4565 MANUADDR.TXT
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890820 3780 2 12
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Desc: Company Addresses, CES
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exhibitors
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4564 SCES89.TXT
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890820 25200 14 12
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Desc: Summer CES show report!
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4563 TURBO1.TXT
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890820 8820 35 12
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Desc: Intro to the Turbo-816
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4562 AIMJUL89.ARC
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890820 32760 13 12
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Desc: Archive of July '89 AIM
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articles
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4561 MACEEXPO.TXT
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890820 10080 6 12
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Desc: MACE Expo Show Report
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4560 OASISPRESSRELEASE.TXT
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890819 7560 34 27
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Desc: Oasis BBS Press
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Release!!!!!
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4559 LFTOGGLE.ARC
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890816 1260 13 22
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Desc: MIO printer line feed
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selector.
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4558 PUBCHAT2.ARC
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890815 7560 12 24
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Desc: CMD Mdoule for BBS Express!
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PRO
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4557 Z170.ARC
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890815 21420 99 13
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Desc: ZMagazine #170 for 15
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August 1989
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4556 TBC.TXT
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890814 13860 22 11
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Desc: Info about TBC BBS
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4555 DOCEQU02.ARC
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890811 6300 11 27
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Desc: Part 2 of documented MAC65
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equates
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4554 Z169.ARC
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890811 23940 103 13
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Desc: ZMagazine #169 for 8 August
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1989
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4553 PROPAQ.ARC
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890810 15120 13 14
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Desc: Online file compression for
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Pro BBS
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4552 DIABASIC.ARC
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890809 5040 17 26
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Desc: Program DIAMOND GOS via
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Basic
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|WORLD OF ATARI--DALLAS (PART 3)|
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|Compiled by the Z*Staff|
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Reprinted from ST-ZMagazine #35
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August 19 and 20 saw the third in the
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series of World of Atari Shows,
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promoted by Richard Tsukiji of ST-WORLD
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Magazine. After Disneyland (Anaheim,
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California) last April and Dearborn
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(Detroit, Michigan) in June, the
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Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas show was again
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touted to be -the biggest yet-.
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However, according to or interviews
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with over 20 attending vendors,
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developers, club members, and general
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public, this was the smallest and least
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successful to date.
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Set under the Holiday Inn Holidome in
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Irving, Texas (selected for its
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metropolitan airport and position
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between Dallas and Fort Worth), the
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show floor for this latest World of
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Atari was reportedly smaller than
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either previous show. However, the
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number of vendor booths was apparently
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similar to that at Dearborn, the
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largest of the floors to date,
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providing Dallas a busier overall
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-feel-.
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Official attendance figures are
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unavailable as yet, but consensus
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ranges between 1,000 and 1,600 people.
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That's just under half of that posted
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in Dearborn, and barely 15% of the
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Disneyland attendance. While Saturday
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provided a good opening crowd, it
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slowly diminished throughout the
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afternoon. Sunday was very light in
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attendance, although the afternoon
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picked up somewhat. Nevertheless, the
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crowds were both knowledgeable and
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enthusiastic.
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Atari Corp was represented by Sig
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Hartmann and Jay Crosby. The Atari
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booth featured the Portfolio and the
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PC4 IBM clone, but not the Stacy Laptop
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ST, nor any of the entertainment or
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8-bit line. A user group supplied some
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8-bit display hardware and software at
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the last moment.
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Big ticket vendors reported a steady
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stream of -informed- lookers, although
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systems and hardware sales were
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reported to be very slow. Software
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sold at frenzied rates due to equally
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frenzied price slashes.
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Fast Technology, makers of the
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about-to-be shipped Turbo 16
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accelerator board, had a good overall
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impression of the show, with lots of
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attention to the product being given.
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Users at the Texas show seemed to be
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more interested than at Dearborn, said
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James Allen Jr., developer of the
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board. He also said that he was
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pleased with the instant comparisons he
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was able to do with a competing system
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from CMI, also at the show.
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Unfortunately, Jim was unable to sell
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his product as the first production run
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is not quite complete.
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In a similar situation was MIGRAPH, who
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drew consistent interest in their new
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Hand Scanner, but had no stock to
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offer. The first two shipments have
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been shipped to buyers, with the next
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shipment already sold before it
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arrives. Orders are being taken,
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however, and Liz Mitchell reported that
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a number of buyers are -ramping up- to
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the scanner by buying the improved
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TOUCH-UP software now, to upgrade to a
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scanner later.
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CODEHEAD said that while attendance
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hurt their expected sales, that they
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did sell quite a bit of their unique
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utilities. However, Charles Johnson
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commented on the rampant price cutting
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that many other vendors resorted to
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near the end of the show.
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RITE-WAY, a Detroit area retailer that
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did well at the Dearborn show, says
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that their trip to Dallas was a -barely
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break even- affair. While theirs was
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one of the busiest booths, Rite-Way had
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to cut prices by as much as 90% (!!!)
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off most of his available stock in
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order to go home with cash. Ron, of
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Rite-Way, nevertheless says the show
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was -OK, not fantastic, but OK-. He
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blames what he called the -very
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religious- character of the area for
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the very low Sunday turnout. He did
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sell out his stock of World of Atari
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Hats that he had purchased from CHAOS,
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a Lansing, Michigan club that had
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prepared them for the Dearborn show.
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Chaos still has perhaps a hundred left,
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and can be contacted through
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ST*ZMAG/Z*Net for further purchases,
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either singly at $5 or in quantity
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at a discount.
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ICD Inc reported far more tire-kickers
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than buyers for their complete line of
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hard drives and tape backup systems.
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Sales were VERY slow, with the 8-bit
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support product line almost totally
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without buyers. Sources at ICD
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reported that only 3 to 5 total sales
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were made from the 8-bit line, with
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better but limited sales from their ST
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lineup. They also noted that Rite-Way
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was selling ICD FA*ST Hard Drive
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systems at $50 BELOW cost in order to
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prevent taking them back home.
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ABACUS of Michigan was particularly
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hard hit buy the lack of buyers,
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discounting their fine line of books
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finally to ONE DOLLAR per title in
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an effort to move them. Their new
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software for the ST, BECKERCAD, was
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marked down from the retail of $395 to
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only $50, half that of the introductory
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price offered at Dearborn months
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earlier.
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BEST of California, sellers of some of
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the most obscure and intriguing parts
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'n stuff, is said to have done poorly
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enough to have told several other
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vendors that this would be their last
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show.
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Other vendors included SEYMOR-RADIX,
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CMI, SOF-TREK, Gadgets by Small,
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MICHTRON, REEVE SOFTWARE, and several
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local Atari dealers, and others.
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Seminars were held as usual. Sig
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Hartmann again held the opening
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seminar, with others following the same
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lineup as in Dearborn. Scheduled:
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Dave Small spoke about the MAC
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emulators, Michtron's George Miller
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held a desktop publishing and a BASIC
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programming talk, Alan Reeve spoke on
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his DIAMOND graphic operating system
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for the 8-bit Atari, and ICD discussed
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hard drives.
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User groups were conspicuous by their
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absence. After significant involvement
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in the Dearborn show, groups were
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hardly considered at the Dallas World
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of Atari, and no group had a booth of
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their own. Area group representative
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told us that they learned more about
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the upcoming show from reporters
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calling them for comments than they
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were able to get from ST-World or
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Richard Tsukiji. A major Dallas group,
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DAL-ACE, said that they NEVER got any
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official info so they did not
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participate at all. The Atari Users of
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North Texas say most of their
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information came one week ahead of the
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show when a local dealer sent them some
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fliers. Alamo Atari, an 8-bit group
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from San Antonio, heard of the show two
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weeks in advance, and contacted Richard
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for information, but were told that
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there would be no Atari 8-bit display.
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They confirmed this with Jay Crosby,
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but later persuaded Sig Hartmann to let
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them set up a few systems in the Atari
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area and do a seminar on 8-bit
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programming.
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While receiving neither booth area nor
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other benefits, several groups did
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provide a number of volunteers to help
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staff the World of Atari show.
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In the end, the attendees were
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generally very happy with the show and
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the bargains they were able to snap up.
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The vendors were either neutral or
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negative regarding profitability and
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attendance. Almost every vendor and
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each group stated that they knew of NO
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ADVERTISING locally for the show, and
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that promotions were poor overall. One
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story making the rounds at the show was
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that a major area newspaper took
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Richard's check for full page ads, but
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never ran them. While previous shows
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were widely covered and promoted online
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at GEnie and CompuServe, ST-World
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elected to ignore online cooperation
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this time, even refusing to return
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repeated phone calls for information.
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Despite his cancelled San Jose show,
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Richard was soliciting for vendors to
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attend his future World of Atari shows.
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Still on the calendar are returns to
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Anaheim next April, and to Detroit next
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Spring.
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|COMPUSERVE NEW 8-BIT UPLOADS|
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Courtesy of CompuServe's Atari8 Library
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[71361,411]
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AIMPRS.TXT
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27-Aug-89 4116 Accesses: 3
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This text file contains information
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of interest to ALL Atari user groups.
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[71641,1650]
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ALGIER.ARC/binary
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27-Aug-89 14208 Accesses: 2
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L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian
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Girl in Algiers) by Gioacchino Rossini
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[76046,1756]
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PRINT8.ARC/binary
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25-Aug-89 2560 Accesses: 6
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This file contains an ACTION!
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utility, PRINT8.ACT, which prints text
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on a graphics screen in 40 columns
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rather than the usual 20, in any of 3
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colors.
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[71450,1050]
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CANCEL.TXT
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23-Aug-89 2230 Accesses: 15
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This is the official press release
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on the cancellation of the Kentuckiana
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Atari Fest '89.
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[70717,3232]
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REDSEC.AMP/binary
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21-Aug-89 10240 Accesses: 15
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'RED SECTOR A' by RUSH Transcribed
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with lyrics for use with AMP version 2.
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[71777,2140]
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Z171.ARC/binary
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21-Aug-89 16384 Accesses: 25
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ZMagazine issue #171 for 22 August,
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1989.
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[72470,2737]
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APGEN.DCM/binary
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21-Aug-89 54528 Accesses: 5
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This file is a demonstration
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version of -The Electronic Tutor-.
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[72470,2737]
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ETDOCS.ARC/binary
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21-Aug-89 14592 Accesses: 5
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This file is an archive of the
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manual and a description of -The
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Electronic Tutor-.
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[72470,2737]
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PRIPLT.DCM/binary
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21-Aug-89 78848 Accesses: 4
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This file is a demonstration
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version of -The Electronic Tutor-.
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[75126,3446]
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CLRPX2.TXT
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20-Aug-89 2211 Accesses: 16
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Got a 1200XL with bad video? With a
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few simple changes under the hood, you
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can get rid of that tearing, fuzzy
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screen and add separate CHROMA
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operation.
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[76004,1764]
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DRIVE.ASC
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17-Aug-89 11493 Accesses: 51
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An ASCII text file, describing the
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interesting results, of comparing the
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following drives, to give an idea of
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-just how fast- they really are!:
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Atari 1050, U.S. Doubler, Happy 1050,
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Atari XF551, and the XF35-XF551.
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[71777,430]
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DELDTA.BAS/binary
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14-Aug-89 512 Accesses: 5
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DELDTA.BAS is a LISTED basic
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routine that will remove all data lines
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from a basic program.
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[71777,2140]
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Z170.ARC/binary
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14-Aug-89 20480 Accesses: 30
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ZMagazine #170 for August 15, 1989.
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[72750,747]
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DANSGA.ARC/binary
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13-Aug-89 3200 Accesses: 5
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THESE ARE SOME BOULDER DASH
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SCREENS THAT I RECREATED FROM A FILE I
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DOWNLOADED FROM THE ST SIG.
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[74030,2020]
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APAC12.ARC/binary
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13-Aug-89 23936 Accesses: 38
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Here is version 1.2 of APACVIEW,
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the GIF picture file viewer that
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displays in 256 color APAC mode.
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[76046,1756]
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PRNT15.ACT/binary
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13-Aug-89 4736 Accesses: 17
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Most everyone has a utility to
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print text on a Graphics 8 screen, but
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many would prefer to use Graphics 7+
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and its 4-color display. This ACTION!
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program will free you from GR.8's
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constraints!
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[71777,2140]
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Z169.ARC/binary
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11-Aug-89 22272 Accesses: 36
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ZMagazine #169 for 8 August 1989.
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[72337,1407]
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STFX1.DIG/binary
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10-Aug-89 22144 Accesses: 12
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A STRUCTURED PARROT file your all
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you parrot owners.
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|ATARI INTERFACE MAGAZINE OFFER|
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August 27, 1989
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Contact: Pattie Snyder-Rayl
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(313) 973-8825
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Unicorn Publications
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3487 Braeburn Circle
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Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
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Atari Interface Magazine Offers User
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Groups a Low Cost, Hassle Free
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Newsletter Alternative
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ANN ARBOR, MI--Has your Atari user
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group found itself spending a large
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chunk of its funds to produce and mail
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a club newsletter? Do you have an
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overworked newsletter editor who
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scrambles to get each newsletter
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produced? Does your club find it
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increasingly harder to have a quality
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newsletter containing original
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articles? Has your club tried
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including Z*Net supplements only to
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find the increased production costs far
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outweigh the benefits?
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Unicorn Publications, producer of Atari
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Interface Magazine (AIM), announces a
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plan to help Atari user groups overcome
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the hassles associated with producing
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a club newsletter. We invite your club
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to join groups from Michigan, Oklahoma
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and Texas in becoming a Participating
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Club in Atari Interface Magazine for
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the unbelievably low price of only 50
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cents per issue per member. For each
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member, that's only $6.00 per year!
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For the price many clubs are currently
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paying for postage alone, your members
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can have a high quality, national
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newsletter delivered each month to
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their doors. Here's how it works:
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Participating Clubs submit club news,
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minutes, reviews, editorials, and other
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feature articles on or before the 17th
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of each month. Participating clubs
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also supply mailing labels for their
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members and a check or money order for
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50 cents per supplied label. Here at
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Unicorn Publications, we write monthly
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columns and features, and we do all the
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-dirty work---editing, laying out and
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producing the magazine, and mailing
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each issue to the club members.
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For those of you unfamiliar with AIM,
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Unicorn Publications began producing
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the magazine back in December, 1987,
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under the name Michigan Atari Magazine.
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With the addition of Participating
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Clubs outside the state of Michigan in
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January, 1989, the publication evolved
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into Atari Interface Magazine. The
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magazine supports both the Atari 8-bit
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and ST computers. With
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over-the-counter sales in select Atari
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stores from Maine to California,
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chances are you can find a copy of AIM
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at your local dealer.
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As well as submissions from
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participating clubs, the magazine
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currently includes the following
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regular monthly columns:
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* Atari Bulletin Board, a look at
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what's new each month in the Atari
|
|
world
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* Turbo Info by DataQue's Chuck
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|
Steinman who discusses the Turbo-816
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16-bit processor upgrade for Atari
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8-bit owners
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* Hard Drive Myths and Mysteries from
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Dave Troy of Toad Computers,
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supplier of some of the best hard
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drive kits available for the ST
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* An in-depth tutorial to help people
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get the most from the AtariWriter+
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wordprocessor
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If your editor is currently struggling
|
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to produce a monthly newsletter, or if
|
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your club has tried including Z*Net
|
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supplements only to find that local
|
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content has to be decreased or
|
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newsletter production costs soar out of
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reach, we urge you to consider
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participating in AIM.
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Production and mailing of a monthly
|
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club newsletter is, quite often, the
|
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largest expense for a club. As a
|
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Participating Club paying only 50 cents
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per issue per member, your newsletter
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costs should decrease substantially.
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At the same time, your club joins with
|
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other Atari user groups to gain the
|
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benefits of participating in a national
|
|
user group publication.
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For more information on becoming a
|
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Participating Club in Atari Interface
|
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Magazine and other benefits of
|
|
participation, contact Pattie
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Snyder-Rayl at (313) 973-8825. Or give
|
|
our BBS a call at (313) 973-9137
|
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(300/1200/2400 baud).
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|
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Unicorn Publications can also be
|
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reached via electronic mail on
|
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CompuServe (ID 71361,411), GEnie
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(UNICORNPUB) and Delphi (UNICORNPUB).
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We hope to hear from your club soon!
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| Rovac Industries, Incorporated |
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| P.O. Box 59, Middlesex, NJ 08846 |
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| (201) 968-8148 |
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|Copyright 1989 All Rights Reserved|
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Reprint permission is granted
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providing ZMagazine and the original
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author is credited.
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CompuServe: 71777,2140
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GEnie: ZMAGAZINE
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Source: BDG793
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ZMagazine Headquarters BBSes:
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Centurion BBS--(618)451-0165
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Chaos BBS--(517)371-1106
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Shadow Haven--(916)962-2566
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Stairway to Heaven--(216)784-0574
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