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November 1992
A Holiday Feast ofAtari
Products!
A shrinking market? Recession? Some magazines have cut back
on their production
schedule,
but here
atAtariUser;
it's hard to tell
that
things
aren't
rosy
while
looking
at
the
continuing flood
of
products for theAtari line of computers. It's
a veritable smorgas-
bord! We've had
to
push
aside
the regular
columns and features
this month just
to
catch up on the REVIEWS
for a
flood
of
new
items of hardware,
software,
and
books.
And
our
RESOURCE
section on current
versions
of popular
software will
help
you be
certain that you're up to date, too.
I'm
sure you'll
join us in
welcoming
the information Norm
Weinress brings us on the
GEMUL~R,
the
remarkable
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use
on
PC's.
His
detailed
analysis
opens
our
issue-wide specialty lineup of reviews, just in time for
Holiday
gift considerations.
Speaking of those considerations, next month
we've got a
Christmas List Special that will make lots
of suggestions
in
every
price range,
along with
personal holiday
suggestions and wishes
from
many Atari
personalities.
And
a Lynx
Resource
section will
fill
you in
on every
game available,.along with more background
information
on
the hand-held
game sensation.
Next month
will
also bring
you
news
and photos from
COMDEX, the annual super-computer
show in
Las
Vegas. Atari's
got the largest booth in
all
of the
Sands Convention Center this
year. You
'll
see why
in the
D
ecemberAtariUser.
Some readers have noted differences
in
the
Falcon internal
.
pictures that
we
printed last month
when compared with
those
that
another
magazine printed the
same
month.
That's because
their's
was of an
early
prototype. The
FalconAtariUser
pictured is
a
"Revision
3"
Falcon, said
to
be
nearly identical to
"Revision
4,"
the production unit.
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folks!
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again,
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thatAtariUsers
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Love
That Resource
One of the most
valuable sections of
your
periodical
is
the
"Resource" section. I'm attaching
information
about
Ihe
Atari
dealers
that are/were in
my
area,
and a
lisl
of books
I've found Ihat
weren't on your
lists in
Ihe
last
few issues.
- J.I).
Soso,
Brooklyn,
New York
B-Bitters
Unite
You've
been
publishing·my NOAH 8-Bit ads in your free
classified
seclion for some
months-thanks, I've had
a
good response. I'd
like to do more,
perhaps start an 8-bit
Atari computer world-wide
network. I'd
encourage all 8-
bit users
to
write to us about
themselves, their
computers,
and
their uses.
- Urian
K.
Bogess,
NOAH
SAtari User
Group, 4S01 Denison Avenue, Cleveland
OH
44102•
• I
wish you
luck
alld
have
printed your address for people
to
correspolld with your gmup. Bul
dOli
t
re-illvellt
Ihe
wheel. 11rere
are
a
lIumber
of
established
8-bil Alari
supporl
hubs already,
allY
you mighl do belfer by
alfachillg
yourself to aile of
them.
Try
Bel!
Poelzlalld'sA
lari
Classics
Magazille
(179
Sproul
Road/Roule
352,
Frazel; PA
19355)
as a cOlliacl poilli. Hes collecled
lIearly 1,000
cOlllacis as
he's
prepped
his lrew
all 8-bit
publication.
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• Thallks!
encourage all our
readers
to participate ill
AtariUser by
forwardillg
LIS
informalioll
as
Ihey
hear
il
for
illcorporalioll illio
our Resource seclions. We agree;
Ihey
may be
Ihe
mOSilasiingly valuable
pages
of
all in allY AIGI·i
magazille
available.
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Give Me Fonts!
From the
moment
I
bought
my Alari, I wanted
to
be
able
to
print multiple fonts
with it. How
is il done? I have heard
of GDOS,
"imbedded
printer
codes" and such,
and
I cur-
rently use a dot matrix printer
and First Word. Whal
do
I
need to get
10
upgrade
wilh
minimal
resource~?
-Carole
Kramer, Jackson
Heights,
New
YOI'k
•
You've lapped
a
bOl/omless
pilaf queslions on Ihis
aile.
UllderSIand
firsl Ihal
differenl fOllis
call come
ftom
a
lIum-
ber
of
places, illcludillg diskfiles Ihal
define Ihem
or
built-
ill
mulliple fo"'s ill
permallelll memOlY
ill
Ihe prillier.
Se-
leclillg a lIew fOlll
call
be
dOlle
in hardware
(push Ihe righl
bulto" all
Ihe
prinler ilselj) or
ill
software. Your word
PIV-
cessOl; Firsl Wall/,
WIll
allow
you
10
challge fOllls from
imbedded
codes;
IF your prinler has
a variely
of fOllls
available buill
i/l.
A "conl1"01
sequellce,"
usually
;'1I'0lvillg
pressing
Escape
Ihell
ellierillg
numbers,
will
be
explained
ill
yoU/·primer
mallual. They are
like
switches,
luming
all
or off various
prilll fealures.
Most
waitt
pIVcessors
will
also address a
few
slandard oplions
like
ilalic alld ullderlill-
illg
wilh a keyboard commalld
thai,
ill
facl, places Ihe
im-
bedded
command
ill
Ihe
saved lexl. To lise
GDOS
fOlliS, or
allY olher
file-Iype fOll/s,
your
software
must knoll' how
to
use t/zem, alld the methods
of manipulation will be as differ-
elll
as
the
soflware.
Documellt p,vcessors
like
That
s
W,·ite
alld
C
al/igraphel; sari of superc!Jwged
word
p,vcessors,
will
have
GDOS or otherfolll
support,
allowing much
variety
ill fOll/s.
Page
layout
pIVgrams
like
Calamlls alld
Pagestream go farfurthel; adding full publishing
powel:
Some
fOllts
come
with
each
package, alld additiollal fOllts
are GI'ailable for
eve,y
format both
all
the
onlille sen'ices
alld fmm
vendors. You'll
find Ihat
YOIl
gel
what
you
pay
for;
bUI
you
have to
decide what you need.
A
lid the more
YOIl
wall
I
to do, Ihe more it
pays
to
have mOle memolY
ill
your
compute1: Additiollall}\ you'll
SOOIl
filld that the fallciest
Iypeface looks weak
whell
prillted ill
dot matrix.
A
Idser
or
jet-type
prilller is almost required for
good
lookillg output.
Call aile or
more
of
the
full
sen
,ice
dealers thai advertise
here ill
AwriUsel; alld
talk
it OI'el:
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IN
WishUst
I really
enjoyed Eric Bilton's article in
the
July
issue
on ST
Gaming. For future issues,
I
wish you would
have
articles
on
hard
drives,
printers,
modems, and
databases
for
the
ST.
Also,
how
about some interviews with companies
that no
longer
support Atari on why
they
follow
this
policy. Per-
haps
we could start a write
in
campaign
to
gain their sup-
port back. -
Steven B. HiIIyer,Athens,
Ohio
• Eric will
be
back
for updates
on
his
game reporls
lIext
mOllth. Alld
we
will cOlltillue our Tech
Room
series, cover-
illg
seleclioll alld
use
oflhe
hardware
you mell/iolled,
ill
1993.
As for why compallies
leave
IheAlmi
markel,
il
doesn!
lake inlerviews; they aren! making
enough mOlley
10
justify
their
e!for!s.
Their
lack
of sales makes their mind
up,
evell
Ihough
the
softwm e
compally miglu cOllh'ibute
to
their
011'11
demise through failure
to make
theirploduci
know/!. We 'Ie amazed at
the mallyAtari Ihird
party
vell-
dors who
say
they
don! have
ellough
sales
/0
meril
adver-
lisillg.
How
call Ihey ever
have
ellough
sales
iflhey
dOllt
lell
Ihe world whal
they have?
These me oftellthe same
people who will say Alari
itself
willllever
succeed
ifAtari
doesl!
t
aeiverlise.
I
guess it's
a
"do
as
I
say,
1101
as
I
do"
arrallgemelll. Please,
do
wrile or call
vendors who
have
products you walll
eilher
10
come
to
or
stay
with theAtari
platform. Whilemallysuchcampaigllshaveliltlee!fect.il
has
worked all otlrer occasions.
lis
been said
Ihal
private
lellers draw more respollse Ihan
form
leller
campaigns, as
Ihe persolltakillg
his
OWII
lime to
compose
a request
is far
mOle likely
10
follow IIlIough
willI a purchase
latel:
-
IN
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welcomes
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and
questions
from
readers, ahhough
we
cannot assure
personal
answers.
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to
us
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