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your accent. There are a variety of exercises ranging from the straight repeating of words to think, choose and repeat where you have to select the correct answer from a choice of two. You can even listen to a conversation between two people then answer questions

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After completing all the exercises you will be able to have a simple conversation in your chosen language with ease. The party piece of the unit exercise

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an unfamiliar foreign country. So I was very pleased to see a section showing you how to ask directions and giving an adequate number of examples in doing so. It also compares can I with could you so you can learn to recognise if someone is asking or offering things to you and the all-important and lifesaving phrase please speak more slowly is mentioned. ,

You are also shown how to ask what something is. For some reason mainly a food vocabulary is used maybe they were getting hungry when they

eventually got it right. However, thls section isn’t very well documented, and will be very difficult for a novice to grasp. Lots of new verbs are introduced such as want, have and prefer and some really important vocabulary

are, describe them and say if things — not people are good, bad, cheap or

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The next unit is succinctly entitled Where and is designed to teach you how to ask where people are or where they have gone. On other sections of the course wrong answers are simply ignored, but this unit points them out to you and asks you to remedy them. h would have been nlce to see th's put to.use conS|stently throughout all 10 “h'ts' How are. you supposed to 'f you dont know correct _a mlstake what h 'e? However, the section does fall prey to-the dreaded unerase syndrome 'f you accndently select the wrong answer there '3 no way to erase h and enter a new one. Th's can be frustratlng at times. Graphics are put to fun use'm th|s exer0|se and text '3 conOff—screen stantly erased |n_a new and more novel way all the time. Unfortunately, as the exerC|ses get _

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Next we move on to deal With telling the time and how to refer to a particular time within a conversation. To help you with this you are required to revise numbers, spelling and pronunciation. As with the other sections it's incredibly thorough —you learn to say O'CIOCk: quarter past, quarter to, half past and lots of permutations of different times usmg them. To help V9” revrse the maths p?” a I|ttle game IS brought into use j in It VP“ have to add up some very Simplle figures. At least the authors dont “mum your mathematical literacy. useful vocabulary Some particularly '5 now introduced: Opert, close, arrlve, leave, embassy and tram are all comfortlng phrases to know. After usmg the section Iwas pleased to note you oan ”OW remove a wrong answer and insert the correct one by pressmg the spacebar..What,| don t understand IS that If thls section can have it '" why can’t the others?

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constructing sentences.

In this one you learn how to say what you do and don’t like, why you like it, what other people like, what you prefer and inquire what other people

prefer.

A new verb to like is introduced and is used in a variety of situations. Its common usage gets across what a useful word it is. It’s interesting to note that all the vocabulary used in this unit — and all the others — is of the everyday kind you would always hear in a bar or restaurant in a foreign country. For instance, why and because are introduced for you to use in the construction of sentences. Within the realms of creating sentences a very original game is used the fruit machine. A random selection of words is displayed on the reels and —

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This final section shows you how to ask someone what they are doing, and allows you to tell people what you are doing. For example, Je Iis le journal means that you are reading the paper, and many other examples of actions are given. As with some ofthe other units, this one gets a little excessive with its revision and must admit to getting bored with it. The grammar section deals with verb endings and both present tense and past — as in a I

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don’t have and how to say what you do or don’t want. After using this section felt could buy or eat food anywhere in Europe the exercise is very comprehensive and covers every little detail. Using the same style as before to ask questions, the program goes on to test you to the limit and uses graphics and sound effects to give the whole thing a feel of realism. One of the exercises of this unit totally flummoxed me as |t deals With ofand ofthe or should say de, de la, du and des. As usual, you are given the option to repeat the exercise, and I

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THE

Atari story begins

USA in 1972

California,

the days when powerful computers filled entire rooms and the most sophisticated video games were text adventures on mainframes. Three friends — Ted Dabney, Larry Bryan and Nolan Bushnell — wanted to develop and market a computerised game that would be commercially viable. Each decided to put $100 towards the project and then spent some time trying to find a name for their new venture. During a search through a dictionary they came across the word —

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They installed it in local bars and pool halls, and after a while started receiving calls saying that their machines had broken down. On investigation the fault was found to be the machines becoming crammed to overflowing with coins because the game was so popular. Dabney and Bushnell decided that Syzygy was too good a name to give up so they applied for the rights to incorporate a company with that name. Unfortunately, the name had already been taken and the holding company, although not operating, was not willing to lose it. So back to the drawing board. _

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Still looking for inspiration they sat down to play Go, a Japanese board game. They decided to make a list of suitable Go game words to choose one to adopt asa company name. The list went like this: Sente, meaning the upper hand, Atari, the Go equivalent of check in Chess, and Hanne,

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meaning an acknowledgment of an over-taking move. The list was submitted to the Californian Secretary of State Office and only one was approved Atari. Having chosen a new name, they designed a new logo to include the S of Syzygy and the A of Atari. It was not until much later when Atari really started to take off that an advertising agency designed its current logo and trademark which they dubbed the —

Stylised

design. This design

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A" change By 1974 Atari had released a home version of their arcade hit, Pong. This crude single-game machine was also a hit, and by 1975 Atari’s sales had reached $40 million. In 1976 Atari started to find problems with the competition, and Bushnell and Dabney sold the company to Warner Communications, the leisure industry giant, for a mere $28 million. At this stage, Bushnell remained a figure of major influence within the Atari management. It wasn’t until 1977 that Atari

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Soon afterwards Larry Bryan pulled out of the project leaving Dabney and Bushnell to fight on alone. The two started in earnest by opening a shop in Santa Clara, California with capital of $250 each. Shortly aften/vards they invented the very first arcade machine

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produced its first programmable home machine, the 2600 VCS

— Video At that time the Computer System.

only other machines that could be used on home televisions would only play one or two different games, like

Dabney and Bushnell’s own Pong. The 2600 was one of the first to allow you to plug in a cartridge and have a totally different game. Sales for the year reached $120 million. Due to clever Iicencing deals and use of Atari's widespread coin—op titles, the VCS—which is now over 10 years old — has now sold between 35 and 40 million units worldwide, more

than any other home machine. As a measure of its ahead—of—its-time design, it still maintained sales of a million units lastyear,100,000 ofthem in the UK. By 1979 through the sales of its computers and games cartridges, Atari became the single largest buyer of rom chips in the world. The VCS also

spawned an industry of add-ons

and, almost for the first time, third an estimated party software houses 150 million games cartridges have been sold for the 2600. Nolan Bushnell left Atari in 1978 as it started losing money again and Ray Kassar was brought in by Warner to head the company. He managed to bring it back into the black. It was late in 1979 that Atari first showed the 6502-based 400 and 800 home micros. They had a shakey start in the UK but did well in Europe and the States, taking sales to a new alltime high in 1980 of $415 million. The 8 bit Atari 800 came into the UK at £649 for a 16k model, Basic cost an extra £39 and a 16k memory expansion was E69. (Adding 512k to an ST now costs around £100.) In 1981 Atari became the fastest growing company in the history of America and dominated the video game market with a massive 80 per cent share. By 1982 17 per cent of American —

households owned a video game machine. Atari’s sales in the 1982-83 period reached a new peak of $2,000 million. It had by this time sold 15 million 2600 games consoles. It was also at this time that it released the 1200XL in America and subsequently

withdrew it 1983.

beforethe middle of The bubble was about to burst again

again.

for the old Atari company. The holding company 1983 was a very bad year

—Warner Communications—lost more than $310 million as other games

machine manufacturers such as Colecovision reduced Atari's share of

the market to 40 per cent. In March 1983 Atari axed 1,700 employeesfrom its payroll and in June 1983 products such as the 1400XL, the 1400XLD and the CP/M XL expansion were shown but never released. The war between the home computer companies began to hot up after Commodore's huge success with the Vic 20 and then its release of the 064. In July 1983 Atari president Ray Kassar resigned and in September James J Morgan came from America’s tobacco industry to take over. At that stage, only the arcade coin-op machines division was prof-

itable. By November the home computer war reached a peak and Texas Instruments, among others, was quitting from the home computer field. Atari’s

staff layoffs now reached 3,000, and it anounced its greatest ever losses of more than $532 million for the 1983

fiscal year. It made desperate attempts to regain a market share by introducing a revamped range of8 bit machines — the 600XL and the 800XL based on and compatible with the 400 and 800 computers. But Atari continued to lose money.

computer field. Jack Tramiel had meanwhile set up a company called Tramel Technologies Incorporated. It was this new company that in July of 1984 popped up and bought Atari the Atari consumer Computers products division—foracool $240 million, leaving Warner Communications with the profitable division of Atari coin-op machines. In November of 1984 Jack Tramiel held a press conference to announce the birth of the new Atari company and it certainly was new as little of the original staff remained. Behind the slogan of Power without the price Jack

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In January 1985 Atari launched the first of its new lines. At the CES show in Las Vegas it unveiled six new machines: Three 16 bit computers

called STs and three 8 bit machines still based on the XL. All were ready for manufacture after only six months under Tramiel’s rule. Based on the 800XL, the 65XE and the 130XE were the 8 bit machines launched, and a portable XE was announced but never saw the light of day. It was around this time that the 800XL, already becoming much more popular in the UK than the previous 400 and 800, was awarded the Home Micro of the Year award at the British Micro Awards. In 1986 8 bit owners were treated to a new cassette deck, the XC11 which

already industry-renowned figures

in their own fields in key positions within the new Atari. Sam Tramiel became President of the Atari Corporation and Leonard Tramiel became Vice President in charge of software ——

development.

The new company needed money, so it started life by reducing the prices of the stock it had obtained as the 800XL fell to $119 in the US and £129 in the UK, giving a more competitive edge on the Christmas 1984 computer

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market.

The new Atari By the end of January 1984 Jack Tramiel had quit Commodore Busi-

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disappearedfor four months and most assumed he had retired, made rich with Commodore's billion dollar success in the calculator and home computer fields. By June of 1984 only 1,200 of Atari’s 6,000 staff remained and rumc;;1rsf o were flying around about a sell-o the Atari Corporation to Philips, another giant in consumer electronics trying to make an entry into the home

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colour-matched the XE series. This player replaced the by now aging 1010 recorder which matched the XL series. It was fairly quickly replaced by the XC12, as there seemed to be some problems with supply and reliability. In March the Atari following was such that for the first time a dedicated user show could be held. Database Exhibitions staged the first Atari User Show at the Novotel in Hammersmith and it was an immediate success. More high-level changes were taking place in Atari’s management during the middle of 1986- Max Bam-

waters for a dedicated games machine by announcing the 7800 pro-system. This was subsequentlywithdrawn and has since only been sold in the US. The 130XE — 128k micro — and the 65XE 64k micro — are still available. The 130XE is priced around £139 with a cassette deck and the 65XE is priced at around £100 with a tape deck. Atari has continued its policy of supporting the 8 bit range. The latest machine to be released is the XE Games Console, similar in idea to the 2600 but controlled by a 6502C CPU like the XL/XE home micros. It comes

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being ousted as being unsuccessful at running Atari UK. However,Jack Tramiel said that he felt Max Bambridge had done a lot of work in getting the ST off the ground,

Independent User Group

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more than a mere games machine—as the in-depth review published in the December 1987 issue of Atari User reveals. Software previously written for XL and XE micros is fully compatible with it, so a wide range of games, educational and business programs are

to the Far East to cover manu' facturing, and Bob Gleadow left Commodore to rejoin his old boss at Atari, it was speculated that Max Bam-

As such it is an advanced games machine rivaIIing those from Nintendo and Sega. However, it is much

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title. You control your red car

usingajoystick plugged into port one. Pressing fire accelerates it and then all you have to do is steer round the hairpin bends and try to avoid smashing into everything. Rememberthat a head-on steering technique is employed, so push left to 90 right and vice versa. The game supports simultaneous two player action with the second driver controlling the yellow car via a joystick plugged into port two. The purple car is the computer controlled drone and drives a pretty mean

tremendous speeds. And its commentary is by a person who gets over excited very

easily. Yes, you guessed it, the Grand Prix season has started. So it's no coincidencethat Code Masters has released its latest offering forthe8bit Atari—Grand Prix Simulator — at this time.

The game uses an overview with up to three driving around the 12 different, and very difficult, circuits very similar in style to Super Sprint on the Atari ST. Each circuit is cunningly designed to make life as dangerous as possible for head cars

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hearts. To collect one all he has to do is walk over it. Each world has four levels

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OVER the years several have created a cult following among Atari game players. However, none have had the same lasting effect as Boulder-

screens.

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have ever seen? Now MAD Software has released Rockford: The

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beneath them. Deadly monsters inhabit these strange subterranean

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energy bolt from the base Wt” destroy the marauding alien hell-bent an

on Your deStl’UCthHBaSicaHYI the game is a

simple keyboard tutor that has a graphical representation Of each key 30 as to relieve the toil Of finding your way around a quertv keyboard. Each successive wave gets faster and YOU need to be quick Off the mark to hit the correct key before the alien gets

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siles are used to calculate a bonus, and this is displayed with your current score. When you are about to run out of missiles your

tinental Ballistic Missiles) and MIRVs (MultipleWarhead lCBMs) which drop killer satellites and

days. The first time I played the home micro version I had just bought it on rom car— tridge and it was as much pleasure to play then as it is

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end up with no cities at all. The graphics are very simple as are the sound

effects, but overallthe game is a classic and great fun to play. ln Centipedeyou live in an enchanted mushroom patch also inhabited by bother— some bugs which possess magical powers. Yourjob as Bug Blaster is to destroy all the creepy crawlies before they get you. The largest of the nasties in the garden is the centipede—hencethe name — that marches down the

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compilation on its own. Many years ago these

games would have cost you more than £100. Now you can get them for just £4.95.

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silo as you defend seven cities against attack from incoming lCBMs (lntercon—

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are the jumping spiders, the frenzred flea that leaves a trail of mushrooms after It and the scurrying scorpion which is deadly if it touches you. This is another conversion of an Atari arcade game that had a cult following years ago. I remember putting

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Q you shoot the moving. blocks you Will reverse their direction. 0 Keep an eye on the Navatron scanner at the top of the screen. It will indicate when a rogue helicopter is heading your way. 0 Try not to shoot off the screen. You may kill one ofthe men you are attempting to rescue. 0 If you get killed you start at the last landing pad. So, land on the pads — usually flat white surfaces —as often as possible. Especially in lower levels where it gets a bit If

THIS helicopter shoot-‘em-up appeared on the market many years ago and is still the best of its kind. For those of you who are having trouble with it here are some very useful tips:

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QUEST FIVE This is the Great Dragon's quest — he wants the bloodstone. First go to

IF your car is forced into the water wait untilyou pass eitherthe bridge

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255 2020 2030

2110 2120 2130 2140

0,0,0,4,34,72,37,255

READ

D 1

254,218,236,252,184,224,0,0 1

RETURN

4&;2¢?iz§;f

DATA

188,6,206,189,6,76,182,117,2 66,189,6,206,188,6,234,286,192,6,32,13 1580 DATA 119,173,208,6,201,1,208,18,1 62,0,169,121,161,3,208,18916,144,157,1

208 1600

0,8,12,4,6,2,3,3,1,0,0,0,0,0

‘,.~

01 A010A1100 RDUTTNE

1590

DATA

1540 0810 201,2,208,9,238,184,6,206,18 5,6,76,127,117,206,185,6,206,184,6,173 1550 DATA 191,6,201,1,288,48,173,18816 ,141,11208,172,189,64162,0,140,2,210 ,1560 DATA 189,?,144,153,0,14942901232, 224,51208,244,173,190,6,201,2,208,9,23 1570

1840 1850

60etw

0,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64

0,208,1,96,32,0,119,173,187, 6,201,1,208,45,173,184,6,141,0,Z?8 1530 DATA 172,185,6,140,0,210,162,B,18 9,0,144,153,0,148,200,232,224,5,208,24 1520

DATA

191,6,201 1510

1830

1990

201,10,208,3,32,54,110,173,1 84,6,201,10,208,3,32,54,119,173,189,6 1760 DATA 201,10,208,3,32,79,119,173,1 88,6,201,10,208,3,32,79,119,96,169,0 1770 DATA 141,187,6,162,0,172,185,6,15 3,0,148,232,224,5,208,248,141,0,210,14

DATA 72,138,72,152,72,174,163,6,2 24,10,240,15,174,163,6,189,164,6,141,1

0 1460

DATA

141,201,6,173,208,6,201,3,20 8,18,169,119,141,200,6,169,193,141,201

1+6,A:NEXT 1 1380 100 1:0 T0 11:0100 AzPOKE PHBASE+ ,

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350 116 360 110

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370 380

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111 111 030 06A 115 001 D11

110

710

111

720

101

(E) (0) (R)

(7) (1) (6) (D)

(E) (6) (D)

(2) (1) (1) (0) (1) (1) (4) (1) (3) (3) (1) (1) (1) (2) (A) (7) (8) (1) (2)

730 R10 (0)

1100

(0) (E) (5) (0) (6) (1) (1) (4) (0) (0)

1110 1120

740 D11 750 003 760 111 770 111 780 PLU 790 0A0 800 171 810 71E 820 209 830 541 840 162 850 147 860 011 870 810 880 050 890 SRT 900 910 920 930 940 950 960 970 980

R11 PHS

919 901

(U) (D)

(0) (N)

(0) (3) (0) (R) (D)

szE

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(R)

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1030 1040

813 615

1050 1060 1070 1080

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1130 1140 1150 1160 1170

(2) (4) N10 (9) 111

1460

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1470 1480

341 1DE

A18 111 D01

1180 1190

100

1200 1210 1220

110

1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290

REP

106 151 SAN

601 111

(6) (5) (0) (4) (3) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (0) (R)

(1) (1) 9RD (1) N90 (0) 1300 SLE (V) 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360

D11

161

231

(D)

500 684 110 010

(5) (0) (0) (1) (1) (1) (T) (1) (9)

091

1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420

314 350 275 700 A12 (R) 000 (1)

1430 1440

001

1450

RYX

DPN

(S) (1) (1)

010 (1) 111 (0)

(9) 1490 13R (4) 1500 441 (4) 1510 D00 (0) 1520 A11 (0) 1530 001 (4) 1540 RER (E) 1550

DXN

141

(N)

(3) R11 (A) 1580 008 (7) 1590 R03 (1)

1560 1570

011

1600 184 1610 ODS 1620 101 1630 001 1640 011 1650 110 1660 $03 1670 1680 1690 1700 1710 1720

(1) (0) (T) (E) (0) (8)

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524 (D) N17 (8) A71 (1) N90 (2)

1730 0ND 1740 108 1750 051 1760 151 1770 1780 1790 1800

(R)

(U) (D)

NYG

(A) (1) (E)

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(R)

1820 151 (1) 1830 214 (1) 1840 100

(N)

(2) (1) (E) (0) 1890 765 (1) 1900 CGA (s)14 1850 18E 1860 HSA 1870 EDN 1880 111

(5)f1

1910 D0D 1920 010 (R) ,1 1930 85R (1) 1940 101 (A) 1

1950 9RT 1960 EXD 1970 104

(D)

2010 2020 2030 2040

(R)

(0) (0) 1980 GNE (1) 1990 14D (1) 2000 025 (1) 880

(9) (9) (2) 2050 DRE (1) 2060 005 (1) 2070 RUN (1) 2080 D1E (2) 2090 015 (1) 2100 113 (0) 2110 2120 2130 2140

DKE

095 101

D01

(D)

055 005 111

(E) (1) (S)

(A) (8) 1810 312 (E) TFP DXN

June 1988 Atari User 37

mUG Prime mover It has happened! The old

MicroLink

computer,

Prime 850, has been honour— ably retired andanew Prime 9955 with brand new software eased in in its place. It is

traditional

undertakings

never

one was “0

exception. On Of the Friday

the old machine crashed (was it sulking?), and only managed to work for about an hour before being turned Off for SOOd- It was a 10118 weekend for many MiCI‘OLink subscribers. The system 80t a severe test on the Monday evening, as everyone came 011 to find out how much better things were. Of course, with so many people on line the effects were somewhat diluted, but as things have settled down, things like directory searches are much

faster, logons take less time and some of the really bad delays of old should just be memories. Not all com-

User

of the system with the old However,the way to get this done was never docufigures. As MicroLink expands, we’ll need all the mented, and most people speed and space we can get... didn’t avail themselves of the facility. 0

The mOVlng CUI‘SOI‘

“71-'lteS...

...but on the bulletin board can always DELETE one of your own messages. Some people have complained to MUG about blank messages,

that such you

entirely smoothly, and this the morning

MlcroLmk

which look like

someone has

REPLY’d to an entry by mistake without meaning to say anything. It’s a good idea if you do this, to go back on to the

bulletin board and read through until you find your message. After reading it, typing DELETE will remove it as if it had never been sent.

Not 1‘ust a

number

BEFORE the upgrade most people were known on the system by just their account numbers.

Now MAG95816 isn’t the most memorable way to mands show equal improve- address someone, so it was ment, however. possible to have your name It’s early days yet for the added to the system direcnew computer, but over the tory so that other users could next month MUG will be send mail to you inaslightly natural manner. comparing the performance more

commands

processed considerably. Knowing what the factors are which govern this can lead to faster service and thus a reduced bill; something few MicroLinkers are

vary

are averse to. The biggest

original format.

Online alternatives THE last MUG newsletter

mentioned the bulletin board. This is unique to MicroLink, but other Telecom Gold systems have similar areas, one of which MicroLink shares. That’s the ——

people are about the sloWer slowing factor, and many a small hours user has been things will be. Peak time for MicroLink is surprised by a sluggish from about 7 till 11 in the response when there’s evening, as most nonnobody else about. business users take advanThe very best-time to use tage of cheap telephone and MicroLink is between five MicroLink rates. But if you and seven in the morning. can hold out until midnight, More often than not you can then things ease up a lot. be the only person using half From about two in the a million pounds’worth'of -

Suggestions of 38 Atari User June 1988

impossible to SCAN or REPLY to messages, for example. But lots of different systems on Telecom Gold can use it, so it’s a good way to

Garbage...

So on any list of users the old hands stand out from the crowd, backwardsbut proud ...or,' as rubbish. of it.

single-Prime is the morning security backups computer and network, and number of users on the are made copies of all the the speed of response is only system at the time. You can data that’s been added to the matched by the feeling of find this out by typing computer by users since yes- power and the nagging need >USERS, and the more terday. This is the other big to sleep.

knobbling factor

being much more basic—it’s

BLOGGS. Which should go system, with different some way to making mail categories to the BB and easier to address. fewer options. Once you’ve There’s now even an tried both it and the BB it opportunity for oneup- becomes clear why the manship, as those who had former isn’t used very much! their names before keep the

Time, gentlemen, please

can

Noticeboard, and it differs from the bulletin board by

Since the upgrade, things are much better. Everyone now has a name, and by using the FIND command it takes a few seconds — again, converse with someone who a vast improvement over isn’t a MicroLink subscriber bygone days — to locate but does use Gold. Typing someone’s ID by name. >NOTICEBD will reveal And whereas even if you both the good and the bad did have a name in the past points of the area. it was backwards (as in Also on MicroLink is the GOODWINS.RUPERT], now Memopad. This is yet it’s a more legible FRED— another shared message

EVEN with the new computer, the speed at which

Group

Bl‘ltlSh say, Between Y?“ modem and the MicroLink are many computer. opportunities f0.l‘ strange characters _to introduce themselves 1ht° your call. For many, the problem'is no than the worse 0003.5101131 squiggly bracket turning Up "1 a that] message. Bht sometimes the problem ts perststent and debilitating. MUG has received some queries on how to solve this. Firstly, if at all possible, we

..y your .,..,......... (especially the modem) on someone

else’s telephone line. Then try different telephonenumbers for MicroLink. This all helps to amass proof to give to the BT engineer when he calls to check your line.

If the problem won’t go away, then slower speeds can help. It’s unlikely that a line which is unusable at 1200 band will become crystal

but for

cases

miraculously clear at 300, of intermittent

corruption, dropping the

baud rate ference.

maternal for inclusion in the MUG Newsletter should sent to Rupert Goodwins on MAG95816

can make a big

dif-

II II

h Igh

ect i 0

II S ~

aces ANDRE WILLEY takes a look at a neat and compact replacement for the Atarl 850 mterface box

I '

bit owners

clll‘lrlS‘lu

P:R:<ONNE(TION "

a-f'

start out

simple, relatively low-cost,

other add-ons once they’ve

1.‘—r”""‘”'r,.

”ff/Eggs?

cassette-based system with the idea of upgrading to disc drives, printers and

":;.::_-m~-:*~

“a

MOST Atari

, ~

w.?_;,ye .

with

P:R:CONNECTION

mas-

tered the basics. The open design of the special peripheral bus, which allows you to connect the various devices in a long chain, makes this approach both simple and fairly versatile. The main disadvantage of this method is that it means you are Iimited to using Atari’s own somewhat limited range of peripherals,or at least ones which use its connector system. To use anything else such as standard Centronics or RSZ32 protocols you must buy an often rather costly interface unit. lCD’s PzR: Connection supplies both

Centronics refers to a common system often used to connect printers and other items which are likely to be fairly close to your micro. The 33232 allows data to be sent over longer distances, but requires more work by the computer to sort it all out again. These standards used to be

provided by Atari’s

own 850 module forbetween f 100 andf 735, but this is not now easily available.

Many companies have helped ?ll the gap by developing straightforward Centronics printer

interfaces, most of which come in the form of a cable which plugs Into

a Centronics and two R8232 connectors —for about two-thirds of the price and a fraction of the size of the old Atari module. This has been achieved by the use of a custom designed known as the microprocessor

PRC9985-6

—

computer

in its own

right. If you compare the Psz's layout to the maze of circuitry in an 850 you’ll see just how much work this single chip must handle. The interface is attractively packagedin asmall grey plastic box which perfectly matches the 130XE. It draws its power from the micro, thus eliminating the need for yet another power supply to clutter up the desk, and connection is made via a moulded standard l/O cable. A socket is thoughtfully provided to allow you to add further your l/O chain at one end and the

printer at the other.

Unfortunately this leaves

option to add any furtherAtari—type peripherals to the end of the chain, since there is no provision for a second socket. Miracle TechOne company released an R5232 nology interface cable designed only to work with its own software and modems. Mini Office II now provides a more sophisticated text communications package which will work with this lead, but most other comms software still requires until now. an 850 —

—

f' 17.

items to the chain if you so desire. The other three sockets follow the protocols laid down by the 850: The

Centronics port is a 15-way D Connector and the two RSZ32 lines are wired via a pair of 9-way D Connectors, the same type as those used forjoysticks. Operationally the PzR: Connection is almost identical to an 850, except for the lack of two of the latter’s four RSZ32 sockets. Any cable designed

for the 850 will work with this unit, but full pin diagrams are provided for those who want to make their own leads. Both

modem and printer cables are availfrom Frontier at £14.95 each and discounts are available for buying the complete kit. The printer is accessed by using the able

standard P: device or via LPRINT from Basic, and it also functions correctly With every Of SOftpiece 00m_mefCla| find Your were that l tried. lf

parthUhir

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Yeu

printer

that

requrres

extra line feed each character_ after a the rn. Betu D_IP swrtch ynsrde interface prowdes this fael|l_tYAdditionally, a second SW'tCh allows tO turn Off the P1 YOU section Of the Interface very_useful If you’re already US'hg a direct-connect Ate” printer and only requnre the R323?mode. The R8232 ports are accessed .V|a the R1: and R2: handler WhICh autoboot on power-up. lf YOU are using a cassette system you will hear _—

‘

—

Turn to Page 40 > June 1988 Atari User 39

_ supplied with the package and contains not only the Autoboot support files, but also three public domain communications packages—AModem version 7.4, RScope and 850 Express— all of which seem to perform

4 From Page 39 an additional high-pitched beep just before the READY prompt appears as the driver code is automatically loaded from the interface's internal

admirably.

The R3232 driver can be controlled Basic via XlO commands, and you may select various baud rates, stop bits, parity, translation and allthe other settings which seem to go handin-hand with RSZ32. But it’s probably much easier to use the comms soft-

rom.

Withadisc system you

from

must specifically request the R8232 driver to load. With Dos 2.5 this means your boot disc must contain an Autorun.SYS file, as provided on your master disc. Other versions of Dos — such as Dos/XL and SpartaDos — provide ex-

ware

provided. Unfortunately, there is no facility for adjusting the bitwise word length or for using split baud rates such as 1200/75. However, monitoring and

ternal commands to boot the driver which may be used as Autorun files themselves. The driver loads itself at the current LOMEM point and adjusts all memory pointers, accordingly taking up an —

control of DSR, CTS, CRX, DTR and RTS is available in case full hand-

extra 1,813 bytes of ram over and above your particular Dos’s requirements. It is nice to note that an old 850 bug — which could easily crash the computer if the Reset key was pressed has been rectified.

shaking is required. ICD has made sure that the OS calls are identical to those used on the 850, so block output and concurrent input/ output modes are available via the standard CIO calls.

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taken care of those few programs which use non-documented calls to the SIG system. All you need to do is load a binary file called PHC.SYS from the master disc before working with such software, and the PzR: Connection should completely emulate the 850. This is a very useful device for anyone wishing to use modems or other R3232 devices, and certainly a bargain compared to the old Atari 850 interface. But do bear in mind the lack of a 1200/75 mode if you want to access a system that still insists on this speed. Also, ifallyou want to do is plug ina Centronics-type printer you would probably be far better off getting a Centronics interface lead for around half the price. even

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———_Programming

‘ .

have

Alphacom

printer

which is fitted with an Atari interface and I want to adapt it to work with my Acorn computer. Studying the printer I noted that it has a serial interface, but looking inside / find six wires — more than enough for R3232. There is also the apparent absence of a clock in the interface, and l presume at least one ofthe extra lines carries a clock signal from the host computer—butapartfrom the obvious

ground line/have

no idea

whatany of

the others do. Could you help me with details of the signals this printer expects from an Atari computer, including the baud rate of the data and the frequency ofa clock signal if such is required. Other details such as seven or eight bit data, and any parity bits and start and stop _

controlprotocolwouldalso

helpful.

becomes

high

—

cable. Pin 4 is the data ground line. Pin 5 is the computer’s data-out line or equally the peripheral’s data-in. A byte of information is always sent as eight data bits preceded by a logic zero start bit and followed by a logic one stop bit. Pin 6 is a second data ground line you may use this or pin 4. Pin 7 is the line used to signify a command frame more about this

—

Serial "0 laCk 1- CIOCk mpUt 2. Clock output

—

later. Pin 10 might also be of use to you as it is held at +5 volts by an Atari computer so dropping it low for a short time and then taking it high again should reset the printer if you get in a mess.

input

3. Data 4_

Ground

5_‘

Data out p ut

—

Ground Command 8_ Motor control 9. Proceed 10 +5 volts read y 6-

12.

+12 volts

printer.

13_

Interrupt

‘

mm”

ding, the layout and numbering of the Atari printer plug would be helpful.

The 13-pin serial l/O connector. Viewed looking at the micro from the outside

Well there's an interesting question! I'm gladyou feelthatwe might be able to help other computer users. In fact, the information will also be of interest to any-Atari owners who also want to

Pin 2 is driven by the host computer and supplies a 19,200 baud clock signal used to synchronise all data communication between the micro and its peripherals. A data bit from the

when the clock +5 volts. The clock will then return to zero half way through that data bit. Any data sent from the peripheral back to the host computer is 180° out of phase and thus should commence when the clock line goes low 0 volts. Pin 3 is the host computer's data-in line —which could also be regarded as the peripheral’s data-out since there is no pin reassignment within the I/O computer commences

—

AUd'O

In case there is any misunderstan-

WILLEY

below.

11-

problems

experiment with the IlO. The interface standard is quite complex compared to normal R8232, but there is no reason why you couldn’t write a software emulator for it. The Atari serial line may be connected to any number of peripherals, so the system includes the ability to send device specific commands. Let’s first take a look at the various pins on the 13-way serial I/O connector as shown

the details I will need to design andmake an interface from my own computer’s RS423 and/or its Centronics output to allow me to use this In short

”a

Your programming solved by ANDRE AS you would expect, I get quite a number of letters every month from Atari enthusiasts asking all manner of technical questions. But this month I received a most unusual letter from an Acorn computer user who is having trouble getting to grips with our somewhat non-standard serial l/O system. Bernard Beeston from Enfield in Middlesex writes:

”aft

’

éer?fwsixasusm‘w

Now for the data packet format. There are two types of output command frames and data frames. A command frame always comes first and indicates which peripheral the following data frame is destined for. This command frame is signified by the lowering of the command line at pin 7 approximately 1,000 microseconds before the frame is sent. This will return high about 800 micro— seconds after the command frame is —

completed. If the command frame received and

has been

acceptable the periphTurn to Page 42 > June 7988 Atari User 41

—_—__———Programming A

4 Fm"! Page 41 _

POINT command, I still get an error when trying to OPEN it. For example:

cur/y arrow normal/y given in the program by Option+Insert. If! use Contra/+0 followed by dE and then the '

ACK Signal ($41) _ Wiil return-an otherW|se 't W'" return a NAK (ME) and abort. When an operation is to include data for example, when bemg. sent to a printer the data frame M“ be sent out by the computerafter a delay Of approxnmately 1'309 microseconds. .

eral

W CLOSE fl 2“ RE" The Spartaltos POKE} 3“ ”0 37'#1'?'0,’ W OPEN #1,12,0,Dl=FILE

ggp?gr?igffsjcimafiz?zs, myprinter

merelyprints the correct letter for that code rather than acting on the

instruction. Since the 7020 is listed as a device supported by AtariWriter Plus / find it most frustrating not to be able to use the different colours and letter sizes which should be available. reisrp1cfndp5vriiiiiairzlctlzvoirlativrle? Egg”; What am ldomg wrong. 7 it will send a COMPLETE signal $43 to indicate satisfactory completion of the operation or an ERR $45 if it was It looks to me as though the manual unable to finish the task for any was a bit off target when it describes reason. the method of entering the Escape The command frame always consymboI.The key sequence it describes sists of five bytes: The device ID, the does indeed generate an Ascii code command byte, two auxiliary data 27, but the problem is that the authors bytes and a checksum, The iD for a of the program use code 27to indicate printer is $40 and the command for an empty space which will be ?lled in Write Data is $57. by you at print time — normally The two auxiliary bytes contain selected using option+lnsert, device specific information —the first To get around the problem you is not used by the printer but the Should use the Control+0 sequence, second should be set to $4E. The which does work correctly when you checksum is calculated as the arithget the hang of it. First type the Conmetic sum ofthe precedingfour bytes, trol+O, followed by the number 027— with the carry added back into every the Ascii code for Escape. Then type in addition. either the character indicated in the The data frame format is very much manual if it is a n0rmal keyboard key simpler. consisting ofiust 40 bytes of or another ControI+O and the Ascii printer data followed by a checksum code if you can't enter it normally. of those bytes calculated in the same Each Ascii code you require to send to manner as that used for the command the printer must be preceded by its frame. If you only need to send a own Control+0. couple of bytes of data to the printer You will find that most of the 1020 you should pad them out with noncommands must come first on a line printing characters such as nulls — of text, so you should set the left Ascii zero. margin to zero_ Now you can send Do you still want to design an each command on a fresh line then set interface? If so, I’d be most interested your margin back to its original value. to hear how you get on. If you require any more information or the full

“if“?

interface specifications and timing diagrams recommend Atari’s own Technical Reference Notes for the

Spartados and POINT

Next we have another online question from a modem user who likes to go under the nom de plume of Irata even though he also answers to Steve. —

Plotter problems .

Now a less technical letter from Mark Long of Sleaford, Lincs who has a problem With AtariWriter PlUSAs understand it from chapter four Of the AtariWriter Plus 0wners, Manual, [ought to be able to avail myself of all the facilities of my 7020 printer/plotter simply by inserting the appropriate instructions in my I

text, On page 44 of the manual it implies that the Escape symbol will be dis-

played by typing Shift+Escape, then Escape again. However, I ?nd that this action only displays the ddwnward 42 Atari User June 1988

I am

using Spartados 3.2 and am

having a big problem with the extended length NOTE and POINT

commands. The manual says to POKE some numbers into memory and then use X10 37,#IOCB,0,0,”D7:”insteadof Basrcs, own PO/NT command. This causes me prob/ems 'f the file is already opened for update using OPEN #IOCB,12,0,”D7:FILE”—the X/O command seems to alter the channel to a read-only status. As soon as I try to PRINT or PUT any data to the file I get an Error 735 indicating/ am trying to write to a read—only file. Also, even if I know that a channel was in fact closed before / use the .

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129

channel

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As many of my files far exceed 32k this is proving to be a serious problem. Can you help me.7

Atari 400/800. Good luck!

gives me an Error already open.

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There seems to be a small SpartaDos WhiCh relates

bUQ in tO the and not

extended POINT command just to update mode files either. If you USE the method described in the manual SpartaDos loses track Of the data direction Of the file. That iS, while it Still knows that the file iS Open, there is no record of whether it is an input or an output file. This appears to be because the first auxiliary parameter of the XIO command somehow ends up in the —

data tant

direction register giving direction of zero.

All you need to do

a T9311"

store your data 8 for

direction byte 4 for input, output, 12 for update and 30,0" —

—

variable and use that instead of the first zero in the XIO command. In your example this would result in XIO

37,#1,12,0,”D1:” Steve and other modern users might be interested to know that I'm currently preparing a feature for a future issue ofAtari User about online

communications or more SDGCificaIIy Atari 8 bit bulletin boards. Apart from the ObViOUS major systems SUCh as MicroLink there are many small, —

independently

bulletin boards

run

scattered around the country. I’d like to hear from anyone who regularly uses this type of BB and of course from the sysops who run them. Ideally would like to compile a definitive list, so if you run an Atari 8 bit BB — that’s either a bulletin board specifically for Atari 8 bit users or one run on an 8 bit machine thla’tdisl'ictually e to send me Y_0U all.the reIevant details as as possrble. soon should include the name, I

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hThese £022?' nuumber raltes bagdt e a' ththe suc as p 5 any a0nti er th e hardware and software used and S

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Q And, that wraps it up for this time. Keep those letters coming in —especially if you're struggling with your ?rst few programs on your new Atari 8 bit computer.

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ONE criticism

commonly levelled at home computers is that they are antisocial. Certainly it's hard to imagine the whole family gathering around the latest mega-blaster from Rentokil

ments about who answered first, and whether they took too long. The Quizbox enlists your computer's help to provide an accurate time limit, and to detect which of up to five contestants was the first to press his or her answer button. It eliminates and disputes, introduces a level of fairness which no human quizmaster could match. You can if you wish, wire the five buttons into a single keypad which will respond only to the first key ideal as an answering pressed system for multiple-choice questions. You could also use it in alarm networks, sports timing systems or any

Software, or eagerly setting out together on a Quest for the Beiewelled Bandicoot.

To redress this imbalance, here’s an

extremely simple gadget that will let your computer take a leading role in family entertainment. Basically, it's a device to help you play quiz and panel games, and we’ve given you a couple to get you started. Although such games are extremely popular, they can easily lead to argu-

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LEN GOLD|NG of

family

realms

the

enters entertainment

With

his

lateSt D'l'Y

gadget: QUIZ box

TQ’I'éV‘S?Ck port

, ,

7’4

terminalblack

Screw

‘

g“ 1']

‘

Wire links

similar applications where you need to know which of several events happened first. It’s one of the simplest

gadgets ever published. There’s no printed circuit board, no need for any knowledge of electronics, and you can even get by without any soldering. The hardware is little more than a set of five push-button switches, each of which is connected to an input line

at the joystick port. All the scanning, latching and priority lockout functions are performed by a machine code routine which can easily be incorporated into your own Basic programs. Operating the Quizbox is easy. The quizmaster first resets the system by pressing any key on the computer keyboard, then reads out the question. The machine code routine scans the five switches and, if one is pressed during the time allowed, it locks out the other four and returns to Basic with the winning number held in address 1791. if no contestant responds within the time limit, it puts 0 into that address and locks out all switches until the quizmaster resets everything. Since the system responds in less

than one-tenth of a millisecond, the chances of two players pressing at exactly the same moment are too small to bother about. However, if this unlikely event should occur, the machine code routine willgive priority to players in the order 5,1,2,3,4. The time limit is by a parameter in the USR calplreS?t w ich sets the machine code running — see line 30 of Program I. It can be any whole number from 0 to 65535, each unit corresponding to one-fiftieth of a second — 50 sets the time limit at one second, 500 makes it ten seconds and so on. Timing starts as soon as the quizmaster presses a key, so allowance must be made for the number of seconds required to read out the question. Now let’s look at how to construct the devnce. A terminal block see Figure — IS used to connect the various wires, though you could use a tagboard and solder them if you —

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prefer.

5.3 ,

Contestantsswrtches '

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44 Atari User June 7988

Figure /, Connection of switches to fol/Stick DOFt

The first job is to cut the joystick extension lead about 200m from the end which plugs into the port, and strip back about 100m of the outer black sheath. This reveals nine coloured wires, and the next job is to sort out which wire goes to which pin inside the moulded plug. Unfortunately the colour codes differ from one lead to another, even in batches bought from the same supplier, so you’ll need some kind of continuity tester to identify the connections. A multimeter

set to measure

resistance

but you could use

is easiest,

car-type consimple bulb and

tinuity probe,orjust a battery arrangement. Slot an ordinary household pin into each of the joystick lead’s sockets in turn and use the continuity tester to .determine which colour is connected to that socket. Remember, if you’re looking into the moulded plug, the top right hole corresponds to pin one and the bottom right hole to pin nine, as shown in Figure II. Armed with this information, you can wire up the computer srde of the terminal block.

5 0

The five contestants swrtches can either be mounted on a long board or fixed to flying leads. The board system is easier, neater and a little cheaper, leads permit more flexrbility _b“t flying m seating arrangements._ The prototype used inexpenS'VQ panel-mounting swrtches and small plastic POXGS' to keep costshdown. Alternatively you 93” buy specral pendim bell-push swrtches Wh'qh can be lead f'f‘ed directly 0” to a ?y'”9 bUt these are rela.

soldering,

VY'thOUt

t'Ve‘V expensive. to the termiEach box '3 connected nal b|°Ck by a flexrble lead Wh'fm must have at least two cores. The wrres will but theres take very little current, likely to be a good deal of mechanical strain, so choose a good-quality, very flexible lead if you can. lengths Of joystick cams W" “0m 9 f\tNe °Vef“Sid pfeV'OUSPfoleCtS' several Of the cores tW'Sted together for extra strength. AS YOU wrre each switch to the terminal block, mark it in some way to show its number. When everything is correctly wired, pmg the gadget into joystick port one ,

F'lgure ll. Pin numbers at joystick extension lead plug

3 o

8 0

Program I. This is a skeleton routine which shows how everything works in its simplest form. You have about five seconds to press any button and run

before the Run out of time message appears. Check that each button produces the correct number on screen. If not, check the wiring again. When Program works correctly have a go with Program II. This is a more user-friendly version and can be used in its existing form for TV-style quiz games. It produces a tidy display in Graphics 2, adds sound to indicate l

10 HEN Progran II' . User-friendl indicator and

priority

tiler

180 IF PEEK(764)-255

for

Torah ”20 FOR X=0

1536+X,D: 52:AEAD”D:POKE NEXT, VX:GOTO 70:R£H Insert “chine code TO

‘301X=U$R(1536,250)NEHStart lfc code e'routine.’2nd nunber sets tine detay 40 X=PEEKK1791):REH Find uhich piayer i

pressed first 55 IF x=g THEN

”RUN

ONT

Of TIHE':GOT

40 70

:? 'Press any key to start tiler“ 764,255 90 IF PEEK(764)=255 THEN 903291 Hait f or any keyboard key to be pressed 100 ? CHR$(125):GOTO smut Clear scre on and start again

70 '

'.'

80 POKE

104,104,133,206,104,133,203,1 69,0,133,19,133,20,173,128,2,10,13,132 ,2 120 DATA 73,31,208,16,165,T9,T97,206,1 44,239,165,20,197,203,144,233,162,0,24 0,9 (f "130 DATA 162,510,106,176,3,202,208,25 '0;162,255,6,96‘ 110 DATA

‘

Program

Ouizbox skeleton program

conds)

keyboard key #6;CHRS(125):REH Cle ar Graphics screen and text uindou

30 MA

200

Ten se

AStZD),P1$(20),P2$(2|),P3$(20), P4$(20),PS$(20),96$(20)

1.0

P6$=’CAN'T

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IDENTIFY"

zeazturur P1$:IF m:

initial

210 GOSUB

260:REA

spaces Execute the

entire

P2$='"

cycle

y k

type the name of plays? er ”;x ,‘ an x=x+tzrerunn , 260 X=USR(1536,TL):REN Start timing an? d scanning switches 270 X=PEEK(1791):REH Result is stored ; here j

240 ? :? “Please

THEN

93m men

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PS$=P6$ 110 GRAPHICS 2:SETCOLOR

‘

2,0,0:POKE 752 ,1:REH Set up display and clear text c ursor 120 FOR X=0 TO 52:READ D:POKE 1536+X,D :NEXT X:GOTO 160:REH

Insert lachine

de routine 130 DATA 104,104,133,206,104,133,203,1

69,0,133,19,133,20,173,120,2,10,13,132 ,2

73,33,208,16,165,19,197,204,1 $4,239,165,20,i97,203,144,233,162,0,24 0,9 150 DATA 162,5,24,106,1T.6,3,2l2,208,25 0,142,ZSS,6,96 “ 140 DATA

CHR$(125}:? :?

Press any ha

to start .tiner ':ltEH Three initial

paces lTO POKE 764,255

‘

routine

16mm

P4$:IF Pli$="' THEN 90 60803 ka??NFUT ‘ P6$=P6$ 100 50508 21:0:INPOT P5$:IF P58="' THEN

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Fourteen

ggggage

Zb?lePUT P2$:IF

PZS=P6$E as eosue zeezznrut P3$=P63

160

THEN

ggssggge

any

uizbox

CHR$(TZS):X=1

‘

180.REH Hait to be pressed

THEN

canmzsm

(500

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button pressed or out of time, and lets you use names instead of numbers to identify the contestants. The time limit is set by variable TL in line 20 When you run this program you will first be asked to type in the players’ names. The first should be the name of the player controlling button one, the second button two and so on. If there are less than five buttons in use, just press Return when asked to name the missing players. |f during the course of play

19a

me um

u=seo:rsn

70 GOSUB

280

X=0 THEN

AS="0UT

340 290

x=1

A$=P1$:GOTO

TIHE”:GOTO ‘

THEN

300 IF X=2 THEN 310 IF X=3 THEN 320 IE X=4 THEN 330

X=5 THEN

340 AS=P2$=GOTO 340

A$=P3$:GOTO AS=PL$=60TO A$=P5$

340

‘

340

H=INT((20-LEN(AS))/2):NEHHorizont al offset to centralise AS 350 POSITION H,6:? #6;A$

340

360 IF X=0

1.10

THEN

S=100

STEP -3

370

FOR

380

SOUND

B,s,10,8:NEXT

398 489

SOUND

0,0,0,0

REIUNN

410 SOUND 0,250,10,8 420 FOR H=1 TO 200:NEXT 430 SOUND

460

‘

RETURN

0,0,0,0 ~

Program ll: User-friendly timer and priority indicator June 1988 Atari User 45

Gadgets

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letter. The first player to come up with an acceptable answer as judged by the quizmaster—wins the point. You can easily change the

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Generate

4$gnkgi?lizfzi?izgy+651“

m POSITION N*2+5,1:? #6;CHRS(L):REH Print the correspondin letter 48. SOUND 8,48,18,8:REii Short each letter is printed 498

FOR

SOUND

510 528

IF FOR

T0 ”NEXT 8,8,8,8

U=1

“3

THEN

H-1

ac new one musOhes staCg your OWh- 15911, with A$= and end with RETURN, and can contain up to 20 characters. Make sure that all the extra line numbers form an unbroken sequence, rising from 550 in increments of ten , then change the random number generator at line 270 to suit. The first number after RND(0) should be the total number of items to choose from. For example, if you add 10 more categories, making a 1015” Of 40' line 450 should be changed to.

beep as

54” . . 258.NEXT N.REH Short

Program

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button, the computer will accept the input, but will print Can’t identify in place of the player's name. Program H can be modi?ed to make a self-contained quiz game by inserting extra subroutines after the main code. For example, if you add the extra lines shown in Program Ill, you will get a word~making Game reminiscent of those used in Catchword and Masterteams. When you reset the timer, three random letters will be displayed on screen. Contestants have to think of a word beginning with the first letter, and containing the other two letters in their printed order. The quizmaster, aided by a dictionary, has the final say on any word's validity. The extra lines in Program |v will give you another simple word gamethe type known as Spin Quiz or Tell-me Quiz. The computer randomly picks a category, such as a boy's name, an animal or a country, then displays it on screen, followed by the words Beginning with and a random

This Will now

generate a random

5,0u5h-butt

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program which produces

random Or one

arithmetic sum on screen? WhiCh displays letters, Simple words, colours or shapes for pre-school children to identify?

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Select

random line number tron 558 to 848 468 L=INT(RND(8)*26)+6S:REH Generate random letter code 478 7 #6;CHRS(125):GOSUB it

628 638 648 658 668

ll=INT((28-LEN(A$))12):REN Horizont al position to centralise AS 498 POSITION H,8:? #6;A$:POSIT10N 3,2: ? #6;”beginning with "; 488

588

FOR

N=1

588:NEXT U:REH Short

678 688

A$='a t.v. prograne':RETURN 698 A$="a country’:RETURN 788 A$="a colour':RETURN 718 AS=”a tree':RETURN 728 ll$=”a proverb':RETURN 738 A$=’a fanous author":llETURN

lay 518 SOUND 8,58,18,8 528 Fog 8:1 TO 28:85)”

msoum) 8,8,8,8

:REll Short beep 538 POSITION 9,4:? #6;CHRS(L):REH t the random letter 548 558 568 S78 588 598 688

748 758 768 778 788

Prin

RETURN

“ya

boy's

girl’s

AS="a nale':RETURN AS=”an animal’mETURN A$="a sport or pastine”:RETURN A$=”a musical instrument”:RETURN AS="a lake or sea”:RETURN

46 Atari User June 7988

AS='a fish':RETURN AS='a song title":RETURN A$="a cartoon character':RETURN AS='a file or t.v. star':RETURN AS=”an itel of clothing':RETURN

798 A$='an historical figure':RETURN 888 A$='a famous building":RETURN 818 A$="found on a beach':RETURN 828 A$='found in an office":RETURN 838 A$='found in a garage’:RETURN 848 A$="found in“ a garden':RETllRN

nane":RETURN

Program IV: These lines convert Program

A$=”a job or trade":RETURN A$=”a type of food"=RETURN A$="a river“:RETURN AS=”a flouer”:RETURN A$=’a vegetable':RETURN A$='a hobby":RETURN AS="a DOD QFOUD"=RETURN

into

a letter—quiz

game

Source code for 858 mu programs

3g LIMIT=$CB 48 RTCLOK=$13 58 STICK8=$278 68 STRIG8=5284 78 *=$688 88

Clear

PLA

’No.

par

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5228 t

trigger value

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195 GOSUB 458 458 Q=INTCRNT>(8)*38)*18+558:REH

??d?éiremb”

easily b? Other subroutines devnsed for the BaSic programs to sun your OW” requirements. HOW about a

6smaI/plaS?C boxes Approx/mateyelghtmetres / oftwo0 ore

short

my“

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line number within the range 55010 940For the more daring, Program V is a

machine code listing that emulates the Basic routine to drivethe QUiZbOX- it ShOWS how the iOVStiCk ports can be used for five bit input.

n SWItches

if 8le

bUt ,

elapsed

tiii

against time liiti

8248 act LOOP ot reached 8258 LDA RTCLOK+1 8268 CH? LIMIT 8278 BCC LOOP 8288 LOX #8

tine

Branch

if limit

key

pressed

82988138 DONE 8388 STORE 8318 LDX #5 8328 ctc 8338 NEXT 8348 R08 A

Read each

bit in

Branch on

first

turn 8358

868

DONE

8368 DEX 8378 BNE 8388 pong 8398 stx of

first

8488

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x holds

position

’1’

Program

Return to Basic

Source code for USR routine in all Ouizbox programs

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addictive In its game play with the sound and graphics being astoun dingly good. l have bought Zeppelin’s other game, Speed Ace and it’s also a pleasure to play. Thanks for the article that introduced me to the game. Mark Gilchrist ' Ware '

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3 screen

(1qu

7029 pnnter routine f0f the 7935 the September {h issue.

After adding

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and

Of extra lines — to the 009913 original program, / ‘had the hard perfect way Of making comes 0’7 my fI’UStV "723 that YOU The extra lines W’” need to add are:

Herts.

Pulnt we“ taken lN your March 1988 issue there was an excellent 3D drawing program by Kevin Edwards. However, there are a couple of little discrepancies in the listing. The ?rst modification that the pro— gram needs a ?x to stop it plotting an unwanted point on screen.

Just add:

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Redcar, Cleveland.

TRAP

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515

Once these are added the W’” run and funcprogram M' ' °’T‘Immas ' ' Ze?eCt’g-x; 351? “°"'

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AFTER reading the April 1988 issue of Atari User I

clusion that the article

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.,, , with Get it Right! and followed the instructions perfectly. And what did/find? What a crafty devil André Willey is and what an April foo/lam. Ste p hen Mitchell ’ London _

the Checksum Buster program.

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50 Atari User June 1988

GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES AND GETTING SOMEWHERE BEING

new

very

computing I am haying problems with certain

fundamental elements of Atari Basic. was trying to write a simple program to draw circles, but I couldn't seem to get it right. Also, can you explain to me what an array is? Michelle Simpson, Slough, London. 0 Sometimes drawing circles in Basic can involve more work than its worth. Here is a simple program to draw one in Graphics 8: 1

lg GRAPHICS 20

com

2A:SETCOLOR

2,“

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800

FOR

A=A+E.05

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7“

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100mm”

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numbers.

ln Atari Basic these boxes are numeric variables to which you can assign various values and then do

mathematical calculations With them. Each array must

—

it can be the would give an ordinary variable, but following this there must be one or more numbers inside brackets. These indicate which boxes or elements in the pile are being referred to. Before you attempt to use an array you must DlMensron ‘t' Bl" there 's a d'f' ference between DIMensroning an array and a strin g —

array to assign these values for you with the following routine:

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Hum”)

10 DIM 20 FOR

—

F1 T0 100 ARRAy(A)=A

LET

{LZ?utreL’lF Jagsggggzgfrt'g p rint

ARRAYlSO) it will p rint

50andthisvaluewill remain

the same unless you change it or switch the micro off. if you type PRINT ARRAY(25)+ARRAY(50) y on ,

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avllahee' n you DlM en'smn an aria" V°” me te”'"9 the micro how many boxes or elements you require and the name you are assigning to them as a group But .'

the corn. rememberedwhat

1 75 Wilget

puter has

numbers

because

were

assrgned

the array. This technique is very 3223 yhzuarglthé‘l?gs'cijtnth: useful and can speed Up program execution. maximum . numbgr of . if you define an array at characters it can contain. . . the beginning Of a Arrays can be very useful program and when you want. to assign then pk” your paints relative to the results. values to variables very .. . . instead of waiting for the qurckly. For example, lm' micro to . calculate them . agine attempting to write it d h each time nee st em f or— lines like this in your promatron, it erI save lots of gram all the way up to 100: time. Arrays, and their counterARRAY1:1 1B parts matrices, M" P9 COV‘ 25 mum ered in _detail _in our 35 Anny; ~

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