Z*Net: 23-Jan-93 #9304
From: Bruce D. Nelson (aa789@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Date: 01/25/93-11:53:18 PM Z
From: aa789@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bruce D. Nelson)
Subject: Z*Net: 23-Jan-93 #9304
Date: Mon Jan 25 23:53:18 1993
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Z*NET: ATARI ONLINE MAGAZINE Copyright (c)1993, Syndicate Publishing
Volume 8, Number 4 Issue #488 January 23, 1993 File:93-04
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Publisher/Editor..........................................Ron Kovacs
Writer............................................Michael R. Burkley
Contributing Editor........................................Ed Krimen
AtariNet Coordinator\Telecommunications...................Bill Scull
Contributing Editor...................................Dr. Paul Keith
Z*Net News International Gateway - New Zealand............Jon Clarke
Z*Net News Service\AtariUser Magazine-Publisher\Editor.....John Nagy
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CONTENTS
{*} The Editors Desk...........................Ron Kovacs
{*} Z*Net Newswire.......................................
{*} Calligrapher 3 From Codehead............Press Release
{*} New Explorer Issue Released...............Anouncement
{*} AtariNet Update............................Bill Scull
{*} Perusing GEnie..............................Ed Krimen
{*} Connect High Density Drive To The ST.................
{*} Z*Net\AEO FNET Support Bulletin Boards...............
{*} The Unabashed Atariophile.............Michael Burkley
{*} Calamus Comparison...................................
###### THE EDITORS DESK
###### By Ron Kovacs
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
There was plenty going on all over this week! A new President took
office, Atari attended the NAMM show with great success, and the Z*Net
BBS crashed!
First let's start with the NAMM event. We do not have a full report
prepared for this edition, but one is nearly complete and not ready
until next week. John Nagy attended and is working on it!
However, in a discussion shortly before press with Nagy, he told me that
Atari received thousands of orders for Falcons at NAMM, faces from the
music industry like Thomas Dolby, Jon Anderson and a few others attended
and the overall feeling of a great show was apparent. As stated
earlier, look for a full report on NAMM next week.
Also this week, President Clinton took office with hopes of change for
our country, something I was personally pleased about. It feels nice
having a change after 12 years!
Lastly, if you are a regular caller to the Z*Net BBS, you may have
noticed the never ending busy signal. We did have a crash this week,
and went to back-ups. If you haven't been up to date on your own
backups, please do so today! I had them, never thought I would use
them, and found them to be useful when needed!
As always, thanks for downloading Z*Net! If you have comments, please
send them along!
###### Z*NET NEWSWIRE
###### Industry Update
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
RICHARD MILLER STEPS DOWN
Richard W. Miller announced this week that he was stepping down as
chairman and chief executive officer of Wang Laboratories in order to
facilitate the company's business plan and organization structure for
emergence from Chapter 11 protection. The board of directors named the
three top executives of the company to lead Wang in a newly established
corporate executive office. The corporate executive office consists of
Michael F. Mee, chairman and chief financial officer; Donald P. Casey,
president and chief development officer; and Joseph M. Tucci, president
and chief executive officer. All three were executive vice presidents
reporting to Miller. Miller said, "I proposed stepping down because
Wang is preparing to emerge from Chapter 11 proceedings as a much
smaller company. It needs to finalize a smaller and less costly
management structure that will lead the company into the future. I am
comfortable about stepping aside now because the company's business
planning process is well advanced and management and the creditors'
committee are working on a joint plan of reorganization designed to lead
to the company's timely emergency from Chapter 11."
ZIFFNET TO HOST AUTHORS
Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews, authors of GATES: How Microsoft's Mogul
Reinvented an Industry -- and Made Himself the Richest Man in America,
the independent new biography about Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, will
be on ZiffNet January 25-29 to answer members' questions and share
opinions about their book and famous subject. ZiffNet is an online
community of more than 125,000 members with a common interest in
personal computers. New users who wish to access ZiffNet directly can
call (800) 666-0330 for directions on how to log on and use the service.
New users interested in joining CompuServe may call (800) 848-8199 for
more information.
IBM LOSES RECORD $5.46 BILLION
IBM reported a record $5.46 billion loss for the fourth quarter and a
loss of $4.97 billion for the year. The world's largest computer maker
said 1992 marked the second straight losing year for its businesses.
IBM lost $2.86 billion in 1991 - the first loss ever for the company.
But if not for a $1.9 billion one-time gain resulting from adoption of a
new tax accounting standard, IBM's 1992 loss would have been a mammoth
$6.87 billion. While the vast majority of the red ink represented costs
associated with massive staff reductions and corporate downsizing, the
results for the 1992 fourth quarter included a $45 million operating
loss - the first quarterly operating loss in IBM's 79-year history. IBM
reduced its payroll by more than 40,000 employees in 1992. Since 1986,
the computer maker has slashed its work force by more than 100,000.
Revenues for the quarter totaled $19.56 billion, down 11% compared with
$21.97 billion for the fourth quarter of 1991.
PC SOFTWARE TOPS $7 BILLION IN 1992
Dataquest announced its preliminary 1992 worldwide application and
operating system market share survey results. According to the survey,
the industry grew by 30 percent in 1992 and surpassed the $7 billion
mark in factory revenue for the first time.
PRELIMINARY 1992 WORLDWIDE APPLICATION AND OPERATING SYSTEM MARKET SHARE
ESTIMATES (Millions of Dollars)
1991 Revenue 1992 Revenue
MARKET
DOS 4,347.1 3,756.7
Windows Applications 848.6 2,873.5
Macintosh 607.8 932.2
OS/2 67.9 72.1
Industry Total 5,871.4 7,634.5
PRELIMINARY 1992 WORLDWIDE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FACTORY REVENUE
ESTIMATES (Millions of Dollars)
1991 Revenue 1992 Revenue
VENDOR
Microsoft Corp. 1,693.2 $3,378.9
Lotus Development Corp. 776.9 894.7
WordPerfect Corp. 451.6 643.7
Borland International 471.1 493.9
Symantec 123.5 206.8
Others 2,355.1 2016.5
INDUSTRY TOTAL 5,871.4 7,634.5
The top five vendors in 1992 controlled nearly 74 percent of the
revenue, up from 60 percent in 1991.
###### CALLIGRAPHER 3
###### Press Release from Codehead Technologies
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
Calligrapher 3
The Next Generation Of The Ultimate Writing Machine
LOS ANGELES - CodeHead Technologies and Working Title US are proud to
announce the release of Calligrapher 3! If you're already familiar with
Calligrapher, you know it's a powerful, intuitive, graphics-based word
processor. Now, Calligrapher 3 adds terrific new features, streamlines
the installation procedure, is compatible with the Falcon030 and
MultiTOS, and no longer uses GDOS!
This document describes the enhancements and changes in Calligrapher 3,
as well as the procedure for upgrading to version 3. If you are
unfamiliar with Calligrapher and its features, you can obtain an
excellent overview by trying out the Calligrapher 3 demo package,
available by calling CodeHead Technologies (213) 386-5735, or by
downloading the demo from any of the popular online networks.
Enhancements
------------
o GDOS (G+Callig) and Line_Arc have been built into Calligrapher itself,
so there is no longer any special startup disk and nothing is required
in the AUTO folder. This makes it much more compatible with other GDOS
programs since there is no overlap, and also makes installation and
setup MUCH easier and less trouble-prone.
o If you have a hard disk and 2Mb, Calligrapher displays vector fonts on
screen. The new edition caches screen fonts more intelligently,
speeding up the opening of documents and moving through documents that
contain vector fonts.
o Supports Esc-P2 printers (Epson Dot Matrix printers that support
360dpi compressed mode).
o Allows you to reduce the amount of memory taken by Calligrapher to
make it compatible with multitasking operating systems such as MultiGem
and MultiTOS.
o A new easy-to-use fast install program supporting 1.44Mb disk drives
and the new features of Calligrapher. This program uses a GEM dialog
box and is more intelligent; it reads in as many files as will fit in
memory and then writes them to the hard drive, and requires a minimal
amount of disk swapping.
o Templates - documents with the extension CAT, are treated as base
documents. (Similar to 'stationery' documents on the Macintosh.)
Calligrapher will prompt you to rename them when they are saved. Also
there is a default template that is loaded when Calligrapher is first
started. This allows you, for example, to save the ruler settings for
your default ruler.
o The FlexText module now allows you to USE ANY URW typeface, not just
the included ones.
o On a TT, Calligrapher now moves its code into TT RAM to run 30%
faster.
o Import/export of Rich Text Format (RTF) files has been added to the
import module. These files allow you to keep the style and fonts within
a document, together with any footnotes, when you transfer to other
programs that support RTF.
o The integral symbol and brackets in Calligrapher's mathematical
formulae have been improved.
o There are new commands in formulae to cover set symbols, and things
such as products. Equivalents have been added in the interactive
formula editor.
o When you adjust markers on the ruler (margins, tabs, etc.), a vertical
line is drawn to help you gauge positions.
o Mark a section and increase or decrease all font sizes proportionally
(by the proportion 9/10ths or 10/9ths).
o Keyboard shortcuts have been added to the interactive formula editor.
o A new program allows you to change Calligrapher's internal setup.
This allows adjustments to its memory, printer and other internal
details.
o The supplementary language disks have been improved. Spanish includes
a Catalan dictionary and a Spanish thesaurus. German has a German
dictionary and thesaurus. Italian has a Catalan dictionary.
o A triple click on a paragraph selects the whole paragraph.
o When running under a multitasking operating system, the disk-based
clipboard is switched on, allowing you to cut and paste text dynamically
between applications.
o Two printers are supported at the same time, allowing you to switch
between them at print time.
o A separation line has been added between footnotes and the body of
text.
o Calligrapher 3 remembers the pathname when inserting multiple graphics
into a document.
o There is a driver for the Ricoh 1200 laser printer at 400dpi.
System Requirements
-------------------
o Calligrapher 3 Professional requires 1 Mb of RAM and a floppy disk.
Calligrapher 3 Gold requires 1 Mb and a hard disk. Version 3 requires
more memory than version 2, so if your documents are at the limit of
memory with version 2, you will be over the limit with version 3.
New Fonts
---------
o There are 20 new URW typefaces available, number 67 through 86.
o These new fonts will only work with version 3 of Calligrapher.
o Previously purchased font disks can be re-installed to work with
Calligrapher 3 by using a new install program included with the upgrade.
o Font charts files will be uploaded to the online services, allowing
you to print out sample displays of the new fonts on your own printer.
o The new fonts are as follows:
67 Goudy 72 Stencil 77 T-bird Cond. 82 Olde Towne No 536
68 Grotesque No.9 73 Stop 78 Latin Wide 83 News Gothic
69 Hobo 74 Serpentine 79 Murray Hill 84 Raleigh
70 Nevison Casual 75 Thorowgood 80 Park Avenue 85 Romana Demi Bold
71 Playbill 76 Thunderbird 81 Maxima 86 Stymie
Items Removed
--------------
Some things have been removed due to the changes in the way Calligrapher
operates. If any of these things are essential to your needs, you
should not upgrade, or you should make sure to save an installed copy of
your current Calligrapher.
o Bitmap GDOS printer fonts are no longer supported. Only URW outline
fonts will be output to your printer.
o Sizefont, Editfont, and Assign Edit have been dropped as they are no
longer relevant.
o The ability to print to disk in PTD format has been removed, along
with DiskPrnt.
o FlexText no longer runs as a separate program, due to the lack of
GDOS/G+Callig support. It must be run as a PAK. Some changes have been
made to reduce the amount of memory it consumes. (It can run on a 1 Mb
system).
Upgrade Procedure
-----------------
When you upgrade to Calligrapher 3, you're also entitled to one FREE URW
outline font disk (worth $34.95). And since the new version of
Calligrapher only works with the URW outline fonts, any additional font
families that you purchase along with the upgrade are only $25 (a $10
discount).
o The upgrade price from version 2 to version 3 is $45.
o The upgrade price from Calligrapher Professional version 2 to
Calligrapher Gold version 3 is $100.
o The upgrade price (either $45 or $100) includes ONE FREE URW FONT
DISK, worth $34.95. Any one of the existing typefaces may be chosen,
including the new fonts mentioned above.
o The upgrade is available to anyone who owns the Working Title US
(CodeHead) version of Calligrapher and has received a registered disk 5
from us.
o The upgrade may be purchased by phone or E-Mail by supplying us with a
credit card number (including expiration date) and a shipping address.
It is not necessary to return your original disks.
o The upgrade may also be ordered by mail with a check or money order.
o The upgrade includes five disks plus the free font disk and printed
documentation for the new additions.
o Additional URW font disks may be purchased with the upgrade at the
price of $25 each.
o Shipping and handling charges for the upgrade are $3 US, $4 Canada,
and $6 overseas.
Working Title US, a division of CodeHead Technologies, is the official
US importer of Working Title products.
###### NOVEMBER\DECEMBER ATARI EXPLORER MAGAZINE
###### Announcement
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
A T A R I E X P L O R E R M A G A Z I N E
Volume 7, Issue 6 C O N T E N T S November/December 1992
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/// FEATURES
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<> Atari Falcon030 - U.S. debut
/// REVIEWS
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<> Migraph PS-400 Wand - A full range hand scanner with optional
document feeder and the latest version of Touch-Up.
<> G-Man v3.0 - GDOS setup and management has never been easier.
<> The Link - Now ICD lets you connect SCSI devices to any ST.
<> Gemulator v1.00 - Emulator runs ST software on an IBM PC.
<> GenEdit v2.0 - Barefoot's powerful MIDI Editor/Librarian.
<> Tune-Up your Hard Drive - a feature by feature comparison of
the two best choices for keeping your data safe.
-- Hard Disk Sentry v1.3
-- Diamond Edge
/// ENTERTAINMENT
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<> The Lynx Line - Clayton Walnum reviews Pinball Jam and Shadow
of the Beast plus Electrocop hints and more!
/// PORTFOLIO
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<> The Portfoilo Files - Answers to the most common Portfoilo
questions.
/// SPECIAL INTEREST
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<> Three Books for Coders - From GFA Assembly to the AES, these
books cover it.
<> The Atari Clipboard - How to best use the Clipboard in your
programs.
/// DEPARTMENTS
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<> Editor's Page <> Atari World News
<> Question Mark <> Advertiser Index
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###### ATARINET UPDATE
###### Compiled by Bill Scull
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
So, you've heard about AtariNet. This is a network for any BBS that
supports the Atari platform of home computer. There are already several
bulletin board systems worldwide participating and more are joining. If
you are a Sysop and would like more information of would like to join,
simply contact the Host that is nearest you. If you're a user and would
like more information, ask your Sysop to contact the Host nearest him.
A listing of the current BBS's that are participating and the echos that
are available follow:
Zone 51 AtariNet Headquarters
Region 100
Host 1 - Twilight Zone, Longwood FL, Bill Scull 1-407-831-1613
4 - Steal Your Face, Brick NJ, Ed Lynch 1-908-920-7981
6 - MySTery BBS, Goose Creek, SC, David Blanchard 1-803-556-9730
8 - Alien BBS, Burlington NC, Mark Cline 1-919-229-4334
9 - Z*Net Golden Gate, Sunnyvale CA, Bob Brodie 1-510-373-6792
10 - Atari Base, Sunnyvale CA, Robert Brodie 1-408-745-2196
13 - Z*Net News Service, Middlesex NJ, Ron Kovacs 1-908-968-8148
14 - Information Overload, Riverdale GA, Ed June 1-404-471-1549
15 - Flightline BBS, Minneapolis MN, Craig Peterson 1-612-544-5118
Host 4 - Hologram Inc, Old Bridge NJ, Dean Lodzinski 1-908-727-1914
3 - Assasins Grove, Oshawa Canada, Jeff Mitchell 1-416-571-6965
4 - Aces High BBS, Matawan NJ, Richard Guadagno 1-908-290-1133
5 - StormShadow, Pasadena MD, Robert Lovelace 1-410-437-0243
Host 102 - Sunfox's Realm, Raleigh NC, Erik Williams 1-919-867-1844
Region 200 - AtariNet Headquarters II
Host 2 - AtariNet Nevada, Las Vegas NV, Terry May 1-702-435-0786
4 - Sports Line BBS, Henderson NV, Nick Hard 1-702-565-5271
5 - Left Over Hippies, Toronto Canada, Lesley Dylan 1-416-466-8931
10 - STarship, Lake Charles LA, Rich Tietjens 1-318-474-9432
11 - The Choice BBS, Las Vegas NV, Mark Woolworth 1-702-253-6527
12 - Thunder Hold, American Fork UT, Todd Harrington 1-801-756-2901
13 - Conqueror Connection, Fort Hood TX, John Curtis 1-817-539-1469
137 - The VORTEX BBS, Fort Towson OK, Jim Jackson 1-405-873-9361
Host 201 - The DarkSTar BBS, Salt Lake City UT, Randy Rodrock
1-801-269-8780
4 - The Halls of Asguard, Orem UT, Gerald Homeyer 1-801-221-1150
5 - Acme BBS, Salt Lake City UT, Eric Nikolaisen 1-801-272-4243
6 - Thunder Hold, American Fork UT, Todd Harrington 1-801-756-2901
7 - The City Of Nimrod, SLC UT, Dave Marquardt 1-801-969-5485
Host 202 - The Wylie Connection, Wylie TX, Wes Newell 1-214-442-6612
7 - Aaron's Beard, Dallas TX, Troy Wade 1-214-557-2642
13 - The Wylie Connection, Wylie TX, Wes Newell 1-214-442-6612
20 - Outland Station, Ft Worth TX, John Stiborek 1-817-329-1125
21 - Psychlo Empire, Irving TX, Mark Corona 1-214-251-1175
30 - The Foundation BBS, Azle TX, CR Hamilton 1-817-444-0155
Host 203 - AtariNet Midwest, Indianapolis IN, Bill Jones
1-317-356-5519
1 - The Zoo BBS, Indianapolis IN, Bill Jones 1-317-356-5519
2 - The Music Station, Webb City MO, Chris Richards 1-417-673-4926
3 - The Maligned ST, Urbandale IA, Mike O'Malley 1-515-253-9530
4 - The Crawly Crypt, Joplin MO, Jim Collins 1-417-624-1887
5 - BLAST BBS, Bloomington IN, Steve Johnson 1-812-332-0573
6 - Bear Swamp BBS, Marysville OH, Mark Antolik 1-513-644-0714
7 - The Dugout BBS, Independence MO, Brient Leslie 1-816-373-9589
Region 300 - AtariNet Headquarters_III
Host 3 - The Space Station, Canyon Country CA, Tony Castorino
1-805-252-0450
3 - Atari ST Connection, Fresno CA, Brian Watters 1-209-436-8156
4 - Autoboss Atari Elite, Bunola PA, John Graham 1-412-384-5608
5 - The Yakima Atari ST BBS, Yakima WA, Pat Moffitt 1-509-965-2345
6 - FIDOdoor Support BBS, Vandenberg AFB, Bryan Hall 1-805-734-4742
7 - cyberSecT BBS, Cheney WA, Chuck Aude 1-509-235-4875
9 - The Mosh Bit, Vancouver WA, Mark Wallaert 1-206-574-1531
10 - Target Range, Paramount CA, Alan Dietrich 1-310-634-8993
11 - Sanctuary From The Law, Inyokern CA, Sean Price 1-619-377-3611
12 - MASATEK, Torrance CA, Valeriano Meneses 1-310-518-9524
13 - The Mind Keep, Citrus Heights CA, Jeff Fehlman 1-916-723-1657
15 - ST-Keep, Citrus Heights CA, Andrew Studer 1-916-729-2968
16 - H.B. SMOG, Huntington Beach CA, Jim Thingwold 1-714-969-5486
17 - Acey BBS, Yakima WA, Dick Grable 1-509-966-8555
18 - Dusty Atcic, Riverside CA, Rodney Bennett 1-909-656-3707
Region 400 - AtariNet Headquarters IV
Host 5 - The Brewery, Ajax ON Canada, Don Liscombe 1-416-683-3089
3 - Rather Digital, Sudbury ON Canada, Steve Barnes 1-705-560-3115
Region 500 - AtariNet UK
Host 6 - AtariNet NW England, Stockport Cheshire UK, Daron Brewood
44-61-429-9803
2 - STun NeST Central, Stockport Cheshire UK 44-61-429-9803
3 - DigiBBS, Nykobing F Denmark, Flemming Nielsen 45-54-858385
4 - System ST BBS, Leicester UK, Mark Matts 44-533-413443
5 - Black Cat Penarth, Penarth Wales UK, Mark Butler 44-222-707359
Region 600 - AtariNet Headquarters VI
Host 601 - AtariNet Germany, Koeln Germany, Frank Brodmuehler
49-221-248285
8 - Apolonia, Essen, Peter Kaszanics 49-201-237509
Hub 100 - Hub AC, Aachen, Benedikt Heinen 49-241-408593
101 - Firemark BBS, Aachen, Benedikt Heinen 49-241-408593
102 - Dao-Lin-H'ay, Luegde, Joerg Spilker 49-5281-79372
Region 700 - AtariNet Headquarters VII
Host 701 - Peace Counter Computers, Fort ST John BC Canada
1-604-785-9512
2 - Prime BBS, Fort ST John BC Canada, Bill Marsh 1-604-785-7098
Host 710 - Temple of Doom, Edmonton Alta Canada, Barry Torrance
1-403-436-0328
2 - Bill's BBS, Edmonton Canada, Bill Butler 1-403-461-2222
Region 800 - AtariNet Headquarters VIII
Host 801 - Znet South Pacific, Wellington New Zealand, Chris Thorpe
64-4-4762853
2 - Waikato Amiga, Hamilton, Barry Blackford 64-7-846-6918
3 - Southern Vortex, Dunedin, Chris Pheloung 64-3-454-3900
5 - Cyberlink 2, Palmerston North, Dean Richards 64-6-359-2658
12 - Wizards Lair, Wellington, Shane Storey 64-4-233-8538
21 - InterAction One, Hamilton, John Lawrence 64-7-855-0293
22 - Ice Cave, Hamilton, Vaughan Irwin 64-7-846-7236
31 - Jail Break BBS, Invercargill, Willy Hemopo 64-3-216-2042
32 - Lands End, Invercargill, Ken Sutton 64-3-214-1021
40 - On Line Support, Christchurch, John Clarke 64-3-366-7324
Host 802 ACE BBS, Coogee NSW Austrailia, Ian Mackereth 61-2-898-0873
102 - OGRE BBS Mercy College, Koondoola WA,Craig Valli 61-9-247-1249
106 - That Which is Not, Adelaide Sth Aust, Michael Smith 61-8-232-5722
||| AtariNet Message Echo Backbone |||
/ | \ Compiled by Terry May @ 51:2/0 / | \
* EFFECTIVE 28-Dec-92 *
-> The following echo is _required_ for ALL AtariNet sysops.
-> ONLY AtariNet sysops may have access to this echo.
Echo Name Description Moderator
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A_SYSOP AtariNet SysOps 51:1/0 - Bill Scull
-> The following echoes are _required_ for AtariNet moderators
-> and hosts, but may be picked up by ANY AtariNet sysop.
-> ONLY AtariNet sysops may have access to these echoes.
Echo Name Description Moderator
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A_ECHO AtariNet echoes discussion 51:2/0 - Terry May
A_TEST AtariNet test echo 51:1/0 - Bill Scull
-> The following echoes are available to all interested AtariNet sysops.
-> These echoes can and should be accessible to all users and points.
Echo Name Description Moderator
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A_4SALE Atari products for sale/wanted 51:102/1 - Erik Williams
A_ATARI Atari general discussion 51:2/4 - Nick Hard
A_BBS_ADS Atari supported BBSes 51:2/0 - Terry May
A_BBS_DOORS Atari BBS doors (externals) 51:1/6 - Dave Blanchard
A_COMMERCIAL_ADS Atari commercial ads 51:102/1 - Erik Williams
A_DTP Atari DeskTop Publishing 51:102/1 - Erik Williams
A_EXPLORER Atari Explorer Magazine 51:1/13 - Ron Kovacs
A_FDS AtariNet FDS announcements 51:203/0 - Bill Jones
A_FIDODOOR FIDOdoor support 51:3/6 - Bryan Hall
A_GENERAL General discussion 51:2/4 - Nick Hard
A_GRAPHICS Atari graphics 51:2/0 - Terry May
A_MAXI_SUPT MaxiDoor/PhidoQwk Support 51:5/4 - Shawn Smith
A_PROGRAMMING Atari programming 51:5/0 - Don Liscombe
A_SOUND Atari sound/music 51:2/0 - Terry May
A_TECH Atari hardware tech talk 51:202/0 - Wes Newell
A_BINKLEY BinkleyTerm ST support [* Gated from Zone 1 *]
A_FIDO_ST FidoNet ST discussion [* Gated from Zone 90 *]
A_IOS_HELP IOSmail Support [* Gated from Zone 1 *]
AtariNet File Distribution System
The following file areas are either currently on the AtariNet FileBone,
or are awaiting approval. If you'd like to receive one of these areas,
please contact your host. Hosts are not required to carry all areas,
however all areas will be available from 51:203/0.
Current File Echoes:
FileEcho Description Origination at
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A_NODES AtariNet node administration Bill Scull, 51:1/0
ABBSUTIL BBS-Related Utilities Bill Jones, 51:203/0
ABBSGAME BBS-Related Games (Doors) (open)
ABBSOTHR BBS-Related other software (open)
AFDOOR FidoDoor Updates (includes ST-QWK) Bryan Hall, 51:3/6
AUTILS ST Utilities (open)
AGAMES ST Games Rich Tietjens, 51:2/10
ANETWORK FidoNet-Related Software Bill Jones, 51:203/0
AZNET Z*Net On-line magazine Ron Kovacs, 51:1/13
AOTHER Other ST Software (open)
AGRAPHIC Graphics and related programs Terry May, 51:2/0
ASOUND Sounds, samples and related programs Terry May, 51:2/0
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Any questions or comments should be directed to me at 51:203/0.
Bill Jones, AFDS Coordinator
###### PERUSING GENIE
###### Compiled by Ed Krimen
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Some messages may have been edited for correct spelling, grammar, and
irrelevant material.
UPDATED FALCON NEWS
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-=> In the "Atari Corporation Online" category (14)
-=> from the "Falcon 030 - Help and Questions" topic (41)
Message 134 Thu Jan 07, 1993
F.BELL1 [Frank @ Home] at 13:33 EST
The first Falcons (not pre-production or 'first' production machines)
are being delivered to dealers in Germany. Some were even sold and in
the hands of end users before Christmas. :-) Many dealers are or have
increased their earlier orders beleaving the first few batches will be
completely sold out and that at suggested Atari retail prices.
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Message 182 Mon Jan 11, 1993
B.REHBOCK [BILL@ATARI] at 02:09 EST
One of the great things about Falcon is the fact that unlike the Mac or
PC, no expensive composite solution is needed. Atari is manufacturing
an adapter block similar to the VGA and ST blocks that will be
available. The block has two RCA connectors on it, the yellow supplies
composite video and the white has a left and right mix-down of the
stereo output of the sound system.
It is set up so that people can get their animations and graphics, in
living color, completely overscanned out to video tape as easily as
possible.
In Europe, we will have a Peritel/SCART cable available to do the
equivalent video stuff over there. :-)
-Bill@Atari
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Message 81 Sun Jan 17, 1993
S.JOHNSON10 [Steve] at 02:13 EST
Here's an interesting message I came across in comp.sys.atari.st:
From: sanders@sci.kun.nl (Sander Stoks)
Date: 13 Jan 93 15:32:01 GMT
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Message-ID: <C0sttE.3wn@sci.kun.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
This is a list I got at a Falcon party. It's a preliminary list of
hardware and software for the Falcon030, dated 7 december 1992. It's in
Dutch, but I'll try to translate it. Note: I didn't assemble the list,
I only pass it through.
BOOKS
Das Buch zum Falcon
Data Becker
Germany
is being sold
COMMUNICATION
Blackmail
Digital-Optical-Analog
USA
demonstratable
Voice-mail package
EMULATORS
Falcon Speed
Sack/Compo
Germany
ready for production
IBM-emulator based upon a '286. Bigger versions under development.
Price indication: about f400,- (about $230)
GAMES
LlamaZap
Llamasoft, Jeff Minter
England
almost ready
Space Junk
Mirage Technologies
England
under development
Space adventure with 100 digitized full color characters
Road Riot 4WD
Images
plan: jan-jun '93
Steel Talons
Koveos
plan: jan-jun '93
Raiden
Imagitec
plan: jan-jun '93
Cyber Assault
Koveos
plan: jan-jun '93
GRAPHICS
Pixart
Crazy-Bits
Germany
Ready
For all systems, including Falcon030, processes TIFF, PCX, IMG, XIMG.
Didot Professional
Digital Arts
Germany
Demonstratable
Available for demonstration since june 1992, is being still further
developed.
TruePaint
HiSoft
England
Demonstratable
Art package working in True Color mode. A.o. TGA, TIFF.
Baby
Eurosoft
France
almost ready
True Color drawing package
Chagall
Trade iT
Germany
Demonstratable
Art package for various graphic boards and Falcon. Can handle 16.8
Mcolor. A.o. TIFF, PCX, IMG. Price: DM 699,-
DA's Vector
H3-Systems/Digital Arts
Germany
Ready
Vector-based animation program (images can be filled with IMGs).
Price: DM 298,-
Papillon
Application Systems
Germany
Ready
Art package for all systems and Falcon VGA mode. A.o. XIMG, Doodle,
STAD, Degas, NeoChrome, MacPaint, IFF, GIF. Price: DM 198,-
Phoenix
Lexicor
USA
Ready
Rendering/animation package.
HARDWARE
VideoMaster
Microdeal
England
Ready
4096 color digitizer
Falcon-Genlock
OverScan
Germany
Ready
A.o. use of overlay bit. Price: DM 699,-
Genlocker
JRI
USA
Ready
A.o. use of overlay bit and chroma-keying. Price+ $599
MatDigiR
Matrix
Germany
Under development
True color digitizer, currently 2 img/s. A realtime-version is being
developed. Price: DM 698,-
Z-RAM
Zubair Interfaces
USA
Ready
Memory board for low profile SIMMs, memory expansion to 4 or 16 MB.
A/D64x audio interface
D2D Systems
UK
Demonstratable
Audio interface for direct linking of CD-player to Falcon030 DSP port.
The D2D-Edit software uses this interface.
4i/4o
D2D Systems
UK
Demonstratable
Expansion for DSP port for 4 (stereo) track record/playback. Needs
4T/FX software. Price: $599
SPDIO
D2D Systems
UK
Demonstratable
Digital interface for DSP-port for D2D-Edit software for recording at
44.1 and 48 kHz. Ideal for CD or DAT recording. Price: $299
Musicom
Compo
Germany
Demonstratable
Effects such as delay, echo, flanger, Karaoke (80% reduction of voice
in recordings). Price: about Fl 120,-
DigiTape
Trade iT
Germany
Demonstratable
Multiple-track digital recorder, with Echo and Hall, harddisk
recording, time code sync with videotape possible. Price: DM 198,-
Cubase Audio
Steinberg
Germany
under development
D2D-Edit
D2D Systems
UK
Ready
Stereo direct-to-disk recording/editing software. Price: $299
4T-FX
D2D Systems
UK
Demonstratable
Multitrack recording/editing software, needs the 4i/4o hardware.
Price: $599
PROGRAMMING
DSP Debugger
Brainstorm/Atari Corp.
USA
Almost ready
Developers are already working with it. Price: $80
UTILITIES
Kobold v2.0
Kaktus Software
Germany
Ready
Multitasking copying program. Price: DM 129,-
VIDEO
Screenblaster
OverScan
Germany
Demonstratable
880x608 in 256 colors on SVGA-monitor or Multiscan. Driver in
AUTO-folder + external hardware between machine and monitor. Price:
DM 149,-
Overlay
OverScan
Germany
Demonstratable
Title generator with effects such as animation. Price: DM 199,-
Some software houses have adapted existing software for the Falcon030,
such as
Application Systems (a.o. Signum 3)
TMS Germany
SciGraph
Steinberg (Cubase 3.1 works)
HiSoft UK
Sander SToks
sanders@sci.kn.nl
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ATARI WORKS!
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-=> In the "Atari Corporation Online" category (14)
-=> from the "Falcon 030 - Help and Questions" topic (41)
Message 155 Sat Jan 09, 1993
D.A.BRUMLEVE [kidprgs] at 18:54 EST
In my opinion, the _best_ news of last night's Dateline Atari!
conference was that Concierge, a.k.a. ST Sutra, has now tentatively been
renamed Atari Works. That's a great name, a name folks will understand
right off the bat. It translates very neatly into other Germanic
languages with the use of direct cognates, and everybody can pronounce
it. Bravo!
Bob indicated that Atari Works would most likely be included (bundled)
with new hardware sales and sold as a separate package to current
owners. The program is said to work with machines from the Falcon on
down, and I'm very much looking forward to using it myself. Some folks
using the beta version were highly praising it last night.
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Message 174 Sun Jan 10, 1993
B.REHBOCK [BILL@ATARI] at 22:12 EST
A few notes... Sutra is really named Atari Works, not just tenatively.
:-) Sutra actually did make sense, but it did take way too long to
explain it; Concierge was the most ridiculous, especially considering
that "Concierge" literally in French means janitor or housekeeper. :-)
I am very excited about Atari Works getting ready to ship, it really has
been worth the wait.
I personally think that most people that are using Falcon030 in
productivity-oriented situations will use a standard VGA monitor running
in 640x480x256 color mode. If they want interlaced true-color, they
will probably be running an animation or rendering package and want
composite output to a VCR.
Atari's 16-bit dithering of 24-bit PhotoCD pictures on Falcon is likely
to be the best you'll ever see. It was designed by ColorConcepts, the
same company that did much of the color handling in Calamus SL. Many
people at Comdex that saw PCD running on Falcon said the output was
vastly superior than what they saw on any 16-bit true-color PC or Mac.
-Bill@Atari
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7800 GAME SYSTEM INFO
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-=> In the "Lynx - The Game Machine" category (36)
-=> from the "General Lynx Info and Discussion" topic (5)
Message 155 Sun Jan 10, 1993
G.LABREC [Greg @ Atari] at 15:39 EST
I know this is a LYNX topic, but since the subject of 7800 games came up
I figured I'd post this list of 7800 games available direct from Atari
in case anyone is interested.
7800 CARTRIDGES ----------------------------------------------------
ACE OF ACES CX7846 29.99 JOUST CX7806 14.99
ALIEN BRIGADE CX7855 29.99 KARATEKA CX7822 19.99
BALLBLAZER CX7815 19.99 MARIO BROS CX7850 19.99
BARNYARD BLASTER * CX7859 29.99 MAT MANIA CHAL. CX7863 29.99
BASKET BRAWL CX7880 29.99 MEAN 18 GOLF CX7847 29.99
CENTIPEDE CX7801 14.99 MELTDOWN * CX7875 29.99
CHOPLIFTER CX7821 14.99 MIDNIGHT MUTANTS CX7889 29.99
COMMANDO CX7838 29.99 MOTOR PSYCHO CX7852 29.99
CRACK'ED CX7836 29.99 MS. PAC MAN CX7807 14.99
CROSSBOW CX7844 29.99 NINJA GOLF CX7870 29.99
DARK CHAMBERS CX7837 29.99 1ON1 BASKETBALL CX7824 19.99
DELUXE ASTEROIDS CX7802 14.99 PLANET SMASHERS CX7868 29.99
DESERT FALCON CX7811 19.99 POLE POSITION II CX7808 14.99
DIG DUG CX7803 14.99 R.S. BASEBALL CX7834 19.99
DONKEY KONG CX7848 19.99 ROBOTRON:2084 CX7809 14.99
DONKEY KONG JR CX7849 19.99 SCRAPYARD DOG CX7879 29.99
FATAL RUN CX7854 29.99 SUMMER GAMES CX7826 29.99
FIGHT NIGHT CX7851 29.99 SUPER HUEY CX7828 19.99
FOOD FIGHT CX7804 14.99 TOUCHDOWN FOOTBALL CX7823 19.99
GALAGA CX7805 14.99 TOWER TOPPLER CX7856 29.99
HAT TRICK CX7829 19.99 WINTER GAMES CX7831 29.99
IKARI WARRIORS CX7862 29.99 XENOPHOBE CX7858 29.99
JINKS CX7857 29.99 XEVIOUS CX7810 14.99
* Light Gun required
7800 ACCESSORIES ----------------------------------------------------
7800 POWER SUPPLY CX7800PS 9.95
7800 COMPLETE UNIT CX7800 69.95
PROLINE JOYSTICKS CX24 9.95
SWITCH BOX CX262 6.95
PADDLE CONTROLLERS CX30 9.95 **
JOYSTICK CONTROLLER CX40 6.95 **
TRAKBALL CONTROLLER CX80 14.95 **
LIGHT GUN CA200132 19.95
** To use with 2600 Video Computer cartridges.
If you would like to order anything you can leave me E-mail with the
usual -- Name, address, phone, MC/VISA#, exp.date Add $5.00 shipping
and handling -- Add tax where applicable
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NAMM NEWS
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-=> In the "Atari Magazines" category (15)
-=> from the "AtariUser Magazine" topic (10)
Message 64 Sun Jan 17, 1993
JOHN.KING.T [JOHN KING T] at 00:01 EST
NAMM 1993
This year's showing by ATARI at NAMM has been the biggest and best ever.
Things have been so busy, this is the first chance I have had to breath
and get something posted here on GEnie.
ATARI has a private room this year. The room is about 1,000 sq. ft.
There are sixteen developer stations. The Developers inside the ATARI
booth are D2D Systems, Cho-Magic, CodeHead Software, Barefoot Software,
Thinkware, Dr. T's Music, Compo Software, MGI, On Stage, Hotz
Technologies, Digital F/X, Oktal, Steinberg/Jones and Yamaha.
There is also a performance stage where five demonstrations are being
given each day. The likes of Chester Thompson and Jon Anderson have
been seen on stage.
The attendees have been very upbeat. I have taken FALCON orders for
their retailers and I am just a nobody at the show who is not supposed
to being doing stuff like that. But, the ATARI staff have been having
back to back meeting from 9:00 am 'til closing, and beyond.
The FALCON is the star of the show. EQ Magazine awarded ATARI Product
of the Year for the FALCON.
There is much that I have left out. My feet hurt and I can barely
think. I will post more as my head clears.
John King Tarpinian
Assistant Editor
AtariUser Magazine
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REBIRTH FOR FALCON FLIGHT SIMULATOR?
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-=> In the "Games!" category (9)
-=> from the "Falcon F-16 by Spectrum Holobyte" topic (34)
Message 56 Thu Jan 14, 1993
HOLOBYTE [The Cat] at 20:06 EST
Not a big surprise to me. What with SO MANY different TOS versions, the
folks in England that developed Falcon Atari ST just got to the point
where they could not keep up.
Now, Falcon Atari ST is in the hands of Digital Intergration over there.
It will be a matter of time before we find out if they update it for the
TOS's that it presently does not work on.
Oh, something you might try (if those two bombs are any indication) is
to turn off any CACHE RAM (if any) and any other FANCY configuration
options that the original TOS 1.0 machines did not have. That MIGHT
work.
I still have outstanding reports of some TT owners that got it to work
fine under TOS 2.0. But no details on how.
If anyone out there has it working on a TOS other than 1.0 to 1.6, do
let me know, and let me know how you got it to work for you.
The Cat
Spectrum HoloByte Customer Support
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Message 57 Fri Jan 15, 1993
MIKE-ALLEN [NM~SysOp] at 04:08 EST
Hey Cat, I don't believe that anyone has gotten Falcon or FOTI to work
under TOS 2.0x. This is the Mega STe TOS. There have been reports of
folks making them work under tos 3.0x, which is the TT TOS.
So many versions of TOS? 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.62, 2.05, 2.06, 3.05 and
3.06 are the common ones. There might be some earlier versions of 3.0x
floating around. Of course, now there is 4.0x, the Falcon030 TOS, to
worry about. (What could be more natural than running Falcon on a
Falcon?) How many versions of MSDOS, PCDOS and DRDOS are floating
around?
I believe that you will find that the problem with Falcon and FOTI is
not really TOS, but 'cheats' used by the English programmers that were
finally caught in tos 2.0x. The old use of undocumented 'features'
trick. <g>
Sure is good news about Digital Integration now handling the Falcon
Atari ST. I know my son would dearly like to get back into Falcon and
I'd like to try FOTI some more.
BTW, at one time someone from Atari, it may have been John Townsend
(TOWNS), suggested that Atari might be interested in helping S-H fix
Falcon and FOTI. Anyone at S-H contacted Atari?
Mike
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 9, Topic 34
Message 58 Fri Jan 15, 1993
T.ZENTHOEFE1 [Tom Z.] at 08:11 EST
The TT's have TOS 3.0x not 2.0x.
When we tried to run Falcon on the Falcon 030 we used a VGA monitor in
ST Low, there might be a difference if we had used a regular ST color
monitor.
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 9, Topic 34
Message 59 Fri Jan 15, 1993
HOLOBYTE [The Cat] at 20:24 EST
NM~SysOp: I never said that anyone succeeded in getting it to work.
Just that I had heard rumor of a guy with TOS 2.0 that got it to work on
a 1 MB Mega STe... don't ask me how, the guy that claimed it never did
send in any info on HOW.
Yeah, there are a large number of MSDOS's (and 'compatible' DOS's) but
things like Falcon 3.0 for the IBM will ONLY run on MS-DOS 5.0 and
dos'es that are compatible with it. If TOS 2.0 was truely compatible
with TOS 1.0 - 1.6, then Falcon Atari ST would most likely work on it.
Don't ask me the whys and there wherefores, I really don't know.
As to 'English programmers', if you mean U.K. Programmers, perhaps. As
ALL the versions of Falcon Atari ST (and Amiga) and FOTI ST (and Amiga)
were done by Rowen Soft in the UK. (Which I think might have gone under
with MirrorSoft... I don't know.)
I, too, am glad Falcon and FOTI (both Amiga and Atari ST versions) are
in the hands of Digital Integration. Hopefully I will finally be able
to play my own copy of Falcon Atari ST again on my own Mega STe.
Das Katze
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###### CONNECT HIGH DENISTY DRIVE ON THE ST
###### Captured from CompuServe Atari Forums
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
This document outlines the steps necessary to connect a PC High Density
drive to the ST. It will allow somebody with a basic understanding and
experience of electronics and the ST to go ahead and do the mods, but it
is not a step by step set of instructions.
The upgrade is not difficult but you will need some knowledge of
electronics and the inside of your ST. Think about it carefully because
you're on your own if it goes wrong.
CONNECTING THE DRIVE
Connecting a standard 1.44 MB drive to your ST is not a problem. You
will simply need to buy an HD drive and put it in the place of your
internal drive. The problem? Well it will only be able to read/write
720K disks.
MODIFYING YOUR ST
The floppy disk drive controller chip for the ST is the WD1772 chip.
This chip has a clock input on pin-8 of 8 MHz to provide the correct
stepping pulse for DD floppies. This will also work with DD floppies in
HD drives. However, high density disks require double the stepping
pulse and therefore the clock input needs to be changed to 16 MHz in
order to read and write them. When a HD drive is using a DD disk
though, it still needs 8 MHz clock for the controller chip.
What needs to be done, to provide a means of detecting whether the disk
is high density. If it is, then the standard clock input must be
doubled to 16 MHz.
High density drives detect whether the disk is a high density by looking
for the extra hole. If the disk is, then the HD detect line, connected
to the drive is set low (high for DD). This HD detect line is pin-2 on
the 34 way drive connector cable.
This means that if we have a 16 MHz clock generator, we can use the HD
detect line to select either our new 16 MHz clock and apply it to pin-8
of the floppy disk controller, or use the existing 8 MHz clock. To do
this we need a couple of CMOS (must be CMOS to operate at 16MHz) logic
chips and a multivibrator. Pin 8 of the disk controller must be
carefully de-soldered and lifted off the track. A jumper wire is then
attached to the track to get our 8 MHz input. The lifted pin should
then be hooked up to the output of our circuit. A suggested logic
schematic is represented below.
16 MHz -----|--------|
| NAND |-----------------|
HD detect -----|--------| |
| |---|-------|
|---|--------| | XOR |--- Pin 8
| | NAND |--| |---|-------| (WD1172)
|---|--------| |--|--------| |
| NAND |--|
8 MHz ----------------------|--------|
NOTES AND WARNINGS
The WD1172 chip is only designed for 8 MHz operation and so, inevitably,
some will fail at 16 MHz. There is no way of telling if yours will work
beforehand. If the chip does fail you will have to order an STE Ajax
chip from Atari. This new chip does work at 16 MHz and will replace
your old failed chip.
If you have two floppy drives then, unless you make other alterations,
they must both be HD as DD disks will not work reliably with 16 MHz
clock.
Lifting the pin on the disk controller chip is a delicate job and there
is a high risk of damage to the pin, chip or track. You should
definitely use a heat sink clipped onto the pin to prevent heat damage
to the chip. Perhaps it would be easier to de-solder the whole chip and
insert a doctored socket to plug it back into.
###### Z*NET/AEO FNET SUPPORT BBS
###### Compiled by Ron Kovacs
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
*SOME* systems have not been listed as they were NOT included in a
recent FNET information date file.
The following systems are part of the AEO/Z*Net Online Conference in the
FNET. These systems participate in the conference which receive the
latest editions of Atari Explorer Online Magazine and Z*Net Atari Online
magazine weekly.
Node SysOp BBS Number
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
8 Jeff Bath Universal ST 414-496-0724
45 Mike Hawkins The Prairie Chip ][ 307-632-7958
66 Don Liscombe The Brewery 416-683-3089
68 Shawn Smith CFB Atari Toronto, ON, Canada
72 Russell Schwartz STEP BBS 503-297-6542
74 Lamarr Kelley H.A.U.G. BBS 205-722-0900
94 Jerry Cross Facts Line 1 313-736-3920
123 Rick Berry EastSide BBS 618-254-6077
133 Dean Lodzinski Hologram Inc. 908-727-1914
168 Bob Dolson C.C.B.B.S. 609-451-7475
181 Brett Hainley NovelConcepts BBS 713-729-7555
182 Gary Mcallister Hillside 206-362-2317
204 Steve Rider The Closet Door 408-736-8069
224 Dick Pederson Flash BBS 314-275-2040
287 Walter Hudson Starlight BBS 215-879-8886
304 Bill Scull The Twilight Zone 407-831-1613
307 Norstar PayBax BBS 302-836-4816
319 J. Townsend Atari Base 408-745-2196
390 Joe Burke Bear's Den 803-574-6738
410 Smitty ACE Information 513-233-9500
423 White Seeker BILINE BBS 303-791-2592
462 Brian Watters Atari ST Connection 209-436-8156
467 Robin Sherwood Forest 718-522-0768
478 Dennis Mcguire Spectrum Atari Group 814-833-4073
504 Quartermaster Media 2000 410-360-1356
523 Lesley-dee Dylan Leftover Hippies BBS 416-466-8931
546 Mark Antolik Bear Swamp BBS 513-644-0714
576 The Scottsman The Loch BBS 818-766-5277
592 Drazil Reptillian The O-Mayer V BBS 213-732-0229
593 Ron Kovacs Z*Net News Service 908-968-8148
595 Barry Torrance Temple of Doom 403-436-0328
596 Jay L. Jones Super 68 206-630-1261
602 Bruce Faulkner Cartoon Haven BBS 719-574-7406
610 Frank Kish The Songwriter's Den 908-859-5999
619 Milt Boren Tron 2 BBS 416-336-1236
623 Shawn Zweers Radio STation 416-934-6801
632 Clueman London Smog BBS 714-546-2152
633 Randy Rodrock The Dark STar BBS 801-269-8780
642 Wiz Hero's Haven 304-525-3339
647 Tom Allard E.H.C.R. 203-528-7693
648 Waltzer The Mosh Bit 206-574-1531
652 Mr. Pengo PengoLand 818-708-8576
655 Roger Allman Wizzard's Castle 803-469-6988
657 Scott Haynes The Round Table BBS 513-528-5833
658 Scott Haynes Cin'Tari OnLine 513-528-7463
669 Al Peterson Dateline: Atari BBS Brooklyn, NY
670 Martin Crommie Puddle City 503-289-9429
675 Stan Sharp Eleventh Hour BBS 706-796-3805
678 Kim Stahn A.C.O.R.N. 219-744-1396
685 Gary Gorski JACG BBS 201-690-5224
689 David Barker Speedy's Raceway 513-353-4098
690 Kerry Bowman Progressive Atari ST 503-686-3276
693 Chris Thorpe Z*Net South Pacific 644-4762-852
701 John Curtis Conqueror Connection 817-539-8228
702 Long John Silver Mother of All BBSs 416-332-5810
706 Bob Brodie Z*Net Golden Gate 510-373-6792
729 Adrian Gruber **StarBase1** 407-381-2610
734 Max Denebian Alternate Eternities 503-649-7915
746 Bill Butler WORLD SPACE 604-420-2647
754 Dave Lloyd Skyline BBS 303-457-0320
755 Bob Smith InnerCore 407-294-5183
756 Joseph Wilson Hidden STar Services 503-463-9022
757 Tom Denison CHAOS BBS 517-394-6852
758 David Scarpa W.M.A.U.G Junction 413-786-3870
###### THE UNABASHED ATARIOPHILE
###### By Michael R. Burkley
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
Listening to the radio today I was totally surprised to hear "President"
Clinton mentioned. I'd gotten used to hearing "President Elect" for
such a long time that not hearing "elect" caused me to do a double-take.
As a U.S. citizen I'm proud of this country (I'm also angry sometimes at
what is done here, but that's another story!). Think about the peaceful
transition of power we have just seen. How easy it would be to try to
hold on to power by citing a crisis here or disorder there. That might
happen in other parts of the world, but it would be unthinkable in the
U.S.A.. We are committed to maintaining the rule of law as embodied in
our Constitution. I for one am very glad of that!
I downloaded over 45 files this week, but the first on the list today
was the one that gave me the theme (starting theme, at least) for this
week's Unabashed Atariophile. Read on!
PRESDNTS is two .PC2 scanned pictures of Presidential Campaign buttons
-------- and signs from previous elections. In honor of the new
President of the United States by Albert Baggetta. We have had many
elections in the past; may we have many more in the future! This file
also includes a listing of various programs available from him.
USA is a 400 dpi .IMG drawing of the 48 contiguous United States (Canada
--- and Mexico are not shown. Created by Wally using Invision Elite
(dated January 18, 1993).
The next three files are not new uploads, but ones that I have had for
awhile. They are appropriate, though.
PRESQUIZ is the U.S. Presidential Succession Quiz created by Terrapin
-------- Enterprises (dated Jan. 18, 1991). This color only program was
originally distributed as a commercial package and is now being
distributed as SHAREWARE (Shareware is STILL a commercial package so
make sure to send in your registration fee!). This is the second in the
Terrapin Schoolhouse series. If you home school or have children who
are learning about the U.S. Presidency (or even for your "review"), then
this program is for you!
STATES20 is perhaps the most user friendly program I have seen that
-------- attemps to teach you facts about the States in the U.S.. The
program begins with a map of the States with an arrow pointing to one of
the States. At the bottom of the screen the names of three States
appear. Clicking on the correct state earns an encouraging blurb and
and several lines of information about the state (name, nickname,
population, and capital). You can also learn the state capitals as
another game option. Color only.
USCONSTIT is the text of the US Constitution in ASCII format. Have you
--------- ever really read it? Do you know what the 1st Amendment
really says? Check it out!
Now for a listing and description of some of the other files I
downloaded this week!
109N_S is a text file from DMC publishing that will tell you the
------ differences between Calamus 109N and Calamus S (with some brief
notes on Calamus SL). If you haven't seen Calamus, check out the demo
widely available. What a capable program. It really is not that hard
to learn either. To save yourself a download, look for this file
included in this edition of Z*Net.
ADJUST is a program by Tony that will allow you to adjust the master
------ volume, bass, treble, and left & right sound levels independently
on your STe's output. Mouse/slider controlled.
AEO_0202 is the January 16, 1993 issue of Atari Explorer Online.
AGG_0193 is the January 11, 1993 issue of the Atari Gaming Gazette, the
-------- online magazine full of the latest Lynx news and reviews. If
you are a Lynx player, then this file is for you!
CAL3DEMO is a new and excellent demo of Calligrapher 3 from CodeHead
-------- Technologies and Working Title US. Fully working (except for
printing) this program has been much improved (mostly in new features)
over v. 2. It no longer requires GDOS to be installed. It is now
MultiTOS compatible, displays vector fonts on-screen (if you have a
least two meg of RAM and a Hard Drive), supports 1.44 meg floppies, and
much more. This is a FAST, complete word processing package that allows
you to include multiple columns, create tables, insert rulers, place
pictures and much more throughout your documents. You can use various
styles and sizes of fonts, print using your own printer fonts (include
pictures in your documents even when using your standard printer
fonts!), output to a PostScript printer and much, much more. (I could
go on about the ability to preview your printout on-screen, do booklet
printouts without paste-ups, outlining, mailmerge, spellchecking,
thesaurus, flextext, and more, but I won't--I don't have the room!)
This will run on a one Meg floppy based (or more) ST/STe/TT. This demo
will only run in mono, but don't dispair if you only have a color
monitor--just read on! An additional note on Codehead: Read all about
the new release of Calligrapher 3.0 in this edition of Z*Net.
CAL3MEDM is the files that you will need to convert the mono only
-------- version of the Calligrapher 3 demo to a version that will run
on a color monitor. Just follow the directions included and type away
in color!
CD_AUDIO v.1.2(demo) by Nima Montaser (dated January, 1993) is a stand-
-------- alone program that plays audio compact discs from a CD-ROM
drive (presently the Sony DCU541 and the NEC machines [not yet tested]).
It will allow you to Play, Pause, STop, and Eject your CD (gracefully,
of course). This version now allows you to enter the correct SCSI
commands that your DC ROM player wants if they are not already supported
(just use a text editor). This demo is fully functioning, faster than
ever before (but several delays are incorporated in this demo to urge
you to register--only $12). This version only allows playing in the
foreground, but the registered version will allow you to play while
running another program. GEM based, ST/TT compatible, this program will
work in all resolutions. SHAREWARE. Docs included.
CWC_II is a demo version (dated January, 1993) of The Crossword Creator
------ II (v.1.5) by Fair Dinkum Technologies (I bet they have read R.
Heinlein!). It is billed as the fastest, easiest to use, and most
complete crossword program ever developed for Atari ST, MegaST, STE,
MegaSTE, TT computers! The demo is fully functional and quite similar
to the full release version except for a maximum word limit of 5 words.
On-line helps, manual or automatic word placement, save files as Degas
pictures, puzzles up to 30 x 20 in size, color or mono, and much more.
If you like crossword puzzles you might like to check this file out!
The company also markets a word search puzzle creator as well (see
below). On-line help included.
WSC_DEMO is a demo (dated January, 1993) of Fair Dinkum Technologies
-------- Word Search Creator program (v.1.05). This demo has all the
features of the complete program except is is limited to only five
words. It's easy to create word search puzzles for fun and educational
uses. It works on all ST/STe/TT computers and supports both mono and
color monitors. It you like word search puzzles, this program will
allow you to create, modify and solve them to your hearts content. If
you like crossword puzzles check out CWC_II, Fair Dinkum's crossword
creator demo. The complete program is packed full of features and is
quite inexpensive (especially if you purchase the crossword creator at
the same time!). On-line help included.
DINKUM2 by Gary A. Allen, Jr. v.2.3 (dated January 5, 1993 and compiled
------- for the ST by Chris Herborth on Dec. 30, 1992) is a shareware
text adventure in the tradition of Infocom's classic games. Full "C"
source code as well as an Atari ST executable are included. MiNT
compatible. Search for treasure in the Australian Outback! Live
dangerously and have a Foster's! This version has a few bugs fixed and
more "Australia content." It also has a type of "Save" feature that
allows you to play the game but not to "win" when using it (the author
feels that since you can't restart from a saved game in life you
shouldn't in his game either!). The game understands quit a bit of
plain English, and will let you know when it can't make out what you
typed. The only problem with this game that I see is that the closing
screen scrolls by too quick to read. You only miss a bit though (use
SILKMSE3 to fix this problem!).
DNTDRIVE is a .SEQ animation by John Brenner created using Cyber Paint.
-------- It is part of an advertisement that runs in a Montreal bar on
their closed circuit TV system. It is used to promote NOT drinking and
driving. Interesting! Color only. Use ANIMATE4 to view.
ELFBACK (I reviewed BACKUP, a former version several weeks ago) is a
------- hard drive backup program that comes in a form useable on any ST
and one particularly adapted to take advantage of the TT. Backups of
your hard drive are _critical_ and so any program that makes the backup
process simplier and more efficient is worth a look. This program
supports the use of the Archive bit (so when you make a new backup you
don't need to back up your WHOLE drive but only those parts that have
changed). It compresses the file using LHARC 1.13c or better. This
program can keep you safe from the terror of a hard drive crash. It
also saves on the number of floppies you have to use through the
compressing of the files. GEM based and fast. Several improvements
over the original version. Color or mono. Docs included. SHAREWARE.
FRACLAND is FRACLAND v.1.2, a Fractal Landscape Generator by David
-------- Billington (dated October, 1992). This program will allow you
to created realistic models of fractal mountains. It goes beyond
producing the data which describes the landscape and allows you to shade
it, produce three dimensional views and even generate animation
depicting journeys through your fictitious mathematical worlds.
Excellent program with excellent docs. Color or mono. I like the
custom mouse cursor! ST/STe/TT compatible.
GUNFIGHT is a detailed AVS/.SEQ animation by Dan Bordonaro. This
-------- animation is a shoot-out between Sheriff Atari and Kid Amiga.
It takes place in a small town, with the Sheriff standing in front of
the saloon and the Kid in the street. I really like the expressions on
their faces! It includes AVS sounds and the AVS player. Requires at
least one meg of RAM and a color monitor.
GVIEW213PI is GEM View v.2.13 (dated December 2, 1992). It is an
---------- amazing picture viewing program! With this program you can
view MANY different picture formats inside a GEM-Window. Supported
picture-formats are: *.GVW (the author's own format), *.GIF, "GIF 89a
Images, *.SUN, *.PAC, *.IFF, *.BMP, *.RLE, *.IMG, *.GEM, *.NEO, *.ART,
*.PIC and P(123), *.TN[123Y], *.DOO [640x...], *.SPU, *.SPC, PC
Paintbrush (monochrome *.PCX), and *.XBM. Grayscale dithering supported
for 4, 8, 16, 64 and 256 colors. Support MacPaint, PBM-Pictures,
ImageLab, JPEG-Images (the first ST viewer that really works--or so I've
been told), true color BMP and color .IMG files, and more! This version
loads "TIFF"-Pictures--"uncompressed, Hohe Packungsdichte, PackBits Mac-
-RLE) and NeXT--RLE. It saves GIF87a and TIFF pictures, too. It runs
under MultiGem with no problems (get ready for the future!), and runs as
an accessory or a program. Includes excellent monochrome support --
even for GIF pictures -- and is very fast. Now you can keep in memory
more than one picture at a time. This version has been adapted to allow
for even greated compatibility with the TT and STe, and some other
"bugs" were fixed as well. Can now be run as a .PRG or an .ACC. The
interface has been improved and expanded. The program version now
allows access to accessories. This program does so so much more than
even this long description includes. Highly recommended. SHAREWARE by
Dieter Fiebelkorn. The program is in English and Docs (German) are
included. Color or mono (and high color and true color boards). ST/STe
/TT/Falcon compatible. Requires at least 1 MEG of RAM. Uncompresses on
to TWO floppies!
KURZSET is a Remote Channel Changer for the KURZWEIL 1000 Series by
------- Dmitri Fedorjaczenko (docs and additional presets by Mark
Bombard. This .PRG/.ACC can make working with the Kurzweil K1000
keyboard or PX1000 module a lot easier. It will enable you to switch
channels ON or OFF by using your mouse, as opposed to using the buttons
on the unit's front panel. In addition you can save six frequently used
combinations and access them with a single mouse click. It may or may
not work on the GX,HX and SX modules and the 1200 or 2000 series. Docs
included.
PAYX_V21 is the Payroll Expert v. 2.10 by Randy Blain. Payroll Expert is
-------- a powerful GEM-based payroll program (with keyboard alternates
for almost all the commands) that has all the features neccessary to
handle large or small payroll applications. Everything is accessed via
the standard GEM interface, so very little instruction is needed in
order to use the program. Also included in this package is ACC-Time,
his shareware time-clock accessory, since Payroll Expert allows
importing of the time-clock data to facilitate easy payroll computation
for all employees. Payroll Expert now supports state tax deductions for
2 states, or if you prefer, 1 state and 1 city tax deduction. You can
easily pay all of your employees without ever touching the keyboard.
Complete reports (printed to disk or paper) are available at any time to
make all your federal and state taxes easy to compute and file (of
course, it doesn't make them any easier to pay). It will allow you to
print on any style of checks. It also includes a perpetual calendar.
Up to 64 employees are supported (mark them active or inactive for long
term record-keeping) in the registered version (only two in this demo).
Floppy or hard drive. Automatic backups (encouraged!) ST/STe (at least)
compatible. Any RAM configuration. Color or mono. Docs included.
SHAREWARE.
PHNX_TUT is a series of useful tutorials from Lexicor Software that is
-------- designed to demonstrate some of the most important features of
using the Phoenix Object Renderer Demo (see PHNXDEMO). If you get the
demo (very nice!) you should also get this tutorial. It will make the
demo shine!
SCI_PHYS is the Dec. 30, 1992 compilation of Science/Physics Frequently
-------- Asked Questions taken from the Intenet. Very interesting
questions and answers on all sorts of scientific questions. Some are
popular/technical and others are just more popular science. Questions
which are answered are "Does hot water freeze faster than cold water?"
(Answer: Yes, sometimes, but only when you use a wooden bucket!); Does
the direction water runs around a drain depend on what hemisphere you
are in? (I'll let you find out!); Just what is the Top Quark?; How do
you get an 80 foot pole in a 40 foot barn?; Why are Golf Balls Dimpled?,
and many more. Recommended.
SMOUSE1C is v. 1c of the CyReL Serial Mouse Manager Utility from
-------- Cybercube Research Ltd, Canada (dated January 18, 1993). This
set of utilities allows you to use any Microsoft or Mouse Systems
compatible serial mouse with your ST (TOS 1.2+)/STe/TT. Additionally,
you can use your Summagraphics MM series (or compatible product)
graphics tablet as a replacement for your original mouse (or continue to
use your original mouse at the same time!). There is a very nice .PRG/
.ACC screensaver and mouse accelerator included (I like the graphical
manner in which the acceleration parameters are shown). The ability to
configure and use the serial port and more are all included. This demo
version is limited in use, but you can see how it works. Color or mono.
Extensive docs and compatiblity chart included.
SYQ_BACK is the SyQuest Backup and Restore system by Larry D. Duke
-------- (dated Jan., 1993). This is an incremental backup and restore
system for the ST/TT (and probably Falcon 030) and your SyQuest and
Fixed Hard Drives. Mouse controlled. It will allow you to easily
backup one or more of the partitians on your fixed drive on to one or
more SyQuest carts. Requires at least one meg of RAM. Color or mono.
Docs included. GFA Basic source code included (.GFA).
WILSONS is a series of .SEQ animations of futuristic space battles and
------- fighting robots done by Timothy Wilson. Created using Cyber
Studio and Cyberpaint, these animations have been compressed into one
file. They are excellent! The colors, animation, and activity all
recommend themselves. Use ANIMATE4 to view. Color only.
And to save the best for last, a program I highly recommend to you:
SILKMSE3 is SilkMouse v.3.0 by Mark Slagell. It is a uniquely smooth,
-------- fast, well-behaved mouse accelerator that also incorporates a
great two-stage screen saver. Run from the desktop or the AUTO folder,
SilkMouse allows the most usable, most highly configurable mouse
accelerator available. Have you ever found that when using a mouse
accelerator that you can no longer use the Alt-arrow key combination to
move your mouse pointer about? SilkMouse doesn't interfere with that at
all. The two-stage screen saver is one that darkens the screen after a
set period of time (fully configurable), but which allows whatever is on
the screen to still remain visible. After a longer period of time the
screen completely darkens. I like that feature. The accelerator may be
configured through a CPX module or an .ACC (both supplied). One (of
many) new feature is that you can make any program hold its final screen
before exiting. This is very handy for those programs which flash a
screenful of text before you in one-tenth of a second and expect you to
read it! This is SHAREWARE (I've registered, and I will not use any
other mouse accelerator!). Color or mono. ST--TT/MultiTOS compatible.
I HIGHLY recommend this program. I think that if you try this for an
hour you will never want to use any other mouse accelerator!
SM30UPGR is the file all of you registered SilkMouse users should get,
-------- and get in a hurry. Packed full of new features, faster,
smoother, even better than before (which is saying something!), this
upgrade is a "must have." If you don't know what SilkMouse is you're
skimming this article too fast! Back up one file and read just what
SilkMouse is all about (and then go out and get it!). Registered owners
get to save their own personal configurations--everyone else has to use
the default settings (which are what most people would want anyway!).
That's all for now. Take care everyone!
--Michael
###### CALAMUS COMPARISON
###### Capture from GEnie ST RT
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for your interest in purchasing this product from DMC
Publishing. This file is adapted from the Introduction to Calamus S in
the Calamus S manual.
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The development of Calamus, its graphic interface, and its related
products bring you to the forefront of desktop technology. Calamus
supports state of the art color technology, printers and graphic boards.
Functionality and modularity allow a step-by-step expansion of the
system, customized to your needs - WYNIWYG (What You Need Is What You
Get). New developments are easily integrated and guarantee
compatibility.
Calamus S and Calamus SL are based on the same graphic user interface.
That is the reason we offer the same documentation for Calamus S and
Calamus SL.
The remainder of this information highlight differences between Calamus
1.09N and Calamus S. You will notice many important advances. A list
of the differences between Calamus S and Calamus SL is presented at the
end of this section.
Comparing Calamus 1.09N to Calamus S
Both Calamus SL and Calamus S are color capable. Up to 16.7 million
colors can be accessed from the various color display and output
options.
Screening
Calamus S uses technically correct screens that are automatically
defined by the printer drivers for true WYSIWYG.
Precision
The calculation precision of Calamus S can be adjusted and is set to
1/10000 mm.
Modules
As with Calamus SL, Calamus S incorporates a number of basic internal
functions and standard elements and modules. Add to these an increasing
number of optional modules. This concept guarantees flexibility as
Calamus products continue to be developed. True WYNIWYG!
Magnifying Glass
The magnifying glass makes it possible to zoom in on any part of the
document.
Multiple Documents
You are able to work on multiple documents (up to 7) at the same time
and exchange data between them by using a scrolling clipboard. The
number of clipboard items is limited only by available RAM.
Double Pages
Calamus S has a true doubleQage mode. Double page documents are
displayed and can be edited in the doubleQage mode.
Floating Submenus
The command areas of Calamus S can be moved anywhere on the screen. You
can also create and display multiple command areas simultaneously.
Design a command area configuration for your desktop based on your own
preferences.
Improved File Selector
The file selector box has been expanded and improved.
Editable Macro Keys with Macro Recorder
A command sequence can be recorded with the help of the Macro Recorder
and then assigned to a key (macro key). This allows you to configure
Calamus S to your needs. The assigned macro keys can be edited later.
Virtual Memory
Calamus S contains virtual memory management that allows it to create
documents that are larger than available RAM. This is achieved through
the use of free space on your hard disk drive to page parts of your
document.
Master Pages
Instead of the header/footer frames, Calamus S has a fully implemented
master page management system which can handle repeated elements with a
great degree of flexibility. Master pages can also be saved and used in
any document you wish.
Improved Caching
Calamus S can cache all frame types unlike the vector only cache in
1.09N. This dramatically speeds up screen redraw.
Pulldown Menus
Import Drivers
Calamus S can import more formats than 1.09N. Since all import drivers
are separate modules, they can be loaded or deleted at any time. You
can also save selected drivers in your setup file.
Multicopy with Offset
Besides the ability to select a frame copy type as Virtual or Physical,
you now have the option to enter the number of desired copies as well as
x and y offset from the original.
Lock Document
To prevent a new/different format at a different workstation or service
bureau, documents can now be locked. This option also allows you to
automatically remove empty pages, unused fonts, text styles and color
lists from a document when you save.
Expanded Setup
The system default CALAMUS.SET file has been expanded. All settings of
Calamus S are saved now. Additions include the unit of measurement,
text style and ruler settings. The CALAMUS.SET file contains over 200
user selected parameters.
Clipboard
Clipboard functions are now more flexible. In addition to frames, you
can copy vector objects, text and text rulers to the clipboard.
Data Exchange between Documents
Document limitations have been removed. Both text and graphics can now
be copied between documents using the universal clipboard.
Unlimited Entries
The number of entries available on the clipboard is now limited only by
the amount of available memory.
Modules
Page Module
The units of measurement in Calamus S can be adjusted more precisely
than before. When importing a document from Calamus 1.09N, you may
adjust your work to the more precise standards of Calamus S.
Master Page Control
Master pages have their own command field in the Page module.
Frame Module
Handling of proportional frames has been improved.
Text can now flow around any vector object. The outline of a vector
graphic is considered as the flow border and not the frame itself (as is
the case with bitmapped graphics).
The handling of textflow chains has been dramatically improved. You can
now connect different textflow chains as well as insert one chain in
another and insert frames into an existing textflow chain, before or
after a selected frame.
Control Lines (Gradient Curves) for Images
Since you are now able to load more than just bitmapped images (gray
scale and color), you can adjust the gradient curve for any picture
format. This includes the ability to control intensity, contrast and
color levels.
Page Parts Print Option
The page part print option (known as Tiling) allows you to define an
area of your document for printing. You can frame any part of a page
and print it. This function is helpful if the printer cannot print the
entire page. In this case, only those parts of the page enclosed by a
user definable frame will be printed. Further, the tiling frames can be
configured to spread across the entire page, with definable overlaps, so
that your complete work page is printed in a series of tiles.
You can also now define the vertical and horizontal overlap for each
tiling frame. The size of each tiling frame may be user defined or may
be automatically set to represent the maximum possible print size of the
selected printer.
Frames: Write Mode/Mirror/Rotate
Frames can now be rotated, mirrored and named. Further, you are able to
set the write mode (transparent, opaque, inverted) for every frame. The
rotate function also now applies to any frame.
Calamus 1.09N made it possible to name pictures. This is now possible
with all frame types, thereby allowing many people to work on one
document. The layout person can define which file should be imported
into which frame.
Magnetic Help Lines, Grids and Frames
Magnetic Frames have been added to existing magnetic help lines and
grids. This allows the accurate positioning directly on frame borders.
Definable Origin Point for Layout Ruler and Grid
The point of origin for the layout ruler and grid can be defined
anywhere on the x and y axes.
Improved Frame Display
All frame types are now accessible and can be moved in their inactive
state.
Text Module
Calamus 1.09N allowed you to insert time and date stamps into text via a
macro. Calamus S allows you to recalculate these values, allowing more
control in your document.
Spelling correction is possible with the help of the spell checking
dictionary.
Keyboard Layout
Variable commands and command sequences can be tied to a definable key
binding. These definitions can be edited at any time.
A scroll bar has been added to the character set command group.
Tabulator/Indents
The complete tabulator (tab) concept of Calamus 1.09N has been
redesigned. Depending on the position of the tabulator in the text, the
orientation is either centered, left aligned or right aligned. The
mouse may be used to drag indents and tabulators. The command fields
Set Tabulator and Delete Tabulator must be deactivated in order to use
this function.
Text Functions
Justified text has been improved. Space width can be assigned a minimum
and maximum value.
Text macros can be assigned to any key (like the key commands). The
text macro key must be pressed in conjunction with a key command,
activating the text macro function.
The efficiency of the layout editor has been improved. Text corrections
and changes can be handled more easily and quickly. Screen redraws are
localized to the current display. No more waiting for the whole
document to reformat!
Text Style Module
The management of text styles has changed dramatically. You should take
some time to study this part of the manual. The degree of control is
now remarkable:
Font calculation can be changed to values based upon em, versal, and
designer height.
Predefined character heights can be edited.
The definition of kerning can be calculated differently. Proportional
Text, Esthetic Kerning, and Numbers in Block can be selected via on/off
switches.
Until now, you could only affect interDharacter and word spacing using
the text ruler. These can now be achieved with the text style options.
Outline, underline, shadow percentage and character body can be adjusted
separately. This also applies to color selection.
You are able to achieve global change in the text layout with the help
of the text styles. Until now, settings for font, character size,
character attributes, and character color had to be entered separately.
These can now be set or changed for each text style. Text styles are
kept in an editable list which can be used in any document.
Raster Area Module
The radius of corners of raster areas can now be changed.
New Modules
Text Editor Module
PKS-Write is the new builtJn Text Editor. It is specifically designed
to maximize the functionality of Calamus.
Focoltone Module
Focoltone is a new color system which is based on Process Colors (CYMK)
and specifies 763 spot colors. All spot colors can be reproduced with
the help of the four standard colors from the most difficult pastel tone
to the brightest full color.
System Parameters Module
Default system parameters can now be set within the System Parameters
module. Parameters include the font directory tree (fast accessing of
Calamus fonts), screen resolution, minimum memory requirements, screen
rasterization, system memory and much more.
Color/Grayscale Module
The color/grayscale module allows Calamus owners with 8- or 24-bit color
cards to switch to grayscale mode.
Additional Information
Raster Generator
The Raster settings are contained in the Calamus S printer drivers.
When you load a new driver, the output on the screen will be in rastered
format, but only for a limited range of screen resolutions.
Color Separation
These settings are also dependent on the printer driver and cannot be
altered.
Optional Modules for Calamus S
Brush Module
Speed Line Module
Mount Module
Dataformer Module
Mask Module
Toolbox Module
and more..
Calamus SL functions inactive in Calamus S
Common spot colors
Set Raster (Page module)
Set Color Separation (Page module)
Set Layout/Work Area (Page module)
Anchor Picture (Frame module)
Preferred text runaround left/right (Frame module)
Convert Picture Type (Frame module)
Histogram in control line dialog (Frame module)
Access the Use function in the control line dialog (Frame module)
References (Text module)
Prevent Hyphenation (Text module)
Leader Tabulator (Text module)
Set Hyphenation Rules (Text module)
Vertical Text Alignment (Text module)
Italicize fonts (Text Style module)
Compress/Expand fonts (Text Style module)
Write direction from right to left (Text Style module)
Transparent outline (Text Style module)
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