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PORTFOLIO - $269
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$245)
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simms)- $79
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$239
Adspeed
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$109
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-
$46.95
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$95
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$35
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ft -
$13.95
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-
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-
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- $10
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-
$77
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$1325
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-
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- $45.95
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- $5
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-
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ST/time
(under
rom
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-
$43
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-
$419
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(Tos extension
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TC Power (software ror
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-
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Trackball(Kraft)-
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Trackball(cordless)-
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Atar~
June
1992
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• I
I
I
• Survival...
Atarians
know what it
is
to
have to prepare
for survival
in this
world
of PC
compatibility.
But for
those
of us
who
do pack our
sack with the essentials and
stride
ahead confidently, the
rewards are continued utility
and
versatility of these machines
we have chosen. This month,
AtariUser
is
doing its part to help
you
prepare
your
arsenal and
stock your
supply
cabinet
of the
best and brightest Atari hardware and
software.
A new feature this month is a
selection
of
Survival Kits
of
top public domain
and shareware
software. Whether you need
ST, Portfolio,
8-Bit,
or
all
three,
we
have deals for you in our
columns
by Ron Berinstein, BJ.
Gleason, and
Chuck
Steinman.
If these disks-by-mail
are popular, we'll
do more of
them.
Our
Resource
section
this month
features
our
Annual
Comprehensive User Group
Directory
for
the
USA.
We thank
Bob
(the Bobinator)
Brodie atAtari Corporation for his
sharing
of his records
with
us and you. Combined with our own data,
researched
by the
AtariUser
staff
in support
of
our still-
evolving
circulation, this year's list is the most
accurate
in
captivity.
In
a coming issue,
.we'll
offer contacts for user
groups
in Canada
and around
the world. One
thing
is certain:
the best
survival tip
for Atari Users
everyWhere
is to
join a user
group.
The shared experience and resources
of
like-minded
.
enthusiasts
can't be topped.
Many of those groups have
special
events this Summer and
Fall. While
planning
your vacation,
be
sure
to
consider
including
one
or more of the many
Atari shows
listed on the
back page of our magazine in
our
AUJriLand
Calendar.
Next month,
July
will
bring our annual
special
Summer
Fun
issue of AtariUser.
We'll
pack
it
with the most complete
look
at
entertainment options for Atari owners
ever
collected.
Be there. And haveftm! And look
forward to a
music
issue
in
August.
Changes
are
underway
at
AtariUser.
We'll
tell you more
next month (assuming we figure it all out by then). Our
goal
is
to continue to improve and
expand
what has
become
the most
stable and
widely distributed monthly Atari magazine in the
Western
Hemisphere---AtariUser.
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M.
Nagy,
Editor-in-Chief
v
News & Stuff
Reader's Byte Back...
,
We get letters.
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AtariUser News
Top Stories
...
And so much more
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News Alerts
Portfolio, Lynx,
8
Bit.
14,16,18
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RE:Views
MegaPaint Professional.
HotteSTGame of the Month-Knights of the Sky.
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Features
Special Issue ...
Focus on Survival!
What
ckJ
you need to survive
as
an Atari user..?
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Long life and all the
goodies
you need to live.
1%
Portfolio Survival
Your hardware and software toolkit.
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20
22
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Where
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Single Atari User Group in
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Personal Viewpoints and Responses from
Our
Atari Community
~~-Readers
Editorial
Staff
.
Ron Berinstein
Clinton Smith
Norm.Welnress
Chuck
Steinman
B.J:
GleasOn
Robert Jung
B· te.Back
y
r;;'~Where
the
@#*!$%
are you ..
?
What happened to SDS? Can I get an upgradefor my
Deskjet Utility Pak and a copy of the Newdesk /can Editor?
-
Robert Martin, Campbell's Bay, Quebec, Canada
multiscan. The important
thing
is to read the specs. As we
said, be sure any monitor you consider will
handle
60 and
70
Hz
vertical
plus
15.7 and 35.1 Khz
horizontal
sweeps.
And
try
before you buy. -
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Although Software Development Systems was donn ant for
some
time while the phone company decided what to do
with
them.
they are now
up
and running again in
the
same
location.
Orders and upgrades that
have
gone unfilled for
some time are being processed, and
the
new' products
are
available. Software Development Systems.
996
Redondo
Ave
#404. Long Beach, CA 90804. SDS
has
two phone
numbers: for general infonnation. call 310-595-9799;
to
order
product,
call800-237-4SDS-IN
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want my ATV.•.
In
response to the
high
price for the
SC1224
and SC1435
color monitors ... I had my dealer order me a set
of
cabl~s
for
$15.
One
end.haoks up
to the
monitor output
jack.
and
the
other
end
hooks to my
$329
20"
JVC
rv.
A great
picture from
my
520FM. no moire patterns as through
the
RF
hookup.
Much easier on
the
eyes
than looking at a tiny
14"
monitor.
-
Edward
W.
Smith. Houston,
TX
Some "monitor
quality"
TV
sets will
have
good perfor-
mance
fcir use
as you
describe, but
the composite video
output is seldom
sufficient for use
with small text.
But
as
an alternative
to buying
a color monitor
to
supplement a
monochrome
monitor.
especially for games. your sugges-
tion is well taken. Beware,
if
your
ST has no
RF
modulator
(Like
early 1040's
and all Megas),
it
won't
have
a signal on
the composite
cable
line
either.
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IN
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your 8 bit parallel ...
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Where can I gel
all
intelface for an 8-bit Atari
130
XE to a
Star
NX-1001 graphic printer and
which
companies carlY
printers that will do graphics with an interface?
-Arthur
A Farrington
m.
Indiahoma, OK
t¥~~~it~
any· respons!bility fOr
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damages due
to errors.';'
misuse.
or omissions};
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reserve
all riglitS\{.
Reproductlon·byany·
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means in whole
or
part
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without
.whtten peh-nissl6n
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ilear from
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as:.:
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Check
the
ads
here
inAtariUser,
and call them, they know
their stuff. Printer interfaces for the 8-bit computer include
theAtari
850,
rCD
's
P:R:Connection and MIO Box. CSS's
Black
Box, the MPP-1150, They'll make virtually any
"standard" printer work with your Atari XE. The software
you are using on your computer to generate graphics for
printing will
have
to be "told" what kind of printer you are
using, and the Star should accept
the
"Epson FX" or
generic 9-pin printer
commands.-IN
[;;,,'1
want
my A TV... Really
big...
What
are the specs
on the
19"
monochrome Atari
IT
monitor? Is it
interlaced?
What's the dot pitch? What
word
processors
can make use of its 2-page size? How big
is
it?
-
Lynn
Ellsworth.
Albany NY
Any
of
our advertisers will
be happy
to go over
'Atari
equipment specs with you, While r
know of no
"word
processors"
that use
a 2-page display, all "desktop
publishing" and most layout
and
document
processors
have
a 2-page display mode
that
will improve dramatically when
shown on a
large
screen. No Atari modes are interlaced,
and
dot
pitch only
is relevant
to
color displays, where the
smaller the
number
(look for
under
.30),
the better the
resolution.
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,
e
dedicate
ourselves
back. ..
W
/;;·~~o.
So there...
Is there any way to run Atari 5200 games on all 8-bit Atari
XlJXE?
-
Trevor Harvey, N.S. Canada
Nope. While a number of cartridge 5200 and
7800
games
appeared in the pirate marketplace, these were hacks of the
code itself. I doubt that there is any way for you to play
those
game carts on anything but the video consoles for
which they were intended. -
IN
r.
.
~ulti-what
..
?
Your articles "And We Here Highly Resolve" and
"Mult-
isynch
Myths and
the
Alari ST' don't seem to agree. Which
is it thpt really will work on an ST
-
a multiSYNC or a
multiSCAN monitor?
-
Scott Lemmon, Palatka FL
Actually, we
can
have it both ways. The tenninology for
monitor types has become so
blurred
that
monitors
with
identical
specs can be marketed as either
multisync
or
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have
hanor
to
write to you and I
love
to will be a member
to
your magazine. I dedicate my salute to all who
labor
ill
AU Magazine.
-
Hadjila Nassereddine,
Bou-Saada.
Aigeria
CA
91723~:·.
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like
this that I
really love this job!
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to
hear
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youl Send your
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reading material- typeset
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remember
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typefaces,
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