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|///ZMAG|SYNDICATE ZMAGAZINE ISSUE #93
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|//ZMAG/|February 15, 1988
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|/ZMAG//|_____________________________
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|ZMAG///|Publisher/Editor: Ron Kovacs
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|Asst Pb|Ken Kirchner, Tony Santos,
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|Hqts |XBN 617-770-0026
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|RegHdqt|Stairway/Heaven 216-733-8444
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|RegHdqt|StarBase I 201-938-6906
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|INDEX93|Call: Lions Den 312-690-3724
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|..<1>..|Commentary [Ron Kovacs]
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|..<2>..|ST Transformer [ D Mihocka]
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|..<3>..|Oasis Survey Results
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|..<4>..|Daisy Dot II Review
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|..<5>..|AtariFest Update from CLAUG
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|..<6>..|Installing I/O Master
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|..<7>..|BBS Watch [ JACG BBS ]
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|..<8>..|File Compression [ M Albert ]
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|..<1>..|Commentary and Update
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by Ron Kovacs, Editor
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Thanks for reading another edition of
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Zmag. This is our 93rd issue and 110th
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publication. The other issues were
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special reports or misc information.
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Since we are still publishing without
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a BBS system we can call our own, I
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have noticed a few people getting
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nervous and worried about where they
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are going to get ZMAG from. Please
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let me do my best to assure you that
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ZMag will continue to publish on a
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weekly basis. I have no plans on
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giving up the ship yet and if I should
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desire to quit, I will ask someone to
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take it over.
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I list a few BBS systems at the top of
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each issue. If you have a need to get
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in touch with me, call the above
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systems first! If you are looking
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for past issues, they are available on
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Genie and CompuServe, XBN BBS, and a
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number of others.
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Until the Syndicate BBS returns, I
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must ask that everyone please be
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patient. I am sorry for any problems
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this causes you, but I am doing the
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best I can at the present time.
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I am currently deciding which of the
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300 systems on my list are going and
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willing to become Regional Hdqts for
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the magazines. I am looking for
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atleast one system from each area
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code.
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On to other news... The Baby is due
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TODAY 2-15-88 and still no action. It
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looks like this week? <grin>.
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The Syndicate BBS looks like a 3-1-88
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re-debut. Details forthcoming.
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Read the March 1988 issue of Antic for
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an interesting (short) article on
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GEnie and the RT sysops.
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ST-Report magazine continues to gain
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popularity each week. You can find
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them in the GEnie ST RT and on CIS in
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the Atari16 Data Library 8. STR is
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also exclusivly part of the ST X-Press
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diskmate. ST-Report is another weekly
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online magazine published by SPC (us).
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And a thank you to Carlos H. for
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selling us Basic XE. Without his
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assistance and willingness to sell
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his cartridge, we might have decided
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other things about the BBS. Also, to
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Terry in ST.Louis for supplying us the
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PD and modified version of Forem XE.
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(didnt want to print last names
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without permission).
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Basic Programming Series continues
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next with Part 7.
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Call: CoaSTline BBS 201-929-9351
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|..<2>..|ST Transformer Update
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by Darek Mihocka
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February 7, 1988
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Information about ST Xformer II:
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Since the release of the Xformer in
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October, I have mainly heard only two
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things from people: make it run in
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monochrome, and make it faster. The
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monochrome part was easy, and now with
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Omni Res, it is even better. The speed
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issue was a bit harder to address. The
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dispatch algorithm used could have
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been sped up slightly, by getting rid
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of common code and thus saving some
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jumps and branches. But to get a
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really major speed increase, I started
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writing a new emulator from scratch
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and came up with some voodoo that
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allowed me to write an emulator that
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is TWICE AS FAST as the emulator now
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available. Thanks go to David Small,
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Charles Smeton, and Jan Gray for
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providing some of the speed up ideas.
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Here at a glance are some of the
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features of ST Xformer II:
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- twice as fast, runs at about 40% the
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speed of a 6502
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- a GEM based non-cryptic user
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interface that allows you to
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re-configure the emulator with the
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menu bar. No more deleting and
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renaming of files.
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- 4 modes: generic 6502, Atari 800,
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Apple ][, and C-64 emulation (I
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should have provided a DEGAS file
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containing a screen shot showing
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Commodore 64 BASIC in action on the
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emulator, but that would probably
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make most people delete this file
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right away!)
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- online documentation (i.e. from the
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menu bar)
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- player missle graphics and sprites,
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greatly increasing compatibility
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- a hardcopy of detailed documentation
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and source code will be available
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for a small fee. (Hey, I gotta eat
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too!)
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- phone support will be provided if
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you really get stuck
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The program will be available on July
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1, 1988, and will be shareware. That
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means it'll be free and available on
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most BBSs and information services at
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that time.
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The program will soon go out to a few
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beta testers who will put it through
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the wringer. A preview version will be
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made available to magazines and user
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groups on May 1, 1988. If you are a
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user group executive and are
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interested in getting the preview
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version to demo to your user group,
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send a recent copy of your newsletter,
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your name and phone number, and $5 (to
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cover the cost of a disk, a mailer,
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and postage) to me:
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Darek Mihocka
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310-D Bluevale St. N.
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Waterloo, Ontario
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N2J 4G3
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CANADA
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and I'll give you a call when the disk
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is about to go out (in late April or
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early May).
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Anyone will last minute requests and
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suggestions for the emulator can drop
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me mail, email, or call the -support
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line- (really just my modem line, he
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he, so if you call and get a modem
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carrier, hang up). Of course, after
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the preview gets out, I'll definately
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be taking last minute suggestions and
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bug reports before letting the cement
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dry.
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To contact me by email, you'll need an
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account on one of the information
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services listed below, and then send
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the email to the appropriate ID:
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BIX: darekm
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Compuserve: 73657,2714
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DELPHI: DAREKM
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GEnie: DAREKM
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The ST Xformer support line is:
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(519)-747-0386
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On the FOREM FNET network, send email
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to Gilligan's Island BBS (node #118).
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Hopefully it'll find a path through.
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That's all! Enjoy ST Xformer 1.2 and
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please be patient about getting ST
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Xformer II. It will be worth your
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wait.
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______________________________________
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|..<3>..|Oasis Survey Results
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Compiled by Ron Kovacs
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The following survey results were
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compiled from a few Oasis Systems
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around the country.
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These results were added together and
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added to the final results listed
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here.
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OASIS BBS SURVEY
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Welcome to the BBS Software Survey.
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This Survey covers four Atari 8-Bit
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BBs software programs.
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If you are not familiar with the
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programs at all, please do not take
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the survey. If you think you might be
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informed enough, try the survey, but
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if you find then, that you are not
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aquainted with the programs being
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considered, please do NOT save your
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answers at the end of the survey.
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The above requests are directed
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primarily to non-Atari users, and
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new users. We would like the survey
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results to be as fair as possible. You
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do NOT have to know something about
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all the programs, but if you do not
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know anything about any of them, then
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your answers would be unfair. Thank
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you for your consideration in this
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matter.
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The survey considers that a BBS is a
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place where people MEET to exchange
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INFORMATION. People meet on the
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message bases, and exchange
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information there, and in the download
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area. Therefore, the survey asks
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about these two functions.
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ON WITH THE SURVEY !!
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|__________________________|
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| OASIS BBS SURVEY PROGRAM |
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|__________________________|
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| 8 - BIT BBS SOFTWARE |
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| SURVEY by G. Stocks |
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|______________________|
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|________________|
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|[0] Quit To BBS |
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|[1] Take Survey |
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|[2] List Takers |
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|[3] See Results |
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|________________|
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> Denotes highest vote getter
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| Question Number 1 |
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Choose Your Favorite Atari 8 Bit BBS.
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0] No Answer
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1] Carina 1.0
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2] BBS Express!
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>3] Oasis
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4] Nite Lite
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5] Another Atari 8 Bit BBS
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[#1] 42 [#2] 55 [#3] 73 [#4] 32
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[#5] 21
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| Question Number 2 |
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The BBS That Is Best At Overall
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Message Base Functions.
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0] Oasis
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1] Nite Lite
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>2] BBS Express!
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3] No Answer
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4] Carina 1.0
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[#0] 36 [#1] 26 [#2] 95 [#3] 31
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[#4] 35
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The BBS That Is Best At Overall File
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Transfer Functions.
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0] Carina 1.0
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1] No Answer
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2] BBS Express!
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>3] Oasis
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4] Nite Lite
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[#0] 10 [#2] 22 [#3] 191
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| Question Number 4 |
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The BBS That Has The Best Message
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Editing Functions While Posting
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Messages.
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0] Nite Lite
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1] Carina 1.0
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2] Oasis
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>3] BBS Express!
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4] No Answer
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[#0] 22 [#1] 21 [#2] 67 [#3] 104
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[#4] 09
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| Question Number 5 |
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The BBS That Has The Best Message
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Base Reading Functions.
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0] BBS Express!
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1] No Answer
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>2] Oasis
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3] Carina 1.0
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4] Nite Lite
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[#0] 99 [#2] 103 [#3] 8 [#4] 13
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| Question Number 6 |
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The BBS That Has The Best Download
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Directory, Or Listing Of Download
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Files.
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0] Nite Lite
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>1] Oasis
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2] No Answer
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3] BBS Express!
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4] Carina 1.0
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[#1] 155 [#2] 22 [#3] 30 [#4] 17
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| Question Number 7 |
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The BBS That Has The Best Method
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Of Choosing A File To Download
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0] BBS Express!
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>1] Oasis
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2] Carina 1.0
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3] Nite Lite
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4] No Answer
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[#0] 14 [#1] 187 [#2] 11 [#3] 11
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| Question Number 8 |
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The BBS That Has The Best Protocol
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Options For Downloads
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0] No Answer
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1] Carina 1.0
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2] BBS Express!
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3] Nite Lite
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>4] Oasis
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[#1] 14 [#2] 12 [#3] 10 [#4] 187
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| Question Number 9 |
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The BBS That Has The Best Library
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Facilities.
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>0] Oasis
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1] Nite Lite
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2] BBS Express!
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3] Carina 1.0
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4] No Answer
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[#0] 124 [#2] 87 [#3] 06 [#4] 06
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| Question Number 10 |
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The BBS That Has The Best Games
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0] No Answer
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1] Nite Lite
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2] Oasis
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3] BBS Express!
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>4] Carina 1.0
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[#1] 11 [#2] 38 [#3] 06 [#4] 169
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| Question Number 11 |
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The BBS That Provides The Best Board
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Members Information.
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0] BBS Express!
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1] No Answer
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2] Carina 1.0
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3] Nite Lite
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>4] Oasis
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[#1] 28 [#4] 195
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| Question Number 12 |
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The BBS With The Best E-Mail Message
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System.
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>0] Oasis
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1] Carina 1.0
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2] No Answer
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3] Nite Lite
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4] BBS Express!
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[#0] 108 [#1] 30 [#3] 08 [#4] 77
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| Question Number 13 |
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Choose The BBS Function That Nite
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Lite BBS Performs The Best.
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>0] No Answer
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1] Message Base Reading
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2] Listing Download Files
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3] Posting Messages
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4] Choosing Download Files
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[#0] 74 [#1] 46 [#2] 42 [#3] 39
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[#4] 22
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| Question Number 14 |
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Choose The BBS Function That Oasis
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BBS Performs The Best.
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0] Posting Messages
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1] No Answer
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>2] Choosing Download Files
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3] Listing Download Files
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4] Message Base Reading
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[#0] 23 [#1] 29 [#2] 79 [#3] 28
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[#4] 64
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| Question Number 15 |
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Choose The BBS Function That BBS
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Express! Performs The Best.
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>0] Message Base Reading
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1] Choosing Download Files
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2] Listing Download Files
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3] Posting Messages
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4] No Answer
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[#0] 59 [#1] 29 [#2] 38 [#3] 55
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[#4] 42
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| Question Number 16 |
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Choose The BBS Function That Carina
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1.0 Performs The Best.
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0] Listing Download Files
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1] Posting Messages
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2] Choosing Download Files
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>3] No Answer
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4] Message Base Reading
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[#0] 33 [#1] 31 [#2] 34 [#3] 68
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[#4] 57
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| Question Number 17 |
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Choose The BBS Function That BBS
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Express! Needs To Improve.
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0] Posting Messages
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1] Reading Messages
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2] Listing Downloads
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>3] Choosing Downloads
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4] No Answer
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[#0] 33 [#1] 38 [#2] 35 [#3] 79
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[#4] 38
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| Question Number 18 |
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Choose The BBS Functon That Carina
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1.0 BBS Needs To Improve.
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0] Choosing Downloads
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1] Reading Messages
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2] Posting Messages
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3] Listing Downloads
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>4] No Answer
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[#0] 26 [#1] 49 [#2] 14 [#3] 16
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[#4] 118
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| Question Number 19 |
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Choose The BBS Function That Oasis
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BBS Needs To Improve.
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0] Listing Downloads
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1] No Answer
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>2] Posting Messages
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3] Reading Messages
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4] Choosing Downloads
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[#0] 19 [#1] 35 [#2] 116 [#3] 38
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[#4] 15
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| Question Number 20 |
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Choose The BBS Function That Nitelite
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BBS Needs To Improve.
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0] Reading Messages
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1] Listing Downloads
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>2] No Answer
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3] Choosing Downloads
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4] Posting Messages
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[#0] 40 [#1] 34 [#2] 110 [#3] 21
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[#4] 18
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| Question Number 21 |
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In Telecommunications On Atari 8 Bit
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Boards, you are ...
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>0] A SysOp
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1] A Co-SysOp
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2] A User
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3] An Ex-SysOp
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4] An Ex-Co-SysOp
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5] No Answer
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[#0] 137 [#1] 18 [#2] 53 [#3] 15
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| Question Number 22 |
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If You Are Now A SysOp, Or Co-SysOp,
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Choose The BBS Program That You Run.
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0] Nite Lite
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1] BBS Express!
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>2] Oasis
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3] Carina 1.0
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4] Another Atari 8-Bit BBS
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5] An Atari ST BBS
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6] A Non-Atari BBS
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7] I Am Not A SySop
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8] No Answer
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[#0] 12 [#1] 42 [#2] 115 [#3] 31
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[#4] 03 [#5] 10 [#6] 01 [#7] 09
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| Question Number 23 |
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Of All The 8-Bit Atari Boards In
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Your State, Choose The BBS That Is
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Run The Most.
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0] Carina 1.0
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1] No Answer
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>2] BBS Express!
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3] Oasis
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4] Nite Lite
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5] Another Atari 8 Bit BBS
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[#4] 06 [#5] 04
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Call: Wonderful World 808-423-3140
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|..<4>..|Daisy Dot II Review
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|_______|_____________________________
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by Dr. Warren Lieuallen
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Many of you are already familiar with
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the Daisy Dot Near Letter Quality
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Emulation program. This public domain
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program has appeared on most users'
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groups' disks over the past six
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months, and has received kudos from
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everyone who has seen it. In short,
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this program allows any Epson-
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compatible or Star printers to achieve
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-near letter quality- text printing,
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in one of several different, user-
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definable fonts.
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While most of the newer dot matrix
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printers come with a built-in NLQ
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font, this program frees you from its
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limitations of spacing and appearance.
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Daisy Dot fonts are proportionally
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spaced (the -i's- are skinny, and the
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-M's- are wide), and the characters
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can take any form and shape you
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desire. A font editor was supplied
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with the program, along with five
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pre-defined fonts.
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There are prices to pay for all this
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flexibility, of course. Daisy Dot
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requires ASCII files, already pre-
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formatted and ready to dump to the
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printer (most word processors are able
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to provide these ASCII files easily).
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And because Daisy Dot actually prints
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the file as graphic data, the printing
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process is rather slow (although
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fairly comparable to the speed of most
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printers' NLQ modes). These are minor
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limitations, however, and are more
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than offset by the advantages allowed
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by this professional quality program.
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Nice though it is, there have been
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suggestions for improvements and
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modifications. One user went so far
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as to write his own program (Which he
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unfortunately chose to originally
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title -Daisy Dot II-. This program has
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since been renamed -Dot Magic-.),
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incorporating a few additional
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features. For the ultimate in ease of
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use, and flexibility, though, the
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definitive Daisy Dot II program is now
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the obvious choice.
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Roy has really outdone himself this
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time. While Daisy Dot was good, Daisy
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Dot II is truly fantastic. I honestly
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cannot give this program (and the
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programmer) enough praise! It has
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been totally re-written in C (the
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original was in compiled Turbo BASIC),
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the user interface has been upgraded,
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and many new commands have been added.
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Roy remains available on CompuServe
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and GEnie, and has always been very
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helpful.
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One of Daisy Dot II's most unusual
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features is its documentation.
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Included on the disk is a set of files
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which contain all the documentation,
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in a format ready for Daisy Dot II to
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print. This manual, which is 24 pages
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long, is one of the best I have ever
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seen, for any product. It includes an
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introduction to the Daisy Dot II
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system (which consists of the main
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printing program, the new font editor,
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a font utilities package, and a
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graphics support program), examples of
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the 14 fonts provided, instuctions on
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preparing the ASCII file with most
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popular word processors, and clear and
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concise examples of all of Daisy Dot
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II's commands. These examples include
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both the precise syntax to include in
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your file, as well as a print-out of
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the resulting output. After a unique
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-question and answer- section, the
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manual concludes with a one page
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-Quick Reference Guide-.
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As an example of the flexibility of
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Daisy Dot II, in my own set-up, I have
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accumulated 21 different fonts, and
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have designed several myself. I use
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TextPro as the word processor, running
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from the SpartaDOS 192K RAMdisk. In
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this way, I may switch back and forth
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between Daisy Dot II and TextPro very
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quickly, and with no disk switching.
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This system is not only quite
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convenient, it is also completely
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public domain!
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The commands supported by Daisy Dot II
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include:
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- the ability to change fonts -on the
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fly-
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- left or right margin alignment, and
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right justification
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- automatic line centering, in any
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font
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- double width printing, in any font
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- underlining of any font
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- proportional tabs
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- user selected graphics densities,
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and character spacing
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- ability to include graphics in a
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text file
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- -chain- multiple files together, to
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allow -unlimited- text size
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- AND MORE!
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All of these commands are accessed
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from within the text file itself by
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preceeding them with a backslash
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character (-\-). The syntax is
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sensible (most commands are
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abbreviated by their first letter),
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and easily mastered. A number of the
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commands can be combined, providing
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even more flexibility.
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I have had the Daisy Dot II system for
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more than a month now, and have still
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not used it to its fullest potential.
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The flexibility and usefulness of this
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program rivals any commercial software
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available, and its uses are limited
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only by the imagination of the user. I
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strongly urge you to contact your
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local users' group to obtain a copy,
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and to support Mr. Goldman with a
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small donation for his work. You won't
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regret it!
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[ed.: Daisy Dot II and Dot Magic II
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will be available on the Syndicate
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BBS in March.]
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______________________________________
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|..<5>..|Chicago AtariFest Update
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|_______|_____________________________
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Captured from CLAUG BBS
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Mesg:0003
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To:MIKE MILLER 02/11/88
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From:MARTY CONROY
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Subj:Huh?... <REPLY>
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Atari Fest Update:
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The most recent news we have is that
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the first site looked at by the
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committe was the Rosemont Convention
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Center, on River Road. Close to:
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C.T.A., Kennedy Expressway, Tollways,
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and not least O'Hare Airport.
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If we choose this site, the proposed
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fest dates will be: 26,27 & 28 Aug 88.
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That's right folks a three day fair.
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If we sell thirty booths, the fest is
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paid for, not counting the ticket
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sales at the gate....so....we expect
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this event to loom large as an Atari
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Fest should.
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CLAUG is putting up $300.00 as a firm
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committment toards the event and other
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groups LCASE, ALIEN, SCAT and others
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will put up a fair share to set the
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thing in motion, ie... bank accounts,
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post office expenses and 24 hour hot
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line for voice information and
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updates; also printing costs, because
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as soon as we set the date and
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location, we'll be sending advance
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tickets to every user group in the
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Atari kingdom.
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Atari, Sunnyvvale, will also put up
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some seed monies as an investment to
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insure the success of the event.
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Any one with any experience in this
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type of event would be of invaluable
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service to the user group committee
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members working on the fest. If you
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can offer an assist, leave E-Mail
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and/or a reply to this message base.
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COMMAND or ?:
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Call: M.O.U.S.E. BBS 219-674-9288
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|..<6>..|How To Install I/O Master
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Computer - Top View
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[Rear] SIO Port
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+-------------------------+ooooooo++
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| ATARI |
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| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +--+|
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| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +--+|
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| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +--+|
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| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +--+|
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+----------------------------------+
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[Front]
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Open your computer, and look at the
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SIO port from the front:
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+--------------------+
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SIO Port, | |
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Front View | 2 4 6 8 10 12 |
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| X X |
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| O O O O O O |
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| O O O O O O O|
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| 1 3 5 7 9 11 13|
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+--------------------+
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You will have to solder something to
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pins 4,8,9, and 11.
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Now look at the I/O Master chip:
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X
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+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
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++ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ ++
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|14 13 12 11 10 9 8 |
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-- 74LS14 |
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-- |
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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
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++ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ ++
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+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
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X X X X X
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You will have to solder something to
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pins 1,2,3,4, and 14.
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BREAK OFF the other pins of the I/O
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Master chip with needle nose pliers.
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Solder a length of wire to pin 14 of
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the chip, and then use Crazy Glue to
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glue the chip on top of the plastic
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shield with surrounds the I/O port.
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Then, solder lengths of wire to pins
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1,2,3, and 4.
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** Trim the wire from pin 14 of the
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chip, and solder it to pin 4 of the
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SIO port.
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** Cut some 14 inch lengths of wire. I
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use ribbon wire and strip one end.
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** Using one wire strip the insulation
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from about 1/2 inch of the end, and
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solder the tip to pin 7 of the chip,
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and the other portion of the same end
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to pin 8 of the SIO port. The other
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end of this wire will be soldered to
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the LEDs.
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** Take another wire and solder one
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end to pin 3 of the chip, and the
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other end to pin 9 of the SIO port.
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** Take another wire and solder one
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end to pin 1 of the chip, and solder
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the other end to pin 11 of the SIO
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port.
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** Solder a wire to pin 2 of the chip
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this leads to an L.E.D.
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** Solder a wire to pin 4 of the chip
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this leads to the other L.E.D.
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Your computer should now look like
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this:
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To pin 4
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O
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+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
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++ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ ++
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|14 13 12 11 10 9 8 |
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-- |
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-- |
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++ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ ++
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+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
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O O O O O
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| | | >To LED >To pin 8
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| | | and LED
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| >To LED
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>To pin 11
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>To pin 7
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To pin 14< |and LED
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+----+-------+-------+
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SIO Port, | | | |
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Front View | 2 |4 6 8| 10 12 |
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| >X X< |
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| O O O O O O |
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| O O O O O O O|
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| 1 3 5 7 |9 11|13|
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+------------+----+--+
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To pin 3< |
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To pin 1<
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** Now, at this point, a little
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experimentation is called for.
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Theoretically, you should be able to
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tell which of the leads from an LED
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is the anode and which is the cathode
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from the length of the wire and from
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the location of a flat spot on the
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side of the LED. In practice, the pole
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sometimes are reversed.
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So the basic idea is that the cathode
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of one LED will be soldered to the
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cathode of the other LED, and the wire
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from pin 8 of the SIO port will be
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connected here.
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Then, the wires from pins 2 and 4 of
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the chip will be connected to the
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other LED pins (--Note: I have found
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that connecting pin 2 of the chip to
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the green LED's anode, and connecting
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pin 4 of the chip to the red LED's
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anode works fine).
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Hook your computer up, with the case
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open and a disk drive connected, but
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power switch off. Connect the LEDs and
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turn the power on. If you have
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connected properly, the green LED
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should go on when a READ is in
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progress, and the red LED should light
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up when a WRITE is in progress
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(--Note: Neither light will go on
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while reading or writing to an
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internal ramdisk [Such as that of an
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upgraded 800xl, or Xe).
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When you have the right combination,
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solder everything together. Then drill
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holes in your computer cover and
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install the LEDS using LED mounts or
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crazy glue. Reassemble your computer
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and you're all finished.
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NOTE- while you have you computer
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apart, it's a good idea to cut the
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capacitors connected to the SIO port,
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(the ones below the port, Xe computers
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only) as they interfere with U.S.
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Doubled and Happy Enhanced drives. If
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you're not sure, just skip this.
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(--Note: I tried running the computer
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without the capacitors cut, and it
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worked just fine, so who knows...)
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[ed. This modification NOT test by
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ZMagazine staff. Any modifications
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done will void any warranty and is
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done at your own risk.]
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______________________________________
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|..<7>..|BBS Watch (Msgs of Interest)
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|_______|_____________________________
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Captured from JACG BBS
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Message #31 UDLR
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Posted February 5th, 1988 at 2:26 AM
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From:Paul Machiaverna
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Hard Drives for the Atari ST
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The Japanese Yen has risen and so has
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the price of the Atari Hard Drive, the
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SHD-204. The '204' will now cost you
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$600! But, their are lower cost
|
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alternatives which work just as well,
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and better. Third party vendors are
|
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releasing hard drives for the ST by
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the handful. Berkeley seems to offer
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the best deal going. They will send
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you a fully assembled 62 MegaByte Hard
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Drive with a 40 msec seek rate for
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only $800! This is a faster drive
|
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than the Atari 204 and has over three
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times the storage for only $200 more.
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For $600, you can get a 40 MegaByte
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Hard Drive which is the same speed as
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the 204. Other packages are
|
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available. Call 1-(415)-465-6956 for
|
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all the information you may need. Ask
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to speak to Vance or Chris. They are
|
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some of the most helpful people you
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will ever speak to in any company.
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Message #42 UDR
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Posted February 6th, 1988 at 1:12 PM
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From:Tom Shoosmith
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Know DDD from ADD!
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The CD market has also created a
|
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collectible craze. Import vs.
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Domestice release, Label vs label
|
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(McCartney Capital & CBS), mislabeled
|
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CD's (Elton John's labeled Bennie and
|
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the Jets being Candle in the Wind),
|
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etc.
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When a CD is released in the US, it's
|
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Import version is no longer sold here
|
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(in theory anyway). Recently Paul
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McCartney switched labels making some
|
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CD's extinct or close to it.
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When buying a CD, know the difference
|
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between DDD and ADD, avoiding what you
|
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may think was recorded on Digital
|
|
equipment. Digital Audio is a very
|
|
good magazine for the serious CD'er.
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Recently I picked up Harry Chapin's
|
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Greatest Stories Live. It was released
|
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earlier this week and for a live
|
|
recording the quality transfer from
|
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the original is super!
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______________________________________
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|..<8>..|File Compression Compared
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|_______|_____________________________
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by Marty Albert (GEnie Atari8)
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This file may be freely distributed so
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long as this notice remains in the
|
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file and there are no changes made to
|
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the file.
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Copyright 1988 by Marty Albert.
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As the title implies, this article
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|
will discuss several of the file
|
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compression, compaction systems that
|
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are now available for use on the Atari
|
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8-bit computers. I have limited the
|
|
scope of this article to only those
|
|
systems that will work with true
|
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double density disks, that is, 256
|
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byte sectors.
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This reduced the various systems
|
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available to three:
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ARC version 1.2
|
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DiskCom version 3.0
|
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SCOPY version 1.2.
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I apologize to anyone that has written
|
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a system that I did not include. If
|
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they will send me a copy of the
|
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file(s) needed, I will be happy to
|
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include it in the test.
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The system that I used for the test is
|
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the one that I use all the time. It
|
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consists of: an 800XL with the 256K
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RAMboXL upgrade, two 1050 drives with
|
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US Doubler chips, an ICD P:R:
|
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Connection, a Magnavox Color Monitor
|
|
40, a Panasonic 1080i printer, and an
|
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Atari SX212 modem. The DOS used was
|
|
SpartaDOS 3.2d. The RAMdisk was not
|
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used.
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|
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All tests were conducted with both
|
|
disk reads and writes going to/from a
|
|
-real- disk. The test disks were
|
|
formatted with the file SINIT.COM (by
|
|
Craig Thom) in double density yielding
|
|
707 sectors of 256 bytes each. To
|
|
determine the files sizes, files were
|
|
copied to the standard SpartaDOS
|
|
RAMdisk and then the directory was
|
|
printed out.
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|
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All times were kept by stop-watch as
|
|
accurately as possible. There may be
|
|
errors in the times by as much as +/-
|
|
5 seconds. Note also that the times do
|
|
not include time needed to deal with
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the menus, enter filenames, etc..
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The times reflect only the time needed
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for the program itself to do it's job.
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In selecting the files to test, I
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tried to choose a variety of file
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types. Something from as many
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different types was needed, while
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remaining in the realm of what might
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really be transferred by modem.
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What I finally settled on was one file
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each from the types:
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ATASCI text
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Graphic 9 picture
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RLE picture
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|
KOALA picture
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|
AMS II song file
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|
Atari font
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|
a binary file
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|
a SAVEd BASIC file
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|
a Compiled Turbo BASIC file
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|
a font for Daisy-Dot
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|
|
|
This seems to cover all the bases and
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|
gave me a hefty disk full of files.
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|
|
|
The size of the various files can be
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found in TABLE 1.
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TABLE 1
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FILE TYPE SIZE (in bytes)
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======================================
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ATASCI text 14224
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|
Graphic 9 picture 7680
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|
RLE picture 18964
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|
KOALA picture 6662
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|
AMS II song 23103
|
|
Atari font 1024
|
|
Binary file 19712
|
|
SAVEd BASIC file 18288
|
|
Compiled Turbo BASIC file 18404
|
|
Daisy-Dot font 3113
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|
--------------------------------------
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|
TOTAL OF FILES 131174
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|
|
|
Now, on to the actually testing done!
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|
|
|
ARC version 1.2
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|
***************
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|
This, the latest version of ARC, has
|
|
been with us for some time now. It is
|
|
doubtful if the author, Ralph Walden,
|
|
will do any further updates. I've
|
|
heard much about so-and-so is going to
|
|
rewrite ARC to be bigger, better,
|
|
faster, and so on, but to date, this
|
|
simply hasn't happened.
|
|
|
|
I'm sure that everyone is familiar
|
|
with the common CRC errors that ARC
|
|
produces on text and text-like files.
|
|
While not really harmful, it is a very
|
|
misunderstood annoyance. The versions
|
|
of ARC for other machines don't do
|
|
that, so why does ours? Oh, well.
|
|
|
|
Also, ARC is slow. That may too mild
|
|
a word for it, but it's all I have.
|
|
Let's just say that I watched an
|
|
entire TV show while doing the test
|
|
and ARC only needed me once.
|
|
|
|
But, on the plus side, ARC is the
|
|
champ at compression. With an average
|
|
compression of between 30-40%, and
|
|
some files as high as 80%, you just
|
|
can't beat it.
|
|
|
|
ARC also will accept commands from the
|
|
command line of SpartaDOS. With more
|
|
and more SpartaDOS users everyday,
|
|
that may be a big plus as well.
|
|
|
|
For the actual tests results, please
|
|
see TABLE 2.
|
|
|
|
DISKCOM version 3.0
|
|
*******************
|
|
This is a nice program from Bob Puff.
|
|
It has a number of good points, but
|
|
also a number of bad ones. I've heard
|
|
of a version 3.2 of this program, but
|
|
as yet I've not been able to find it.
|
|
I've not even heard of version 3.1.
|
|
|
|
The biggest good point for DiskCom is
|
|
it's menu system. Very user friendly.
|
|
I found it easy to understand and to
|
|
use. Another good point is that it
|
|
can use ALL the memory of my 256K
|
|
machine to reduce the number of passes
|
|
needed to process the disk. I like
|
|
that. After all, I paid for 256K, so
|
|
why shouldn't I be able to use it?
|
|
|
|
Now, a few bad points. I tried to run
|
|
DiskCom 3.0 twelve times before it
|
|
finally worked on the thirteenth. It
|
|
would create the file just fine and
|
|
write it the disk, but when I tried to
|
|
recover it, I was told by the program
|
|
that there were -bad bytes- in the
|
|
file and to re-download it or use a
|
|
file called DISKFIX2 on it. I tried 8
|
|
different disks in the hopes that it
|
|
was a bad sector on the disk, but no
|
|
luck. I re-copied my source files to
|
|
a new disk in hopes that it was bad,
|
|
but again, no change. Then finally, on
|
|
Lucky 13, it worked. I don't know why
|
|
or how. It just so happened that on
|
|
trial eleven, I went back to the
|
|
original source disk (that, by the
|
|
way, ARC and SCOPY both read just
|
|
fine) and a new destination disk, and
|
|
pooph! It worked! It recovered the
|
|
files without a catch then.
|
|
|
|
I have no explanation for this
|
|
happening, but happen it did. I just
|
|
hope that before the next version
|
|
comes, Bob has a chance to see this.
|
|
|
|
Again, please see TABLE 2 for the test
|
|
results.
|
|
|
|
SCOPY version 1.2
|
|
*****************
|
|
SCOPY is, for those who don't know,
|
|
available from ICD as one of the files
|
|
on the SpartaDOS Construction Set
|
|
disks. It is a copyrighted file.
|
|
|
|
I like SpartaDOS. In fact, it's all
|
|
that I use, except when I have to use
|
|
something else. I'm not impressed with
|
|
SCOPY that much, though. SCOPY is
|
|
fast. In fact, SCOPY was faster than
|
|
a straight disk to disk file copy!
|
|
But, it's a bit f a pain in the neck
|
|
to use.
|
|
|
|
It is command line driven, and trying
|
|
to figure out the commands is like
|
|
playing Russian Roulette. The command
|
|
structure looks like this:
|
|
|
|
D1:SCOPY D1: D2:TEST.SCP
|
|
|
|
Not too bad, eh? Wait til you add in
|
|
the US Doubled drives and the RAMdisk!
|
|
Then it mutates to:
|
|
|
|
D1:SCOPY D1: /U D8:TEST.SCP /R
|
|
|
|
Well, enough said about that. It gets
|
|
messy, but, like I said, it's fast! It
|
|
also is the only one of the three
|
|
programs that actually increased the
|
|
size of the compacted file to more
|
|
than the sum of the individual files.
|
|
I don't like that either.
|
|
|
|
Once more I refer you to TABLE 2 for
|
|
the test results.
|
|
|
|
TABLE 2
|
|
FILE CT RT SIZE % CHANGE
|
|
======================================
|
|
file 2:10 ---- 131174 ---
|
|
copy
|
|
|
|
ARC 14:57 16:34 90848 -30.74%
|
|
|
|
DiskCom 4:38 3:36 121139 -7.65%
|
|
|
|
SCOPY 1:44 1:38 136408 +3.99%
|
|
|
|
In the above table:
|
|
|
|
CT = time to create compacted file
|
|
RT = time to recover compacted file
|
|
SIZE = the size of the compacted file
|
|
% CHANGE = the percent of change from
|
|
the sum of the individual files.
|
|
|
|
The first item listed as -file copy-
|
|
is a simple disk to disk file copy via
|
|
the SpartaDOS command COPY D1:*.*
|
|
D2:*.*
|
|
|
|
So, as you can see from the results,
|
|
SCOPY is far and way the fastest with
|
|
ARC the slowest. ARC does the best
|
|
compression while SCOPY does none, and
|
|
in fact adds to the size. DiskCom did
|
|
well in both speed and compression,
|
|
but it was hard to get going with it.
|
|
|
|
ARC does have the advantage of being
|
|
100% compatible with ARC for the ST,
|
|
the IBM, and the MAC. That is not
|
|
important unless you want to unARC
|
|
those files. Many people ask why you
|
|
want to since you can't run them on
|
|
your Atari. Well, the reason is
|
|
simple...RLE pictures and text files
|
|
are universal. They will run on ANY
|
|
machine, once you recover them. Have a
|
|
look in the IBM RoundTable on GEnie
|
|
sometime. There are a lot of RLE
|
|
pictures, text pictures, and straight
|
|
text files that are fun and/or
|
|
interesting. But, they have all been
|
|
ARC'd. With ARC, you can recover
|
|
them.
|
|
|
|
I like ARC, in case you haven't
|
|
noticed. But, I don't like ARC's
|
|
being slow or the fact that we could
|
|
be getting even better compression.
|
|
Perhaps someone out there that is a
|
|
better programmer that I could write
|
|
such a version of ARC.
|
|
|
|
After doing this test, as well as an
|
|
earlier, much less formal test, I have
|
|
come to the conclusion that what we
|
|
as Atari 8-Bit users really need is
|
|
totally different compression system
|
|
to use on our files. Here are the
|
|
points that it should contain...
|
|
|
|
#1) It should be fast. About the
|
|
speed of DiskCom would be
|
|
acceptable.
|
|
|
|
#2) It must do high compression rates.
|
|
30% reduction at a minimum.
|
|
|
|
#3) It should be easy to use. Either
|
|
a good menu or command processor
|
|
input would work.
|
|
|
|
#4) It must be able to select the
|
|
individual files to be included in
|
|
the target file, like the current
|
|
ARC.
|
|
|
|
#5) It must be able to recover just
|
|
one file from the compressed file.
|
|
Like the IBM version of ARC.
|
|
|
|
Who cares about compatibility? We
|
|
have ARC, so we can get those RLE and
|
|
text files. No one else will be using
|
|
it except Atari 8-Bit users. So long
|
|
as it is widely available. Maybe as
|
|
shareware. Although, I doubt that the
|
|
author would make much money from it
|
|
that way.
|
|
|
|
Just as a little side information, the
|
|
recent member survey that was done in
|
|
the GEnie Atari 8-Bit RoundTable gave
|
|
the results for the different systems
|
|
as:
|
|
|
|
ARC 57%
|
|
DiskCom 10%
|
|
SCOPY 01%
|
|
No preference 23%
|
|
|
|
Those are the percentages of the RT
|
|
members that prefer that system. All
|
|
other systems accounted for only 9%
|
|
of the RT members.
|
|
|
|
So, what is the conclusion? That
|
|
depends on what you're doing. For
|
|
online pay services like GEnie and
|
|
CompuServe, the only real choice is
|
|
ARC as it can save you lot of cash.
|
|
For local BBSs, I'd look long and hard
|
|
at DiskCom. For dedicated BBSs, let's
|
|
say where a lot of the users have
|
|
SpartaDOS, then use SCOPY.
|
|
|
|
For me, until something better comes
|
|
along, I'll stick with ARC and watch
|
|
TV in my spare time. Of course, that's
|
|
why I have two computers!
|
|
|
|
...Marty...
|
|
GEnie Mail address : MARTY.A
|
|
|
|
(AUTHOR'S NOTE : If anyone has another
|
|
compacting program that supports true
|
|
double density, please send me a copy
|
|
via the GEnie Atari 8-Bit RoundTable
|
|
or by US Mail. I can be reached by
|
|
US Mail at:
|
|
|
|
Marty Albert
|
|
Suite 6-216
|
|
P.O.Box 4005
|
|
Carmichael, CA 95609-4005
|
|
|
|
I plan to keep doing these comparisons
|
|
until we get a good program! Thanks!)
|
|
______________________________________
|
|
Syndicate Zmagazine February 15, 1988
|
|
(c)1988 SPC/Ron Kovacs
|
|
______________________________________
|