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November/December 1985
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and will certainly be of great interest to many of our readers who for the
past couple of years have been trying to stretch their 800's or XL's
beyond what most uninformed people thought possible. On the other
hand there is a danger that the machine will drift off into the heavy
business end to become the preserve of business men who have no
interest in computing as such. This side was graphically represented by
a gentleman on the Atari stand at the PCW show who looked down his
nose in disdain when I introduced myself as the publisher of an Atari
Users magazine ' We only produce products for business men' he
said.
As !sit and write I have an ST lying idle beside me. Idle because there
is no software available and, much to my regret, I won't have the time to
explore it in the same way as I did my old SOO, I a m afraid that
programming for myself has had to go by the board since I started
PAGE 6, I bought it for several reasons. I want to run all of the business
and subscription side of PAGE 6 on an Atari machine. I have been
proud o f the fact that every single facet o f PAGE 6 has been
accomplished using Atari equipment from the beginning but I have to
admit that at times it has been a struggle The520 ST will provide all the
power that twill ever need to continue and improve PAGE& I also want
to keep in touch with all the different types of software that will become
available. I must admit that I was not looking forward to the machine
with the same excitement as when I just had to have that 400 all those
years ago, but now that I have played a little with it_ all the old
excitement has come back I want to know what's inside, I am eagerly
awaiting the first books, dying to get hold of software and longing to
explore all over again.
The 520 ST (and the 26051) has immense power and an excitement
for all users and it would be a tragedy if it becomes a business only
machine. I am sure that won't happen but I would love to know your
views Will you buy one? What will you use it for? Why not write and tell
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PIRACY
I have said my piece. You all know where PAGE 6 stands and I don't
intend to bore you by publishing any more o n this subject but
something was brought to my attention at the PCW show that must be
aired.
The message is obviously getting home and Atari users are finally
getting better recognition from the software companies but there is one
sick individual out there who could set us all back a coupleof years. Ken
Ward of the Norwich User Group has always been an outspoken
advocate of Atari and has criticised both piracy and software com-
panies for charging high prices- The software companies are slowly
responding but Ken showed me a number of items he had received
from an aggrieved pirate which contained fabrications about him and
even included myself in its sick diatribe. Now if it were just a private
campaign I would not bother but this individual is distributing pirated
disks and copies of DOS which state that they are pirated by Ken and
the Norwich Users Group. My name has also been mentioned and if
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(when) these get into the hands of an unsuspecting software house all
the work we have done on your behalf over the past couple of years will
be gone.
If you see any disks or publications of this sort, ignore them, or better
still destroy them. If anybody knows who is responsible put him right
You will be the one to lose in the long run. A number of Individuals have
worked hard over the past couple of years to promote Atari for the
benefit of all genuine users and Ken Ward is one of them.
THE K U N G
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APPROVAL SCHEME
Having to buy most software by
mail order means th a t you often
have to take a chance on the quality
of the product In order to give you
some help, Ata ri have started a
'Software Approval Scheme' i n
which they will regularly evaluate
software and issue an 'Atari Appro-
ved Software' label fo r the best
Among those software packages to
have earned approval so fa r are
EARTHVIEWS, and SPACE BASE
from A n t i c , R E S C U E F R O M
FRACTALUS a n d BALLBLAZER
from Activision, PAPERCLIP AND
B-GRAPH from Batteries Included,
PRINT SHOP and BANK STREET
MUSIC WRITER from Broderbund.
MICROBASE+ fro m Silicon Chip,
ACTION! and BASIC XE by 0.S. S.,
ZORRO a n d K E N N E D Y
APPROACH f r o m U . S GOLD,
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HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE
GALAXY from Infocom. pFORTH
from Bignose Software, THE FAC-
TORY by Hesware, SYNCALC by
Synapse a n d . fi nally, P IN B A L L
CONSTRUCTION SET and SEVEN
CITIES OF GOLD from Ariolasoft
Most o f these titles should b e
available from your local dealer but if
you have difficulty t r y Software
Express on 021 384 5080.
NEW ARIOLASOFT DEAL
Ariolasoft who already have an exclusive licensing deal with Electronic
Arts and Broderbund to release their products in this country have now
signed an agreement with the Canadian firm Batteries Included a company
noted for its support of Atari in the 'serious' field Anolasoft will be bringing
out Batteries Included's new range of integrated software for the ST which
includes a stock portfolio manager. word processor, combined spreadsheet
and graphics package and a database manager_
DAILY MIRROR
REVOLUTIONISES
NEWS!
Mirrorsoft, a n o th e r o f Robert
Maxwell's companies have under
development for the ST a program
that could change the face of club
and society newsletters and small
publications. Entitled FLEET STREET
EDITOR it is a full design and layout
system fo r small publications cap-
able o f driving a photo-typesetter.
The package fo r the S T is being
designed by the person responsible
for the Daily Mirror's own page make-
up software and is expected to be
available early next year.
NEW HARDWARE
BARGAINS
If you have missed the announce-
ments elsewhere, think now about
buying a friend a Christmas present
The 8 0 0 XL with joystick i s n o w
E69.95 a n d a pack with a data
recorder sells at E99. I f you want
something fo r yourself how about
upgrading to a 130XE with 1050
disk drive and four pieces of software
for E265? Or you can get a 1027
printer thrown in for a total of E350.
The bargains keep coming!
W.E.E. HAVE GONE.
W E Electronics who have advert-
ised add-ons i n past issues have
advised that 'due to commitments in
other areas' i t will b e unable t o
support its computer peripheral pro-
ducts and cannot take further orders.
After sales support to previous pur-
chasers will continue.
MERCENARY!
MERCENARY - Escape from Targ
needs no further recommendation
other than to say it is the successor to
ENCOUNTER o n e o f th e fi nest
British programs of last year. A com-
bination of flight simulator, adventure
and arcade fun it promises to show
once again that not all the top soft-
ware comes from the States.
What does i t look like? See fo r
yourself.
ATARI BITS
The S T OS R OM should b e
available b y now. A t the time o f
writing the price to those who already
have an ST is said to be E12.
T h e r e arerumoursth a tyouwill
shortly be able to buy the ST in bits
such as the CPU on its own.
A t t r i b u t e d t o JackTramiel:We 'l l
be having higher capacity disks (for
the ST), CD ROMs will be available in
early 1986 and we'll also have higher
resolution colour graphics i n th e
machine'
A
'wellinformedsource'i n t h e
States claims that Atari sold 50,000
(yes!) 520 STs in the first six weeks
on s a l e , t h u s outselling t h e
Macintosh.
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DIGITISE!
We have had numerous enquiries over the past couple of years for a
means of digitising pictures on the Atari. Now a company in the States has
introduced COMPUTEREYES which retails atE130 for the basic unit With it
you can digitise any printed image, but you can do more. An attachment is
available for a video camera and special transfer sheets can be purchased
enabling iron-on transfers for tee-shirts to be made on an ordinary dot-matrix
printer. For further details contact Digital Vision, 14 Oak St #2, Needham,
MA 02192, U, S.A

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