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Contents
News 5
All the latest from the ever-changing world of 8 bit Atari.
Top Twenty 7
A up-to-date guide to the month's top-selling Atari software.
MicroLink News 8
More about Britain's nationwide online database for micros.
Life 9
The classic simulation of cell life brought to your Atari.
Vol. 3 No 6 October 1987
Directory 1 1
Easy access to Dos from Basic with this Autoboot program.
Managing Editor:
Derek Meakin
Features Editor.
Peter Davidson
Reviews 1 3
Our evaluation team takes a look at the latest software releases.
Production Editor:
Peter Glover
Five Liners 1 8
More prize-winning mini programs sent in by our readers.
Art Editor:
Heather Sheldrick
Editorial Assistant:
Neil Fawcett
News Editor:
Mike Cowley
Technical Editor:
Andre Willey
Printer review 2 0
When it comes to compatibility, how good is the KXP-1081?
Hints and Tips 2 2
Get more enjoyment Out of your games with our readers' help.
Word Processor
2
3
An in-depth evaluation of the latest release from )(lent
Full Print
A superb utility to get more styles from Epson-compatible printers.
Advertisement Manager:
Tony Nowell
25
Advertising Sales:
John Snowden
Nora Lawton
SupraDrive 2 7
All the details of the fastest drive on the Atari revealed in full.
Editorial: 061-456 8383
Administration: 061-456 8383
Advertising. 061-456 8500
Subscriptions: 061-480 0171
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Prestel Mailbox: 614568383
Rouloc 2 9
More amazing exploits with our resident Atari adventurer.
Map 3 1
Still stuck with those Leather Goddesses? Here's part 2 of the map.
Game of the Month 3 5
Help the harrassed Doctor Boris in this fast-action arcade game.
Published by:
Databas e Publications Ltd,
Europa House, 68 Chester Road.
Haz el Grove. Stockport SK7 5NY.
Special FX 3 8
More amazing programs to alter the DLI to give stunning displays.
Software Solutions 4 1
Our resident expert helps to solve your programming problems.
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and articles for publication. Material should
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erably double-spaced. Program listings
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'g 1987 Database Publications Ltd. No
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part without writen permission. While every
care is taken, the publishers cannot be held
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"Atari User" is an independent publication
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of the opinions expressed.
News trade distribution: Europress Sales
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IN35 4NR. Tel: 0424 430422.
Spreadsheet 4 3
How to turn Mini Office II spreadsheet data into meaningful graphics.
45
Mailbag
The chance to get your news, views and name in print.
Gadgets 5 3
A joystick timer to help you and your Atari raise money for charity.
Pac-Maths
Learn tables the fun way with this clever educational game.
57
Get it Right!
All major listings in this issue are accompanied by
checksums to help overcome typing mistakes, For
full details of how they work, see the article in the
August 1986 issue of Atari User.
October 7987 Atari User 3
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Link your Atari to the outside world with...
microLiDk
When you join MicroLink you've got
the world of communications at
your fingertips — 24 hours a day.
You'll have immediate access to
ALL the facilities offered by
Telecom Gold and a great deal
more besides.
Electronic mail - The cheapest
and fastest form of
communication possible_ It costs
the same to send a message to
one mailbox as to 500!
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Telex - Link up with 96,000 telex
subscribers in the UK and 1.5
million worldwide. You can even
send and receive telexes after
office hours or while travelling.
Telemessages- Type in your
message before 8pm and
delivery is guaranteed by first
post the next day (except Sunday),
anywhere in the UK and USA.
All you need — apart from your Atari
— is a modem, which plugs into your
telephone wall socket, plus suitable
communications software.
We have provided two possible
options on the left.
Whichever equipment you use,
you will be able to call MicroLink,
open your mailbox, save to disc any
messages waiting for you, and dis-
connect in as little as two minutes,
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Tele-booking - Reserve train and
theatre tickets, check flight details
worldwide, or order from a vast
range of products - from flowers
to floppy discs.
Two recommended packages
Telesoftware- Download directly
into your Atari any program from
the ever-growing library now
available on MicroLink - both
games and utilities.
If you have an 850 interface:
Pace Nightingale manual modem
+ cable if116.15) PLUS Mini
Office II (E19.95).
Tot al price: f136.10.
If you don't have an interface:
Mirac le WS20130 V21, V23 modem
- Datatari interface 4 cable +
Viewterm software.
Tot al price: E149.95.
Wit h either combination you can
also log on to other databases
and bulletin boards all round the
world.
Company searches - Obtain facts
about any British limited
company in seconds, and fully
analysed financial information on
over 100,000 major companies.
More than
90 per cent
of subscribers
can connect to
the MicroLink
computer at
local call
le /1
Typesetting - Send copy from
your word processor together
with details of type size and style.
and you'll receive pages ready
for printing within 24 hours.
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News - Use the powerful search
commands to pinpoint vital
business information from the
world's leading news services,
newspapers and periodicals_
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Please send me full details about Microlink, and information
sheets about the following hardware and software options
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Radiopaging - If you also have a
pocket radiopager you'll be
alerted each time an urgent
message arrives in your mailbox.
So you're always in touch.
1 TO FIND OUT MORE
Fill in the coupon and
1 send it to the address
below. You will receive
lull details of services
and costs, together with
I an application form_
complete this and
within days you and
your Atari will be able
to use all the services of
MicroLink and Telecom
Gold.
Name
Address
Gateways - Get through to New
York in just five seconds - or key
into the EEC computer in
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600 databases throughout Europe.
Postcode
Send to: Micraink, Europa House, 68 Chester Road,
Haz el Grove, Stockport SK7 5NV.
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Atari gears up
for Xmas boo
PRIZE
CRASH
A NATIONWIDE electronic
mail competition offering a
magnum of champagne as
the star prize resulted in a
giant hangover when the
winner unwittingly caused
the software in the central
computer to crash.
When ex San Francisco
police officer Cameron (Cam)
Lacey posted the 10,000th
message on the MicroLink
bulletin board from his office
in Grimsby, all that should
have happened was that he
received a three litre bottle of
Moet & Chandon to mark the
milestone achievement,
Unfortunately what no one
realised at that time was that
the BBS system was only
designed to cope with a data
field of four characters— up to
and including 9,999.
So when just one additional
message was received, it was
as if a giant fuse had blown.
In fact, the only person left
with a grin on his face was
Cameron Lacey.
Mind you — according to
MicroL ink boss Derek Meakin
— it should have been a
sheepish one. For it seems
that Cam cheated a little bit.
"He'd obviously written a
program that started sending
identical messages just as the
number of messages on the
board was approaching the
10,000 mark".
All the messages said was:
"Is this the one?"
MASSIVE sales of video
games and consoles have
been predicted by Atari for
the Christmas market.
The prediction has been
made following a huge
increase in sales of video con-
soles and games in the
American market last year.
Figures just released show
that the company's turnover
was up by 39 per cent with
profits of $13.5 million on
sales of $70 million in just
three months. The American
success is expected to be mir-
rored here this Christmas
now that Atari's video games
machines are to be sold in all
the High Street multiples.
"For the past three years if
parents with children aged 10
and under wanted a video
games machine then they
had to buy an expensive com-
puter to do the job", said an
Atari spokesman.
"With the 2600 video con-
sole retailing at E49.99
parents have an inexpensive
way of buying a games
machine and getting their
children used to the idea of
using a computer".
The two other machines
which will also be on sale in
the multiples are the new
65XE computer games con-
sole for 09.99, and the XE
computer games system for
E119.99, made up of the con-
sole and a keyboard.
The list of games for the
consoles grows almost daily.
Atari's own label software
catalogue for the machines is
already speeding towards the
100 mark.
Database heads
Lighter
touches
for the States
HUMOUR has been injected
into the latest Magnetic
Scrolls adventure game
released for the Atari 8 bit by
Rain bird.
Jinxter is set in Aquatania —
a neighbouring country to the
setting of top-selling The
Pawn,
Rainbird (01-240 8838) say
that the light hearted game is
a quest for magic stolen by
witches and hidden down
seven mineshafts.
A NEW transatlantic deal will
see a British software house
reverse recent trends by
establishing a major presence
in the United States.
Database Software has
reached agreement on a joint
venture with ShareData, pio-
neers of budget packages in
the States and a public com-
pany valued at $28 million.
The end result is the form-
ation of Database Software
Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona.
The new corporation aims
to market the best British and
European titles through
ShareData's 22,000 outlets in
North America.
Database Software is part
of the Database Group, the
UK's leading publisher of
computer magazines includ-
ing Atari User.
As a software house, it first
sprang to prominence in
Britain in October, 1984, with
the release of Mini Office— an
Atari 8 bit favourite.
Database Software is today
recognised as one of the
fastest growing companies in
its field in the UK. The last 12
months have seen its
turnover increase more than
five times.
Similarly, ShareData in the
States has a track record
second to none.
It has become the paceset-
ter for the American industry,
recording sales of more than
500,000 units in the last three
months.
Michael Meakin, joint man-
aging director of Database,
flew to Arizona to complete
the British-American deal.
"We have spent a long time
looking for a suitable partner
in the States to make us a
truly international company",
he said, "and in ShareData
we believe we have found the
perfect answer.
"Now the search is on to
find the hottest software
properties in Europe and
Britain to sell in America.
"It is a huge market with an
insatiable thirst for good soft-
ware", said Michael Meakin.
"We intend to satisfy that
demand with the help of the
wealth of excellent software
authors over here".
October 1987 Atari L'Het 5
Playing to win
ATARI's $67 million
takeover of American
retail chain The Federated
Group is the start of a new
era, says chairman Jack
TramieL
"Atari is going to be an
international electronics
company", he said. "We
want to expand into basic
production and distrib-
ution and the vertical
market in computers".
Speaking of his admir-
ation for American WWII
hero General George
Patton, Tramiel said: "In
business, whatever we do
we go out there to win,
not play the sport.
"We have the best
product the best person-
nel and the best store
locations to make sure we
win".
As part of his expansion
plans, Tramiel is currently
negotiating with several
electronics companies
about moving into semi-
conductor manufactur-
ing.
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