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Z*NET: ATARI ONLINE MAGAZINE * Copyright (c)1993, Syndicate Publishing
Volume 8, Number 18 Issue #502 June 6, 1993 File:93-18
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###### THE EDITORS DESK
###### By Ron Kovacs
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
Attached to this edition are GIF captures of System Audio Manager, (SAM)
software. Please note however that these captures are of an older
version. Special thanks to Bob Brodie for supplying the material for
this capture. We expect to perform a review of the latest version as
soon as it becomes available.
###### Z*NET NEWSWIRE
###### Atari News / Industry Update
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ATARI LAUNCHES THE JAGUAR, A 64-BIT MULTI-MEDIA GAME SYSTEM
Atari has announced the launch of a revolutionary new multi-media
entertainment system, the Atari Jaguar. The launch will be supported by
aggressive advertising, promotion and marketing efforts to be centered
in the New York market in the fall, with a national roll-out of the
product within one year. The Atari Jaguar, housed in a futuristic
casing, is an interactive multi-media system based on an Atari-designed
proprietary 64-bit RISC processor. The 64-bit system is four times the
technology currently seen in the market today. The Atari Jaguar
features over 16 million colors in 24-bit true-color graphics and
produces shaded 3-D polygons to be manipulated in a "real" world in real
time. The Atari Jaguar also has real-time texture mapping and creates
spectacular video effects. The sound system is based on Atari's
proprietary, high-speed, Digital Signal Processor dedicated to audio.
The audio is 16-bit stereo CD quality and processes simultaneous sources
of audio data, allowing for very realistic sounds, as well as human
voices, which are essential for future multi-media applications. The
Atari Jaguar is truly expandable and will include a 32-bit expansion
port which allows for future connection into cable and telephone
networks, as well as a digital signal processing port for modem use and
connection to digital audio peripherals such as DAT players. The unit
will also have a compact disc peripheral, which will be double-speed and
will play regular CD audio, CD + G (Karaoke) and Kodak's new Photo-CD).
Currently, there are multiple software titles in development, which will
be available on MegaCart. Atari, known for such groundbreaking 3-D
titles as "Battlezone 2000" and "Tempest 2000," will issue spectacular
new versions for the Atari Jaguar. New 3-D game titles will include
"Cybermorph," "Alien vs. Predator," "Jaguar Formula One Racing" and many
more. Atari will license third-party publishers to join the Jaguar
family. "The Atari Jaguar system will revolutionize the state of home
entertainment as we see it today," said Sam Tramiel, president of Atari.
"The idea of a 64-bit system is earth shattering and kids and adults
will be amazed at both the imagery and manipulative capabilities. And
we are proud that our entry into the multi-media entertainment category
will be fully made in America." The Atari Jaguar will retail for
approximately $200 and will be available nationwide next year. The
Atari Jaguar packaged unit will include one software experience and a
Power Pad Controller with a ten-key pad and other special features.
IBM INTRODUCES PS/1
The IBM Personal Computer Company and Walt Disney Computer Software
introduced two new models of IBM PS/1 computers preloaded with Disney
software. Each of these new PS/1 computers will contain, in addition to
the preloaded software that comes with the standard PS/1, 11 Disney
software titles, fully integrated into a IBM PS/1 486 25 MHz computer.
As with all IBM PS/1s, each system will come complete with everything
the user needs, including a monitor, mouse and modem. These products
will be available beginning mid-July at approximately 6,000 retail
locations, including department stores, general merchandise stores and
membership clubs throughout the U.S. The estimated price in the U.S. is
expected to be approximately $1699.
MICROSOFT GRANTED MOTION TO DISMISS
Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court of Northern California
ruled Tuesday in Microsoft Corporation's favor in the Apple vs.
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard copyright suit, ending 63 months of
litigation of copyright infringement issues in the trial court. In
March of 1988, Apple filed suit against Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard,
alleging that Microsoft Windows version 2.03 and HP NewWave infringed
copyrights in seven Apple software programs. Apple added Microsoft
Windows 3.0 to the case in 1991. Over the past five years, the court
eliminated from consideration more than 200 allegedly infringed visual
displays. In its May 18 order, the court determined that the only
copyright infringement question remaining as to Microsoft was whether a
reasonable jury could compare Windows 2.03 and 3.0, each as a whole,
with the Apple Lisa Desktop and find either Windows product to be
virtually identical to the Apple work.
###### DATELINE ATARI! WITH BOB BRODIE
###### Captured and Edited by Ron Kovacs
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Edited Roundtable Conference held on June 4, 1993 on GEnie in the Atari
ST Roundtable.
<ST.LOU> Welcome everyone!
What a crowd! There are many newcomers tonight. If you have not done
so please use the /nam command so I can address you informally and save
typing a few extra letters :-)
Welcome to the June installement of Dateline Atari! with Bob Brodie,
Director of Communications for Atari Corp. We are indeed privileged and
appreciative to have Bob participate in this exclusive monthly
conference with Atari users here on GEnie. As June flowers begin to
blossom, Atari users are posting news of Falcon purchases. In the
Bulletin Board there are daily messages from ecstatic new owners. New
Falcon topics are opening as software notes are shared and compared.
There is a very definite upbeat mood in the Atari ST RoundTable now that
the Falcons have arrived in large numbers.
If that were not enough, we have heard that the 65 meg hard drives have
been upgraded to 80 meg units at NO EXTRA COST! I guess that is the
reward for being patient :-) Tonight, Bob has returned to bring us the
latest news on Falcon availability. He will also give GEnie users the
first official announcements about Atari's newest product. Bob.... the
curtain is rising.
<BOB-BRODIE> Welcome to the June '93 edition of Dateline Atari! Settle
back into your chair for a few minutes. Make sure you have your capture
buffer turned on, or be sure to go to the library tomorrow morning to
d/l the transcript from tonight's session; I've got lots of info to
share with you tonight!
First, I'm pleased to announce that shipments of Falcon030s are
continuing with units for dealers to sell at this point. We presently
have over 140 (yes, that is One Hundred Forty) dealers on board, in over
40 states. This is much better than where we were a year ago. We're
very pleased that our decision to go with the new dealer agreement has
brought us leverage to bring on new dealers! In fact, earlier today I
got a call from one of our "holdout", older dealers that hadn't signed
the agreement yet. He's having a change of heart, and I'm looking
forward to him carrying Falcon030s. This is a very good sign!!!
Also, we're pleased that we've brought on board another of our longtime
partners, Pacific Software Supply, to be a distributor for the Atari
Falcon030. We will be working very closely with them to ensure that the
dealers that they sign up meet all of the criteria that we have
established for Atari dealers. All of the dealers that Pacific Software
brings on board will be signing the same dealer agreements as the
dealers that we deal directly with.
Of course, this means that Pacific is now also carrying a host of
accessories for the Atari Falcon030 as well, like the sometimes elusive
SCSI-II cables, a host of Falcon software, VGA monitors, and lots of
other goodies for our dealers. In short, the dealers are getting
another terrific resource to work with!!
Some of you may recall that I indicated in the last Dateline:Atari! we
were still a ways off from being able to ship to SpeedoGDOS and MultiTOS
to existing Atari owners. Both of these products are shipping with
Falcon030s. Today we received the diskettes back from the duplicators,
and the manuals arrived a couple of days ago, so we're actually ahead of
schedule at this point! We have begun assembling the packages so our
customers will be able to purchase MultiTOS and SpeedoGDOS along with 14
BitStream fonts within a couple of weeks!!!
The manuals for Atari Works have still not arrived, which means that we
are still ON SCHEDULE <grin> for that product. Works should be in stock
in approximately fourteen more days.
The retail price for the products to current users has been slightly
adjusted, and is now as follows:
SpeedoGDOS - $64.95
MultiTOS- $59.95
Atari Works- $118.95
We have also done an incremental upgrade to the Atari Falcon030 in our
on-going efforts to provide our users with the best units we possibly
can. We have upgraded the Atari Falcon030 from a 65 meg internal hard
disk drive to an 80 megabyte hard disk drive. We were able to secure
the new mechanisms at the very same price as the 65s, so there will be
no increase in price to our customers!
Currently, Atari Falcon030s are shipping with the following programs on
the drives: MultiTOS, SpeedoGDOS, Landmines, Breakout, CalAppt, ProCalc,
Talking Clock.
They are also *supposed* to have on them Atari Works, System Audio
Manager, Audio Fun Machine, and FalconD2D. A small number of machines
got out the door without these programs installed on the drives. We
will be shipping a mail-in card to the dealers that got these machines
a card for their customers to mail into Atari so you will receive these
products via mail. We apologize for the mistake.
We are now in anticipation of another shipment of Falcons in about two
weeks. Included in this shipment is going to be a number of units that
will not have hard drives built in, specifically the Falcon030 with one
meg of ram and no hard disk, and with four megs of ram and no hard disk.
These units WILL NOT come with SpeedoGDOS, Atari Works, or FalconD2D.
They will have everything else, including the hard disk utilities in
case you have your own SCSI hard disk. We will be selling at a later
date a hard drive upgrade kit, which will ship with Atari Works,
SpeedoGDOS, FalconD2D, MultiTOS, etc. on the hard drive.
Regarding applications for the Atari Falcon030, Bill Rehbock has passed
on to me some information concerning products and availability. Please
understand that I am not professing literacy in all (or for that matter,
any) of these products. I am simply passing on some interesting
information to our users. I hope that this will prove encouraging, and
help demonstrate that the interest for Atari Computers is continuing to
grow. In several cases, these applications will not only run on the
Falcon030, but other Atari computers as well. Where I have commented
about who will be carrying the product in North America, this is based
on the best information I have at this time, and is subject to change.
Notator Logic, a music applications, by E-Magic Cubase Audio, a music
application, by Steinberg Inshape, a rendering application by Roald
Christesen, carried by Oregon Research TruePicture, a retouching
application, by HiSoft, carried by Oregon Research Harlekin3, a utility,
by HiSoft, carried by Oregon Research OverGenlock, video software by
Overscan, carried by COMPO Screenblaster, graphic expansion by Overscan,
carried by COMPO Overlay, a video application by Overscan, carried by
COMPO DA's Vector, a graphics application by Digital Arts, carried by
Pacific Software Convector 2, a auto vectorization application from
SHIFT, carried by Gribnif Zoom, a icon editor from SHIFT, carried by
Gribnif MusiCOM, a music application from COMPO MusiCOM 2, a music
application from COMPO Digitape, a music application from Trade iT,
carried by Codehead Falcon Speed, a PC board, from COMPO TruePaint, a
graphics application from HiSoft, carried by Oregon Research Pure C, a
programming language from Pure GmbH, carried by Gribnif Pure Pascal, a
programming language from Pure GmbH, carried by Gribnif Studio Photo, a
retouching application from Eurosoft, carried by COMPO Chagall, a
graphics application from Trade iT, carried by Codehead GT-Look II,
scanner software, carried by Pacific Software Interface, a programming
tool, from SHIFT GmbH, carried by Gribnif.
As you can see, there really is a lot going on!!!
In addition to all of that, we've been busy on the game side of things
as well! We're ready to release three more titles for the Lynx: Gordo
106, Lemmings, and Jimmy Connors Tennis. I've seen eproms of these
titles, and expect to have news on production in the near future.
Also on the game side of things, as CES is going on in Chicago even as
we speak, we've announced the Jaguar, our oft discussed new game
machine. For those of you who haven't had a chance to hear about the
Jaguar, here is our press release:
(The Press Release is Available in The Z*Net Newswire)
We did not show the Jaguar on the floor of CES. We have a videotape
demonstrating the units capabilities that we are showing to developers
and key retailers. We have been shipping Jaguar developer units for
awhile now, and are very excited at the reception of our new unit.
Rather than invest in an incredibly expensive rollout at CES, we've
opted for a "special event" kind of rollout. We will conduct our event
at a date to be announced in the fall.
We are extremely excited about this project!!!! It has been much
awaited by all of us in Sunnyvale, and we forsee it as a product that
will recapture the attention of consumers throughout the world!! I've
been pleased that already, in less than 24 hours after the press release
has hit, a number of publications (even the foreign ones!) are calling
in, and looking for as much information as possible. For the most part,
we're sticking with the press release at this time. We will release
specification sheets at a later time.
One thing that I know the Tramiels are particulary excited about with
this product, is that it will be an American product, manufactured in
America! I hope that all of you share our enthusiasm for that!!!
With that, I'm ready to filed any questions that our members might have
tonight, Lou. Let's talk Atari!!!
<ARCHIVIST> Hi again Bob, thanks for being here. A little question
about the pricing of the new programs from Atari: You quoted Atari Works
as having a price of $118.95, does this include SpeedoGDOS as was
suggested earlier? Or is Speedo extra at at the price of $64.95?
<BOB-BRODIE> Speedo is included with Works for the users that purchase
it....as a separate product, Charlie. They will also get the fonts.
<B.WELSCH> Will the manuals ship with the computers? And can we get a
copy of the Jaguar Video to show at the show? And where can we get the
Kodak CD drivers?
<BOB-BRODIE> Bruce, as I indicated in my opening remarks, there were a
few units that went out the door without the products, and the manual.
The manuals for System Audio Manager, Works, Audio Fun Machine,
FalconD2D are coming. We will be providing those via mail for the
customers that already have them. Re the video, no...I'm sorry. That
is not available at this time.
Re the Kodak Photo CD stuff, please send email to B.REHBOCK, he will be
happy to fill you in on the drivers.
<Y.SIU> What will be the RRP for the Jaguar?...oh, sorry brad ;-) no
hard feelings? ;-) And what price should the games be retailing at for
the Jaguar?
<BOB-BRODIE> Under $200. And no pricing on the games at this point in
time.
<Y.SIU> And more importantly, Atari appears to have lost many of it's
professional base in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. What will Atari
do to regain those losses?
<BOB-BRODIE> Yat, the professional users that you are referring to are
by and large DTP people. We expect to be able to reclaim those people
as more of the apps start to take advantage of the things in the
Falcon030 like the DSP chip. On the other hand, your question seems to
imply that we have lost ALL of the professionals, which is simply not
true. We are GROWING a new, higher level, professional audio/sound/
music class of users that recognize the Falcon030 as a world class sound
system!!! These users will continue to give credibility to the Atari
line of computers.
<B.SUSLOVIC> Bob, just wanted to say that I had no idea of the broad
nature of the Jaguar. WOW how does one develop software for the Jaguar?
What immense potential!!! go team P.S. Thanks Lou
<BOB-BRODIE> Brad, our developer support group here in Sunnyvale for the
Jaguar is headed up by John Skrutch. Please feel free to write him, or
contact him via Bill Rehbock here on GEnie and tell them that you are
interested in becoming a registered developer for the Jaguar, and we'll
be happy to pass along the necessary info to you. We appreciate your
interest in developing for the Jaguar.
<D.MUNSIE> First..Does Atari plan on having any regional reps to handle
dealer sales regarding the Falcon?
<BOB-BRODIE> Yes, Dave, we have a team of over 16 regional reps in place
now.
<D.MUNSIE> ok, there are two two dealers in the Dallas/FT worth area
with over 2000 users in this area, we are waiting for the Falcon to show
up, any word on Megabyte and Computer Discoveries?
<BOB-BRODIE> David, I really don't care to discuss each dealers status
in public, as I think that it is unprofessional as a rule...but I will
in this case say that we just got the app from Megabytes a couple of
days ago, and we're still waiting for the rest of the package to come
back from Computer Discoveries. So, with that in mind, I'd also like to
point out there are two dealers already selling the Falcon in the Dallas
Metroplex area, they are both Guitar Center locations. One is in
Arlington, and one is in Dallas proper. Would you like the address and
phone numbers so you can contact them to purchase one?
<D.MUNSIE> Maybe you could post it so I can pass it on to the others
here?
<J.FRENCH2> Is the Falcon a transitional machine?? Jaguar seems to have
more advanced technology that would fit nicely in a full blown computer.
<BOB-BRODIE> No, the Falcon is not a transitional machine. They are
100% different animals. The Jaguar doesn't have many of the Falcon
hardware "computer things", like SCSI, floppies and the other drawbacks
and flaws! a monitor port, etc. The Jaguar will have many other
features that are more focused toward entertainment and multimedia. But
the Falcon is a versatile computer.
<J.FRENCH2> Can you tell us about the video hardware by Compo?
<BOB-BRODIE> The hardware is really by Overscan, not Compo. Compo is
going to be carrying it here in the US for Overscan. It will allow
greater screen rez, like 800x600x256. It's shipping now in Germany to
good reviews. I don't have pricing at this time, and suggest that you
email COMPO, or bring it up in one of their topics here in the ST RT.
<J.WHITE99> Naturally most of my questions center on availability. Will
the forthcoming shipment of F030s be of a size similar to the last?
When is peak production anticipated? Did you mention D2D Systems in
your application-compatible list? It is naturally reassuring that there
is going to be some sort of effort by corporate to promote some of their
products. Seeing that the Jaguar is only a consumer product and the
Falcon really has a lot of direction to that market as well, what's the
possibility of directing some of those efforts towards the birds as well
as the cats.
<BOB-BRODIE> Jeff, we never comment publically on the size of the
shipments. If you look at the marketplace as a whole right now,
(computer hardware that is) there are a number of well known
manufacturers that are being very cautious about their productions
capacities. Certainly, that is in repsonse to the still poor economy,
where growth in the retail end is still quite small overall. We have
seen at Atari, a number of our "traditional" marketing partners
disappear over the last few years, like the Highland Stores in the
midwest, which were once gigantic, and are now closed. So we will
earmark production as the economy continues to slowly rebound.
Re the sharing of the technology...I think that there is no question
that there are things that can be used in future products (note the DSP
stuff in the Jag) and we will apply those across all of our products.
But the Falcon is a much different product than the Jaguar, make no
mistake about it. I hope I answered all of your question, Jeff.
<E.NIKOLAISE2> Bob I was just wondering if you have contacted Sculptured
Software about becoming a Jaguar Developer. Also, can you tell us what
video output the Jag. will have? SVHS
<BOB-BRODIE> Erik, we'll release the spec sheet at a later time, not
tonight. And I'm not at liberty to say who are developers for the
Jaguar are at this point in time, sorry.
<K.BURKENHEIM> I have one of the new Falcons with the 80 meg hd. I
also am waiting for the software. I LOVE the machine and am typing to
you on it in High REz and In color.
<BOB-BRODIE> Ken, that's great to hear, I'm glad you're so pleased with
your Atari Falcon030!!! We will do our best to get you the software as
quickly as we possibly can. We got another rev of SAM today and I'm
told that it is solid, as well as D2D. So, it should be just a question
of getting the manuals done now that the software is *FINALLY* solid.
<B.GOCKLEY> Hi Bob, Two Questions: Glad to hear you're on schedule with
Falcon shipments. Will there be any for sale at the CT show next week?
We have three dealers attending who have signed their ADAs, but don't
_yet_ have any product to sell. We're looking forward to our best show
ever, June 12-13 in Hartford, sorry you can't join us this year.
<BOB-BRODIE> Yes, the dealers that we have authorized to sell Falcons at
the CT Atarifest are The Computer Zone of North Attleboro, Mass and East
Hartford Computer Repair. Both of them should have Falcons at the show.
<C.CASSADAY> Bob, how does one go about getting apps like Talking Clock,
ProCalc, CalAppt, Landmine, and Breakout? I'm not going to purchase a
Falcon030, but I will purchase MTOS as soon as it becomes available.
Are some of these programs included with MTOS?
<BOB-BRODIE> Chris, no those programs are not included with MultiTOS.
MultiTOS and SpeedoGDOS both come with a text file telling every user
how to sign up for GEnie, that I personally wrote! :) Re the other
programs, I don't know what to tell you right now.
CalAppt is a comprehensive program, and requires (at least I required) a
manual in order to use it. The games....I don't know what to tell you
yet about that. I'll see what can be done. They are written to take
express advantage of the Falcon, but will work on other machines as
well. My wife is cutting into my computer time at home on the TT so she
can play breakout. :)
<B.STEVAN> Bob, From a dealers perspective will we get some sort of an
upgrade from the 65MB HD to the 80MB as well as the other programs that
were not shipped with the dealers units. Also with regard to service
parts we have been unable to get just about anything since Atari Canada
closed up...what is the situation with that. Also is Canada going to be
getting any of those reps you were mentioning?
<BOB-BRODIE> Stevan, No...there will be no upgrade from the 65 meg
units. It was intended to be an incremental upgrade. Frankly, we were
very surprised that it happened this fast, we thought that it would be
longer before we got the newer drives. Sorry. Re the programs, I
indicated in my opening remarks that there were a limited number of
machines that went out the door without the programs that were supposed
to be installed on them, and we apologize for the mistake. We will be
sending the affected dealer (s) post cards for them to provide to their
customers so that the can get the programs mailed to them once the
manuals are ready.
Re the Canadians, we have signed on a rep for the music side, and I'm
attempting to bring on one for the Computer side as well. We'll see how
it goes. I know that parts are a problem right now and we're trying to
correct it. Right now, fax Shirley Taylor with your orders at 408-745-
2088 and she will do the best that she can to help you with your parts
needs. Also, don't forget that there are other suppliers than Atari,
like BEST Electronics in San Jose, that stock just about anything and
everything for Atari products.
<Y.SIU> Concerning the Central European market...there was much
criticism about the fact that thre was no Falcon coming in a TT-like
design, with a VME bus and/or '040? How are the plans for such a future
computer...and If not an 040...what about the 16Mhz....MTOS is still too
slow in my opinion to run on a Falcon030....
<BOB-BRODIE> Yat, I remind you of what I told you last month. I do not
work for Atari Corporate, or the Europeans. I work for Atari US which
also has Canadian responsibilities. Not Europe. I really am not in a
position to comment on what the plans are Sorry...my question was not
meant to focus on Europe, but on the future of maybe some probable
Falcons..i.e. Atari Products... for specifically for our European
markets. I suggest that you take those issues up with Bob Gleadow, the
GM of Atari UK. I will be happy...IN EMAIL, to provide you his contact
info.
<P.FORISTER> Bob, when using a Falcon030 without MTOS loaded will I
still get the 3D gadgets?
<BOB-BRODIE> No, Pat. The 3D gadgets are a result of loading a new
version of the AES specifically designed for MultiTOS.
<R.ANISKO> Bob, - are there any plans to release any special filesystems
for MultiTOS in the near future? I've heard good things about the Minix
filesystem, for instance (in terms of speed, and breaking the 8.3
filename limit), and would be interested in seeing MultiTOS take
advantage of such things. It would be nice to simply add a filesystem,
and then pop in *any* disk format (like an Am*ga or M*cintosh formatted
disk) and go from there.
<BOB-BRODIE> Yes, Rob...I have spoken with Eric Smith, and there is some
new things in the works for the file system, espcecially the extensions
to the MINT file system.
<R.ANISKO> One other question - what would be your thoughts on maybe
bundling some shareware titles on the Falcon's harddisk (like Gemview,
ConNect, etc) that should already be suited to take advantage of the
Falcons' capabilities? I'm not sure of the legal stuff, but it would be
nice for those folks without modems to get a look at some of these
programs (actually, bundling a modem wouldn't be a bad idea either |-)
<BOB-BRODIE> I doubt if we'll bundle modems, Rob....not until we have
our own DSP modem available. Most of the time, I think including
shareware diskettes are a good tool for a dealer to use to make the
customer feel that he is getting a enhanced value for his purchase. I
got a ton of free software back when I bought my original 1040, and
really felt good about my purchase.
<SAM-RAPP> Hey Bob! What were the factors that lead to the decision to
market the Jaguar in the New York Area as opposed to a nationwide roll
out? Also, please elaborate on the Lynx situation. What happened to
the new games? (2 a month!) -more- What about the RPG's in specific?
I can buy ST stuff easier than Lynx around here!
<BOB-BRODIE> One of the major factors in the roll out in NY is that it
is a densely populated area, with terrific media exposure that makes it
easy to both sell and promote a product greatly, rather than doing a big
rollout all over the US.
Re the two games a month, right now it's been more like two games a
quarter. I suspect that part of the reason for that is the emphasis has
been to get the Jaguar ready, and we've made some sacrifices in order to
ensure that that happened.
<SAM-RAPP> One more question... any pricing/availability on the 16(14)
meg boards for Falcon?
<BOB-BRODIE> I should know that, but I don't. I know that we have a
limited amount of them in stock right now, but I'm also told that Zubair
is producing a 14 meg board, too. So you might want to check with them,
and see what they're doing.
<CAN-ASST> Hi Bob! Part of one of my questions was already answered, but
I called Atari a week or so ago to find out about Canadian dealers for
pricing info and was told that there were only 2 authorized Falcon
dealers in Canada...
<BOB-BRODIE> Whoever told you that was mistaken.
<CAN-ASST> I called the one in Toronto and they weren't sure of the
pricing.
<BOB-BRODIE> The pricing is posted in the BB here in the ST RT.
<[Lou] ST.LOU> Connor, I believe Bob is saying that only US pricing is
posted because of the fluctuating exchange rate. :-)
<BOB-BRODIE> Actually, I can post it again right now if you would like.
OK, Connor. The prices for the Atari Falcon030 follow. These are in US
dollars, due to the fluctuations in the exchange rate that are presently
happening. All prices are MSRP, GST and Duty are additional
Falcon030 1/0 814.98
Falcon030 4/0 1018.98
Falcon030/4/65 1324.98
Falcon030/14/80 1936.98
The price on the 4/65 is really for a 4/80, sorry. Old habits.
<J.WHITE99> Trying not to incur wrath and still be pointed is difficult.
Marketing... Any retailer of any product will tell you it is easier for
them to support a product people are asking for. Why not advertise
F030s as aggressively as Jaguars? You had mentioned the 'futuristic'
aggressive advertising for the Jaguar.
<BOB-BRODIE> Tell me about the Jaguar commercials you've seen, Jeff? :)
Well, Jeff. It's like this...we recognize that we need to do more
things to market the product. The problem is to do it a cost effective
way that is going to make sense, and not burn up hundreds of thousands
of dollars in the process. In looking at the most recent issue of
Computer Reseller News, I see that for the top ten computer mfgs of
desktop computer systems last year, there are only TWO that I recognize
as doing any TV advertising for at all. In fact, a couple of them are
people that I don't remember ever seeing any advertisement for at all,
anywhere!!!
So, on the one hand, building a demand for the product is a big item,
but clearly, there are a number of different ways to go about it.
Dealers always want to see you spending big, so they don't have to
spend. On the other hand, being from the Bay Area, you've seen how
effective a good partner in promotion can be used like, Fry's
Electronics. Virtually NO TV, but major print and Radio ads. And their
stores are full...I know, I shop there, too. So, we'll be looking for
the Falcon at doing some cost effective things in conjuction with
quality partners, both retail and developers. We want to resume doing
things like the campaign we did with FOSTEX, Dr. T's, Steinberg, and
C-Lab once before.
<ST.LOU> I want to thank Bob for bringing so much information to us
tonight in the longest Dateline Atari! session so far. Given the
numbers who attended, I am sure you realize how important these sessions
are to Atari users.
###### 20 QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY ATARI FOR CIS MEMBERS
###### Captured from The AtariArts Forum
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ron,
We've taken a sort of panel discussion kind of approach to the questions
here. James and I have answered the bulk of the questions, and tried to
drag Bill in as much as possible. Due to the demands on our time here,
we're much later than we would like to be with this file. My apologies
to your members for the delay.
[From a US user]:
What features do you think the Falcon030 has that would convince a FIRST
TIME computer buyer to purchase this PC?
From James Grunke:
Clearly, the features that are going to sell units are the DSP, SDMA
sound engine, the BLiTTER and graphics capabilities, MultiTOS, and MIDI
ports. As well, it will be key for us to showcase third party products
that demonstrate elegant applications for this aggressive new hardware.
Simply, what will convince the first time buyer to purchase this PC is
the ability to do high end applications for a lot less money than what
might be available on other platforms.
From Bob Brodie:
We've included Atari Works as part of the Falcon hard disk bundle so
that customers will have quality productivity software right out of the
box. Other software included with the Falcon030 provides a good
sampling of games, sound applications, and a high quality font
technology in SpeedoGDOS.
It really depends on what the consumer is looking for to be really
honest with you. Personally, I think one of the things that has helped
sell DOS machines are some of the applications on them. We feel that
the Falcon030 represents tremendous capabilities of a musician! To the
point that it really is a professional level work station for music.
For customers that are getting a computer for music, the Falcon030 is
the clear choice. After that, it gets much tougher. We have a bunch of
true color paint programs coming on board, and the voice mail
application from DOA that is very interesting. Also, there are about a
large number of entertainment titles under development. The Falcon will
be a terrific game machine, too!
Perhaps one of our best assets is the way in which you can run so many
O/S's from the Atari. Certainly, we're going to need other applications
from our developers to address other areas of software where we are
weak.
Personally, I think the thing that will continue to attract users is the
simplicity and ease of use of an Atari Computer.
[Another user asks]:
Three and one half years ago I purchased an Atari STFM because I was
excited about joining the world of midi and I felt that Notator and
Atari provided the best platform. As the hardware and software world
expanded I went for all the Notator upgrades and one year ago bought a
MegaSTE 4/50 for more RAM and speed. I like my machine very much but am
very disappointed that it became a fossil in 5 months with no support
from Atari. What can you tell me and others that will make us feel that
this is not likely to happen to us if we purchase a Falcon for our Music
and Midi computer now that there are other "030',"040", and "486"
machines with good music and Midi support?
From Bob Brodie:
I'm not really sure what you mean by "fossil", other than the fact that
it is no longer being manufactured. Have you had specific support
problems with the Mega STE? It's really been one of our most reliable
machines, and we have a qualified staff of technicians here in Sunnyvale
that can fix just about any problem that you might have with the Mega
STE (or any other Atari CPU for that matter).
On the software side, we're supporting the Mega STE in many of the new
software products that are coming out. MultiTOS runs on a Mega STE,
SpeedoGDOS works on a Mega STE, and so does Atari Works. That hardly
qualifies as "no support from Atari"!
On the hardware side, we built the Mega STE to accept industry standard
3-1/2" SCSI hard disk drives specifically so you would have an easier
time getting the HD you want. You should be able to upgrade to even a
1.2 Gigabyte drive in your Mega STE. It also comes with a VME port, so
you can install one of the graphics cards to upgrade your video as well.
Again, the support for the machine is there on the hardware side as
well.
Like all computer companies, we are constantly working on new
technologies that will improve on todays products. However, as long as
the Mega STE that you bought continues to serve your needs, what is the
problem? With the Atari Falcon030, we've introduced a new family of
computers with an additional set of apabilities. It is a fact of our
industry that what you buy today will be replaced by another machine.
Check out how quickly Apple is bringing new machines to the market;
virtually every six months!
From James Grunke:
Notator running on a Mega STE is still one of the most powerful music
combinations in the world!! A lot of records are being made with this
duo. As well as products from Steinberg, Barefoot, Dr. T's, and many
others.
If that's a fossil, how come it still eats 486s for lunch? At home, I
still use Notator on a Mega ST (with TOS 1.2), and even that will smoke
a 486! :)
With the Falcon's new hardware, and our track record in music, I'm quite
confident that the Falcon will remain a viable tool in your arsenal for
many years to come.
[Another US member asks]:
Will ATARI still offer support for it's existing lines (ST , MEGA, TT..)
or will all their effort be put behind the FALCON?
From Bob Brodie:
In terms of service, we will support all of the existing lines. However,
I don't think you will see us bring out new products *specifically* for
the older machines.
We did created TOS 2.06 expressly so one of our strategic partners
(Artifex) could produce an adapter board to allow owners of the ST
series of computers to upgrade to the new desktop. In TOS 2.05, the
system would crash if it found non-STE hardware. That was changed in
TOS 2.06 (as well as some bug fixes) specifically so users of older
machines could enjoy the benefits of the new TOS.
I also indicated that our new software products, Atari Works, Speedo
GDOS, and MultiTOS will also work on older machines as well. You may
want to consider upgrading an 8Mhz machine with an accelerator board,
though.
For several years now, we have said that the minimum hardware standard
for computer users was an STE. There will be some features on some
products that will simply not work on an ST family computer because the
hardware isn't up to the task (like not enough colors, no DMA sound).
We will provide service for all of our products as long as practical.
However, there are of course, limitations to that.
We still get phone calls asking for repairs for the Atari 5200 (a
product that stopped manufacturing over 8 years ago!) We do sell joy
sticks for it, btw. Nothing will last forever, but we will support the
machines as long as it is practical.
[Multiple members ask]:
Will the programs that run on the ST line run on the FALCON? (What
level of backwards compatibility can we realistically expect? How does
it compare to the TT compatibility-wise?)
From Bob Brodie:
The Falcon030 is much more STE compatible that the TT030 is. We really
feel that the STE is the correct compatibility barometer, not the ST.
Again, this relates to the hardware capabilities of the machines.
We expect Pacific Software Supply to release a study that they have done
on software compatibility should provide a more concrete answer to your
question. They are the leading suppliers of Atari software in North
America, so they have lots of products to test!
As a rule, applications usually work fine. Games tend to have the
greatest area of drop-off in compatibility. We found a few things that
didn't work, but were mostly older products that hadn't been updated in
a long time, like Microsoft Write. Some utilities will also fail on the
Falcon, too.
[From the UK]:
The decision to include MultiTOS on disk and not to commit to ROM might
suggest a lack of confidence in that product on Atari's part. Can we
expect to see MultiTOS in ROM in the future (maybe switchable with an
older TOS) or is multitasking seen as secondary to the future of Atari
computers?
From Bob Brodie:
We do not have a lack of confidence in MultiTOS, and regret that you see
our decision as such.
Many other OS's are disk based. We felt that having MultiTOS on disk
allowed easier updates. We have TOS 4 in ROM for users that choose not
to use MultiTOS. It's not the same as a PC or a Mac where you can't do
anything without loading the OS from disk.
I don't see this as making multitasking "secondary" at all. Rather I
see it as another manifestation of our view that the Falcon030 is
primarily a home computer. We've indicated that there will be other
products in the future that will aimed for the higher end.
Multitasking will be an important tool for those machines, as well as
any accelerator boards for the Atari Falcon030.
[From the sysop staff]:
Specifically, what software can the purchaser of a new Falcon030 expect
to get with his purchase? And if any of the items are not included with
his purchase, when/how can he expect to receive them?
From Bob Brodie:
Specifically, users in North America get MultiTOS, SpeedoGDOS,
FalconD2D, Audio Fun Machine, BreakOut, Landmines, CalAppt, Talking
Clock, ProCalc, System Audio Manager (S.A.M.) and Atari Works.
Falcon D2D is not shipping with the units at this point in time, and
neither is S.A.M. (System Audio Manager). Bugs in both products are
preventing our shipping them. These are not Atari in-house products,
they are contracted from outside developers, so we're not in total
control of this situation (i.e. Don't come out of your office unless
it's fixed!). We do expect the developers to rectify the problems to
fulfill their contracts.
Customers will be find cards in their Falcons so they can mail in to
have these programs sent to them as soon as they are completed.
What recording software is being bundled with the first shipments of
Falcons? What exactly can be done (with HD recording) right off the
shelf?
From James Grunke:
Off the shelf, FalconD2D will provide stereo record and playback, with
limited editing, such as cut and paste. It does a great job of giving
the consumer the ability to do intro level digital audio applications.
For more advanced users, they should look to products from Steinberg,
D2D, Digitape by Trade It, Yamaha, and others.
You can expect Falcon integrated MIDI/Digital Audio products to be some
of the most aggressive on the planet in terms of features per dollar.
From Bob Brodie:
FalconD2D *should be* shipping, but is not. As quickly as it is
available, we will provide it to the owners of Atari Falcon030s. We've
always had the point of view that FalconD2D was an introductory
recording package to give a glimpse of what was possible with Digital
Audio with the Falcon030. So while we're upset that FalconD2D isn't
shipping, neither is it the end of the world for higher end users.
On the HD recording front, there are other applications, like MusiCOM
from COMPO Software that are excellent products. When BYTE Magazine
wrote about the Falcon030, MusiCOM was the product they used for their
testing. At less than $75, it's a real bargain. Since it has
additional capabilities not found in FalconD2D, MusiCOM is a reasonable
purchase for many musicians anyway.
What does the hardware audio interface currently consist of? Was the
bass boost scrapped?
From James Grunke:
The hardware interface on the Falcon uses mike and headphone mini-jacks,
exactly the same as walkman-like products. The 16 bit stereo CODEC is
good quality Crystal product. Yes, I'm pleased to say that the bass
boost has been scrapped.
As of last testing, current specs are:
Signal to noise ratio 84dB
Frequency response 20-20K
Crosstalk -60dB
Most outboard MIDI interfaces have multiple INs and OUTs for increased
numbers of MIDI channels. Are there plans to include multiple MIDI
jacks on the Falcon (or future versions of the Falcon)?
From James Grunke:
The plans are to use third party outboard MIDI interfaces with multiple
INs and OUTs. Check with Steinberg and E-magic regarding their plans
for products in this area.
There are no plans to include additional MIDI ports. On an interesting
side note, we did, however, rewire our MIDI ports back to spec! No more
bastardized MIDI ports!
Will there be a cartridge port on every Falcon (and future models)?
From Bob Brodie:
There is a cartridge port on every Atari Falcon030 made, and has been
since the product was first shown.
We have no comment on any specifications of future computer models at
this time. I know that isn't what you want to hear...sorry.
It was recently announced that Atari Corp. licensed compression software
from Cinepak. Is this for the Falcon line or the Jaguar?
From Bob Brodie:
Actually, the name of the product that we licensed was Cinepak. It is
from SuperMac.
We will use that technology on both the Falcon030 and the Jaguar.
The Falcon is supposed to have the same extra joysticks ports that the
STe has. My question is, are there any plans to use these ports?
(don't tell me about third party companies) I'd really like to be able
to use IBM joystick/accessories.
From Bob Brodie:
The Falcon *does* have the same analog joystick ports that the STE has.
Yes, there are plans to use these. They are not the same pin outs as on
IBM joysticks/accessories, though. We have 15 pins, they have 9. We
showed, as early as COMDEX, a special controller pad that we are
manufacturing for the Falcon030. It will be used by a number of games
coming out, like LlamaZap.
The controller has a joypad similar to the Lynx's on it, pause and
option buttons, three fire buttons labelled A-B-C, and a keypad with
numbers 1-9 , plus * and # It's designed to be a two handed controller.
Every game developer that is working on the Falcon has one of these
controllers, and will use it for their games.
Re your comment about "don't tell me about third party companies", OK...
but keep in mind that we're primarily a hardware company, not a software
company. We try not to compete with our developers. It's their job to
come out with products that make use of the hardware.
[A US developer/vendor asks]:
Without any significant changes to the Atari corporate structure in the
last seven years, why should Atari owners believe that Atari will change
from its previous pattern of little (or no) marketing, late delivery,
and short shelf life products?
From James Grunke:
There have been significant changes in the corporate structure of Atari
over the last seven years; engineering, management, distribution,
manufacturing, and sales. This industry is incredibly dynamic.
We don't need to repeat the stories of the US market. However, we
remind you that in Europe, we have always maintained a strong market
position. Sam has always made quite clear that when we have leapfrog
technology in good supply then and only then does it make sense to
invest in marketing programs such as advertising and PR.
As a developer, you should be aware that we have made a bold move with
our dealer agreement to expand and strengthen our North American dealer
base. This approach is similar to successful companies such as Pioneer,
Yamaha, and divisions of Sony. What this means to the end users in the
long run is more healthy, quality dealers in their area for them to
choose from.
Late delivery? Call Microsoft! This ain't the pizza bidness!!! <grin>
Short life products? Why are dealers still screaming for 1040STEs that
are four year old technology?
Seriously, we are as frustrated as anyone by the product delays.
PRODUCT IS NOW SHIPPING!
From Bob Brodie:
I get the feeling that when you speak about the corporate structure,
you're really speaking about the Tramiels. There seems to be a feeling
among our userbase that they are incompetent, and all the European
success is a result of good managers being far enough away from
Sunnyvale to do what they want to do.
I cannot let such a misconception continue.
Atari is emerging from a period of about four years of when it's
products were not technologically superior any longer, and where we had
extreme problems in our engineering group.
A little over four years ago, we lost most of the key staff members we
had in our engineering group. When they left, they left "no trails" of
their progress on their work. We had no idea what had been tried, if it
had worked and if not, why not, etc.
In short, we had no clue about what was happening with our products!
So, first, we had to figure out what was going on. Then we took steps
to ensure that we would never be placed in this position again, which
meant that we had to enact fundamental changes in the way we did things
with our staff. This was not an easy task, and certainly didn't happen
on the first attempt. Along the way, we had to acquire some new people
that we could work with, too. That didn't happen on the first attempt
either.
We also went through and took a long look at where we needed to be and
where the market was heading. It seemed to make sense to proceed with
some projects that had been heavily invested in, like the TT. You might
recall that the TT originally was supposed to be a 68020 based machine.
As our engineering situation evolved, the product did, too. Other
products that had been discussed were scrapped.
We made decisions on what we needed to do product wise, and also took a
good look at the economy. About the point in time we were beginning to
come out with some interesting technology, the economy was in a
tailspin. In fact, in California, it's still just awful!!! To us, it
doesn't make a lot of sense to aggressively market products that you
don't believe it, or that the economy will not support. In fact, it's
pretty silly! You can *waste* an incredible amount of money, truly
_vast_ sums of dollars in this business if you aren't careful. We've
been very careful about what we've been over the last three years or so.
This is not to say that we haven't made mistakes. We put a lot of
effort into the STylus, a pen based system that really looked promising.
However, it looking at the pen based market, the products were simply
not selling. In fact, a company that was founded on a pen based product
had a lot of our former engineers, Momenta, was born and died during
this time frame. The pen based systems still aren't selling well to
this day. We created the ST Book, based on the premise of long battery
life for users, only to find that our US dealers insisted on a back lit
screen that would have killed the battery life of the product. We
created the Panther game system, which would have competed against the
Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis as a 16 bit game product. We killed
that project when it was obvious that we needed to leapfrog the
competition again, and go beyond the 16 bit systems. We know that we've
been far from perfect.
We have harbored our resources in preparation of a proper launch for two
milestone products: The Atari Falcon030, and the Jaguar. You will see
us market those in an aggressive fashion. And as the sales of the
Falcon030 grow, you will see those sales fund additional efforts.
So, in my view, the corporate structure that is in place is exactly what
has kept the company afloat in contentious times where many of the
hardware giants have fallen. They had the vision to forsee the poor
economy, and the wisdom to recognize the limitations of their products.
They now have innovative new products in the queue that the marketplace
will embrace.
I think your comment about the last seven years is an exaggeration. If
you look back that far, you're in the hey-day of the 520ST and 1040ST.
Atari made all the right moves in the US then, and we can do it again.
In this day and age of extremely short 'windows of opportunity' to
bring a product to market, Atari seems to be taking unusually long to
ramp up Falcon production. Is Atari having difficulty getting Falcons
produced, are you deliberately keeping production runs small, or will
large numbers (defined as thousands) of Falcons be arriving for sale to
consumers any time within the near future (defined as 'within six to
eight weeks')?
From Bob Brodie:
I don't agree with your comment about "the short window of opportunity"
comment on the hardware side of the business. On the software side,
there is no question that it is an extremely small window. On the
hardware side...not so. Witness the PC clones; all the innovation going
on over there is just an ever faster microprocessor. The real
innovation is going on in software.
With the Falcon030, we have innovative hardware. The window of
opportunity is quite large, and will be so for quite some time to come.
We are keeping production runs small at this point, until the economy
picks up. This seems to be a trend in the industry right now with other
companies as well, like Compaq. We're certainly not the only hardware
company that acting cautiously in regards to production right now.
Globally, we will be shipping large numbers in the near future (in
accordance with your definitions).
From James Grunke:
Production is ramping up, and we expect larger numbers to arrive over
the summer. The first waves of Falcons were gobbled up immediately, and
there are more sell-thru units "on the boat".
In the UK we have Falcon users with both TOS 4.01 and 4.02 and just
starting to circulate round the comms scene is the falcon patch, there
are claims that this patch doesn't fix all the bugs in those releases of
TOS, can Bill spread any light on this? Also does the patch fix any of
the known bugs in TOS 4.04 which is shipping on the next batch of
machines (I presume?).
From Bill Rehbock:
FPATCH.PRG does fix issues with the serial port with bconmap()
This applies to all versions of TOS 4 at this time. TOS 4.04 is
available for $60 US, although the policies and prices in the UK may
differ.
The tweaks up to TOS 4.04 relate mostly to esoteric kind of things, like
overlay bit control, and involves vset masks mode, although there are
not that many applications that use it. The other changes that FPATCH
takes care of are connecting the audio system in such a fashion that STE
and TT sound applications can make sound, and then bcomap() got changed
going into TOS 4.04, but not enough. So you will still need FPATCH for
TOS 4.04.
Overall, there are very few changes between 4.01 and 4.04.
From Bob Brodie:
Having bugs in your OS is just a fact of life. Every single OS has
them, bar none. I think that it is unavoidable. DOS 6 is taking a
terrible beating over problems it has, Windows 3.1 is far from bug
free, and Apple's System 7 has had their share of problems, too.
Windows NT is getting raked over the coals in the computer media severly
because of it's bugs. (Granted, it's in beta form)
This isn't to say that we're not looking to eliminate all the bugs, but
that it's almost unavoidable that they will happen in some degree.
Does ATARI plan on telling the general public (not everyone has access
to an on-line service or a BBS) about the new FALCON or is it just
between us? Specifically, what are your advertising plans? Which
magazines? TV? etc.
From James Grunke:
Atari does plan to tell everyone about the Falcon. However not until we
have enough product to fulfill that demand. Remember the Stacy ads that
created a large demand, and then we couldn't fill it? We don't want a
repeat of that!!
In terms of specific plans, the initial strategies will involve teaming
up with key developers to attack niche markets, such as music, video,
graphics, etc.. Typically, this approach would utilize print ads (both
national and regional), special events (i.e. trade shows), and key
referenceable accounts such as artist endorsements, cutting edge
educational institutions.
When general consumer applications (and I mean killer applications) are
available and our production is tooled up to meet demand, only then does
it make sense to do a national TV awareness campaign.
From Bob Brodie:
On a local level, we have a market development fund program in place
with our dealers that is very flexible...almost like make us an offer,
and let's talk about it. We're certainly willing to work with dealers
to help fund their well planned efforts.
Even though our dealer sign up campaign is going along well, there are
still some states that we don't have dealers. In my mind, this
precludes a national campaign at this point in time.
I suspect that our primary media will be print, and as far as which
publications, that really depends on what is the best deal at the time.
Typically, you purchase a "media bundle" with a number of publications
in it that fits the basic demographics of your target audience. This is
something that changes frequently (the media bundle that is) so it's
impossible to tell what the publications might be at this point in time.
Certainly, we'll continue to target the music publications. But as for
the rest of the mags, I just don't know the answer to that today. Cost
is an obvious factor in choosing which bundle that we would go with, as
in how many people per dollar you get in the bundle.
Television advertising is extremely expensive. In looking at an
industry trade publication showing the top ten computer (desktop)
vendors for last year, only 2 of the top ten are companies that I
recognize as doing television advertising; IBM and Apple. Among the
other companies, there are names that I recognize from their co-op
advertisements with their dealers or chain stores, but not stand alone
advertising on their own. There are also names there (like Olivetti)
that I don't think I have ever seen an ad for anywhere in the US in any
form!
One of the leading retailers in the San Francisco Bay area is Fry's
Electronics. I don't believe they do ANY TV advertising. Very heavy
print ads (multiple full page color ads in the newspapers) and hip,
attention getting radio advertisments as well. I guess the point that
I'm getting at is that I know our users *want* to see us do TV ads, but
I'm not so sure that TV is a wise investment for us.
We had projected to be at a point in time to be ready to start our
advertising campaign. However, the continuing poor economy warrants a
cautious approach. Again, this is a part of the business where it is
very, very easy to spend truly _VAST_ sums of money, and get very little
return on the dollar.
Previews of the Falcon have been spotted in many of the major music
magazines, but the machine has yet to undergo a technical review, if I'm
not mistaken. Such reviews can greatly speed the acceptance of a new
machine into the marketplace. Are review units now being sent to these
magazines (Keyboard, EM, EQ, Mix, H&SR), and when do you expect reviews
to begin appearing?
From James Grunke:
Firstly, Keyboard, EM, and MIX are all located in the Bay Area, right by
Atari. I have travelled internationally with editors from KEYBOARD, I
occasionally lunch with key EM and MIX editors. As far as H&SR, Editor
Lorenz Rychner was my advisor at the Grove School of Music. EQ gave the
Atari Falcon030 a Blue Ribbon Award at AES and continues to give Atari
fair coverage.
So the relationships are there. In order to give an accurate technical
review a writer requires a production machine. Now, with the release of
the Falcon, and TOS 4.04, developers require a short time to make sure
that their products are solid on the latest rev. I expect this to take
30 days or so, at which time I will prepare evaluation units for the
publications to hammer on. With a lead time of 60-90 days, look for the
coverage toward late summer/early fall. We want to be well prepared, a
bad review is just as influential as a good review.
Now that the first wave of Dealer Agreements has gone out and been
returned, what CONTINUING efforts are being made to expand the dealer
network?
From Bob Brodie:
Actually, we're well past the first wave of dealer agreements. The
first wave consisted of the dealers that we were already doing business
with. We've been signing up new dealers (i.e. never carried Atari) for
quite a while now.
We've signed on a team of manufacturers representatives, that are among
the best in the business to help us grow and train our dealer network.
As they are regionally located, they are better suited to know who and
what is available in each locale. We are not looking for explosive
growth at this point, though. Once we get to a certain number of
retailers, we'll cap our growth until we can support additional
resellers.
At this point in time, we have over 140 locations in over 40 states,
which is dramatically better than we were doing a year ago.
We've also made arrangements to ship Falcons via a single distributor,
with the provision that he has the dealers sign up according to all of
our requirements (real store fronts, etc.).
To what degree is Atari pursuing music stores, and how much of the
effort is directed at computer stores?
From James Grunke:
The initial demand from the music channel has been staggering!!!
Following the path of least resistance, and emphasizing the fact that
the music software houses are shrink wrapped and ready to go, we are
aggressively attacking this side of the business. Falcon030 opens up
computer music to a whole new customer, including guitarists, vocalists,
educators, etc.. We intend to grow this channel into a major
distribution center for Atari.
Our efforts in the music channel by no means downplays the regard we
have for computer dealers. Those Atari computer dealers that have been
with us for a long time are a high priority in our allocations. They
actually benefit from the new music users who seek them out for support
in non-musical applications.
We are planning a drive for more computer dealers, but we need for the
consumer software side, i.e. applications and entertainment software, to
catch up with the level of the music software. Ideally, we should be at
a 25-75% music to computer dealer ratio.
From Bob Brodie:
In terms of the amount of effort, we're putting a lot more effort into
signing on computer dealers than music dealers. However, the music
dealers are certainly a much easier sale. They've been quicker to come
on board with the Falcon030 than the computer dealers have. So, the
music side of the business is just growing faster than the computer side
right now.
I agree with James, in that this is primarily due to the applications
that are available for the Falcon in music. They are truly world class
applications.
In a number of instances, having a quality music dealer in the area
actually makes it easier for the computer dealer. The music dealers
typically carry MIDI specific products. Yet, musicians are just like
regular computer users....well, not quite regular, but almost! <grin>
They want to play games, write letters, buy modems, printers, and all
kinds of other peripherals that music dealers don't carry. So a quality
music dealer works well with a computer dealer in a symbiotic
relationship. The music dealer might sell the customer the Falcon030,
but the computer dealer will have additional sales opportunities with
the customer as well.
What efforts, if any, will be made to have industry standard software
(i.e.- Windows and Windows NT, Word Perfect) made available to
purchasers of the Atari Falcon platform?
From Bob Brodie:
You're bringing up a couple of different things in your question;
applications software (Word Perfect) and operating systems (Windows NT).
First, we've had the ability for a long time to run different operating
systems on our products. We foresee that continuing into the future
with the Falcon030. COMPO Software is bringing a 286 board and a 486
board to run DOS, and Windows 3.1. I assume that since the board has an
actual PC chip on it, will be able to run other things as well, like
OS/2, NeXT Step, etc. But I want to be clear that I haven't seen those
things run on Falcon Speed. I have seen Windows 3.1 run on Falcon
Speed, and was impressed.
Windows NT might be starting to ship just now, although Microsoft enjoys
an excellent reputation, I can't in good conscience go along with
describing it as industry standard at this point in time.
As for Word Perfect, I think the only factor that they are interested in
is a large installed base of users. Once they see that, they will
resume development for Word Perfect.
What is the current status of the "other platform" hardwares emulators
(PC and MAC) for the Falcon030?
From Bob Brodie:
The PC emulator is called Falcon Speed, and is being produced by COMPO
Software. You can contact their US office at 415-355-0862, or fax them
at 415-355-0869. At this point in time, we don't believe the product
to be shipping. We have seen it at several trade shows, and it looks
very impressive. The 286 board is something that you would expect to be
wimpy, but with the very fast Falcon030 bus, it's pretty quick.
The Mac board is a product of Gadgets by Small. I haven't heard from
Dave in quite a while, neither has Bill Rehbock. We had hoped to see
him at NAMM in January, but he wasn't able to attend. I'm afraid that
we're no better informed on this that you are.
I can tell you that from our end, we got him one of the first Falcons in
the US, so he could pursue this project. We'd really like to see it
done.
Dave has an account here on CIS, so perhaps you can email him a request
for an update on his product.
###### THE 1993 Z*NET COMPUTER CALENDAR
###### Schedule of Shows, Events and Online Conferences
###### ----------------------------------------------------------------
### June 5-10, 1993
Special Libraries Association 84th Annual Conference & Info Exposition.
Cincinnati Convention Center, Cincinnati OH. Special Libraries
Association, Alisa A. Nesmith, 1700 Eighteenth St. NW, Washington DC
20009 (202)234-4700, (202)265-9317 (fax).
### June 12-13, 1993
CT Atarifest '93 at the Windsor Court Hotel in Windsor Connecticut.
This year the Atarifest has relocated to a new hotel with excellent room
rates ($35.00 per room), free and plentiful parking, easy access from
Interstate 91, I-95, I-90, I-84, I-80, an in house Sports Bar, a bigger
ballroom and is located just 1 mile from Bradley International Airport
(free shuttle service for hotel guests). Tentative commitments from A&D
Software, Gribnif Software, Barefoot Software, Toad Computers, Computer
Studio, Baggetaware, Derric Electronics, E.Hartford Computer Repair,
MegaType Software, Wizztronics and GFA Software Technology. For further
information, call Brian Gockley at 203-332-1721 or Doug Finch at 203-637
-1034. E-mail can be directed to B.GOCKLEY or D.FINCH7 on GEnie or to
75300,2514 or 76337,1067 on CIS.
### June 15-17, 1993
Multimedia '93 - Earl's Court 2, London England. Blenheim Online, Cat
Maclean, Mktg Mgr., Blenheim House, 630 Chiswick High Rd., London
England; +44 (0)81 742 2828, +44 (0)81 742 3182
### June 22-23, 1993
Lap & Palmtop Mobile Computing Expo at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim,
California. Exhibitors will show the latest in mobile computing,
software, pen, peripherals and communications from the industry's
leading manufacturers. In conjunction with the exhibits is the Mobile
Systems Solutions Conference series. Featuring over 80 leading industry
experts speakers, the conference provides vital information needed to
build or improve your world of mobile computing.
### June 23-26, 1993
Digital World '93 - Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills CA. Seybold
Seminars, 29160 Heathercliff Rd., Suite 200, PO Box 6710, Malibu CA
90264-6710; (800)433-5200, (310)457-8500, (310)457-8599 (fax)
### June 26-27, 1993
The Kansas City AtariFest '93. The location for the show is Stadium
Inn, 7901 E 40 Hwy. Ticket prices at the door will be 5.00 dollars each
day. Advance tickets will be 4.00 dollars each, for advance tickets,
please send 4.00 dollars per ticket to: Kansas City AtariFest, P.O. Box
1653, Lee Summit, MO 64063 or if you belong to a user group please mail
a request for a user group information pack. To make room reservations
please call 1-800-325-7901, we are also working with a local travel
agent to get special airfares for the show. You may call 1-800-874-7691
to take advantage of the special fares. For more information please
leave Email as follows; GEnie, B.welsch, J.krzysztow, for CompuServe,
Leave for Jeff Krzysztow at 74027,707, or you can call (816)224-9021, or
mail to the address listed above.
### June 29 - July 1, 1993
PC Expo-NY - Javits Convention Center, New York City.
### July 24-25, 1993
The Blue Ridge Atari Computer Enthusiasts (BRACE) and Computer STudio
host the Fourth Annual Blue Ridge AtariFest in Asheville, North
Carolina. Saturday show time is from 10am - 6pm and Sunday show times
are from Noon to 5pm. Free booth space is available for Atari
developers. This Atarifest will be taking over the Courtyard Shop
(mall) area at the Westgate Shopping Center (location of Computer
STudio), and also plan on using vacant store spaces for seminar
sessions. Seminars will be 45 minutes in length, and developers are
welcome to conduct a seminar on their product line or approved topic of
their choice (seminars are limited, so first come, first served). For
additional information, please contact: Sheldon Winick on GEnie -
S.WINICK or at the Computer STudio at (704) 251-0201 or contact the show
coordinator Cliff Allen on GEnie - C.ALLEN17 or call (704) 258-3758.
### August 3-6, 1993
MacWorld Expo at the Boston World Trade Center, Bayside Exposition
Center and sponsored by MacWorld Magazine. This event is titled Boston
'93.
### August 23-27, 1993
Interop '93 (#2) at the Moscone Center in San Fransisco, California.
### August 25-29, 1993
ONE BBSCON '93 at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado. This
is a four day exposition presented by BoardWatch Magazine. There will
be three days of educational services, a trade show exhibit area with
over one-hundred vendors on hand. For further information on this event
and for registration information contact: Peg Coniglio at ONE Inc.,
4255 South Buckley Road, Suite 308, Aurora, Colorado 80013. Voice: (303)
693-5253; Fax: (303) 693-5518; BBS: (303) 693-5432.
### August 31 - September 2, 1993
Fed Micro '93. Fed Micro CDROM and Multimedia Conference & Exposition.
Washington Convention Center, Washington DC.
### September 18-19, 1993
The Glendale Show returns with the Southern California Atari Computer
Faire, V.7.0, in suburban Los Angeles, California. This has been the
year's largest domestic Atari event, year after year. Contact John King
Tarpinian at the user group HACKS at 818-246-7286 for information.
### September 20-22, 1993
The third MacWorld Expo, titled Canada '93 at the Metro Toronto
Convention Centre, sponsored by MacWorld Magazine.
### September 21-23, 1993
Unix Expo '93 in New York City, New York at the Javits Convention
Center.
### October 4-8, 1993
Image World New York, Javits Convention Center, New York City.
### October 5-7, 1993
NetWorld 93, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas TX.
### October 7-8, 1993
Lap & Palmtop Mobile Computing Expo at the Chicago Mart/Expo Center in
Chicago, Illinois. Exhibitors will show the latest in mobile computing,
software, pen, peripherals and communications from the industry's
leading manufacturers. In conjunction with the exhibits is the Mobile
Systems Solutions Conference series. Featuring over 80 leading industry
experts speakers, the conference provides vital information needed to
build or improve your world of mobile computing.
### October 19-21, 1993
PC Expo-Chicago, McCormick Place East, Chicago IL.
### October 27-29, 1993
CDROM Exposition at the World Trade Center, Boston MA.
### October 27-29, 1993
EDA&T Asia '93. The Electronic Design and Test Conference Exhibition
at the Taipei International Convention Center in Taiwan. Exhibit space
is still available. For more information contact: Betsy Donahue,
Chicago, fax: 708-475-2794.
### November 1-3, 1993
Online/CD-ROM '93, Washington DC.
### November 7-10, 1993
GeoCon/93, an international conference and showcase for software
products developed outside the U.S. at the Royal Sonesta Hotel,
Cambridge, Mass. The conference program will include three days of
workshops on topics of interest to overseas developers entering the
U.S. market. Workshop presenters will discuss such issues as how to
negotiate distribution and licensing contracts, setting up a business in
the U.S., manufacturing and fulfillment, technical support, packaging,
research sources, and how to market through direct, retail, and catalog
channels. For additional information, contact Tom Stitt, associate
publisher, Soft letter, 17 Main St., Watertown, Mass. 02272-9154;
telephone 617-924-3944; fax 617-924-7288, or Colleen O'Shea, director,
Soft letter Europe, 2 um Bierg, 7641 Chirstnach, Luxembourg, telephone
35.2.87119; fax 35.2.87048.
### November 15-19, 1993
COMDEX Fall '93. Las Vegas Nevada.
### June 4-11, 1994
GEC '94, Milam ITALY. Centrexpo, Sheila Palka/Delia Associates, PO Box
338, Route 22 West, Whitehouse NJ 08888 (800)524-2193, (908)534-6856
(fax).
If you have an event you would like to include on the Z*Net Calender,
please send email via GEnie to Z-NET, CompuServe 75300,1642, or via
FNET to node 593 or AtariNet node 51:1/13.0.
###### BLUE RIDGE ATARIFEST '93
###### Press Release - June 3, 1993
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
The Blue Ridge Atari Computer Enthusiasts (BRACE) and Computer STudio
invite you to participate in the fourth annual Blue Ridge AtariFest on
Saturday, July 24 and Sunday July 25, 1993. The show will take place in
the Courtyard Shop area of Westgate Shopping Center in Asheville, North
Carolina (Home of Computer STudio).
We are still signing up additional exhibitors, but those who have
already made a firm committment to attend include (Alphabetical Listing)
Accusoft-ST
PD/Shareware Software (Clip Art Libraries)
Barefoot Software
Professional MIDI Software applications (SMPTETrack, EditTrack
Platinum, GenEdit, EZ Score Plus, etc.)
Codehead Technologies
Productivity software & enhancements (G+Plus, MultiDesk Deluxe,
HotWire, CodeHead Utilities, Warp 9, Calligrapher, MaxiFile, Lookit &
Popit, Avant Vector, MegaPaint, TOS Extension Card, etc.)
Computer STudio
Visit a 'real' Atari Dealership in the mall (Atari computer systems,
software and accessories)
DMC Publishing
Desktop Publishing System Solultions (Calamus/SL, PKS Write, Outline
Art, Invision Elite, tms Cranach Studio, etc.)
GEnieLamp/GEnie
Telecommunications and Electronic Publishing
Magic Software
Entertainment Software (New products unveiling!)
Missionware Software
(Flash II, lottODDS, Printer Initializer, etc.)
Showtimes are 10am - 6pm on Saturday, and noon-5pm on Sunday. Seminar
sessions will be scheduled throughout the show.
Since this year's show coincides with Asheville's annual Bele Chere
Street Festival, we are not having a Saturday evening banquet, but are
instead encouraging guests to hop the shuttle bus at the front entrance
of the mall and spend Saturday evening downtown enjoying the outdoor
festivities (live entertainment, food booths of all types, dancing,
etc.).
Advance registration is only $3, or $4 at the door. Additional
information about the show and Asheville's Bele Chere festival will be
mailed to all who pre-register in advance. Door prize winners will also
be selected from registered guests. Advance registration checks should
made out to "COMPUTER STUDIO" and mailed to:
Computer STudio
Westgate Shopping Center
40 Westgate Parkway - Suite D
Asheville, NC 28806
For additional information, please contact either:
Sheldon Winick Cliff Allen, Show Coord.
GEnie: S.WINICK GEnie: C.ALLEN17
Computer STudio Internet: CALLEN@UNCA.EDU
Westgate Shopping Center phone: (704) 258-3758
40 Westgate Parkway - Suite D
Asheville, NC 28806
(704) 251-0201
or the Blue Ridge AtariFest topic on GEnie (Atari Roundtable,
Category 11, Topic 13).
###### DMC SPECIAL OFFER!
###### Press Release
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
DMC PUBLISHING, INC. CONTACT: NATHAN POTECHIN
2800 JOHN STREET, UNIT #10 TEL: (416) 479-1880
MARKHAM, ONTARIO FAX: (416) 479-1882
CANADA L3R 0E2 GEnie: ISD or POTECHIN
Compuserve: 76004,2246
Delphi: ISDMARKETING
DMC IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL THOSE DESKTOP
PUBLISHING WITH PAGESTREAM ON THE ATARI PLATFORM!!
In conversations held on both GEnie and Delphi, we have been approached
to offer existing Pagestream customers the ability to upgrade to Calamus
SL. As many of you are aware, we have long-since made available Calamus
1.09N to anyone that owns any other existing desktop publishing software
on the Atari. It became clear that it was time to broaden that offer
slightly to include the option of upgrading directly to Calamus SL from
Pagestream.
Specifically, I am pleased to announce that effective immediately, DMC
Publishing will offer those of you that currently own Pagestream 2.0 and
above, the option of also obtaining Calamus SL. You keep your copy of
Pagestream, while expanding your possibilities with Calamus SL.
Our thousands of Calamus customers worldwide, continue to insure that
the Atari version is improved, that new modules are added and that we
persist in pushing the envelope on the Atari platform. And yes, Calamus
SL is Atari Falcon030 compatible.
If you choose to participate in the DMC upgrade offer, you will receive
a complete package of Calamus SL, be automatically fully registered and
eligible for any and all future upgrades.
This offer will run until August 31, 1993 so order your copy of Calamus
SL today. You will be really pleased that you did.
*** UPGRADE OFFER ***
Pagestream 2.0 and above to Calamus SL for only US $200.00
Simply put, I am offering you the exact same upgrade price that I
offered to my own Calamus customers. I think you'll agree that I cannot
do better than that. Please take advantage of our offer. You will not
be sorry.
To place your order, send DMC a photocopy by mail or fax of your
original Pagestream program disks, your name, address, telephone number
and a listing of the computer equipment that you own, PLUS the upgrade
fee of US $200.00, $250.00 CDN. and $10.00 for shipping and insurance,
within the United States and Canada only. Payment made be made by Visa,
Mastercard or Money Order.
Note: DMC recognizes that you can become comfortable using a program.
Further, we acknowledge that there are many excellent features in
Pagestream which may be of value to you. We do not ask you to trade in
your original disks. Use them both. You'll never look back!
Here's what you get:
Calamus SL
As was anticipated, the new modular design of Calamus SL has become the
centre of a powerful and ever-expanding universe of desktop publishing
tools.
We are proud to include our Macro Keyboard Template, free! Done under
the auspices of our USER to USER TIPS program, Mike Valent's
contribution - 250 key bindings - has been produced to sit above your
keyboard. It will be included, at no charge, with your Calamus SL
order.
Our Printer Driver Generator is also included, at no charge.
As a Calamus SL owner, you will be able to purchase modules to suit your
specific needs. Development continues on many additional modules.
WYNIWYG - "What You Need Is What You Get"
DMC brings "WYNIWYG" to desktop publishing. The modular concept means
that you purchase exactly what you need today, with the knowledge that
additional modules are available when you require them. Your choice is
now easier and more economical, since you will be purchasing specialized
modules, rather than entire packages.
The standard Calamus SL upgrade package contains: with twelve standard
modules:
NOTE: The above, along with the main Calamus SL shell, contains over
1,000 features!
For those of you familiar with Calamus 1.09N, new features and powerful
enhancements from Calamus 1.09 to Calamus SL include:
|!| Above all else, the ability to accept modules, internal or third
party.
|!| The ability to process and pre-process large passages of text with
speed and precision.
|!| Extended raster control with freely definable raster angles and
widths. Intensity and contrast can now be corrected, while an
integral histogram allows you to optimize an image for your output
device.
|!| The PKS-Write Module provides standard wordprocessing functions plus
the ability to edit layout information.
|!| The addition of Cache and Virtual Memory speeds up and extends
memory-dependent functions.
|!| Create hundreds of macros, each assigned to a definable key binding
which can be saved and automatically installed in each work session.
|!| Open up to seven documents at a time.
|!| Cut & paste to our new scrolling clipboard.
|!| Create and assign master pages (style sheets).
|!| Create and save text style lists.
|!| Expand, compress and skew text.
|!| Rotate and mirror frames, including group frames.
|!| Control frame placement and size to (7) seven decimal places.
|!| Print parts of pages (tiling).
|!| Define more than 16 million colours and save in colour lists.
|!| Set units of measurement for pages, fonts and lines.
|!| Choose from three frame display modes: Transparent, Opaque and
Inverse.
|!| Align frames to other frames.
|!| Define vertical alignment settings.
Currently, more than a dozen modules and scores of drivers are available
for use with Calamus SL. We will publicize the availability of new
modules, drivers and upgrades through our normal Customer Support
channels, as well as through periodic mailings to our registered users.
OPTIONAL MODULES
Here is a sampling of some of the external modules optionally available:
COLOR SEPARATION
Our color separation module allows you to define separation filters,
including the definition of undercolor removal (UCR) and adornment (spot
color). This module allows the use of CYMK, CMY and IHS systems, as
well as the capability to support new systems such as FOCOLTONE. You
must own this module to print in color. Your cost is US $50.00 or CDN
$60.00.
SPEED-LINE AUTOTRACER
Speed-Line provides monochrome autotracing in Calamus, converting
illustrations to vector graphics. It automatically creates vectors,
utilizing Bezier curves, lines and areas. The simplified user interface
offers several optimizing functions to enable you to define line, angle
and pixel correction together with conversion options for Bzier curves
and line art. The Speed-Line Autotracer converts a raster graphic to a
vector graphic within seconds. This can then be modified by any of the
existing Calamus drawings tools, particularly those contained in the
Vector Graphic module. Your cost is US $50.00 or CDN $60.00.
VECTOR GRAPHIC MODULE
Our Vector Graphic Module allows the creation and editing of monochrome
or color vector graphics, editing of polylines for irregular text flow
and much more. See snap shots of the many features below. This is the
perfect modular tool for editing autotraced graphics. You can join sub-
paths, distort and freely rotate all elements or even apply different
colous to every vector graphic part, including those created in Outline
Art. This module goes hand in hand with Speed-Line. Your cost is US
$100.00 or CDN $125.00.
DATAFORMER
|!| The Dataformer module comes in two parts: Dataformer Raster and
Dataformer Vector. As the name implies, each part works on the
respective type of frames. The essential use of Dataformer is to
convert Calamus graphic frames or pages to other file formats for
export.
|!| Dataformer Raster will export to Degas (PI?), Doodle (PIC),
NeoChrome (NEO), STAD (PAC), GEM Image (IMG), Enhanced Simplex
(ESM), Block (BLK), PC Paintbrush (PCX), IFF|ILBM (IFF), TIFF (TIF),
Targa (TGA), Calamus (CRG), and GIF87a (GIF).
|!| Dataformer Vector will export to Calamus (CVG), GEM Metafile (GEM),
Autocad (DXF), HPGL Plotfile (PLT), PostScript (PS) and Encapsulated
PostScript (EPS).
|!| Dataformer has an array of options that are specific to each export
file type. In all formats the output can be frame or full page
size. The graphic can be exported according to the original size or
according to a user-selectable size including A5, A4, A3, B5.
|!| In some file formats, there are choices of saving with Monochrome,
Grayscale or Color; in others you can specify ALL or STANDARD (VDI)
colors and FILLED or OUTLINED fill patterns.
|!| There are also options to save 1-, 4- and 8- bit grayscale or 8- and
24/32-bit color.
|!| For PostScript files, the options include FILLED or EMPTY fills and
you may choose to save an image with the file. For EPS you may
choose to attach a TIFF with the converted file. Your cost is US
$100.00 or CDN $125.00. (Note: At this time not all frame types
convert 100% successfully to PS or EPS.)
MOUNT
Mount is a newcomer to the array of Calamus SL modules. Mount allows
the user to print more than one page on each sheet of printed paper.
Paper sizes must be two or four times the size of the working page
format. For example, if you are working on half-size pages (5.5 x 8.5)
you could use Mount to print two pages on each piece of letter size
paper. You can also print multiple copies.
The Mount module is "smart". It can collate and mount your pages
automatically. For example, a 12 page booklet (half-size pages) can be
printed in camera-ready order: 1/12, 2/11, 3/10, 4/9, 5/8, 6/7, thus
eliminating the need to paste up your work. You can also choose to
print consecutive pages or multiple pages on the printed page. Your
cost is US $50.00 or CDN $60.00.
BRUSH
The Brush Module is a raster graphics editor that looks and works like
any of the basic external modules. It has two command groups - the
first allows you to select from a palette of 20 brush sizes and shapes,
including one that is variable. The second command group accesses the
same color table that is available in the other modules. This means you
can now color your raster graphics!
To use Brush, you must have a raster graphics frame selected. The frame
must contain data from one of the Calamus import formats - IMG, STAD,
NEO, PI?, PC?, RAW, CRG, CRD. Your cost is US $30.00 or CDN $35.00.
There is much more available for the Calamus family of products. Our
latest customer mailout was over 10 pages of product information, many
of them new products or modules just released. For further information,
please do not hesitate to contact us. Place your order now.
Sincerely
Nathan Potechin
President - DMC Publishing
###### CLIP-ART AND IMAGE VENDORS
###### Cross Platform Information
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
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EPS Images With Impact, separable complete components; some human
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ARRO International 201 746-9620
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Montclair, NJ 07042 613 591-1406 Canada
Fax 613 591-3642 Canada
ARROGLYPHS Environment Collection: pollution, recycling, life on Earth
EPS, black and white, 200 images editable to 400+, Mac & PC. Brochure
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Box 1287 503 863-4429
Myrtle Creek, OR 97457
Background collection (Marble & Granite, ???), 40 high-resolution and 40
medium-resolution color images CD-ROM $349. Special laser printer
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FM Waves 400 dpi TIFF cartoons, several subjects
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St. Louis, MO 63130 Fax 863-7212
CLIPables: The EPS Graphics Library. Over 1400 images, 18 major topic
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Subscription art service. Clipper (paper) $32.50/month + s&h 70 camera-
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1902 Eleventh Street Southeast, 403 262-8008
Suite 1902 Fax 403 261-7013
Alberta, Canada T2G 3G2 CIS 72560,2323
24 volumes of DigitArt EPS Clipart; PS & TT fonts. CD-ROM of unlockable
fonts and images $99 (includes $400 credit).
Innovation Advertising & Design 800 255-0562
41 Mansfield Avenue 802 879-1164
Essex Jct., VT 05452 Fax 802 878-1768
EPS for Mac or IBM; logos and trademarks, other; CD-ROM available
Islandview/MGI (Marketing Graphics,Inc)
6502 Dickens Place 804 673-5601
Richmond, VA 23230 Fax 804 285-7822
4401 Dominion Blvd., Ste 210 804 747-6991
Glen Allen, VA 23060
PicturePak, CGM, PCX, color and black and white, $59.95? per pak.
Letraset 800 343-8973
Fontek DesignFonts. PS Type 1 and TrueType fonts for both PC & Mac; six
collections, 75-100 images, $89.95 each.
Masterclip Graphics, Inc. 800 899-4448
5201 Ravenswood Road, Ste 111 305 983-7440
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Fax 305 967-9452
CGM, SYM/SY3 (Harvard Graphics?)
MediClip 800 998-8705
310 315-3470
Medical anatomy and art library for Mac or IBM, EPS & other major
formats. $99 per volume of 100 images, save on multiple volume
purchase.
Metro ImageBase, Inc. 800-525-1552
18623 Ventura Blvd, Ste 210
Tarzana, CA 91356
EPS?, Mac and IBM. 18 categories, 100 or more per package, $74.95 per
package. 2,000 image CD-ROM $149.95
Cartesia (formerly MicroMaps Software) 800 334-4291
P.O. Box 757 609 397-1611
5 South Main Street Fax 609 397-5724
Lambertville, NJ 08530
IBM: EPS, CGM, PCX; Mac: EPS, Pict, Paint; NeXt: EPS. MapArt EPS, 4
world maps, 12 world regions, 25 countries with states and provinces
$179. Global Perspectives 18 globes $49. U.S. by County, 50 state maps
$99. 25 U.S. Metro area maps $49 ea, all $299. High Detail country
maps, by region $49, 12 megions $299.
New Vision Technologies
38 Auriga Drive, Unit 13 613 727-8184
Nepean, Ontario, Canada K2E 8A5 Fax 613 727-8190
Presentation Task Force clip art, 3,500 color CGM images $199 U.S.
One Mile Up 800 258-5280
7011 Evergreen Court 703 642-1177
Annandale, VA 22003 Fax 703 642-9088
7 collections, Federal, military, aerospace, EPS. Free brochure
Soft-Logik Publishing Corporation 800 829-8608
11131F South Towne Square 314 894-8068
St. Louis, MO 63123 Fax 314 894-3280
The currently available volumes are: 3D Flags of the World (Mac, PC,
Amiga) (Illustrator 88 EPS): 190+ international flags. Amiga Computer
Art (Amiga only) (Illustrator 3 EPS): 75 Amiga computer and peripheral
illustrations.
Coming in June: Real Computer Art (Mac, PC) (Illustrator 3 EPS): 75 Mac
and PC computer and pheripheral illustrations.
Coming soon: Real Technology Art (Mac, PC, Amiga) (Illustrator 3 EPS):
75 illustrations of office equipment and other equipment.
RT Computer Graphics 800 245-7824
602 San Juan de Rio 505 891-1600
Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Fax 505 891-1350
Santa Fe Collection, Native American & Southwest Clip Art for Mac & PC
500 EPS Images $129, 125 EPS Borders $99, Both $179, with Santa Fe font,
EPS slide viewer, mousepad, free s&h, Free brochure. EPS Sampler $15
Taco Clipart Company 1-800-233-TACO (8226) voice/fax
1208 Howard Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
Taco Clipart Company supplies custom clipart in formats for PC and
Macintosh. Macintosh images available are AI, EPS (illustrator), TIFF
bitmap, and rasterized EPS. PC bitmap formats available are TIFF, PCX,
BMP, TGA, GIF; vector formats are CDR, DRW, AI, WPG, CGM, DXF, GEM, GRF.
(Coreldraw, Designer, Illustrator, WordPerfect Presentations, Computer
Graphics Metafile, AutoCad, Micrografx Graph). Taco Clipart Company
also supplies interface designs and ICO and BMP buttons to Windows
Software Developers. Packages available in Vector and Bitmap formats:
European Landmarks Collection, Business Collection, Ethnic Business
Collection 1, Ethnic Business Collection 2, Ethnic Business Collection
3, Holiday Collection, Relaxation Collection, Food Collection, Icon
Collection, Misc Collection, Cellular Industry Collection, Factory
Collection, Money Collection, Court Related Collection, Animals
Collection, Hands Doing Things Collection, Pizza Collection, Background
Collection, Aquaculture and Fish Collection, Compuserve "You asked for
it, you got it". $39.95 base price, added charges include electronic
delivery through Compuserve Mail which we basically pass the surcharge
on if over $2.00 for us. Taco also has an extensive collection of
Public Domain images that range from borders to shovels to landscapes,
to exotic people. Taco supplies clipart collections to Software
Companies as an added value product, therefore many times, if a person
is looking for a particular image, Taco will send free if easy to
create. A newly created collection custom made for a customer costs
$212.00 for about 20 images.
T/Maker Company 800 395-0195 orders
1390 Villa Street 415 962-0195
Mountain View, CA 94041 Fax 415-962-0201
EPS ClickArt collections, packages of varied numbers of images $129.95.
Color Graphics for Presentations WMF, EPS, PICT2 $149.95. Bitmapped
ClickArt collections (72 dpi, MacPaint, PCX) $59.95.
TechPool Studios 800 777-8930
1463 Warrensville Center Road 216 291-1922
Cleveland OH 44121 Fax 216 382-1915
LifeART Collections - over 2000 medical and health images, full color &
black & white professional medical illustrations. Anatomy, Emergency,
Super Anatomy, Health Care, Dental Format not stated in ad, however,
TechPool Software, 216-382-1234, publishes Transverter and Transverter
Pro, and provides, per ad in June 98 Publish Magazine, a "free file
translation " utility" which "provides files for all Windows, Macintosh
& DOS graphics applications." $89 for 150 images
Totem Graphics Inc.
6200-F Capitol Blvd. 206 352-1851
Tumwater, WA 98501-5288 Fax 206 352-2554
18 Collections, high-resolution color bitmap art, Free brochure
Volk Clip Art 800 227-7048
P.O. Box 347
Washington, IL 61571-0347 Fax 309 688-5873
Paper clip art by subscription; Clip art books -- 4/month or 48/year,
each a complete subject category with a variety of art on one popular
theme; strong on everyday siutations of people of all ages, at home, at
work, at play.
###### INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF ATARI DEVELOPERS
###### Member Listing - June 1, 1993
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
The IAAD is an organization of third-party hardware and software
developers supporting the Atari ST family of computers. Unique in the
industry, the IAAD works to provide its membership with help in
marketing, packaging, technical matters, and other issues of interest to
third-party commercial developers. This listing has been prepared to
familiarize the public with our members and some of their products. We
hope you will find it useful.
Each entry has the following format (when applicable):
Member Name
Company Name
Mailing Address
Phone(s)
Product Names
The listing is provided below in ASCII format. An additional file is
available in CardFile format. Please note that the product listing is
not comprehensive nor detailed, and new products are continually
released. Please feel free to contact individual members for
information about their listed products. For more information about the
IAAD, contact any Board Member.
IAAD Board Members:
Dorothy A Brumleve, President
James C Allen
Nathan Potechin
Nevin Shalit
Chet Walters
Member Listing:
James C Allen FAST Technology
14 Lovejoy Road
Andover MA 01810 USA 508 475 3810 (fax) 508 475 3810
Turbo25/TinyTurbo030/Turbo030/TurboRAM
Albert Baggetta Baggetta_Ware
P.O. Box 759
Agawam MA 01001 USA
Eliemouse Complimentary Coloring Book/The Comic Book Collector/The
Mis-Adventures of Eliemouse/Shakespeare: The Sonnets
Judith Baumgardner Anthill Industries
P.O. Box 361
Mt. Vernon OH 43050-9998 USA 614 393 1524
David Beckemeyer Beckemeyer Development Tools
P.O. Box 21575
Oakland CA 94620 USA 510 530 0451 (fax) 510 530 9637
Hard Disk Sentry/Hard Disk Toolkit/SCSI Tape Kit
Robert M Birmingham
13630 SW 101 Lane
Miami FL 33186-2814 USA 305 385 1942
Dorothy A Brumleve D.A. Brumleve
P.O. Box 4195
Urbana IL 61801-8820 USA 217 367 9084 (fax) 217 337 1937
Kidpublisher Professional/Super Kidgrid/Kidpainter/Multiplay/Telegram/
Creative Discovery Packet/Learning Games Packet
John Buckner SuperSoft
731 North Clinton
Grand Ledge MI 48837 USA 517 627 6965
TeleView Tele/TeleView BBS/D.A.M.I./The Fisherman
John Cole
Lee Seiler
John Stanford Lexicor
1726 Francisco Street
Berkeley CA 94703 USA 510 848 7621 (fax) 510 848 7613
Chronos-3D/Prism Paint/Phoenix Object Render/CyberColor/Prism Render/
Genesis
Jim Collins chro_MAGIC Software Innovations
516 North Jackson
Joplin MO 64801 USA 417 623 7393
Guitaristics/Pianistics/Pianistics Encyclopedia/Pianistics Professor
Phil Comeau Wintertree Software Inc.
43 Rueter Street
Nepean ON K2J 3Z9 Canada 613 596 1575 (fax Attn) 613 825 6721
The GramSlam Grammar and Style Checker/Grammar Expert/Spelling Sentry
Brad Cox Barefoot Software
19865 Covellow Street
Canoga Park CA 91306 USA 818 727 0632 (fax) 818 727 7143
SMPTETrack/EditTrack/GenEdit/EZ Score+/Hybriswitch
Manfred Doewich Cybercube Research Ltd.
126 Grenadier Crescent
Thornhill ON L4J 7V7 Canada 416 886 3261 (fax) 416 882 0294
CyReL SUNRISE M16-1280 True Color High Resolution Graphics Card/CyReL
SERENADE M16-1280 True Color High Resolution Graphics Card/CyReL
VidiMix8 Desktop Video Module/CyReL Serial Mouse Manager/CyRel Palette
Master
Paul Dube Elan Software
550 Boul. Charest Est
P.O. Box 30232
Quebec G1K 8Y2 Canada 418 683 9189 (fax) 418 692 0565
Solutions
John Eidsvoog
Charles Johnson CodeHead Technologies
P.O. Box 74090
Los Angeles CA 90004 USA 213 386 5789 (fax) 213 386 5735
G+Plus/MultiDesk Deluxe/HotWire/CodeKeys/CodeHead Utilities/Warp 9/
Calligrapher/MaxiFile/Lookit & Popit/MIDIMax/MIDI Spy/Avant Vector/
MegaPaint/Cherry Fonts/Genus Font Editor/TOS Extension Card
Robert Engberson Compo
104 Esplanade Avenue Suite 121
Pacifica CA 94044 USA 415 355 0869 (fax) 415 355 0862
That's Write/Write On/C-Font/CompoScript/That's Address/Musicom/PC
Speed/AT Speed/AT Speed C16
Lauren Flanagan-Sellers Goldleaf Publishing Inc.
700 Larkspur Landing Circle Suite 199
Larkspur CA 94939 USA 415 257 3515
WordFlair II
Rick Flashman
Dan Wilga Gribnif Software
P.O. Box 779
Northampton MA 01061 USA 413 247 5622 (fax) 413 247 5620
NeoDesk 3/NeoDesk CLI/STalker 3/STeno/XBoot/CardFile 4/Convector
Professional/Arabesque Professional/XBoot III/Crazy Dots 8/Crazy Dots
15
David Fletcher Ditek International
2800 John Street Unit 15
Markham ON L3R 0E2 Canada 416 479 1882 (fax) 416 479 1990
DynaCADD
George Geczy
David Thompson JMG Software International, Inc.
892 Upper James Street
Hamilton ON L9C 3A5 Canada 416 575 0283 (fax) 416 575 3201
HyperLINK
Tyson T Gill GT Software
12114 Kirton Avenue
Cleveland OH 44135-3612 USA 216 252 4272
CardFile (distr. by Gribnif)
Tom Harker
Doug Wheeler
Hans-Peter Labude ICD, Inc.
1220 Rock Street
Rockford IL 61101 USA 815 968 6888 (fax) 815 968 2228
The Link/AdSCSI Micro ST/AdSCSI ST/AdSCSI Plus ST/AdSpeed ST/AdSpeed
STe/FA-ST Hard Drive Kit/FA-ST Tape Backup/Cleanup ST/ICD Professional
Hard Drive Utilities/ICD Tape Backup Software/Advantage Micro ST/
Advantage ST/Advantage Plus ST/STHA/Personal Pascal
Doug Harrison
P.O. Box 66236
Baton Rouge LA 70806-6236 USA
Opus (shareware)/Lookit & Popit (distr. by CodeHead)
Craig Harvey Clear Thinking
2753 Plymouth Road Suite 137
Ann Arbor MI 48105 USA 313 971 6035 (bbs) 313 971 8671
EdHak/Metapsychology Primer
Harlan Hugh Power Thought Software
116 Sumach Street
Toronto ON M5A 3J9 Canada 416 594 9355 (fax) 416 594 9355
INVISION Elite (distr. by DMC)
John 'Hutch' Hutchinson Fair Dinkum Technologies
P.O. Box 2
Los Alamos NM 87544 USA 505 662 7236
CrossWord Creator II/Word Search Creator/Cryptographer/InfoDisk/
Cyberdrome: The Hoverjet Simulator/Puzzle Pack
Gene Kane Xerox Corp
101 Continental Blvd. M/S ESC1-257
El Segundo CA 90245 USA 310 333 2707
Printer Drivers For Xerox Printers
Deron Kazmaier
Mark Wetzel Soft-Logik Publishing
P.O. Box 510589
St. Louis MO 63151-0589 USA 314 894 8608 or 800 892 8608
PageStream/ImageClub Clip Art/ImageClub Fonts/Business Forms
Alex Kiernan
David Link
Dave Nutkins HiSoft
The Old School
Greenfield Bedford MK45 5DE England +44 525 713716 (fax)
+44 525 718181
Devpac 3/HiSoft BASIC 2/Lattice C/HighSpeed Pascal/FTL Modula-2/WERCS/
Harlekin 2/HiSoft C/ProFlight/K-Spread/K-Comm/K-Word/K-Data (HiSoft
products distr. by Oregon Research Associates)
Gregory J Kopchak It's All Relative
2233 Keevan Lane
Florisant MO 63031 USA 314 831 9482
It's All Relative/BookMaker/Forecaster3/AbbreviatorST/PhotoCD Conversion
Marshall Lake TEAM Software
P.O. Box 7332
Washington DC 20044-7332 USA 703 538 4598 (fax) 703 533 2132
A Day at the Races/A Day at the Races Companion/3 Days at Gettysburg
Bob Luneski Oregon Research Associates
16200 S.W. Pacific Highway Suite 162
Tigard OR 97224 USA 503 624 2940 (fax) 503 620 4919
Diamond Back II/Diamond Edge/Knife ST/Ultimate Virus Killer/DevPacST 3/
DevPacTT/HiSoft BASIC 2/Lattice C 5.5/HiSoft C/HighSpeed Pascal/FTL
Modula-2/Tempus 2/WERCS/Harlekin 2/True Paint/ProFlight
Henry Murphy
Carl Stanford MS Design
611 West Illinois Street
Urbana IL 61801 USA 217 351 6412 (fax) 217 384 8469
FontPak 1 & 2/Wheeler Quick Art CD-ROM/Wheeler Quick Art Image Disks
Tom Nielsen eSTeem, inc.
72 Shades Crest Road
Hoover AL 35226-1014 USA 205 987 9208
eSTeem PILOT
Mark T O'Bryan Paradigm Software Products
1369 Concord Place Suite 3-B
Kalamazoo MI 49009-2201 USA 616 372 5972
Omni-Banker ST
W. David Parks Dr. Bobware / Wizworks!
P.O. Box 45
Girard OH 44420 USA 216 539 5623
ScanLite/MVG: MultiViewer Graphica/MVG Modules Disks 1, 2, & 3
Frank Pawlowski Straight Edge Software
P.O. Box 6407
Nashua NH 03061 USA 603 672 8150
FPPRINT/OutBurST!
William Penner Medical Designs Software
3235 Wright Avenue
Bremerton WA 98310 USA 206 479 2157 (bbs) 206 373 4840
ECTStat/IOLCALC/MultiWriter/SERIALFX
Mario Perdue M.P. Graphics Systems
P.O. Box 501289
Indianapolis IN 46250-6289 USA 317 335 3775
Noids-II
Nathan Potechin DMC Publishing
2800 John Street Unit 10
Markham ON L3R 0E2 Canada 416 479 1882 (fax) 416 479 1880
Calamus 1.09N/Calamus SL & modules/Calamus Font Editor/The Guide to
Calamus Desktop Publishing/Outline Art/INVISION Elite
Roger Richards Synergy Resources
754 N. Bolten Avenue
Indianapolis IN 46219 USA 317 231 4158 (fax) 317 356 6946
GEMvelope!/SynthView DW-8000/SynthView K1
George Richardson Merlin Group, Inc.
96 Hoyt Street
Kearny NJ 07032-3311 USA 201 998 0932 (fax) 201 998 4441
Tony Ridley Canoe Computers
11006 150 Street
Edmonton AB T5P 1S1 Canada 403 487 6838
FrankenSTein/Warp 16 Accelerator/Tiny Ram
Chris Roberts DragonWare Software Inc.
P.O. Box 1719
Havre MT 59501-1719 USA 406 265 7300
G Man/Satellite Locator ST/Smoke Art/Dragon Battery/Battery.ACC/Omikron
Basic/FreeWay/DBRS ST/D_Graph ST
Eric Rosenquist Strata Software
94 Rowe Drive
Kanata ON K2L 3Y9 Canada 613 591 1922 (fax) 613 591 1922
STalker & STeno (distr. by Gribnif)
Nevin Shalit Step Ahead Software, Inc.
496-A Hudson Street Suite F39
New York City NY 10014 USA 212 627 5830
TrackerST/Tracker For Windows
David M Small Gadgets by Small, Inc.
40 West Littleton Blvd. #210-211
Littleton CO 80120 USA 303 791 0253 (fax) 303 791 6098
Spectre GCR
Charles Smeton NewSTar Technology Management
P.O. Box 122
Columbia MD 21045-0122 USA 410 544 1329 (fax) 410 544 6943
The STraight FAX!
Josh Snyder Cali-Co. Superior Software
P.O. Box 9873
Madison WI 53715 USA 608 255 6523
Mah-Jong Solitaire
Gene F Sothan Sothan Software
9395 North Wall
Portland OR 97203 USA 503 283 4566
IB Harddisk Backup and Restore/Autosort/Writeboot
John Trautschold Missionware Software
354 N. Winston Drive
Palatine IL 60067-4132 USA 708 359 9565
lottODDS/Printer Initializer/Flash II
Melinda Turcsanyi MUSICODE Software
P.O. Box 1109
Oakhurst CA 93644 USA 209 642 2380
Clayton Walnum Taylor Ridge Books
P.O. Box 78
Manchester CT 06045 USA 203 643 9673
C-manship Complete/ST Assembly Language Workshop/GFA Basic Toolkit/
VDI Quick Reference/AES Quick Reference/TRB Shareware Companion
Chet Walters WizWorks!
P.O. Box 45
Girard OH 44420 USA 216 539 5623
Image Cat/Mug Shot!/Coalesce Image Merger/Ma Hubbard's Cupboard/Mug Shot
Data
Sterling K Webb SKWare One
P.O. Box 277
Bunker Hill IL 62014 USA 618 462 2171 (evenings)
Seurat/ColorScan/Auto*Art/PS-2GDOS
Norm Weinress Weinress Consulting
3236 Velma Drive
Los Angeles CA 90068 USA 213 876 7704
D.E.K.A.
James D Yegerlehner Apprentice Software
22205 Swan Road
South Lyon MI 48178 USA 313 437 0526
Neural-network Construction Set
###### THE UNABASHED ATARIOPHILE
###### By Michael R. Burkley
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
I'm a bit behind in my reviews this week. I have 105 files which I've
downloaded and not yet described for you. There's not room in this
article for 105 descriptions! So I think I'll do some condensing of my
reviews. Here's an example: "All the recent .PCS pictures I've found
(on Delphi and GEnie) are excellent! Get them if you like stunning
color pictures on your ST/STE!;" and, "You already know that I think
that any program David Becker writes is great. Well, he's done it again
with AGITATION, SEARCH ME 2, and Talking Mumbo Jumble (all on GEnie).
Agitation is an amazingly difficult picture puzzle program, Search Me 2
is a superb Word Search generator, and Talking Mumbo Jumble is a mixed-
up word puzzle that talks. Excellent!" "Albert Baggetta has released
a new working demo of his Eliemouse Complementary Coloring Book v.7.0
with an astounding list of fun features." "A new demo of 'Buttonz
Awari' from Majic Soft has been released. It stretches my mind, an
excellent game."
You might notice that I will often be telling where you can find the
files I review. Often times you will be able to find a file in multiple
places, but sometimes you can't. I've been asked (thanks for the
letters) to let people know where I find the files. Well, your wish is
my command!
Here's just a sampling of the rest of the files I have (whew!)...
ALFRED_E is the Alfred_E (What, me worry?) German-English translation
dictionary compiled by Mike Valent (dated May 1, 1993). It is designed
to be used with GER2EN19.PRG or GER2EN21.PRG. This dictionary has a
limited purpose: to make possible (I didn't say easy) translation of
German Atari related writings. This includes program documentation, on-
disk magazine articles, and German .RSC file text. That's how he
compiled this file--by translating computer-related publications (which
means that you have 500K of useful stuff here!). A good companion
program to use with GER2EN19 (or 2.1, or now 3.0) is MULTLANG, the
single word translator. Docs included (they tell you how to do the work
of making your rough translation readable.).
AQUADUCK is a .DLT animation by Kevin Fanning that demonstrates some of
the advanced animation techniques which he has developed. This is an
animation of an angel fish swimming around in an aquarium, trying to get
out and not succeeding. So it tries something different! It changes
into a duck and flies off! After a bit it returns to the water and
changes back into an angel fish. It is very smooth, and quite good.
Color only. REQUIRES ANIMATE 3 or 4 program to view. GEnie.
ATAX by Tom Barker of Australia is a very nice vertically scrolling
"shoot'em up. You are a freedom fighter seeking to overthrow an
oppressive dictatorship. You have a high-tech ship that you fly through
various environments (ice craigs, jungles, columns, etc.) as you blast
away at the bad guys. There are numerous levels (I haven't gotten to
the end yet!). Joystick controlled. Color only. This game now resides
on a floppy to be used by my kids...and by me! STe compatible.
AUD_CD20 is CD AUDIO v.2.0a by Nima Montaser (dated May 20, 1993) is an
.ACC that allows you to play audio compact discs from a CD-ROM drive in
the background while working at another GEM application (if you wish!).
The code for the Sony DCU541 and the NEC machines is already included,
but you can now enter the correct SCSI commands for your CD ROM player
just by using a text editor (you have to know what they are though!).
It will allow you to Play all, Choose the track to play, Pause, STop,
and Eject your CD (gracefully, of course). This version has been
improved with several functional and cosmetic changes. It is also now
fully working, with an option to upgrade to a newer and even more
powerful version on upgrading. GEM based, ST/TT MultiTOS compatible.
This program will work in all resolutions. SHAREWARE. Docs included.
GEnie.
BLRMIDI2 is v.2 of a set of 41 MIDI files created by bud rasmussen.
Bud's a nice guy, and you can tell that he put a lot of feeling into
these pieces.
CHEMTEX is a set of Tex Macros relating to printing out chemical
formulae using Tex. These files refer to specific reference works that
I don't have available. I think it's part of someones thesis. Even
though I'm usually interested in Chemistry-related materials, I'm not
keeping this file. Delphi.
COCATGIF is the CO-CAT GIF Demo from Dr. Bobware (dated May 6, 1993).
This is a working pre-release version of CO-CAT, the Cataloger for color
graphic files and CVGs. This demo will allow you to catalog your color
GIF files and print them out on your HP Laser or Desk Jet, or your Atari
Laser printer at 3x4 or 4x6 images per page (or save it to an .IMG
file). It works in any ST/TT resolution, ST-Falcon compatible. 2.5 meg
of RAM recommended, and more is better. Co-Cat presently supports GIFs,
SPCs, and PNTs, and in the future will support TIFs, TGAs, and BMPs.
Docs included.
DSP_ASM is a DSP56001 Assembler by Quinn Jensen (dated Dec. 14, 1991).
It's in English and I have no idea of how to use it! Delphi.
DTMT101 is the DeskTracker MultiTask .ACC/.PRG v.1.01 by David Oakley
(dated April 22, 1993). This .ACC for the STe/TT will allow you to play
NoiseTracker modules in the background with an animated graphic display
of the tune. It operates like a CD player allowing you to load, play,
reset your tunes, set up a playlist, and more using the 3-D buttons or
keyboard controls.. You can play at 6, 12, 25, or 50 KHz (50 KHz is
only available on accelerated machines). This did a good job of playing
in the background. While it slowed up my 8 MHz system (I'm getting my
T-25 installed soon!) it was still possible to do other work. Docs
included. SHAREWARE. I recommend this one. Delphi.
DUPFIND is the Duplicate File Finder v.1.08 by STeve of ///Reachout. If
you have a Hard Drive you likely have duplicate copies of the same file
scattered about. This program will allow you to scan all of your HD
partitions at once and output your files to either the screen, a file,
or the printer. (Z*Net BBS)
EDDA is a simple .ACC text editor by Passport Designs. It features cut,
copy, paste, mouse control, print, search, and replace. SHAREWARE.
ELVIS fans! There are four recent 300 dpi .IMG scans of Elvis on GEnie
(scans of pictures that is!). All the files are rather dark, but good
otherwise.
FD327UD is a file that will update your FidoDoor files to v.3.2.7. By
Bill Jones, FidoDoor is the door program that allows you to access
Fidonet, and similar technology networks such as AtariNet, NeST, and
others from your BBS. The update consists of making the program more
compliant with FTS-001 standards and with JetMail v. 0.84beta and newer.
This version limits you to access only up to 5 Fido message bases on
your BBS until you register your copy of FidoDoor. Once it is
registered, you will have access to up to 128 message bases on your BBS,
across various networks! Works with ST Keep BBS, FoReM BBS, Turbo BBS,
QBBS, and BBS Express! ST--Falcon compatible (MultiTOS compliant).
Docs included. GEnie - Z*Net BBS.
FRACJRNY is a "Fractal Journey into Outer Space" by Johan Karlsson of
Magical Science. This program will enable you to create those
mathematical pictures called Mandelbrot and Julia fractals. The
program is very fast and only requires a couple of seconds to create a
standard full screen fractal. You may also create some nice animations
which uses real time unpacking, this provides space for more frames in
memory than usual. Some other nice features are the real-time scrolling
and the possibility of making 24-bit color pictures (.RAW) for use with
Photochrome. Delphi and GEnie.
GER2EN30 is v.3.0 of Carlos Varela's German to English translator (May
18, 1993). This program will take a German ASCII text and translate it
into English. This version's German/English dictionary is over 550K in
size! Plus you can add as many German/English words as will fit on your
disk. I would recommend ALFRED_E, a German/English dictionary by Mike
Valent. This program has been speeded up, a GEM interface is now used,
and the program is now compatible with Quick ST and Warp 9. A previous
version included automatic background music and the ability to display
text in 20 different fonts. This version doesn't. I'm glad! Color or
mono. Online Docs. This program really works. It still leaves some
untranslated but it does enough (about 70%) that you can do a lot of
puzzling out of what a doc file is really talking about. ST/STe/Mega
STe/(TT?) compatible. SHAREWARE. Recommended. 560K uncompressed.
Delphi.
GLORLOVE is a a very nice .MOD file, "The Glory of Love" from Karate Kid
2. The lyrics are included in a separate text file. I'm using DTMT101
(see above!) so I can enjoying listening to this as I type!
GREECE by Stefan Brausch is a Tetris-type game (dated Summer, 1989). It
is controlled by the mouse, which makes control very difficult for me.
I found that I was constantly overshooting the mark and stacking the
blocks where I didn't want them to be stacked. Color. STE compatible.
Since there are so many excellent Tetris clones available I would
recommend that you pass on this game.
GUI4GFAD is a demo of the GUI-4-GFA@ Construction Kit v.1.1 (formerly
named FRONTEND) by M.J.Matts (dated Oct. 11, 1992). GUI-4-GFA@ is a
collection of GFA v3.x routines which allow you to create impressive
graphical interfaces (3-D buttons, slider bars, all sorts of neat
things) for you own programs with the minimum of effort. It also
includes a Construction Kit program that allows you to easily (that is,
if you know what you are doing!) create your own routines. This demo
shows the variety of effects that can be produced (moveable dialog
boxes, defineable response buttons, all sorts of neat things) _AND_
shows the small bits of code that is all that is needed to do it.
Ordering infomation included. For an example of the FrontEnd interface
in action see JCLABL12 in the LABELS category. Color or mono. Docs
included. This file can be found on both Delphi and GEnie.
HIRES is a demo for the Falcon030 that allows the Falcon to put out a
1600 by 600 resolution with 16 colors. It will display fifteen 320 by
200 Neochrome pictures on your screen at one time! It requires an
SC1224 color monitor. I wish I could see how this works, but I don't
have a Falcon--yet! Delphi and GEnie.
INSIGNIA is really two files in one. The first is Insignia and the
second it Tri_Mod v.2.5. The Insignia Tri-Sound Sequencer v.1.0NL by
"Visible Perfexxion" and "Wiz" and "Mig" is a midi compatible (it also
plays through your monitor speaker), three voice sequencer that allows
you to edit and create sound files for use in your programs, or just for
plain fun. It allows you to mix samples and YM sounds (whatever they
are!). Unfortunately, it is not STE compatible. Color only. Brief on-
line docs. TriMod v.2.5 by Eagle of Sentry is a SHAREWARE program that
allows you to take your Tri-Sound music files and easily insert them
into your games. This program is STE compatible, and allows you to
convert the Tri-Sound files so that they play through the STE DMA chip
(upon which they don't take up ANY processor time!). Since I'm not too
musically oriented, I'm not too sure if I've gotten this description
correct. If not, let me know! 590K uncompressed! Delphi.
MAGI is a french program wich may make your games work on Falcon030. It
allows you to control the Falcon030's cache, cpu speed, STe DMA sound
emulation, trap catching, and other goodies. If you set these to match
older ST machines, software compatibility on the Falcon030 increases
tremendously. Source code (.S) and English docs included. Z*Net BBS
MGDPK212 is Mega Depack v.2.12 by Mike Watson (dated April 22, 1993).
This .PRG/.ACC (just rename it) will uncompress/unpack just about any
packed with a zillion different packers (actually 53 packers supported
with 89 different file formats, including DC Squish, Pack Ice, Pompey
Packer, PFX and MANY more). Mouse or command line controlled. Batch
processing available. This is a very "intelligent" and versatile
program which I highly recommend. Color or mono. TOS 1.0--Falcon
compatible. SHAREWARE (I've registered). Docs included. GEnie.
MOUSE2 is a program from Germany (with Germany Docs) that will allow
you to use a serial mouse with your Atari.
MTQWK11C is the microTalk QWK-Reader v.1.10c by Wolfgang Zweygart (dated
May 2, 1992). This program will allow you to read and reply to messages
that you have downloaded from a BBS through a QWK compatible door such
as Qmail for the PC & Turbo Board ST or Maxidoor for Forem. Message
bases of your choice are scanned on the BBS, compressed and, after
downloading the prepared QWK packet can be read and replied to offline,
resulting in not only considerable savings both in time and costs, but
also the added convenience of replying at leisure without the time
constraints in force on most Bulletin Boards. The microTalk reader is
feature packed, making full use of GEM and has such features as multiple
windows, allowing instant movement from one message base to another,
user defined Macro menu, standard block commands, Clipboard, full mouse
or keyboard operation and much more. This version has corrected the
bugs that were found in previous versions. Color or mono. Docs
included. CodeHead BBS.
NH311GEM is NetHack v.3.1.1, the Graphical GEM version of this
astoundingly detailed dungeon and dragons type game for Atari Computers
by Warwick Allison. This port of NetHack 3.1.1 gives you full-color
graphics, plus a completely GEM user interface. This game gives you
16x16 pixel, 16 colour graphic icons for EVERY OBJECT IN THE GAME -
that's about 850 different icons. But that power comes with a price--
it only really works with 16 colors and at least 640 by 480 pixels.
That leaves most of us out (for now!). You need a TT, a Falcon, or a
color board. You can run it in ST-medium to see the basic interface
(but lose the detailed graphics), or in ST low to see the excellent
color graphics (but lose the playability since the controls don't fit on
screen anymore). This version also requires a hard drive and at least 2
Meg of RAM: the program itself is 1.15 meg, and the graphics consume
350K. It is similar in style to ROGUE, but NetHack is much richer in
character. The game includes multiple dungeons that branch off the main
dungeon at different locations, monsters (who can read scrolls and cast
spells, wield weapons and fight!) and highly varied magic. The
motivation in NetHack is to descend through the dungeon to find the
Amulet of Yendor, then return to the surface. It's not so
straightforward as all that though. You have to complete all sorts of
tasks in the various dungeons before you can undertake your main goal.
As you travel you will meet various creatures (most of them nasty), find
objects (some having magical properties), and experience many hazards in
the dungeon itself. Docs included plus lots of helps files. Mouse and/
or keyboard controlled. If you want this file, but don't have the
equipment to run it check out NETHAK31, on GEnie and Delphi. That
version, which doesn't include the GEM interface and pictures, will run
on any color or mono 1 meg machine. 2 meg uncompressed! GEnie.
NOFRILLS is the No Frills Label making program v.1.02 by Ron Weldin. No
Frills is not a fancy label program. It is designed to get the job done
as quickly and painlessly as possible. Most options are selected by a
single key stroke. Although the program is Not GEM it does use the GEM
File Selector to make it easier to load that file you just forgot the
name of <smile>. You can create, edit, save, load, and print out your
label files (on a 9-pin printer), as well as several other options. ST-
-Mega STe compatible (perhaps more, too). Unfortunately, this program
is not compatible with UIS 3.3. Color or mono. Docs included.
CodeHead BBS (I think Delphi and GEnie, too).
NSP_DEMO is the No Second Prize motorcycle racing demo. It is an
excellently playable demo. Mouse controlled, this demo allows you to
race against computer opponents, select your race track, use automatic
or manual transmissions on your bike, and more. I really like it. The
animation is smooth and "realistic." The mouse control is not jumpy at
all, and mouse sensitivity is adjustable. This looks like a winner of a
racing game. Docs included. Color only. At least one Meg RAM required.
STe compatible. GEnie.
NVRAM1_1 is a .CPX by Richard Short that allows you to easily configure
the NV-RAMS of your Falcon or TT. It also contains a utility to restore
your original configuration. SHAREWARE. German docs (see GER2EN30 for
a translation utility).
PAULA22A is Paula v.2.2a (dated Feb. 20, 1992) by Pascal Fellerich (one
of the authors of TURBOASS, a fast Assembler). This .ACC is an Amiga-
MOD-file-player for the Atari TT & STE. Paula doesn't claim to be the
only or the fastest MOD player available forthe Atari, but it certainly
is one of the best. It has an excellent GEM interface along with a
Large number of features. Updated to make the program even more Falcon
compatible. This file also includes a utility that allows you to "fix"
some damaged .MOD files. Normally Paula is only usable on STe or TT
machines, but this archive includes PETRA by Christian Limpach. Petra
v.1.0 (dated Aug. 20, 1992) is a software sound driver which allows all
ST's (the program docs say ALL ST's while the uploader said TOS 1.4 and
above) which don't have DMA sound to still run Paula. Just trust me on
this one. If you want to listen to .MOD files just get this program.
Color or mono. Docs included. SHAREWARE. GEnie.
RAYSH402 is Rayshade 4.0.2 compiled for the Atari TT and MiNT (you must
also have a C pre-processor called cpp for this to work). Rayshade is a
capable Ray Tracing and animation program. Example files and TEX docs
included. Delphi.
RUNLOW10 is Run Low v.1.0 by Anthony Watson of Mountain Software (the
author of The Recipe Box and other fine programs). Run Low lets you run
low resolution programs directly from the medium resolution desktop!
Run Low will run approximately 70% to 80% of your low resolution
programs. Many others will run, but those that use the AES (GEM
Dialogs, Fileselector, etc.) generally don't work too well. Any program
which avoids the AES will probably do well with Run Low. Run Low saves
your current desktop colors, switches to low rez, and runs your program.
When you leave your program, Run Low switches back to medium and
restores your desktop colors. ST--Mega STe compatible (at least). Docs
included. GEnie.
SCOOK212 is the Cookie CPX v.2.10 by Andreas Mandel (dated Feb. 7, 1993)
I'm not really too sure of what this CPX does. It seems from the German
doc file that it will list the "Cookies" available in your system, and
tell you their contents. Any resolution and TOS 1.04--TT compatible
(Falcon?). Requires Atari's XCONTROL.
SPOFLT26 is the Speed-of-Light, High speed GIF (87a) viewer v.2.6 by
Stuart Denman (dated May 25, 1993). This is a fast (according to the
author, the fastest) GIF viewer for the ST--Falcon, but it allows you to
display 256 colors at once (even on an ST) and allows a color palette of
tens of thousands on an STe/TT. This program provides excellent
contrast in colors. It even allows you to convert your GIF's to
Grayscale images for viewing. Lots of options to "fine tune" your
pictures. This version incorporated several bug fixes over versions
2.1/2.5, *increased* drawing speed, interlaced picture display, and
other inhancements. Low Rez color on ST/STe, TT medium, and all Falcon
resolutions, too. Docs included. SHAREWARE. Z*Net BBS.
STARPLAY is PLAY_340 program, a simple .MOD-player with nice graphics by
Ninja III. It is compatible with all ST (at least that's what the docs
say, but it doesn't work on my 1 meg TOS 1.0 ST), STe (at least that's
what the docs say, but while it "runs" on my TOS 1.62 STe, it doesn't
play and the controls don't work), Mega STe (though a user said he had
some problems with his Mega STE and this file), and Falcons (TT, too?).
On running the program you see a simple point-and-click interface.
After selecting a .MOD file you see the online directions flowing on the
screen and the .MOD files name waving about. I think you could safely
pass this one by!
STONES v.1.0 by Carsten Kauschmann is a program that I can't say much
about since it would not run on my STe in color or mono and on my ST
TOS 1.0 in color (I didn't switch over my mono monitor to check there).
I would suggest that you pass on this one).
TARGAVIW by Bjvrn Brauel is a program that will allow you to view 24-bit
color Targa files. STE, Falcon and MultiTOS compatible. German docs.
Z*Net BBS.
THRILLER is Thriller PD by Martin Hintzen and Jurgen Verwohlt (dated
1990). At first this mono-only game was very frustrating because I
couldn't read the online docs and so I had no idea what to do. But I
figured it out in the end, and the game got very interesting and
challenging. A small ball is moved about a track using the cursor keys.
The object of the game is to pick up all the hearts scattered about the
track in little alcoves. Unfortunately there are several little guys
out to get you. They roll around the screen and try to catch you (in a
mindless sort of way). You have to move into an alcove, getting the
heart, and then waiting there until the bad guys have passed. What
makes the game interesting is that you can't enter all the alcoves in
any order. You have to do it in the order the game wants, but it
doesn't tell you! You have to find that out for yourself, and with the
bad guys rolling down on you you don't have much time! STE compatible.
TOXIC is the Toxic Disk Magazine #4. This is a huge set of files (four
Magic Shadow archives totalling nearly 1.2 megs of LZHed files!). But
I'm glad I downloaded it. It is full of graphic demos, .MOD files, a
music sequencer, numerous games, contest entries in writing entertaining
programs 3.5K or less long, and lots more. Color. A few of the
programs are in French, but most are in English.
VIPER2 by Dan Bordonaro is a nicely done .AVS animation with sound that
shows a set of three "colonial vipers" flying by. You see them
approaching from a distance, zoom by, and fade away. The sounds are
appropriate for the animation. Created with Chronos and Cyber paint.
GEnie.
WARPFNT2 is a collection of 113 Warp 9 font files (.FNT) that you can
use for all three standard ST screen resolutions. Some of these fonts
work in all resolutions and some don't (Warp 9 itself will tell you
which ones will work and which ones won't). 383K uncompressed. GEnie.
WINREC13 is WinRec v.1.3 by Andreas Binner and Harald Schvnfeld (dated
May 1, 1993). WinRec is a direct to disk recording program for the
Falcon computer. One enhancement (and it seems to be a big one) is that
this version will allow you to record and playback in the background.
One minor way you can use this program is to amuse yourself (or rather
your friends!) is by doing Karaoke with a mike!). Supports real-time
sample packing which can be unpacked during play. The pack rate is 50%
and the loss of sound quality is VERY small. From what I can see in the
docs this is an excellent program (now I wish I had a Falcon to test
it!). Requires a Falcon. SHAREWARE.
WINTRIS is a very nice .ACC Tetris-type game. There is no author or
date attached (programmers--identify yourselves!). Keyboard controlled
(and you can adjust which keys to use), color or mono, STe compatible.
This game doesn't have a whole bunch of bells and whistles, but I like
it. Delphi.
WRAPMOUS is Wrap-Mouse v.1.5 by Richard Kurz (dated 1993). This
SHAREWARE .CPX will allow you to use a serial mouse with your ST--Falcon
AND to use your Joystick to emulate your mouse! You can program the
third mouse button on your serial mouse to do a specified common action
for each program you use. MultiTOS compatible. German docs.
That's a pile of files, and yet it's less than half of the files I've
downloaded. Keep it up, you programmers! I don't need to sleep or
anything like that, after all! Talk to you next week.
All of these files can be found on one or more of the following on-line
services: GEnie (M.BURKLEY1), Delphi (MRBURKLEY), The CodeHead BBS
(213-461-2095), Toad Hall (617-567-8642), and The Boston Computer
Society's Atari BBS (617-396-4607) (Michael R. Burkley). Drop me a
line!
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