ST Report: 26-Apr-91 #717

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Subject: ST Report: 26-Apr-91 #717
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 by Michael Arthur


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           SIMULA, OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, AND THE ATARI ST
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 From: dietrich@quando.quantum.de (Hans Dietrich)
 Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.object,comp.lang.smalltalk
 Subject: Re: OO on ST (long)
 Message-ID: <1590@quando.quantum.de>
 References: <8480@cognos.UUCP>
 Reply-To: dietrich@quando.UUCP (Hans Dietrich)
 Organization: Quantum GmbH, Dortmund, W-Germany

 In article  <8480@cognos.UUCP rossj@cognos.UUCP (Ross Judson) writes: I've
 been toying with a few ideas for my honours project,  which I'll  be doing
 next year.   Since my school's faculty is really into OO (object oriented)
 stuff, I'll be doing  something in  that area.   What  OO environments are
 available on  the ST?   Do any of them work?  Are any of them suitable for
 project-style work?  Projects usually take about 8  months to  do, and are
 supposed to  be a reasonably sophisticated implementation of whatever your
 project is about.

 My system is a 1040 with a 30MB.  I'm willing to  upgrade the  memory, but
 given my faith in the world of Atari I'm not so sure I want to invest
 more.

 [ ... ]

 What's about  the first  object oriented  language - SIMULA - as an alter-
 native?  It's still up to date, and can run on a  simple 1040  ST with one
 disk drive!!

 I append  an abstract  about the  system from  the SIMULA-Team in Germany.
 The contact address is included at the end.

 Here it is:

             -----------------------------------------------

                          SIMULA for Atari ST


     If you want to  do object  oriented programming  you definitely should
 have a  look at  SIMULA.   SIMULA is the first and still the most advanced
 object oriented  programming  language  available  on  a  wide  variety of
 machines *including* the Atari ST (see below).


  SIMULA in a Nutshell
  ====================

  -  Conventional general-purpose algorithmic capability in the
     style of ALGOL 60.

  -  Object-oriented programming (classes) encompassing encapsulation,
     inheritance, information hiding, autonomous activity and strong
     typing supporting the concepts of modularisation, generalisation,
     specialisation, abstraction, polymorphism and pseudo-parallelism.

  -  Basic features for manipulating text strings.

  -  File concept supporting sequential and direct access methods
     for byte- and record-structured files.

  -  Large repertoire of utility functions.

  -  Features supporting 2-way linked lists.  More complicated list
     structures such  as trees  and lattices  are easily constructed from
     the basic class facilities.

  -  Features supporting discrete event simulation in various styles
     including the object-oriented process view.

     It should  be emphasized that although in many quarters SIMULA is best
     known  for  its  simulation  features  it  is a  truly general-purpose
     language in the widest sense and  was the  inspiration for  almost all
     developments in the field of object-oriented programming.


 What you get with each SIMULA system
 ====================================

  -   Object oriented  programming.  A typical SIMULA program consists of a
     set of interacting processes, or *objects*.  Objects  are incarnations
     of some  prototype or *class*,generated (and perhaps later terminated)
     during the execution of the program. In this manner a  program written
     in SIMULA can map the problem's solution conveniently and cleanly.

  -   Strong typing,  checked mostly at compile time, ensuring that objects
     are manipulated in a manner consistent with their specification.

  -  Objects may act independently of each  other in  "quasi-parallel".
     This  enables  the  class  objects  to act as co-routines, so that the
     action of one object can be temporarily suspended, later to be resumed
     at the  exact point  of suspension.  Co-routines facilitate a faithful
     representation of systems composed of both passive and active objects.
     This feature  is an  extra dimension to those commonly associated with
     object-oriented languages and is only recently beginning to  appear in
     some of the newer ones.

  -    List  processing.    The  class  "Simset" may be applied to add list
     processing capabilities to the language.    The  programmer  will then
     have tools for the efficient manipulation of common aggregate informa-
     tion structures, including queues.   The  facilities of  Simset can be
     further refined for more specialized purposes.

  -   Simulation.   Application of  the built-in class "Simulation" extends
     SIMULA to a powerful  tool for  discrete event  simulation in  a style
     which  preserves  in  the  model  the inherent structure of the system
     under study.

  -  Powerful text handling, dynamic arrays, flexible file handling, etc.

  -  Modularization. Separate compilation of  classes and  procedures is an
     integral part of the language.  The strong typing extends to separate-
     ly compiled modules allowing the partitioning of large  SIMULA systems
     into subtasks, which may be assigned to different work groups, without
     fear of undetected incompatibilities.

  -  SIMULA  has  a  rigid  standard  definition  and  programs  are highly
     portable between computer systems (source code compatibility).


 SIMULA - Implementations
 ========================

 SIMULA is available for the following computer systems:

            Apollo DN3000                        Apple MacIntosh/MPW
            Atari ST                             BESM 6 (USSR)
            CDC 3000,  CDC 6000/Cyber            Cromemco CS-x00
            DEC 10/20                            DG Eclipse/Desktop,  DG MV
            EC 1040/1055 (GDR)                   ES EVM (USSR)
            Honeywell Bull DPS8                  HP 900/300, HP 9300
            IBM mainframes                       DOS, OS/2, XENIX (UNIX)
            ICL 2900, ICL PERQ                   Indata IN4200
            NCR Minitower, NCR Tower XP/32       Nixdorf Targon/31
            Norsk Data NORD 100/500              PR1ME Minisupercomputers
            SIEMENS 7500/BS2000                  SIEMENS 7800/BS3000
            SIEMENS MX, SIEMENS PCD              Sperry 1100
            SUN-3, SUN-4, Sun SPARCstation       DEC VAX/UNIX, VAX/VMS

 Since there are new implementations under way this list may already be
 incomplete.


 Some properties of the SIMULA system for the Atari ST
 =====================================================

    1) Full SIMULA language standard.
       (Currently the only restriction is that the switch is not yet
        implemented.  Also you might expect a better accuracy from software
        emulation for real arithmetic.)

    2) Implementation based on the well-known Lund SIMULA System
       for UNIX machines and others.

    3) Compact  implementation.  The complete system fits on one double
       sided disk.

    4) Economic. The compiler needs less than 1 MB even when compiling
       modules consisting of more than one thousand source lines.

    5) Fast.  Compilation speed of approximately 1000 source lines per
       minute.  The execution speed is comparable with that of other
       high-level languages.

    6) Complete interfaces to TOS and GEM.

    7) Separate compilation of different modules with consistency checks at
       compile time.

    8) Compatibility.  Runs on all TOS versions and all types of keyboards.
       Call interface for external procedures written in other languages
       (currently supported: assembler.  Under development: C support).
       Uses Sozobon's jas and ld, alternatively Atari's MadMac and aln
       (on request also GST).

    9)  Symbolic debugger (source-code debugger) is under development.


 Ordering information
 ====================

 Atari ST SIMULA is distributed by:

                            SIMULA-Team GmbH iG
                              P.O.B. 50 01 63
                           D - 4600 Dortmund 50
                              West - Germany

 The introductory prices are (prices in US$ and GBP at current exchange
 rates, for information only):
                                                  DM       US$     GBP
    ordinary                                    198.00   120.00   72.00
    educational                                 148.00    90.00   54.00

  (for students, teachers etc. - please accompany your order with evidence)

     delivery charge in Germany, prepaid          7.00
     delivery charge in Germany, not prepaid     12.00
     delivery charge abroad, prepaid             22.00    13.00    8.00

    (this charge is waived if you can do without the German documentation)


 Please accompany your order with a check payable in DM to SIMULA-Team GmbH
 Dortmund or transfer the amount due in DM before ordering

       to   PostGiroAmt Dortmund     (BLZ 440 100 46)
                                    Account  8999-466
       for  O. Schlageter Computer


 More information on SIMULA
 ==========================

            Association of SIMULA Users (ASU)
            Secreteriat
            Ron Kerr
            Computing Laboratory
            University of Newcastle upon Tyne
            Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU England

            Telephone: (+44 91) 222 8187
            E-Mail:   r.kerr@newcastle.ac.uk

 The ASU also publishes a Newsletter which may be subscribed (still) free
 of charge.

 Contact for SIMULA in Germany:

           SIMULA Group
           c/o University Dortmund / IRB        e-mail: simula@unido.uucp
           P.O.B. 50 05 00                              simula@unido.bitnet
           D - 4600 Dortmund 50
           West - Germany


 Literature
 ==========

                              The Standard:
                              -------------
 [Sis87]   SIMULA Standard. Stockholm, 1987. Data processing - Programming
           languages - SIMULA,
           Swedish Standard SS 63 61 14.

                           Textbooks on SIMULA:
                           --------------------
 [Poo87]   R. J. Pooley.  "An Introduction to Programming in SIMULA."
           Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1987.
           ISBN 0-632-01611-6 resp. 0-632-01422-9 (pbk.).

 [Lam88]   Guenther Lamprecht.  "SIMULA - Einfuehrung in die
           Programmiersprache."  Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig, Wiesbaden, 3.
           neubearbeitete Auflage, 1988.  ISBN 3-528-23321-4.
           (In German, also available in English)

 [Kir89]   Bjoern Kirkerud.  "Object-Oriented Programming with SIMULA."
           International Computer Science Series. Addison-Wesley Publishing
           Co., 1989.  ISBN 0-201-17574-6.


                         Textbooks on Simulation
                         -----------------------
 [Fra77]   W.R. Franta.  The process view of simulation.  Elsevier
           North-Holland, New-York, 1977.

 [Bir79]   Graham M. Birtwistle. DEMOS - Discrete Event Modeling on SIMULA.
           MacMillan Press, London, Basingstoke, 1979.  ISBN 0-333-32881-8.

 [Mit82]   I. Mitrani.  Simulation Techniques for discrete event systems.
           Cambridge University Press, 1982.

 [Kre86]   Wolfgang Kreutzer.  System Simulation Programming Styles
           and Languages.  Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1986.


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                            I hope this helps!

                               best regards,

                                   Hans Dietrich
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 - Irvine, California                                 ACA TO REPLACE AAA?
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 The American Computer Association (ACA), a non-profit group, is the com-
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 for the first year,  then $45) the ACA offers phone support, up to three
 visits a year by a computer technician, advice/discounts on the purchase
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 management and maintenance, said Ken Logan, chairman of ACA.



 - San Jose, California                           APPLE SETTLES LAW SUIT
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 In a settlement that is said to be one of the largest of its kind in the
 San Francisco labor department,  Apple computer has paid $436,687 to  15
 black men and women who claimed they were refused jobs because of  their
 race.  The 15 were all offered jobs in the settlement,  but only one  is
 reported to have accepted.  Apple,  which admitted no wrongdoing in  the
 settlement,  agreed  to  re-examine its hiring process  to  ensure  fair
 evaluation of job candidates.



 - Redmond, Washington               ANOTHER SALVO IN MICROSOFT-APPLE WAR
   -------------------

 Microsoft has announced that it has learned that Apple intends to  widen
 its  copyright infringement lawsuit to include Windows  3.0.  The  suit,
 originally  filed in March 1988 and also including Hewlett-Packard as  a
 defendant,  alleged  that  Microsoft Windows 2.03 (as well  as  Hewlett-
 Packard's  New  Wave interface,  which is basically  an  enhancement  of
 Windows)  infringed  Apple's  copyright by too  closely  resembling  the
 Macintosh user interface.



 - Washington, DC                                 CRAY 3 TO SHIP IN JUNE
   --------------

 According  to reports from an official of Cray Computers,  a spinoff  of
 Cray Research,  the company will deliver its first computer this June to
 the U.S. Department of Energy.

 The  $30  million system,  designated the Cray 3,  will ship  with  four
 processors but should be upgraded to a full 16-processor system by  next
 year.  The  full Cray 3 system will operate at speeds up to  16  billion
 floating  point operations per second or 16 gigaflops.  In  addition  to
 high initial costs,  operating expenses for a supercomputer, the fastest
 computers built,  are said to run well over $200,000 per month, even for
 smaller systems.



 - Santa Clara, California   NEW NATIONAL SEMI CHIP IMPROVES HARD DRIVES
   -----------------------

 The DP8491 Integrated Read Channel chip recently introduced by  National
 Semiconductor is a single integrated analog/digital microchip that  pro-
 vides  all the read-channel electronics needed by hard disk  drives  and
 is  reported to increase data storage capacity of some hard disks by  as
 much as 45%.

 The  new chip supports what is termed as the zoned data recording  tech-
 nique  and  includes a pulse/servo  detector,  a  data  synchronizer,  a
 frequency  synthesizer,  and write precompensation circuitry,  all on  a
 single chip capable of 33 megabits-per-second data rates.  The DP8491 is
 specially designed to operate from a single 5V power supply,  making  it
 highly  desirable  for  notebook  or  laptop  computers  which  run   on
 batteries, National says.



 - San Antonio, Texas                MICROSOFT UP, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DOWN
   ------------------

 According to the latest corporate earnings report from  Microsoft,  they
 reported revenues of $486.9 million,  a 57% increase from the same quar-
 ter  in 1990,  with a net income of $123.8 million,  an increase of  65%
 from the same quarter in 1990.  Texas Instruments reported a loss of $54
 million  compared  to a gain of $13 million for the  same  quarter  last
 year.



 - Cupertino, California               APPLE ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE POLLUTION
   ---------------------

 As  an alternative to driving to work,  Apple Computer is  offering  its
 employees some interesting options.  It is hoped these options will help
 decrease  pollution  and traffic congestions in the  San  Francisco  Bay
 Area.

 The options including free shuttle buses from Caltrain stations to Apple
 sites,  a  fleet of company bicycles,  an electronic database  of  ride-
 sharing opportunities, telecommuting, and a guaranteed ride home in case
 of personal emergency. To sweeten the offer, employees get a dollar cre-
 dit  in the company store every time they use one of the  new  commuting
 options.



 - San Francisco, California             HAYES WINS DOUBLE IN PATENT SUIT
   -------------------------

 Everex Systems, Ven-Tel and OmniTel have been assessed double damages by
 U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti who upheld Hayes Microcomputer Products
 patent for an escape sequence with guard time.   Conti, who also awarded
 Hayes court costs,  said that the wilful infringers must not be  allowed
 to  have  infringed a valid patent for five or six years and  then  only
 have to pay a 1.75 percent royalty to the owner of a valid patent.

 The  patent  is  at the heart of the `Hayes AT'  command  set  since  it
 specifies  how  a PC will go from the online mode to the  command  mode.
 Hayes  compatibility has become a de-facto standard in PC modems of  all
 speeds.



 - Torrance, California   DECISION REVERSED IN ASHTON-TATE COPYRIGHT SUIT
   --------------------

 This week, U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Junior rescinded his pre-
 vious  ruling  of December 1990 which  invalidated  Ashton-Tate's  dBase
 copyrights.  The original ruling was in a suit Ashton-Tate filed against
 Fox  Software in November 1988 alleging its Foxbase and Foxpro  software
 programs infringe on Ashton-Tate dBase copyrights.

 On December 11,  1990, Judge Hatter ruled that Ashton-Tate's dBase copy-
 rights  were invalid because the company had failed to disclose  in  its
 copyright  registration  applications that dBase II and dBase  III  were
 derived  from  a  public  domain  program  (JPLDIS)  developed  at   Jet
 Propulsion Labs in Pasadena,  and that the disclosure was  intentionally
 done to deceive the copyright office.



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 veteran of GE Information Services (GEIS),  has taken the job as general
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 > UG BBSs STR Spotlight           Looking BBS's over, what do they do?
   =====================



 TAKING A GOOD LOOK AT........


 part II

                              BULLETIN BOARDS
                              ===============

 by Dana P. Jacobson


      Last week, I talked a little bit about  the Bulletin  Board System as
 an important  part of  computing.   These multi-faceted systems provide us
 with all kinds of information which helps us  in our  endeavors to utilize
 our machines  effectively; and  at the  same time provide a forum for news
 and entertainment.

      As promised, this week's column will  focus on  what is  probably the
 most essential  part of  learning more about our machines: the user group.
 As is implied by its name, the user group is made up of people  like your-
 self who share similar interests, either a specific topic within the realm
 of possible uses of the machine (for example, desktop publishing); or the
 group may consist of people who just share the common bond of  using an ST
 or 8-bit  machine.   Most groups  that I  am aware of consist of this last
 category.

      Forming a  user group  is very  simple: a  few people  decide to band
 together  and  meet  formally  or  informally,  and discuss various topics
 surrounding their various interests.  Or,  this  small  group  can  be the
 initial  nucleus  for  the  group,  and  recruit members who share similar
 interests; and the group becomes more,  though not  necessarily, organized
 in nature.   Most  groups meet monthly at a pre-determined time and locat-
 ion.  Most groups start off with very informal meetings which usually turn
 out to  be bull-sessions,  talking about various programs and perhaps pla-
 ying a few games for entertainment.

      After awhile, the group may want to expand  its functions  and deter-
 mine some  goals for  its members.  If the group wants to grow, "advertis-
 ing" on local bulletin boards and a sign  or two  around a  dealer's store
 always seems  to spread  the word about the group's existence.  Let people
 know you're out there.

      Okay, so let's say you're now a member of a  small user  group.  What
 do the user groups do?  What do its members want?  Where do you meet?  All
 important questions.

      First of all, you can meet anywhere.   Someone's house,  a local chu-
 rch,  school  or  library  will  usually  let you meet on a regular basis.
 Check around.  Your members will probably want to get  the same  thing out
 of the  group as  you do: to learn more about the machine by sharing ideas
 and experiences.   Groups  are made  up of  people with  various levels of
 experience, so the meetings are usually a learning experience for everyone
 involved.  The user group exists (at least  in my  opinion) to  learn more
 about your machine(s) and its many uses.

      To give you a better idea of what goes on with user groups, primarily
 at the meetings, let me share some of my experiences.   By  no means  do I
 consider my  user group  a "textbook"  example, but for the most part it's
 probably a good example as any for the general idea.   I  joined the South
 Shore Atari  Group (Boston)  almost four  years ago.   I had just recently
 bought my first computer, a 520 ST.  I had visited a few local  dealers by
 this  time,  and  had  a  small  collection  of  software, very small.  My
 brother-in-law, who sold me the machine, informed me that he was not going
 to spend  every waking  moment teaching me all there was to know about the
 ST.  As it was, every time I had a problem or question, I was on the phone
 calling him,  or over  at his house to "see" how something was supposed to
 be done.  In short, I was being a pest.   I  initially bought  the machine
 because I  didn't want  to spend  $600+ for  a word-processor  machine.  I
 essentially wanted something so I could  write.   I have  two typewriters,
 but  editing  requires  either  a  lot  of stock of white-out, or a lot of
 re-typing when  it came  time to  make changes.   The  other advantages of
 having a  computer were  that I  had the  opportunity to do more than just
 word processing - I could also play games if I wanted!  I was  never a fan
 of computers.   I  was always  somewhat intimidated  by them.   My only on
 hands experience with them to this point was a course  or two  in college,
 FORTRAN.   I muddled  through the courses, as they were very basic in nat-
 ure.  The one thing that I did  learn was  that the  computer was  only as
 good as  the user.   If your program was poorly written, it didn't run.  I
 was no programmer.  My feeling was that how was I going to use a computer
 now if I didn't know how  to program  it.   The ST  was the  computer that
 solved that  problem.   The GEM  interface, point and click, turned out to
 calm my fears: NO programming experience required to use it!!

      So alright, back to my brother-in-law's  reluctance to  be my 24-hour
 tutor!  A new dealer had recently opened.  The owner had talked with a few
 people who had been  part of  a user  group a  few years  earlier, but had
 disbanded.   He offered to help the group get going again, and would allow
 his store to be used after-hours for a meeting location.  I  was convinced
 to join  so I  could learn  more about the ST.  Reluctantly, I did.  I say
 reluctantly because I felt at that time that all computer users were nerds
 and these people were going to be  talking technical computerese  that was
 just going  to go right over my head.  I didn't want to be the only begin-
 ner in the group and look like an  idiot!   Well, I  joined anyway,  and I
 discovered that  there wasn't  a "nerd"  in the  bunch; or at least what I
 envisioned a computer nerd to be like!

      My first meeting was the second for the re-formed group.  Things were
 still somewhat  disorganized, but attempts to change that were being made.
 I was impressed.  There were  about a  dozen people  there, and  most were
 circled  around  a  couple  of  the  store's machines, playing some games.
 People were discussing certain games or applications; and it appeared that
 this would  become a  good learning experience for me, and others who were
 also fairly new in computing (I wasn't the only one!).

      After a few more meetings, the  members decided  that they  wanted to
 become more  organized instead of being what was up-to-now simply a social
 gathering of ST and 8-bit users.   We  loosely  formed  the  group  into a
 structured unit,  with a  formal meeting outline.  The original nucleus of
 the group decided we should have officers, albeit  limited, to  provide us
 with the  essentials for some kind of formal setting.  We started off with
 a Chairman, Treasurer, and Newsletter Editor.  They also decided to set up
 a committee  to meet  separately from  the regular group meetings, to plan
 future meeting topics.  I joined  that  Steering  Committee  a  few months
 later.   I felt that it was important to get involved somehow; and to be a
 part of organizing meetings which might help me in the end seemed  to be a
 good idea.

      Meeting  at  the  computer  store  had its benefits, and made meeting
 topics very simple to plan.  Since the dealer always had the latest softw-
 are, hardware,  and magazines  to view;  our meetings usually consisted of
 demonstrations of these products.   Eventually,  the  group  grew,  and we
 added  a  PD  Librarian  to  our  slate of "officers".  The newsletter was
 coming out monthly, although at that time it was very small, consisting of
 a review  or two  and perhaps  some editorial  comments and the like.  One
 person was doing all of the  work, so  that was  the reason  for the small
 size.  Still, it was a nice addition to the group's activities.

      The group  continued to  grow as more people became aware of this new
 dealer.  We had newsletters available to the customers, and  various signs
 all over  the place.   In  less than  a year,  we had  about 25-30 members
 regularly showing up at the meetings.   The  newsletter grew  in size, and
 more people  were writing  articles and reviews.  The PD Library was grow-
 ing, and we managed to even sell a few disks among the members.  The store
 also had some of our disks and was selling them sporadically.  We had seen
 a lot of new software and hardware.  People with specific interests showed
 off  their talents.   I still fondly  remember seeing  one member  showing
 off his  artistic abilities  using Cyber  Paint and  CAD-3D.   We had MIDI
 demonstrations.  I became interested in desktop publishing  after seeing a
 demo of  Timeworks' Publisher  ST.   We saw  Mac and  IBM emulations, with
 Magic Sac and pc-ditto.  We learned about telecommunications, and  I even-
 tually bought a modem and started my own BBS.  There was so much to learn,
 and ideas were always available.

      The group went through many  changes,  as  most  will.    People lose
 interest while others' grow.  The store closed after a couple of years, so
 we had to meet somewhere else.  We've  currently about  50-60 members, and
 we're  in  our  third  meeting  site.   Without the constant influx of new
 software and hardware at a dealer, we've had to devise  new means  to pro-
 vide regular  and interesting  topics for  our membership.   It's vital to
 provide these things, or membership will dry up and new  members will stay
 away.   So far,  we have  been fortunate  to get  some local developers to
 attend our meetings.  To name a few, Jim Allen of Fast Technology has been
 our guest  a number of times; the folks from Gribnif Software have visited
 us; Bob Brodie, from Atari, has  been in  town a  couple of  times and at-
 tended our  meetings; and  more.   Other meeting topics have resulted with
 software donations from various  companies.    When  we  learn  of someone
 locally  who  uses  his/her  ST  for  something unusual or interesting, we
 invite them to speak.  Most recently  we  had  Rick  Keene,  who  has been
 interviewed for ST Informer and written an article for Current Notes, come
 visit us.  Rick has his own company and he does a lot of  graphics work on
 his ST.   He's  currently doing  some graphics for a proposed new game for
 the ST.  He's also doing work to restore some of the old DC  Comics Super-
 man archives.  I won't go into detail, but I will tell you that more
 about Rick will appear in a near-future issue of ST Report!

      The point  of all this is to inform you that there are many topics of
 interest for you to come up with that will provide  the user  group with a
 well-rounded amount  of information.   The  difficult part is figuring out
 what you want to do, and plan it.   Sometimes  the ideas  flourish, and at
 other times  the ideas just aren't there.  The important thing to remember
 is that people have different interests.   Find  out what  those interests
 are, and try to focus in those areas.

      Your user  group cannot do everything because the resources available
 are not unlimited.  There will be times when the  membership is declining;
 topics  for  meetings  fail  to  materialize;  guest speakers cancel; demo
 software bombs; hardware fails  to work;  or no  one is  interested in the
 meeting agenda.  It happens.  It's happened with my group and many others.
 Be patient, get involved, and stay interested.

      As a point of reference, not everyone is going to go out  and start a
 user group.   There are resources available to see if there's a user group
 in your area.  Pick up any copy of Current  Notes and  you will  find lis-
 tings of  groups for  each state.  STart magazine also has a listing which
 can usually  be found  on the  disks that  accompany the  magazine.  These
 lists don't  contain every  Atari user group in the country, but they're a
 good beginning.  Check with your local Atari dealer, as he will usually
 know if there's a group around town.  Check with your friends.   Check out
 the local bulletin boards and ask.  Ask about a group on one of the online
 services; they also usually  include a  user group  listing.   If all this
 fails, send  a letter  to Bob Brodie at Atari.  Bob is the Manager of User
 Group Services at Atari, and he has a list of every registered  Atari user
 group in the country!

      I've found  that the  South Shore  Atari Group has become an integral
 part of my computer training.  I've met a lot  of interesting  people; and
 many have  provided me the opportunity to learn more about my ST.  Without
 the group, I doubt that I'd still be using my  machine for  more than word
 processing  and  playing  a  few  games.  If you're serious about learning
 more, I highly recommend that you find a  group near  you, and  join.  You
 won't be sorry.  If you still need help finding a group, send me a letter
 and I'll  see what  I can  do.   Send any  inquiries to  any of the online
 services listed elsewhere in this issue of ST Report.

                         Until next time...




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 > COLOR IMAGES STR InfoFile              Keeping the troops informed....
   ============





                   COLOR IMAGES FOR THE ST/TT COMPUTERS
                   ====================================



 by Chet Walters, W. D. Parks and S. Kelly Webb


     The color .IMG files  produced on  the ST/TT  are not  directly device
 specific ST/TT  word interleaved video screen images.  Before encoding and
 saving, the  "video" is  separated into  continuous mono  plane bitmaps in
 the order  PLANE 0   Plane  1   PLANE 2...  PLANE n.   Each  plane of this
 "unleaved" image is then  encoded as  any other  .IMG file  would be, scan
 line by  scan line, bitplane by bitplane in the order given.  This form of
 multi-plane storage is known to GEM as non-device specific, or "standard."

     In most instances, the GEM  vro_trnfm,  otherwise  known  as transform
 form (vdi-op 110), is useful.  However, it pukes at times on images larger
 than the actual screen  in use.   It  is very  very slow  if one  tries to
 transform  "in  place"  (ie  has  the  same address in both the source and
 destination MFDBs).  It is best to hand  code the  "inter" and "unleaving"
 process if memory affords enough buffer space.  But, one can hand code the
 "inter" and "unleave"  process  directly  into  the  encoding de-endcoding
 routine for  limited memory  situations, the  only drawback being that the
 disk reads/writes will be slow. However, hand coding these into the read/-
 write routines  directly are actually faster than calling VR_TRFM on a bit
 image in place then writing the result to disk!

     In encoding this image using the accepted method for DRI version 1 bit
 IMG files,  each bitplane  is considered as a SEPARATE ENTITY.  Each plane
 is encoded as if it were a monoplane image with the pixel width/height the
 same as that of the color image. The result being that there are stored in
 the file X number  of "monoplane"  images corresponding  to the  number of
 bitplanes  noted  in  the  header.  When encoding the bit map data, always
 start anew at the  beginning of  each plane.  Make sure  there are  no VRC
 mates between  planes "joining  them at the hip" as it were. (see VRC bel-
 ow).

    ----------------------  COLOR IMAGE HEADERS  --------------------

     Each of the color images on the ST/TT has a specific header  type with
 a necessary read of 11 words (22 bytes).  The first 8 words conform to the
 known DRI header standard used for  many years  for monochrome  IMG files.
 The extra  three words  are specific  to these  color IMG  files and offer
 flexibility for the task at hand.   The  "STTT" format  holds more promise
 for the TT computers because it offers storage capabilities beyond that of
 "XIMG" images and has some specific  place holders  for some  of the extra
 features of  the TT.  The "STTT"  format also  holds the color palette RGB
 values in proper bits per pixel indexing order for easy transport to other
 platforms.  These header formats, their details and usages are as follows:

    ----------------------  "STTT" COLOR IMAGES  --------------------

 STTT HEADER (necessary read = 11 words or 22 bytes)
  VERS     w 0  version # (here, ONE to denote encoding scheme)
  HEADLEN  w 1  Header length in words (file start to bit data)
  PLANES   w 2  number of color planes
  PATRUN   w 3  pattern run definition length
  MICWID   w 4  width of pixel in microns
  MICHGT   w 5  height of pixel in microns
  PIXWID   w 6  pixel width of image (scan line width in pixels)
  PIXHGT   w 7  pixel height of image (number of scan line items)

             *** additional header info for color images *****

 SIGNATURE w 8  ** these two words form a LONG which contains
           w 9  ** the signature ASCII "STTT" (hex $53545454)
 PALLEN    w 10  # words in palette, bank #, setgray mode (see below)
 PALETTE   WORDs    ST/TT palette in XBIOS/LUT form # entries is PALLEN

          [BYTEs]   optional information can be stored here (see below)

           BYTEs   actual image bit data encoded as per DRI standards

                *** THE PALETTE LENGTH WORD OF THE HEADER:
    The PALLEN word of the "STTT" header stores three separate pieces of
 information for TT computers.

        ********************************************************
        |  BIT 15  |  BITS 14-11  |        BITS 10 - 0         |
        |   GRAY   |     BANK #   | NUMBER OF WORDS IN PALETTE |
        ********************************************************

 FOR ESETPALETTE on the TT or SETPALETTE on the ST:

     Bits  10-0  hold  the  number  of entries (words) in the color palette
 strage area. These bits have maximum value of 2047.  The MINIMUM number of
 palette entries  for the image to be displayed properly MUST be stored and
 reflected in the value held in  these  bits.    The  beginning  color MUST
 ALWAYS be  BANK #0  COLOR #0  so there  must be  at least  16 words in the
 palette for a 4 plane image.  One has the option to store additional banks
 for TT  palettes but  stored first  in the  file MUST  be BANK #0 COLOR #0
 followed by  BANK #1  then BANK  #2 ...  BANK #15.   All  palettes must be
 stored as  full banks  in multiples  of 16  words (full  palettes) and the
 PALLEN word of the header MUST reflect exactly  how many  WORDS are stored
 here.   For compatibility  with ST computers, it is best to store at least
 16 words regardless of the number of planes in the image for  use with the
 XBIOS 6  call. For 8 plane TT low resolution images, store a full 256 word
 palette. For monochrome, use the old standard with no color  palette. (see
 sample code)

 FOR ESETBANK on the TT:

     BITS 14-11  carry the  number (0-15  when shifted)  of the bank in the
 palette which was active when the IMG file was saved to disk.  If  the IMG
 is an  8 plane image or there is only BANK #0 stored, these bits should be
 clear.  The palette stored in the file must begin  with BANK  #0 and COLOR
 #0 and  work it's  way up in 16 word multiples in order to have the proper
 number of  entries to  select the  BANK noted  in these  bits. (see sample
 code)

 FOR ESETGRAY on the TT:
     The high  BIT 15  carries the  SET GRAY  flag to denote if the IMG was
 saved with the TT's gray mode bit set.  Set = GREY.  Clear = COLOR.   (see
 sample code)

 ******** THE PALETTE ENTRIES IN THE HEADER:
     In STTT  color IMG  files, the palette is stored in similar fashion to
 the palette stored  in  Degas  files.    The  entries  are  in  words with
 0000rrrrggggbbbb  bit  values  in  XBIOS/LUT  form  ready  for  either the
 ESETPALETTE ($54) on the TT or the SETPALETTE ($6) on  the ST.   The first
 color stored  is always  LUT COLOR #0 and BANK #0.  It is good practice to
 store at least a 16 word palette of BANK #0 to maintain compatibility with
 ST computers.  For 8  plane images,  all 256  entries must  be stored. For
 images of lesser planes, any number  of up  to 15  BANKs can  be stored in
 addition to  BANK #0  but must be stored as full 16 word palettes progres-
 sing upwards from BANK #0. Palette  entries  stored  in  this  fashion are
 easily transferable to other platforms.

 ******** ADDITIONAL STORAGE CAPACITY
     The  image  bit  data  will  always  begin  HEADLEN * 2 bytes (HEADLEN
 words) from file start.  There are  always  22  bytes  (11  words)  in the
 header itself.   Therefore,  should HEADLEN*2<>(PALLEN*2)+22 then there is
 additional data stored in the area  after the  palette entries  and before
 the bit  image data.   This  is a  documented additional storage area with
 only one restriction: the length of the extra data stored here must always
 be WORDs  in length  (ie an even number of bytes). When reading or writing
 "STTT" IMG files, never ASSUME that  the bit  image data  will immediately
 follow the  palette entries.   Always  KNOW that  the bit  image data will
 ALWAYS be  HEADLEN *  2 bytes  (HEADLEN words)  from the  beginning of the
 file.

      ----------------------  "XIMG" COLOR IMAGES  --------------------
 NOTE: This  format has  not been explored extensively so this should by no
 means be considered gospel but we think it's accurate.

 XIMG HEADER (necessary read = 11 words or 22 bytes)
  VERS     w 0  version # (here, ONE)
  HEADLEN  w 1  Header length in words (file start to bit data)
  PLANES   w 2  number of color planes
  PATRUN   w 3  pattern run definition length
  MICWID   w 4  width of pixel in microns
  MICHGT   w 5  height of pixel in microns
  PIXWID   w 6  pixel width of image (scan line width in pixels)
  PIXHGT   w 7  pixel height of image (number of scan line items)
 *** additional header info for color images *****
 SIGNATURE w 8  ** these two words form a LONG which contains
           w 9  ** the signature ASCII "XIMG" (hex $58494d7d)
 COLORMODE w 10   color mode (0=RGB 1=CYM 2=HLS 3=PANTOME)
   RGB_LIST  WORD triplets for the color table (see below)
   BYTEs   actual image bit data encoded as per DRI standards

     Each entry  in the  color table  is stored  in VDI  word triplets with
 each word  of a  value between  -1 to 1000 (in  hex $FFFF to $03E8).  Each
 of the RGB "mixes" takes a word  triplet  (or  RED.w    GREEN.w   BLUE.w).
 These are  ready for  a loop  with the  VDI call  SET COLOR REPRESENTATION
 (vdi-op 14) indexed by  the loop  counter when  the counter  is started at
 zero (see  sample code).  Only the minimum number of colors are stored for
 the number of planes in the image.   Hence, a  monoplane monochrome single
 plane image has only two color entries and it's table is only six words in
 length (two triplets) while a four plane 16 color image needs 3 x 16 words
 or 48 words (96 bytes). The number of entries in the color table is 2^PLA-
 NES so the number of bytes  required to  read for  the color  table is ob-
 tained with the formula 2^PLANES * 6 (TT low res needs 1536 bytes).

 NOTE:   The actual  image data will ALWAYS begin the HEADLEN * 2 number of
 bytes (HEADLEN words) from the start of the  file.   The drawback  to XIMG
 files is  that the  palette is in VDI form and if one wishes to make these
 images transportable to other  platforms the  entries must  be re- ordered
 and re-factored.

    ----------------------  BIT MAP STORAGE  --------------------

 BIT MAP DATA of actual IMAGE
     It is  very important  to note that color video normally requires that
 there be an even number of bytes for each scan  line.   However, COLOR IMG
 files may or may not have an even number of bytes per scan line item (some
 may be small clips of a  screen).   The scan  lines are  stored as byte(s)
 wide packets  which conform  to PIXWID  + 7  DIV 8 to arrive at the raster
 byte width.  This  will not  necessarily be  of even  byte width, however.
 Should the loading program need the result in word width form, the loading
 code must "pad" the scan line items if the packets work out to an odd byte
 width.   Again, we  repeat.  Scan line items will be in packets of BYTE(s)
 and may sometimes be of an ODD number of bytes just like "normal" monochr-
 ome IMG files.

     Bit  planes  are  separated  for  storage so that each ENTIRE plane is
 represented as if it were a monoplane image  of the  pixel width specified
 in the  header and will be the number of scan lines/pixels tall as per the
 pixel height/scan line item word in  the  header.    The  number  of these
 "monoplane images"  will equal  the number  of planes  in the header.  For
 example: If there is stored a four plane image of an ST Low resolution 320
 x 200  screen, plane  ZERO will  be stored  as a monoplane non-interleaved
 image 320 bits wide (40 bytes) with 200 scan line  items.   Plane ONE will
 follow in the same fashion followed by plane TWO then THREE.

     You can  visualize it  as one long narrow monoplane image which is the
 pixel width of the original and the pixel height of the original times the
 number  of  planes  tall.   However!! ****IMPORTANT**** When encoding this
 "long tall monoplane" image one MUST NOT cross planes with  a VRC replica-
 tion count.   THAT BEARS REPEATING.  Each plane is SEPARATE and should NOT
 be joined by a  VRC replication  pair.   The last  line of  PLANE ZERO can
 NEVER be  joined with  the first  line of  PLANE ONE  in a VRC replication
 count. The same holds true for any number of planes  stored in  the image,
 of course.

                     *******  IMPORTANT  *******
 ENCODING SCHEMES  NOT ONLY  STOP AT  THE END  OF EACH  SCAN LINE AND BEGIN
 ANEW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE  NEXT LINE,  VRC SCHEMES  STOP AT  THE END OF
 EACH PLANE AND BEGIN ANEW AT THE START OF THE NEXT PLANE.


     The bitmap  data is stored as scan line items (scan line by scan line)
 and the total number of decoded scan lines for each  plane will  equal the
 pixel  height/scan  line  item  word  in the header. Successive planes are
 stored in the same fashion if there are more than one.   So, the  bit data
 is stored  scan line  by scan  line and  plane by plane.  Encoding schemes
 must stop when the data reaches the end of a  scan line.  Whatever storage
 method is  used to store the scan lines is also stopped at the end of each
 bit plane. No data encoding schemes can cross a scan line boundary  and no
 VRC encoding  can cross  a plane boundary (planes cannot be "joined at the
 hip" so to speak).  This  is boring  repetition, we  know, but  it is very
 important and there are some real.... well, some folks need the hammering.

 SCAN LINE ITEMS
   Each scan line item has two components:
      * VERTICAL REPLICATION COUNT (assumed one - more as noted)
      * encoded bit data for display

 VERTICAL REPLICATION COUNT, or VRC
     It is very important to note going in here, that a VRC count of ONE is
 ALWAYS assumed to be true.  Each scan line item  is ALWAYS  represented in
 the image  at least  ONCE.   If NO  VRC token  series precedes a scan line
 item, the VRC count of that item is ONE.

 VRC counts are tokenized in the following manner:

       | Byte  | Byte  |   Byte   |   Byte    |
       ***********************************************************
       *   0   *   0   *   255    | N repeats for this scan line *
       ***********************************************************

    Should you encounter a VRC token series, then  the next  scan line item
 is to be decoded and represented in the resulting image N times.  If there
 is a count of FOUR, then the scan line item which follows will be represe-
 nted in  the image  FOUR times  in succession.   If  there is no VRC token
 series, then the scan line item is represented ONE time.

 SCAN LINE BIT ENCODING
     Each scan line item can be encoded  with  one  or  more  of  the three
 methods described  below.   These are  mix & match and each scan line item
 may well have all three or two or only one.

 BIT STREAM (token 128)
    The number of bytes of  data  in  the  BIT  STREAM  cannot  exceed 255.
 Token byte  is #128 or $80. The byte following the token is the run length
 of the bit stream which follows, or the number of subsequent bytes to copy
 from file to buffer as is.

        | Byte  | Byte  | N bytes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
        *******************************************************
        *  128  *   N   * Bit Stream                          *
        *******************************************************

 SOLID RUN (token NEVER 128 and NEVER 0)
    The SOLID RUN (all black or all white) stores repeated data in a single
 byte, the least significant seven bits  of which  indicates the  number of
 repeats and the most significant bit indicates the "state" or value of the
 byte to be repeated  ('0' = 0000000  or '1'  = 11111111).   The token/byte
 will never  equal 0  or 128, of course, and the number of repeats possible
 is between 1 and 127.

        |   Byte   |
        ************      Example: 160 = 10100000 =  32 bytes of $FF
        * As Above *      Example: 255 = 11111111 = 127 bytes of $FF
        ************      Example:   7 = 00000111 =   7 bytes of $00

 PATTERN RUN (token 0)
     This is the repeat  of a  pattern (whose  length must  be specified in
 WORD THREE  of the  header).  The token for this encode is a byte of value
 0.  The byte following is the number of times  the pattern  is to repeated
 after which  follows the  pattern itself  (the length in bytes of which is
 the WORD THREE of the header which can be 1 through 8).

        | Byte  | Byte  | Pattern-length bytes                |
        *******************************************************
        *  0    *  N    * Pattern to be repeated N times      *
        *******************************************************

       ---------------------------------------------------------

 SAMPLE CODE FOR READING COLOR IMAGES (this is by no means gospel)

    f_open   #0,#imgfile
    f_read   #header,#$16,handle  grab 22 byte header
    cmp.l    #'STTT',signature    which kind?
    beq      .dosttt              ok, then that then
    cmp.l    #'XIMG',signature    well?
    bne      .now_img             funky file, do the bit data anyway

 .doximg   **** here we show how to do RGB color mode only
    moveq    #1,d0             the power of words (clean upper.w)
    move.w   planes,d1         to the power of planes
    asl.w    d1,d0             will yield the number of
    move.w   d0,d6             entries in the color table
    beq      .now_img          unlikely but there may be none at all
    mulu     #6,d0             how many bytes to read it is now
    f_read   #table,d0,handle  & assumes file ptr right place
    lea      table,a6          set a6 pointer to table entries
    clr.l    d7                color index zero to start
 .setcolors

    VS_COLOR d7,(a6),2(a6),4(a6)  index,red,green,blue

    lea      6(a6),a6          up pointer to next triplet
    addq.w   #1,d7             next index too
    cmp.w    d6,d7             had enough?
    blt.s    .setcolors        more to do then mebbe
    bra      .now_img          show that puppy

 .dosttt * work the header for STTT img files
    move.w   palmode,d6     grab palette entry word
    andi.l   #$7ff,d6       d6 = # palette words (should be 256 or less)
    beq      .now_img       no colors means skip this all
    asl.w    #1,d6          reading words, remember
    f_read   #palette,d6,handle  file ptr is at start of palette
    tst.w    is_we_tt       check TT flag
    bne.s    .we_sure_is    ok, then that then

    SETPALETTE  #palette    XBIOS $6 for ST computers
    bra       .inform       now skip the TT stuff

 .we_sure_is

    ESETPALETTE #palette,d6,#0    XBIOS $54 for TT computers

    clr.l    d7             insurance
    moveq    #1,d0          ready for gray XBIOS call
    move.b   palmode,d7     grab gray and bank bits (upper byte only)
    bclr     #7,d7          clear gray bit and test flag
    bne.s    .setgray       if flagged, use gray
    clr.w    d0             else means full color XBIOS call
 .setgray

    ESTGRAY  d0             XBIOS $56 for TT computers (color/gray)

    cmp.w    #4,planes      8 plane 256 color IMG (or what)?
    bgt.s    .inform        then we skip the bank call
    lsr.w    #3,d7          shift bits over for proper bank value
    lsr.w    #4,d6          palette entries div 16 = # of banks
    cmp.w    d6,d7          did we load enough banks to set it ok?
    ble.s .setbank          yup, no sweat
    clr.w    d7             else, bank zero
 .setbank

    ESETBANK d7             XBIOS $52 for TT computers (choose bank)

 .inform
    V_UPDWK                 inform VDI of the change in the palette

 .now_img  **** never assume your file pointer is right for this
    f_seek   #0,#0,handle      beginning of file
    move.w   headlen,d7        header len in words
    ext.l    d7                clean as a whistle
    asl.w    #1,d7             words, remember
    f_seek   #0,d7,handle      start of image bit data

    <read decode and display image bit data>

 *******************************************************
    BSS
 is_we_tt  ds.w  1     our flag for we are a TT (or not)

 palette   ds.w  256   room for 256 word palette entries

 table     ds.w  256*3 room for 256 word VDI triplets

 header            read 22 byte header into this area
 imgvers   ds.w  1  version #
 headlen   ds.w  1  word offset from file start to image data
 planes    ds.w  1  # of planes in image (1,2,4,8,?)
 patlen    ds.w  1  pattern run definition length for encodes
 micwid    ds.w  1  device pixel micron width
 michgt    ds.w  1  device pixel micron height
 pixwid    ds.w  1  width of image in pixels (+7 div 8 = raster bytes)
 pixhgt    ds.w  1  height of image/plane in pixels/scan lines
 signature ds.l  1  ASCII 'STTT' or 'XIMG' signature
 palmode   ds.w  1  # of palette entry words + gray/bank bits (STTT)
                    or color mode (XIMG)





       _____________________________________________________________






 > FCC CERTIFICATION STR FOCUS        IS IT CLASS A OR, CLASS B?
   ===========================





                       IS IT REALLY THE FCC'S FAULT?
                                ACTUALLY..
                          IS IT ANYBODY'S FAULT?





 by Ralph F. Mariano


     Why is it that Atari seems to be  the only  computer company  that has
 real trouble  with equipment  certification?  Does the FCC have a vendetta
 for Atari computers and equipment?  Is it really that  difficult to obtain
 Class B Certification?   These are but a few of the very typical questions
 asked almost every week across this great land about the Class A  vs Class
 B situation.

     Atari may  appear to  be the only computer to have 'difficulties' with
 the certification procedures but really, that's not the case at  all.  Nor
 is the  FCC out  to "get" Atari.  No, there really isn't a monster backlog
 or logjam of devices awaiting inspection and certification.

     The differences between Class  A and  Class B  certification is indeed
 subtle  and  at  times  somewhat  ambiguous.  Yes my friends that's right,
 even though there are those who would like you to believe that the Apocal-
 ypse will  commence if  you use  a Class  A device  in a residential area.
 Throughout the remainder of this article, I'll try to examine  the various
 procedures, rules  and regulations pertaining to this particular topic and
 hopefully, when done, many of you will no longer fear the big  bang at the
 front door at midnight.  It must be made perfectly clear that the FCC does
 not condone the use of class A devices in a residential area.   The penal-
 ties and  enforcement efforts on the part of the FCC is directed primarily
 toward the manufacturers and sellers of  the equipment  not the  end user.
 The only  time an  end user is involved is if the equipment, class A or B,
 is causing interference to radio and/or television reception.

     To begin with, a few  questions  needing  answers  from  the "source".
 STReport  interviewed  a  'very'  knowledgable FCC source and obtained the
 following information;

 QUESTION:
 Does the FCC confiscate or seize equipment used in violation  of the Class
 a vs Class B requirements?

 ANSWER:
 The FCC  itself does  NOT confiscate equipment that is in violation of the
 Rules and Regulations.  If confiscation  is  pursued  due  to  the serious
 nature  of  the  violation,  (unlicensed transmitter, etc), it occurs only
 after a lengthy legal process and then through the US Marshall's office.

 QUESTION:
 Is it possible that a user may be fined $10,000 for using a class A device
 in a Class B environment?

 ANSWER:
 The  FCC  has  monetary  forfeitures  not  'fines'.  Those forfeitures are
 levied only after an "Official Notice  of  Violation"  is  issued  and the
 matter  is  resolved  either  by  dismissal  or payment of the forfeiture.
 Fines are levied in 'criminal' procedures and forfeitures are those finan-
 cial penalties levied in civil procedures.  Forfeiture amounts are defined
 in the rules, there is an up to amount designated,  but that  has recently
 changed.   Also, the  FCC is  not primarily interested in pursuing the end
 user (consumer), we are interested in the sources and vendors.

 QUESTION:
 If a user, for example, lives in lower  Manhattan and  his apartment house
 is between  say, two  lofts both of which are commercial, is the user sub-
 ject to the 'residential' or 'commercial' area in the rules?   And  if say
 the user  lived on  a farm and the main house was acres away from the nea-
 rest neighbor, would this user be in violation if he used a class A device
 in his  home?  What about the student who takes his computer from work, to
 school and then ultimately home?

 ANSWER:
 You can be sure  the FCC  will examine  each situation  on a  case by case
 basis, the important factor here is if the device is or is not interfering
 with radio or television reception.  If there is no complaint there  is no
 problem.   Of course,  the FCC is not indirectly trying to promote circum-
 vention of the rules.  It must understood that if  the device  is class A,
 its up  to the  source (manufacturer,  dealer, etc.)  to make sure the end
 user knows the device is class A and  its inherent  restrictions.   In the
 instance of  a user  transporting a computer from work, to school and then
 home; again, if the device creates  no interference  there is  no problem.
 However, the  FCC does  not condone  the use  of class  A devices in areas
 where they are not certified.  The most  serious results  an end  user may
 experience from  using a  Class A  device in his home is interference com-
 plaints and problems.  The end user must clear up this interference at his
 own expense and to the full satisfaction of those being interfered with.


 Editor Note:
     In  most  situations  of  spurious emissions interference, a high pass
 filter at the TV receiver being interfered with will clear up the problem.
 Also, a low pass line filter on the A/C lines of both the receiver and the
 emitting device may clear up unwanted signals.   Listed elsewhere  in this
 article are  a number  of suggestions for the elimination of interference.
 ABCO Computers is ready to assist any Atarian with information and sugges-
 tions pertaining to the elimination of RFI free of charge.


     Now, down to the nitty gritty;

 First, let's see what Certification/Verification is.......

 Certification
 -------------

     Applies  to  non-licensed  devices,  mostly  low power radio frequency
     devices and , in  addition, to  certain categories  of receivers which
     tune anywhere in the bands 30 to 901 Mhz, and 935-940 Mhz, to personal
     computers and peripherals, to  CB  receivers,  and  to  most  kinds of
     consumer ISM equipment.  (Industrial-Scientific-Medical)

     Based on  desk review  and evaluation  of written application and test
     report submitted by applicant.

     Testing of samples at FCC Laboratory is not required by FCC Rules, but
     FCC  has  authority  to  request  samples for testing either before or
     after issuance of grant.

     Grant of authorization is issued by FCC.

     Personal Computers carry a $735.00 Certification Fee, as do peripheral
     devices as outlined in part 15 subpart j.  All other computing devices
     (as defined in Part  15) except  those exempt  under Section 15.801(c)
     must be verified and no fee is involved.


 Verification
 ------------

     Applies to  all computing  devices except personal computers, personal
     computer peripherals and exempt computing devices (Section 15.801(c));
     to FM  broadcast and  television broadcast receivers and certain other
     categories of receivers subject  to part  15; and  to non-consumer ISM
     devices and certain untrasonic devices subject to part 18.

     Seller/importer or  manufacturer tests  device prior to marketing, for
     compliance with applicable FCC regulations, and retains test data.

     No filing with FCC is required.  However,  test data  may be requested
     by the FCC for subsequent review.

     The FCC may sample device at its option.

     No grant of authorization is issued by the FCC.



 15.37 TRANSITION PROVISIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES.

     Equipment may be authorized, manufactured and imported under the rules
 in effect prior  to  June  23,  1989,  in  accordance  with  the following
 schedules:

    (a)  For  all  intentional  and  unintentional  radiators,  except  for
 receivers: Radio frequency equipment verified by the responsible  party or
 for  which  an  application  for  a  grant  of  equipment authorization is
 submitted to the Commission on or after June  23, 1994,  shall comply with
 the regulations specified in this part.  Radio frequency equipment that is
 manufactured or imported on or after june 23, 1994, shall  comply with the
 regulations specified in this part.

     (b) For  receivers: Receivers  subject to the regulations in this part
 that are manufactured or imported on or after June 23,  1989, shall comply
 with the  regulations specified  in this  part.  However, if a receiver is
 associated with a transmitter  that could  not have  been authorized under
 the  regulations  in  effect  prior  to June 23, 1989, e.g., a transmitter
 operating under the provisions of 15.209  or 15.249  (below 960  MHz), the
 transition provisions  in this  section do  not apply. Such receivers must
 comply with the regulations in this part.

     (c) There  are  no  restrictions  on  the  operation  or  marketing of
 equipment complying with the regulations in effect prior to June 23, 1989.

     (d)  Prior  to  May  25,  1991, person shall import, market or operate
 intentional radiators within the band 902-905 MHz under  the provisions of
 15.249.    Until  that  date  ,  the  Commission will not issue a grant of
 equipment  authorization  for  equipment  operating  under  15.249  if the
 equipment is  designed to permit operation within the band 902-905 MHz.
 [54 FR 17714, Apr. 25, 1989; 54 FR 32339, Aug 7, 1989;  55 FR  25095, June
 20, 1990].

 Subpart B-Unintentional Radiators
 ---------------------------------

 15.101 EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION OF UNINTENTIONAL RADIATORS.

 (a)  Except   as  otherwise   exempted  in   15.23,  15.103,  and  15.113,
 unintentional radiators shall be authorized by the Commission  or verified
 prior to  the initiation of marketing, as follows:
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Type of device                      Equipment authorization required
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 TV broadcast receiver                                 Verification
 FM broadcast receiver                                 Do.
 CB receiver                                           Certification
 Superregenerative receiver                            Do.
 Scanning receiver                                     Do.
 All other receivers subject to part 15                Notification
 TV interface device                                   Certification
 Cable system terminal device                          Notification
 Stand-alone cable input selector switch               Verification
 Class B personal computers & peripherals              Certification
 Other Class B digital devices & peripherals           Verification
 Class A digital devices & peripherals                 Do.
 External switching power supplies                     Do.
 All other devices                                     Do.
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [See additional provisions in this section and in 15.103 of this part]

     (b) Only those receivers  that  operate  (tune)  within  the frequency
 range of  30-960 MHz  and CB  receivers are  subject to the authorizations
 shown in paragraph (a) of this section.   However, receivers  indicated as
 being subject to notification that are contained within a transceiver, the
 transmitter portion of which is subject to type  acceptance, certification
 or  notification,  shall  be  authorized under the verification procedure.
 Receivers  operating  above  960  MHz  or  below  30  MHz,  except  for CB
 receivers, are exempt from complying with the technical provisions of this
 part  but are subject to 15.5.

     (c) Personal computer mother boards (the circuit board  performing the
 central processing)  that are  marketed assembled  with an enclosure and a
 power supply must be certificated with that enclosure and power supply.

     (d) Peripheral devices, as defined in  15.3(r), shall  be certified or
 verified, as  appropriate, prior  to marketing.   However, if a peripheral
 always will be marketed with  a  specific  personal  computer,  it  is not
 necessary to obtain a separate grant of certification for that peripheral,
 provided the specific combination of personal computer and  peripheral has
 received a grant of certification.

     (e)  Subassemblies  to  the  digital  devices  are  not subject to the
 technical standards in this  part unless  they are  marketed as  part of a
 system in  which case the resulting system must comply with the applicable
 regulations.   Subassemblies  include:  Those  devices  that  are enclosed
 solely  within  the  enclosure  housing  the  digital  device  and are not
 included in  the definition  of peripherals  in 15.3(r),  such as internal
 disc  drives  and  memory  expansion  units;  digital  devices marketed to
 another manufacturer to be  incorporated  into  a  final  product; circuit
 boards containing the central processing unit that are marketed without an
 enclosure  or  power  supply;  and,  switching  power  supplies  that  are
 separately marketed and are solely for use internal to a digital device.

     (f)  The   procedures  for  obtaining  a  grant  of  certification  or
 notification and for verification are contained in Subpart J of  Part 2 of
 this chapter.

 15.103 EXEMPTED DEVICES

     The following  devices are  subject only  to the general conditions of
 operation in 15.5 and  15.29 and  are exempt  from the  specific technical
 standards and  other requirements contained in this part.  The operator of
 the exempted device shall be required to stop operating the  device upon a
 finding by the Commission or its representative that the device is causing
 harmful interference.  Operation  shall  not  resume  until  the condition
 causing  the   harmful  interference  has  been  corrected.  Although  not
 mandatory, it is strongly recommended that the manufacturer of an exempted
 device endeavor  to have  the device meet the specific technical standards
 in this part.

     (a)  A  digital  device  utilized  exclusively  in  any transportation
 vehicle including motor vehicles and aircraft.

     (b)  a  digital  device  used  exclusively as an electronic control or
 power system utilized by a public utility or in an industrial plant.   The
 term public  utility includes equipment only to the extent that it is in a
 dedicated building or large room owned or leased  by the  utility and does
 not extend to equipment installed in a subscriber's facility.

     (c)  A  digital  device  used exclusively as industrial, commercial or
 medical test equipment.

     (d) A digital  device  utilized  exclusively  in  an  appliance, e.g.,
 microwave  oven,  dishwasher,  clothes  dryer, air conditioner (central or
 window), etc.

     (e)  Specialized  medical  digital  devices  (generally  used  at  the
 direction  of   or  under  the  supervision  of  a  licensed  health  care
 practitioner) whether used in a patient's home or a health  care facility.
 Non-specialized  medical  devices,  i.e.,  devices marketed through retail
 channels for use by the general  public are  not exempted.  This exemption
 also does  not apply to digital devices used for record keeping or for any
 purpose not directly connected with medical treatment.

     (f) Digital devices that have a power consumption not exceeding 6 nW.

     (g) Joystick  controllers or  similar devices,  such as  a mouse, used
 with digital  devices but  which contain  only non-digital  circuitry or a
 simple circuit to convert the signal  to  the  format  required  (e.g., an
 integrated  circuit  for  analog  to  digital  conversion)  are  viewed as
 passive add-on devices, not themselves directly  subject to  the technical
 standards or the equipment authorization requirements.

     (h) Digital  devices in which both the highest frequency generated and
 the highest frequency used are  less  than  1.705  MHz  and  which  do not
 operate from  the AC power lines or contain provisions for operation while
 connected to the AC  power lines.  Digital devices  that include,  or make
 provision  for  the  use  of  battery  eliminators, AC adaptors or battery
 chargers which permit operation while charging or that  connect to  the AC
 power lines indirectly, obtaining their power through another device which
 is connected to the AC power lines, do not fall under this exemption.

     (i) Responsible parties should  note  that  equipment  containing more
 than one  device is  not exempt  from the technical standards in this part
 unless  all  of  the  devices  in  the  equipment  meet  the  criteria for
 exemption.  If only one of the included devices qualify for exemption, the
 remainder of the equipment  must comply  with any  applicable regulations.
 If a  device performs more than one function and all of those functions do
 not meet the criteria for  exemption,  the  device  does  not  qualify for
 inclusion under the exemptions.

 15.105 INFORMATION TO THE USER

     (a)  For  a  Class  A  digital  device or peripheral, the instructions
 furnished the user  shall  include  the  following  or  similar statement,
 placed in a prominent location in the text of the manual.

 NOTE:
     This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
     a class A digital device,pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.   These
     limits are  designed to  provide reasonable protection against harmful
     interference when the equipment is operated  in a  commercial environ-
     ment.   This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
     energy and if not installed and used in  accordance with  the instruc-
     tion manual,  may cause  harmful interference to radio communications.
     OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA  IS LIKELY  TO CAUSE
     HARMFUL INTERFERENCE  IN WHICH  CASE THE USER WILL BE REQUIRED TO COR-
     RECT THE INTERFERENCE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.

     (b) For a Class  B  digital  device  or  peripheral,  the instructions
 furnished  the  user  shall  include  the  following or similar statement,
 placed in a prominent location in the text of the manual.

 NOTE:
     This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
     a class  B digital device,pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.  These
     limits are designed to  provide reasonable  protection against harmful
     interference when  the equipment  is operated in a commercial environ-
     ment.  This equipment generates, uses and can  radiate radio frequency
     energy and  if not  installed and used in accordance with the instruc-
     tion manual, may cause  harmful interference  to radio communications.
     However there  is no  guarantee that radio interference will not occur
     in a particular installation.   If  this equipment  does cause harmful
     interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
     by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to  try to
     correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

          - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
          - Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
          - Connect the  equipment to an outlet on a different circuit than
            the receiver is connected to.
          - Consult the  dealer or  an experienced  Radio/TV technician for
            help.

     (c) The  provisions of  paragraphs (a)  and (b) of this section do not
 apply to digital devices exempted from  the technical  standards under the
 provisions of 15.103

     (d) For  systems incorporating  several digital devices, the statement
 shown in paragraphs(a) or (b) of this section  needs to  be contained only
 in the instruction manual for the main control unit.

 15.107 CONDUCTED LIMITS

     (a) Except  for Class A digital devices,for equipment that is designed
 to be connected to the public utility (AC) power line, the radio frequency
 voltage that  is conducted back into the AC power line on any frequency or
 frequencies within the band 450 kHz to 30 MHz shall not exceed 250 microv-
 olts.  Compliance with this provision shall be based on the measurement of
 the radio frequency voltage between each  power  line  and  ground  at the
 power terminals.

     (b) For  a Class  A digital device that is designed to be connected to
 the public utility (AC) power line,  the radio  frequency voltage  that is
 conducted  back  into  the  AC  power line on any frequency or frequencies
 within the  band 450  kHz to  30 MHz  shall not  exceed the  limits in the
 following table.   Compliance  with this  provision shall  be based on the
 measurement of  the radio  frequency voltage  between each  power line and
 ground at the power terminals.  The lower limit applies at the band edges.

      _______________________________________________________________
        FREQUENCY OF EMISSION (MHZ) *** Conducted Limit (microvolts)
      ---------------------------------------------------------------
               0.45 to 1.705........................... 1000
               1.705 to 30.0........................... 3000
      ---------------------------------------------------------------

     (c) For  carrier current systems used as unintentional radiators whose
 emissions are contained within the frequency range 450 kHz to  30 MHz, the
 provisions of  this section  shall not apply.  Such systems are subject to
 radiated emission limits as provided in 15.109(e).

     (d) Measurements to demonstrate  compliance with  the conducted limits
 are not required for devices which only employ battery power for operation
 and which do not operate from the AC power lines or contain provisions for
 operation while connected to the AC power lines.  Devices that include, or
 make provision for, the use  of  battery  charger  which  permit operating
 while charging,  AC adapters or battery eliminators or that connect to the
 AC power lines indirectly,  obtaining their  power through  another device
 which is  connected to  the AC power lines, shall be tested to demonstrate
 compliance with the conducted limits.

 15.109 RADIATED EMISSION LIMITS

     (a) Except for Class A digital devices, the field strength of radiated
 emissions from unintentional radiators at a distance of three meters shall
 not exceed the following values:

     _________________________________________________________________
     FREQUENCY OF EMISSION (MHZ) *** Field Strength (microvolts/meter)
     -----------------------------------------------------------------
                  30 to 88........................... 100
                  88 to 216.......................... 150
                  216 to 960......................... 200
                  above 960.......................... 500
     -----------------------------------------------------------------

     (b) The field strength of radiated  emissions from  a class  A digital
 device, as  determined at  a distance  of 10  meters, shall not exceed the
 following:

     _________________________________________________________________
     FREQUENCY OF EMISSION (MHZ) *** Field Strength (microvolts/meter)
     -----------------------------------------------------------------
                  30 to 88...........................  90
                  88 to 216.......................... 150
                  216 to 960......................... 210
                  above 960.......................... 300
     -----------------------------------------------------------------

     (c) In the emission  tables above,  the tighter  limit applies  at the
 band edges.   Sections  15.33 and  15.35 which specify the frequency range
 over which radiated emissions are to  be measured  and the  detector func-
 tions and other measurements apply.

     (d) For  CB receivers, the field strength of radiated emissions within
 the frequency range of 25-30 MHz shall not exceed 40 microvolts/meter at a
 distance of  three meters.  The field strength of radiated emissions above
 30 MHz from such devices shall comply with the limits in paragraph  (a) of
 this section.

     (e) Carrier  current systems  used as unintentional radiators or other
 unintentional radiators that are designed to conduct their radio frequency
 emissions via connecting wires or cables and that operate in the frequency
 range of 9 kHz  to  30  Mhz,  including  devices  that  deliver  the radio
 frequency energy to transducers such as ultrasonic devices not covered un-
 der part 18 of this  chapter,  shall  comply  with  the  radiated emission
 limits for intentional provided in 15.209 for the frequency range of 9 kHz
 to 30 Mhz.  At frequencies above 30 Mhz, the provisions of paragraph(a) of
 this section apply.

     (f) For  a receiver  which employs  terminals for the connection of an
 external receiving antenna, the  receiver shall  be tested  to demonstrate
 compliance with the provisions of this section with an antenna connectedto
 the antenna terminalsunless the antenna  conducted  power  is  measured as
 specified in  15.111(a).   If a  permanently attached receiving antenna is
 used, the receiver shall be  tested  to  demonstrate  compliance  with the
 provisions of this section.



 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
 ------------------------

 Any questions  concerning the Commission's Rules on approval of radio fre-
 quency equipment may be addressed to:

                      Technical Standards Branch, FCC
                                 Room 7122
                             2025 M Street, NW
                          Washington, D.C.  20554
                              1-202-653-6288
                                    or,
                    Equipment Authorization Branch, FCC
                         7435 Oakland Mills Road.
                           Columbia, MD    21046
                              1-301-725-1585


     Computer access to  the  equipment  authorization  database  for radio
 frequency  devices  is  available  through  the  Public Access Link (PAL).
 Information on pending applications and granted authorizations for specif-
 ically identified  equipment can be accessed by dialing the FCC Laboratory
 computer on the dedicated number 1-301-725-1072.  Information is available
 24 hours day, 7 days a week through the PAL system.

     Inquiries which  cannot be  made by computer access, concerning status
 of applications and equipment will be  accepted by  FCC Laboratory person-
 nel at  1-301-725-1585 from  02:00pm to 04:30pm EDT or EST, monday through
 friday, except holidays.  Caller may request "status information".


 Sources of information reprinted verbatim from:

                           (OET Bulletin No. 61)
                       47 CFR ch.1 (10-1-90 Edition)




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 > MODEM SURCHARGE? STR InfoFile                "What's the Story Jerry?"
   =============================



                          OLD RUMORS SHOULD DIE,
                         BUT THEY NEVER FADE AWAY!


     STReport is responding to this VERY OLD rumor once again,  this is the
 second appearnce  of this  rumor.  Why?  Once again, the rumors are flying
 that the FCC is considering a "modem surcharge."  This simply is NOT true.
 Its amazing  to find  the rumor  being revived  periodically.  Perhaps its
 time for sysops of the Major  Online Services  to delete  or place obvious
 dates on  these files?   Seemingly everytime a newer user "discovers" this
 file online,  (the Jim  Eason warning),  off go  the alarm  bells all over
 again with renewed vigor.

 [Excerpt from STReport #401 January 05, 1990]

                  RUMOR ABOUT ALLEDGED FCC PROPOSED RULE

     "A rumor  is making the BBS rounds that the FCC is considering a prop-
 osed rule to assess a surcharge on personal computer modem users accessing
 the nation's  telephone network.   A  telephone call  to Ms. Jerri Payton,
 Common Carrier Division, FCC, Telephone:(202) 632-7553,  on 29  Dec 89, to
 find out  what the  proposed rule  number was.   Ms. Payton stated no such
 rule is under consideration.  A similar rule,  which was  turned down, was
 proposed over  two years  ago.   No similar  rules are pending or planned.
 Over 257 people wrote in to  the  FCC  (Dec-Jan  1989/90)  concerning this
 rumored proposal.   The  vast majority  failed to provide their return ad-
 dress so the FCC was unable respond directly to them.  The  FCC had issued
 a number  of press releases on Friday, 12/29/89, and/or Tuesday, 01/02/89,
 discounting the rumor.  The  press  releases  were  provided  to  both the
 national and local media."


      In  conclusion,  STReport  called  the  FCC  office of Regulation and
 Enforcement and spoke to Mary Beth  Hess spvsr.,  and Ms.  Payton relative
 to this  entire matter.   The   FCC,  Ms. Hess & Ms. Payton have expressed
 full agreement with this article.   And, at  the same  time, fully cleared
 up this  rumor business.   It simply is not true.  The FCC is not, at this
 time, considering any proposals concerning modem surcharges.




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 > The Flip Side STR Feature              "....A different viewpoint"
   =========================




                    A LITTLE OF THIS, A LITTLE OF THAT
                    ==================================



 by Michael Lee

 It seems that I inadvertently gave Jim Ness a new job last week.  I mis-
 takenly gave him credit for being a sysop on CIS. Sorry Jim.

 That  reminds  me of something I've been wanting to discuss  and  that's
 giving proper credit on each post. I dislike using 'handles' when giving
 credit, but sometimes I have no choice.  Each of the three major on-line
 networks handle 'handles' differently.  On CIS,  handles are not allowed
 at  all,  so  I'm able to give you each person's full  name.  On  Genie,
 handles are allowed,  but they also have an option so that a person  can
 use a 'nickname' next to their name or handle.   For  instance,  someone
 might  go  by the handle of STUSER but they can expand  that  to  STUSER
 [John Smith]. So many times I'm able to give them proper credit on their
 posts. But on Delphi, handles are allowed and there is not an option for
 'nicknames'.  So  when  I  don't know the correct  name  of  the  person
 posting, or they don't 'sign' their posts, I am stuck with giving credit
 to MAD MODIFIER or BLACKICE.


                             ----------------

 Comments  about  the new MaxiFile 3.0 from CodeHead Software  by  Gordie
 Meyers (Sysop) on Delphi...
    I  got my upgrade to MaxiFile yesterday,  and must say to  the  world
    that I am _VERY_ impressed.  Not only did Charles [Johnson] 'jazz' up
    the  graphic presentation of the program,  but he added all kinds  of
    little  goodies that make your file manipulation  tasks  ever-so-much
    easier.  Then  he  goes  and makes the tie-in  between  ArcShell  and
    MaxiFile even more useful,  by allowing the user to utilize  MaxiFile
    III  to  select the whole group of files you want to  include  in  an
    archive!

    Boy!  Either Charles is the laziest man in the world,  always finding
    an  easier way to get things done,  or he's some kind of  programming
    addict who doesn't know when to say 'Finished'! Either way, I applaud
    him,  and recommend MaxiFile to everyone.   Especially if you have  a
    hard drive!

                              ----------------

 Question from Bill Devonshire on CIS...
    Who sells MATRIX?  What happened to the 24-bit color board  [Lexicor]
    was (are) developing?

 Answer from Lee (Lexicor Software) on CIS...
    RIO Computers is importing the MATRIX.

    We  are still working on our own 24-bit board which will be out  this
    summer some time.  That release will depend on our software sales and
    demand.   Now that we have shipped our first programs to the manufac-
    tures  we  have  started on several neat utilities  which  will  also
    support  the new 24-bit boards as well as the ISAC and  ALBERT  cards
    from Dover Research.

                              ----------------

 Some  questions and answers about hard drive utilities,  Syquest  drives
 and the GCR from the Gadgets by Small RT on Genie...

 Question from Mark Mills...
    ....Can I change Syquest disks during a session?  I haven't been able
    to  get  this to work.  I have to restart to get the mac  to  read  a
    second Syquest disk.

 Questions From Lee Herman....
    I recently installed a SyQuest drive to use in Mac mode.  I find that
    cartridges formatted using Mirror technologies do not mount...Also, I
    find that it is not possible to dismount one cartridge, and remount a
    different one in the same session (ie. without exiting to ST mode and
    re-entering Mac mode).  This occurs even with cartridges formatted by
    Spectre.  It IS possible,  however,  to mount the second partition of
    one  cartridge when the one mounted first only had one  partition...I
    am unable to run any hard disk utilities from Mirror  Tech,  Alliance
    Peripherals, or Silverlining.  None of them can find the device....

 Reply from STACE (Sysop)....
    ...Yes,  you can change SyQuest carts during a session. However, both
    cartridges  must be formatted EXACTLY the same (same size and  number
    of partitions).  To change carts,  first eject all partitions (icons)
    for  the SyQuest cart.  Then remove the SyQuest cart and install  the
    new one.  Once the second cartridge is up to speed,  hit Fx (x stands
    for  whatever function key is the proper one for your  particular  HD
    and SyQuest setup). You *will* get an error box along the way. Simply
    click thru it and hit the function key again.

 Answer from Jeff. G....
    ...the reason the utilities from Mirror,  Aliance,  and Silver Lining
    don't  work  is that they poll the Mac SCSI port to  determine  which
    devices are hooked up.  Since the ST doesn't have a SCSI  port,  they
    won't work.

                              ----------------

 From Norm Weinress on Delphi...
    If  you are at all handy,  the easiest way to upgrade  [from  single-
    sided  floppy  drive to double-sided] is to reuse  your  SF354  case,
    innards  and  power supply.  Just buy a Teac double  sided  mechanism
    (which goes for under $60) and use it to replace the old one. The new
    mechanisms  are  thinner and the front opening  looks  different,  so
    you'll have to cut new holes in the front of the case.  Usually,  you
    also must twist the ribbon cable so the connector is upside down from
    the way it plugs onto the drive.  The power connector at the drive is
    OK as is.

                              ----------------

 Question from Frank S. Kish on CIS...
    Does anyone know the Atari BBS # in Sunnyvale?

 Answer from Bob Retelle (Sysop) on CIS...
    ...the numbers for the AtariBase BBS were recently changed.  Here  is
    the new set:

           (408) 745-2191     (408) 745-2193     (408) 745-2194
           (408) 745-2195     (408) 745-2196

    They  say that the new numbers do not "bump" you to the next line  if
    the one you're calling is busy (like the old setup used to),  so  you
    may have to try more than one to get through.

                              ----------------

 Comments about the TT from Terry Pack on CIS...
    I  got  another chance to play with the TT and try  out  my  favorite
    games and it doesn't look good.

    Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back both run but run a little fast.




    Gauntlet  runs at about 3-5 times normal speed.  You should see  that
    guy go!  Nebulus crashes after loading the startup screen. Balance of
    Power  runs  faster which doesn't affect play and cuts  down  on  the
    waiting at the end of each turn.   DBASIC wont boot at all which does
    not  surprise me.  (I'm probably the only one who still uses it  any-
    way.)

                              ----------------

 Question  about the Quatum LPS105S hard drive from GHN (George)  on  the
 Gadgets by Small RT on Genie...
    ...I  have  just  replaced my Seagate 30meg hard  drive  with  a  new
    Quantum LPS105S drive.  All works well except parking the hard  drive
    from  Mac  mode.  The  busy light will flash  constantly  (and  after
    several minutes I reboot)....

 Answer from Bob Shuster...
    ...most  new  drives are auto=parking,  and I think it  is  generally
    considered *not* a good idea to park them manually. I think you would
    have  a hard time finding a hard drive these days that was not  auto-
    parking.

 Answer from Larry Rymal...
    Your Quantum LPS105 auto parks.  You don't have to mess with  parking
    it. When you kill power, it parks itself.

                              ----------------

 From SHUYLAR on Delphi...
    I  just got my Summer 91 issue of the DAK catalog and on page #8  and
    #9  there  is a laser printer that looks like it is almost  an  exact
    SLM-804.  It has 1-meg of RAM,  300 dpi, 8-ppm, 7 printer emulations,
    and  39 bar-code languages.  It also comes with 7  software  packages
    that look pretty good. TOTAL PRICE $699.00, extra toner $49.00, extra
    drums $199.00. For IBM but it sure is interesting.

                              ----------------

 Question from J.J. Kiely on CIS...
    ...does anybody know of or can recommend a CAD program for the ST. As
    a  student it would have to be somewhat affordable.  I need it to  be
    able to handle rudimentary design work - sketches almost of prototype
    homes,  towers,  buildings etc.   I already own Cad-3d and as such  I
    need something more rigid and less artistic.

 Answer from Lee (Lexicor Software) on CIS...
    CyberSculpt from ANTIC is the only other cad program that is "low" in
    price.  This  is  not a more precise program but it can  create  very
    complex objects,  so if you want a program that will help do the kind
    of  work you want this one may be what you want.  The  next  possible
    choice is from CSD and very expensive.

 Answer from Bill Devonshire on CIS...

    ...A very good program,  flexible,  easy to use,  GEM interfaced  and
    fully True Cad drafting is Beta CAD - and it's only $99.00.  It is  a
    2d implementation, so if you are looking for a 3D Cad program it will
    not do.   DynaCad will though,  very effectively,  but it costs about
    $500.00.  CyberSculpt  is an excellent 3D sculpting program  (but  no
    dimensioning),  it is more for animation projects, but you can sculpt
    very complex objects with it and then port that object to DynaCad for
    true dimensioning capabilities - very nice indeed.

                             ----------------

 Until next week.....





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 > STR Portfolio News & Information           Keeping up to date...
   ================================



                         THE ATARI PORTFOLIO FORUM
                         =========================

 On CompuServe


 by Walter Daniel  75066,164


     BJ Gleason found a small LISP  (a language  used widely  in artificial
 intelligence  programming)  interpreter  that  will  run on the Portfolio.
 Softwave LISP version 2.6 requires 38k  of storage,  but only  12k if com-
 pressed with PKLITE.  The interpreter is used in a book titled "The Eleme-
 nts of Artificial Intelligence"   by Steven L. Tanimoto  that is published
 by Computer  Science Press.   Softwave LISP is not included with the book;
 order it from Softwave LISP, PO Box 31607,  Seattle, WA   98103.   Cost is
 $38.

     Text files  with lists  of all the files in all the forum libraries as
 of April 22, 1991, were uploaded this week.  CATALO.ARC must be extracted,
 but is  only about  55k in length.  PF.CAT is an uncompressed version, but
 is about 122k.

     A small (12k) utility for  extracting  files  from  .ARC  archives was
 uploaded to  library 1.   The  filename is  PKXARC.COM.  This program only
 extracts from archives--it does not create new ones.

     DIP, the British developers of the Portfolio, have made available text
 files  that  contain  the  DIP  Product Directory of Portfolio accessories
 available in the UK.  All  files  are  in  Portfolio  Address  Book (.ADR)
 format.  The uncompressed files are DIP-H.ADR, DIP-N.ADR, and DIP-S.ADR in
 library 1.  The  three files  can be  merged into  one large  .ADR file if
 desired.  The same three files are in DIPCAT.ARC in library 1.

     I've read  many messages  dealing with  the configuration of the cable
 required to transfer files between a Portfolio and  a PC  compatible using
 the parallel  interface and  FT.COM.   One forum member, after some exper-
 imentation, discovered that only six wires need be connected.  The diagram
 of these connections is in FTCABL.TXT.

     PORT.USE is a text file with keywords like "outdoor," waterproof," and
 "forestry."  I haven't read this file yet, but it sounds like  yet another
 unique use of the Portfolio.



         ________________________________________________________




 > Maxifile Secrets! STR InfoFile            INSIDE TRACK TO MAXIFILE III
   ==============================





                         **************************
                         *                        *
                         *  Calling MaxiFile III  *
                         *                        *
                         **************************

                    Documentation by Charles F. Johnson.
                   Last revision: Tuesday, April 16, 1991

                     Copyright 1991 CodeHead Software.
                            All Rights Reserved.

             MaxiFile III is a tradename of CodeHead Software.


  What This Is About
  ******************

  This document describes the "back door" built into MaxiFile III,
  CodeHead Software's powerful file/disk management utility.  When
  MaxiFile III is installed as a GEM desk accessory (or loaded into
  CodeHead's MultiDesk), it is possible to inquire for its
  presence, and call it with a simple subroutine jump.  When
  MaxiFile then returns to your calling application, it passes back
  the address of a structure that can be used to allow you to
  select multiple files in any directory, for whatever purpose your
  application has in mind.  To do this requires very little code,
  and MaxiFile even gives you a pointer to an important subroutine
  you can use to make things still easier.

  The techniques described here require that MaxiFile version 3.0 or
  later be installed as a desk accessory on the user's system.

  One application that uses MaxiFile III in the manner described in
  this document is ARC Shell 2.5, from Little Green Footballs
  Software (not affiliated with CodeHead Software).  ARC Shell
  calls MaxiFile III to get a list of files to archive, all with
  one action on the part of the user.  ARC Shell even takes this
  concept one step further, and lets the user hold Shift to reenter
  MaxiFile, selecting more items from other directories.  MaxiFile's
  "multiple item selection" abilities can be very powerful.


  How to Detect MaxiFile III
  **************************

  To find out if you can access MaxiFile III, your code must make a
  TRAP #13 call, passing it a function number that is not defined
  by the system's BIOS handler.  This function code is 'M3' in
  ASCII or $4D33 in hexadecimal.  If MaxiFile III is present, it
  detects this call and returns the address of its entry point (and
  indirectly, a pointer to some other important data structures
  too...more later).  If MaxiFile III is not installed, the "bogus"
  BIOS call returns with no harmful effects.  (Honest.  We checked
  with Atari.)

  Here's the code to detect MaxiFile III, in assembly language:

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
         movem.l d5,-(sp)     ; Save register D5 for dumb C compilers
         moveq   #0,d5        ; Clear D5 in preparation
         move    #'M3',-(sp)  ; Is MaxiFile 3.0 somewhere in the vicinity?
         trap    #13          ; Perform the trap
         addq.l  #2,sp        ; Tidy up like a good little programmer
         move.l  d5,d0        ; Return the pointer (or zero) in D0
         movem.l (sp)+,d5     ; Restore D5 (movem does not change the CCR!)
         beq.s   nope         ; If D5 was still zero after the trap,
                              ;  then MaxiFile isn't here
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  As the comments describe, this code returns either a pointer to
  MaxiFile III's entry point or zero to indicate that MaxiFile III
  is not installed.  MaxiFile returns its pointer in register D5
  for a reason.  Since D5 is not altered by the system BIOS handler
  you can be sure that if the value changes, it was MaxiFile that
  changed it.  (Note: the code above, however, takes pains to
  preserve D5 and return the pointer in D0, in deference to C-style
  return conventions.)

  One thing you'll probably want to do is set MaxiFile's path
  before calling it, similar to setting the path for a fsel_input
  call.  The longword located four bytes before the address
  returned by this TRAP #13 call contains a pointer to MaxiFile's
  configuration buffer, which contains its source and destination
  paths (zero-terminated, of course).  MaxiFile's entry point,
  then, looks something like this (in fact, it looks exactly like
  this):

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
          dc.l    max_config   ; Pointer to MaxiFile III's config area

  max_entry:                   ; Entry point returned by 'M3' BIOS call
          .
          .                    ; MaxiFile's code
          .
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  The only areas of the MaxiFile configuration buffer that concern
  an external program are the source and destination paths.  These
  are located right at the beginning of the buffer, immediately
  after a longword version number.  It's laid out like so:

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  magic:  dc.l    'MF30'       ; MaxiFile's version # in ASCII
  source: dcb.b   128,0        ; 128 bytes for the source path
  dest:   dcb.b   128,0        ; 128 bytes for the destination path
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  If you do want to change MaxiFile's source and/or destination
  paths, it would be thoughtful and kind of you to save their
  current contents and restore them when you're finished.

  When you set MaxiFile's source and/or destination path, you must
  keep in mind that paths are expected to adhere to a rigid format:
  the path string must start with an uppercase drive letter,
  followed by a colon and a backslash, and it must be terminated
  with "*.*" plus a null byte.

  This works:

    C:\AUTO\DESKMGR\*.*
    A:\*.*

  This doesn't work:

    \AUTO\DESKMGR\*.*
    C:\AUTO\
    C:\AUTO\*
    *.*
    C:\AUTO\DESKMGR\*.INF
    a:\*.*


  How to Call MaxiFile III
  ************************

  Once you've determined that MaxiFile III is installed, and gotten
  the address of its entry point, the next step you'll probably
  want to take is to actually call the danged thing.  This is just
  as simple as finding out if it's around.

  Here's the assembly code which calls MaxiFile through its back
  door (assuming that the pointer returned from the code above has
  been saved in the longword variable called "maxiback"):

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
          movem.l d1-a6,-(sp)  ; MaxiFile does NOT save any registers!

          move.l  maxiback,d0  ; Get pointer to MaxiFile entry point
          beq.s   dont         ; If MaxiFile isn't here, forget it

          move.l  d0,a0        ; Put the pointer where it does some good
          move.l  #'MFBD',d3   ; Magic longword
          lea     exit_text,a3 ; Pointer to text for 'EXIT' button
          jsr     (a0)         ; Call MaxiFile ("HEY, MAXIFILE!")

  dont:   movem.l (sp)+,d1-a6  ; Restore everything except D0
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  The first thing you need to know about calling MaxiFile is that
  it doesn't save any registers.  If preserving the 680x0 registers
  is important to you, then you should be sure to save them before
  calling MaxiFile III's back door entry point.  The code above
  does this; it saves all registers except D0.  When MaxiFile III
  returns to your calling code, register A0 holds a pointer to
  MaxiFile's "return structure" -- more on this below.

  You should make sure that you have plenty of stack space when you
  call MaxiFile; we recommend a minimum of 8K.  Depending on what
  the user asks it to do, MaxiFile can be very "stack-hungry."
  (Recursive routines are like that.)

  MaxiFile can be called from either user or supervisor mode; if
  you call it from supervisor mode, however, you must make sure
  that there is a valid user stack pointer (USP) as well as a valid
  supervisor stack pointer (SSP).

  There are two parameters that _must_ be passed to MaxiFile III
  when you call it.  Both parameters must be present or MaxiFile
  will crash.  Those parameters are:

  1) a "magic cookie" to tell MaxiFile it's being called from an
     external program.  That value is 'MFBD' in ASCII ($4D464244 in
     hexadecimal), and it is passed in register D3.

  2) a pointer to a text string, which MaxiFile will insert into
     its 'EXIT' button to let the user know from whence it was
     called.  This text string can be a maximum of 5 bytes in
     length, and must be zero-terminated.  The pointer is passed to
     MaxiFile in register A3.


  MaxiFile III's Return Structure
  *******************************

  When it comes back from being called in the manner described
  above, MaxiFile leaves register A0 pointing at a structure
  containing information which can be used to discover which items
  were selected by the user in the source directory when he/she
  exited.

  You don't _have_ to do anything with this return structure
  information; it's provided in case you wish to use MaxiFile III
  as a "multiple file selection" tool.  If you want to allow the
  user access to MaxiFile solely to take advantage of its file
  management features, and ignore the return structure entirely,
  there's nothing wrong with that.

  In case you do want to use it, here's the MaxiFile return
  structure:

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  max_return:
  ret_magic:      ds.l    1       ; Magic version number
  max_xywh:       ds.w    4       ; Redraw coordinates
  src_pointer:    ds.l    1       ; Pointer to source path
  dst_pointer:    ds.l    1       ; Pointer to dest path
  src_array:      ds.l    1       ; Pointer to source array of pointers
  dst_array:      ds.l    1       ; Pointer to dest array of pointers
  src_cnt:        ds.w    1       ; Count of source names
  dst_cnt:        ds.w    1       ; Count of dest names
  max_type:       ds.w    1       ; Flag for dual display mode
  struc_rtn:      ds.l    1       ; Pointer to struc-DOS translation rtn
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Here are explanations of the various elements in this structure:

  ret_magic     (longword) A 4-letter ASCII value indicating the
                version number of MaxiFile III.  In version 3.0,
                this longword is 'MF30'.

  max_xywh      (4 words) X, Y, Width, and Height coordinates of
                the screen area "dirtied" by MaxiFile.  These four
                words are also returned as two longwords in
                registers D0 and D1.

  src_pointer   (longword) Pointer to MaxiFile's source path.  This
                is the path MaxiFile was displaying in its source
                directory when the user exited.

  dst_pointer   (longword) Pointer to destination path.

  src_array     (longword) Pointer to an array of longword pointers
                to MaxiFile's "item structures," for the source
                directory.  MaxiFile's sort routines manipulate
                this array of pointers; therefore, reading through
                the pointer array consecutively will give you the
                items in MaxiFile's current sorted order.  This
                array always contains valid information.

  dst_array     (longword) Pointer to an array of pointers to the
                items in MaxiFile's destination directory.  NOTE:
                this array may or may not be valid, depending on
                the state of max_type (see below).

  src_cnt       (word) Number of items in MaxiFile's source
                directory.  NOTE: this value could be zero.

  dst_cnt       (word) Number of items in the destination directory.
                NOTE: may or may not be valid, depending on the
                value of max_type (see below).

  max_type      (word) A flag indicating MaxiFile's "mode" at time
                of exit.  If this flag is zero, MaxiFile was in
                "Source Only" mode, and dst_array and dst_cnt are
                not valid.  If the flag is one, MaxiFile was in
                "Dual Display Mode" mode, and dst_array and dst_cnt
                are valid.

  struc_rtn     (longword) Pointer to a subroutine that translates
                item names from the "display" format used in
                MaxiFile's item structures, to a GEMDOS format
                suitable for file manipulations.  The subroutine
                requires two parameters, passed in A0 and A1: 1)
                the address of the start of the item structure
                containing the name to translate, and 2) the
                address of an area where the translated
                GEMDOS-format string will be stored.


  MaxiFile III's "Item Structure"
  *******************************

  To find out which (if any) items were selected when the user
  exited MaxiFile, it's necessary to look through MaxiFile's "item
  structures."  The entry labeled "src_array" above, contains a
  pointer to an array of pointers to these structures.  (Note the
  two levels of indirection!)

  Version 3.0 of MaxiFile has a limit of 400 files in any one
  directory, so you should make allowances for a maximum of 400
  possible selected items.

  The MaxiFile "item structure" is as follows:

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  mfolder:        ds.b    2   ; If folder, the 1st byte here is ASCII 7
  mname:          ds.b    8   ; Item name field
  mspace:         ds.b    1   ; A space separator (for display purposes)
  mextension:     ds.b    4   ; Extension field (zero-terminated)
  mselect:        ds.b    1   ; Selected flag (0=not selected)
  mattrib:        ds.w    1   ; File attributes
  mdate:          ds.w    1   ; Date stamp
  mtime:          ds.w    1   ; Time stamp
  msize:          ds.l    1   ; File size
  mscalar:        ds.w    0   ; Length of structure
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Putting It All Together
  ***********************

  Here's some sample code that demonstrates how to inquire for
  MaxiFile's presence, call it, and use the return structure to
  build an array of selected file/folder names.  The first example
  is in assembly, and it does not take any care to preserve
  registers; if you wish to incorporate this code into a C program,
  you'll have to be a bit more meticulous about this.

  Following the assembly example is an example of the same sort of
  code written in GFA Basic.


  Assembly Code Example
  *********************


  * Example code to call MaxiFile and return multiple selected items
  * By Charles F. Johnson
  * April 16, 1991

  * MaxiFile return structure

          .ABS

  max_return:
  ret_magic:      ds.l    1    ; Magic version number
  max_xywh:       ds.w    4    ; Redraw coordinates
  src_pointer:    ds.l    1    ; Pointer to source path
  dst_pointer:    ds.l    1    ; Pointer to dest path
  src_array:      ds.l    1    ; Pointer to source array of pointers
  dst_array:      ds.l    1    ; Pointer to dest array of pointers
  src_cnt:        ds.w    1    ; Count of source names
  dst_cnt:        ds.w    1    ; Count of dest names
  max_type:       ds.w    1    ; Flag for dual display mode
  struc_rtn:      ds.l    1    ; Pointer to struc-DOS translation rtn
  ret_scalar:     ds.w    0

  * MaxiFile item structure

          .ABS

  max_item:
  mfolder:        ds.b    2    ; If folder, the 1st byte here is ASCII 7
  mname:          ds.b    8    ; Item name field
  mspace:         ds.b    1    ; A space separator (for display purposes)
  mextension:     ds.b    4    ; Extension field (zero-terminated)
  mselect:        ds.b    1    ; Selected flag (0=not selected)
  mattrib:        ds.w    1    ; File attributes
  mdate:          ds.w    1    ; Date stamp
  mtime:          ds.w    1    ; Time stamp
  msize:          ds.l    1    ; File size
  mscalar:        ds.w    0    ; Length of structure

  * Start of code

          .TEXT

          .
          .
          .                    ; Initialization stuff here
          .
          .

          moveq   #0,d5        ; Clear D5 in preparation
          move    #'M3',-(sp)  ; Is MaxiFile 3.0 around somewhere?
          trap    #13          ; Perform the trap
          addq.l  #2,sp        ; Dat ol' stack magic

          move.l  d5,maxiback  ; Save returned address (or zero)

          .
          .
          .                    ; More code here
          .
          .

          bsr     callmaxi     ; Go call MaxiFile

          .
          .
          .                    ; Rest of the program
          .
          .


  * Subroutine to call MaxiFile and build array of selected item pathnames

  callmaxi:
          move.l  maxiback,d0      ; Get pointer to MaxiFile entry point
          beq     .exit            ; If MaxiFile isn't here, forget it

          move.l  d0,a0            ; Move pointer to a0
          move.l  #'MFBD',d3       ; Magic longword (MaxiFile Back Door)
          lea     exit_text,a3     ; Pointer to string for 'EXIT' button
          jsr     (a0)             ; Call MaxiFile

          clr     maxcount         ; Clear count of selected items
          move.l  a0,a6            ; Save return structure in A6
          move.l  src_array(a6),a3 ; Pointer to Maxi's array of pointers
          lea     select_array,a4  ; Pointer to example array of pathnames
          move    src_cnt(a6),d5   ; Count of items in source directory
          beq     .exit            ; If directory was empty, forget it

          subq    #1,d5            ; Subtract 1 to use as dbf counter

  .loop:  move.l  (a3)+,a0         ; Get pointer from MaxiFile array
          tst.b   mselect(a0)      ; Is this item selected?
          beq     .next            ; If not, go check the next structure

          addq    #1,maxcount      ; Increment count of selected items

          move.l  src_pointer(a6),a2 ; MaxiFile's source path
          move.l  a4,a1            ; Example's array of pathnames
  .path1: move.b  (a2)+,(a1)+      ; Copy the path until
          bne     .path1           ; a null is reached
  .path2: cmp.b   #'\',-(a1)       ; Look back for the last backslash
          bne     .path2
          addq    #1,a1            ; First character past backslash

          move.l  struc_rtn(a6),a2 ; A0->item structure, A1->example array
          jsr     (a2)             ; Call MaxiFile's translation routine

          lea     80(a4),a4        ; Bump the pointer to example's array

  .next:  dbf     d5,.loop         ; Look through all the items
  .exit:  rts

  * Data storage and variables

          .DATA

  exit_text:      dc.b    "YOW!" ; Text for MaxiFile's exit button

          .BSS

  maxiback:       ds.l    1      ; Storage for MaxiFile backdoor pointer
  maxcount:       ds.w    1      ; Number of selected entries returned
  select_array:   ds.b    80*400 ; Array of selected items (complete
                                 ; pathnames)
                                 ; 80 bytes per item, 400 items maximum
                                 ; (for this example)
          .END


  GFA Basic (v3) Code Example
  ***************************


  ' Example code to call MaxiFile from GFA Basic 3
  ' Fills a string array with the filenames & folders selected by the user
  ' By John Eidsvoog
  ' April 16, 1991
  '
  DEFINT "a-z"
  maxselect=20                        ! Maximum number of selections
  exit$="YOW!"+CHR$(0)                ! Text for MaxiFile's exit button
  DIM r(16),select_names$(maxselect)
  '
  ' Assembly code to call trap #13 with opcode 'M3'
  '    move.w     #'M3',-(sp)  ; 3F3C 4D33
  '    trap       #13          ; 4E4D
  '    addq.w     #2,sp        ; 544F
  '    rts                     ; 4E75
  '
  DATA &H3F,&H3C,&H4D,&H33,&H4E,&H4D,&H54,&H4F,&H4E,&H75
  '
  FOR x=1 TO 10                       ! Read machine code into string
    READ a
    callmaxi$=callmaxi$+CHR$(a)
  NEXT x
  '
  r(5)=0                              ! Register D5
  RCALL V:callmaxi$,r()               ! Oh MaxiFile, are you there?
  maxiback=r(5)                       ! Register D5
  '
  IF maxiback<>0                      ! If MaxiFile is present
    r(3)=&H4D464244                   ! "MFBD" in register D3
    r(11)=V:exit$                     ! Pointer to 'EXIT' string in A3
    RCALL maxiback,r()                ! Call MaxiFile
    src_cnt=CARD{r(8)+28}             ! Number of items in source directory
    src_array={r(8)+20}               ! Pointer to Maxi's array of pointers
    src_path$=CHAR{{r(8)+12}}         ! Source path
    src_path$=LEFT$(src_path$,RINSTR(src_path$,"\"))
    struc_rtn={r(8)+34}               ! Pointer to translation routine
    count=0                           ! Counter for selected items
    FOR x=1 TO src_cnt
      IF BYTE{{src_array}+15}=1 AND count<maxselect
        INC count
        a$=STRING$(16,0)
        r(8)={src_array}              ! Item structure in register A0
        r(9)=V:a$                     ! Work area in register A1
        RCALL struc_rtn,r()           ! Call the translation routine
        select_names$(count)=src_path$+CHAR{V:a$}
        IF BYTE{{src_array}}=7        ! Is it a folder?
          select_names$(count)=select_names$(count)+"\"
        ENDIF
      ENDIF
      ADD src_array,4                 ! Next pointer in array
    NEXT x
    CLS
    IF count=0
      PRINT "No files selected."
    ELSE
      FOR x=1 TO count                ! Print the list of selected files
        PRINT select_names$(x)
      NEXT x
    ENDIF
    VOID INP(2)
  ELSE
    PRINT "MaxiFile isn't here."
  ENDIF
  END


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 > MAC REPORT?
   ==========

   Issue #008
   ----------



 by Robert Allbritton


 MacNews



 ***                            APPLE SHIPMENTS UP 85% IN SECOND QUARTER

     In spite  of its  flat earnings,  Apple computer  shipped over 450,000
 computers in its second  quarter and  predicted that  they would  ship 1.8
 million computers  in 1991  and 2.2 million computers in 1992.  This is in
 contrast to IBM who's sales dropped 17 percent for the same quarter.



 ***                        APPLE WILL NOT BUNDLE SYSTEM 7 UNTIL SUMMER

     System 7.0  is still  on track  towards its  May 13  release date, but
 Apple will  not bundle  the new  operating system  with new Macintosh com-
 puters until early in the summer.  Apparently Apple expects initial demand
 for System 7 to outstrip supply and thus will use the current System 6.0.7
 until System 7 is  widely available  from other  sources.   While Apple is
 charging $99  for the  new System  7, it  is expected to be available from
 user groups and BBS systems (but  not large  networks such  as CompuServe)
 without free telephone support.



 ***                        ALDUS SALES UP $2.8 MILLION IN FIRST QUARTER

     Aldus attributed  most of  its growth to PageMaker 4.0 for Windows and
 the Mac, and also noted that Freehand 2.0 for Windows should be out soon.



 ***                            APPLE TO SELL JAPANESE PRODUCTS IN U.S.A.

     No, they are not  importing  Japanese  computers,  but  rather selling
 KanjiTalk, the  Japanese version  of the Macintosh operating system in the
 United States.  This follows a successful pilot test program in Hawaii and
 is mainly  targeted at  Japanese companies who do business in the U.S. but
 want a computer system  that can  deal logically  with Japanese, something
 the Mac  does very  well.   Included in  the new offerings are versions of
 Microsoft, Aldus, Quark, and Claris applications that use KanjiTalk.



 ***                         MICROSOFT STOCK DOWNGRADED BY MERRILL LYNCH

     Stating the rapid growth  of the  stock, and  its current  high price,
 Melinda Reach  of Merrill  Lynch downgraded  Microsoft's rating from above
 average to neutral in the intermediate term and  downgraded the  long term
 rating from  buy to  above average.   Other reasons stated were tough com-
 petition for OS/2, the FTC's decision to broaden its inquiry  on Microsoft
 to cover  potentially monopolistic  business tactics and expanded lawsuits
 from Apple Computer.



 MACREVIEW
 ---------

     A bit of bad news this  week regarding  The Chip  Merchant.   The Chip
 Merchant is a mail order outfit located in San Diego, CA that deals stric-
 tly in RAM Memory SIMMS.  Now that the current ST and  TT line  from Atari
 also take  these SIMMS this story is of extra interest.  The Chip Merchant
 has long been the price barometer  for  memory  in  the  Mac  market: they
 traditionally have  the lowest  prices available, and they accomplish this
 by only dealing C.O.D. and shipping via UPS Ground with  minimal packaging
 and no  tools or instructions.  The Chip Merchant has always been known as
 a bit short on service, but hey, their price is low.  Well here is a story
 from David Sternlight, a respected member of the Mac community, who posted
 his experiences with The Chip Merchant on CompuServe...


 #: 36429 S7/System Hardware
     20-Apr-91  02:00:44
 Sb: #Chip Merchant Horror
 Fm: David Sternlight 70735,1161
 To: All

     I just had the worst business  experience of  my life.  Based on their
 advertising in  MacWeek, whom  I trust, I called them from Los Angeles and
 ordered 8 4Mb SIMMS for my fx.   I made  it very  clear I  was coming from
 L.A.and asked  if they would take a check.  The woman on the phone said as
 long as it wasn't a P.O. Box address check, and I had ID, they would.

     I drove for 2 hours to get to San Diego, and came in dressed neatly in
 a business suit and tie.  They first said they didn't have my order.  When
 I insisted I called they looked and found  it and  the SIMMS.   I  wrote a
 check and  they refused  it.  I told them of my phone conversation and the
 man behind the counter went in  back, came  back and  said they'd  take it
 after they  checked with  my bank  to assure  the funds.  They did so, and
 then asked for my drivers license (a perfectly  valid California  Photo ID
 license.) I  showed it.  (It had  5 years  to run).   They  then said they
 wouldn't take my check unless I permitted them  to Xerox  the license.   I
 said I  thought that  might be  illegal and that they were welcome to copy
 any info down from it, but couldn't Xerox it.   The clerk  then tossed the
 check back to me and brusquely refused it.  I asked to speak to his super-
 visor.  He refused.  I asked again.  He  went back  and a  large black man
 came out.  I asked him who he was and he said he was the owner. He refused
 my check. I told him I had driven for two  hours and  his salesperson said
 they'd take the check on the phone.  He refused and threatened me physica-
 lly.  He started shouting and menacing me with his body and  arms.   I was
 actually frightened he was going to beat me up.  He then forced me out the
 door and told me never to come back.

     All this was witnessed at about 3pm today  by a  roomful of customers,
 including a  colleague who had driven down with me and stayed in the back-
 ground.  My colleague is prepared to testify to what I've said  and that I
 did nothing  that would  in any  way warrant the threats or behavior.  The
 whole experience cost me 4 hours of my time and  almost two  tanks of gas.
 I am considering what recourse I may have about this.  I will die before I
 ever buy from Chip Merchant.  Readers may  judge for  themselves what they
 wish to do.

                                                  Best;
                                                  David




     With this  in mind,  it brings  up a  more theoretical argument: is it
 better to pay a little less and get less service (Power without the price)
 or is  it better  to pay  more for the same product and get better service
 and support?

     Another personal tale to add to  this is  my Mac  Portable. I recently
 bought one  used for  a *VERY*  nice price  (less than  a bare bones Stacy
 would have cost me) but it  did have  one flaw:  the battery  was dead and
 would not  accept a  charge. Even though I was not the original owner, and
 the Mac Portable was out of warranty, when I took it to  my Mac  dealer he
 special ordered  me a  new battery (value $75) and replaced it free. "This
 was obviously a premature failure. Apple should replace it and I will make
 sure they  do," the  Service Rep  said. Then again, how much do low prices
 really wind up costing us in the long run? You be the judge, and remember:
 vote with your wallet.


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 > FAST TECH'S T20 STR InfoFile               YES, SPECTRUM 512 works!!!!
   ============================





     FAST TECHNOLOGY is PROUD to ANNOUNCE....


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         T20       T20     T20  T20    T20  T20    T20  T20     T20
         T20       T20     T20  T20    T20  T20    T20  T20     T20
         T20       T20     T20  T20T20T20   T20T20T20   T20     T20
         T20       T20     T20  T20  T20    T20    T20  T20     T20
         T20       T20     T20  T20   T20   T20    T20  T20     T20
         T20        T20T20T20   T20    T20  T20T20T20    T20T20T20

                 T20T20T20       T20T20T20
                T20     T20    T20       T20
                T20     T20    T20      *T20
                       T20     T20       T20
                      T20      T20    *  T20
                   T20         T20       T20    *     * *   * *****
                 T20           T20  *    T20    * * * * *   *     *
                T20            T20       T20    *  *  * *****   *
                T20            T20*      T20    *     * *   * *
                T20T20T20T20     T20T20T20      *     * *   * *****


               The WORLD'S FASTEST 68000 ACCELERATOR!!!!!

               ******************************************
     TURBO20 is the successor to the most popular Atari ST accelerator
  ever...the TURBO16.

     TURBO20 operates at the BLAZINGLY FAST speed of 20 Mhz, incorporates
  a more  sophisticated cache design, and includes a TRUE 8Mhz operating
  mode for TOTAL hardware and software compatibility with all Atari ST
  products.
                      YES, SPECTRUM 512 works!!!!
                      ***************************

     TURBO20 uses a 16K high speed static ram instruction/data cache to
  help the 20Mhz processor buzz-saw through your software. Our CPUs are
  specially selected 16Mhz Motorola 68000 chips which are rated to operate
  in typical computing environments at 20Mhz. FAST TECHNOLOGY has been
  testing 68000 reliability at high speeds-vs-temperature for many months
  and we are confident that the TURBO20 will be completely reliable.

     TURBO20 is the world's first truly GENERIC 68000 accelerator, and
  with a single pal programming change, the TURBO20 can be used in ANY
  68000 based computer. TURBO20 has been tested in the ST/STE, Amiga,
  Mac Plus and Classic, HP9000, AlphaMicro, and many others. So if you
  invest in a TURBO20 and later move to a different platform, you can
  take the speed of the TURBO20 with you...just send it back for a
  conversion.

     TURBO20 uses all CMOS components to minimize power usage, and SMD
  surface mount construction to maximize reliablility. FAST TECHNOLOGY's
  quality manufacturing has proven itself in the over 1500 TURBO16 boards
  installed around the world.

     TURBO20 includes a hardware switch to allow selection at bootup of
  either 8Mhz operation or 20Mhz operation. TURBO20 has also been designed
  to support our future MegaSTE compatible autoswitcher, providing complete
  compatibility with future MegaSTE autoswitching software...such as the
  Extended Control Panel. On the fly switching of both cache enable and
  operating frequency will be supported.

     TURBO20 is designed for use in all ST/STE computers, the STE computers
  require an  optional adapter. Our STE adapter is in the test stage and
  will be available in a few weeks.

     TURBO20 has been specially tuned for use with High Resolution video
  boards such as the ISAC, Moniterm, and Matrix boards. For DYNACADD users
  FAST TECHNOLOGY has a special FPU version of TURBO20 that incorporates
  the excellent JRI FPU coprocessor board for floating point performance
  TWICE that of the MegaSTE.

     TURBO20 installation in the ST computers requires a high degree of
  technical skill to replace the 68000 processor with the provided high
  quality socket. FAST TECHNOLOGY requests that you seek the assistance
  of a dealer with a good technical department for the installation.

     TURBO16 owners upgrading or STE users will find the TURBO20 an easy
  install, simply PLUG IT IN!!! All you will require is a phillips head
  screwdriver and a pair of needlenose pliers.

                        To Top it All Off!!!
                        ********************
     TURBO20 is bundled with TURBOST, the world famous "software blitter"
  which brings out the best in any ST, especially one equiped with the
  TURBO20.

                        HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
                        **********************
     TURBO20 is considerably more complex than the TURBO16, and this
  added complexity COSTS. But we have held the price of the TURBO20
  down to $329.00 US.

                        The UPGRADE DEAL!!!!
                        ********************
     TURBO16 owners can take advantage of a limited time offer, to upgrade
  to the new TURBO20 accelerator.

     Simply purchase a TURBO20 directly from FAST TECHNOLOGY, install it,
  then send us your TURBO16 board. FAST TECHNOLOGY will mark your TURBO16
  and return it to you with a rebate of $89. You may then sell the TURBO16
  to further reduce the cost of your upgrade.

     FAST TECHNOLOGY will mark the board so that the same board doesn't
  visit us too many times ;-) So act soon to take advantage of the
  upgrade deal, the offer expires on July 1st, 1991.

                 The BOTTOM LINE----HOW FAST IS IT?
                 **********************************
     The TURBO20 is 20-25% faster than 16Mhz 68000 speedups currently
  available. This is especially true of the MegaSTE. The following
  benchmarks are fairly familiar to most folks, all tests were run on a
  Mega4 ST, in monochrome, with TOS 1.4 and blitter...unless stated
  otherwise.

     I wish to thank Darek M. of QuickST fame for his excellent QuickIndex
  benchmark program, rev 2.1 which yeilds the following:
                                                        TURBO20
                  ST      MegaST   "16Mhz"    TURBO20   1280x960
               --------- --------  --------  ---------  --------
                   w/TST    w/TST     w/TST      w/TST    w/TST
  CPU Memory   100       100       165        200          200

  CPU Register 100       100       204        254          254
  CPU Divide   100       100       204        254          254
  CPU Shift    100       100       208        259          259
  Bios Text    100  330  110  329  169  534   195  680     659
  Bios String  100 1338  106 1338  162 2001   187 2807    2526
  Bios Scroll  100  136  132  138  139  144   142  145      24
  Gem Draw     100  288  133  309  209  495   240  565     537
  CODEHEAD's
  ZOOMTEST     8.82sec   8.82sec   5.21sec    4.51sec
  Dhrystones   1268      1268      2126       2586
  TempusII
  Scroll of
  300K file    18secs    18secs    12secs     9secs

                   TURBO20 Combined with JRI's FPU
                   *******************************
  Atari's MANDEL.PRG FPU chip demo:

    MegaSTE w/FPU: 195secs, TURBO20 w/JRI FPU: 86secs
  DYNACADD DEMO "OLS" screen regen- 4secs!! 4.5secs at 1280x960!!!

                       For those with Amigas
                       *********************
     Using the AIBB2 benchmark: Amiga 500 w/1Meg FastRam, in stingy mode
                    AMIGA      ADSPEED      TURBO20
                    -----      -------      -------
  WRITE PIXEL        100         157.7       209.3
  DHRHYSTONE         100         177.2       218.6
  SORT               100         190.3       255.3

  SEIVE              100         187.4       233.1
  SAVAGE             100         170.5       232.6
  MATRIX             100         202.2       277.7


                    ***** The Punch Line *****
    So that's the lowdown on the TURBO20. It's fast, inexpensive,
  and all around awesome. As usual FAST TECHNOLOGY brings the highest
  of high tech to the ST market, always first and always best. We will
  be making adapters and some addons that will enhance TURBO20 further,
  so you won't be left behind.

     We are taking orders now, if you are interested either Email an
  order to us on GEnie, or contact:
                          FAST TECHNOLOGY
                           P.O. Box 578
                         Andover Ma. 01810
                          (508)-475-3810
            We will be giving priority to TURBO16 upgrades.



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 > STReport CONFIDENTIAL?                          "ATARI NEWS FIRST!"
   =====================



 - Palatine, IL                   MISSIONWARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE!
   ------------

                      WELCOME TO MISSIONWARE SOFTWARE!

       Missionware Software is a  brand new  company that  will be focusing
 it's development  efforts for  the Atari  ST/STE/TT line  of machines.  We
 herald from Palatine, Illinois, and plan to be around a  long time, depen-
 ding of course on your support for our products.

 About The Company and it's Founder...

       The  President  of  Missionware  Software is John Trautschold.  John
 has been programming computers of all types for over 15 years.   His first
 computer  was  the  veritable  Altair  8800 (which still runs by the way!)
 Later, he moved on to MSDOS machines, and  of course,  the Atari  ST line.
 His experience ranges from assembler through C.

       Through  the  present,  John  has  worked  in  television  and radio
 broadcasting as an engineer, both hardware and software.   In  between the
 time he  spends programming the ST, he works for CBS Television in Chicago
 (WBBM TV) as an engineer doing  maintenance  on  high-end  video  tape and
 graphics  systems.    Additionally,  he's  developed  a number of hardware
 software microcontrollers for use at CBS.  When  John isn't  programming a
 68000 in  the ST,  he's programming and designing around the 68HC11 micro-
 controller.

 About Our Products...

       Missionware Software begins its existence with two packages.

                               lottODDS

       The first is called  "lottODDS" and  is a  lottery number generation
 program.   If you  enjoy playing  your state  or local  lottery, then this
 program will make that much easier and more fun to boot! lottODDS (pronou-
 nced "lotto  odds") will  help you  maintain a  database of numbers chosen
 over the years, which can then  be used  either for  generating numbers to
 play (using  7 statistical  and proprietary  methods developed in house by
 Missionware) or for your own statistical analysis.

       lottODDS  picks  numbers  using  a  "least"   or  "most"  algorithm,
 statistical   averaging,   "hot"   numbers,   and  statistical  "between",
 "consecutive" and "pairs" match  ups.   But lottODDS  does much  more than
 that!    We've  designed  a  special  wheeling method that distributes the
 numbers picked more evenly and over a greater and more flexible range than
 any wheeling  system yet  developed.  You have total control over how your
 numbers will be distributed.  But that's not all!   The program  also per-
 mits you to enter your own numbers (if you wish to play birthdays, special
 dates, or any special  numbers you  wish).   It will  also generate random
 numbers (our  own version  of quick  picks) and  then permit  you to wheel
 them for best distribution.

       Once the numbers to play have  been chosen,  by whatever  method you
 decide to  use, you  can now  print them  out for transfer to your lottery
 playing tickets, or you can  use  the  handy  on-screen  dialog  to scroll
 through the chosen number.

       If you  play a lot of games each week, lottODDS will also keep track
 of the numbers you've played.  When the actual numbers have been picked by
 the lottery agency, all you have to do is enter those.  lottODDS will then
 do a comparison between those numbers and the ones it (or you)  picked and
 display the games that have matching numbers in them.

       lottODDS permits you to play in lotteries that pick between 3 and 10
 numbers out of a field of 99 numbers.  And  that covers  any known lottery
 currently in  existence.   You can  also use  the program to play multiple
 lottery games...just load in the file for the game you  wish to  play, and
 you're off!   Everything is handled through the easy to control GEM inter-
 face.

       lottODDS is not copy  protected (although  you must  "register" your
 software before it can be used) and is usable on either a color or monoch-
 rome system.  It's also installable on your hard disk.  The  program lists
 for  $34.95  and  can  be  purchased  directly  from Missionware Software.
 Dealer distribution is also being setup, and for now you can also purchase
 directly from Pacific Software Supply.

                         Printer Initializer

       The second program available from Missionware Software is called the
 "Printer Initializer".  This  is  an  ultra-handy  utility  program that's
 actually two programs in one!

       But first,  just what  is "Printer  Initializer" and  what can it do
 for  you?    The  programs  (installation  and  desk  accessory)  give you
 something  you've  *never*  had  before...quick, total, and *easy* control
 over your printer's control functions.   Now we  know that  most programs,
 such as  word processors and database programs, have printer configuration
 menus.  But for the most part, they're a pain to use  and setup,  and when
 you need to make a quick change in font style, line spacing, etc. not only
 do you need to remember how to do it within that program, but you probably
 have to  dig out the printer operations manual to look up the codes.  That
 all takes time, and time is  what Printer  Initializer gives  back to you.
 It's there, waiting for you at the click of the mouse.  Want to change tab
 spacing to 4 from within your  spreadsheet?    Good  luck!    With Printer
 Initializer, it's easy!

       So, what  are the two programs you receive and how do they work? The
 first is called "Printer Install" or "pinstall.prg".  This is  the program
 you use  to generate  your own  printer drivers.  You can generate as many
 drivers as you wish, although you'll be permitted to use only six later in
 the desk  accessory.  You can generate multiple drivers for one printer or
 for multiple printers.  As you generate the  drivers, you  can easily test
 the  functions  too...just  to  make  sure that what you've created really
 works!  The printers can be used from either the parallel or  serial port.
 If you have multiple printers online (one to each port or through a selec-
 tor switch) the program will  automatically  set  internal  printer output
 redirection so that your GEM host program knows where to send it's printer
 output.

       The other part of the program is a desk accessory  called, strangely
 enough,  "Printer  Initializer",  or  "prt_init.acc".  This is the program
 you'd normally use on a day-to-day.  The  desk accessory  is usable within
 any GEM based program that permits the use of DA's  When activated, you'll
 see the same dialog screen that you saw when you initially configured your
 drivers, but now, instead of doing the configuration, you'll be activating
 the functions in your printer. that  includes the  output redirection bet-
 ween serial and parallel ports discussed earlier.

       The distribution  disk includes  two ready-made drivers, one for the
 Epson FX80 series of printers, the other for those cute  Kodak Diconix 150
 portable printers.

       The  programs   started  out  as  an  in-house  utility  for  us  at
 Missionware, but quickly became so useful, we decided to polish  it up and
 offer  it   for  sale.     We   think  you'll  quickly  find  the  program
 indispensable too, and at only $24.95, it's truly a bargain.  As do all of
 Missionware Software's products, these programs run in both monochrome and
 color.  Although not  copy  protected,  you  must  "register"  the program
 before you can run it (a very simple software procedure!) and once regist-
 ered, you can can use the programs on either a floppy or  hard drive based
 system.  You can order this directly from Missionware Software, or through
 the distribution network described earlier.

 Demonstration Programs Available...

       Demos are available of both of  these  programs.    The  demo itself
 (based on  Atari's DemoPlay  program) will  run in  medium res color only,
 although the programs themselves will run  in either  color or monochrome.
 In both  cases, the  demo programs  are fully  functional except for being
 able to save a file.  You can find the lottODDS program  uploaded as "lot-
 tODDS.arc" and  Printer Initializer uploaded as "prt_init.arc".  Demos are
 also available free of  charge directly  from Missionware  Software.  Just
 send  us  a  blank,  formatted  disk  with a self-addressed stamped return
 mailer and we'll get the demos out to you ASAP.

       Our address is:

                           Missionware Software
                           354 N. Winston Drive
                         Palatine, IL   60067-4132

       Thank you in advance for your support.  We promise to support you as
 well on  most of  the major  online services.   We're currently working on
 setting up support on BIX, CompuServe and GEnie.  See  you there!   Telep-
 hone support  is coming  as well...  Thank you, and we hope you enjoy Mis-
 sionware Software products.   Missionware Software  is always  looking for
 products to sell and support...if you have a product you'd like to have us
 consider publishing for you, please contact  us either  online or  via our
 address above.  Thanks!



 - Lake Oswego, OR                WIDGETS!  by  Decker Saves Money!


                           ATARI SLM804  OWNERS!

 ANNOUNCING:

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 Built with computer grade components.
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                        Total system compatibility!

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 The kit SHOULD be installed by  qualified electronic  techs or experienced
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 - Hadley, MA                              GRIBNIF ANNOUNCES CARDFILE!
   ----------


                  GRIBNIF SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES CARDFILE  3,
               AN EXITING NEW VERSION OF THIS AMAZING PROGRAM


   Gribnif Software is proud to announce the release of the newest addition
 to their software line:

    *********************************************************************
    *                                                                   *
    *           CardFile  3 - The Personal Information Manager          *
    *                                                                   *
    *********************************************************************

 This amazing program is a complete Rolodex  style  address book  and phone
 list manager.   Each  card holds up to 14 different fields of information.
 A powerful "filter" feature lets you  instantly find  any specific address
 or phone number.

 Its  powerful  appointment  calendar  keeps track of all your appointments
 and important dates.  At the touch of  a button,  it will  even print your
 daily or weekly agenda.  Never forget another birthday or meeting!

 CardFile  also  can  insert  an  address into your word processor, address
 envelopes, print mailing labels, or even dial the  phone.   To make things
 even  more  convenient,  both  program  and  desk  accessory  versions are
 included to allow access to your data at all times.

 CardFile data can easily  be imported  into your  spreadsheet, mail merge,
 and database  software.   It works  with all  Atari computers and even has
 special hooks to interface with NeoDesk  3 - The Ultimate Desktop.

 When you call CardFile, it displays  its information  in a  convenient GEM
 window with  all the  necessary control buttons clearly visible within its
 window.  This visual  approach makes  CardFile one  of the  easiest to use
 programs of its class.

   Owners of previous versions of CardFile should contact Gribnif Software
 for complete upgrade information.

   CardFile 3 is available immediately for $39.95 from Gribnif Software and
 includes a complete, easy to read, manual.  To order, either call us at
 (413) 584-7887 or use the following order form:


                     ==== CardFile 3 Order Form =====

 Shipping Info:

   Name: _______________________________  Company: ________________________

   Address: _______________________________________________________________

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   Country: ___________________  Zip/Postal Code: _________________________

   Daytime Phone Number: __________________________________________________
   (In case we have any questions about your order)


 Order Info:

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 Payment Info:

   Payment Method:   Check (  )    MasterCard/Visa (  )    Money Order (  )

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   Expiration Date: ___ / ___  Bank card is issued by: ____________________

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   Cardholder's signature: ________________________________________________

   Note: If paying by check or money order, be sure to enclose payment in
         U.S. funds issued on a U.S. Bank (or U.S. Branch).  We cannot take
         payment on checks issued in a foreign bank (even if it is in U.S.
         funds).


 Mail To:

                           Attn: CardFile Orders
                             Gribnif Software
                               P.O. Box 350
                             Hadley, MA  01035

   Expect about  2-3 weeks  to receive  your order.   If you have any ques-
 tions,
   please feel free to contact us at (413) 584-7887.  We would be glad to
   answer any questions you might have.

                      ==============================

   CardFile  is a trademark of GT Software.  NeoDesk  is a registered
 trademark of Gribnif Software.  All other trademarks belong to their
 respective holders.  CardFile is exclusively marketed and distributed by
 Gribnif Software.  All Rights Reserved.






 - London, UK                         TQM ANNOUNCES UNIQUE HARD DISK ACC'Y!
   ----------


                   =====================================
                            TQM ANNOUNCES STREE
                   THE ADVANCED HARD DISK SCAN ACCESSORY
                   =====================================


     There's a file you *know* is on your hard disk somewhere but you can't
 remember just  where. Looks like it's time to dig out that  unfriendly TTP
 file finder. If you can remember where that is,  and what  you're supposed
 to type in the launch box.

     Or maybe installing a big new application has gone wrong. It  seems to
 have created new folders and files on several  partitions, but  you're not
 sure what they're called or where they are. Looks like you'll have use the
 desktop to check each folder in turn. Or  perhaps you  could dig  out that
 command line  shell and work out a simpler way to do it. Perhaps not...

     Makes you wonder why you bought a machine with a user-friendly graphi-
 cal user interface.

                     Maybe you should be using STree.

     STree is an amazing new  desktop  accessory  for  the  Atari ST/STE/TT
 which lets  you search  for files on your hard disk matching  a specifica-
 tion and then manipulate them using a TT style  desktop.

     Just click on STree in the accessory menu  and up  pops a  dialog box.
 You can then enter your search specification, including:-

     o File mask with full Unix(tm) style wildcarding.
     o Drive partitions to search.
     o Path to start searching from on each drive.
     o Depth of folders to search down to.
     o File attributes (read only, hidden, system & archive).
     o Date stamp range.
     o Time stamp range.
     o File size range.
     o ASCII or hex strings to search for within a file.

     STree  will  then  begin  its  search,  building up a list of matching
 files. Once this is  complete, a  window will  open containing  the  list.
 From here  you can  carry out all the standard file  operations, just like
 the Desktop: copy, move, delete, print,   rename,  change file attributes,
 text file  view, saving  and  printing the file list as well as being able
 to sort the list by  folder, filename,  type, date  and size.  And there's
 the same  keyboard shortcuts you'll find on Atari's new desktop.

     If you've  got a  hard disk  then you  *need* STree. And even  better,
 it's low-priced shareware! Look out for it soon on your   favourite online
 service.

                            TQM Communications
                                BCM Box 225
                                  London
                                 WC1N 3XX
                                  England

                        Tel / Fax: +44 81 509 0729
                    Usenet: steveh%tharr.uucp@ukc.ac.uk
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 - Salem, MA                      GFA-BASIC ATARI USERS -> 50% DISCOUNT
   ---------



                       GFA ANNOUNCES A 50% DISCOUNT
                                    ON
                  GFA-BASIC FOR MS-DOS FOR ALL ST USERS!!


      Salem,  Ma.  April  1991.    GFA  Software  Technologies,  Inc  today
 announced the availability  of  GFA-BASIC  for  MS-DOS  to  all registered
 GFA-BASIC  Atari  users  for  a  50%  discount  from  the  List Price.  In
 effect, GFA is treating GFA-BASIC for  MS-DOS as  an upgrade  to all Atari
 GFA customers.

      The  new  version  of  GFA-BASIC  for  MS-DOS means you can apply the
 programming know how you already have  on  your  ST  to  the  PC.   That's
 right, the  GFA-BASIC programs  you have  designed for your Atari will now
 work on an IBM computer.  With this  new GFA-BASIC,  you get  the familiar
 intuitive syntax you know and the very best BASIC you can buy for DOS.

      GFA-BASIC  for  MS-DOS  gives  you  over  70 commands that that  were
 brought over from GEM on the  Atari  like  menu-bars,  windows,   pop-ups,
 dialog  boxes,  and  alert  boxes.   Graphical operations that  would take
 pages of ordinary BASIC or "C" code take only a single line  in GFA-BASIC.
 Some features of The PC version include:

     *Contains more than 500 Commands and Functions.
     *Includes very fast Interpreter function as well as editor
     *Compact program size under 250 KB--Hard disk NOT required
     *Easy installation with DOS "COPY" function
     *Contains many standard commands for creating standard graphic
      user interfaces such as menu-bars, windows, alert-boxes, and
      pull-down menus, etc...  Additional toolboxes are NOT required
     *Supports all standard graphic cards (CGA, HGC, EGA, VGA) in a
      resolution of up to 800x600 pixels in 16 colors without the need
      for external drivers
     *Permits the use of EMS which allows the programs to have access
      to memory beyond 640 KB
     *Contains many special mathematical commands and functions for
      linear algebra, statistics, and trigonometry to create technical
      and scientific applications.  A special math library is NOT
      required.
     *Makes use of 8087/287/387 math co-processors, if available
     *Supports swapping of data on hard disk
     *Supports strings and arrays larger than 64 KB
     *Easy and fast access to all MS-DOS interrupt functions
     *Large list of Input-Output commands
     *Upward compatible with ALL other versions of GFA-BASIC (Including
      Windows 3.0 version) except for hardware and system dependent
      commands

      The regular list price for the 8086/88/286 version is $249; $295
 for the 386 version.  For a limited time, GFA will allow ST users to
 upgrade to the IBM version for a 50% Discount from these prices!

      This special offer is only available directly by phone or Fax.
 For more information contact:

                      GFA Software Technologies, Inc.
                            27 Congress Street
                              Salem, MA 01970
                   Tel:  508-744-0201 Fax:  508-744-8041
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