December 1986 ANTIC TOC
Wilcox
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December 1986 ANTIC TOC
Theme: Annual Shoppers Guide
page article
6 I/O BOARD
Letters from Readers.
11 SHOPPERS GUIDE
100 best products for the 8-bit Atari.
35 GAME OF THE MONTH: UNCLE HENRY'S NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP
Arcade style game. BASIC with ML subroutines.
47 RESPONSE SURFACE MAPPING
Turn complicated math functions into easy-to-read graphs
that double as moire art. BASIC.
50 TWO NEW ATARI PRINTERS
A review of the Atari XMM801 and SMM804 printers for the
8-bit and ST computers.
54 NEW OWNERS COLUMN
This is lesson 9 on Subscripted Variables.
59 EDUCATION: SPELLBLAST
This program combines rapid-fire arcade action with the
time-honored Hangman format to bring children a fun way
to learn spelling. BASIC.
62 STEPPER MOTOR ROBOT-CONTROLLER
Have you ever wanted to use your Atari to move things?
Perhaps to roll a robot around, direct a photocell scanner
from across a room, or move a manipulator arm? Stepper
motors can do it--with the interface board and software
described in this article. Assembly required. BASIC.
67 LANDSCAPE ILLUSION
Take your Atari on a scrolling 3D drive through the desert,
complete with engine noises. This program simulates motion
by scrolling the foreground and background scenes at
different rates. BASIC.
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72 BUILD GEM DIALOG BOXES
A tutorial on how to create and manipulate your own
dialog box.
89 DEDUCTION
A classy ST BASIC adaptation of the old game most
recently popularized as Master Mind. You must guess
a pattern of four colors chosen by the computers.
95 ST PRODUCT NEWS AND REVIEWS
Books
Atari ST BASIC Training Guide (Abacus)
Hardware
ESTE Clock Cartridge (BigFoot Systems)
Software
Action Pack (Action Software)
EZ-Track ST (Hybrid Arts)
New Products (description only)
Fast BASIC cartridge (Computer Concepts)
Star Raiders (Atari Corp)
Midiplay (Electronic Music Publishing House, Inc)
SYS/EX (Key Clique)
EZRAM 520 (Terrific Peripherals)
TechMate Chess (Szabo Software)
K-Resource (Kuma Software)
MT C-Shell (Beckmeyer Development Tools)
UCSD Pascal Power System (Pecan Software Systems, Inc)
Philon Fast/BASIC-M (Philon Inc)
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101 SOFTWARE LIBRARY
This section contains all the program listings for the
articles in this issue.
130 TECH TIPS
This section is a collection of tips and short
programs from readers or collected from various Users
Groups newsletters.
Coming next month: Atari talking typewriter for ST and 8-bit, door prize
selector, Math educational game with optional speech
modules, J.D.Casten's newest hit game and Super Star
Trek for the ST.
Comments: There has been some discussion on the net lately about using
the BSR X10 controller with the Atari. There is an ad in
ANTIC from Terrific Peripherals for this device. For $119.95
you get the X-10 Powerhouse controller, a special Atari
interface adapter and the Building Manager software disk.
ANTIC is running an 8-bit contest for practical programs.
First prize is a 1040ST with $500 worth of software from
Batteries Included. Computer Mail Order (CMO) has a nice
16 page spread with lots of specials.
Kit Kimes
AT&T-ISL
1100 E. Warrenville Rd.
Naperville, IL 60566
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