** 1 page Show Guide / 1149 (or 400 too many words)! ** Atari Computing Convention Show Guide ** BANACC98.GIF here Saturday November 14th from 10am to 4pm is our grand day out in Stafford! All the UK based Atari dealers, user groups and programmers be at the show for your benefit and we will ALL be on show to the wider computing audience. ACC '98 is a great opportunity to change attitudes and demonstrate to other computer users we're not the only computing platform that thinks different. Inside this issue UK readers should find Sharward's loose leaf promotional flyer for AMS/ACC '98 which entitles you to reduced entry rates on the door along with travel details by road, rail and bus. Here's the current line up: ** UL ** * Atari Computing Our stand will carry all available back issues, Reader Disks and Offers and for the first time ever we will be running demonstrations and advice clinics covering all the major aspects of computing including MIDI/music, DTP/word processing, Comms/Internet access and Atari emulation. * Titan Designs UK debut of Eclipse, a PCI adapter that enables industry standard PCI graphic cards to be connected to the Falcon offering fast, high-resolution, true-colour displays! Hopefully they'll also be a chance to see a prototype of the TEMPEST 040 Falcon accelerator. DA's Layout, Videlity and APEX Media and Nemesis will all be on display and Titan's range of scanners, hard drives, SyQuest drives, CD-ROM drives, Falcon 14Mb memory upgrades, cables, etc. Larger items, monitors etc, can be ordered on the day for despatch the following week. * 16/32 If you're looking for gaming or Jaguar/Lynx console action place this stand at the top of your list. 16/32 are also the UK outlet for SpeedoGDOS, PixArt and some other serious applications not available anywhere else. * FaST Club Will have the FaST Club CD#1 with Gemulator 4.8, Gemulator Pro (68030/040 Apple and Atari emulation), Imagecopy, and all the other FaST Club software. * System Solutions Will be showing professional audio and MIDI products. Come and meet the team for advice and see CD writing in action on an ST with the recently released ExtenDOS Gold and CD Writer. Hear the fabulous sound of JAM and boost your MIDI with the MO4. Take a look at applications running on the new MILAN TOS compatible computer complete with MINT'98 networking. Of course we'll be bringing along the latest software including HD-Driver 7.6 and ASH's NVDI 5, CAB 2.7 and, making it's UK debut, jinnee (pronounced Genie), the ultimate replacement desktop. They'll also be show prices on hardware upgrades, modems, scanners, memory, graphics cards, large screen monitors and more! * Floppyshop Check out the reviews in this issue of Sounds and Stuff and the Falcon Select CD and you'll know what to expect. Their product line-up also includes Positive Image, EZ-Art Professional, Easy Stitch, Family Roots II, Power Up Plus, Tetris II, other CD-ROM titles and PDL library. * Abingdon Synthesis Projects Will be building CD-ROMs, hard disks and other SCSI devices into standard PC cases and connecting them to standard Atari machines using the SCSI burster expansion option. Making its UK debut will be a Plug&Play serial mouse interface which enables any PC serial pointing device to be connected to any Atari ST/e/TT/Falcon or compatible mouse port. ASP will also be offering a back-up service to CDR in ISO9660 format so bring along your bare hard disk mechanisms or cased drives (copyright restrictions apply). * Electronic Cow Squash it! v2.0 is what we're waiting to see! This brand new sample processor is aimed at creative musicians who want to do more than to just cut and paste samples makes it's Worldwide debut here! They'll also be brand new releases other their other popular products including MIDI Arpeggiator v3.0, Sound Chip Synth v3.1, Snippit Synth v2.0 (now supports STFM playback!), Scribble Synth v1.5 (now supports STFM playback) and EC-909 v2.0 - which also now works on STFM machines. Existing registered E-Cow owners can upgrade to the latest releases for FREE but you must bring along your original master disks. * The Upgrade Shop (TUS) You've read the review of the Veloce+ in AC#10 now here's your chance to meet the designer, see it in action, and book your machine in for an upgrade - and don't forget to check out the STe IDEal interface and other hardware goodies. * ImPrint Solutions Calamus SL 98 will be on display running on a Hades machine and under MagiC Mac running with 21" monitors. * InterActive For the first time ever InterActive will be accepting registrations "live" at the show and promoting the activities of the TransAction translation crew. * CyberSTrider CyberStrider will also be accepting registrations "live" at the show and promoting its commercial Internet services and products. * Atari Portfolio Club The Portfolio is Atari's solution to palmtop computing and there's an astounding range of software and extras available. Cross their palm with silver and the Portfolio Club team will look after your future! * Roy Golding Will be launching the 2nd edition of his book "Users Guide to the Internet for Atari", selling some promotional souvenirs and promoting the activities of the Atari Wrinklies Club and its publications. * Stevenage & Hertfordshire Atari Group (SHAG) Will be promoting themselves and the benefits of user groups in general. The non-profit making ST+ Fanzine will be promoted and Gordon Storey will launch Michigan Mike 2, the sequel to his award winning game. * Coventry Atari User Group (CAUG) Intend to bring along a range of machines including an AB040, G3 MagiC Mac, Veloce accelerated ST and more. * Paul Jones and Matthew Bacon If you're interested in programming here's your chance to have a chat with the Atari Computing Dynamic Duo! * Maggie, Atari Times, All Formats Magazine, The Tyne & Wear Atari User Group, STAG (Scottish Atari Group), WAG (Wessex Atari Group), other user groups and numerous other stands. * Sharward Promotions also run a stand where you can offer your surplus hardware and software for sale - or pick up some bargains. There's also dozens of other stands dedicated to other platforms and technology offering general computer hardware, accessories, cables, CDs, books, satellite, telephone, radio and general electronics. If you've got a table full of "pre-enjoyed" gear to sell or some non-commercial software to promote you probably qualify for a non-commercial 6 foot stand which just œ10.75 plus œ5 for power. If you take a stand you get in for free and beat the queue - ask for a booking form NOW! Some User Groups are organising transport and/or car shares. We'll do our best to put you in touch if you email or post us your details. ** BC ** ACC '98, 65 Mill Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5LJ Tel: +44 (0)1206 852602 (answerphone message service) Email: acc98@ataricomputing.com http://www.ataricomputing.com http://www.keme.co.uk/~sharward/htmdocs/sproms.html ** /BC ** ** Images ** ** BNGHALLG.GIF (Outside view of hall from AC10) ** HALLAC98.JPG (Inside view of hall from AC9) ** BNGHALLG.GIF (Map from AC9)