Site Seeing
Jonathan Nott visits a selection of Atari related web sites...

ICTARI Magazine Support Pages
http://www.elis.demon.co.uk/ictari/ictari.htm
ICTARI is a disk-based Atari programming magazine, which has now been 
around for a few years. The author has put up these pages to provide 
online support.
In contrast to the good editorial quality and professionalism of ICTARI 
itself, the web pages are relatively poor in both content and design. The 
couple of images for the page title are dull and monochrome - not really 
harnessing the web's multimedia potential. Also, the main page and 
download pages contain the only real content. A few examples of articles 
and background information would be a plus.
However, the better aspects of the pages include back issues (10+ issues 
available to download), programming links and mail ordering information.
The ICTARI pages would be useful for those wanting back issues, or to get 
hold of their first copy. They don't really provide an online companion 
for the magazine, and are rather bland.
Rating: 45%

Senior Dads' World HQ
http://grelb.src.gla.ac.uk:8000/~mjames/senior/
The 'innovative' and tongue-in-cheek Falcon demo progammers 'Senior Dads' 
certainly have an alternative design to their web site. It suits the style 
of the Dads' demos perfectly, being wild and colourful. Although it may 
all seem a bit abstract, the site uses good HTML technique, and a fair bit 
of work has gone into it.
There is a page containing details of each group member, with their 
fitting names like 'Doddering Git'. The download page allows you to get 
hold of their currently released productions such as the 'Air Dirt' demo.
A good site for any Senior Dads fan or Atari demo enthusiast.
Rating: 70%

Toad Computers' ataricentral.com
http://www.ataricentral.com/
Here we see a great show of initiative by US Atari supplier Toad 
Computers. They have come up with ataricentral.com, hoping it will stand 
out as a premier source of Atari related information on the internet. I 
was presently surprised to see that the site is not simply a publicity 
stunt for Toad, but instead shows their firm commitment to the Atari 
community.
The site, setup to mark ten years of service, includes information on the 
full Atari range of computers, from Portfolio to Jaguar.
Complementing this, there are comprehensive news pages, message boards, 
and a links library which allows you to submit your own pages for 
inclusion. A project such as this is long overdue in my opinion, and who 
better to bring it to us than Toad Computers.
Rating: 88%

ACF Design Team's Site
http://rzserv2.fh-lueneburg.de:8080/
German demo coders ACF have created quite a good site, judging by the 
efforts of many other groups. While the team themselves have become 
somewhat sluggish with the releasing of their own productions in recent 
years, they still maintain an up-to-date and comprehensive web site.
Among the many good pages of ACF's site is a long list of links to other 
groups' sites, and the homepages of demo-scene members past and present. 
Another surprising part is the information pages for Atari machines, 
including the VCS consoles and 8-bit series.
While ACF productions can be downloaded directly from the site, links are 
provided to dozens of different FTP sites that ST and Falcon demos are 
available from. If you are interested in Atari demos and coders, this is 
certainly a recommended site to visit.
Rating: 74%

All sites reviewed in Site Seeing are catalogued, along with many others, 
at Fujizone; the central web resource for Atari users 
(http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/fujizone/).