|||||| |||||| || || |||||| |||||| || || ||| || || || || ||| |||| |||||| || |||| Your || || || || ||| || || |||||| |||||| || || |||||| |||||| GEnie ST || |||||| || || |||||| RoundTable || || || ||| ||| || || || |||||| |||||||| |||||| RESOURCE! || || || || || || || ||||| || || || || || ~ COMDEX NEWS & VIEWS ~ ~ MINI BYTES: THREE ON ONE ~ ~ INSTALL YOUR OWN DISK DRIVE ~ ~ GEnie Lamp Online Magazine: SEE THE TX2 DIFFERENCE! ~ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// November 15, 1991 ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Issue No.2.35 ////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Publisher/Editor ................................... John F. Peters Co-Editor ........................................ Darlah J. Pine Technical Editor ................................ Jeff Williams TX2 Editor ..................................... David Holmes [IDX] """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ~ WHAT'S HAPPENING ON GEnie? TAKE A LOOK! ~ """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY] Notes From The Editor. Is That A Letter For Me? MINI_BYTES .............. [MIN] ATARI IN THE REAL WORLD . [WOR] [*]Three On One: VDOS. Atari In The U.S.A. OFF THE RECORD .......... [OFF] FOCUS ON... ............. [FOC] Words, Words, Words. Making The Best Of It. DEALER VIEWPOINT ........ [DLR] HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] [*]Best Of The Best. Fun & Games On GEnie. PS's .................... [PSS] SYSOP'S CORNER .......... [SYS] [*]Get It While It's HOT! It's Not Just A Job. HACK'N ONLINE ........... [HAC] ATARI_TIPS .............. [TIP] [*]Install A Floppy Drive. Atarians Helping Atarians. LINKING UP WITH LYNX .... [LYN] ST ELSEWHERE ............ [ELS] Handheld Game Power! Other Areas Of IntereST. LOG OFF .................. LOG] GEnie Lamp Information. [*] = TX2 Pictures! [REA] """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" READING GEnie Lamp GEnie Lamp has incorporated a unique indexing """""""""""""""""" system to help make reading the magazine easier. To utilize this system, load GEnie Lamp into any ASCII word processor or text editor. In the index you will find the following example: HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] [*]GEnie Fun & Games. To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take you to the last page, whereas [IDX] will bring you back to the index. TX2 FORMAT What are you missing when reading the ASCII version of """""""""" GEnie Lamp? EXCITEMENT! Whenever you see a [*] in the index or in the article header, that indicates that the article contains TX2 graphics and/or pictures. To see the graphics, you will need the following files: LMP_235.LZH GEnie Lamp in TX2 format MINI_TX2.LZH Mini-version of TX2 Viewer (File #20441) LMP235_C.LZH COLOR TX2 picture file. LMP235_M.LZH MONO TX2 picture file. ~ GEnie Lamp Online Magazine: SEE THE DIFFERENCE! ~ [EOA] """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" //////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ///// / "Glad to see Qwik_Quotes is back... / / Now only if I had one / / (a Qwik Quote I mean)." / ////////////////////// Frank Bell ///// [FRM]////////////////////////////// FROM MY DESKTOP / ///////////////////////////////// Notes From The Editor """"""""""""""""""""" By John Peters [GENIELAMP] o TOP OF THE PAGE: Random Ramblings. o THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW: RoundTable Happenings. o HOT SPOTS: Where The Action Is. o IT CAN'T WAIT: Hot Info! TOP OF THE PAGE Tim Purves does it again! A new beta version of the """"""""""""""" latest ST Aladdin has been released recently and if all goes well, it should be online for general downloading soon. The neatest improvement is that it has a GEmail reply option from the bulletin board. Also new is IGN TOPIC is now easier and it sports a new wild card for reading messages. I've haven't had a lot of time to play with the beta version yet, but by the next issue, I'll will have had enough 'play' time to be able to give a complete report on it here in GEnie Lamp. Btw, would you be interested in being a beta tester for ST Aladdin? Tim and Gordon are currently taking applications if you are. Leave a message in CAT1, TOP11 in the ST Aladdin RoundTable. (M1000) Psssst... the SHADOW is BACK! You heard right. The popular background downloader is in the process of being upgraded and will soon go into beta testing. Features? That's a little hazy right now, but as soon as I hear anything, I'll pass them along. Stay tuned! It's gonna be another hot program from Double Click. MINI_BYTES is here! What's a Mini_Byte? Each issue, three different reviewers will take on a program which has recently been uploaded to the library and give you their _first_ impressions of it. That is, you'll get three different viewpoints to help you better decide if the program in question is right for you. Each review will be preceded by a number in brackets, (Ex: [88]) which is an overall, general rating that each reviewer will give the program. An average for all three reviews will be posted at the end of the article. Our rating system is based on the following criteria: 0 - Not worth the disk it is on. 10 - 20 Not recommended except for those really bored. 30 - 40 Fair. 50 - 60 Good for some people, but I don't like it. 70 - 80 Good for most people, and I do like it. 90 - 100 Excellent! I think everyone should have it! The first program to be taken on by the "The Clique" is VDOS Pro-queue, a replacement desktop utility which was recently uploaded to the ST library. Previously released as a commercial product, VDOS Pro- queue is now available as shareware offering. You've read about 'em here in GEnie Lamp - now is your chance to get in on the action! Open up your Cardfile and jot this down... On November 4, the ST RoundTable Real Time Conference (RTC) and the the entire bulletin board areas will be FREE between the hours of 9:45 and 12 midnight. The online ASCII version of GEnie Lamp (option #5 on page 475) will also be free. (Tell a friend!) >>> THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW <<< """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" There has been a lot of messages generated on Atari's new "bundles" which they announced during the Comdex show. Are they in stock? Will they be ready in time for Christmas? Nathan Potechin of ISD reports that he contacted Greg Pratt to ask him exactly what the status of the products are. You'll find his message reprint in the, "Hey Mister Postman" column. (Hint: It's GOOD news!) Paul Wu reports that he got to show off a proto-type of the their product, OMNICHROME. More importantly, he also got verbal confirmation by many software developers to write applications that will take advantage of the extra colors. LEXICOR will be starting up their ONLINE CLASSES in sometime in November. The classes, created by Lee Seiler will consists of homework and lectures. (Will there be a test? :-) The classes will be open to anyone (from beginners to experts) that is interested in computer animations. Lexicor will be posting the dates soon. Watch for it in CAT 25, TOP6, MSG:{12}. CRAIG HARVEY of EdHak fame reports that he is in contact with with the UIS developers [ST-INFORMER] which would allow EdHak to be called up by UIS's "show" feature. At WAACE, Craig talked with Rick Flashman from Gribnif on having Edhak interfacing with STALKER. The next step is to work out the details with Eric Rosenquist, the author of Stalker/Steno. Could be interesting... If you are a DynaCADD users and you just can't seem to get along without the built in CALCULATOR, now is the time to speak your mind! [DITEK] reports that he will be asking a lot of people how they feel about the inclusion calculator before a final decision is made. Do you have an opinion on this? Voice it in CAT16, TOP3, MSG:{308}. Bob Luneski's popular back up utility, DIAMOND BACK, treats Syquests cartridge drives like any other hard disk partition so you can't continue on to a new cartridge when the destination partition is full. However, this option will be included in a the next upgrade release. Atari reports that the STBOOK is going to ship with a Calendar/ Organizer, a Scientific Calculator, Xcontrol, Specialized Power-Saving Software, New Desktop and more! There's talk about OUTLINE ART 2.0, but according to Nathan of ISD, it's, "still a twinkle in my eye. :-)." Unfortunately, CALAMUS SL is still a few weeks from being shipped. It WILL be worth the wait! [HIGHSOFT] says that they will be releasing a new version of HighSpeed Pascal released soon. CAT35, TOP13, MSG:{21} Does MULTIDESK DELUXE have built in BACKDOORS for external use similar to Maxifile? Yes! Charles Johnson (Codehead Software) says that there are several hooks are built in to MultiDesk Deluxe but they are not as-of-yet documented. CAT32, TOP10, MSG:{159} Want to get in on a GREAT DEAL? GEnie users (and Atari user-group members) may subscribe to the ATARI EXPLORER magazine at the discounted rate of only $9.95/year (six issues). Canadian subscribers, add $5.00 and foreign subscribers add $10.00 per six issues to help defray postage. To subscribe, write to: Atari Explorer Magazine P.O. Box 6488 Duluth, MN 55806 or call (218) 723-9202 The first time I saw VT-52 graphics while online, I was amazed. The first time I saw ANSI graphics, I was impressed. The first time I saw IG GRAPHICS, I WAS BLOWN AWAY! To see high quality graphics while on an ST is something I tend to take for granted anymore. But to see it while online, that's a whole new ballgame. [L.MEARS], the creator of Instant Graphics has UPLOADED two new files. IG216.EMU is for Interlink users and IG216.ARC is for just about any terminal that can access accessories. What? There's even MIDI support too? See CAT8, TOP13, MSG:{148} for more details. >>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<< """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" [*] CAT14, TOP4, MSG:{108}.........Next release of TOS/Post suggestions and ideas. [*] CAT11, TOP9, MSG:{58}..........STBook competitive? [*] CAT11, TOP9, MSG:{59}..........Atari's new clone: Good or bad? [*] CAT26, TOP2, MSG:{266}.........Atari & WAACE: Shouy ahave done more? [*] CAT18, TOP5, MSG:{293}.........When is the _best_ time to do a show? [*] CAT14, TOP2, MSG:{190}.........GE repair deal.