WEST OF SCOTLAND ATARI USER GROUP
(Affiliated to The Association of Atari User groups)


Issue number FOUR, May 1996

 

EDITORIAL

Hi everyone and welcome to the May issue of the WSAUG newsletter. It's 
a few days later than I'd planned but the main thing is it's out 
before the next meeting. Let me know what you think about the new 
format of the newsletter.

New members.

We have acquired several new members over the last few weeks and I 
hope that some others that have shown an interest join up too.

As of todays date we have 44 members, 27 Full members, 13 Junior 
members and 3 honorary. We have quite a few who are quite far 
travelled, but none more so than Roy Goring, from Havant, near 
Portsmouth [g] Welcome aboard Roy. We also now have a few EaST coast 
members and a new member from Dumfries, who travelled to the last 
meeting. Hopefully those that are far travelled can get to some of the 
meetings in the future.

Anybody want to guess what date we'll hit the half century ??

IN THIS MONTHS ISSUE........

Atari User Group for Central Scotland

An article by Paul Leonard regarding a User Group that he has 
established based in Shotts. I have been in regular contact with Paul 
(who is also now a junior member of WSAUG) and on behalf of WSAUG I 
would like to wish him every success with his venture.

OUTSIDE

Another article by Paul Leonard about the Virtual Ram programme for 
all Atari's with the Motorola 68030 processor. I used to have this 
programme before I upgraded my Falcons RAM to 14mb. If you have only 
occasional use for extra RAM it is an excellent programme. I did find 
that it was incompatible with certain other accessories / auto 
programmes / applications. Occasionally you find a copy 2nd hand for 
approximately 25 nowadays.

Late Nights

It seems to me that most of us spend some very late nights in front of 
the computer. Jennifer Routledge has done a small piece on ways to 
combat the stress of these occasions :-)

SOFTWARE PIRACY

The WeST of Scotland Atari User Group does not condone software piracy 
and will not allow the group meetings be used to copy commercial 
software.

The April meeting

That's me just back from tonights meeting and I have to report yet 
another successful night.

In total about 25 or more turned up. One guy drove from Dumfries (1hr 
40mins each way !!!). The age groups ranged from 12 to ??(sorry Peter) 
again.

Ed McGlone did a very good demo of Cubase on his Falcon/Midi set up. 
He had his full PA, mixing desk, etc etc with him. He and his band 
have done an album which is sitting on his hard drive waiting to go to 
the CD manufacturers. Everybody seemed very interested in the demo. 
Unfortunately, I missed much of it because I was doing a `broken hard 
drive surgery` in the corner.

Peter Campbell is very pleased with his new(ish) SH204, Paul Leonard 
has his Drive working again, and Jim Webster, now has a working 
Megafile30 :))

BUT !!
Before anyone else relates the story,

There I was working on Paul Leonards HDD. His driver was using up too 
much RAM and needed reconfigured. Everything seemed OK, so I did a 
reboot. Nothing happened. Zilch, zero, nada :( Bare A,B desktop, no 
matter what I did.  For *25* minutes I tried to get the HDD to boot, 
but nothing worked. Guess why ???

The power lead had fallen out the socket at the back and the bl**dy 
thing was switched off. [g]

Anybody any idea what the smiley is for having a red neck ?  :)

ATARI NEWS

1996 Atari Shows.

I am pleased to announce that plans for two Atari Shows are under way.

Mike Goodman, of Goodman International, has taken on the mantle of 
organising the shows which will be ST Format sponsored. Having 
received positive feedback from many of the main Atari suppliers he 
has made some provisional dates of 28th and 29th September for shows 
in Birmingham and London. Confirmation will be made soon. For more 
information, contact Mike on 01782-335650. I have spoken to him and he 
is actively trying to get enough interest from companies / 
organisations etc to bring at least one show to Scotland. At the 
moment this is still a very real possibility.





And after MagicMac comes...

Application Systems, the makers of MagiC announced for the second 
quarter the availability of MagiC for Windows 95. It is a 68k emulator 
that emulates some hardware (sound chip, printer stuff) and does the 
ST-Resolutions (320x200, 640x200 in colour, 640x400 mono) in a window, 
so it just looks as a regular Windows program.

They say the following software will be running: Signum!2, Signum!3, 
Signum!4, STAD, Phoenix, Papillon, Texel, ArtWorx, PureC, PurePascal, 
PureProfiler, Postfix, Ease but also GfA-Basic, Calamus. NVDI will be 
running, supporting the Win95 TrueTypefonts and with a special module 
Postscript fonts.

The speed on a Pentium 100 should be about TT-Speed. Suggested are 8MB 
of RAM. The price will be 299 German marks (about $200) This news is 
brand new and unconfirmed.

FALCON OWNERS - READ THIS NOW

For Falcon owners there is a fair bit of Atari news in this issue. 
Also anyone with a Falcon who is looking for a big internal drive, 
Mike Goodman of Goodman International (01783-335650) is selling 420mb 
2.5" IDE Hard drives for 125,  yes, I'll say that again  125. Do 
yourself a favour and get one. Tell him the WSAUG sent you.

PLUS !!!!!
                                            
Two separate Press Releases; one from Black Scorpion Software Ltd and 
the other from Titan Designs Ltd.

NEMESIS - PRESS RELEASE
from Black Scorpion Software Ltd

Black Scorpion's new hardware accelerator, Nemesis, is making great 
progress and should be ready to ship towards the end of May/early 
June. Nemesis has been designed specifically to support the entire 
APEX range of software programs, i.e. Media, Intro, and the 
forthcoming APEX 3 and APEX Audio.

Although price has not been finalised, we expect it to be no more than 
39.95 (incl. VAT & carriage) to existing APEX Media/Intro users. 
Non-APEX users can expect to pay a further 10.00. The price has risen 
by 10.00 due to an extra Clock Oscillator being included into the 
design (switchable up to 48MHz) to ensure total compatibility with all 
properly written Atari software.

Provisional Specification
Bus - 24MHz - faster than most other accelerators and 
enables APEX 3 to achieve 640x480 (or higher), trrue 
- colour, non - interlaced on a VGA monitor. The
higher Bus speed should also allow Expose' frame 
rates of 25fps at 256x160! CPU - 24MHz - a lower 
CPU speed ensures total reliability. Exceeding 
32MHz can prove unreliable in any case.

FPU - switchable between 24MHz and 48MHz - to 
ensure compatibility with different processors, i.e. 
FPUs rated at 16MHz may not 'take the strain'.
DSP - 48MHz - much more important to APEX than 
CPU speed, as all versions of  APEX are mainly 
machine-coded for the DSP.

As you can see we have concentrated on reliability and have still 
managed to produce an accelerator which exceeds the specification of 
many of its competitors and, in addition, achieves a price which makes 
it totally affordable to anyone!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AFTERBURNER
from Titan Designs Ltd

TITAN DESIGNS have recently been appointed as the official UK 
distributor for the Afterburner040 Falcon accelerator.

The Afterburner040 can be supplied with either a 68LC040 or full 
68RC040 processor. The main difference between the 'LC' and 'RC' 
versions is that the higher spec processor comes with an internal 
68882 maths co-processor.

PRICES (for the UK, incl. VAT & carriage)
68LC040    - 449.00
68RC040   - 539.00

Afterburner040 gives an enormous increase in sheer processing power 
and  is very compatible with a wide range of software - existing APEX 
Media/Introusers can also upgrade free of charge to v2.2 for an 
amended version of the when they purchase an Afterburner040.

Black Scorpion Software, in conjunction with Titan Designs, will also 
be evaluating the possibility of running both the NEMESIS accelerator 
*WITH* the AFTERBURNER to increase the CPU, Bus and DSP speeds even 
further!

AFTERBURNER TECH SPEC
- Motorola 68040 or 68LC040 CPU producing 
32/64MHz
- Two 72-pin SIMM sockets for optional memory 
expansion up to 128MB Fast-RAM
- Falcon Bus throughport for Expose, Screeneye, 
FalconSpeed, etc.

Although a larger case will be required, Titan Designs will also be 
handling the new C-Lab Falcon Mk.X case upgrades which are ideal for 
use with the Afterburner040. More details on the Mk.X case upgrades 
when available.

MEMORY PRICES

New lower prices on memory is making that Falcon upgrade an even more 
realistic proposition. All prices quoted are for 72-pin, 70ns (or 
faster) devices, which are fully compatible with Afterburner, and 
incl. VAT & carriage.

4MB  -  65.00
8MB  - 129.00
16MB - 249.00
Falcon 14MB upgrade board - 39.95

This means, of course, that a 16MB upgrade for the Falcon is now well 
below 300! But, as an added incentive, we will supply both 16MB SIMM 
and the Falcon upgrade board for only 279.00.

NEW - 28.8K MODEMS!

Titan Designs are spreading the Web! We can now supply 28.8Kbps modems 
with full BABT and CE approval, and compatible with the Atari, for 
only 169.00.

If your pocket doesn't stretch this far, then we can supply a 14.4Kbps 
modem (again with BABT & CE approval) for a mere 109.00.

If you have any queries about this e-mail-shot, please do not hesitate 
to contact David Encill (for Titan Designs or Black Scorpion Software) 
100345.2350@compuserve.com - as you probably know from past 
experiences, we do respond very quickly!

Tel: +44 (0)121-693 6669
Fax: +44 (0)121-414 1630

6 Witherford Way
Selly Oak
Birmingham B29 4AX
U.K.

TITLE: APEX 3 - Press Release
Advance Product Information

Black Scorpion Software Ltd are proud to announce details of their 
forthcoming Art program, APEX 3. This will feature full Image 
Processing, painting and touch-up capability and is a logical 
progression from APEX Media v2.

As a stand-alone art program, the features available to APEX 3 far 
exceed the painting capability of APEX Media, while avoiding a 
compromise of the animation facilities within APEX Media.

Apart  from the usual drawing tools  found in an art program, APEX 3 
will also include:

* Full 24-bit image editing.
* Extremely   fast realtime operation.
* Realtime zoom to any level of detail.
* Anti-aliased (mip-mapped) realtime block operations.
* Alpha channeled paste operations (8-bit masking).
* Realtime alpha-channeled tools.
* Variable alpha on gradients and masks.
* Analog chroma-key range masking.
* Compound (multiple) filtering using a realtime brush.
* Quick & easy cloning of pages for backup / editing.

As can be expected of any developments from the Black Scorpion team, 
APEX 3 will be blindingly fast and packed with features.

Expected retail price is 99.00, including VAT & carriage within the 
UK. Orders within the EC, please add 5.00 to cover carriage.
Other overseas orders, APEX 3 would be 84.26, plus 
10.00 carriage.

APEX 3  - HARDWARE SUPPORT
While the program will function on any Falcon, APEX 3 also takes 
advantage of high resolution true-colour support where available. To 
achieve the higher specification a hardware modification such as 
BlowUp FX, Speed Resolution card or similar will be required.

To assist users who would prefer a cheaper alternative to these cards, 
Black Scorpion can provide a hardware solution to achieve high 
resolution true-colour. This involves a very simple modification to 
the Atari Falcon which most people could successfully accomplish. 
Although still in the prototype stage the

provisional specification of the hardware would include 24MHz 
acceleration to the Bus and CPU, and 48MHz acceleration to the 56001 
DSP chip, all of which APEX 3 will take advantage of.

If required the hardware modification can be sold along with APEX 3 
for an additional 29.95 (provisional price - to be confimed). 
Existing APEX Media users can also benefit greatly from the hardware 
modification, particularly where DSP operations are performed, such as 
block manipulations. Expos owners will also see an improvement to the 
capture rate of stills and movies, achieving 25 frames per second at 
256x160.

Naturally we would be very interested in any feedback from yourselves 
and any end-users. Please contact David Encill on:

Tel: +44 (0)121-693 6669
Fax: +44 (0)121-414 1630
e-mail: 100345.2350@compuserve.com



ED's JUKEBOX

Just a short play Jukebox this month - "Thank goodness" I hear you all 
saying. I reckoned that after the Cubase demo at the last meeting, it 
would be useful to recap on the basic concepts of midi music, so here 
goes with some typical questions and answers.

Q.	What computer do I need for midi music?

Any ST will do. Most modern music software requires at least one meg 
of memory so if you still have a half meg machine, now is the time to 
see about getting it upgraded.

If you want to run commercial software like Cubase, Logic etc., then 
you will probably need a hi-res monitor. For casual use you may be 
able to get away with a colour screen running a mono emulator but it 
is kind of difficult to learn what you are doing when the display is 
so blurry that you can hardly read it! Lower end sequencer packages 
like Breakthrough tend to support medium res as well as mono.

Q.	What does my keyboard need to have?

As a bare minimum, midi in and midi out sockets. The midi out on the 
keyboard is connected to the midi in socket on the side of the ST and 
this feeds midi signals into the computer. The midi in socket on the 
keyboard is connected to the midi out on the computer and this feeds 
midi signals from the computer to the keyboard which brings us neatly 
to;

Q.	Where does the sound come from?

From your keyboard. Think of the ST as being a sort of tape recorder 
but instead of recording sounds, it records exactly how you play the 
keyboard - in other words, it records your performance. On playback, 
the computer is telling the keyboard to play notes exactly as if a 
human was playing them at that moment.

Q.	Can I record more than one part?

Almost certainly. The question really should be "Can I play back more 
than one part?"

This is entirely dependant on the capabilities of your keyboard. Look 
for something which says Multiplay. Multitimbral or some such phrase. 
You should be able to choose a midi channel or part number and define 
which sound should be used by that channel. So piano might be channel 
1, bass channel 2, etc etc.

Not all keyboards have a multiplay section though and if yours hasn't, 
then you will have to be content with one sound at a time.

Q.	What do I need for digital audio?

You basically need a Falcon. The ST can manage external audio hardware 
but this tends to be very expensive. The Falcon can do it straight out 
of the box. Hard disk audio programs are available from public domain 
right up to the professional level.

On a more limited level, the ST can play back smaller sound samples 
which are pre-loaded into memory and there are one or two sequencers 
which will allow you to mix audio samples with midi music. Obviously 
you would probably need a 4 meg machine to do anything worthwhile 
using this method.

If anyone has any more questions, post them into the forum or make 
yourself known at one of the meetings. If I can help with anything, I 
will.
Ed.(ed@mistered.demon.co.uk)

NEWS FROM THE WEB and THE 'NET

ATARI QUASHES TALK OF JAGUAR CONSOLE AND CD-ROM AUTHORING UNIT's 
DEMISE AS JTS REVERSES INTO IT

Atari Corp has become the architect of a reverse takeover and
contrary to reports of the  units' demise, it is not selling off its 
games assets nor, it insists, has it any plans to do so. Following 
negotiations of an investment in disk drive manufacturer  JTS  Corp, 
the two engineered a reverse takeover in which Atari founders, Jack 
and Sam Tramiel and their shareholders, ended up with 60% of the 
enlarged firm. Gossip quickly circulated that Atari was to discontinue 
its $100 64-bit console, Jaguar, and scrap its personal computer 
CD-ROM authoring division, Atari Interactive. Such a drastic move 
would leave 150,000 Jaguar users high and dry and renege on some $ 7m 
in outstanding title development contracts.

The on-line publication Multimedia Wire reported that it learned of 
discussions between chief executive Ted Hoff and several major Atari 
shareholders to take the video game portion of the business private. 
"Those discussions subsequently fell apart," the publication reported.

However, the company later rejected the claim, saying "those are the 
words of a disaffected ex-employee who is being sued out of 
existence." The rumours, sparked by the sudden departure of Hoff in 
January, were categorically denied by chief financial officer August 
Liguori. "We were in the video game business a long time before Ted 
joined us," he said. "Just because he's gone does not mean that we are 
quitting the business. We're not closing anything," he added. "Jaguar 
will be supported for the time being and new software will be launched 
for it in time for Christmas. If it sells in 1996 it will be 
maintained well into the future." Atari claims it still has several 
valuable licences, the historical wealth of the company's
background and "potential income" from copyright infringements, such 
as the $90m royalties settlement from Sega Enterprises Ltd.
JTS,  designer of low profile cartridge disk drives, is not quite the 
razzmatazz company that might be associated with Atari. Atari arguably 
authored the video game industry with Pong, the world's first 
bat-and-ball game in 1976, continuing with classic titles such as 
Defender and Tempest However, Atari has been dogged by ill fortune 
despite winning the approval of heavyweights such as Virtuality Group 
Plc and the  JTS  deal may provide it with the muscle needed to push 
its games hardware further into the public eye. Atari still has a 
significant cash balances - around $ 50m - and it is extending a $ 25m 
bridging loan to  JTS.

In the event that the merger is not completed, the loan will be 
convertible into  JTS  Series A preferred shares at the option of 
Atari or JTS. The new company will take the  JTS  name and Jaguar 
games machine business and the  JTS  disk business will operate as a 
separate division. Tom Mitchell, president of JTS Corp, was a 
co-founder of disk maker Seagate Technology Inc.


Atari User Group for Central Scotland

The most basic aim of the User Group is to encourage the Home/Business 
side of Atari's range of computer. And provide communication 
between/for the users.

The AUGCS is run by 
Paul Leonard (Co-Ordinator)
Steve Coia   (PD 'n' Stuff)
Mike Armstrong (Techie Wizard)

We do not plan to hold any meetings but we are working on Paper/HTML 
(Still to be decided).

We have a range of PD/Shareware and some Hardware Available. In the 
near Future we plan to get a CiX Account etc..

(NB: CSAUG is now online as csaug2@cix.compulink.co.uk  AG)

We plan to have someone related to Atari(or AW OR STF) writing each 
month if possible, also a Sales wanted, latest news and Reviews.
If you want further information or just a chat etc.....!

Write to :-   Paul Leonard
22 Sandyhill Avenue
Shotts
Lanarkshire
ML7 5EG


Please note A membership for a year costs 5.00 per 
year. Cash (Not advisable) but accepted, or cheques to 
Paul Leonard.

                                                        PAUL LEONARD


SHAREWARE & PUBLIC DOMAIN

InterActive/CyberSTrider

Joe Connor (Interactive) and Denesh Bhabuta (CyberSTrider) both run 
supported shareware schemes covering some of the best "supported" 
shareware currently avaialble.  Originally it was intended to use the 
normal support.txt files from InterActive/CyberSTrider as the basis 
for this article, but demands on space (and therefore the groups 
subscriptions)	 precludes that.

Registration fees are set to cover the currency handling, stationary, 
media and postage costs incurred in mailing out master disks and 
providing support.

Although primarily  UK support schemes everyone is welcome to register 
via InterActive /CyberSTrider as an alternative to registering 
directly with the author/s.

For full details of the programes they support please contact either 
Joe or Danny as detailed below. Alternatively see me at the next group 
meeting. If you have a disk with you I'll give you a copy of their 
order forms/support files. Remember to mention that you heard about 
them in the WSAUG  newsletter.

PLEASE SUPPORT SHAREWARE. It is the best source of new programmes we 
have for the ATARI.

Contacts

Joe Connor
InterActive
65 Mill Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5LJ, England
Email:
Internet:  jconnor@cix.compulink.co.uk
NeST:      90:102/168.0@nest.ftn
Fanfiles:  95:110/106.4@fanfiles.ftn
Telephone: UK+(0)1206 852602 Leave a message on 
the answerphone!


Denesh Bhabuta
CyberSTrider
203 Parr Lane
Bury
BL9 8JW
E-mail: dbhabuta@cix.compulink.co.uk

(The LATEST news is that Danny is in the process of leaving HENSA for 
a new job. At the moment there is no news on the future of the Atari 
Archive. - Anyway best of luck in your new job Danny)
 
SOFTWARE

OUTSIDE

Have you been left OUTSIDE in the cold.

If you have the joy of owning a Falcon 030, it will have come with 1, 
4, 14 MegaBytes of memory. Do you want more, if you do  then try this 
new Virtual Memory System from 16/32 Systems.

The idea of virtual memory isn't all that new, in fact it's pretty 
old, it's just the ST'S and Falcons have seen much of it. If you own 
Calamus SL, you will notice that you have the ability to assign any of 
your free space to RAM, this is virtual memory.

Outside (Version 3.2) is one in a range of Virtual Memory systems from 
Maxon Computing.

Outside requires a 68030 processor,(Falcon or ST fitted with PAK 68 
processor or a TT). This is about the only drawback Outside has. To 
use the program you must have formatted your Hard Drive to AHDI 
compatible standards and should be fast.(Contact 16/32 if you're 
unsure, before you buy).

Virtual Ram acts like Fastram on the TT, which means most software can 
take advantage of it. Some of these are;  Apex Media, GemView, and 
Papyrus although sometimes the program will quit and return to the 
desktop for no reason.

Just dream of using your Falcon running in True colour mode, you could 
edit 24 bit images easily!

If you think of the cost of upgrading you Falcon 030 to 14 MegaBytes 
and the cost of OUTSIDE, you should definitely go for it, especially 
if you use Memory hungry programs.

This is what you need:- Falcon 030, TT, ST with PAK 68 Fast AHDI Hard 
Drive, 2MegaBytes of RAM

                                                                                  PL

FOR SALE/WANTED

From: Domhnall Dods 

I have one or two bits n' bobs for sale. they are basically redundant 
since I got the Falcon. All are boxed originals, with all manuals etc 
and I'm open to reasonable offers on all...

Lure of the Temptress, Police Quest, Armada, Powermonger, Populous, 
Mega Lo Mania, Balance of Power, Leaderboard, Kennedy Approach, The 
Pawn, Gauntlet, Silent Service

I also have (smug grin) a 4 meg upgrade board (populated) for anyone 
who still has a 1 meg Falcon out there. I'm looking for about 50 for 
this.

Mar sin Leibh

Domhnall Dodds
(0131-334-9814)



I GOT THIS E`MAIL UNEXPECTEDLY FROM THE USA. THE WSAUG GOES 
INTERNATIONAL [G]. IF ANYONE CAN HELP LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GET BACK IN 
TOUCH WITH HIM)


From svenhard@primenet.com 
Subject: St Games
From: "Will B."

Hi,

I'm an ST user (I live in Los Angeles currently) who collects 
games,and I was wondering if there would be anyone in your group who 
has tons of ST games who would like to trade/swap stuff via mail, who 
still buy the new stuff that's been coming out the last few years.I 
would appreciate any help,as European collectors seem to be more aware 
of recent titles then U.S users,who seem to think the market died in 
1989...

Here's my want list, I'm an ST game obsessive/compulsive,so it would 
make me very happy to find the following titles,to trade or for a 
reasonable price via mail...

Stratego
Chaos Engine
Cadaver
Speedball 1 and 2
Monty Python
Shocker 2 (w/trap dictionary)
Arnorath
Deadland(full version)
Trip a Tron(full version)
Counter Attak
Cartoon Kapers
Zebu(full version)
Moon Patrol
Xevious


and more,but that's all I can think of now Feel free to give my E-mail 
to anyone with want lists of their own,etc. Also looking for Atari 
8-bit Diamond Gos,Diamond Paint,Diamond Write, and a complete *-bit 
hard drive setup,for a reasonable price, I've wanted one for years 
now,but they seem extremely difficult to find...

Thanx,
Svenhard@primenet.com

Wanted by members

Various members have expressed an interest in obtaining hard drives, 
and monitors, both Mono and Colour. If anyone know of any for sale let 
me know and I'll pass it on.

AtariPhile

(This is a MUST SEE on CAB for everyone. This is the way these things 
should be done)           AG

From: Colin Fisher-McAllum     News FFFlash           

Once again the Falcon FacTT File, in its ever increasing wish to 
improve its services, has undergone a metamorphosis. Our latest change 
may seem small, but we view it as a major improvement.

Since the distribution of our reviews was separated from the 
membership listing it has become popular with non Falcon owners as 
another source of information. With this in mind we have decided to 
aim the review section of the FFF at all Atari owners. To be 
distributed bimonthly [February, April, June, August, October and 
December] as AtariPhile the publication will be in HTML format.

AtariPhile will be available to non-members. As in the past there will 
be no charges made, however we would require a formatted Double 
Density disk, a Self Addressed Envelope and TWO first class stamps 
[one for return postage and one towards our costs] per issue. You may 
send up to six months worth of disks in advance; i.e. 3 disks with 3 
envelopes and 6 first class stamps.

Make sure you put enough stamps on the package to cover delivery - we 
refuse underpaid packages. Non-UK residents should send International 
Postage Coupons. If you supply a faulty disk it will be returned, 
blank, at your cost. AtariPhile will also be available from 42BBS and 
Goodman PD library.

Falcon FacTT File members should continue to supply a High Density 
disk to receive the full FFF package when they update there listing 
entry. They can of course also take just the AtariPhile for which they 
only need to send a DD disk with ONE stamp and envelope per issue. 
Again, we will accept up to six months of disks in advance.

We welcome reviews/articles written by YOU [please request a copy of 
our style sheet ] . As we don't charge for the publication we cannot 
pay you, but if your article is included you will receive that issue 
with our compliments. You'll also have the pleasure of knowing that 
you have helped towards the continued support of our beloved computer. 
Advertisements, questions, letters, hints and tips will become regular 
sections as long as you supply items for inclusion. Submissions are 
accepted for publication only if supplied on disk in ASCII format [or 
Email/NetMail].

Each issue of AtariPhile will be supplied ready to run from floppy, 
but you will find CAB [the HTML Browser] is faster if run from a hard 
drive.

The reviews/articles will no longer be individually uploaded to our 
NeST echo, but will be distributed as a single archive via FanFiles 
and each issue will be placed on  the Walusoft www site.

"AtariPhile" by the Falcon FacTT File... Issue One due in April.


LATE NIGHT SNACKS

Hi folks -

Have you ever sat down to have "just five minutes" on your Atari only 
to discover that somehow the time has vanished again and it is now 2 
a.m.

What is worse is that with the return to reality you are suddenly 
starving and have to root around for something to eat. Trouble is you 
don't know if you want something sweet or savoury and you are too 
tired for any culinary gymnastics!

Help is at hand - raid the cupboard and the fridge and make some

HAWAI TOAST

Take a slice of bread (thick sliced) and toast. Lay on a thick slice 
of cooked ham or gammon On top of the ham lay a row of peach slices.
Top the lot with a good slice of cheese to cover it.
Put under a hot grill till cheese is bubbly.

EAT!

BEWARE - This is very juicy. Use a plate and do not let it drip
over your keyboard.


Jennifer Routledge

1996 MEETINGS

All meetings will take place within the upstairs lounge of The Railway 
Inn, Main Street, Howwood. The doors will be open from 7pm . The 
formal opening of each meeting will take place at 7:30pm. The proposed 
dates for the meetings to be held in 1996 are as follows.

All dates are provisional at the moment and will depend on both the 
response to the groups as a whole, and the suitability of the Railway 
Inn.
	
	
1996	MEETINGS			

14 MAY				
11 JUNE				
9 JULY				
6 AUGUST			
3 SEPTEMBER	 - AGM		
1 OCTOBER				
29 OCTOBER				
26 NOVEMBER				
24 DECEMBER -NO MEETING

                                                                                  
AG

Refreshments

In addition to the normal Cold refreshements available at Group nights 
up till now, we have now arranged that Coffee will be supplied from 
the downstairs Bar. The cost is not known yet, but will be very 
reasonable.


VIRUS PROBLEMS

Without naming names, over the last couple of months I have had 
various disks sent through the mail to me for one reason or another. 
During this period I have had disks from 3 members which are infected 
with the Ghost Virus. Although a relatively harmless the Ghost virus 
is a nuisance, and can destroy data. I will do an article in a future 
issue about Virus Killers and Virii in general. Meantime please, 
please check your disks. If you haven't a killer programme such as UVK 
(the best by far) and you are worried, bring some disks to the next 
meeting and I'll check and se if any are infected. I won't have time 
to do your whole collection, but i'll be able to tell you if you have 
a problem.

CREDITS
This Newsletter was prepared using Papyrus Gold 
with N.V.D.I.4  and printed at 300 dpi on a Hewlett 
Packard Deskjet 500C.
( WSAUG, 1996)