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A Database Publication
Vol. 2 No. 3 July 1986
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BRANCH NETWORK
CE PROMI SE Phone now for details.
THROUGHOUT THE U.K.
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ATARI 520 STM F
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LONDON
Park House
140 Battersea Park Road
London
01 627 4240
BIRMINGHAM
39 Waterloo Street
Birmingham
Software
GEM Draw
A Mind Forever Voyaging
Bal l y Hoo
Cutthr oats
Enchanter
Infidel
Sorceror
Spellbreaker
Starcross
Suspect
Suspended
Iffishbringer
Wi tness
Zor k II
Zor k III
Fi nal Word (Word Processor)
Hex
Mi nce Editor
PC intercom - VT100 Emulator
B8S
Calendar
Di sk Help
Fl i p Side (Reversi game)
Lands of Havoc
M/Copy
M/ Di sk (RAM Disc)
MI / Ter m (Comms Program)
Mi chi r on Utilities
Mud Pies
Soft-Spool
Ti me Bandit
Twi n Pack CM/Disk and Soft Spool)
Fl eet Street Editor
The Twin (Lotus 1-2-3 clone)
ST Toolbox
PML/CashbOOk
Fi g-gal
Graphic Artist
Pro Pascal
Pro Fortran 77
Cashtr ader
Cashtr ader Analyzer Module
Atannet
Boffin
Meganet
Prestel Emulation
Print Spooler
Punchpad
Systematics General Ledger and
Fi n Plan
Systematics Invoicing
Systematics Job Costing
Systematics Payroll
Systematics Purchase Ledger
Systematics Sales Ledger
Systematics Stock Control
Cash Manager (BOS)
Ar t Gallery
Print Master
VIP Professional
£44.95
09.95 mouse, software, with
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£149.95 Atari 520 STM Computer,
£39.95
£44.95 thermal printer and cable.
worth E507.00
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C179. 95
INC. VAT
£124.00
E29.95
£19.95
£29.95
E19.95 Juki 6100 daisywheel
09.95 Juki 6300 daisywheel
Printers
£239.95
£799.00
Juki 5510 NLO dot matrix £209.00
Juki Colour kit (for conversion of 5510) £109.95
Star 5G-10 NLO dot matrix £229.00
Star SG-15 NV) dot matrix wide
carriage
021-236 7772
GLASGOW
11 Bath Street
Glasgow
£
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£29.95
£39.95
£19.95
£12.95
£29.95
£19.95
T. B. C.
T. B.C.
£29.95
T. B.C.
E369.
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Star SR-15 NLO dot matrix wide
carriage £589. 00
Star NL-10 NLQ dot matrix C.258AX)
Star NB-15 24 pin dot matrix £995.00
Canon FW1080A NLO dot matrix £289.00
Canon PW1156A NLCI dot matrix wide
carriage
Canon R11080A NU) dot matrix colour C
E3
041 332 1116
Anderston Cross Centre
Glasgow
£245.
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£495.00
£146.35
£148.35
C114. 95
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Epson LX80 NLO dot matrix 11239.00
Epson FX.85+ NLO dot matrix £399.00
Epson FX105+ NLO dot matrix wide
£57.44 carriage
£599.
00
E795.00
£552.00 Epson L0800 24 pin NLO
041 226 3011
EDINBURGH
12 Leven Street
Edinburgh 031 228 1111
£109.25 Epson L01000 24 pin NLO wide
C690. 00 carriage £1099. 00
T. B. C. Epson L01500 24 pin NLO dot matrix £1095.00
E25.00
£49.95 Please contact us for Printer Options.
£517.
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£287.50
£28750
£345.00
£345.00
£402.50
E575.00
£29.95
£39.95
Peripherals
3.5" 500K ST disc drive £149.00
3.5" 1000K ST disc drive C199.00
12" High res ST monochrome monitor £149.00
14" Medium res ST colour monitor E389.00
14" Fidelity CM14 colour monitor £199.99
14' Fidelity CTM colour monitor/TV £299.99
10 Mb hard disc drive
031 228 1261
ABERDEEN
41 Albert Street
Aberdeen
0224 571735
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20 Mb hard disc drive
Serial port
£57.
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Books
Atar i ST Graphics and Sound £19.95
Atar i ST Internals £19. 95
Atar i ST Logo E19. 95
Atar i sr Machine Language £19.95
Presenting the Atari ST C14.95
Anatomy of Atari ST
£8.95
Di sc drive cover for ST
Keyboar d cover tor ST
E8.
95
B/ W monitor cover for ST
£9.
95
Moni tor stand
£29.
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£24.95
Printer stand
Discs and Cables
£12.
95
Atar i ST Tricks and Tips
£9.
95
£32.00
£50.00
E29.95
£19.95
£19.95
£19.95
Sony 35" single sided (box of 10)
Sony 35" double sided (box of 10)
Atar i printer cable
Centr oni cs printer cable
Moni tor cable
RS232 cable
Basi c of Atari ST
£9.
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Fi r st Atari sr Book
£8.
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GEM on the Atari ST
£12.
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Al an ST Basic - Book 1
£5.
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PERSONAL CALLERS WELCOME,
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Usi ng ST Logo on Atari
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ATARI
1040ST SYSTEM
With Monochrome
Monitor, Juki
5510 141.0 Dot Matrix
Printer and Cable
WORTH E1389.00 FOR ONLY E109
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FREE BOX or Tr N ossa; vvoRm £52.00
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ATARI 1040ST
SYSTEM
With Colour
Monitor Juki 5510 NLO
Dot Matrix Printer and
Cable
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500 K Disc Drive
and Philips
TV Monitor
WORTH E810100 FOR ONLY L699.00 INC. VAT
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How to Order
Orders by post welcomed: please mail coupon
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Tel ephone orders welcome: call 01-627 4840
(London) or 021-236 7772 (Birmingham) or
031-228 1111 (Edinburgh) or 041-332 1116
(Glasgow)
We also welcome Government and Educational
or der s
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months guarantee backed by our own service
centre staffed by fully qualified engineers.
Order with confidence. 7 days money back
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by courier. Dealer enquiries and personal
callers welcome All otters stated here are
available through any of Microworld's 50
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The right is reserved to alter prices without
pr i or notice.
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To: Microworld Distribution, Dept. ATU, Park House. 140 Battersea Park Road London SW11
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News
All the news that's fi t to print for
owners of both 8 bit and ST machines.
Software
This month we take a look at Racing
Destruction Set, Silent Service and
four budget titles: One Man and His
Droid, Kik Start, New York City and
Action Biker.
Vol. 2 No, 3
July 1986
Invasion
Derek Meakin
Andre Willey
Peter Glover
H
e
Tadesz Menert gives an insight into
how Atari computers fare in Poland,
Managing Editor:
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News Editor:
Advertisement Manager:
Advertising Sales:
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Christopher Payne
Mike Cowley
John Riding
John Snowden
Peter Bra meld
Graphics
Steven Williamson takes you through
setting up player missile graphics in
your own programs.
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'Atari User
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Edward Shark brings us up to date
with events across the Atlantic.
Game
This month you can test your flying
skills with Space Maze, a multi-screen
arcade game by Steven Davies.
Gadgets
Len Golding demonstrates how to
construct a battery driven device
controller via the Atari's joystick ports
in the second part of this series.
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Contents
azz for you!
Adventuring
Brillig's monthly excursion into the
strange world of adventure games.
Five Liners
Art
We borrow a trick from the BBC Micro
in our latest five-line program — and
we start a search for the best
five-liners from readers, with E25 for
each one printed.
Two versatile drawing packages,
Technic°lour Dream and Graphics Art
Department, are put through their
paces.
Utility
Correct that bug-prone Revision B
Basic with Rambas, a neat machine
code program from Robert Gear.
Order Form
Mailbag
More of your letters about faulty
cassette recorders, Revision B Basic,
wordprocessing, bugs in games, and
using joysticks from Basic they're
all covered by our keen readers.
Two special offers for Atari User
subscribers this month. You can save
50 per cent on insuring your Atari
system (including all peripherals). And
you can save up to El 0 on blank discs.
3 ST roundup
Mike Cowley reports on how the ST is breaking into the
educational market — and threatens the BBC Micro.
7 Advice
Andrew Bennett answers more of your questions on the ST
range — about manuals, monitors and much more.
11 Bookshelf
Stephen Underwood reviews two new books — The
Anatomy of the Atari ST and Gem on the ST.
15 3D Basic
Grant Owen shows how you can use ST Basic to generate
three dimensional graphics.
21 C Compared
Pete Connors tests three implementations of the C
language on the ST and compares the benchmarks.
27 Arcade
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Jason Kingsley takes a look at the latest arcade game from
Microdeal, the challenging Time Bandit.
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