AtariUser05-Sep85.pdf

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Launch of

the 520ST

News

All the latest developments in the

expanding world of Atari computing.

MicroL ink

This months update on news from

Britain's electronic mail service.

Beginners

Mike Bibby's regular series continues

to take the pain out of programming.

This month he explains why some

things are more equal than others.

Vol. 1 No. 5 September 1985

Derek Meakin

Cliff McKnight

Mike Bibby

Alan McLachlan

Kevin Edwards

Pete Bibby

Andre Willey

Peter Glover

Heather Sheldrick

Mike Cowley

John Riding

John Snowden

Peter Brameld

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Adventuring

Brillig looks at the games which

combine Scott Adams adventures

with Marvel comic characters and

there's the solution to last month's

brick-dropping problem.

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Software

Fast arcade action with Boulderdash

and Hijack. Archon for the strategists

and Wishbringer for aspiring Post

Ofﬁce workers everywhere.

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'Atari User

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Graphics

Dave Russell's still working his way

through the Atari graphics modes.

This month Modes 4 and 6 receive his

attention.

(UK) LW are not responsible for any of the articles in this

issue or for any of the opinions expressed.

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Contents

Utility

There's some clever tricks in Roland

Waddilove's Data Making routine.

Display List

Mike Rowe explains that

it's not at all rude to use

a Display List Interrupt

Output

Dump those Mode 8 pictures to your

Atari 1029 printer with the aid of

Michael King's program.

We take a ﬁrst

look at the wealth

of software now

being developed

for the 520ST —

in our 8-page

introduction to

Atari's wonder

machine.

THE

520

HAS

l'hVocte4 fy

Hardware

Mike Cook describes the extensive

addressing modes of the powerful

68000 chip.

Game

Help Horace the Blob avoid the Maze

Monsters in this fast-action version of

the arcade classic.

Logo

Derek Radburn stresses the

processing properties of Logo.

Mailbag

Four pages of your letters — the

moans, the praise, the questions,

they're all here.

Bit Wise

If you thought EOR was something to

do with Winnie the Pooh, you'd better

read Mike Bibby's series on binary

operations.

Order Form

Binders for your back issues, disc

doublers, dust covers for your micro

and a free T-shirt for all new

subscribers.

September 1985 ATARI USER 5

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