_______________________________________________________________________________ ST-REPORT Issue #5 August 15, 1987 From the Zmagazine Information Network Publisher/Editor: Ron Kovacs In this edition: <*> Publishers Page...Commentary <*> Garbage On The Line: A Regular Column by: Calamity Jane <*> Zmag Software Review: Vegas Gambler/Vegas Craps By:Marilyn Merica <*> Lock and Key for your ST <*> Contest Information from Hybrid Arts <*> New Product Announcements <*> News and Rumors By:John Nagy Michigan Atari Magazine <*> Zmag BBS Spotlight:Dateline BBS <*> Mail Link to Jerusalem <*> ST Magazines Part 2 <*> ST PC Pursuit BBS List Version 1.00 <*> Product Annoucement from Stone Age Software _______________________________________________________________________________ PUBLISHERS PAGE Commentary by Ron Kovacs AS the continued hassles eat at my toes, I would like to inform the few that are questioning our policies of a few details. CompuServe, Analog, and others!! As the future issues of Zmag get closer to publication, it is getting more and more difficult to rely on simple uploaded text to my system. My costs are rising because I am now having to call all over the country to research each and every article I consider to publish. Zmag publications are FREE to everyone, Yet you still belittle our practices. My operating costs for the month of June were the highest ever!! $525.00!!! CIS, Analog, and others are receiving funds to produce whatever it is they do and are bound to follow what their readers want, I on the other hand have been uploading, downloading, calling over the country providing information at no cost to my readers. There are many calling CompuServe for the issues along with GEnie and the systems carrying Zmag each week. I am supporting these pay services and feel that I am not bring treated fairly. This is a commentary and no futher actions will be made on my behalf but we are considering re-evaluating our options. Zmag wont stop publishing, but we might look for a new home. The FCC deadline is closing in!! Read the file ZMAGFCC available on the Zmag Info Network. (201) 968-8148!! We need your help to stop the passage of the new access charges proposed!! Act today!!! 8-24-87 is the last day!!! _______________________________________________________________________________ GARBAGE ON THE LINE A regular feature by: Calamity Jane COMPUTER QUIZ Here is a simple quiz to test your computing position. Answer each one yes or no and compare your answers to the rating at the bottom !! 1> Do moST of your friends have computers ?? 2> Do you use your computer everyday ?? 3> Have you ever forgotten what someone was telling you while you were using a computer ?? 4> Have you ever eaten a cold dinner or missed dinner because you were computing ?? 5> Have you ever spent more then you could afford on computer items ?? 6> Were the last 5 books you read about computers ?? 7> Have you taken over parts of your house juST so the computer has enough room to work in ?? 8> Have you ever lost sleep because you were using the computer ?? 9> Are moST of the gifts you receive related to computers ?? 10> Have you ever lied to get out of doing something so there is more time to compute ?? This highly unscientific teST was designed to be funny so don't be too worried if it did not make much sense. The results show if you answered yes to 5 or less queSTions, you are either STill normal or you juST bought the sySTem last week. Between 5 to 8 yes's mean you should look for treatment of your addiction. Nine or 10 positive responses and you are hooked just like the reST of us and you might as well make the beST of it. We need to STick together and try to get others to join the ranks of the ATARI fanatic ........................................................... Compiled by Big Al, BRACE/S*P*A*C*E/STARBASE From the Puget Sound ATARI News More Computer Quiz I passed your teST... or failed it, depends on how you look at it... A few additional thoughts by me... Calamity Jane !! 1> Hell, I have never met some of my friends... but I know them good. I run a BBS and enjoy getting to know my callers. I do know what some of them look like, as we exchange pictures. But meeting thru the keyboard, at three, twelve, twenty-four or ninety-six hundred baud makes for a different relationship... entirely. I STill find it odd to send a ChriSTmas card to someone I have never met, and NOT have to sign my laST name... 2> You bet, I use my computer everyday... in fact, all use all three ST's everyday..... I am realizing juST how hooked and totally crazy I am !! It is called Multi-Tasking... 3> That is one problem with computers. You get so intuned to them you completely ignore what is going on around you. A statement muST be said three times before it is heard. That is why my ol man and I communicate via E-Mail. The BBS may be half way across the country but at leaST I know he 'heard' me. I will slap the headphones on and the message muST come across... leave me alone... I am busy !! Blood will usually catch the computing persons attention !! 4> I have burned dinner several times. STart dinner, sit down at the ST and totally space it out !! I ate a totally black chicken once !! And I know the fine art of balancing the plate on my lap... I cooked the bottom out of a pan once and smoked a skillet !! Guess I need a hot plate down here... A small refrigerator is next. Then I never have to leave. 5> I always spend more money on the computer than I should. But what the hey, it takes top priority. I would rather have disks than eat. We have eaten ham & beans for a week, more times than I care to remember because of these silly machines. Poor kid, goes without the BASICs like shoes... she had to wear roller skates to school once, cause her shoes blew out, and I had blown all the money on a new disk drive... I lucked out once again... it was Halloween !! 6> This is the only one I responded NO too. I have not purchased the books for the ST like I did the 800's & 130's... BUT... I read a lot... and I do it while I am u/lding or d/lding !! I guess my answer is 'kinda' !! 7> At one time the computer was in the living room... on a tiny table. Sitting next to it, was the cassette deck. And one joySTick. 'IT' began to grow... and grow and is STill growing. I used to have a room in my house called a Family Room... now it is The Computer Room. I call it the "Black Hole", due to all the money poured down here..... 8> Sleep ?? What is sleep ?? I usually set my alarm to 4:30 or 5:00 to get on a BBS, while the reST of you poor souls are slumbering away. Even when checking out the inside of my eyelids, I am dreaming abou UPS trucks pulling up or having a nightmare, cause I think I am lost in the depths of Publishing Partner, with no escape possible... You should of seen me explaining to my ol man, one morning at six, that I wasn't up early... I hadn't been to bed yet !! 9> All of the gifts I buy or receive are for THE computers... If I can't buy you something for your computer, forget it. You get nothing !! I forgot how to buy clothes a long time ago. Upon noticing a weight loss on my part, decided I needed some new levi's. I just can't handle the type of STore that doesn't have Print Master signs in the window, so I looked in the boxes in the basement... I found plenty of levis... FAR-OUT... look at all the money I saved to buy, uh, printer paper, ribbons, MORE disks. Lets see, I need to send for the new FoReM documentation..... hmmm. See, there IS a method to my madness..... 10> I will do near anything to make more time to compute. I never fold the laundry anymore... just dig it out of the dryer. Food is zapped in the microwave or a check is shoved at some pizza guy at 12:33 AM. I am forgetting the spoken version of the English language, but boy can I type!! I suffer from computer hung-up-ed-ness so bad I once spaced out feeding the dog, for 2 days . I don't waste time running upstairs to get more coffee... that baby comes down here with ME !! Toilet paper never gets put on the roller thing anymore, the neighboors forgot my name, I am forgetting how to drive, cook, write with a pen & paper, but boy do I know FLASH! Priorities !! You just got to get your priorities STraight. I named the dog, Shamus. The two cats are Packy & Zaxxon. My Mom told me it was a good thing I had already filled out the birth certificate on the kid, or the poor thing would of gone thru life explaining her name. *** I am hooked... I admit it... I love it !! I considered treatment... I need a rest home for the young & strong!! Can I bring my ST ?? People don't call me by my given name anymore... I am -=-CJ-=- _______________________________________________________________________________ ZMAG SOFTWARE REVIEW VEGAS GAMBLER AND VEGAS CRAPS BY MARILYN MERICA While on the west coast a few weeks ago, in the L.A. area, I visited my favorite computer store, of course. Mid-Cities Comp/Soft (231 867-0626) has just about everything for the Atari computers, their prices are full retail, but they offer a 20% discount to members of users groups. Just let them know you are a member of W.A.C.E. and mention the discount if you are interested in mail-order. I picked up two of their newest programs out by Logical Design Works, Inc. the same people that bring you the great Phantasie series. The programs VEGAS GAMBLER AND VEGAS CRAPS are super! Beautiful graphics and music from the movie "THE STING". Listening to the sound effects of the reels roll on the slots program, or the ball roll around on the roulette table, you would really think you were playing the real thing. VEGAS GAMBLER includes, Slots, Video Poker, Blackjack, and Roulette. In Slots you have a five coin play line just like on the big machines, you can play one to five coins, with pay-off according to coins played. You choose the amount of coins to play and then just have to left-click on the mouse to play the same number of coins again. If you drop a coin when inserting it in the coin slot, it actually falls down the screen with a clink as if really falling into your bucket. When you win, the coins clink, clink, into the bin at the bottom. Everything is so realastic, I keep wanting to scoop out my winnings before I shut everything down. (Hey, when they come up with that one.....) And the odds seem to be very close to the big machines also, sometimes it's hot, and othertimes it just teases with that ever-famous cherry in the left reel that pays 2 coins (just enough to keep you playing "one more time!") The Roulette game is very realistic looking, and since it was a game I didn't really understand, it has sure helped me to learn the playing game rules. I'm afraid I still have a lot to learn as far as the strategy of winning goes. But I'm sure saving a lot of money learning and making my dumb mistakes with my trusty ST than on the big tables in Vegas. My all-time favorites are BlackJack and Video Poker. The cards look great, and both games are fast. Betting is a snap, and playing odds very true to life. In BlackJack you can split, double, split again, and take insurance. The program even stops for a few seconds from time to time to shuffle the shoe. The Video Poker is ever bit as addicting as those real machines, the only difference is I usually walk away from this one with the same amount of greenbacks as when I sat down. The instruction manual is probably not necessary, but is a help in explaining some the the intricate bets allowed, especially in VEGAS CRAPS. I must admit I have always shied away from the Crap table in Vegas, even though it is supposed to have the best odds in the casino. I never understood the betting system, etc. Well, in the heat of the action with the guy next to you throwing $1,000 bets around like it was small change, is certainly no place to learn how to play the game. VEGAS CRAPS is an ideal way to learn the game, and have a lot of fun in the process. I highly recommend both programs, if you have even a little gambling fever in you. You can use the programs to have a lot of fun right in your own home, or to sharpen you skills for hitting the big time on your next trip to Vegas, etc. The copy protection is set up a lot like F-15 Strike Eagle for the 8-bit computers. After playing the games just long enough to wet your gambling fever, the program stops with a dialog box appearing on the screen. It askes you for, ex. the fourth number to the left of the letter "D". You are provided with a card having about 2,000 ramdom numbers with the alphabet intermingled amoung the numbers, given four choices, if you pick the right one from looking it up on your card, the program continues where you left off never to interrupt you again. If you have a pirate copy and no card, and can't give the right answer, back to the desktop you go, a real loser! Here's betting you'll like them as much as my husband and I do, we're now shopping around for a second system. See you at the tables! _______________________________________________________________________________ LOCK AND KEY FOR YOUR ST [Message from GEnie ST RT] Topic 30 Sun Jun 07, 1987 R-FLASHMAN [The Flash] at 21:55 EDT Sub: Lock and Key for the ST Don't YOU hate Topic Summary Messages too? Have to read them EVERY TIME! 6 message(s) total ---------- Category 4, Topic 30 Message 1 Sun Jun 07, 1987 R-FLASHMAN [The Flash] at 21:58 EDT I was walking by Radio Shack today, and in I went. Under the alarm section, I saw they sell a round key lock like the ones used on an IBM AT. Since it is for an alarm, it has the contacts on one side, all ready for an electrical wire. Hmmmm, I thought. I am always getting annoyed by people who play with my ST at a show or meeting when I am busy doing something else...bought it... And I found space right over my joystick ports (520) on top of the RF shielding, and now I have a AT style lock and key on my ST! Looks very good, was dead cheap, and in the OFF position, you cannot turn on the ST! Anyone interested or need more info let me know. Now to see where I can put one in my hard disk..hee hee ---------- Category 4, Topic 30 Message 2 Mon Jun 08, 1987 STX-PRESS [R. Decowski] at 23:10 EDT How about some more info on how you installed it? ---------- Category 4, Topic 30 Message 3 Tue Jun 09, 1987 R-FLASHMAN [The Flash] at 20:45 EDT I made a hole. No, actually, so simple it is disgusting. (Lock cost $9.99) I haven't tried a 1040 yet, will in about 30 minutes, so not sure about location. I found two locations on the 520: On top of the unit, to be back and left. Right over the cartridge port. Turn your 520 upside down and you will see how much space there is. I am hoping that the 1040 has the same space. The other, which is the one I used, is right above the the second joystick port. (The one you DONT plug the mouse into). There is enough space, and it lies right above the RF shielding, it is also NEXT to the power switch, so not much cable is needed. The switch has two connectors on its end. I connected two wires to it, and the opened the RF Shielding up. You will notice that the power switch has three "legs" coming out of it. The one you want to get is the smallest one. (This is the one closest to the back of the ST) I cut it right where it meets the main board. (Now, *THAT* took guts!) Then I soldered one of my wires to it. I then connected the other wire to one of the wires that come up from the BOARD to that funny round magnet that is to the left of the power switch (and about an inch into the board). The wire that it gets wired to is the one closest to the mouse port. If you don't believe me, look UNDER the board and you will see that originaly that wire was connected to the leg that we just cut off the power switch. You NOW have a switch to the power switch. Turn the key to OFF and the power switch becomes useless. This *WILL* void your warranty. And please do NOT attempt this yet. I will upload better step-by-step instructions. But it works like a beauty. We are now offering it as an option for our STs at the store! (Security Key). Rick _______________________________________________________________________________ CONTEST INFORMATION On Saturday, August 22, HYBRID ARTS, LOGICAL CHOICE, and H.A.C.K.S. will be sponsoring the first MIDIMAZE tournament, in conjunction with the release of MIDIMAZE. There will be two rounds. The first will be for any and all players. The second round will be for REGISTERED OWNERS OF MIDIMAZE ONLY. The top prize will be a Casio keyboard. Many other prizes will be awarded also. MIDIMAZE will be on sale at Logical Choice For Computers the day before the tournament, and on the day of the tournament. For more details, contact the store at 6116 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, or call them at (818) 760-0738 -- ask for Mark, Brett, Mike, or Tony. _______________________________________________________________________________ NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT MikeyTraxx -- Top 40 Music Player is ready to astound ST Users! LA HABRA, CA (JULY 1987) -- ST X-PRESS is now distributing the MikeyTraxx Top 40 Music Player, a fully GEM based musical wonder. The program itself functions as both a music player and a MIDI recorder. Sounds can be outputted either through the monitor speaker or through a MIDI synthesizer (which is recommended). Both variants offer a high quality sound. Also included with the main program are 20 Top 40 songs such as: Amadeus, Beat It, Danger Zone, Heart and Soul, Living on a Prayer, Stand by Me, Venus, and much more! These can be played with MikeyTraxx or the Musicomm accessory (also included). Musicomm is an exciting new product that complements MikeyTraxx. It is offered to the public domain as a kind gesture to the ST community (it is available on GEnie, as well as, private BBSs). It allows Forem ST sysops to set up a section for users. When they call, they can play the songs available on the BBS through a desk accessory (included with MikeyTraxx and Musicomm). Thus, one can play songs through their modem while in their favorite GEM terminal software, such as Flash, Interlink, or Uniterm. MikeyTraxx is compatible with both color and monochrome monitors, as well as, .5 and 1 megabyte systems. The speaker output can be changed very easily. The program allows the user to load his or her own GIST sound file; thus, changing the sound heard through the speaker. Autoplaying the songs on the current disk is also a standard feature. MikeyTraxx is being additionally supported on the GEnie network. There is a topic in the ST X-PRESS section (on the ST Roundtable) where the author will offer advice, help, and suggestions. For more information on GEnie call: (800)638-9636. The program retails for the amazingly low price of $19.97! Thus, allowing all ST users on any sized budget to afford this program. To order, send $19.97, plus $2.00 for shipping and handling to the mailing address. 2nd Days shipping is also available for $3.50, and overnight shipping is available for $9.50. For further information or to order contact: ST X-PRESS P.O. Box 2383 La Habra, CA 90632 (213) 691-8000 Money Orders, CODs (UPS charges additional $1.90), and Personal Checks (take 1 week to clear) are accepted. Dealer Inquiries are welcome and desired! _______________________________________________________________________________ NEWS AND RUMORS By:John Nagy Michigan Atari Magazine You've been following the flack on Darek Mihocka's ST Transformer (800 emulator for the ST)? Ofcourse you have. How about another one? Steve Jones, of Pennsylvannia, has shoved his own version of the 8 Bit emulator into a cart for the ST. While sound and some graphic modes are not supported yet, Steve's version is estamated to run at 70% of the 8 bit speed, as opposed to 40-50% as in Darek's more complete Transformer. Like Darek's, the Jones version has printer and modem support, but even features Axlon-Emulation to use the extra memory of the ST's ramdisks. Steve runs "Jonesware", and expects to market his cart like the Magic-Sac, where the user must supply his own ROM chips to make the unit work. Price: around $50.00, ready by this Christmas. No word on Atari's view of this possible new entry into the emulation market. For more information contact: Jonesware, Box 7037, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 _______________________________________________________________________________ ZMAG BBS SYSTEM SPOTLIGHT ...DATELINE BBS... 718-648-0947 300/1200/2400 bps 24 hrs/7 days Running on a 520ST with Atari 20 meg hard drive. Online since June 1985, the Dateline BBS is one of the busiest boards in the NYC area. In the past year (since we switched to MichTron ST BBS software) we have had over 10,000 callers and almost 15,000 messages left on the system. Sponsored by the Brooklyn Atari Society (B.A.S.I.C.), New York City's oldest Atari user group (founded 1982), the BBS features full Atari 8-bit and ST support, including over 500 public domain download files (almost 16 megs worth). However, our #1 priority is to provide the latest news and information to our users, and this is the reason we feature Z-Mag (one of our most popular features). We also have a very lively message base on 16 different Sigs, ranging from ST and 8-bit to Other Computers (mostly Amiga lately), Silly Arguments ("My computer is better than..."), and Comics and Science Fiction. Both beginners and experts are welcome, there are NO upload requirements or download restrictions (other than time limits), and we are currently featuring instant online validation. Dateline can be accessed through PC-Pursuit by calling the 212 area code and then typing "ATDT17186480947" to get the PC-Pursuit modem to dial into the 718 area code (a local call from 212). Peter J. Fazio Sysop President, B.A.S.I.C. [Ed. This user group information has been passed on to Mike Brown, Zmag User Group Editor. Look for a special Zmag Focus in the near future.] _______________________________________________________________________________ MAIL LINK TO JERUSALEM Kesher in Chicago provides a mail link to its sister board in Jerusalem. All message areas on Kesher Chicago are echoed on the board in Jerusalem and visa-versa. Both boards are TBBS software. The Kesher Chicago fidonumber is 115/940. The Phone is (312) 940-1686. The Kesher Jerusalem fidonumber is 40/100. The phone is (02) 273307. Mail is transfered between the systems at 6:00 PM Chicago Time every day. For additional info email Dick Fiedler 76556,2552. _______________________________________________________________________________ ST MAGAZINES PART 2 Copyright (C) 1987 by Garry Jones. ST X-PRESS REVIEW One of the newest publications devoted to the Atari ST computer is ST X-PRESS. Published monthly, the magazine has a professional look and feel with a four color cover and half-toned photographs inside. It's available with disk for $8.50; without for $3.95, and subscriptions are available. Indeed, subscription may be the easiest way to get the magazine as it has yet to achieve very wide distribution in the Southern California area (surprising, since it's published in La Habra). I first heard of ST X-PRESS late last year when I ran across a request for submissions, and later, when a promotional announcement began circulating on local bulletin boards, my interest was piqued. With the magazine being published locally, I wanted to see what it had to offer. Unfortunately, ST X-PRESS was apparently suffering from the new magazine blues and was virtually unobtainable. When Rich Decowski, the editor and publisher of ST X-PRESS, recently agreed to fill my request for a review copy of the May issue of the magazine, I was eager to see it. I think it was worth the wait. As I said above, the magazine has a professional appearance, and is also reasonably well written and edited. Inside, the magazine is divided into four main sections: Columns, Features, Miscellaneous, and Reviews. The Miscellaneous section contains an editorial, letters from readers, a BBS listing, a 'grapevine' section covering new product announcements and best sellers, and an ST Archive catalog. The ST Archive lists public domain disks and disks from back issues of the magazine. About 80 different disks are available at a price of $4.97 for selections from the Archive per disk. The prices are reasonable, about the same as most user groups charge, and the double sided disk option is especially nice. There are seven separate columns in the Columns section of the magazine, five of which are devoted to programming. "Assembling Assembly," by Barnaby Finch is obviously devoted to assembly language programming. The article in the May issue is the second part of a two part article dealing with the creation of a desk accessory shell, which can then be used by readers as the basis for the creation of fully functioning desk accessories. It's a little difficult to evaluate only one half of an article, but the text seems thorough and well written, and while apparently aimed at readers who already have some familiarity with assembly language, the article discusses some of the demands of GEM programming in a way that would be informative to people writing GEM programs in other languages. In contrast, "Pascal Primer," by John Davidson has very little text explaining its programming example. While the example, a mouse cursor shape editor, has some utility, the text explains little about it and leaves it up to the reader to analyze the source code. The other three programming columns, devoted to GFA Basic, Forth, and C, are just beginning, and only time will tell how they will evolve. I hope they follow Barnaby Finch's lead and provide the reader with useful modules and utilities along with thorough discussions of the programming techniques used. The final two columns are "Critic's Corner," by Richard Mataka, and "STalking MIDI," by Stefan Daystrom, a programmer for Hybrid Arts. "Critic's Corner" is a compilation of capsule reviews, rumors, and personal computing experiences of its' author, while the May issue of "STalking MIDI" describes some MIDI principles and offers a simple method for using MIDI instruments within other programs. The Features section of the magazine includes coverage of the Pennsylvania Atari Expo, an interview with Infocom's "Hollywood" Dave Anderson, creator of the "Hollywood Hijinx" game, and a disk labeler program by Micheal Ferrara. While the disk labeler is an excellent program (I'm using it to label the ACAOC's public domain disks) and the source code is included, both in print and on disk, the article suffers from an inadequate explanation of the code. The printout of the program code is especially nice, though; it's printed in Helvetica boldface with plenty of space between each code module. Readability is much better than in other magazines where the code always looks like it was printed out on a cheap dot matrix printer. In the May issue, ST X-PRESS' review section has more than a dozen reviews, covering games like Gato, a submarine simulation, Infocom's Bureaucracy, Hollywood Hijinx, and Moonmist, Michtron's Techmate chess game, and others. There are also reviews of application programs like Michtron's Trimbase, the LDW Basic Compiler, and Zoomracks II. Generally, the reviews seem objective and thorough, and are given enough space to detail the reviewers' experiences and impressions of the programs. My only criticism of the review section is of the excess of game reviews, which outnumber application reviews by about three-to-one. Of course, a reading of one issue isn't enough to make a fair generalization, but I would prefer to see a better balance between game and application reviews. As I mentioned earlier, ST X-PRESS is available with a disk. Besides the source code and programs printed in the magazine, the disk for the May issue includes a list of BBS's with a reader-printer program which can also save the list in the proper format for use with the Flash terminal program. A compilation of material from Zmag, a weekly electronic magazine featuring news of interest to Atari computer users and telecommunicators, is included, along with another reader-printer program. Finally, there is a folder called INTRO which contains a short program which plays a tune, introduces the ST X-PRESS disk, displays subscription information and public domain disk ordering instructions, and shows three Degas color pictures. As an added plus, all of the programs in the magazine and on the disk can be copied and circulated in the public domain provided the author's and magazine's names and copyright are not altered or deleted. To sum up, ST X-PRESS is an excellent addition to the list of ST-specific periodicals available. Intended for intermediate users and programmers, the series of programming columns, extensive reviews, monthly availability and the comparatively low price for the disk-included issue are the magazine's pluses. Appealing primarily to readers of Compute! ST, with some crossover from START and ST-LOG, ST X-PRESS has the potential to become a very popular magazine in the ST market as it continues to develop and define itself. To subscribe, contact: ST X-PRESS P.O. Box 2383 La Habra CA 90632 (213)691-8000 Subscription costs are $35.00 per year without disk and $75.00 per year with disk. -Garry Jones- _______________________________________________________________________________ ST PC Pursuit BBS List for the Atari ST! 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Virginia (202) 713 Houston 718 New York (212) 801 Salt Lake City 813 Tampa 818 Glendale 919 R. Triangle Park Parenthesis indicate that the area code listed is accessable through the number in the parenthesis. ****************************************************************************** ST Pursuit Edition 1.00 Last Updated 08/08/87 ****************************************************************************** This bbs contains BBS's accessible via PC Pursuit, that I have been able to log on to. If I was unable to log on to it, it is not on the list. Any additions or changes should be sent to me at one of the following places: GEnie: GGGulick Compuserve: 76347,110 Merlyn's Rainbow: Send mail to The Jester Merlyn's Rainbow, is by far the fastest place to reach me. I will release updates when I feel I have enough additions or changes to warrent an update. This list is in the Public Domain. It can be freely distributed as long as it remains in its original unmodified form. If you like this list and would like to see it regularly updated send $5.00 (or whatever you feel it is worth) to: The ST Pursuit BBS List Care of Gil Gulick 701 Chancellar Dr. Lutz, FL 33549 The contribution on a volunteer basis only and is not manditory. Contributers will get the next edition mailed to them. A special thanks to all of the sysops out there who are running the awesome FoReM BBS system. It's user maintained BBS list made this list alot easier to write. Thanks...... Any SysOp's intrested in starting an alliance of BBS's supporting ST Pursuit should leave me a message on Merlyn's Rainbow. _______________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCTS AND INFORMATION FROM STONE AGE SOFTWARE Stone Age Software, Inc. P.O. Box 1216 Amherst, NH 03031 PHONE (603) 673-8734 Compuserve PPN# 73277,2557 UltraCalc $24.95 Requires TOS in ROM (Available in AOS (Algebraic Operating System) or RPN) UltraCalc is our GEM based, full function scientific calculator that may be run as a desk accessory or a standalone program. This calculator packs 40 functions as well as some things you probably haven't seen in a calculator before. For instance, you can take 2 and raise it to the 1000 power, you can take the factorial of 170, or you can just add two 14 digit numbers. That's right this calculator is implemented in 64 bit double precision. That means you get 14 digits, and an exponential range of + or - ten to the 308 power. The numeric key pad on the right of the ST's keyboard is also fully usable with UltraCalc. That's not all either, we included a table of constants like PI, the speed of light, Planck's constants, etc available for your use at the click of a button. Memories, unlike traditional calculators, are always visible so you don't have to recall them from there storage registers to view them. Finally, we placed features in UltraCalc for the programmer as well. UltraCalc features a true 32 bit integer mode for those of you who program. Imagine doing an XOR between two numbers and seeing the result in a full 32 bits. All the standard options are supported for integers i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, AND, OR, XOR, MOD, one's complement, results in binary, hex, octal, and decimal. If your tired of hearing computer critics say, "What good is a computer if you can't add two numbers?", then UltraCalc is for you. _______________________________________________________________________________ ST-Report #5 August 15, 1987 (c)1987 Syndicate Services ZIN Assistant Publishers: Susan Perry, Rich Decowski, Ken Kirchner Next regular edition of ST-Report will be August 29, 1987 _______________________________________________________________________________