Moilba 9
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would not work. Simons,
out the correct bytes to send to the printer. This is what
Michael East
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Crowborough,
the
Sussex.
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The programs we
to the
the
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.
computlng
subroutine for the actual screen dump- The second program was simply a pro-
by
gram that set up the screen with something to be printed out. Linking the two should producethe required
I WAS interested to read in the March edition of Atari User about Roy Goring and the computer correspon-
output.
dence course he is
If this still does not help you make sure that the programs are typed in correctly. The bit-image graphics on your 1029 are described in detail Within the 1029 manual, but to help you out here is a brief outline. When the 1029 is in bit image mode (graphics) any bytes sent are not converted to an Ascii character but are as a 7 bit vertical
Erinted ar. (no dot) or1Earzg ot. bee? bit Ean ysen ing combinations of bytes you can make up a matrix of dots. Printing more lines extends this matrix down the page, thereby building up a large
picture. The problem is in working
contact Mr Goring, so could you please tell me his -
D-
Strikes,
Coventry.
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RECENTLY purchased an 800XL computer with 7050 disc drive as a pack from Currys. This also con tained some software which I was very pleased with. However, after buying a pack of 70 double sided/ !
Atari
a
mail order company adver— tising in your magazine, / became rather worried as l could not format any of them. I first thought that the discs were at fault, and so sent them back to the company which had supplied them, asking for an exchange. The same discs were later returned with a letter assuring me that they
Goring can be contacted by writing to him at RJG Programming, Brockhampton Road, Havant P09 Roy
1NT. Tel 0705 451214
puter
owner
can
play
except us Atari fans?
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Shortage PLEASE could you tell me why many good games are not being brought out for the Atari? Games like P515
Trading Company, Space
were error free. They had been rechecked,
Ludovic Hou L'O/iver, Pocsfrtbil‘ZS/e ' 07200 Aubenas France
AtariWriter, error messagesseemedtoindicatethat there was something wrong
or
with the discs. Could you tell me if there is a fault in my drive or computer. / think your magazine is excellent. It is my main source ofinformation about the Atari range. I’m especially interested in the gadgets series by Len Golding, and would like to know if he will be including please
on D.
Didcot, Oxon. 0 it is possible
speech Butterfield,
that your
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CVf/l Moerkoert Sch. book 73, 0223-DS L e 73— ystad, Holland.
Swinbum, Shef?eld.
new companies releasing games for the Atari. They
obviously want to test the water first, so when a company does make Atari software available, write and say what a wise move it was. That way it will be in
producing
most for them. a It then becomes decision for the software house that buys the rights as to which formats it wants to convert the game to. Thus, as we said before, the more you let them know that there is a demand for Atari products, the more likely it is that such classics will soon become available.
As for the ”Atari" arcade titles you mention, these are actuall develo ed and owned by Atari Co?n~0p,not by Jack Tramiel’s Atari Corp. These are now two
Tape
completely separate companies, and Atari Coin-Op will sell the rights to its
WHEN/loadgames into my computer / get a strange
games to whoever pays the '
and one had even been left formatted with Dos 2. When I tried to format the remaining discs with Dos 2, Dos 3, Home Filing Manager
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Q |f you take a good look at the market, there are lots of
interested
G ames
and
Ng38 Sir/(gyms,
Paul
more.
an article synthesis.
Wash/n ton
Wear
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offering. However, you forgot to publish any details of how to address?
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Mr George Jackson 82 Hors/ey Road, Barmston'
Also, could you tell me why we faithful Atari users are getting brushed aside? Atari keeps bringing out excellent games — like and so on for Paperboy machines such as the Spectrum, Amstrad and Commodore. Why do we lose out on all thoseAtari arcadegames that every other home com-
ormattmg optlons
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double density discs from
DOSt
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in
dump
of
worlLed beataps our nowe ?lm;ge, so per you are not using them correctly. Program 1 was the
.
screen
magazine has to do.
printed
Harrier, The Last Ninja, Hyper Sports and the long awaited Elite.
disc drive is at fault. The 1050 should be able to format any normal 5.25in disc you give it, especially in single density mode. Try using the P option on Dos 2.5 to do a single density format. if this still doesn't work, take it back to your dealer for service. Thanks for your comments about the Gadgets series. YOU may be interested to note that RH Design, the company which handles the PCB manufacture for us, has had such a good response that it is now able to the supply completed gadgets. For a price list, write to R.H. Stonefall Design, 137
Avenue, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 7NS-
mangler ‘
noise and it often chews up my tapes. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with 800XL? Dennis my —
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It sounds as if your tape recorder’s motor or tapeguide and capstan are at fault certainly chewing Up tapes is not a feature that most recorders boast about. suggest that YOU return your recorder to your dealer for fixing. —
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cassette or disc? '
RECENTLY read your review of Action! and was wondering whether it is possible to use it with a cassette rather than a disc drive, I was impressed by your review and I’m very interested in buying it— if it I
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