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Vol. 2 No. 4
August 1986
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Head II . _ We review them all.
Vol. 2 No. 4 August 1986
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Contents
Game
for me
Help Frank the Fruit Fiend to eat his fill
in this eight level Basic and machine
code arcade game by S. Bullough.
Five Liners
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readers help to liven up your text
display, turn your Atari into a
typewriter, and keep track of your
variables. Each one wins E25.
Bowing to tremendous demand, we
re-print our popular Get-It-Right!
checksum program, with the bonus of
a few added features.
80 Column
Mailbag
You've sent in another varied batch of
letters this month, with questions and
comments on all aspects of Atari
computers.
An amazing utility to generate 80
column text displays by adding a
special character set to a Graphics 8
screen.
10 Graphics
Peter Fellows has been looking into one way of using
the ST's astounding graphics to help small,
businesses.
14 Reviews
We look at Essex, a text adventure, and Major
Motion, a fast action arcade game, in this month's
software reviews for the ST.
19 Hardware
Gordon Taylor takes a look at the new A S & T one
meg disc drive and system stand.
20 Accounts
Peter Connors evaluates Cashlink Accounts, a new
and powerful accounts package for the ST.
25 Database
3 ST Roundup
Mike Cowley takes another look at the latest
developments on the ST scene — including the
promise of a Unix-based system later this year.
H & D Base is a remarkable new software package
for the ST which offers the same features as Dbase II.
Simon Terry investigates.
27 American Scene
5 Advice
Andrew Bennett answers more of your questions,
and clears up some of the confusion surrounding
Atari's numbering system.
Our US correspondent reports on last month's
Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, and all the
latest stateside releases.
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