ANALOG Computing (April 1987)

ANALOG Computing (April 1987)

ANALOG Computing was probably the most successful magazine dedicated to Atari 8-bit computers. If you watch closely, you can see at least one issue lying around in Ready Player One which I just watched the other day. By 1987 the last generation of Atari 8-bits (the XE series) had already been around a couple years and ANALOG was also giving some coverage to the Atari ST. The April 1987 issue of ANALOG Computing includes: Features

• Music during the Musical Blank Interrupt - Part 3 in our series details what's involved in accomplishing music during the VBI.
• Background Printer -= A device handler which lets your printer do its thing while you are doing yours.
• Floyd the Droid Goes Blastin' - Wipe out the mutants just for kicks in this new machine-language game.
• HardCopy and CheckWriter - Adding these two programs to MicroCheck (from issue 27) lets you prepare multiple copies and print checks.
• Multicopy - A versatile utility for copying files, made even easier by keyboard or joystick use.
• Bits & Pieces - The BSR home controller is just an article away from your Atari.
• Modems and the Atari 8-bit - An introduction to the universe of telecommunications BBSs and networks.
• The Baud Warrior - Advice for the experienced modem user.

Reviews

• Lightspeed C - A detailed look at this structured language.
• Soundwave 1 and Soundwave 8 - Two sequencers for the ST - do they live up to their claims?
• The Learning Phone - Check out the Atari Plato cartridge.
• Screens - Tricky screen formats are yours with this inexpensive, useful utility.
• The New Technology Coloring Book - Hi-tech coloring for children.
• Nite Lite - A close examination of one of the popular BBSs for the 8-bit and the Atari ST, too.
• The Atari ST User's Guide - How worthy is the new ST Logo guide?
• Blazing Paddles - Is this recently introduced art program an 8-bit DEGAS?
• Carina BBS - Our BBS expert checks out this feature-packed program.
• Panak strikes! - Flight Simulator II Scenery Disks, Mail Order Monsters, Moonmist, and Rommel Battles for Tobruk are examined.
• Video Vegas - Slots, Keno, Blackjack and Draw Poker in one package...how do they stack up?

Columns

• Editorial
• Reader comment
• M/L Editor
• Scheduled Atari Fairs
• ST notes
• Atari Users' Groups
• The End User
• Database Delphi
• Index to Advertisers

...and more!