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Software Reviews

Preppie, Questron, Warhawk,

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Laser Hawk make up our in-depth

software reviews.

Add-ons

Don't limit your micro — Andre

Willey examines the various

peripherals that you can plug into

your Atari computer.

4 ATARI USER January 1987

Contents

Mole Hunter

Can you track down the elusive

mole in this fast and furious game

for your 8 bit Atari?

I/0 Channels

In the ﬁrst of a new series, Andre

Willey examines the 8 bit Atari's

I/O channels in detail.

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8 Bit Competition

Answer ﬁve simple questions and

you could win CRL's SunStar and a

desk top planetarium.

Five-liners

More of our short type-in pro-

grams for your 8 bit Ataris.

Data Compression

Stephen Williamson shows you

how to cram quarts into your pint

sized Atari's memory.

Mailbag

The latest batch of your moans,

groans, praise and tips from our

mailbag.

19 Discovering Drives

We examine the internals of a disc

drive and explain how it works.

/Atari ST

Used

21 Quickies

A brief look at the latest batch of

releases for the ST.

3 ST Roundup

Mike Cowley reports on all that's

new in the ST world.

5 K-Switch

23 Drives Review

Andrew Bennett takes an in-depth

look at the 3.5 and 5.25 inch ST

disc drives from Cumana.

Give your ST a split personality

with this Kuma memory manager.

9 Printers

We take a look at two very different

printers — at both extremes of the

price range — which can be con-

nected to the ST.

Software

Winter Games and Strip Poker are

evaluated by our experts.

25 ST Five-liners

Two more concise but powerful

programs for your ST.

26 ST Competition

Your chance to win a bumper

bundle of Microdeal software.

27 Advice

Andrew Bennett answers your

queries on the Gem ﬁle selector,

hard discs and using joysticks

from within Basic.

14 Peripherals

Andrew Bennett discusses what

can be attached to your ST.

January 1987 ATARI USER 5

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