ABBUC Magazin Nr. 2

  • Magazine number: 2
  • Date: approx. 1985 (no date on the disk; second "Atari Bit Byter Magazin")
  • Disk images: ABBUC_Magazin_002A.ATR, ABBUC_Magazin_002B.ATR (both sides identical; Atari DOS 2.0S)

Programs

File Description
MENU.BAS / START.BAS / AUTORUN.BAS Title screen ("Atari Bit Byter Magazine No. 2") and selection menu.
NOTEN.BAS "Music Theory Drills Part 3" by Duane Tutja (copyright 12/83): trains beat conversion/note values; asks whether a bar is full.
JACKPOT.BAS (+ JACKPOT.DAT) "Progressive Jackpot" slot machine by Bill Marquardt (type-in from ANTIC magazine) with redefined character set; high-score file JACKPOT.DAT.
SEARCH.BAS "Search Utility" by Scott Sheck (ANTIC): machine-language helper to search BASIC listings for strings, output to screen or printer.
GRAPDEMO.BAS "Graphics Demos Vol. 2": menu of ~25 graphics demos (Faecher, Kaesten, Wuerfel, Lissajous figures, Olympia 1984, Spiral Graphics #2, Saturn, Tunnel ...). Function keys open the menu.
SCHOCK.BAS A prank program: asks your name, then "scares" the user ("Trau nie einem Computer mit Gefuehl und Humor").

Texts

  • INFO.BAS (club info for issue 2): Welcomes the new members. Demonstrates a trick of mixing GRAPHICS 0 and GRAPHICS 1 in one screen with a modified display list (machine routine in lines 20000ff. of the listing, placed in page six). Remarks on other clubs that sell photocopied articles and pirated software, in contrast to the club; announces that from now on members can order disks from the club.