ABBUC Magazin Nr. 10

  • Magazine number: 10
  • Date: approx. 9/1987 (late due to summer holidays; milestone: 600 members)
  • Disk images: ABBUC_Magazin_010A.ATR, ABBUC_Magazin_010B.ATR

Programs

Disk A

  • TITELBIL.BAS/PICTURE - title picture (winning picture by Klaus Kilb); MENUE.BAS - menu program by Oliver Yves Lucas, Cologne; LESER.BAS (+CURSIVE.FNT) - text reader for the text files.
  • PARTNER.BAS (+.LAD, .PIC) - "Partnerwahl-Test", a humorous partner-choice test.
  • RAMTEST2.EXE - RAM test for memory expansions.
  • LAUFSCH.BAS/.COM - "Kunterbunte Laufschrift" (colourful scrolling text from two entered texts).
  • GRADEM.BAS - graphics demo; DINUMW.BAS - converts texts between English and German keyboard layouts (umlauts); SOUNDFI.BAS - "Sound Finder" by Laurent Bassett (from "The Atari Connection"); EINZEIL*.BAS - one-liners.

Disk B (put together by a second team: Hans Peter Mueller-Diermeier & Oliver Lucas)

  • COPY4X.COM, COPY8000.COM - copy utilities; OPTIMAT.COM, STRETCH.COM - disk/screen tools; DEATHZON.COM - game "Death Zone".
  • BINBAS.BAS - converts binary machine code into a BASIC loader (USR(1536)).
  • HARD1029.TUR - hardcopy for the Atari 1029 printer in normal and double size, Gerald Kreutz (Turbo-BASIC).
  • HILFE.BAS - help program (must be saved with LIST/ENTER); FINDER.BAS - finder utility.
  • WINTER.BAS (+WINTER.TXT) - "Winter Olympics" sports game (Atari version of Winter Games).
  • NOTENTRA.BAS - "Notentrainer" (music note trainer) by Till Hoffmann.
  • STATIST.BAS - statistics program with 3-D bar charts by Peter Thielen, for the 800XL.
  • LABEL.TUR - disk label printer; ZYKLOIDE.TUR - cycloid drawing; PICTURE - second picture.

Texts

  • INFO.TXT (editor): Jubilee: magazine #10 and 600 members. Late issue because of holidays; reminder of the bank account; late dues will be reminded.
  • TIPS.TXT: "Tips & Tricks" requested in the survey - e.g. how to tell a GTIA from an old CTIA video chip and other hardware hints.
  • MAILBOX.TXT: Explanations on data transfer (DFUE) and the planned ABBUC mailbox: acoustic coupler, modem, terminal software.
  • WERBUNG.TXT: Classified ads (hardware and software for sale).
  • PROGRAM.TXT: Descriptions of all programs on the disk.
  • WINTER.TXT: Description of the Winter Olympics game.