New Products
New Products notices are compiled by the Antic staff from
information provided by the products' manufacturers. Antic welcomes such
submissions, but assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of these notices
or the performance of the products listed.
FIRST XLENT WORD PROCESSOR
XLEnt Software
P.O. Box 5228
Springfield, VA 22150
(703) 644-8881
$29.95, 48K disk
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Written completely in machine language, this powerful word processor
features icon-driven commands, multiple windows, file linking, 80-column
preview and double-column printing. You can also use modified character
sets and mix graphics and text
REFERENCE PAK, STAMP PAK
(reference cards)
Wise Products Co.
122 N. Euclid
Princeton, IL 61356
(815) 875-4728
$4.95 each, $9 for both
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Reference Pak and Stamp Pak are handy keyboard template
cards showing the main commands for XLEnt Software's popular Typesetter
and Rubber Stamp printing utility programs.
MASTER DISK DIRECTORY II
(utility software)
Zobian Controls
1156 Old Mill Lane
P.O. Box 6406
Wyomissing, PA 19610
(215) 374-5478
$18.95, 16K disk
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This program works with Zobian's Rat-a $69.95 mouse for 8-bit Ataris-
to organize your disk collection using icons and pull-down menus. The program
stores the name and a description of each program and can sort the collection
alphabetically, numerically and in other ways.
YEMACYB
(printing software)
Electronical Software
P.O. Box 8035
Rochester, MI 48063
$19.95, 48K disk
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This printer dump utility lets you create high-quality color printouts
with a standard black-and-white dot matrix printer. With black, yellow,
red and blue ribbons, printouts can have up to 128 colors. Images can be
as large as 11 inches diagonal. The user can create custom color palettes
or use a default palette. Printers supported are Epson MX-80 graphics compatibles,
Star SG-10 and C. Itoh Prowriter.
PRO FOOTBALL HANDICAPPER
(gaming software)
Software Exchange
P0. Box 5382
West Bloomfield, MI 48033
(313) 626-7208
$39.95, 16K disk
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Available for all Atari 8-bit computers, this program lets you handicap
NFL professional football with daily sports-page information that requires
only five minutes to enter. Pro Football Handicapper performs the
statistical analysis to predict the winner, the point spread and the total
points. The manufacturer claims it predicted winners with 65 to 70 percent
accuracy.
MINIATURE GOLF PLUS
(entertainment software)
XLEnt Software
P.O. Box 5228
Springfield, VA 22150
(703) 644-8881
$29.95, 48K disk
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With Miniature Golf Plus, you can design custom miniature golf
courses, play nine different holes per game, set up stationary and moving
boundaries, have eight players per game and store 60 holes per disk. This
game uses your Atari to simulate geometry, physics, gravity and friction.
THE LINGUIST
(educational software)
Gessler Educational Software
900 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
(212) 673-3113
$44.95, 16K disk
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This multi-lingual tutorial system for the Apple II is now available
for all Atari computers. With The Linguist, you can create teaching
drills for 20 languages. Just select two languages and enter an unlimited
number of paired words, phrases or definitions. The computer will quiz
you by displaying one element in the pair and asking you to fill in its
equivalent.
PERSISTENT RAM CARTRIDGE
(memory upgrade)
Intra-Tech Computer Products
2288 Portage Avenue
Coquitlam, BC
V3K 2Z3 Canada
(604) 942-7049
$57.50-32K
$47.5 0-16K
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Intra-Tech's Persistent RAM Cartridge is a plug-in memory expansion,
as well as a backup for Atari cartridges when used with the included disk
software. The PRAM cartridge is even a memory storage device powered by
a 7-year battery when not plugged into the computer.
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