"Perhaps the future is just like the past, only with the lights
switched off."
Anon (in the gutter)
BACK ISSUES OF ST NEWS - WHAT'S IN THEM
(Now also including the definite ST NEWS compatibility list)
by Richard Karsmakers
ST NEWS has an international network of around a dozen official
international distributors as well as some sortof unofficial ones
(Floppyshop in Scotland, ACN in the Netherlands, and there are
some more). The official distributors have their addresses listed
in the "Colophon" article, to be found elsewhere in this issue of
ST NEWS. These are the addresses to write to when you want to get
your hands on any of the back issues you might desire.
Please note that the official foreign distributors generally
require an SAE and a disk to send issues to you in. If you live
in another country than them, then please supply sufficient
International Reply Coupons - NO stamps!
If in doubt, you can always order ST NEWS issues by sending SAE
+ IRCs to the ST NEWS correspondence address. A donation now and
again, of course, would be really welcome.
If you want to get in touch with more ST NEWS, you can have a
look at the list of back-issues below. Only to die-hard ST NEWS
fans may it be advisable to get any of the pre-Undead issues
(i.e. the ones before the Final Compendium). The later issues are
definitely more worth while.
-- 1986 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 1 Issues 1-6
Available as a 326 Kb ZIP file. These are plain word processor
document files and will thus work on any TOS version as long as
you have "1st Word", "1st Word Plus" version 3.20TT or lower, or
a compatible word processor.
Volume 1 Compendium
The best of Volume 1. Available as a 159 Kb ZIP file. Works on
TOS 1.00 / 1.06, pageviewer bombs on 4.0x.
-- 1987 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 2 Issue 1
Available as a 147 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Volume 2 Issue 2
Available as a 138 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Volume 2 Issue 3
Available as a 147 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Volume 2 Issue 4
Available as a 146 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Volume 2 Issue 5
Available as a 202 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Volume 2 Issue 6
Available as a 185 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Volume 2 Issue 7
Available as a 201 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST, STE and
the Falcon (though the music is too fast on the last one). Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT.
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(If you have a High Density disk drive you can send a HD disk
and get Volume 1 Issue 1 through Volume 2 Issue 7, including the
Volume 1 Compendium, on one disk)
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Volume 2 Issue 8
Available as a 168 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon.
Volume 2 Compendium
The best of Volume 2. Available as a 364 Kb ZIP file. Works on
ST and MEGA ST. Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work
on STE and the Falcon.
-- 1988 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 3 Issue 1
Available as a 194 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon.
Volume 3 Issue 2
Available as a 176 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon.
Volume 3 Issue 3
Available as a 170 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon. On TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e.
when you get back from the picture in colour mode, or try to
manipulate the colours).
Volume 3 Issue 4
Available as a 202 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon. On TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e.
when you get back from the picture in colour mode, or try to
manipulate the colours).
Volume 3 Issue 5
Available as a 191 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon. On TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e.
when you get back from the picture in colour mode, or try to
manipulate the colours).
Volume 3 Issue 6
Available as a 199 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon. On TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e.
when you get back from the picture in colour mode, or try to
manipulate the colours).
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(If you have a High Density disk drive you can send a HD disk
and get Volume 2 Issue 8 through Volume 3 Issue 6, including the
Volume 2 Compendium, on one disk)
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Volume 3 Issue 7
Available as a 180 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon. On TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e.
when you get back from the picture in colour mode, or try to
manipulate the colours).
Volume 3 Compendium
The best of Volume 3. Available as a 403 Kb ZIP file. Works on
ST and MEGA ST. Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work
on STE and the Falcon. On TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go
wrong (i.e. when you get back from the picture in colour mode, or
try to manipulate the colours).
-- 1989 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 4 Issue 1
Available as a 196 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST and MEGA ST. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on STE and the
Falcon. On TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e.
when you get back from the picture in colour mode, get back from
a demo screen, or try to manipulate the colours).
Volume 4 Issue 2
Available as a 225 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon. On
TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e. when you get
back from the picture in colour mode, get back from a demo
screen, or try to manipulate the colours).
Volume 4 Issue 3
Available as a 257 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon. On
TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e. when you get
back from the picture in colour mode, get back from a demo
screen, or try to manipulate the colours).
Volume 4 Issue 4
Available as a 413 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE.
Not confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon. On
TOS >1.02 any colour operation will go wrong (i.e. when you get
back from the picture in colour mode, get back from a demo
screen, or try to manipulate the colours).
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(If you have a High Density disk drive you can send a HD disk
and get Volume 3 Issue 7 through Volume 4 Issue 4, including the
Volume 3 Compendium, on one disk)
-- 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 5 Issue 1
Available as 633 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Final Compendium
The best of all issues from Volume 1 Issue 1 through Volume 5
Issue 1. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE. Not confirmed on MEGA STE
and TT. Does not work on the Falcon. Available on two regular
disks or 1 High Density disk containing a 1.2 Mb ZIP file.
All interesting things we ever did in all previous issues: The
hottest adventure solutions (all Magnetic Scrolls ones), all
real-time articles, the best reviews and the hottest features.
And more (of course).
Volume 5 Issue 2
Available as 560 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
The first 'undead' issue - everybody's fave (ahem) mag alive and
kicking again! Of course it features the usual things, among
which a large amount of hot and rather nice reviews. Further, it
featured the 'Awards of the Eighties' and the latest version of
the drawing program "NEOChrome Master". The PROGRAMS folder
contains a small patch that can be run in order to make Volume 2
Issue 8 through Volume 4 Issue 1 work on the STE.
-- 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 6 Issue 1
Available as 504 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
Entirely dedicated to the ST NEWS International Christmas Coding
Convention held in 1990. Extensive real-time articles, about a
dozen 3.5 Kb demo screens (some with sources) and more.
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(If you have a High Density disk drive you can send a HD disk
and get Volume 5 Issue 1 through Volume 6 Issue 1, excluding the
Final Compendium, on one disk)
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Volume 6 Issue 2
Available as 638 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
The 'lustrum issue'. Featuring the solution to "Wonderland",
reviews of "Llamatron", "Gods", "Lemmings", part I of the
Plantiac Pilgrimage, a new version of the best packer in the
world ("Pack Ice"), a history of ST NEWS, the solutions to all
hidden articles ever done in our mag (thus far) and loads more.
-- 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 7 Issue 1
Available as 745 Kb ZIP file. Works on ST, MEGA ST and STE. Not
confirmed on MEGA STE and TT. Does not work on the Falcon.
A quantity-record issue (almost 1300 Kb of articles!). Its
contents features e.g. the "Terminator II" film script,
explanation of sync scrolling, reviews of "Magic Pockets",
"Shadow of the Beast II", Psygnosis' "Barbarian II", "Lemmings
II", "Lethal XCess", "Revenge of the Mutant Camels" and "Armour
Geddon", some hot solutions and the conclusion to the ST NEWS
Plantiac Pilgrimage. It also features a record amount of hidden
articles!
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(If you have a High Density disk drive you can send a HD disk
and get Volume 6 Issue 2 through Volume 7 Issue 1 on one disk)
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Volume 7 Issue 2
Works on ST, MEGA ST, STE and Falcon. Not confirmed on MEGA STE
and TT.
Another fairly major issue: About 1200 Kb of articles. Features
e.g. the full shareware game "Revenge of the Mutant Camels", the
penultimate disk magazine roundup, the biggest cheat
encyclopaedia ever, reviews of the ST Book laptop ST and
"Protext" and "Amberstar", loads of fiction and six hidden
articles.
Volume 7 Issue 3
Works on ST, MEGA ST, STE and Falcon. Not confirmed on MEGA STE
and TT. The music needs to be switched off in the case of a
Falcon, though.
Plenty of articles again, plus a collection of highly
interesting programs (e.g. a fine collection of depackers, plus a
fantastic little shareware game called "Mudpies", by Microdeal).
Articles include a lot of fiction, including more Tavern Novels,
Gard's Geo of Lament and Cronos' Rather Zany Adventures in
Wonderland (rather long, too). Reviews include "Formula One Grand
Prix", new disk magazines and some books (including Douglas
Adams' "Mostly Harmless"). Loads more, of course, including four
hidden articles.
-- 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 8 Issue 1
Works on ST, MEGA ST, STE and Falcon. Not confirmed on MEGA STE
and TT. The music needs to be switched off in the case of a
Falcon, though.
Totally bursting with articles and a lot of programs, too. The
last issue that Stefan was editor of. The last of the Tavern
novels ("The Jawman"), loads more fiction, an interview with
Bernd Steidl, reviews of, among other things, "XBoot III", some
screen speeders, "Sex" (the book by Madonna), "Das Falcon 030
Buch" and "Ed-Hak". The first part of a new assembler GEM coding
course, and a lot more. Programs include Sinister Developments'
rendition of "Centipede", a fantastic Big Alec music demo,
picture utilities and...(indeed)...more.
Volume 8 Issue 2
Works on ST, MEGA ST, STE and Falcon. Not confirmed on MEGA STE
and TT. The music needs to be switched off in the case of a
Falcon, though.
Again offering about 1.2 Mb of articles, this issue has software
reviews of "Stone Age", "Lemmings 2", "The Chaos Engine", some
books, a long story by the name of "Lord of the Things", an
encyclopaedia for those of you interested in breaking open the
Polish ST scene, travel reports (North America and Norway), lots
of hot info on Falcon 030/040 and Jaguar and a lot more. The
programs on offer include "Hiscore Terminal Utility", "Space
Invaders", "ST NCode", "Wowbagger" (latest version) and more.
-- 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------
Volume 9 Issue 1
Works on ST, MEGA ST, STE, TT and Falcon. Not confirmed on MEGA
STE. No need to start on ST compatible resolutions on the Falcon
anymore, and you can also play the music.
The first issue to be made all alone by me...but it got finished
nonetheless. It is the first True Multi Media issue, and is also
the first to be totally Falcon compatible. Anyway, apart from the
usual computer-related articles it had loads of film reviews,
attention to books, CD/demo/etc. reviews and four extremely
interesting interviews with Chris Holland of "Maggie", Anathema,
My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost. Software (p)reviews include
"1st Word Plus 4", "Kobold 2.5", "Chroma Studio 24", "Zool",
"Frontier - Elite 2". Further interesting bits are the first ever
"Nature of the Beast" column in "ST NEWS" by Jeff Minter and the
usual adventure solutions. The PROGRAMS folder contains the "ST
Zip" program required to de-archive any ZIP files you may have
(such as the earlier ST NEWS issues).
Volume 9 Issue 2 (this one)
Works on ST, MEGA ST, STE, TT and Falcon. Not confirmed on MEGA
STE.
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Subscribing to ST NEWS
True subscriptions to ST NEWS are only possible if you have an
email account. Other subscriptions (i.e. through regular mail)
are normally not possible - only our official foreign
distributors get a subscription, which becomes void only when
people complain about them not working properly. However, if you
supply your local distributor (or us) with a disk and IRC's with
a note of the last issue you already have, it should be no
problem getting a forthcoming issue within one or two weeks after
it's finished. We cannot tell you exactly when the next issue
will be out, by the way, but it can never hurt to send a disk
already.
Do note that the distributors who ask money for their services
(e.g. the French and English ones) should be allowed time for
their order! Generally, pre-ordering should be no problem if you
write down what you want clearly enough.
People who contribute to ST NEWS (e.g. by sending an article
that will be published) will get the issue with which they have
cooperated mailed home when it's released - another reason to
write for us whenever you feel like it!
Remarks:
o All compatibility tests on the Falcon or TT, unless
otherwise specified, were performed in either high or medium
resolution ST compatibility mode.
o STE incompatibilities is usually caused by the "please
write-protect the ST NEWS disk" alert box, on which it will
lock. A patch program exists for STE, but for the same
problem on the Falcon none exists so far. The STE patch
program may be found on ST NEWS Volume 5 Issue 2.
o Bomb crashes appearing on the Falcon are usually due to the
music. The later ST NEWS issues (Volume 7 Issue 3 through
Volume 8 Issue 2) can have the music turned off by default
via the "SETUP" file. Turn the music off on a compatible
machine (ST or MEGA ST for example), then save the "SETUP"
file to disk ("Save Configuration"). It will then work on
the Falcon.
o "ST Zip", the archive program you will need to be able to
de-archive the ZIP files, may be found on ST NEWS Volume 9
Issue 1.
o The ZIP file versions of ST NEWS are only available directly
from the correspondence address. These are no longer
available as disks, with the exception of the Final
Compendium.
o The foreign distributors usually only have the Final
Compendium and later issues (Volume 5 Issue 2 and up). They
don't have the ZIP file versions.
o If you want selected ZIP files, please state exactly which
ones you want and make sure their total amount doesn't
exceed the available storage space on the disk you send. If
you don't have "ST Zip", get ST NEWS Volume 9 Issue 1 or ask
for it when getting the ZIP files and calculate about 250 Kb
of extra free space for this archive program package.
o Principally you need to add 1 International Reply Coupon per
disk you send, with the first disk needing 2. If you live
outside Europe, you'll have to add 1 IRC per 2 disks extra.
o Some people seem not to know what International Reply
Coupons are, nor where you can get them. Well, IRCs can be
obtained from your post office. They are small green pieces
of paper with a text on them in French, German, English,
Arab, Chinese (or Japanese), Spanish and Russian (or
Greek?). When you send them to us we can exchange them for
Dutch stamps - as we can't do anything with Swahili (or even
English) stamps!
o Should you have additional compatibility results, please
tell me about them. I am especially keen on getting
information on MEGA STE and TT compatibility.
o ST NEWS is reported to work fine on the PC Atari ST emulator
("GEMulator") but be sure, similar to some issues on the
Falcon, that the music won't play!
Thank you for your attention.
Disclaimer
The text of the articles is identical to the originals like they appeared
in old ST NEWS issues. Please take into consideration that the author(s)
was (were) a lot younger and less responsible back then. So bad jokes,
bad English, youthful arrogance, insults, bravura, over-crediting and
tastelessness should be taken with at least a grain of salt. Any contact
and/or payment information, as well as deadlines/release dates of any
kind should be regarded as outdated. Due to the fact that these pages are
not actually contained in an Atari executable here, references to scroll
texts, featured demo screens and hidden articles may also be irrelevant.