STart magazine A8 software ?

[+CharlieChaplin]

Hmmm,

 

while searching for some A8 programs that appeared in STart magazine, I found several websites that had the STart magazine either as JPG or as PDF online. Alas, while the articles are there, most of the programs in form of downloadable software seems to be missing...

 

So, does anyone have (all?) the A8 programs from STart magazine Vol. 5 issue 2 - until Vol. 5 issue 7 and may upload them here? (Think these were the only STart mags with A8 programs on them.)

 

Sidenote: I already found http://www.atarimagazines.com/index/startissues.php

but alas, most of the programs are not available for download there...

 

 

[+Ripdubski]

These links should help:

 

http://www.atarimagazines.com/start/

http://www.atarimagazines.com/software/startsoftware.html

[+Allan]

These links should help:

 

http://www.atarimagazines.com/start/

http://www.atarimagazines.com/software/startsoftware.html

I don't think they are there. If I remember right, the eight-bit stuff were not included on the ST disks. There is a small chance I am wrong. If somebody can load the disk images in an ST emulator than we could verify it. I have my doubts though because we would have gotten them off the disks and made seperate download links when we HTMLed the magazines many years ago.

 

Allan

[AtariGeezer]

If they were on the disks, they were probably on the flip side.

[Kylev]

If we are referring to the last few issues of Start (where Antic was rollled up into that magazine), the software was on 3.5" floppies to be read on the ST. You needed a special cable or null modem setup to transfer the 8-bit software over to the machine from the ST.

[AtariGeezer]

I have all the original STart floppies, but I need to fix the flippy switch on my SF314 to verify what's there...

[devwebcl]

I remember they were not available on disk, only for typing.

[+Allan]

I've been working on the October 1990 issue of the Antic section. They are all done (I know some were already done) except for Kung Fu Master which I am working on today. When I'm done (hopefully tomorrow) I will post the whole disk.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

In the last issue of STart they said they were working on putting together a disk with all the 8-bit software on it from October 1990 to the last issue. I am assuming it never got finished. So we are going to have to type these all if we want to try them.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

Here are all the Atari 8-bit programs from October 1990 issue of Start. If anybody wants to help or has a particular issue they want done, let me know. I'm going to start another one tonight.

 

Allan

 

Start_Antic_8-bit_Programs_Oct_1990.atr.zip

[+Allan]

Just finished Key Whizzer from December 1990. Working on the only other program in that issue right now.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

Here is the only two eight-bit programs from Vol. 5, Num.4, December 1990 issue of Start. Lotto Picks and Key Whizzer.

 

Allan

 

Start_Antic_8-bit_Programs_Dec_1990.atr.zip

[+Allan]

Next issue for me is Feb/March 1991. This one only has two programs and one I found at Atari_Online.PL.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

Well that was easy. I found both programs into two different places. So here is Vol.5, Num.6, Feb/March 1991 8-bit section of Start.

 

Allan

 

Start_Antic_8-bit_Programs_Feb_March_1991.atr.zip

[+Allan]

Next issue up is April/May 1991 with three programs to type in.

 

Allan

[Mclaneinc]

Allan, thank you for the hard work...

[+Allan]

Your welcome. If anybody doesn't feel like typing but doesn't mind Internet sleuthing, it would be great if you look at the Start 8-bit sections of the issues I haven't done yet and see if you can hunt down any of the missing programs in the Net. With the issues I did I was able to find at least a third of the programs in different places.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

I finished Head'em Off today, so I just have Ramdisk Handler to do to finish this issue. Lots of Data statements. Luckily it's just a little over one page.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

Here is the Vol.5,Num.7, April, May 1991 8-bit programs. Only three programs this time. This is the last issue of STart and the last of the Antic published programs.

 

Allan

 

Start_Antic_8-bit_Programs_April_May_1991.atr.zip

[+Allan]

Next up is the January 1991 issue with a whopping two programs. I found the larger of the two on the Web so I only have one to type in.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

Here is Vol.5, No. 5, January 1991 8-bit programs from Start.

 

Allan

 

Start_Antic_8-bit_Programs_January_1991.atr.zip

[+Allan]

Next up is the last issue not done, Vol. 5, No. 3, November, 1990 with four programs. The smallest one is already done which leaves three. This one is going to take a while. They are big with one of them being a full two pages.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

Did a little more internet searching and found two of the three remaining programs. Now there is only one more program to type in. It'a about a page long. It's called Windows on Your Atari. I should be able to finish it before the weekend is over.

 

Allan

[+Allan]

Drum roll please.

 

It is done.

 

Here is the last unfinished issue issue of Start. Vol. 5, No. 3, November, 1990. A big four programs this time. The Windows program is pretty cool. I would have loved to see some Basic programs that used this.

 

Allan

 

Start_Antic_8-bit_Programs_November_1990.atr.zip

[+CharlieChaplin]

Thank you !