+Allan Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 I still need to scan the rest of the Computer Shopper issues I got but here is the last of the 1985 issues. https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-october-1985-vol-5-num-10-atari-articles/mode/2up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Here is PART of the Atari 8-bit and ST October, 1988 issue of Computer Shopper magazine. I did not put this up on Archive.org because it is incomplete. For those that think rot (as in bit-rot) can't happen to paper, here is proof that they are wrong. I do not like moths. Please archive your Atari disks, cassettes as well as your magazines, manuals, boxes, etc. before the disappear. Computer_Shopper_October_1988_Vol_8_Num_10_Atari_Articles.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Hello Guys, I would be interested in have some good scans for the TI99 pages too, I have some page scanned but very bad resolution Maybe can someone help please? For example December 1986, January and February 1987 but also all the others if possible please. many thanks for who could help. Ciao from Italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Okay, I downloaded the pdfs what I could find on archive.org. I've started to type in the ones from 1985. I find that OCR'ing the magazines do not work. so no cut and paste. scans of the code segment only at higher resolutions may fix that. The auto proof program can be a PITA because the checksum codes are, at times, unrecognizable. I've had a few time where simple lines were not accepted. '40 END', for example. I've started to type them in on the Perfect disk. I'll move them to a Computer Shopper WIP diskette ATR. Anyone else working on these? FujiMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 24 minutes ago, Fuji-Man said: Okay, I downloaded the pdfs what I could find on archive.org. I've started to type in the ones from 1985. I find that OCR'ing the magazines do not work. so no cut and paste. scans of the code segment only at higher resolutions may fix that. It never works. TRUST ME!! I have tried many times over the years. Maybe someday they will have a OCR program good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 26 minutes ago, Fuji-Man said: I've started to type them in on the Perfect disk. I'll move them to a Computer Shopper WIP diskette ATR. Anyone else working on these? Please don't redo all the work @Atari_Ace has done. There are plenty of issues with programs that haven't been done including a few I haven't scanned yet due to lack of time. I will try to get to them ASAP. https://ksquiggle.neocities.org/columns/ata.htm#ata8501 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, Allan said: Please don't redo all the work @Atari_Ace has done. There are plenty of issues with programs that haven't been done including a few I haven't scanned yet due to lack of time. I will try to get to them ASAP. https://ksquiggle.neocities.org/columns/ata.htm#ata8501 Ugh. okay. The ones from Atari Ace will be easy to put on disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Here is the disks that contain the data for Atari Ace's great work so far. I only found about 2 errors in his work! The files are in the same order as his web page. Computer Shopper Disks (April 8 2022).zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Ace Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 21 hours ago, Fuji-Man said: Here is the disks that contain the data for Atari Ace's great work so far. I only found about 2 errors in his work! The files are in the same order as his web page. Please send me any errors you spot. I validate the code against the "Program Perfect" codes if they are there, but that checksum is fairly weak, and not all the code has checksums. I generally start from the OCR's and clean them up. The OCRs of the listings are generally terrible, but the article text OCR are usually pretty good. I find the work relaxing, and don't mind the time spent doing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 I remember this one, but there is one before it... Under "Using Mailing List II" - "Part II" - Line #1285 1285 PRINT #5;SP$(1,5):ID2$(SP$(12);:IF Q THEN PRINT #5;SP$(1,HS+5);ID$; Should be: 1285 PRINT #5;SP$(1,5);ID2$(SP$(12);:IF Q THEN PRINT #5;SP$(1,HS+5);ID$; 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Program Perfect in April 85 30190 GOSUB 30310:POKE N85,N39:POKE N84,Y+N2:PRINT CHR$(28):CHR$(29);:GOTO 30110 30200 POSITION N39,10: ? " ":POSITION N39,11:? " ":POSITION N39.12:? " " 30220 POSITION N2,10:PRINT CHR$(156):LN$(5,LEN(LN$)):PRINT :PRINT :PRINT CHR$(157);"CONT" Change to: 30190 GOSUB 30310:POKE N85,N39:POKE N84,Y+N2:PRINT CHR$(28);CHR$(29);:GOTO 30110 30200 POSITION N39,10: ? " ":POSITION N39,11:? " ":POSITION N39,12:? " " 30220 POSITION N2,10:PRINT CHR$(156);LN$(5,LEN(LN$)):PRINT :PRINT :PRINT CHR$(157);"CONT" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Ace Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Fuji-Man said: Under "Using Mailing List II" - "Part II" - Line #1285 ... 2 hours ago, Fuji-Man said: Program Perfect in April 85 ... Thanks for these, I've updated the listings. As I expected, it was in code without checksums. Colon/semicolon and period/comma errors, I should have guessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 I just uploaded the January, 1987 issue: https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jan-87-vol-7-no-1-atari-articles You won't see the issue for a bit but you can still download the PDF of it now. There are two program listings in this issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 June, 1987 issue up with program listings. https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jun-87-vol-7-no-6-atari-articles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Updates to Disk 3. Computer Shopper Disk 03.atr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-aug-87-vol-7-no-8-atari-articles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-feb-87-vol-7-no-2-atari-articles This one has a big BASIC listing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphw Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Is there a source for 1985 -1988 magazines where all the Ads have been scanned as well? (I realize this is asking for all 400 pages to be scanned, in many instances) I'm looking for a few "Computer Parts Galore" ads, which were a maker of cloned Apple II cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 hour ago, ralphw said: Is there a source for 1985 -1988 magazines where all the Ads have been scanned as well? (I realize this is asking for all 400 pages to be scanned, in many instances) I'm looking for a few "Computer Parts Galore" ads, which were a maker of cloned Apple II cards. No. I just did the Atari articles and I have never seen any other scans anywhere. It's a huge undertaking to scan sometimes over six hundred pages. I can take a look, time permitting, to see if I can find any of those ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Perhaps some of the Apple Forums and communities already have done this, many times I have found a duplication of efforts after the fact in this realm. Can't hurt to check them out and give some time for a response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Latest version of diskettes. Computer Shopper Disks (May 14 2022).zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 Here is another issue. The last issue in fact. Not the last issue I will scan nor the last issue of Computer Shopper magazine, but the last issue of Computer Shopper that had Atari 8-bit coverage. Sadly there are no program listings. There is a multi-page description to 8-bit programs released in 1989. Some are still not archived in any way sadly. https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-dec-89-vol-9-no-11-atari-articles 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 Two more issues scanned. One has a BASIC program with an assembly listing. https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jul-89-vol-9-no-7-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-dec-87-vol-7-no-12-atari-articles/page/n1/mode/2up 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Ace Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I've updated the "Applying the Atari" collection of columns at https://ksquiggle.neocities.org/columns/ata.htm to include the last three issues posted. Sometime I'll do the same for the "Note and Point" column. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 Another issue scanned. May, 1986. This one as some Atari Basic and assembly language listings. https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-may-86-vol-6-no-5-atari-articles 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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