^AASSORTED ADAM NEWS FROM OFF THE CIS NETWORK.

#: 81589 S9/ADAMania
    09-Aug-89  20:07:09
Sb: #Addictus
Fm: Richard A Salvati 73367,2773
To: ALL

Just had to warn anybody thinking off
buying ADDICTUS (Reedy Sft)

       .......BEWARE......

This game is very addicting and may be
hazardous to your health. I,ve only had
it 4 weeks and its the only disc I seem
to boot up...the object is to align
these 6 diferent shapes up at the
bottom of a vertical graph to form a
complete line across and you recieve
points. Sounds simple ..BUT.. the
shapes
 start to come down faster as you make
more lines.

No really....I think this game is very
well done and is a must for anyone
tired of shotting aliens or other
flying objects. Reedy has done a good
job on designing games in the past but
this TOPS them all.

             Rich S.

PS my hi score is only 27458 with 185
lines.....would anybody like to share
there tips on this addiction...


#: 81148 S9/ADAMania
    24-Jul-89  01:00:30
Sb: SoftWORKS Factory
Fm: Alan Neeley 74756,1104
To: ALL

Some new info from the SoftWORKS
Factory recently arrived in my mailbox.
It was a Dealer's List of software
products available through them
including. It appears that they are now
the official primary supplier of
software products from: Digital
Express, Digital Adventures, Data
Doctor, ACE, and Bryan's Software. An
important item found on the list is
TSF's soon to be released GoDOS/GoBASIC
(could it be commercially available?)!
I'll be glad to place an order for
anyone looking for a specific title
from this supplier.
 
#: 81165 S9/ADAMania
    24-Jul-89  05:18:22
Sb: #New 306K+ DDPs coming
Fm: Neil Wick 71056,613
To: All 71056,613 (X)

At the last meeting of MTAG (Metro
Toronto Adam Group), Syd Carter of
TriSyd video games officially announced
his coming introduction of "Extended
format" digital data packs for the
Adam.  A standard DDP, (C-60 length)
can now hold up to 306K instead of just
256K.  Testing is now under way to see
how much capacity a tape can hold and
still be 100% reliable.  No changes are
needed for EOS to access such a tape.
A small patch would be required for
CP/M to use the extra storage space.
C-90 tapes would be able to hold 400K
or more!  After one year of
development, it seems that a price and
availability announcements for these
tapes is imminent.  No more missing
blocks.  These tapes can be copied with
Syd's MegaCopy, too.
   Syd says it's theoretically possible
to put 500K or more on a tape, but the
drive would have to be slowed down to
keep the computer from continually
backing the tape up to as it would have
passed the next block on the tape, by
the time the previous block was all
loaded into memory, so we want to stay
with the 300+ capacity for C-60s.
   Farther into the future exists the
possibility of getting specially
formatted VHS videotapes which would
hold up to 16 megabytes of information.
Such a system could be invaluable for
backing up those new hard disks.
   If you're going to Adam-Con, expect
to see these new higher capacity DDPs
there.

#: 81197 S9/ADAMania
    25-Jul-89  02:23:48
Sb: #81183-New 306K+ DDPs coming
Fm: Neil Wick 71056,613
To: Sysop/Rob 'ADAM' 76702,417 (X)

Yes, there are systems to back up HDs
on VHS tape, but they're made for the
IBM or other MS-DOS computers as far as
I know and it wouldn't be possible to
use them to back up an Adam hard disk.
Syd's idea would use the built-in
signal generating capabilities of the
Adam, as used on the DDP drives, but
would need some kind of hardware to
control the VCR.  He has envisioned a
mechanical gizmo with little fingers to
push the VCR's various buttons.  I
think this VCR proposal is very
preliminary so far.
                      Neil



#: 81166 S9/ADAMania
    24-Jul-89  05:19:03
Sb: #Enchanced video coming
Fm: Neil Wick 71056,613
To: All 71056,613 (X)

The Adam-Image-Maker (AIM) video
expansion module was announced by Gary
Bowser of Oasis Pensive Abacutors (OPA)
at Saturday's meeting of MTAG.  Gary
has been selling products for the TI
99/4A computer which uses the same
video chip as the Adam.  The AIM is
based on the V9938 chip which is
software-compatible with the Adam's
TMS9928 chip, but offer's many enhanced
capabilities.  I've seen it running on
the TI computer myself, and it's really
quite impressive, especially for
graphics.  The unit will be an
"expansion module" that just hooks onto
the right side of the Adam.  There's
nothing to take apart.  Installation
should be very simple.
   There's not even a prototype running
on an Adam yet, but the following is
promised:
Software for CP/M and Smartwriter to
allow 80 column text!
Complete assembly language and
SmartBASIC programming guide
128K of video RAM (versus present 16K),
expandable to 192K
RGB, composite, and TV output
Mouse port with mouse included
256 by 192/212 graphics mode with each
pixels being any of 256 colours!
512 bu 192/212 graphics mode.  Pixels
can be any of 16 colours chosen from
the 256 in the pallette
32 sprites with up to 8 per horizontal
line
plus all of your present software will
work as normal.  Cost will be around
$300 Canadian (about $255 US) (maybe
even less).  Expected availability is
mid-November, though you should see it
at Adam_Con.


#: 81214 S9/ADAMania
    25-Jul-89  19:09:29
Sb: FLASH! DISK DRIVES!!!
Fm: Patricia Herrington 76537,1271
To: ALL

IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED IN DISK
DRIVES AT
                               please
contact me at once.  It looks as though
we will be able to offer them for about
$50 less than you'd expect to pay at
the convention, if you have preordered
them.  On the other hand, if enough
people are interested we may even be
able to have them delivered; it all
depends on the kind of response we get.
I promise you I will be ordering a
drive for my third computer, no matter
how few people respond, but I sure
would like to see everyone who wants a
disk drive get one.
  USERS GROUPS, TAKE NOTE!!!!!


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