
FROM THE AUGUST MOAUG:                           HOTNEWS
      From Ron Collins (Compuserve Message:)
Pat, BJ (Big John Lingrel) left me a message... That's
right!  The Big Guy is going to try to make it to ADAMCON
too!  ...In some way or other, every piece of hardware &
software we have is the result of someone's work in a
related area.  BJ's hardware led software developers to come
up with better ways to use the hardware.  The new solftware
was so good that it forced BJ to come up with even better
ways to use the software!  Other developers came up with
products which use both!  Then someone else does it easier &
better!  Now we have GoDOS to handle it ALL!  WOW!  Tell Sol
I can't wait to see him again.  It's been a long time since
my visit to West Virginia to watch him create SwiftBASIC 80
out of thin air!   *Ron*

      From George Havach (Compuserve Message:)
To ALL: Be sure and check out the following full-service
ADAM supply center:
                             Heritage House
                             2547 Second Ave.
                             Council Bluffs, IOWA
                        (712) 325-1672  (Ask for John)
They have lots of ADAM software and hardware in stock, and
they also do repairs.

      From Chris Braymen (Compuserve Message:)
...I've held off saying anything until I was sure it worked,
but work it does!  I've been playing 16 voice songs on 2
synthesizers through the MIDI interface I developed.  So
far, I've been writing the songs with VideoTunes and playing
the files with another program.  It sounds wonderful!  I can
hear the songs played by strings, brass, harpsichord, or
whatever.  Even dog barks if I want!  But that is only half
of what MIDI can do.  I'll have the MIDI IN part of the
interface working soon and I'm working on a full-blown
multi-channel sequencer.  I've been talking with a well-
known hardware developer about making MIDI interfaces...
Meanwhile, I've got one, it's a load of fun, and I can't
wait to show it off at ADAMCON!

       From Ricki Gerlach (mail):
I'm back in the USA now.  I have my wife's permission to
attend ADAMCON; now if I can just get the Army to release me
for a week of sun in Florida, I'm coming.  I am donating my
seven volumes of Happy Clips as a prize to give away at the
convention.  I can also donate the 2-disk edition of my
latest release, "LEARNING TURKISH WITH ADAM V2.3", if you
think anyone would want a copy!  I hav found a source of
ADAM cartridges for the game CARNIVAL.  I'll sell them for
the price I got them, $3.85 each, plus $1.50 postage.  There
are no instruction books, but if I find one, I'll copy it
for each buyer.  My new address is:
                   Gerlach Family Software
                   PO Box 175
                   Ft. Campbell, KY 42223

 

       From Neil Wick (several Compuserve messages:)
MTAG (Metro Toronto ADAM Group) just held our meeting, & it
looks like up to a half-dozen members will be at ADAMCON
(including Syd Carter, of course.)  We hear that Canadians
are also planning to attend from the St. Catherines group,
Ottowa, and Edmonton.  Two new products from out club alone
sound really exciting; this convention is a real incentive
for new product development!  .. Some expect Syd's new
"Extended Format DDPs" and Gary Bowser's  new "ADAM Image
Maker" video expansion module to overshadow even GODOS in
importance!

... The Adam-Image-Maker (AIM) was announced by Gary Bowser
of Oasis Pensive Abacutors at the meeting.  Gary has been
selling products for the TI 99/4A, which uses the same video
chip as ADAM.  The AIM is based on the V9938 chip which is
software-compatible with ADAM's chip, but offers many
enhanced capabilities.  I've seen it running on the TI
computer myself, & it's really quite impressive, especially
for graphics.  The unit will be an "expansion module" which
just hooks onto the right side of the ADAM.  There's nothing
to take apart; installation will be really simple.  The
following is promised:
 ~Software for CP/M & SmartWriter to allow 80-column text!
 ~Complete assembly language & SmartBASIC programming guide!
 ~128k of video RAM (vs present 16k), expandable to 192k!
 ~RGB, Composite, and TV output!
 ~Mouse port with mouse included!
 ~256 by 192/212 graphics mode; each pixel can be any of 256
colors!
 ~512 by 192/212 graphics mode.  Pixels can be any of 16
   colors chosen from the 256 in the pallette!
 ~32 sprites with up to 8 per horizontal line!
PLUS, all your present software will work as normal.  Cost
will be around $300 Canadian (about $255 US) or even less!
Expected availability is mid-November, though you should see
a preview of it at ADAMCON.

Our membership is around 100 strong, and we hold two
meetings a month; membership is $20 per year.   We have a
newsletter every two months.  One recent newsletter ran 72
pages, but we're trying to cut down.  Our address is:

    MTAG, Box 165, 260 Adelaide St. E., Toronto
    Ontario, CANADA   M5A 1NO

The president, Richard Clee, can be contacted at:
    (416) 783-0316 after 7:30 PM or on weekends.

Any club who puts us on their newsletter mailing list will
get their club on our own newsletter mailing list.


The following is slated for September MOAUG news if we have
room:
 
Norman Castro of OAC has developed a reputation for his
crisp reproduction work.  Norman sells reduced instructions
for hundreds of games & software packages, not just for
ADAM, but for several other game systems as well.  We
mentioned here that Norman has acquired permission to
reprint the excellent but defunct newsletter, Expandable
Computer News (ECN.)  We just received word that Norman is
now selling reductions of The ADAM Technical Journal by
Serendipity Productions.  This was a superb early newsletter
that lasted only 3 issues, and has been out of print for
several years.  One of the articles in the Journal concerned
information which led to the development of ALL the binary
save programs now available, from the PD "Cruncher" program
to the improved commercial version "Turboload", and
eventually to even more sophisticated programs such as DEI's
"IntelLoad".  You can now purchase reproductions from Norman
at $2 per issue, plus $1 shipping & handling per issue; or,
all 3 issues for $8 postpaid.  Write Norman at 809 W. 33rd
Ave, Bellevue, NE 68005.


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