Index of STart articles

STart Vol. 1 No. 1 - Summer 1986 - Premier Issue

• Capturing Music on the ST A MIDI Sequencer
  
• Stealing the ST Printer Driver ST Screen Dumps for Any Printer
  
• Tracking the Elusive GDOS Those Missing Metafiles
  
• Practical Software for the Non-developer Just How Useful is the ST?
  
• Sophisticated Text Handling GEM Text Tips
  
• Procedures Moving 16-Color Objects AL Routines for C.O.L.R. Object Editor
  
• Iconographics The Digital Magnet Plotting Magnetic Field Lines
  
• Perspectives Voodoo Computing The Pragmatic Art of Defensive Programming
  
• Procedures AL and C Routines Fast Memory Manipulations and More
  
• Chips Of Diagnostics and Debugging Procedures for the 68000
  
• Reviews ST Assemblers A-SEKA, GST-ASM, Macro Assembler, DevpacST
  
• Reviews Unix for the ST Micro-C Shell
  
• Editorial Ready, Set, STart
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Resources
  
• Authors
  

STart Vol. 1 No. 2 - Fall 1986

• Play Reversi On Your Desktop A Desk Accessory Tutorial
  
• The Amazing Mousetrap Avoid Annoying Menu Drops
  
• The AI Apprentice Explore Expert Systems With XL ISP
  
• Seven Word Processors Examined
  
• Swapping Art With Other Computers 1FF Standards For The ST
  
• Parsers, Rooms, Objects and Trolls The Adventurer's Tale
  
• Probing the FDC All About The Floppy Disk Controller
  
• FujiBoink! Behind the Bit Planes Find Out How
  
• Procedures Structured I/O Complicated C Technique Simplified
  
• Perspectives Silicon Soothsaying
  
• Developer's Notebook Transportable GEM IBM to ST
  
• Reviews Which C For Me? START's First C Comparison Alycon C, Megamax C, Lattice C, GST
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Alert Box
  
• START Chart
  
• Disk Instructions
  
• Clipboard
  
• Authors
  
• Resources
  

STart Vol. 1 No. 3 - Winter 1986 - Buyer's Guide

• Hot Sounds Noise Doodling On Your ST
  
• Jack Tramiel: A Candid Discussion
  
• Mail Call Address Book, Auto-Dialer, Label Printer
  
• START Buyer's Guide 300 ST Products
  
• ST Writer Secrets Word Processing Power Explored
  
• Writing To The Cartridge Slot Sophisticated Hardware Techniques For The Expert
  
• Shoestring Development START Picks Packages For Developers
  
• Getting Around ST BASIC Code the Dragon's Maze
  
• Iconographics Art Tips From A Pro Create Your Fantasy With DEGAS
  
• Chips Supervisor Mode Privileged Classes
  
• Perspectives Tower of Babel Pick a Language, Any Language...
  
• Reviews START Update Mark Williams C, Menu +
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Authors
  
• Clipboard
  
• Disk Instructions
  

STart Vol. 1 No. 4 - Spring 1987 - Customized Graphics

• The START Desktop Icon Editor Custom-design Your Icons
  
• MacroPix Personal Pascal Drawing Program
  
• The Ins, Outs And Thrus of MIDI
  
• Printer Drivers The Easy Way Your Own DEGAS Printer Driver
  
• ST Database Management Systems An Overview
  
• Iconographics The START Ray-Trace Construction Set Awesome Do-It-Yourself Graphics
  
• Iconographics Black and White In Color Capturing Your ST'S Graphics On Print and Film
  
• Procedures Hard Disk Warfare Experience From The Trenches
  
• Procedures The 1986 START Tax Template
  
• Reviews Cambridge Lisp
  
• Reviews APL.68000
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Alert Box
  
• Authors
  
• Disk Instructions
  
• START Chart
  
• Resources
  

STart Vol. 2 No. 1 - Summer 1987 - Summer Computing

• The aSTronomer Your Computerized Guide to the Heavens
  
• Plumbing GEM's Mysteries Writing to the Desk Accessory Pipeline
  
• Packtext Text Compression and Huffman Coding With Personal Pascal
  
• Escape From the Desktop IBM-type Commands for Your ST
  
• Iconographics Flicker Powerful ST Animation for Everyone
  
• Iconographics A Super Toolkit for DEGAS Elite Exploring the Built-in Desk Accessory Hooks
  
• Music The Musical ST Consumer MIDI Software Tools and Toys
  
• Music Save Your Synthesizer Sounds MIDISAVE, a Casio and Yamaha Patch Librarian
  
• Reviews Publishing Partner
  
• Reviews Timeworks' Powerful Business Trio Word Writer ST, Data Manager ST, SwiftCalc ST
  
• Reviews BASICs for the ST ST BASIC, LDW Compiler, SoftWorks BASIC, Fast ST BASIC, GFA BASIC
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Alert Box
  
• Authors
  
• Disk Instructions
  
• Clipboard
  

STart Vol. 2 No. 2 - Fall 1987 - Free Word Processor

• Pixel-Pro The Prismatic Pixel Processor
  
• What's Your Sine? Grapher, a Mathematical Functions Plotter
  
• ST Writer Returns! ST Writer 1.75 Free on your START Disk!
  
• The START Calculator A Fully Programmable Scientific Calculator For Your ST
  
• Arcade Brickyard A GFA BASIC Version of an Old Classic
  
• Perspectives How Not To Run A Computer Store Or, the trials and Tribulations of a Northern California Computer Consumer
  
• Chips 15 Million Instructions Per Second The Kuma K-MAX RISC Processor Development System
  
• Reviews Fleet Street Publisher
  
• Reviews The Game of Kings - START's First Chess Tournament Chessmaste2000, Psion-Chess, TechMate
  
• Reviews Three Hard Disk Drives Astra System HD+, SupraDrive, Atari SH204
  
• Reviews Mark Williams C 2.0
  
• Reviews Four MIDI Patch Editors CZ Patch, CZ-Android, Perfect Patch, DX Heaven
  
• Reviews VIP Professional
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Disk Instructions
  
• Clipboard
  

STart Special Issue Number 1 - Atari ST Buyer's Guide

• Editorial
  
• Getting Started
  
• Entertainment Strategy, adventures, shoot-em-ups, chess and simulations
  
• Word Processing Putting words to paper with your ST
  
• Desktop Publishing
  
• Graphic Arts Drawing, animation and computer-aided design software
  
• Programming Tools A programmer's guide to languages and utilities
  
• Business and the ST at Work Spreadsheets, databases, financial management, and solving real world business problems
  
• Online With START Telecommunications services, hardware and software
  
• Education The electronic schoolroom - the three R's and your ST
  
• MIDI and Music MIDI software - patch editors, librarians, sequencers and synthesizers
  
• Hardware Add-on peripherals - connecting your ST to the real world
  
• Printers
  
• Books The well-stocked ST library - what should be on your shelves
  

STart Vol. 2 No. 3 - Winter 1987 - The Mega ST

• The Mega 4 Atari unleashes four megabytes of power
  
• Now, ST Laser Power Up and printing: we'll show you how
  
• Designer Keys Get the most from your keyboard with STARTKey
  
• "Hypercard Without The Hype" A look at Zoomracks II
  
• ST Writer Meets Its Mouse The GEM-based version of the classic word processor
  
• Lights, Cameras ST! Hollywood discovers your favorite computer
  
• News, Notes, and Quotes Infocom: Atari no more?
  
• Getting Started How to set up your ST desktop
  
• For The Fun Of It Plutos, Airball, Barbarian and Sub Battle Simulator
  
• Online With START Rate increases and graphics swapping
  
• Perspectives How Not to Shop At A Computer Store Or, the trials and tribulations of a computer store employee
  
• Procedures Megabytes, Not Megabucks An inexpensive upgrade for your hard disk
  
• Reviews Three Computers In One - Macintosh and PC emulation on the ST Magic Sac+, The Translator, pc-ditto, IB Drive
  
• Reviews Dac-Easy, STAccounts 1.1
  
• Reviews 1st Word Plus
  
• Reviews Superbase Personal
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Disk Instructions
  
• Clipboard
  

STart Vol. 2 No. 4 - Special Issue #2 - Atari ST Music & Graphics

• Art: Cave Walls To Glowing Phosphor Drawing and painting programs
  
• The Electronic T-Square Computer-aided drafting
  
• Desktop Video! Personal computer animation comes of age
  
• Pixels on Paper Creating banners, posters and cards
  
• MIDI Spelled Out A glossary of terms
  
• Rock 'N' Roll With Atari Music stars and your favorite computer
  
• Home Recording on a Budget Setting up your own MIDI studio
  
• Synths, Samplers and Drums A shopping list of music hardware
  
• News, Notes, and Quotes
  
• Online With Start Graphics and Music: Where to get them
  
• For The Fun of It Goldrunner, Jupiter Probe, and Trailblazer
  
• Reviews Catch the Waveforms, Save A Thousand Sounds Synth-Droid, Xsyn
  
• Reviews Music Made Easy Music Studio, Music Construction Set
  
• MIDI Comparison Charts
  
• The Cartoonist Animation the easy way
  
• MIDI View Take the hex off your data
  
• Ear Trainer Your personal music teacher
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Clipboard
  
• Products Update
  
• Disk Instructions
  

STart Vol. 2 No. 5 - Spring 1988 - It's Your Money

• The Buck Starts Here Easy Home Budgeting
  
• Figure Your Financial Future Calculate Your Mortgage Plan Your Retirement
  
• Earthquake! The ST Shakes Out Startling New Data
  
• The Hot-Rod 520 Souping up your ST
  
• A Taste of Prolog Exploring AI on the ST
  
• Procedures Taxes The Easy Way 1987 Tax Forms for VIP and A-Calc Prime
  
• Arcade Battle For The Throne Bandits, Wizards and Swamp Trolls
  
• Music Master Tracks Pro MIDI Power From Passport
  
• Iconographics GFA Artist Paint, Create and Animate
  
• Getting Started Files, Folders and Copying Explained
  
• Making Tracks With MIDI Rock Musician Dave Mason
  
• Online With START Hanging Out at The Electronic Mall
  
• For The Fun Of It The Bard's Tale, Rings Of Zilfin and Pinball Wizard
  
• Reviews Personal Finance Programs Financial Cookbook, Isgur Portfolio, Personal Money Manager, Phasar, Dollars and Sense
  
• Reviews Desk Accessories Partner ST, Deskcart!, Thunder!, K-Roget Thesaurus
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Alert Box
  
• News, Notes, and Quotes
  
• Products Update
  
• Clipboard
  
• Disk Instructions
  

STart Vol. 2 No. 6 - Special Issue #3 - Atari ST In Business

• The ABC's of Desktop Publishing Creating a newsletter on your ST
  
• Getting Down To Business Using the ST in an IBM world
  
• Show It Business graphics-presentations, charts and graphs
  
• File It An overview of ST databases
  
• Figure It An overview of ST spreadsheets
  
• Stack It CardSTak, START 's free-form database
  
• The Director Organize your disk library
  
• Lock & Key File security comes to your ST
  
• The Multi-Power ST Multi-tasking in business
  
• The START Selector A revved-up replacement for your file selector
  
• News, Notes, and Quotes
  
• Products Update
  
• Getting Started Setting up Your Printer
  
• Making Tracks With MIDI Pointer Sisters' MIDI magician
  
• For The Fun Of It Test Drive, F-15 Strike Eagle and Vegas Gambler
  
• Online With START Finding business and financial services
  
• Arcade Play The Market Make a million with Wall Street
  
• Music Masterpiece and SST Two MIDI sequencers from Sonus
  
• Reviews Word Perfect
  
• CyberTip
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Disk Instructions
  
• Clipboard
  

STart Vol. 3 No. 1 - Summer 1988 - Map Your Summer Travels

• Three Years with the ST An Exclusive Look Inside Tramiel's Atari
  
• The Traveler Minimize Your Travel Mileage and Costs
  
• Igor! A Little Helper For Your ST
  
• Iconographics Creation! Build Mountains with START's Fractal Landscape Generator
  
• Music Dr. T's Musical Workstation From Random Thoughts to Finished Score
  
• Arcade North to Alaska START's Klondike Solitaire Game
  
• Reviews Microsoft Write
  
• Mac & PC on the ST The Ultimate ST Spreadsheet?
  
• Getting Started Floppy Disks
  
• The Cyber Corner A Cyber Studio Family Gathering
  
• Small Tools Let's Twist Again
  
• Making Tracks with MIDI Mick Fleetwood
  
• Programming in BASIC Resourceful GFA BASIC
  
• Online with START Summer Fun
  
• For The Fun Of It Tracker, Gone Fish'n, Star Trek, Marble Madness
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• News, Notes, and Quotes
  
• Products Update
  
• Disk Instructions
  
• Clipboard
  
• START Chart
  

STart Vol. 3 No. 2 - Special Issue #4 - ST Games & Entertainment

• Power Gaming A gallery of ST summer fun
  
• Naval Battle START's Version of a classic game
  
• World Discovery Recreation or education? You decide!
  
• Guitar Solo START's digital guitar simulator
  
• Slider It's not just for numbers anymore
  
• The Byte Mechanic Tune up those misfiring files
  
• START Spotlight Police Quest, MIDI Maze and Gunship
  
• Restart An ST software reset (served cold)
  
• News, Notes, and Quotes
  
• Products Update
  
• Mac & PC on the ST Transferring Text Files
  
• Small Tools How Fast is Your Floppy Drive?
  
• Getting Started A Primer on Hard Drives, Part 1
  
• The Cyber Corner Fear Of Splining
  
• Programming in BASIC Resourceful GFA BASIC part two
  
• Online with START Kesmai Air Warrior
  
• Reviews Dungeon Master
  
• Reviews Chessbase
  
• Iconographics Quantum Paint 1.2
  
• Music Intelligent Music's M The Interactive Composing System
  
• Music Four SonicFlight Patch Editors
  
• Editorial
  
• Dialog Box
  
• Clipboard
  
• Disk Instructions