1027 INK ROLLERS I'm having a very hard time finding the printer ink rollers for my
Atari 1027 printer. No retail shops here in the Florida Panhandle carry
these. Could you help me?
Bruce Daniel
Niceville, FL
The friendly folks at Atari Customer Service assured us that they
have aplentiful supply of these, although they are not common around the
country They can be ordered directly from Customer Service for $3.98 each. Atari Customer Service 1196 Borregas Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086
kyan QUERY
I've heard of a kyan Pascal package for $69.95. Can you tell me something
about it before I invest?
Robert Stadler
Look for a review of kyan Pascal in these pages next month-ANTIC
ED
130XE TIPS
Has anybody noticed that on a l3OXE, one does not need to press [SHIFT]
along with [CAPS] to enter upper-case letter mode? Also, for some reason
typing RUN in inverse video works (but not RUN "D:).
Frank Imburgio
Setauket, NY
ACCURATE ATARIWRITER
Can you give me some information on a spelling checker program that
will work with AtariWriter?
Tony M. Han
Oak Grove, MO
The Antic Arcade Catalog has one program, Spell Magic, which will
work with Atari Writer Also, this year Atari will be bringing out an improved
version of Atari Writer called Atari Writer Plus. This will have a built-in
spelling checker as well a mailmerge function. And it will also contain
three 15K switchable file banks that can be fully utilized on the I3OXE
computer.-ANTIC ED
PRINT SHOP LINKS
I have found Print Shop to be a superb program except for one small
item. It produces striped printouts on my BMC BX-80 when I use it with
their BMC or Epson printer setups.
However, when I use the Mannesmann Tally Spirit 80 setup
my printouts are perfect. I thought you might want to pass this information
on to other Atari owners.
Bob Whipple
Clementon, NJ
You may want to pass this information on to your readers who own Star
Gemini lOX printers and are contemplating acquiring Print Shop.
The software performs flawlessly, with the exception of
printing banners. The result is not as described. Instead you get a checkerboard
pattem, rather than solid lines as with greeting cards, letterheads and
signs. This was confirmed by Broderbund in a letter they sent me.
Hisham M. Saaid
Frankfort, KY
PARTS YOU NEED
I have enjoyed your magazine very much for the last three years. I
never encountered a problem worth writing in about before, but I have one
now. Where do I get the cable for the Atari 600XL that connects the computer
to the TV switch-box? Mine has broken, and I can't find another.
K. Kidwell
We spoke to Atari Customer Service. Atari now prefers to repair cables
that have broken, rather than selling new ones. Take the broken cable into
an Atari Service Center Or send it to Atari Customer Service, they will
fix it for you and return it COD.
SPINNAKER SUPPORT
Spinnaker Software would like all readers of Antic Magazine to know
that it intends to fully support the new Atari ST computers. Spinnaker
was the first major publisher to announce support for the ST, and we intend
to support the machine across each of our brands: Spinnaker, Fisher-Price,
Telarium, Windham Classics and Better Working.
It takes time to convert software to a new computer, especially
when it has such wonderful new features. We will have the first of our
products available in September, and should have 10 different titles available
for Christmas.
Spinnaker has been a long supporter of Atari Computer
products, and we intend to remain so in the future.
William H. Bowman
Chairman
Spinnaker Software
ANTIC VOL. 4, NO. 6 / OCTOBER 1985 / PAGE 6