Thanks, Antic, for providing Reader Service cards that help us smaller
advertisers reach seriously interested Atari owners with more detailed
product information-possibly saving your readers many long-distance calls.
However, please let your readers know that the time lag between mailing
the response card and receiving a response from the manufacturer may take
well over a month. Impatient readers often circle an item several times
in consecutive months for the same ad. Worse, that person might circle
this item in other magazines as well. Repeatedly requesting the same information
slows down the process and is unnecessarily costly. By using Reader Service
Cards wisely, you can help the manufacturer cut back on expenses and keep
software prices down for everybody.
Randy Constan
Elfin Magic Software
CompuServe
ID 73637,317
U-PRINT TO SUPRA
A number of Antic readers responded to the February, 1987
I/O Board and 8-bit New Products mentions of
the U-Print printer interface from Digital
Devices, Inc. There doesn't seem to be a Digital Devices, Inc. anymore.
Their number has been disconnected and there's no referral.
However, we have learned that Supra Corp. now owns the rights to the
U-Print. Although they have not yet marketed it, they will repair individual
units for $20. Supra is at 1133 Commercial Way, Albany, OR 97321. (503)
967-9075 -ANTIC ED
SYNFILE+ BUG
I set up a short program using SynFile+ for accounts receivable on
my Atari 800. To conserve memory, I used only the DATE field as an index.
After booting SynFile+, I tried loading my file. Time after time I got
an error in either the TBL, DOl or .IDX.
When I called Broderbund, their patient, helpful tech support people
informed me of a little-known bug in the DATE field. If it's the only field
used, it should be designated as a TEXT field, not a DATE field.
Mike Collins
New Lenox, IL
LOSING FACE
My compliments on your article about WAACE (Antic, February 1987).
However, one small error crept in. FACE (Frederick Atari Computer Enthusiasts)
is located in Frederick, Maryland-not Virginia, as stated in the article.
Mike Kerwin
President, FACE
LE MENU
Is there any way for me to translate the DUP.SYS menu and everything
that goes with it into French?
Clement Carbonneau
Quebec, Canada
With a little effort, yes. You'll need a sector editing program that
can read and write directly to disk. You can use Sherlock 1050 if you own
an Atari 1050 disk drive, or Disk Scanner for other drives. Either program
is $19.95 from The Catalog. Make a disk with only DOS on it and locate the sectors containing
the text that appears on the screen. Replace the English words with the
French equivalents, being sure to take up the same number of characters-ANTIC
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