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		October, 1984 ANTIC magazine TOC
			Theme: Computer Learning Magic

page	article

12	INSIDE ATARI
		A review of the new Atarilab educational series.
15	COMMUNICATIONS -- PLATO TEACHES
		A discussion of what PLATO is and what it offers in
		terms of education.
17	COMMUNICATIONS -- PLATO'S TOP CLASSES: A SAMPLE
		A review of 'Zeiss Planetarium, one of Plato's more
		popular learning program.
19	LOGO -- SOLVING PUZZLES WITH LOGO
		Short puzzle solving routines in Logo that demonstrate
		the language's logical analysis power. (requires LOGO)
22	MOLE ATTACK (Educational Program)
		A way for young beginning typists to practice finding
		letters while having fun.
23	PLUS MINUS (Educational Program)
		A simple arithmetic program for young children.
26	BRAIN RESEARCH WITH THE ATARI
		An article showing the powerful use of the Atari.
29	EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
		Antic's top picks in the following fields: Early Learning,
		Early Math, Logic, Language Skills and Construction &
		Strategy Games.
35	ATARI AT A SCIENCE MUSEUM
		A look at how Atari's are used in University of California,
		Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science workshops.
39	PROGRAM THE BOUNCING BALL
		A player/missile graphics tutorial, an excerpt from the 
		book 'Computer Animation Primer by David Fox and Mitchell
		Waite.
42	ANTIC 4/5 EDITOR ANIMATOR
		This article lets you design and produce smooth animation
		sequences in four colors with blocks of characters in
		Antic Modes 4 and 5 (Graphics 12 and 13 on XL computers).
45	JACKS (Game of the Month)
		A short elegant program for the classics kids' game.
47	DIVER (BONUS GAME)
		This arcade-style BASIC action game has you as the 
		commander of a small one man diving bell.  You explore
		dangerous reefs in search of treasure chests.
51	 SOFTWARE LIBRARY
		The center of the magazine now contains all the program
		listings from the magazine.  They are designed to be cut
		out and filed in a loose leaf notebook.  This allows you
		to lay them flat while you are typing and makes it easier
		to store them.
72	RATING COMPUTER SAT PREPARATION COURSES
		A look at the courses from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
		Program Design, Inc and Krell Software Corp.
74	SPRAY PAINTER
		A short but powerful subroutine that you can add to your
		favorite Graphics 8 paint program.  This feature is a
		favorite of MACINTOSH owners.
76	PRODUCT REVIEWS
		Software:
		  Chatterbee (Tronix)--Must have S.A.M. to work.
		  Delta Drawing (Spinnaker)--Turtle graphics
		  Little Red Riding Hood (Futurehouse, Inc.)--Must have S.A.M.
		  Reading Comprehension Skills & Learn About Words (American
		    Educational Computers)
		  Speedread+ (Inet Corp.)
		  Memorease+ (Inet Corp.)
		Books:
		  Buy a School for your Home (Reston Publishing)
		  The Art of Computer Game Design: Reflections of a Master
		    Game Designer (Osborne/McGraw-Hill)--by Christopher
		    Crawford, former head of Atari's Game Research Group,
		    programmer of 'Eastern Front 1941' and 'Excalibur'.

Comments

ANTIC claims that they are the #1 Atari Computer Magazine.  I don't know
by what standard, but I do know that they are improving every issue, and
they are really trying to serve the Atari community.  They have been
changing the magazine for the better and now all the program listings are
in the middle of the magazine by themselves so they can be removed without
disturbing any articles.  ANTIC has an active notefile on the PLATO system.
They are investigating ways to start a special bulletin board for users
groups that would organize regular nationwide users group teleconferences,
provide a super-accurate product rating system based on feedback from all
over the nation and generally provide a clearinghouse for national users
groups.  They are starting a direct mail catalog of products (software and
hardware) because it is so hard for small companies to get nationwide
distribution.  All ANTIC subscribers will automatically receive this
catalog and anyone else can write and ask to be put on the list.  They
are hoping to carry all the dropped APX software and the software of any
third party vendors that want them to.  Their Public Domain Software
library is expanding.  They have added 8 new disks this month including
a double sided disk containing Antic FORTH, a Business disk, a Computer
tutorial and a Telecommunications disk including a new improved version
of AMODEM.  Disks are still $10 each plus shipping.  All in all, a very 
good issue.
 
					Kit Kimes
					AT&T Consumer Products
					Montgomery Works
					Montgomery, Il. 60538-0305
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