Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!cbatt!ihnp4!ihuxl!njd From: njd@ihuxl.UUCP (DiMasi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Atari Artist & Movie Maker file formats wanted Message-ID: <2012@ihuxl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 22:31:59 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxl.2012 Posted: Tue Jan 13 22:31:59 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Jan-87 05:01:31 EST References: <351@cbuxb.UUCP> <552@ho3cad.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 58 > > I want to use Atari Artist to draw pictures to use in > > ... > > ... > > I am putting the finishing touchs on an ACTION! program to dump Atari Artist/ > Micro-Illustrator files to an Epson printer. I'll post it if there is > anyone interested. > > Daryl Monge > AT&T Bell Labs I would be interested in seeing such a program posted. I saw an article in an earlier ANALOG issue that contained such a program in BASIC, but so far I have not had the time to try to recode (or even redesign) it in ACTION! (I would also change it to work with my Toshiba P1340 printer, which uses Qume type control codes, according to the manual. Not exactly popular in the world of Atari software, but it prints well.) My current problem is that I >>do not even own<< the Atari Touch Tablet/Micro-Illustrator (or any other T/T or drawing software)! I have only in the past 4 months or so become interested in owning a T/T or drawing software (having nearly abandoned all ambition of writing my own s/w once I realized what all was out there). I had asked for an Atari T/T for Christmas - my wife and I exchanged "wish lists" - but my wife waited until the 11th hour to try to get me one, and after getting through to an Atari mail-order place in Columbus (from whom I had bought my 130XE), was told that "there are no Atari T/Ts available, because Atari is engaged in a lawsuit with the mfr. of the T/T..." (same goes for the Light Pen, but I don't care) and " the T/T has not been available for several months." If ever was heard a discouraging word... Has anyone out there recently bought an Atari T/T? Is there no hope? I haven't seen a Koala Pad advertised for some time, so I wonder if THAT is available anymore either (I think Toys R Us and/or Service Merchandise locally used to carry that "pad"). The January ANALOG article mentioned also refers to a t/t called a "Powerpad". Does anyone know anything about that t/t? I would appreciate hearing about this from anyone who knows anything more. PLEASE reply by MAIL, because I don't get a chance to read news often enough as it is, and I and my fellow "ihuxl-ites" are being moved to a new machine this weekend. Thanks in advance, Nick DiMasi (frusrated would-be "Atari artist") ihnp4!ihuxl!njd (until 1/17 or 1/18, supposedly) ihnp4!ihlpm!njd (after the move)