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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
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Posted: Tue Jan 13 22:31:59 1987
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> > 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)