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Atan Cae Tomer Relations may be reuched by ‘sephone bance he how oF :00 AML nnd 5:00 PM Pacis Standard Tie, a tome Alun Patio or Lan, Ree cal (oan des Al material this publication, except 90H Ara Corpor ad my me be repredced in ny or without writes Permission fom the publisher or tom Tian Com, Traders wher wae the propery of ie especie ane MARCH/APRIL 1991 Ve i om as SPECIAL REPORTS Ron goes to tho sho fe announced, new Portfolio Software, and Lyne repackaged! Ron Laks 10 Atari at Comdex 14 Atari at Ces FEATURES The Mega STe: Hands-On! Ater's new 16 MHz business leg computer offers high-end productivity at midrange prices. Atari Explorer Technical Staff, cover and inside photographs by Andres Palomino 311 Hot Type! The coanoisseur's guide to fonts for GDOS, Celams PageSueam, and more! Pamela Rice Hahn 44 DTP Nuts and Bolts secre ofthe publishing pros! Designing ‘Ata Explorer, fom the PageStream perspective! Peter Kelley 52 FSM/GDOS G08 comes of age, with state-of-the-art scalable ouline fonts. Donavan Vicha 56 Font Designer 1.1 The ultimate typeface design tool. Donovan Vick REVIEWS 17 Lynx Games seven new games, including Shanghai, Rampage, Paperboy 57 7800 Games Three hot new games, including Mean 18, Ultimate Golf ST Games The lavest in ST enter 59) treater be aelen i. Their Finest Hour, Loom and, 77 From the Bookshelf The Professional Look: The Complete Guide to Desktop Publishing. Pamela Rice Hahn DEPARTMENTS 2 Letters 70 Portfolio ‘The New Explorer: Pro and Con. Management Getting online with Portfolio! | Ben Parker 4 Editorial 74 Music: Quartet Microdeal'ssampler/sequencer 6 Dialog Box Greg Prat, offers DSP power without Atari U.S's new General Manager, external hardware. David Snowe isnot just a numbers guy. 78 Dealer Directory 67 New Products 80 Index to Advertisers Copyright 191 by Ate Cor. 1199 Borrepas Avenue, Sunnyvale CA SA0ST. lng eseod ‘Aas Explorer (ISSN: O62 354) ir pushes mols er 1495 po euro) chi Communists 308 roadway. Asona NY 11106.” POSTMASTER: Sed adres changes Alan Expo, 29-05 Broaiway, ‘aca NY 111 Phe lof nee for change of sede amaLetters To the Editor Atari Explorer ... Hoora’ Dear Editor, [like the look and feel of the new Atari Ex- plorer Magazine. If I may, I would like to say that I Found it to be refreshing and well done. If the first issue is any indication of what we can expect from Explorer in the future, then keep up the good work and make it « monthly soon! — Theodore J. Evans West Chester, PA Dear Editor, I was walking through the local bookstore recently, and to my amazement, I saw a magazine ex- clusively for the Atari systems! Atari Explorer. What a fine magazine it has changed into. | like it much ‘more than the old Explorer and will be eagerly wait- ing for the next issue, Idea: In keeping with your new magazine tradi- tion of “greater depth,” could you devote a section ‘each issue to a particular system and list all products for it and hardware, both past and present? — Andrew K. Heller Stroudsburg, PA Thanks for the Kudos! As The Official Atari Journal, Atari Explorer is well-situated to offer its readers behind-the-scenes views of new Atari products and technology. As for making the magazine a monthly, we'll certainly be looking into it as the Atari market continues 10 heat up! There are several reasons why we believe Atari Explorer isn’t an appropriate vehicle through which 1o spread comprehensive reviews of products — par ticularly products past. First, our primary mission is to keep our readers informed about what's new in the Atari world, and each issue's space is quickly con sumed in passing on this information in a timely Fashion. Second, the labor involved in tracking down ‘each and every product that has ever been offered for Atari systems would be enormous, and the resulting Product lists of only marginal interest to the average reader. What most Explorer readers want is informa- tion about products they can buy now (and keeping 2 track of these new products keeps us very busy). You may, however, have overlooked a source of comprehensive information very near to hand: your local Atari User Group. Many user groups maimain libraries of commercial and public-domain software, game cartridges, hardware, and peripherals dating back many years, and will be happy to lend, or even sell you items in which you have a particular interest. To locate the user group nearest you, call Atari Cus- tomer Relations at (408) 745-2307. Atari Explorer Dear Editor, Thave received the latest issue of Atari Ex- plorer. Iam glad to see it back but to tell you the truth, it is not better than the old Atari Explorer. It looked like an Atari Computer newsletter rather than 4 publication. A publication can’t be afraid 10 criticize anyone and anything because that is why people buy the magazine. They buy it for the objec- tive viewpoint, something that I can’t seem to find in this latest issue. It is no doubt because Atari owns it and this I can’t blame you for. However, [am requesting the right to reprint several articles from the January/February issue, namely the “Atari Direct Price List” and “Technical Support” sections of the article “Outreach: Atari,” and the Atari Dealer Directory, on page 78. In addi- tion to this material, | would like to reprint the fantas- tic articles on the TTs and the informative article “Inside Lynx.” They were not necessarily objective but we do not need objective articles to be posted We need informative articles. We need as much formation as possible on the Lynx and the TT to con- vince non-Atari users t0 go out and buy them, and we - Hmmm. ‘cannot do this without good articles and the authors Of these articles did a fine job. — Leonard J. Stys Cleveland Free-Net Thanks for your challenging letter! Atari Explorer is indeed a product of the Atari Corporation, and en- ‘thusiastically promotes the purchase and use of Atari products. Ir does so, however, primarily by supplying useful, accurate, and timely information, and surveys tell us that it is Explorer's factual content that readers appreciate most. 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As Art Director Peter Kelley's article on Ex- plorer’s DTP systems, beginning on page 44, ert: — _Desktop- give you the power to 2a ee) Pb Ashine: Getting good results from DTP demands A New = Collaboration collaboration, in which the computer's in- fusion of pure horsepower is sweetened with liberal additions of human talent, flexibility, and intelligence If you've got the flex, Atari’s state-of- the-art desktop publishing systems can supply the horses. Powerful hardware platforms like the TT and the new 16 Mhz Mega STe make like performance more affordable to desktop publishers than ever before. Check out our review of the Meza STe, beginning on page 24. As for software, Atari computers run the most powerful DTP solutions available. From Font-Scaling Module (FSM) GDOS (reviewed beginning on Page 52), which brings a new, state-of-the-art vector font stan- dard (o the ST fine, to programs like Font Designer (reviewed ‘on page 56), widely acknowledged to be the world’s best too! for font creation, Atari can provide the tools your creativity deserves ‘The mere abundance of Atari desktop publishing alter- natives can be staggering. Nowhere is this more true than ‘when shopping for fonts: the basic building-blocks of printed matter. To help you find the best values in this all-important Product category, we commissioned Contributing Editor Pamela Hahn to z0 on font safari. Her buyer's guide, bes ning on page 31, reviews a plethora of font collections com- patible with a wide variety of Atari DTP systems and platforms, including GDOS, PageStream, Calamus, and UltraScript. We hope you enjoy, and profit from, this issue's focus on Atari DTP. But even if your interests lic elsewhere, we think you'll find plenty to read and think about in Explorer's pages. In one of his first public statements since accepting the post last November, Atari’s U.S. General Manager, Greg Pratt, discusses his aims for Ataris American operations in 1991. Our Comdex and CES show reports detail Atari’s committ- ‘ment to the American market for business and home comput- ing. MIDI mavens will appreciate David Snow's review of Quartet: a powerful sample-editor and sequencer for the ST. And Portfolio fans will get a kick out of our guide to CompuServe's Portfoio forum, including a com- plete primer on how to get your Portfolio palmtop PC on-ti Rounding out the mix, you'll also find reviews of seven hot new games for the Lynx, including Paperboy, Rygar, and Shanghai! ST entertainment is also featured, in- cluding reviews of Risk and Clue, ‘old board-game favorites gone high-tech through the programming inspiration of Virgin Mastertronic, And 7800 game system fans will appreciate our reviews of Tkari Warriors, Planet Smashers, and, Mean 18 Golf! Welcome Back! Many readers have written to welcome Explorer back into production, and to comment on our new look. In this issue's Letters column, we've printed a cross- section of the correspondence we've received, both pro and con, and our replies. ‘As always, our hope is to make Atari Explorer magazine the best place to turn for Atari news and product information, and feedback from our readers will always be the most im= By JOHN B. 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When the Tramiels left Commodore and formed Tramiel ‘Technologies, I went with them, becoming Atari’s first U.S. President, then managing the leveraged buyout of Atari from Warner. Later, I became Chief e Financial Officer, and still later took the com- pany public, So I guess you could say that now, having taken over as Atari's U.S. General Manager, I've come full circle back into opera- Box ‘When the post of General Manager of Atari's U.S, subsidiary suddenly became vacant late last year, Greg Pratt, long Atari's CFO, stepped into the breech. A Wharton MBA with years of experience in ac: counting and corporate finance, Pratt brought impeccable creden: tials as a “numbers guy” to the job. Over the past few months Pratt has also demonstrated exceptional ‘managerial ability, informed by a clear, aggressive, and articulate vision of Atari’s future. This issue. in an exclusive interview, Greg Pratt to shares his vision with Ex- plorer’s readers, and comments on What we can expect from Atari in 1991 and beyond Atari Explorer: Tell us a lite about your background. Is it ex clusively financial, or have you worked in other aspects of manage Greg Pratt: After taking my MBA at Wharton, I worked for several ‘years in public accountancy for Ar- thur Anderson & Co. in Philadel- phia. I then went to work for Commodore, at first as VP/Fi- nance, then later as VP/Operations for Commodore's U.S. company. ‘Thus, though my education and background are certainly oriented towards finance, I've had a good tions. It’s a job whose challenges I welcome, and. with which T am familiar AE: What's the state of Atari's American operations at present? GP: American operations are in a state of aggressive revival. ‘The American market is very important (o us, demonstrated by the fact that we chose to introduce the Mega STe here (at November Comdex), before taking it to Europe. AE: How was the Mega STe received? GP: Very well, In fact, it caught many people by surprise, particularly i sofar as the product was introduced in finished form, has received full FCC Class B certification, and is now being shippe One of my most important short-term goals is to shorten the length of time between product announ- cement and product deliv- AE: In your view, where does the Mega STe fit in the overall range of products Atari offers to the U.S. market? GP: The Mega is our entry-level “high performance machine: faster and more powerful than our standard STe’ and appropriately configured for use in small business, workgroups, and divisions. Our new pricing guidelines will put a Mega STe 2, with 16MHz 68000 CPU, two MB of RAM, and a 50 MB hard disk on the market for only $1,699.95, with a healthy profit margin built in for dealers. Like all Atari equipment, therefore, the Mega STe represents ‘an enormous performance advantage over competing systems at the same price-points AB: What is Atari's general approach towards computer ‘marketing going to be? GP: Given the wide range of Atari systems currently avail: able, from 1 MB STe’s to, shortly, TT's, we plan to make headway ina wide variety of market niches. Certainly with the Mega STe and TT, we'll make inroads in Desktop Publishing and Multimedia. The TT, particularly, has enormous potential 6VIEW FROM THE TOP as a low-end graphics workstation. We're in touch with schools, engineering departments, and other potential users of this kind of capability, and we've received very positive feed- back on the machine. ‘The music industry, of course, loves us for our realtime capability, and we will continue to play to that strength in this important vertical market. Our Mega STe-based bundles give us tremendous opportunities with first-time computer buyers and in the area of entertainment computing; they're topical timely, and a teal good value. Tn general, our approach is going to involve zeroing in on specific niches and then going after them with the most ef- fective combination of equipment, sofiware, and pricing that we ean muster. The unifying theme is to deliver as much power fora reasonable price as possible. AE: Both the Mega STe and TT — Atari's “high end” systems — feature built-in LAN hardware. How does Atari plan to ex- plait this capability in its marketing? GP: The Mega/TT LAN hardware is Apple Localalk-compatible. In design- ing the hardware, we decided that we wanted our equipment to talk across a common channel that will embrace as many platforms as possible. In terms of a ‘general approach to LANs, interconnec- tion will certainly be one of the ways that [ean use the muscle of my pricing against the common ery of incom- patibility. Initially, since we see our machines going into small business, We'll be taking an approach to network- ing that emphasizes loosely-integrated departmental and workgroup computing: connecting from two to thirty-two sys- tems with electronic mai, file-sharing, and other “communications-oriented” capabilities, as well as the ability to share printers, high-capacity tape-backup systems, and other resources. In addition, by the time this ar- ticle reaches print, one of our third-party developers is ex- pected to announce an Ethernet card that will fit in the VME slot on the machines. AE: What about Unix? How does i fit into Atari's plans? GP: I'm happy we decided to go with Unix on the TT, and ‘glad that we’ ve decided to release the most up-to-date product, available (Unix V.4), Though it would have been possible to ‘go with an earlier version of Unix at less cost to us, 1 think it’s important that we weren't co-opted in that direction. Unix is important for several reasons, among them that people like 10 know there's a migration path for their machine. They don’t like to think that their machine isn’t capable of higher-level calculations and abstractions. The other reason is, of course, that multitasking is important. In fact, I was sure that Atari ‘would have multitasking before this, at least to Amiga levels, and am disappointed that this hasn’t happened. Now, in addi- tion to the Unix route to multitasking, we're working on gen- 7 eral- purpose multitasking within ‘TOS, so shortly there will be not ‘one, but two upgrade paths allow- ing this important capability. The Unix solution that we've settled on is a business version of Unix, which we think is more effi- ‘cient and better-engineered for our primary markets than the various academic and research-oriented Unix implementations. Our Unix implementation is of very high quality, and is capable of compet- ing with Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM Unix platforms on a realtime basis. Moreover, we're taking care to stay abreast of standards designed to make Unix more ac- ‘cessible to the non-technical user. Our Unix will be fully compatible with the X/Open portability guide- fines, meaning that it can work with a variety of modern graphical user in- terfaces Besides Unix, we're also developing significant enhancements of our ex- isting technologies to keep abreast of current develop- ments in competing markets. For example, we've received good reports on the design of c’chips that will control our ‘new high-density 1.44 MB floppy drives, and expect shortly to announce a range of upgrade products and op- tions based on this technology. We're also moving swiftly towards ing able to supply state-of-the-art 14” and 19” monitors for use with DTP, CAD, and other graphics- based applications. AE: It sounds like things are moving in the computer division. What about games and entertain: ‘ment? Portfolio? GP: We've appointed Larry Siegel to be in charge of game sales and marketing in Chicago. Our $99 price-point on Lynx has had great impact — at January CES we had the pleasure of seeing a lot of Continued on Page 80 Bac ee 2 VAI Ace aac IIS TL selon Si is ae aRIO COMPUTERS 800-782-9110 hee. HEE CUST SERVICE TECH SUPPORT 702-454-7700 TU'SA 10AM-SPM. 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