Portfolio User 7
December 1995
The Internet Magazine For TheAtari Portfolio
Edited By: Paul Jolliffe
paulj@jollyp.demon.co.uk
Contents:
- Introduction
- PF On The Net
- Superb Web Page
- New FTP Site and Mirror
- A Few Answers
- Pbasic
- Vt100 Emulator
- Pbasic/ZBasic Which Is Best
- Hardware Problems/Queries and Ideas
- Fmap Card Crash
- Portfolio Hardware Idea
- Atari ST, RS232, RAM Card and Folidrive
- What and Where Is Portfolio
- New Things In Germany
- Programming
- Walls, Very Simple Crash Game
- Parallel Interface Addresses
- For Sale
- Portfolio Products
- Supplier Lists
- Epilogue
Introduction
Sorry for the late posting of the letter but I had to go to
Toronto unexpectantly on business for 11 days. I was hoping to
send it out the morning of my flight but my internet provider
seemed to be having problems with mail, and lets face it, at
4 a.m. on a Sunday morning who am I going to ring to give grief
to ?
Well, its that time again, PF user number 7. The good news is
that our 'group' has grown by another 9 people. Since last
month and the user letter gets circulated to as far away as
Australia !!
I must admit that I have to take my hat off to Jan and his
friends for running the PF News letter, I didn't think there
was as much work involved as there is, I thought just send a
letter out once a month and thats its, phew I should be so
lucky !!
I am hoping to release the PF user magazine on or around the
fifth of each month. If any one wants to submit anything for
the magazine then can you email it to me by the 25th of each
month. It doesn't matter how insignificant you think your
contribution might be but every little bit helps.
PF On The Net
A Superb Portfolio WWW Page
From: wwg28@rzserv2.fh-lueneburg.de (Wolf R. Gross)
Latest Information on Portfolio including the Newsletters can
be find on my Portfolio-Page now.
The URL is...
http://rzserv2.fh-lueneburg.de:8080/Portfolio
Try it, it is a perfect page.
And you can get back issues of PNEWS and software packages.
New FTP Site
As some of your might have seen from the comp.sys.palmtops news
group a new ftp site has opened up at: dec59.ruk.cuni.cz
The PF programs can be found in the following directory, I have
tried the site and it contains the following files:
pub/upload/portfolio
addadr.lzh program for adding ADR data into your texts
cardcopy.lzh copying RAM (ROM) cards
f1demo.lzh demo of a graphic game that is under development
fdrive.lzh the drivers for FolioDrive 1.44 MB unit
gtools.lzh tools for making PGC and PGX files
joystick.lzh description of joystick for Portfolio + asm rutines
mmjoy.lzh a maze game with joystick support
pterm.lzh freeware version of ZMODEM terminal program
update.lzh ... no comment (fixes bug in Portfolio ROM)
bitmap.lzh asm routines for bitmap display on Portfolio
asmdisk.lzh asm routines for work with disk devices
lha.exe decompressor of *.lzh files
int60.lzh description of INT 60h on Portfolio
romlist.lzh listing of Portfolio ROM version 1.052
portfol2.lzh text about Portfolio II (Sharp PC 3000)
a86.lzh assembler + debugger + docs working on PF
prgcalc.lzh programmer's calculator (BIN/OCT/DEC/HEX)
pkbtools.lzh a collection of simple but powerful tools
phoenix.lzh another joystick driven game. COOL!!!!
almboost.lzh changes tone and increases volume of PF's speaker
chime.lzh announces time by beeps
morse.lzh converts text into morse and beeps it out
phonetmr.lzh stop watch to measure the time you phone
bestform.zip adds up to 10 KB to a RAM card by smaller sector size
portlink.zip finally a file transfer software for ATARI ST users
sft.arj serial terminal + file tranfer, including source code
shirt_up.lzh PGC picture of a naked girl
vanoce.lzh some christmas songs
There is also a mirror site setup at ftp.toad.net in the
directory /pub/portfolio.
Existing FTP Sites
Imperial College Of London (ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk)
See PF User number 6 for the file list.
Again, if anyone does not have ftp capabilities or is unsure on
how to I can either email the files to them or send intructions
on how to use ftp.
A FEW ANSWERS
From: Bjgleas@aol.com
> 1. Is there any way to compile the PBASIC *.BAS files into
> COM or EXE files? (The most common question)
No... PBASIC was designed as an interpreter, and a compiler
would be much more complex... the best that I can tell you
is that there is a PowerBASIC library (source code on
compuserve) that will perform some of the functions of PBASIC
(accessing the internal functions)... that is about the best
that can be done. A compiler is a huge undertaking, and
probably wouldn't run on the Portfolio without a ton of work.
> 2. If no (I think the answer is NO), can you suggest any
> other way?
See above... PowerBASIC is a compiler, and there is another
BASIC floating about from Germany I think...
> 3. The WKS functions in your PBASIC are very powerfull.
I think it is the only way how to make references from more
than one WKS files. (The built-in Worksheet does not enable
outer files references, as far as I know.)
Thanks... I was always very proud of those functions.
> Unfortunately all the WKS functions are just read-only. I am
> missing a function that will write text,value,formula into
> a WKS file. For example:
> WKSWRITE ("budget.wks",9,9,@sum(b3..b10))
> Can you help me in implementing this function? This would
> solve the problem of cross-file references in wks on PF.
Reading from a WKS is simple compared to writing a file, or
modifying a file. There is a book called "FILE FORMATS" and
"MORE FILE FORMATS" that explain the .WKS format and it is
complex and scary... :-o
Again, it just looked like it would be a lot of work, more
work that what it was worth, and it appeared as if you had
to read in the entire file and then write it back out again,
to allow modifications to take place... not that much room
in the Portfolio...
> Last small question - How are you doing? I read the reprint
> of your good-bye mail in Re:Port. Maybe the PF users reading
> the PNews on Internet would enjoy a few lines from you.
Well, as I write this, I am giving an exam to my students.
I am now living and working at the Yongsan Army Base in Seoul,
South Korea for the University of Maryland. I teach military
and civilian students all about computers. Right now I am
teaching Intro to Computer, C++, and Expert Systems. In a
few months they want to move me to Japan, and possibly other
places... we'll see what happens.
As for the Portfolio, expect for the APP program running on
my HP 100, it is all packed away back in New Jersey. It was
a fun machine, and every so often I would take it out, play
with it, and it would remind me of all the fun I've had with
it over the years.
- bj
Answer To VT 100emulator Questions
From: "David E. Stewart"
As for Internet connectivity, there is a VT100 emulator for
the Port, but the company that made it is out of business
(same old Port story, I'm afraid). There are a lot of regular
terminal programs, but nothing for VT100.
MDIR problem on DOS 2.xx
From: "Jan Sedlak"
As you may know there is a problem with making new
directories on large disks connected to Portfolio. If you
have e.g. Radio Shack external HDD you will get your PF
locked up after the MD command. The same problem was with
MD command on FolioDrive FDD unit for Portfolio.
The problem has nothing to do with Portfolio, but with
DOS 2.xx. This version of DOS cannot handle disk devices
with cluster size greater than one sector. On some occasions
the DOS will lock up while working with some INT 21 functions.
The solution to this is ATMD.COM program. On FolioDrive the
MD fixing routines are included in the body of the device driver.
PBASIC, ZBASIC, PB5: which is the best?
From: sammyc@.hkstar.com
> I have another question is how can I run the PBASIC
> because my PF only have 128k RAM??( I mean, what is the
> best number of "K" to set for RAM drive, that can contain
> the main program and also to run it).
As far as I know it is not possible to run the PBASIC by BJ
Gleason from internal C: drive on Portfolio.
For example the PBASIC 4.91 that takes 43(?)KB on disk is
compressed so that it actually needs about 70 KB of RAM to
run. And thus there is no way to have it both on C: and
execute it.
The solution:
1. You will have to get a RAM card to run the program from
another drive that is drive A: The 128 KB card, 1 MB and
4 MB cards are available.
or
2. You will have to get your PF upgraded to 512 KB RAM so
that you can have let's say 200 KB of C: and 300 KB of
system RAM.
> 2. Is ZBASIC the basic language for PF too? Which is
better(PB&ZB)?
The ZBASIC works on PF too. There are two versions on
"src.doc.ic.ac.uk" archive the 3.xx version is poor.
The 4.xx version is better but takes a more than 50 KB
on disk.
The ZBASIC was written for PC. So that you may have some
problems running it on PF. It takes some times till you
learn how to work with ZBASIC on PF. I ran it on my PC
while running it on the PF and this was the only way I was
able to find there I was in the ZBASIC on PF.
PBASIC by BJ Gleason is 100 times better (I may say "the
Best") than the ZBASIC.
There is also the "PowerBasic" - which actually is not a
shareware and so it is hard to get a legal copy.
There is also a "PBASIC 5" by Sjoerd Spoestra from Holland.
This is also a very powerfull tool. It is nearly as good as
BJ's PBASIC but with the great advantage of only 12 KB disk
length. I am sure that Sjoerd will agree with placing a copy
of the PB5 on the "src.doc..." archive.
There is also another basic that was developed in Germany.
It is called Swift!Basic I think. I have never seen it,
so I cannot report. (I hope some users from Germany will
respond to this note!!!)
There is also a TINY BASIC which takes less than 3 KB on
disk and I think you can find it on "src.doc....". But is
has very limited abilities.
Hardware Problems/Queries and Ideas
Problem After A Fmap Card Crash
From: dburkey@pcug.org.au (Darrell Burkey)
> I purchased a 1meg card from the USA. They have a boot
> sector that reads as A drive and the data is held in an
> area as drive D. You can not write to the A drive except
> with a special program they supply.
That is the design of the OPTROL cards. BTW when did you
order your card and when did you get it? I ordered mine in
July, I paid in July and I still have not recevived any. I
am a bit angry with TOAD Computers.
> Well my A drive became corrupt while using it in the PC
> Card Drive and because I do not have the software in the
> Portfolio itself I have no way to fix it. I also had ACOM
> on the card so even if I had backups I would not be able
> to transfer it to my Port anyway. Needless to say I am
> not too happy about it all.
That is the Portfolio problem. PF was designed to be used
with the original ATARI card and with parallel interface.
Serial interface is unfortunately supported by ROM software
and once PF gets totally erased there is no way to get the
soft inside only via parallel interface or the RAM card.
If one has only the serial and the card gets corrupted....
then the hell starts.
Portfolio Hardware Idea
From: Klaus Peichl
What do you think about my latest project (not yet begun):
A 4-channel (12 would also be possible) TTL-logic-analyzer
using the parallel port for input and graphics mode to
display the signals. I will probably carry this out soon,
because I need it.
I had another idea: Use the DTMF-tones and a decoder-circuit
(do you know any) for data exchange via telephone. The
transfer rate would be rather low, though.
Atari ST, Serial Interface, RAM Card, Foliodrive
From: "A.G. Haigh-Hutchinson"
> HPC 102 Atari serial interface
>
> (I assume that I can connect it to the serial port on my MegaST4)
> (query about software availability - which and cost?)
The serial port is the best solution for ST users. I guess
you have tried the parallel transfer already (maybe using
PCditto), but due to missing lines on ST parallel interface
file transfer it will never work without special hardware.
So the serial remains.
I will load XTERM and ACOM at no cost. But you need also a
software on your ST. Both ACOM and XTERM support XMODE file
transfer protocol. So any ST *.PRG with XMODEM abilities
should work.
I thing that ACOM may be run even under the PC ditto
emulator, though I have never tested it. There should be no
problem with serial file transfer.
> HPD 400 128 Kb RAM card
OK, if you do not have a RAM card, Portfolio is a curse
and hell. Portfolio as a MS DOS machine needs some reliable
disk (not RAM disk like the PF's C:) to work with. Get at
least 1 RAM card and your PF will be something different.
> HPC 500 FolioDrive
>
> As I do not have a 1.44 Mb FDD on my MegaST4, and am not
> likely to get one, is the HPD 500 item a viable one for me?
> How much bigger does it make the PF?
The HPD 500 is 10cm x 15cm x 1,75cm in cize. So it will add
10cm on the right side of your PF.It does not need any
external power source when powered from the PF plugged
into original (!!!) AC adapter. If you want to run HPD 500
outdoors you need a battery pack.
It works with IBM PC diskettes both 1,44 MB and 720 kB.
They are like another drive:
A>CHKDSK D:
1457664 bytes total disk capacity
20480 bytes in 3 user files
1436672 bytes available on disk
520192 bytes total memory
468464 bytes free
This is what FolioDrive HPD 500 gives you on Portfolio with
512 KB RAM. Do you like it?
BUT your problem is that Atari ST and PC diskettes are not
100% compatible, even if you would use 720 kb only.
I think you have to think this over again. If you have
positive experiences with data transfer between ST and PC
using the diskettes than you can plan to get this device.
I have to emphasize that the DOS 2.11 may have different
behaviour with ST 720kB diskettes than DOS 6.20 on PCs have.
And the ST<->PF data transfer on diskettes has not been
tested with HPD 500.
One note more: the HPD 500 does not solve the problem of
"at least one RAM card (128kb) with every PF".
> As I tend to use my PF mainly for diary and short notes,
> would the addition of a FDD unit improve useage, eg as
> a wordprocessor? for taking notes in class at uni?
I for myself keep whole business agenda on my PF. I have
lots of WKS files and I wrote an invoicing program in PBASIC,
so I use PF daily sometimes several hours.
HPD 500 is ideal for saving and loading data. I do not
have to change RAM cards at all. I just plug in the FDD
and work and 1.44 MB is enough for about 1 year.
There are also a lot of diskettes with PD software that
are distributed by our club and it is also a good thigk
to run the soft directly from the diskette with no need
to modify files on a RAM card in order to get new free
space for files.
> Thank you for your co-operation with this inquiry.
Just a trifle, that is why I go on running this business.
It is a bit strange feeling to know that although hundreds
of thousands of PFs were made in 1989-1995, there are actually
very few people in the world who care for this palmtop and
that we are the only ones who have such a product like HPD
500. (PF is the only palmtop with direct FDD unit available)
New Portfolios Still Available
From: "Klekas, Steve"
1. What is the Atari Portfolio?
The Portfolio is a "palmtop" personal computer that is very
(but not completely) compatible with the IBM PC computer
systems. The base unit, when folded, is about the size of a
VHS tape. It unfolds to reveal a 40 characters by 8 lines
screen and a 63 key keyboard. It comes with 128k of RAM,
which is divided between memory and a RAMdisk. The Liquid
Crystal Display screen is very easy to read, even in poor
lighting, and has contrast adjustment built into the
keyboard. The keyboard is arranged in the standard QWERTY
fashion (like a typewriter), making it very easy to find the
keys, but the spacing of the keys is a bit tight. The unit
is powered by three AA batteries, which last about 100
hours. With the addition of the parallel interface you can
upload and download files to another PC that has a parallel
port. A serial port is also available.
Aside from DOS 2.11, the Portfolio also has a simple ASCII
text editor, a calculator, a diary with alarms, and an
address book that can dial numbers on touch tone phones.
Perhaps the most impressive built in application is a
spreadsheet program that is compatible with Lotus 1-2-3.
Pricing:
You can get a new PF from our club here in Czech Republic
for:
HPD 004 Portfolio 128 KB 200 USD
HPD 011 Portfolio 512 KB 320 USD
The prices are valid for the week of 27th September.
Send your order to: sedlakj@dec59.ruk.cuni.cz
In the USA you can get the Portfolio from:
- TOAD toad@charm.net (410)544-6943
- DAYTON DISCOUNT 424-6111
Highway 92 west
Belleville, WI. 53508
New Things From Germany
From: Stefan_Kaechele@fr.maus.de (Stefan Kaechele)
On my desktop is a prototype of a PoFo with backlight I
finished a few days ago. The whole electronic fits into the
display of the PoFo. Hope to offer this soon as a building-
in-service and kit for do-it-your-self.
Another project is a "diet" to the PoFo. PoFo looses weight
of more than 50g by exchanging some parts.
Other tasks are:
the 512KB-DIL-EPROM-card
a PCMCIA-card adaptor from PoFo to PCMCIA up to 1MB
recreate the displaycable
and a lot more to tell later on.
Programming
Below is some code and questions that were sent to Jan Sedlak, some
of last months questionaires indicated that some of you out there
are budding programmers, but are reluctant to send me your source
as you don't think it will be good enough. Well don't worry about
it, even simple 10 line programs are of use to other people who are
trying to learn to program as it gives them examples they can learn
from. It doesn't even matter if it is not completed, so please
help me to help others, thanks. Below is one of the first programs
I wrote on the PF in Turbo Pascal, I am currently working on an
adventure program and font editor but I don't expect them to be
finished this year.
Very simple Crash Game (I Mean Very)
From: paulj@jollyp.demon.co.uk
Program: walls
Language: Turbo PASCAL
Description: Dodge the walls without crashing, using A and D
This is a very simple program that uses nothing more complicated
than the IBM graphics character set. It will work on either
the PF or a PC, feel free to chop, change, modify as any of you
see fit. The program uses the port turbo pascal unit that was
developed by Graison Swaan. I can forward a copy should any
one need it.
-------------------- Start Of Source Code --------------------
uses port;
var
wall : string;
a, key : char;
p,x, w, dist, q, cnt, sk :integer;
begin
writeln('Valley Run - Ver 1.0');
writeln('~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~');
writeln('Written By: P. Jolliffe (C) 1995');
writeln;
writeln('Steer your space cruiser through the');
writeln('valley avoiding the walls.');
writeln;
write('Move left with and right with ');
readln;
clrscr;
write('Skill Level [1-6]: ');
readln(sk);
clrscr;
a:=' ';
x:=17;
dist:=0;
q:=0;
w:=9+sk;
p:=x+(w div 2);
randomize;
while (a <> 'q') and (q=0) do
begin
wall:=' ';
inc(dist);
if ( random(2) < 1 ) then
dec(x)
else
inc(x);
if x<1 then
x:=1;
if x+w>38 then
dec(x);
wall[x]:=chr(219);
wall[x+w]:=chr(219);
wall[p]:='V';
if (p<=x) or (p>=x+w) then
q:=1
else
writeln(wall);
a:=readkey;
if (a='a') or (a='A') then
dec(p);
if (a='l') or (a='L') then
inc(p);
for cnt:=0 to 1400*sk do
a:=' ';
if int(dist/100)=dist/100 then
begin
w:=w-2;
inc(x);
if w<4 then
q:=2;
end;
end;
if q=1 then
writeln('You Failed !!!');
if q=2 then
writeln('Congrats You Finished');
writeln;
writeln('Your Score is: ',dist*5);
end.
---------------------- End Of Source Code --------------------
PARALLEL INTERFACE ADRESSES
From: ran@elc.beijer.se
> I have some questions regarding the"Smart Paralell printer Interface".
> * What is the base address of the 8255-PIO?
Try following addresses: (not cheched)
OUT 8078h d0-d7
OUT 8079h control lines
IN 807ah control lines
> * The pinout of the 25pin D-SUB.
The pin-out was taken from original Atari parallel port guidebook.
1 out strobe
2 out d0
3 out d1
4-8 ............. etc.
9 out d7
10 in acknowledge
11 in busy
12 in paper error
13 in select
14 out auto feed
15 in error
16 out initialize
17 out select input
18-25 ground
> I'm working on a small I/O-port project (file transfer)
> for the Atari Portfolio, and your help would be most
> appriciated.
Here is some help:
I have collected some routines for file transfer so I
anybody needs them I will mail them. All the routines were
written for PC, so there may be a need to adopt them for
use on PF.
For Sale
It will soon be Christmas so treat yourself and your Portfolio,
keep it warm with a genuine leather carry case (HPD 103) or
unlimited storage with the Foliodrive !!
On a more serious note we need to support the work that Jan Sedlak
and friends are doing by resurecting old and creating new addons
for the PF so please if you want anything or fancy something then
e-mail him direct.
PORTFOLIO PRODUCTS - valid from 20 September 1995
Here is the price list for the products that we can offer you.
All prices are in German Marks (DEM) and all prices
do not take local tax and VAT into consideration.
PERIPHERALS MADE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC - 2 year warranty
code description quant./price
END
PRICE 1-5 6-30 31-100 101-250 251-1000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HPD 103 Genuine Leather 29 20 19 17 16 15
Case with battery
pocket
HPD 300 Parallel inteface 79 60 55 50 45 40
25 pin, cable,
software
HPD 350 Serial interface 115 86 80 75 70 60
9 pin, RS 232,
software
HPD 400 RAM Card 128 KB, 119 94 89 79 65 60
min 2 yr. battery
life-span
HPD 450 PORTFOLIO MEGA-PACK
RAM Card 128 KB,
Parallel interf. 25 pin,
soft, cable, file man.
more, soft instal. 169 136 130 118 105 95
HPD 500 FolioDrive 3,5 TS FDD Unit
to read and write 1,44 MB
diskettes from Portfolio
Par. inferf., NiCd battery
pack, cable, soft and 32 KB
RAM Card incl. in the price
349 280 260 call call call
HPD 600 PortWalk tape recorder
interface mono/stereo 2MB
on 60 minutes tape 59 35 30 25 22 20
---------------------------------
LITERATURE
HPD 202 Portfolio Technical Guide
in English 120 pgs,+ disk
29 18 17 15 14 13
HPD 203 Portfolio Programmier 29 18 17 15 14 13
Praxis, in Deutsch
345pgs,+ disk
---------------------------------
ORIGINAL ATARI PRODUCTS
HPC 402 AC adapter 220 V 24 14 12 - - -
---------------------------------
OTHER SUPPORT
HPD 700 Upgrade your PF RAM
to 512 KB 195 150 call - - -
HPD 801 60 pin BUS connector 14 10 7 - - -
HPD 802 128KB SRAM chip 20 16 15 - - -
----------------------------------------------------
NOTES:
END PRICE - suggested end-user price, we sell to individuals
at this price
call - get current information personally
----------------------------------------------------
contact person: Jan Sedlak sedlakj@dec59.ruk.cuni.cz
Portfolio
Sarajevska 29
120 00 Praha 2
The Czech Republic
Tel: + 42 2 99 61 894
Fax: + 42 2 29 51 86
To order please e-mail Jan and he will let you know about availability,
shipping costs etc..., his bank details are as follows:
Czech Portfolio Club Bank Connection
BANK: Ceska sporitelna
Jugoslavska 19
120 00 Praha 2
the Czech Republic
BANK CODE: 0800
OWNER OF ACCOUNT: Jan SEDLAK - Portfolio
Sarajevska 29
120 00 Praha 2
The Czech Republic
NUMBER OF ACCOUNT: 720252-028/0800
Portfolio Products Are Also Available From The Following:
Here is a listing of places where NEW Portfolio products are sold.
There may be other places in the world that we do not know about,
if you know any other places please let me know.
Name Person How To Contact
---------------- ------------- -------------------------------------
Permadata Wolf-Th. Holl 100113.2626@compuserve.com
Germany +49 203 299 880 phone/fax
all products on stock
Stefan Kaechele Stefan_Kaechele@FR.Maus.de
Germany +49 7641 47649 phone only
all products, RAM cards
ACN Marc Drost no Inet address
Holland +31 23 536 1444 fax
(wholesalers) RAM cards, other products on order
reconditioned Portfolios
original spare parts
OXO Mathieu Petrovic oxo@@iprolink.ch
Switzerland
all products on order
OPTROL Inc. no Inet address
USA +1 919 779-3377
1MB, 2MB, 4MB RAM cards
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*** SJ SPOELSTRA: program review
From: "S.J.Spoelstra"
Hello!
Good to see that the Portfolio News is alive and kicking and even
mentions the name Spoelstra here and there. I have read it with interest
and I have one or two points to make about your News #5:
Atari Dealer in Holland
I live quite near the company DATA-SKIP in Gouda that you mention.
I think they have gone out of business some time ago, and if not
I am positive they do not supply Portfolios anymore.
Two businesses in Holland that may still stock Portfolios and parts
are:
Atin Electronics (they upgrade portfolios to larger memory sizes)
Bloemenlaan 3
2235EM Valkenburg
Netherlands
Tracks Computers (advertised recently with low-priced memory cards)
Santpoorterstraat 40
2023DD Haarlem
Netherlands
The Dutch Portfolio club has probably folded: their last magazine I received
in june 1994.
Their editor then was
Hans Verhoef
Bogerd 38
2922EB Krimpen a/d IJssel
Netherlands.
They offered 10 different diskettes with Portfolio software, so they might
have some new things for you.
In the listing of software I came across some old friends:
>pfcijf.lzh 18 ??? worksheet program ???
This is a teachers' agenda program for keeping pupils and grades on the
portfolio. It is derived from a program I made on a PC : the first I made
for the Portfolio (and the reason for Atari Benelux to let me keep the
Portfolio I had on loan from them).
It has a manual in Dutch, and I don't think it would be of much use
outside Holland.
> w_sheet.lzh 7 ??? sample worksheets ???
This might be a couple of sample worksheets I sent to the Atari BBS in Holland:
if so, it contains 1 worksheet that calculates the price of a railway ticket
for several distances and classes on the Dutch railways, and another one that
calculates car costs. Not much use either in the Czech republik, I'm afraid.
> pf_demo.lzh 6 ??? atari portfolio demo ???
If this is the demo with the Christmas Tree, then I'm guilty again: I made it
to demonstrate the graphical possibilities of the Port. If I remember
correctly you see a moving Atari logo and the seasons greetings for 1992 or
about.
Greetings from a (still warm) Holland, hoping to hear from you again!
Sjoerd
Epilogue
I would like to thank Jan Sedlak and friends for supplying
most of the material in this and the previous issue of PF user.
Happy Christmas Every One Speak To You In The New Year.
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- Paul
16/12/95
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