New Products
New Products notices are compiled by the Antic staff from information provided by the product's manufacturers. Antic welcomes such submissions, but assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of these notices or the performances of the products listed.
AWARDWARE
(printing software)
Hi Tech Expressions
2699 South Bayshore Drive
Suite I000A
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
(800) 848-9273--National
(305) 854-2318--Florida
$14.95, 48K disk
Print traditional certificates, awards, licenses and announcements, or even coupons, tickets, checks and more with AwardWare ($14.95). Heartware ($9.95) can help you shaw your affection for whoever buys you Hi Tech's products. LoveNoteMaker ($14.95) puts your HeartWare on 150 sheets of heart design printer paper and 16 stickers. (This package also contains HeartWare.) CardWare ($9.95, no paper) and PartyWare ($14.95, software plus paper) create festive greeting cards and party announcements for any occasion--and even keep a database of friends and events. WareWithAll ($14.95) is a state-of-the-art paper supply kit with everything you need to print out your creations.
COLLECTOR SERIES UPDATES
(database software)
J.V. Technologies
P.O. Pox 563
Ludington, MI 49431
(616) 843-9512
$34.95 each, 48K disk
The menu-driven Coin Collector DBS, Stamp Collector DBS and Photo Collector DBS (Version 1.1) help hobbyists catalog and store information about their valuable collections. Information regarding 200 records can easily be viewed, sorted, searched or updated any time. Data files, either predefined or user-defined, are easily and quickly accessed, deleted, stored or expanded.
Also available are the Coin Gallery and Stamp Gallery templates ($36 each) for use with VisiCale and SynCalc--you can create and store records, produce want lists, sell-sheets, bid-sheets and a calendar of important meetings and dates.
UNDERWARE RIBBONS
(printer ribbons)
Diversions, Inc
505 West Olive Avenue #250
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 245-7575
$14.95
You can wear anything you print on your your Atari with Underware Ribbons. School T-shirts, employee sweatshirts and kites are just a few of the possibilities. Just draw an image on your computer, put an Underware Ribbon in your printer, and print the image on whatever paper you usually use. Then put the paper face down on a T-shirt and iron it--that's all it takes. Underware Ribbons don't damage print heads or irons. Transfers made on fabrics with at least 50% polyester content are permanent and washable. The ribbons last for 20 to 100 shirts and are available in a variety of colors. Multicolor ribbons are available for color-printers.
PITFALL!,
DEMON ATTACK
(entertaimnent software)
Activision P.O. BOX 7286
Mountain View, CA 94039
(415) 960-0410
$14.95, 48K disk
Activision has re-released two arcade hits at a low price. In Pitfall! you guide veteran explorer Pitfall Harry through a treacherous jungle dotted with quicksand, bottomless pits, crocodiles and scorpions. Your quest is a fortune in gold, diamonds and lost treasures---if you feel it's worth it. Demon Attack makes you the target of a space invasion. You must defend yourself from the monsters, returning their fire with your laser cannon while you try to keep your bunkers intact. Each wave of demons is tougher to destroy than the last.
VIDEO MEISTER
512K BOARD,
SIX-SYSTEM BOX
(graphics and hadware)
Irata Verlag GMBH
1272B Potter Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
(303) 596-0135
When used with Digital Vision's Computereyes, Video Meister software ($15) lets you change or enhance any digitized picture or combine it with other pictures and print it out. You can also save and enhance color pictures created with Video Meister.
lrata's 512K Board for the 800XL ($165) adds a quick RAMdisk, allowing you to handle large amounts of data without losing memory--it's like adding two drives to your system. With the flick of a switch, the Six-System Box ($45) converts your XL into an XE or 800 operating format, or even gives you an 80 column display.
MIND TUNER
Mind Link Communications Inc.
Box 488
36 Adelaide Street East
Toranto, M5C 2J6 Canada
(416) 961-8858
$24.95, 48K disk
In the market for self-improvement? Mind Tuner uses proven psychological principles to help you manage stress and improve your personality and performance with visualizations, positive affirmations and subliminal messages that you can write for yourself.
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