***************************************************************************** * * * FAIR DINKUM TECHNOLOGIES NEWS * * * ***************************************************************************** ================================ ANNOUNCING OUR LATEST RELEASE!!! ================================ CCCCC Y Y BBBBB EEEEE RRRR DDDD RRRR OOOOO M M EEEEE C Y Y B B E R R D D R R O O MM MM E C Y Y BBBBB EEEE RRRR D D RRRR O O M M M EEEE C Y B B E R R D D R R O O M M E CCCCC Y BBBBB EEEEE R R DDDD R R OOOOO M M EEEEE Fair Dinkum Technologies is proud to announce the immediate availability of "Cyberdrome - The Hoverjet Simulator", a new 3-D, Virtual Reality arcade simulation by the wizards at RHEA-FX, innovators of multi-player, multi-system computer simulations. -- Combines the realism of a real-time flight simulator with arcade action and the problem solving and exploration of an adventure game. -- Cyberdrome offers a unique two-player/two-computer mode (requires a null-modem cable or two modems, not included) as well as a single player mode for those time when you cannot find a partner. -- Two player mode permits full interoperability by synching program speed to your computer's relative performance... link an 8MHz ST with a 32MHz TT... with no loss of playability! -- Multiple level missions allow for novice to advanced pilot training plus a special training mission for beginning pilots. -- Special two-player One-on-One competition mode to increase players' skills as Hoverjet pilots. -- Six mission levels included. Additional mission disks and "Memory Mine" maps will soon be available for extended play. -- Versions for IBM PC and compatibles are under development which will be link-compatible with the 2-player/2-computer Atari version. -- Fully illustrated manual and novelette. -- Not copy protected. Hard disk installable. "When your nightmares become your reality, try telling yourself... It's ONLY a game!" ---- Atari ST/STe/TT/Falcon Yes... CyberDrome _is_ TT and Falcon 030 compatible! One Mb RAM and color monitor required Suggested retail price is only $US39.95 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================ The NEW Crossword Creator II ============================ The fastest, easiest to use, and most complete crossword program ever developed for Atari ST, MegaST, STe, MegaSTe, TT computers! o Not copy protected o Hard disk installable o Extensive on-line help o Symmetrical Templating function o Manual or Automatic word placement o Interactive or Word List word entry o Smart editor avoids conflicting words o Saves puzzles in Degas or ASCII format o Create huge puzzles with up to 250 words o Puzzle grids may be up to 30 x 20 in size o Easy-to-use interface uses mouse or keyboard o Works with both color and monochrome monitors o Saves clues as 1 or 2 column ASCII text files o Complete, illustrated manual (not a text file) o FAST! Puzzles generated in seconds, not minutes o Move, Relocate, Delete, Undelete, Resize functions o International mode supports ALL keyboard characters o Draft quality drivers included for most popular printers o Final quality printing on Epson and HP compatible printers o The ideal tool for educators, enthusiasts or just plain fun! o Compatible with all Atari ST/STe/TT computers with at least 512K RAM and compatible ST medium or high resolution monitor *** New Version! New Features! *** Suggested retail price only $US34.95 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o o NEWS FLASH!!! CROSSWORD CREATOR II o o is now available in a French language version! o o o o Professional translation of both program & documentation o o o o $US39.95 or $20.00 upgrade from English version of CWCII o o o o GERMAN language version coming soon! o o o ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =========================== The NEW Word Search Creator =========================== The PREMIER word search puzzle creation utility for all Atari ST, STe, TT computers! o Not copy protected o Installable on hard drives o Includes extensive on-line help o Eight-way Automatic word placement o Interactive or Word List word entry o Saves puzzles in DEGAS graphics format o Create huge puzzles with up to 250 words o Puzzle grids may be up to 24 x 13 in size o Easy-to-use interface uses mouse or keyboard o Works with both color and monochrome monitors o Saves clues as 1 or 4 column ASCII text files o Complete, illustrated manual (not a text file) o FAST! Puzzles generated in seconds, not minutes o Creates REAL solution puzzles with circled words o International mode supports ALL keyboard characters o File compatible with Crossword Creator II word lists o Screendump drivers included for most popular printers o Relocate, Delete, Undelete, List and Resize functions o The ideal tool for educators, enthusiasts or just plain fun! o Compatible with all Atari ST/STe/TT computers with at least 512K RAM and compatible ST medium or high resolution monitor *** New Version! New Features! *** Suggested Retail Price only $US34.95 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =============== PUZZLE PACK =============== Includes CROSSWORD CREATOR II the premier crossword puzzle utility and WORD SEARCH CREATOR the premier word search puzzle utility Only $US49.95 for both! (Save $19.95 from individual prices!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================== = = = THE CRYPTOGRAPHER = = = = -( The Cryptogram Creator )- = = = ================================== With THE CRYPTOGRAPHER, you will be able to create cryptograms quickly and easily, using standard or custom coding schemes, with an easy to use mouse _or_ keyboard driven interface. But the THE CRYPTOGRAPHER doesn't stop at creating cryptograms; it's built-in logic will also help you >SOLVE< them as well! And of course, THE CRYPTOGRAPHER supports all the nice little features you expect from any Fair Dinkum Technologies software such as an intuitive, easy-to-use interface which let's you use the mouse or the keyboard for most functions, compatible with color or monochrome monitors and of course, not copy protected. While you may use THE CRYPTOGRAPHER to create secret messages of your own design, it also includes famous quotations from throughout history to allow you to create CRYPTO-QUOTES too! As a bonus, CRYPTO JR. is also included with THE CRYPTOGRAPHER. This program is especially designed for inquisitive young minds and allows children to easily create their own "secret codes"! Great fun for kids 8 and up to use with or without supervision. (Note: Crypto Jr. requires a color monitor or television set). ~ THE CRYPTOGRAPHER with CRYPTO JR. ~ Suggested retail price only $US34.95 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also available from FAIR DINKUM TECHNOLOGIES ***************************************************************** * * * **InfoDisk** * * * * The Newsletter-on-a-Disk Creator! * * * ***************************************************************** **InfoDisk** is a utility written especially for Atari ST User group newsletter editors who wish to put together an ST disk based newsletter. It has been designed to afford the editor maximum flexibility and ease of use while providing an intuitive and easy-to-use user interface. Many user groups have discovered that creating a disk-based newsletter is considerably more affordable than traditional paper and ink productions. Members appreciate it too as it gives them something tangible for their membership dues. It also encourages member particpation by easing the process of contributing to the newsletter. And besides all these benefits, your editor can assemble a high-quality production much quicker and _so_ much easier using **InfoDisk**! **InfoDisk** allows your readers to display or send to a printer ASCII text files, view Degas/Elite/Neo/Spectrum pictures, and execute standalone programs from a familiar GEM menu environment. Works on all Atari ST/MegaST/STE/MegaSTE/TT computers with either color or monochrome monitors. SPECIAL FEATURES: ---------------- -- Automatic display of an optional title screen. -- Automatic display of up to 9 welcome text files. -- Automatic display of up to 9 advertisement text files. -- Automatic display of up to 9 advertisement picture files. -- Automatic display of table of contents. -- On-line help facility, default or editor defined. -- Supports ST color and monochrome monitors. -- Works with all ST/STE/TT computers... even 520STs. -- Supports optional custom shaped mouse cursors. -- Ability to run demo programs from within **InfoDisk**. -- Display text files on screen or send to a printer. -- View multi-format picture files on screen. -- Features professional GEM menu & hot keys interface. -- Up to 6 user definable menus with up to 120 menu items. -- Supports most desk accessories. -- Separate **DataMake** program for easy configuration. -- User support by Fair Dinkum Technologies on GEnie. Customized versions, designed specifically for your organization are also available. Call for details. The latest version of **InfoDisk** is now shipping with a nicely printed manual and demo newsletter disk. Order a copy for your group today and see why user groups in the United States, Australia and United Kingdom have switched to fully electronic publishing! Only US$20.00 including printed instruction manual ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================ FAIR DINKUM TECHNOLOGIES Policies and General Information ================================ TT & FALCON 030 COMPATIBILITY ============================= All Fair Dinkum products are fully TT compatible in ST resolutions. "Cyberdrome-The Hoverjet Simulator" is fully Falcon 030 compatible (without MultiTOS). Atari Falcon 030 compatible versions of all other products should be available by the time you read this notice. Contact us for the latest details. UPGRADE POLICY ============== Bug fixes (heaven forbid!) are FREE to registered users upon receipt of the original disk and SASE (self addressed stamped envelope). Minor revisions are $US5.00 plus the original program disk and SASE with $.52 US postage. Alternatively, simply send $US8.00 and we will mail you an update disk (no need for your original disk or SASE). Major revisions may command a somewhat higher upgrade fee. Please add $US3.00 for all International upgrade orders (other than US and Canada). Registrations may be transferred to a new owner for $US8.00 plus original disk and we will send the new owner the latest version in return. Always try to contact us first for the latest upgrade information. DEMO VERSIONS ============= We have public domain demonstration versions of the following products: CROSSWORD CREATOR II WORD SEARCH CREATOR THE CRYPTOGRAPHER CYBERDROME-THE HOVERJET SIMULATOR These demo versions are available for download from GEnie and Compuserve, and the Internet (ftp from atari.archive.u.mich.edu. or other sites). Your local Atari computer user group may also have our demos available from their public domain software library. For the latest version of our demos, send US$5.00 for all four demos. If you later decide to purchase one or more of our products, we'll deduct $5.00 from your purchase price and you may keep the demo disks. That's what we call a "Fair Dinkum" deal! PRODUCT SUPPORT =============== Registered users are entitled to free support via mail, phone or even better, via the Fair Dinkum Technologies product support topic area on GEnie in the ST & Education Category in the Atari RoundTable (CATegory 29, TOPic 4). Registered users are also eligible for the Fair Dinkum quarterly software drawing. Just return your warranty registration card and you are automatically entered! By the way, if you purchased your software directly from Fair Dinkum Technologies, you are AUTOMATICALLY registered and are not required to return your registration card. Of course, we would still appreciate hearing your comments and suggestions. If you have ANY unresolved problems with the use of Fair Dinkum software, we want to hear about it. Kindly give us the opportunity to resolve your problems and we'll do our very best to make you happy. That's what we call our FAIR DINKUM PROMISE. It's one more reason that when you buy software from us, you can have faith in our slogan: "No worries, mate... it's from Fair Dinkum!" After all, "Fair Dinkum" means "truth" and also implies "fairness" and a "good deal" and that's the ONLY way we will conduct our business. SMART PACKAGING =============== All Fair Dinkum commercial software products are now being shipped in attractive yet durable vinyl data folders which provide accessible storage for your disks and manuals while occupying minimal shelf space. For those interested in saving money as well as the environment, Fair Dinkum also offers the "Enviro-Pack". Priced at $US2.00 less than our data folder packaging, it includes only the program manual and disk(s), eliminating all superflous packaging materials. Be budget wise and environmentally aware! Ask for the "Enviro-Pack" and save. USER GROUP DISCOUNTS ==================== We recognize the value of Atari User Groups with frequent special prices for your members. Contact us for details. ORDERING INFORMATION ==================== All Fair Dinkum Technologies products are available at your nearest Atari dealer or direct from Fair Dinkum by mail or telephone. Payment may be made by bank check, money order, MasterCard or Visa in US funds. Credit cards orders may be left on our order line 24 hours: just leave your name, address, phone number, credit card number and expiration date. We try to ship within 24 hours and NEVER charge your card until we do ship. Due to fluctuations in exchange rates and the difficulty and expense in obtaining cashiers checks and money orders in US funds, we strongly encourage our non-US customers to use their Visa or Mastercard as payment. Add $US3 shipping and handling per two items for 2-day priority shipping delivery to the US and First Class shipping to Canada. Overseas customers should add $US10 per two items for air delivery (we will refund any excess postage fees with your order). Deduct $US2.00 per item when requesting our optional "Enviro-Pack" (manuals & disks only) packaging. Dealer, educational institution and user group inquiries are invited. **************************************************** * * * FAIR DINKUM TECHNOLOGIES * * P.O. BOX 2 * * LOS ALAMOS, NM 87544 * * USA * * * * (505)662-7236 voice * * (505)662-3787 fax * * * * Order Line available 24 hours * * * * "No worries, mate... it's from Fair Dinkum!" * * * **************************************************** ============================================================================== Product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Crossword Creator, Word Search Creator, InfoDisk, The Cryptographer, and the Fair Dinkum logo and slogan are trademarks of Fair Dinkum Technologies. Cyberdrome is a registered trademark of Rhea-FX. ============================================================================== 293