Floppyshop

Disks in the post

For those of us old enough to remember Floppyshop, you will be pleased to hear that Chris Swinson has brought to life their entire catalogue. That's right, it's all here. And, unlike the old days, everything is completely free of charge!! All that is required is nothing more than a click of the mouse to relive the PD days.

Each disk is split into the original 16 categories, and I'm currently hitting the games. How predictable of me!

Art & Graphics / Astrology / Clip Art / Communication / Demos / Disk Mags / Educational / Fonts / Games / Programming / Midi / Music / Product Demos / Sound / Utils / Word Processing

Everything you once saw advertised in the latest issue of ST Format is now available to download. Kudos to Chris for supplying this service. I've already downloaded tons of disks, and I hope you guys do too :-)

NetUS-Bee

Lotharek has done it again!

I've received my latest gadget from Lotharek, the NetUSBee. This awesome piece of hardware slots into the ST's expansion port to provide the option for fast Ethernet networking and two modern USB ports.

I've connected a USB mouse (worked a treat), but at the moment, there are no more USB devices to use. I hope this changes because the potential is huge. Using a modern mouse is nice, but I'm really looking forward to getting the ST connected to my home network. I've already been able to access my FTP file server. Later, I shall attempt to configure STinG and get my Atari ST on the internet using CAB - so wish me luck.

I look forward to future drivers getting more out of this. How do you guys use yours?

NetUSBee is a fantastic product and is built like a tank!

Vaxine

Contaminated box art

It is time for more awesome box art from my own collection, with US Gold's fantastic voyage into the human body. It's a familiar 3D shooter set within a unique environment, and The Assembly Line always developed great games, but with Vaxine, they even made use of the enhanced hardware lurking inside Atari STe: glorious technicolour visuals, and DMA samples, which are a substantial improvement.

I've enjoyed playing this because it feels like a weird dream. Very different and addictive!!

Floppies can be found at Atari Legend, and 8BitChip has a hard drive game!