ACTION!#
Table of Contents
- ACTION!
- ACTION! source code
- Thanks
- Blogs
- Manuals and Docs
- New ACTION! versions > 3.6
- CAR-Images
- ROM-Images
- Runtimes
- XEX-File
- Mini-LIBs (and/or independant Runtime Parts)
- Functions
- Code
- Tools
- Misc
- Still missing: Graphics Utilities Library and Shape Editor
- Action Articles in Magzines
- Analog
- Antic
- ATARImagazin
- CK Computer Kontakt
- Atari Magazine
ACTION! source code #
at that point AtariWiki must give the highest award possible:
Thanks#
Thank you so much Mr. Parker, we can't thank you enough for what you have done for us.
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Further thank you Alfred from AtariAge for preserving the source code for generations to come. We are deep in your debt.
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Blogs#
Manuals and Docs#
- Action_manual_3rd-revised_edition_2015_by_GBXL.pdf ;The complete Action! manual! Editor, Monitor, Language, Compiler, Library, Run Time, Toolkit. 3rd revised edition 2015 by GoodByteXL
. Highly recommended by the AtariWiki! This is, without any(!) doubt, the very best edition worldwide available. Nobody does it better. Mega-thanks to GoodByteXL for this outstanding work and the many hours of work to the community. We are deep in your debt! Thank you so much. :-)))
- Action-Handbuch-komplett_2016_von_GBXL.pdf ; Das komplette, vollständige, restaurierte und überarbeitete Action!-Handbuch in deutsch! Der totale Hammer, inkl. Editor, Monitor, Language, Compiler, Library, Run Time, Toolkit. Vollständig überarbeitete Version von 2016 von GoodByteXL. So müssen PDF-Dateien aussehen, es gibt weltweit nichts vergleichbares. AtariWiki empfiehlt die PDF-Datei auf das Wärmste! Wer diese nicht lädt, ist selber schuld. Wir bedanken uns an dieser Stelle sehr, sehr herzlich bei GoodByteXL für seine lange andauernde und intensive Arbeit an diesem Werk, dass er hiermit der Atari-Gemeinschaft zur Verfügung stellt. Empfohlen sei auch seine Webseite: GoodByteXL in der immer die neueste Version sowie viele andere interessante Sachen über Atari zu finden sind. GoodByteXL mega-Danke für Deine Arbeit, die Gemeinschaft steht tief in Deiner Schuld. :-)))
- ACTION! Reference Manual
- ACTION! Handbuch (German ACTION! Manual)
- The ACTION! Toolkit
- The ACTION! Run Time Package
- ACTION! Reference Card
- ACTION! error codes
- Action! and BBS Express! PRO Tutorial
- Larry's ACTION! Tutorial
- Aktion mit ACTION - Report about the ACTION! Programming Language from the German Magazin "Happy Computer"
- Step-by-Step Tutorial - How to create a stand-alone ACTION! Program
- How to setup an ACTION! Development Disk
- Action! Bugsheet #3
- Fix for the Bugs in divide in ACTION!
- Fix for Bug in PrintF
- Optimized Systems Software, Inc. - SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
; thanks to Atarimania
New ACTION! versions > 3.6#
- ACTION! greater than version 3.6 ; thanks to JAC! for compiling and fixing the known bugs. Please go ahead with your outstanding work in this, we really appreciate your help and work very much.
CAR-Images#
ROM-Images#
Runtimes#
- OSS_ACTION_Programmers_Aid_Disk_100.atr
- The ACTION! Toolkit.atr
- The Action RunTime Disk-Original.atr protected image copy of the original disk from a good soul from AtariAge
- The ACTION! RunTime Disk.atr unprotected copy of the original disk from a good soul from AtariAge
- Original ACTION! System Runtime Source
- Alternative ACTION! Runtime Source
- ACTION! Runtime von Jeff Reister
- OSS_ACTION_3.6_and_REAL_files_with_DOS_XL_2.30p_Color.atr
- TURBO-DOS_XE_with_ACTION_Disk_1.atr
- TURBO-DOS_XE_with_ACTION_Disk_2.atr
XEX-File#
- ACTION.XEX ; Thanks goes to Peter Dell for making the XEX-file out of the above source code. Peter, we owe you so much, please go ahead! :-)
Mini-LIBs (and/or independant Runtime Parts)#
- _Intro (Eine kleine Einführung zu den Mini-LIBs)
- Simple PRINT Runtime (Mini-LIB)
- ZERO and SETBLOCK (RT Part)
Functions#
- Misc useful ACTION! Functions - (DIVERS.ACT)
- Chartest - a group of routines which perform various functions and tests on characters.
- Fast Screen IO
- Player Missile
- String Library PSC - (STRING.ACT)
Code#
- A pseudo Assembler in ACTION!
- ACTION! Logo ACS
- Atari Fuji Logo in ACTION!
- Atari ST Mouse Driver for ACTION!
- Backtrack in ACTION!
- BASIC USR Machine Language Call Simulation for ACTION!
- Big Symbol Table for ACTION! ACS
- Binary File Load in ACTION!
- Butterfly Demo
- C Style Strings
- Catch and Throw Error Handling ACS
- Catepill unfinished Game with Level editor in ACTION!
- COM File Segment Dump
- Compile to Disk ACS
- Data Entry Routines
- Date Routines - Library of routines supporting the input, storage and manipulation of dates.
- Delete EOL Char in Textfiles
- Displaylist in ACTION!
- DLI in ACTION!
- DOS Setup - A small tool to copy some files from disk to ramdisk. can be configured by a textfile.
- END Procedure - Call prodedure to leave ACTION! Program
- ERROR (Converts SpartaDOS, BeWeDOS and RealDOS error # to readable text)
- Fast Graphics 15 Routines
- Fast Graphics 8 Routines
- File Compare
- File IO Routines
- File Select Box
- File Select Shell
- Game AMAZING in ACTION!
- Grep for Sparta DOS
- HexDump - Dump - Print the contents of binary files in hexadecimal and ATASCII
- Kermit in ACTION!
- Load APL Display-List Files
- Load Font Files in ACTION!
- Load Koala Pictures
- Multi Player Animation
- PERCOM Block Manipulation
- PERCOM Service -- Disk Format Configuration
- Printing Routine for Epson Printer
- Query Console Keys
- SIO CIO Routine
- VTEmulator
- VT52 Terminal Emulator
- Windowing Routines
- OS Vectors
- use RAM under ROM on XL-XE machines
- Symbol table lister ACS
- XFD Disk Transfer tool XFormer Filetransfere
- XModem Filetransfer
- Starburst
- Atari Picture Mirror Tool
- ATARI Rainbow effect
- Access SpartaDOS commandline parameters
- Jump to DOS DUP
- Trackball
- Timer Programming
- MiniDOS
- SourceCodeDisk1 ; SpartaDOS X disk image with ACTION! source code
Tools#
- Action Source Code Formatter
- Infoline for ACTION! and BASIC
- ACTION OBJECT CODE RELOCATION PROGRAM ; Thank you so much Alfred from AtariAge, we all really appreciate your help here again.
- Relocator for ACTION!, relocates ACTION! code to run independent from the code location
- acsterm.txt ; ACSTERM is a terminal emulator for the Atari 800, 800XL, 1200XL and 130XE
- How to find the revision number of ACTION
Misc#
- ACTION! Workshop 1 24. October 2010 "Unperfekthaus" in Essen
- ACTION! Workshop 2 October 2011 "Unperfekthaus" in Essen
- ACTION! Workshop 3 28. October 2012 "Unperfekthaus" in Essen
Still missing: Graphics Utilities Library and Shape Editor#
Now just these two are missing. Any hint, any help is welcome at any time. We would really appreciate your help in that case.
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Action Articles in Magzines#
Analog#
| Title | Issue | Language | Comment |
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| Review Action! | #16 (02/ 84) | en | review |
| An Introduction to ACTION! | #17 + #18 (03+ 04/ 84) | en | tutorial |
| Stars in 3D | #20 (07/ 84) | en | demo |
| Bounce in ACTION! | #20 (07/ 84) | en | game |
| Pulse in ACTION! | #26 (01/ 85) | en | demo |
| More Fun with Bounce! | #27 (02/ 85) | en | game |
| Demon Birds | #28 (03/ 85) | en | game |
| Roto | #31 (06/ 85) | en | game |
| Color the shapes | #32 (07/ 85) | en | game |
| Getting in on the Action! 1 | #32 (07/ 85) | en | ON-LINE Action! Tutorial |
| Getting in on the Action! 2 | #35 (10/ 85) | en | ON-LINE Action! Tutorial |
| Sneak attack | #36 (11/ 85) | en | game |
| Air hockey | #38 (01/ 86) | en | game |
| D-Check | #44 (07/ 86) | en | tool |
| Trails | #50 (01/ 87) | en | |
| ACTION! Zero Free | #54 (05/ 87) | en | tool |
Antic#
| Title | Issue | Language | Comment |
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| Interrupts in ACTION! | Vol. 3 #3 (07/ 84) | en | |
| Demo Pretty | Vol. 3 #7 (11/ 84) | en | demo from Antic I/O-Board |
| SPLASH in ACTION! | Vol. 3 #12 (04/ 85) | en | demo |
| Game AMAZING in ACTION! | Vol. 4 #1 (05/ 85) | en | game |
| View 3D | Vol. 4 #2 (06/ 85) | en | tool |
| Dark Star | Vol. 4 #3 (07/ 85) | en | game:Zapping Aliens With Radioactive Waste |
| Display Master | Vol. 4 #4 (08/ 85) | en | |
| Eight Queens | Vol. 4 #5 (09/ 85) | en | 92 chess solutions in 40 seconds |
| Video Stretch | Vol. 5 #6 (10/ 86) | en | tool |
| Killer Chess | Vol. 6 #10 (02/ 88) | en | game |
| Reardoor | Vol. 6 #10 (02/ 88) | en | game |
| Frog | Vol. 6 #10 (02/ 88) | en | game |
| ACTION! Toolbox | Vol. 7 #6 (10/ 88) | en | Lightning-fast command finder (Wordfind and Matchup) |
ATARImagazin#
| Title | Issue | Language | Comment |
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| Schnelle Vektoren in ACTION! | #1 (1-2/ 87) | ge | tutorial:Action!-Center Teil 1 |
| Schnelle Umwege in ACTION! | #2 (3-4/ 87) | ge | tutorial:Action!-Center Teil 2 |
| Interne Variablen | #3 (5-6/ 87) | ge | tutorial:Action!-Center Teil 3 |
| Was ist dran an Action!? | #4 (7-8/ 87) | ge | tutorial:Action!-Center Teil 4 |
CK Computer Kontakt#
| Title | Issue | Language | Comment |
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| Musik in ACTION | #10/85 | ge | tutorial |
| ACTION! noch schneller | #6-7/86 | ge | tutorial |
Atari Magazine#
| Title | Issue | Language | Comment |
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| ACTION! Deel | nl | A collection of ACTION! Articles |