Atari Journal

The J or Journal series is another public domain series published by an Atari magazine. Atari PD Journal or later Atari Journal was somewhat unique though because the magazine had a heavy emphasis on public domain. Each issue featured „the catalogue“, where public domain programs were reviewed on one or more pages. New additions to the big public domain series were featured in the magazine as well. The emphasis on public domain was toned down in later years. Atari Journal ceased publication with issue 01/93.

Disk series: Journal

Journal 201 J 201
  • Brainwave 1.0
    Very good, universal learning program with files on various topics. Three question types are available: Simple text questions, multiple-choice questions and picture questions, to which a picture is additionally displayed.
Journal 202 J 202
  • Mensa I
  • Dr. Freud
    Game for 1-4 persons. You have to find your way through the four stages of life and learn a lot from the field of psychology.
  • Darts-Counter
    For the accounting of the games 301, 501, 1001 and Highscore
  • Mensa II
Journal 203 J 203
  • HD-Info 1.0
    Shows the free space on the hard disk. Display either by numerical values or by a graph (pie chart or bar chart). In a further menu all partitions are shown at a glance. Can be installed as program or as an accessory.
  • FLAG_1_4 3.20
    Sets the Fastload flag and also allows the use of the Fast RAM in the TT (TOS 1.4 or higher).
  • HP-Desk 2.11
    Hardcopy driver for HP-DeskJet. Numerous options and good user interface. Image contents can be stored as IMG file (clipboard support). Resident program.
  • HPDESK 2.00
    HPDESK, a program for setting up the HP-Deskjet 500 and printing ASCII text.
Journal 209 J 209
  • ST-Tetris 1.6
    Two players can compete against each other at the same time, one plays with the keyboard, the other with the joystick. With digitalised title music. From a total of 15 levels, only the first eight can be set directly. Levels 9-15 must be fought for. Programming in C. With storable highscore table.
  • Space Manager 3000
    By skillful purchasing and selling of trade goods an own Galaxy will be developed. The capital comes from the space lottery.
  • Lotto 6 aus X 1.20
    For up to three players. Simulates winning odds and creates a separate highscore list for each level. In this shareware version, the game will be interrupted after 15 minutes.
  • Leitung & Rohrbruch
    Two games of skill that train the ability to combine
Journal 210 J 210
  • Aua 1.08
    Medicinal herbs database. For a wide range of ailments, an effective antidote in the form of a medicinal herb can be found quickly.
  • Omen 2.52
    Numerology. Each name, coded in numbers, contains information about the purpose and character of the carrier (person or thing). Names, initials and birthday are evaluated and converted into outputs.
  • Vital 5.02
    Contains nutritional values from about 80 different foods. In addition to calories, proteins and polyunsaturated fatty acids are also listed, the minerals calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and iron and also vitamins A, E, B1, B2, niacin and C.
  • Gift? 2.14
    Data collection on colorants, preservatives, antioxidants and stabilizers. The program indicates e.g. for e-substances their origin, products, effects and side effects.
  • Ausgaben 2.01
    Tool for recording daily expenses so that you know where the money has gone at the end of the month.
Journal 211 J 211
  • TT-James 1.0
    TT-James is a helpful utility for the Print-Technik Teletext decoder and the stock exchange program JAMES (in version V 3.0x).
  • Ataxx 1.0
    Board game with elements of checkers, halma and reversi. Implementation of the arcade game. Easy to learn.
  • 17 und 4
    Simple conversion of the well-known card game
  • Diskdoktor
    Restores deleted files on floppy and hard disk
  • XGrafLib
  • IXPlus
    Sliding game. Not very easy.
  • M1 Sound
    Loads and saves sound banks to be sent to the Korg M1 keyboard. Dump requests of the M1 are displayed
Journal 212 J 212
  • Terminal 2000 1.52
    Used for data transfer between the Atari and the pocket computer Sharp PC-1403. The hardware can be found in the magazine c't (issues 3 and 5, 1989). It is an RS-232 interface with driver program for the Sharp.
  • Briefdruck 2.2D
    Program or accessory for fast and easy envelope printing. The sender and recipient can be entered in two windows
  • Call TTP 1.0
    Facilitates the use of TTP programs. A larger input line is available to the user. Transfer parameters are not automatically converted to upper case. Input or output can be redirected to a file, etc. (HD recommended).
  • Codierer 1.83
    Used to encode files. Each file can be encoded by two different encoding types.
  • GFA-BLK 1.0
    Serves to cut out any image blocks. These can be saved afterwards as LST- or inline file for further use in GFA-Basic. The program or accessory also knows different graphic formats
  • Star LC 24 Help 2.10
    Enables the individual and comfortable adjustment of the Star LC 24 and LC 10 dot matrix printers.
Journal 213 J 213
  • Vokus 1.1
    Learning program for vocabulary and whole sentences. For each vocabulary there are three meanings and a note available. Each line can contain up to 60 characters.
Journal 214 J 214
  • Dateiverwaltung
    Used for archiving a collection of disks. Up to eight different sections are possible, four of which are preset by the PD series ST, J, V and 2000. Up to 10 programs with 40 characters each can be entered for each disk. Each program can be defined in more detail by a description of maximum 73 characters. In addition a flag can be set for b/w, color, joystick and 1 MB. With search and statistics functions.
  • Einkommensteuer 1990 1.0
    For the creation of the wage tax year adjustment 1990 or for the income tax return. Almost all tax cases are processed, except the rarely occurring separate assessment. Output of the result on the screen or printer in the form of a tax assessment. Depending on the scope of the entries, two additional DIN A 4-page explanatory texts are output. In some cases, references are given to tax benefits found by the program, which are only granted on application. Limitations of the present version: Only one case can be stored on the disk. It is not possible to print it on the forms of the tax office.
Journal 215 J 215
  • Oxyd II
    Game. With new tiles, clever gags and exciting game options. Can be played in two player mode via modem in addition to MIDI. Without manual 10 levels are supported
Journal 216 J 216
  • Spacola
    A game where you travel through the galaxy as a salesman.
Journal 217 J 217
  • Video-Archiv-Box 2.0
    Used to manage video cassettes. The remaining time can be determined by entering the playing time of the cassette and the length of the title. Different recording modes (SP and LP) are also taken into account. The remaining time can also be displayed graphically. Additional functions: Search for a cassette with a specific remaining time, print labels, and output lists.
  • SQ555
    Utility designed for removable media drives, as not all hard disk drivers detect the change of a medium properly. A program start in KAOS is suppressed.
  • Bero Disk Utilities 1.0
    Utility for copying, formatting and editing disks. When formatting, the number of sectors for the directory and for the FAT can be entered manually. An integrated disk monitor is used for editing single tracks, but it also works with logical sectors. The copy function allows to duplicate protected disks
  • Präsident-Converter 1.0
    Converts special characters for the President 63xx and compatible printers
  • LQ-Präsident 2.0
    Prints texts on the President 63xx in any quality and font.
  • TVP 0.97
    Simple text editor with functions for changing font attributes, block and print functions. Texts can be displayed left- and right-aligned or centered
Journal 218 J 218
  • HASCS - Das Geheimnis von Midgard
    Role playing game. Strange things are happening in the medieval capital Midgard. The king of the country has asked you for help. You have to look around the royal palace and the city and try to discover all the secrets. You will find many enemies and few friends.
Journal 219 J 219
  • Yeti's Uhr
  • Piano-Master 1.6
    Piano simulation for playing simple pieces of music. The pieces can be edited afterwards or printed out.
  • Show PIC/Dia-Show
    Extended version of the program Show PAC (J 147). In addition to the compressed images of the painting program STAD (PAC format), images in the PI3, DOO and IMG formats are now also loaded.
  • Top10
    Manages the positions of the current hits in the charts from the USA, England and Germany. The information is displayed in the form of a graph.
  • ToToTip 1.11
    Serves to fill out and evaluate normal Toto tickets (11er bet). A betting suggestion is given based on the 'tendency to bet' (from the Lotto/Toto lucky magazine). In order to consider weaker teams.
  • 1st Image
    Images in PI3, PAC, DOO and IMG format can be loaded and a section of them can be saved in IMG format. Since the program can also be installed as an accessory, it is suitable as a supplement to word processors with graphic integration, e.g. 1st Word Plus
Journal 220 J 220
Journal 221 J 221
  • Miniwert 1.01
    Lists gross sales and extracts the sales tax contained therein.
  • ABC 2.51
    Anti bacteria condom. Serves as a precaution against link viruses by changing all extensions (previous viruses look for PRG, ACC, TOS). The new extensions are automatically marked as executable in the desktop info, so that they can still be started normally.
  • Fußball ST 2.21
    Manages match results, tables, goal scorers, spectator numbers of the Bundesliga and evaluates them graphically. With the data of the season 90/91 and 91/92
  • Kreh-Orakel
    Kreh Oracle is a supplementary game to the HASCS II adventure “Agents of the Duke.” Here you will find all the solutions. Can also be played as a standalone game.
Journal 222 J 222
Journal 223 J 223
  • Medizin 1.16
    The program provides information on ingredients, usage and side effects of 472 over-the-counter drugs. If the symptoms are indicated, the program will display a suitable medication.
  • SEQU 1.00a
    Sequential database with mask editor, many field types and calculation function. With sample databases (addresses and recipes).
Journal 224 J 224
  • Chronos 1.24
    Chronos is a shareware calender and dating system for the Atari ST.
  • TM
    Engineering mechanics
  • Brüche
    Math learning program for fractions
Journal 225 J 225
Journal 226 J 226
Journal 227 J 227
  • ST-Up 1.5
    Automatic start of programs at boot time (only TOS from 1.4 on).
  • Victor
    Determines the coordinates of graphic pixels in screen format images
  • DiskView 1.0
    Formats floppy disks. Creates folders, searches and deletes unnecessary files on the hard disk
  • Tabwrite 1.01
    Editor especially for short texts that should also contain lines, e.g. tables and diagrams
  • FileSELector 1.3
    File sector with new possibilities, e.g. displaying the tree structure, several extensions at the same time
  • Iconix 1.0
    Turns parts of screen format images into icons for Phoenix (ICO)
  • Let'em fly 1.12a
    System extension: - Flying dialogs: Many dialogs are made flyable. With this you can make hidden things visible. Also the alert boxes can fly now. - Keyboard operability of dialogs: Many dialogs can now be operated by keyboard. - Additional editing features: If a dialog contains editable input fields, additional editing functions are provided.  Among others, the GEM clipboard is supported and a history of the last 20 entries is maintained. - new alert boxes with new icons: The visual appearance of the alert boxes has been revised. They are now only as big as they really need to be. Furthermore you can reload new icons. - Grow-/Shrinkboxes can be switched off
Journal 228 J 228
Journal 229 J 229
  • Alien Patrol
    Alien Patrol is a vertically scrolling shooting game in which the player follows a three-lane highway with a jet bike. Various obstacles, bottlenecks, oncoming vehicles and minelayers are a constant danger to the player, but they can be avoided or fought with the onboard cannon.
  • Caleban
  • Little Wing
Journal 230 J 230
Journal 231 J 231
  • Mimama/XForm_Do 2.0
    eXtended form-do() library. Extensive library for creating dialogs with buttons, hotkeys and comfortable input fields. The dialogs can be moved.
  • STAD to RCS 1.1
    Converts a STAD graphic into an icon for RSC files.
  • 1st Konvert 1.04
    Converts ASCII files to 1st Word format. The different types of spaces are taken into account, so that the documents can be formatted in 1st Word. MS-DOS text files can also be transferred correctly by the 'ß' conversion.
  • Code 2/5 Interleaved
    Label printing with barcode for marking goods.
  • Minitool
    Schedule management, label printing. Display of texts and pictures, playback of music in X32 format
Journal 232 J 232
  • Bilddruck 1.30
    Prints images (Screen, STAD, IMG and unpacked Degas) on HP-Deskjet and compatible printers, e.g. Laserjet. Rotate 90 degrees for landscape printing possible
  • Textdruck 1.02
    Printing of documents; also solves a problem when using the HP Deskjet 500
  • LEARN02
    This program is a further development of VOK - the universal vocabulary trainer. Although its programming is rather simplified, the didactic concept makes much more sense. With this program, you can retrieve complex learning contents without any help after having summarized them on index cards beforehand. Each index card has a title for which certain contents are entered.
  • GAGACC
    The mouse pointer gets a certain momentum of its own.
Journal 233 J 233
  • ISAM 0.11
    Index sequential interface in and for GFA-Basic 3.x
  • Dia 1.3
    Slide management for max. 100.000 slides in 1.000 slide boxes
Journal 234 J 234
  • Briefmarke ST 1.1
    Manages your stamp collection, with evaluation of collector value and stamp search function
  • Fast-Fourier-Analyse 0.6
    Scientific program, especially for students of electrical engineering, physics or mathematics.
  • EdiTeX 1.2
    Text editor for processing TeX documents, including import and conversion of Wordplus documents
Journal 235 J 235
  • 3D-Edit & Run
    Creates three-dimensional rotation bodies that can be moved in space as desired. Animation scenes can also be generated
Journal 236 J 236
Journal 237 J 237
  • Sqyrrel 1.0
    Bank loader for Yahama QY10. With 16 Christmas carols (also in Notator format).
Journal 238 J 238
  • Meta-Bit 1.1d
    With META-BIT, GEM standard vector graphics (metafiles, *.GEM) can be edited within certain limits and then saved as raster graphics of any size. The following formats are available: GEM-VDI IMG, TIFF, ZSoft PCX, Screen (PIC), Degas monochrome uncompressed, PaintShop Compressed and STAD-PAC.
  • Topas 0.9
    Game similar to the classic Archon
Journal 239 J 239
  • Tau 2.01
    DBMAN database application for managing texts and literature
Journal 240 J 240
  • Tetris
    Tetris variation, with source in C
  • 1. Liga
    Administration of the tables of the 1st German Football League for the 1991/92 season
  • Gruben
    Strategy game
  • ST-Init
    Auto Folder program. Disabling the keyboard click. Boot sector scan for viruses etc.
  • Snake
    A snake winds its way through life, looking for food. But sometimes it bites its own tail or bumps into a wall, which is not good for you.
  • Mini-Mal
    Drawing program with integrated sprite editor.
Journal 241 J 241
  • LQ 550 1.1
    Printer setting for Epson LQ 550.
  • Quick Paint 1.1
    Paint program. Animation part with color animations and creation of 3D objects.
  • Bandmanager 1.1
    Manages band data, organizer, performances, repertoire and contracts in a Phoenix database
  • Grapher (Omikron Utility)
    Creation of OMIKRON.BASIC graphics by entering any values
  • Understatement
    Reaction game. Try to hit twenty consecutive boxes with the mouse arrow so that they burst. One box then follows the next.
  • AL-Lib
    Useful procedures for Omikron Basic.
  • CD/LP-Manager 1.00
    File management for CDs, LPs, MCs, and DATs.
  • Ersatzwiderstandsberechnung 2.00
    Dieses Programm berechnet die Ersatzwiderstände aus der E6- oder E12-Normreihe für einen beliebigen Widerstandswert in Reihen- oder Parallelschaltung.
Journal 242 J 242
  • Selectric 1.01
    Fileselector with many features
  • Cellular InterActions 1.10
    CIA is a spreadsheet program with many functions and display options. CIA works with up to four interconnected tables simultaneously, in which mathematical and statistical calculations can be performed. CIA supports mathematical operators, system variables, pi, Euler's number, and formulas for calculating sums, arithmetic means, standard deviations, binomial coefficients, dates, annuities, repayment rates, interest rates, and much more.
Journal 243 J 243
  • Roled 1.0
    ROLED runs on any ST (512 KB or higher) with monochrome monitor and is an editor for the PATCH, PART, TIMBRE and TONE areas. On the synthesizer the "Exclusive Unit No." must be set to 17.
  • Money 0.9
    Game for 1-3 players. Trading and stock exchange speculation.
Journal 244 J 244
Journal 245 J 245
  • Key Desktop 1.0
    With Key Desktop you can now also control the menu functions with the old TOS 1.x via keyboard. It is also possible to open drives with the keyboard.
  • Ultris
    Ultris is a Tetris variant for high ST resolution. Your task is to make sure that the falling stones form horizontal rows. For this purpose you can turn and move the falling stones.
  • Vokabel-Trainer (Stiegler) 1.0
    A vocabulary trainer, which allows the input and checking of vocabulary both randomly and in sequence, as well as according to the Ebbinghaus method!
  • Calcus 3.09
    Processing small amounts of data and creating diagrams and tables
Journal 246 J 246
  • DS-Pro
  • Tempelmon 2.01
    Monitor/debugger. Also for STE/TT. The latest version 2.01 of the Monitor/Debugger by Thomas Tempelmann. Highly recommended for all developers.
  • VS-Kiste
    Budget version of V-Kiste (J 165) for managing videos
Journal 247 J 247
  • Vocman 3.75
    Extensive vocabulary program. Manages several possible translations for vocabulary.
Journal 248 J 248
  • Ökotego
    Ökotego is an environmental game in which the interaction of different factors should be included in the decision-making process. This requires 'networked thinking', which can be practiced with Ökotego. The user should increase the quality of life and stabilize the living environment by influencing production, environmental protection, education, etc. by assigning action points.
  • QY10-132 1.02
    Drum pattern development program for the Yamaha pocket sequencer QY 10
  • Beta Tau
    Action game (successor to Eiskalt and Eiskalt II)
Journal 249 J 249
  • Mit Links
    MITLINKS is a spelling program for your child(ren) that combines learning with fun and games in an optimal way. To increase motivation, there is a JOKER game from time to time, in which 2-4 times the score of a correctly guessed word can be achieved. From time to time there is a RISK game, which rewards the player with 100 additional points, but also subtracts 100 points if the player fails.
  • 1st Mathe
    Calculation learning program for children with simple addition and subtraction chains
  • 1st Note
    DTP for musicians. Notation with two font sizes, full page display and chord function. Midiplay of the current music score is possible.
  • DiaSlide 3.2
    Presentation program for PIC images with 13 different transition effects
  • Rechenschlumpf
    Educational program for children who learn counting and basic arithmetic through play.
Journal 250 J 250
Journal 251 J 251
Journal 252 J 252
  • Autodesk
    Choice of different desktop configurations.
  • That's Write Lister 1.0
    Searches all TW files in the selected path and shows various information about them
  • Filltext
    Demonstrates the functions Deftext and Deffill
  • Maths 7-10
    Four math learning programs for students in grades 7-10.
  • Stoppuhr
    The ST turns into an electronic stopwatch
  • Reaktion
    Two simple games to measure reaction time.
Journal 253 J 253
  • Makeindex (Münch)
    Makeindex creates a sorted index table from the IDX file that TeX creates, which can be directly included into TeX. And: the umlauts are sorted correctly! Prerequisite: they must be entered as "a, "s etc.
  • IconEdi 3.07
    Editor for designing icons
  • SetClipboard
    This is a GEM-application that allows YOU to specify where the clipboard should be. You start it once, set the paths and a CPX-file is created that makes nothing but setting the clipboard when started. This is done after the first reset.
Journal 254 J 254
  • Vandal
    Government game
  • Blinex 1.10
    BLINEX will convert between 4 different ASCII fonts, remove unwanted blank lines and blank characters.
  • Kalender (CPX) 1.0
    KALENDER.CPX provides you with a monthly calendar in the control panel window. The month and year can be freely selected.  Use the mouse to navigate through the calendar. All public holidays are listed (but not every day is a public holiday in every state).
  • Disk Formatter 1.0
    Formatting in the background.
Journal 255 J 255
  • Startext 2.1
    Powerful word processor with dictionary, spell checker and much more
  • Karteiprogramm 3.0
    Card index box, with possibility to write letters (also serial letters)
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