Science & Electronics
May/June 1981

INPUT/OUTPUT DEPT.
[Their "Letters to the Editor" column, and BTW [comments] are mine]
By Hank Scott


"FOR BALLY ARCADE USERS"

Q. Is there a group or club that supplies info on the Bally Arcade?
 - W.N., Irving, TX

A. When I first read your letter, I said, "No way!"  But I did look into it and 
discovered "The Cursor Group" headed up by Fred Cornett.  I discovered that the 
Bally Arcade used a beefed-up version of Palo Alto BASIC to include analog-to-
digital conversion [for the knob?], 3-voice music synthesier [sp.], 156 x 128 
[oh,yeah?] resolution with up to 256 colors and complex accessible graphics.  
Also the manufacturer did not make the user aware of Peek n' Poke, floating 
point decimal math, machine language, bootstrap [? - OK, that one I forgot 
about], etc.  The Cursor Group sells its monthly newsletter for $18.95 for one 
year, $9.75 for six months, and $2.00 for a sample copy.  Look into it.


[Transcribed by Richard Degler]