Tutorials by Michael White
The first fifteen of these tutorials (Trick of the Trade 1-15) were included in The Arcadian newsletter. The other tutorials were written between 2001 and 2004. All of them were written on a Bally Astrocade using a word processor, extra RAM and a printer.
| Tricks of the Trade #1 | Tricks of the Trade #1 - Introduction and "Repack" review (from pages 24 and 25 of same issue). | Niagara Bug Bulletin Vol. 2, Pg. 27 (and later Arcadian Vol. 7, Pg. 16) | 1 Page |
| Tricks of the Trade #2 | Tricks of the Trade #2 - File searcher BRB, %(20111), DJNZ and For/Next Loops | Niagara Bug Bulletin Vol. 2, Pgs. 32 and 33 (and later Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 17 and 18) | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #3 | Tricks of the Trade #3 - For/Next Loop locking, Autorun (see page 44), BRB Line Input Buffer Callback Routine and Line Erase (Part 1) | Niagara Bug Bulletin Vol. 2, Pgs. 36-38 (and later Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 18-21) | 3 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #4 | Tricks of the Trade #4 - Random Line Erase (Part 2), Carry Over (Part1) | Niagara Bug Bulletin Vol. 2, Pgs. 42 and 43 (and later Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 21-23) | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #5 | Tricks of the Trade #5 - Carry Over (Part 2) [See programs 46-50, 53 and 54], First series closing, Loops (Part 1) | Niagara Bug Bulletin Vol. 2, Pgs. 51 and 52 (and later Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 23-25) | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #6 | Tricks of the Trade #6 - Loops (Part 2) and Direct Sound Port Access | Niagara Bug Bulletin Vol. 3, Pgs. 2 and 3 (and later Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 36 and 37) | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #7 | Tricks of the Trade #7 - Indirect Sound Port Access | Niagara Bug Bulletin Vol. 3, Pgs. 8 and 9 (and later Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 38 and 39) | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #8 | Tricks of the Trade #8 - MO Shift | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 42 and 43 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #9 | Tricks of the Trade #9 - NT Shift and Hide and Surprise (Part 1) | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 48 and 49 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #10 | Tricks of the Trade #10 - Hide and Surprise (Part 2) | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 52 and 53 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #11 | Tricks of the Trade #11 - Hide and Surprise (Part 3), Time Sharing (Part 1) | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 71 and 72 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #12 | Tricks of the Trade #12 - Time Sharing (Part 2) | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 73 and 74 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #13 | Tricks of the Trade #13 - Strings (Part 1 , The Hardware Method) | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 75 and 76 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #14 | Tricks of the Trade #14 - Strings (Part 2, The Math and Bit Split Method) | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 77 and 78 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #15 | Tricks of the Trade #15 - Strings (Part 3, The Directory and Phantom Start Methods) | Arcadian Vol. 7, Pgs. 79 and 80 | 2 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #16 File Search I |
File Search in AstroBASIC - (Advanced AB, Part 1) - The sixteenth tutorial in the series. How to search for files on a cassette tape using Astro BASIC (Part 1), and Taping Tips (Part 1) | Arcadian Vol. 5, Pg. 125 (in shorter, edited form), Available online (in full, unedited form) | 5 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #17 File Search II |
File Search II in AstroBASIC - (Advanced AB, Part 2) - The seventeenth tutorial in the series. How to search for files on a cassette tape using Astro BASIC (Part 2), and Taping Tips (Part 2) | First available online | 6 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #18 Repack |
Repack - (Advanced AB, Part 3) - The eighteenth tutorial in the series. Repack (Part I) for AB and EB | First available online. See also Niagara Bug Bulletin, Vol. 2, Pg. 21, 24 and 25 and Arcadian Vol. 6, Pg. 108 and 109. | 6 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #19 Beyond Repack |
Beyond Repack - (Advanced AB, Part 4) - The nineteenth tutorial in the series. Repack (Part 2), Multiple Loading (Part 1), File Search (Part 3), Bankswitching and BASICarts | First available online | 6 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #20 The Lost 'Tricks' (Part 1) |
The Lost Tricks (Part 1) - (Advanced AB, Part 5) - The twentieeth tutorial in the series. Multiple Loading (Part 2), Menu (Part 1), Cold Start (Part 1), and Interrupt Initialize. Also there are corrections for earlier parts of the series. | First available online | 6 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #21 The Lost 'Tricks' (Part 2) |
The Lost Tricks (Part 2) - (Advanced AB, Part 6) - The twenty-first tutorial in the series. Menu (Part 2), Interrupt Access, and Control Byte Table | First available online | 6 Pages |
| Tricks of the Trade #22 The Lost 'Tricks' (Part 3) |
The Lost Tricks (Part 3) - (Advanced AB, Part 7) - The twenty-second tutorial in the series. Menu Demo (long ML program), and Interrupt Rules and Examples | First available online | 5 Pages |
