Compute!’s Gazette, November 1983
Compute!’s Gazette was the one really successful spinoff of Compute! and one of the most popular Commodore 8-bit specific magazines in North America. In 1983 the VIC-20 was still being covered in addition to the new Commodore 64. The November 1983 issue (only the 5th issue) includes:
Features
- Computer Graphics – The Age of Electronic Art
- The Inner World of Computers, Part 1: Binary Numbers
- Getting Started With A Disk Drive, Part 1: The Basics
Games
- Inside View – Programmers Dale Disharoon & Jim Bach
- Chicken Little
- Martian Prisoner
Reviews
- Colorcraft Graphics Animator for VIC and 64
- VIC Preschool Software
- Four Tronix Games For VIC and 64
- Rat Hotel For VIC-20
Education / Home Applications
- Computing For Kids – There’s a Creature in my Computer!
- Munchmath
- VIC Super Expander Graphics
- 64 Aardvark Attack
- 64 Timepiece
- Connect The Dots
Programming
- Introduction to Custom Characters for VIC and 64
- How to Make Custom Characters on the 64
- How to Make Custom Characters on the VIC
- VIC/64 Program Lifesaver
- Understanding Sound on the 64: Part 2
- Merging Programs on the 64
- The Beginner’s Corner – DATA, READ, and RESTORE Statements
- One-Touch Commands for the 64
- Power BASIC – VIC/64 Disk Defaulter
- Machine Language for Beginners – The Assembler
Departments
- The Editor’s Note
- Gazette Feedback
- Simple Answers to Common Questions
- HOTWARE – This Month’s Best Sellers
- VICreations – Animating with Custom Characters
- Horizons: 64
- News & Products
Program Listings
- The Automatic Proofreader
- Bug-Swatter – Modifications & Corrections
- How to Type In COMPUTE!’s Gazette Programs
- Program Listings
…and more!
