Hardcore Computing, Issue Number 1
Hardcore Computing was a technically oriented magazine primarily for Apple II users. It was controversial for its emphasis on circumventing copy protection. The first issue includes:
- Publisher’s Message – “What I need is a user’s magazine”
- Editorial – Censorship in computer magazines
- Alert – The cold, hard chains of the software industry
- Interview – With Dave Alpert of Omega Software about the censorship of Locksmith
- Review – The 3 leading bit copy programs
- Adventure Tips – Clues to some adventures
- Notes – Newsworthy items
- Librarian – A list of computer magazines
- Digest – Using both sides of the disk
- Green Apples – Program: ink blots
- CHR$(4) – DiskEdit your catalog (disk directory)
- Writer’s Markets – Where to market your software
- Disklocks – Copy-protect your own disks!
- Tricks and Bombs – Beware of these!
- Copy The Uncopyables – Feature article
…and more!
