Source: K-Power – Issue Number 2 – March 1984
K-Power was a short-lived magazine by Scholastic oriented towards kids and teens but it had a lot of good content.
The March 1984 issue includes:
Features
- Computer Camp-Out – Everything you always wanted to know about camps but were afraid to ask: Where’s a hacker camp in your area, how to be a counselor and get financial aid.
- Famous Hackers In History – The first computer wasn’t the PC, it was the CC (Cave Computer).
- Pinball Bounces Back – Some great computer software (with beeps, buzzers, and bounce) show that flippers are still flapping in living rooms everywhere.
- Computer Rock & Scroll – A roundup of the latest music software for your computer. Plus, the Talking Heads talk music software.
- Will Harvey & His Music Construction Set – Meet the creator of the most talked-about music software around.
- Program Along With Joey Ramone – Joey visited K-Power offices and gave us the go-ahead to program his song “Slug” into the computer. Play it!
Programming
- Hacker Heaven – There’s a program here for your computer.
- Programs – Boooo-o, snore, or ha-ha. What kind of audience response will Your Comedy Debut get?
- Pixel That! – Pick up the tricks of the computer art trade for your C 64.
- Puzzle Power – A puzzling ancient disk game that makes you think twice.
Products
- Screening Room – Software reviews, strategy, and the latest in new products.
- Rating Game – Reviews and views on Murder by the Dozen, Major League Hockey, Repton, Murder on the Zinderneuf, and more.
- Strategy – Aaaaargh! It’s The Bilestoad!
- Rising Stars – Preview the Timex 2068 and meet Chip, the stuffed computer.
Departments
- Editor’s Note
- Compuzine – K-Power’s computer-news mag.
- Scrolling in Dough – It’s breezy and warm for 18-year-old weatherman Lee Smith.
- Silicon Alley – Ready for the hottest scoops from the Valley?
- Dr. Kursor’s Klinic – Which computers have music capabilities; how a light pen works.
- K-Net – K-Power’s network talks about the coming computer age.
- Contest – Send us a 10-line encoder/decoder program, and win a K-Power T-shirt!
- Graphics Gallery – K-Power’s computer-generated centerfold poster. “Ed’s Synapse” by Mike Newman.
