Compute! (October 1988)

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Source: Compute! – Issue Number 101 – October 1988

In 1988, PCs were already starting to dominate but Apple IIs were still popular in schools, the Commodore 64 still popular in the home and 16-bit computers like the Amiga and Atari ST were still competing. Compute! was still covering all of these machines in 1988. The October 1988 issue includes:

Features

    • Measuring Up on the Machine: How Does Your School Rate? – Are your children getting the computer education they deserve and need? Find out by taking this fascinating 15-question test.
    • All for One, and One for All – Integrated software puts it all together – word processor, spreadsheet, database, and more. We evaluate four packages perfect for the home and office.
    • Closet Computers – Put that old computer to work! Guard your home, run robots, scan the shortwave, make money, and do more.
    • Buyer’s Guide – Science Fiction Games: These 64 out-of-this-world games zip you into the future. Have aliens taken control of your computer?

Reviews

  • Fast Looks
  • Jam Session
  • PaperClip Publisher
  • Sons of Liberty
  • Jumping Math Flash
  • Thunderchopper
  • Apple II GEOS
  • The Music Studio 2.0
  • Pit of a Thousand Screams
  • New World Combo

Columns

    • Editorial License – Put a computer in every classroom – on the teacher’s desk – if you want to really get results.
    • News & Note – Tandy touts its new computers, RAM price rampage may be over, and software that simulates the brain.
    • Gameplay – The best adventure games have characters that treat you just like you treat them.
    • Impact – A computer paradox: The weaker the computer, the more you have to be a techno-wiz.
    • Discoveries – We’ve done it. We’ve put computers on kids’ desks and have gotten teachers excited about technology. What’s next?
    • Levitations – Our columnist goes digging – in his own office. Will he return from the junk-mail jungle?
    • Letters – You opine on our opinions.
  • New Products! – Ghost blows bubbles, Amazon arcade acts contrary, kids turn to publishing, and more new products.

Compute! Specific

  • MS-DOS
  • 64 & 128
  • Apple II
  • Amiga
  • Macintosh
  • Atari ST

…and more!

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