Info – Issue Number 6

Source: Info – Issue Number 6

Info was not only dedicated to Commodore computers but also produced on them. The Commodore 64 early on and later on, the Amiga. For some reason this issue doesn’t have a cover date but it is probably from some time in late 1984 or early 1985. It includes:

Departments

Gallery – Color screen shots and brief descriptions of recent games, including Pole Position, Pitstop II, On-Court Tennis, International Soccer, Gumball, The Castles of Doctor Creep, The Scrolls of Abadon, Gridtrap, Pathwords, Monty Plays Scrabble, Trivia Fever, Murder by the Dozen, and more.

Editor’s Page – About Info’s special product round-up issues as well as a look at what is going on in other Commodore magazines.

Reader Mail – Reader comments about the Indus GT disk drive and copy protection.

News & Views: CES Edition – A look at what’s new with Commodore at the Consumer Electronics Show. The big new thing is the Commodore 128. The Commodore LCD Portable is also shown but never released. Also, a look at what is going on with Atari and other computer makers.

News & Views: Hard Drives & Protecto – Info’s experience ordering a Commodore B-128 super system from Protecto. Also, a look at three hard drives: the Lt. Kernel (10MB to 80MB), the CSI S110C (10MB) and the Genesis (25MB).

Reviews

The Word Processor – The King James Bible on disk (8 disk to be exact).

Bearcat Scanner – A review of the Compuscan 2100.

Comal 2.01 – An implementation of the Comal programming language for the Commodore 64.

The Print Shop – A review of one of the most popular applications on the Commodore 64.

Aerobics – Software to guide your exercise routine.

Features

Is There a Hard Drive in Your Future? – A look at hard drives, how they work, and what they are good for.

Let Your Fingers do the Walking – A guide to telecomputing, including some ARPANET history, they types of commercial services available, and the things that you can do on them.

Introduction to Assembly Language – Learn to program using assembly language on your Commodore 64.

Whither CP/M? – Commodore promised a CP/M cartridge for the Commodore 64 when it was released but took a long time to deliver. By the time it was released (along with the Commodore 128 with its CP/M mode), CP/M was really pretty much dead as an OS as far as any new development was concerned.

Home-Made Money – Business ideas to make money with your computer. This was surprisingly easy in the days before everyone had a computer…and the Internet came along.