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  • Info, Issue Number 15, July / August 1987

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    The July / August 1987 issue of Info for Commodore 8-bit and Amiga computers



    Info covered most of Commodore’s major computers starting with the Commodore 64 and eventually graduating to the Amiga. It was unique in that it was produced on the computers that it covered. The July/August 1987 issue includes:

    Departments

    • 8-bit Gallery
    • 16-bit Gallery
    • INFO: A Short History
    • Editors’ Page
    • Reader Mail
    • Magazine Index
    • News & Views
    • New Products
    • Sound Advice
    • Network Wars
    • Midnite Software Gazette
    • Double-Take
    • Advertiser Index
    • Back-Issues
    • Win an Amiga

    Features

    • Interview: Anne Westfall
    • C.H.U.M.P. Magazine
    • The INFO Survival Guide

    Reviews

    • 1764 RAM Expander
    • Fleet System 4
    • 1581 Disk Drive
    • TDI Modula 2
    • Supra Hard Drive
    • Commodore Suspenders

    …and more!


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  • Commodore: The MicroComputer Magazine (August/September 1982)

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    Commodore: The Microcomputer Magazine was an early publication put out by Commodore for their various computers. In 1982 it was covering primarily the VIC-20 and the Commodore PET line. However, the Commodore 64 was also just being released about the same time this issue hit the stands. Here are some highlights of the August/September 1982 issue:

    Commodore News

    • ”Easy” Spreadsheet Programs
    • Telecommunications with VIC 20 / VICMODEM
    • SuperPET Update

    Education

    • School Offers Instruction in Computer Literacy
    • Running a Completely Automated Experiment by Microcomputer

    Business

    • Income Tax Practitioner Praises Commodore Tax Package
    • A Case History: Moving Company Implements CBM System

    VIC 20

    • The VIC Magician
    • Enhanced Business Forms on the VIC 20

    Programmer’s Tips

    • Line Finder
    • Introduction to the Machine Language Monitor
    • BASIC Programming on the Commodore 64
    • Conversion Tutor
    • Recovering BASIC on the PET / CBM
    • Sorting Tips
    • Commodore Disk Drive on an Old ROM PET

    Excerpts From a Technical Notebooks

    • Faster than a Speeding Cathode Ray
    • Deriving Mathematical Functions

    Product Review

    • Silicon Office

    Butterfield on Commodore

    Book Review

    • PET Graphics

    …and more!




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  • Zzap! (August 1989)

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    The August 1989 issue of Zzap!



    How I wish we’d had a magazine like this in the U.S. I greatly enjoyed Run, Commodore Magazine and video game magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment but a Commodore 64 gaming magazine would have been amazing. Zzap! was such a beast and long running too but alas published in the U.K. The August 1989 issue includes:

    Two-Face Features

    • Randy’s Life Story – Part 2! – The uncut version – sensitive readers should close their eyes when reading this!
    • Batmania – A history of the Caped Crusader from his 1930s origin to the mega-hyped film and latest computer game.
    • A Free Bat-Poster! – We’ve seen the future and it will be…
    • Psygnosis Special – Discover all about Liverpool’s finest software house and see the first screenshots of the amazing BEAST.

    Catwoman Comps

    • Phone The Angel Of Death! – Hewson are giving away loadsa fab goodies in our Hotline comp.
    • Draw A Super Piccy… – …And win SCULPT 4D from Psygnosis.
    • Dig Those Prizes, Man – Some great Indiana Jones prizes on offer from US Gold.

    Gotham Games

    • Citadel – Martin Walker’s pudding is ready to consume.
    • Astaroth – Admire the beautiful scenery in Empire’s fab Amiga arcade adventure.
    • The New Zealand Story – A cute kiwi aims to rescue his friends in this superb Ocean coin-op conversion.

    Robin Regulars

    • The Word – All the hottest news in town including details of two amazing new handheld consoles.
    • Lloyd’s Rrap – Lloyd ignores the insults, claims all the praise and laughs so much at the jokes his bag almost falls off.
    • Here Comms Randy – More manic modem fun as Randy interviews the Editor of Compunet and reveals the best ZZAP! log comp entries.
    • Norman Nutz – The mad professor goes on a journey to Flatheadia and gets a sense of deja vu too.
    • Strategy – Field Commander Hogg reviews the latest tactical treats from PSS and CDS.
    • Scores – Old rustbucket adds some new games to his list.
    • Walker’s Final Way – Boo hoo, sob, it’s the mad axeman’s last diary installment.
    • Classifieds – For Sale: One Rottweiler, likes Pedigree Chum and absolutely loves children.
    • Zzuperstore – Joysticks, games, ZZAP! back issues…they’re all here at bargain prices.
    • Cor Blimey! – Reviews of all the latest cut-price software.
    • Tips Oot For The Ladz – By popular demand Randy reveals the complete Dragon’s Lair solution.
    • Previews – Be whipped into a frenzy by the two new Indiana Jones games and take a peek at the very latest Virgin shoot-em up, Gemini Wing.

    …and more!


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