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  • Computist (March 1987)

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    Source: Computist – Issue Number 41 – March 1987

    Computist (later Hardcore Computist) was a long running magazine for the Apple II line of computers. It was technically oriented and much of its coverage involved how to remove copy protection from commercial disks. The March 1987 issue includes:

    Softkeys

    • The Periodic Table
    • Gemstone Warrior
    • Inferno
    • Frogger

    Features

    • A two drive patch for Winter Games – Are you tired of always flipping the disk over with Winter Games? This article tells you how to beat Epyx at their own game.
    • Customizing the speed of a Duodisk – This is an expansion of William Wingfield Jr.’s article which shows you how to easily and accurately adjust the speed of your duodisk.
    • Roll the presses part two: Printshop Printer Drivers – Do you have a printer not supported by Printshop? Or, maybe you just want to know more about the inner workings of this program. If so, this article is for you.

    Core

    • The games of 1986 in review – This month, we look at the first half of the adventure games of 1986.

    Departments

    • Input
    • Readers’ Softkey & Copy Exchange
      • Scholastic’s Story Maker
      • Codewriter’s Adventure Writer
      • Highlands’ Mummy’s Curse
      • Datasoft’s Zaxxon
      • The Quest
      • Activision’s Pitfall II and H.E.R.O.

    …and more!





  • Computer Warehouse (1985)

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    Source: Commodore Power Play – December 1984/January 1985

    Sure, there wasn’t an internet to speak of in 1985 but there were still plenty of places like today’s Newegg to order your computer stuff from. You just had to pick up a phone and call.

    The above ad is from the December 1984/January 1985 issue of Commodore Power/Play and is for one of many such places in the 1980s called Computer Warehouse. A Commodore 64 and disk drive would cost you over $400 then (and really, what other kind of computer would you want?) but prices would fall quickly over the next couple of years.


     


  • Compute! (November 1982)

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    Source: Compute! – Issue Number 30 – November 1982

    Compute! was one of the first and most successful multi-format computer magazines. In late 1982, it was covering primarily systems from Commodore, Apple and Atari. The November 1982 issue includes:

    Features

    • What To Buy Your Computer For Christmas
    • A Buyer’s Guide To Modems

    Education And Recreation

    • Laser Gunner: BASIC Animation
    • UXB
    • An Atari For Christmas Part I
    • VIC Harmony
    • Rainbow Clock
    • Statistician
    • How To Use SYS And USR: Part I

    Reviews

    • VisiCalc Home And Office Companion
    • Speech Synthesizers For Atari And Apple
    • VIC-20 Cartridge Games
    • Petspeed, An Optimizing Compiler For PET/CBM

    Columns And Departments

    • The Editor’s Notes
    • Ask The Readers
    • Computers And Society
    • The World Inside The Computer
    • The Beginner’s Page: Arrays
    • Friends Of The Turtle
    • Learning With Computers: Computers In The Art Class
    • Insight: Atari
    • Machine Language: Serial Communications
    • Telecommunications: What Is It?

    The Journal

    • Turtle Pilot: Part III
    • A Terminal Operating System For PET To HP3000 +
    • Computer Controlled Telephone Dialing
    • From VIC-20 To Mainframe
    • Apple Menu
    • A Shape Generator For The Commodore 64
    • Atari Screen Save
    • Easy File Input: The String Thing
    • VIC Microman
    • Purge
    • Apple Sounds
    • Programming VIC’s Function Keys
    • Copy Atari Boot Tapes To Disk
    • PET: Picture Files
    • Calling Routine For Marquee
    • PET Interfacing
    • The Atari Wedge; Adding Commands To Atari BASIC
    • A Fill-In On XIO(FILL)
    • VIC Plotting
    • The FORTH Page: Disk Management

    …and more!