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  • ANALOG Computing (December 1986)

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    Source: ANALOG Computing – December 1986 

    ANALOG computing was probably the best magazine for Atari 8-bit computers. It also sometimes included ST-Log as an insert which covered the Atari ST but ANALOG was always primarily a magazine for the 8-bit Atari computers. The December 1986 issue includes:

    Features

    • Status report – An insider’s look at the confusing world of expansions and upgrades.
    • The Atari 8-bit Gift Guide – The old and the new – a plethora of ideas to make your holiday season merry.
    • TechPop – Give your computer some rhythm and sound with this Action! program.
    • ST-Log – ANALOG Computing’s ST magazine.
    • Smiles and other facial wrinkles – One programmer’s views on how to make your own software masterpieces creative and entertaining.
    • Brickworks – With this assembly language program, you can build pictures with “bricks,” edit and even animate them.
    • Fortune-Wheel – Spin the wheel – buy a vowel or guess the answer in this two-player game.

    Reviews

    • HardBall! (Accolade) – A hard look at the latest baseball game – is it major league or a strike-out?
    • Panak strikes! – Beach-Head II (Access Software) and Wizard’s Crown (SSI), Transylvania and The Crimson Crown (Polarware) are examined this month by our resident game expert.

    Columns

    • Editorial
    • Reader comment
    • M/L Editor
    • 8-bit news
    • Atari users’ groups
    • Database Delphi
    • Boot Camp
    • Atari computer fairs
    • Index to advertisers





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  • K-Power (February 1984)

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    Source: K-Power – Number 1 – February 1984

    K-Power was a relatively short-lived computer magazine by scholastic published in the early/mid 1980s and designed to appeal to kids. It was pretty comprehensive, covering programming, games, tutorials, new products and more on a wide variety of platforms. The February 1985 issue includes the following:

    Features

    • A Networking Guide: Reach Out & Access Someone – How and where to hook up; the lowdown on the newest modems and the latest lingo. Plus, a behind-the-scenes look at how a bulletin-board system works.
    • Pirates & Raiders – The computer-abuser subculture. In their own words: why they do it. Their peers say why they shouldn’t.
    • Konnect With The K-Net – A K-Power network hooked up by modem. Win your own modem and go on-line!
    • ‘Whiz Kids’: Networking Goes Prime Time – Computing is cool in this TV hit (even when they fake it – you can run the computer “cheat” program they use on the show).
    • For Dogs Only: Woof Ware – A spoof for computing canines.
    • The Hy Brids – A new software breed is double the fun.

    Programming

    • Hacker Heaven – Programs for ADAM, Atari, Apple, Commodore 64 and VIC-20, IBM, TI, Timex, and TRS-80.
    • Programs – You’ll have to find out what the ?????? program does; we can tell you Symphony in 3D is the latest in electronic meditation.
    • Pixel That! – Translate or improve our Word Twister puzzle and get a chance to WIN a Timex color 2068!!

    Products

    • Screening Room – Software reviews, strategy, and the latest in new products.
    • Rating Game – Reviews and views on Flight Simulator, Zork III, Ultima II, Zaxxon, and Deadline.
    • Strategy – 12 tips for tackling Archon.
    • Rising Stars – Preview the Coleco ADAM and IBM PCjr.

    Departments

    • Editor’s note
    • Compuzine – The first edition of K-Power’s mini-computer news magazine.
    • Scrolling In Dough – Big bucks, limos, and clones: one teen’s inside look at a software company.
    • Silicon Alley – Ready for the hottest scoops from the Valley?
    • Dr. Kursor’s Klinic – How to hook up your own bulletin board; how a graphics tablet works.
    • Contest – Name That Hacker and win a K-Power T-shirt!
    • Graphics Gallery – K-Power’s computer-generated centerfold poster.

    …and more!


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  • Antic: The Atari Resource (December 1986)

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    Source: Antic: The Atari Resource – December 1986

    Antic was one of the two major Atari 8-bit magazines in the U.S. (the other being ANALOG though Antic did not last as long). It also covered the Atari ST once it was introduced. The December 1986 issue includes the following:

    Features

    • Fifth Annual Shoppers Guide – 100 best products for 8-Bit Atari
    • Response Surface Mapping – New views for 3-D graphics
    • Two New Atari Printers – Good deal at $219.95
    • Stepper Motor Robot-Controller – Moving real things with your Atari
    • Landscape Illusion – Scrolling scenery fools the eye

    Software Library

    • Type-In Listing Section

    Departments

    • Game of the Month: Uncle Henry’s Nuclear Waste Dump – Be careful with those toxic cans
    • Starting Out: New Owners Column – Lesson 9: Subscripted Variables
    • Education: Spellblast – Space-action spelling practice

    ST Resource

    • Build GEM Dialog Boxes
    • Deduction! – Solve the mystery color patterns
    • ST Reviews
    • ST Product News

    …and more!





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