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  • Home Computer Magazine – Volume 4, Number 5

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    Source: Home Computer Magazine – Volume 4, Number 5

    Home Computer Magazine started life as 99er which exclusively covered the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A. That machine was discontinued and to stay alive 99er expanded coverage to also include IBM, Commodore and Apple machines, for some reason keeping coverage exclusive to those brands. The name also changed to Home Computer Magazine though it wouldn’t last very long. Volume 4, Number 5 of Home Computer Magazine includes:

    Features

    • Quiz Construction Set – We provide the tools, you make it and take it.
    • Personal Load Calculator – Find out where your interest lies.
    • Jumping Ahead With Game Programming – Learn the techniques from the inside out.
    • Sketch-64 – Let the joystick become your Commodore graphics link.
    • Simon Sez – New string-related commands from our learned friend.
    • Razzle Dazzle – See how character manipulation enlivens TI graphics.
    • Division Tutor – Long division meets the home computer.
    • Putting The Puzzle All Together: Apple IIc Programming Considerations – Secrets of programming the newest Apple.
    • Bird Brain – Fly fishing takes on a new meaning.
    • Slither – This slimy snake silently slithers and sneaks.
    • LOGO Clones: TI Graphics in a Turtle-Shell – Duplicate turtles do their thing.
    • Build a LOGO Adventure – Part 1 of a series on creating interactive fiction.

    Product Reviews

    • Race Across the Page: A Review of the Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reader – Speed reading taught in a new medium.
    • 99/4A Auto Spell Check – Proofread your spelling the easy way.
    • PCjr ColorPaint – A mouse of many colors.
    • Graphics Magic At Your Fingertips: A Review of Super Sketch – Sketch what you will on this new tablet.
    • New Keys For Junior: A Review of Three Keyboards for the PCjr – No more chicklets with this Good ‘n’ Plenty assortment.
    • The Cricket!: A Sound Synthesizer And More For The Apple – More than just chirp, it sings!
    • Sailing – Seafaring adventures in the Bermuda Triangle.
    • Midnite Mason – Ghostly doings in a haunted building.
    • King’s Quest – Help Sir Grahame find the treasure.

    Departments

    • Welcome to HCM
    • Inside/Outside HCM
    • On Screen
    • Letters to the Editor
    • HCM One Liners
    • HCM Review Criteria
    • Group Grapevine
    • Industry Watch
    • HCM Product News
    • Program Typing Guide
    • Program Listing Contents
    • DeBugs on Display
    • Home Computer Tech Notes
      • Apple
      • Commodore
      • IBM
      • TI

    …and more!




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  • Home Computer Magazine, Volume 5, Number 6

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    Home Computer Magazine, Volume 5, Number 6

    Home Computer Magazine started life dedicated to the TI-99/4A. That computer was only briefly popular so they attempted to adapt by covering other computers. Specifically, the Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, DOS, and also still the TI-99/4A. Except for the TI, all of those computers already had pretty popular dedicated magazines as well as multi-format magazines that covered them. Despite the change, Home Computer Magazine didn’t last very long.

    Volume 5, Number 6 of Home Computer Magazine included the following:

    Features

    • TI Card Shuffler – Shuffling files for new Card Trix.
    • Electronic Postman – Zap to efficient mailing.
    • Serf City – Grow prosperous and rule the valley.
    • Cell Mats – How does a living cell survive?
    • NanoAssembler – Translating from human to machine language.
    • Atari Atrium – Blending sine waves on the computer screen.
    • Commodore Hornblower – SID sounds even better in BASID!
    • IBMpressions – Binary branches to a recursive tree.
    • Apple Seedlings – A computerized raindrop strikes the pond.
    • Razzle Dazzle – A bag of tricky sound effects.
    • Problems in Productivity – HCM Software in the everyday world.
    • Algorithm-A-Tricks – Highlights of this issue’s outstanding software procedure.
    • Soundbytes – In harmony with computers.

    Product Reviews

    • Junior Enhancements – Junior’s memory mushrooms.
    • File Directory – A simple approach to address files and labels.
    • Financial Cookbook – Recipes to simplify financial decisions.
    • Earth Science Series – Earth in a nutshell.
    • Reaching for the Stars: A Review of 4 Astronomy Programs – Tour the galaxy!
    • Speed Reading – Speedy lessons – will they help?

    …and much more!


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  • Home Computer Magazine, Volume 5, Number 4, 1985

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    Home Computer Magazine, Volume 5, Number 4, 1985

    Home Computer Magazine was born from 99er magazine which had been a TI-99/4A dedicated magazine. Home Computer Magazine still had a specific list of machines that it covered but at least it expanded to include Commodore, MS-DOS and Apple in addition to the TI. It still only lasted a couple of years though. Volume 5, Number 4, published sometime in 1985 includes:

    Features

    • Run-Day-View – Make your schedule, then view or print.
    • Trig-Trix – Using the triangle for indirect measurement.
    • Archedroid – From the future, dig the past.
    • Mine Over Matter – Sell that uranium – but remember to replant!
    • MAC-ROs – Mac-drawing, one pixel at a time.
    • IBMpressions – Looking through computer windows.
    • Razzle Dazzle – Record in three-part harmony.
    • Apple Seedlings – how about an Apple pie…chart?
    • Commodore Hornblower – Get in and change SID’s filters.
    • Speeding Up A BASIC Program – Part 2 puts the pedal to the metal.
    • Algorithm-A-Tricks – Spotlighting this issue’s bets software procedure.
    • Build A LOGO Adventure – Part 4 provides the entire kit.

    Product Reviews

    • Inured Engine – Be a greaseless grease-monkey.
    • Sidekick – On the side, software with a real kick.
    • Jane – An Iconoclastic view of an icon-driven program.
    • Worlds In Creation: Adventure Construction Set & Adventure Master – Of the two, which can create a better world?
    • Romancing the PCjr: The Quadjr. Expansion Chassis – Expansive, but tricky.
    • The Display Enhancement Package – Make that 28-column screen bigger than Texas.
    • SkiWriter II – World-processing over the wire.
    • Alien Addition – An edu-game shows its age.
    • A Day At The Races: Kwik-Load! vs. Mach 5 – Which utility breaks the tape?

    Departments

    • Welcome to HCM
    • Inside/Outside HCM
    • On Screen
    • Letters to the Editor
    • HCM One Liners
    • HCM Review Criteria
    • Home Computer Industry Journal
    • HCM Product News
    • HCM Glossary
    • Program Typing Guide
    • Program Listing Contents
    • Programmer’s Window Contents
    • DeBugs on Display
    • Home Computer Tech Notes
      • Apple
      • Commodore
      • IBM
      • TI

    …and more!


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