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Source: Home Computer Magazine – Volume 5, Number 3 – 1985

Home Computer Magazine started life as another magazine that focused solely on the TI-99/4A by Texas Instruments. By 1985, that machine wasn’t really doing so well do to Commodore’s price war. 99er then became Home Computer Magazine and covered a random assortment of computers including IBM/DOS, the Commodore 64, the Apple II and it continued to cover the TI-99/4A. Home Computer Magazine only lasted for about 11 issues. The Contents of Volume 5, Number 3 from 1985 include:

Features

• Budgetron – A mighty hero to rescue your budget.
• Over-Reaction – Keep this reactor cool – but don’t overreact.
• Torpedo Alley – Fire torpedoes, then dive, dive!
• Geometrix – Basic shapes compose the world.
• Build a LOGO Adventure – In part 3, we add objects to our Adventure Land.
• Achilles and the Turtle – Can Achilles ever beat the turtle?
• Apple Seedlings – Generate character graphics on the hi-res screen.
• Commodore Hornblower – Select waveforms and envelopes from SID.
• IBMpressions – Blending sine waves into complex patterns.
• Razzle Dazzle – Multi-layered animation with TI sprites.
• MAC-ROs – Expanding BASIC on Macintosh
• Speeding Up A BASIC Program – Part 1 teaches the first steps to speed up BASIC.

Product Reviews

• The Gibson Light Pen – Sketch or paint right on the screen.
• Monty Plays Scrabble – Is the computer a worthy opponent?
• Dollars and Sense – Does it make sense to spend dollars on this program?
• The Music of Sound Part 2: Music Software for the C-64 vs. Casio’s CT-6000 Keyboard – Comparing musical hardware to musical software.
• Junior’s First Words: A Review of the PCjr Speech Attachment – This speech synthesizer has little to say.
• Commodore-Taming for the Shrewd: A Review of SysRes – Coming to the aid of C-64 programmers.
• Computer-Age Typing – A Look at Some Key Typing-instructor programs.
• Going Solo: A Review of Flight Simulator II – Flying by the seat of your computer.
• Moon Patrol – Eliminate the nasties in Sector 9.

Departments

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

…and more!