{"id":14523,"date":"2016-11-14T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=14523"},"modified":"2019-10-26T17:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T21:45:35","slug":"compute-february-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/11\/14\/compute-february-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Compute! &#8211; February 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Compute!, Issue Number 45, February 1984<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCompute%21%2F1984-02&amp;twg_show=Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001-785x1024.jpg\" alt=\"compute_issue_045_1984_feb-001\" width=\"785\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001-785x1024.jpg 785w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001-230x300.jpg 230w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001-768x1001.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001-92x120.jpg 92w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCompute%21%2F1984-02&amp;twg_show=Compute_Issue_045_1984_Feb-001.jpg\">Compute! &#8211; Issue Number 45 &#8211; February 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Compute! was probably the best multi-format computer magazine of the 1980s. If you wanted something that covered a particular computer there were probably better choices but if you wanted something that covered all the popular home computers of the time, including Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, Commodore 64, TI-99\/4A, DOS, Apple Ii and the Color Computer, then Compute! was an excellent choice. The February 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How COMPUTE! Readers Use Their Computers<\/li>\n<li>What Makes A Good Game?<\/li>\n<li>The Future Of Electronic Games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Education And Recreation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Circus<\/li>\n<li>Quatrainment<\/li>\n<li>Gotcha!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submarine Simulations For Commodore<\/li>\n<li>Computer War For Atari, VIC And TI<\/li>\n<li>Flip And Flop For Atari, Commodore 64<\/li>\n<li>The Cosmic Balance II For Apple, Atari<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Columns And Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Editor&#8217;s Notes<\/li>\n<li>Readers Feedback<\/li>\n<li>Computers And Society: Personal Computers And The Arts<\/li>\n<li>The Beginner&#8217;s Page: Program Forms<\/li>\n<li>Questions Beginners Ask<\/li>\n<li>On The Road With Fred D&#8217;ignazio: The Book Of The Future: Electric, Unending, And Written in RAWM<\/li>\n<li>Learning With Computers: Potentials And Limitations<\/li>\n<li>Micros With The Handicapped: Special Education Applications<\/li>\n<li>The World Inside The Computer: Computing To Read<\/li>\n<li>Machine Language: ML Factors, Part 2<\/li>\n<li>INSIGHT: Atari<\/li>\n<li>Programming The TI: Foreign Languages<\/li>\n<li>64 Explorer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Journal<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commodore 3-D Drawing Master<\/li>\n<li>Speedy BASIC For VIC And 64<\/li>\n<li>64Key And VICKey<\/li>\n<li>Commodore Files For Beginners, Part 4<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Video 64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compute!, Issue Number 45, February 1984 Source: Compute! &#8211; Issue Number 45 &#8211; February 1984 Compute! was probably the best multi-format computer magazine of the 1980s. If you wanted something that covered a particular computer there were probably better choices but if you wanted something that covered all the popular home computers of the time, including Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, Commodore 64, TI-99\/4A, DOS, Apple Ii and the Color Computer, then Compute! was an excellent choice. The February 1984 issue includes: Features How COMPUTE! Readers Use Their Computers What Makes A Good Game? The Future Of Electronic Games Education And Recreation Circus Quatrainment Gotcha! Reviews Submarine Simulations For Commodore Computer War For Atari, VIC And TI Flip And Flop For Atari, Commodore 64 The Cosmic Balance II For Apple, Atari Columns And Departments The Editor&#8217;s Notes Readers Feedback Computers And Society: Personal Computers And The Arts The Beginner&#8217;s Page: Program Forms Questions Beginners Ask On The Road With Fred D&#8217;ignazio: The Book Of The Future: Electric, Unending, And Written in RAWM Learning With Computers: Potentials And Limitations Micros With The Handicapped: Special Education Applications The World Inside The Computer: Computing To Read Machine Language: ML Factors, Part 2 INSIGHT: Atari Programming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,39,44,4,7,30],"tags":[194,195,196,229,233,237,238,370,473,600,2041,1791,1833,1885],"class_list":["post-14523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-atari-8-bit","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","category-dos","category-trs-80","tag-apple","tag-apple-2","tag-apple-ii","tag-atari-400","tag-atari-600xl","tag-atari-800","tag-atari-800xl","tag-c64","tag-commodore-64","tag-dos","tag-radio-shack-color-computer","tag-ti-994a","tag-trs-80","tag-vic-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}