{"id":19098,"date":"2018-01-09T17:39:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T22:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=19098"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:09:49","slug":"k-power-february-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/01\/09\/k-power-february-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"K-Power (February 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/K-Power_Issue_01_1984_Feb-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19099\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/K-Power_Issue_01_1984_Feb-01-757x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"k-power_issue_01_1984_feb-01\" width=\"757\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FK-Power%2FK-Power_01_1984-02&amp;twg_show=K-Power_Issue_01_1984_Feb-01.jpg\">K-Power &#8211; Number 1 &#8211; February 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A Networking Guide: Reach Out &amp; Access Someone<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; 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.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pirates &amp; Raiders<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; The computer-abuser subculture. In their own words: why they do it. Their peers say why they shouldn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li><b>Konnect With The K-Net<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A K-Power network hooked up by modem. Win your own modem and go on-line!<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8216;Whiz Kids&#8217;: Networking Goes Prime Time<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Computing is cool in this TV hit (even when they fake it &#8211; you can run the computer &#8220;cheat&#8221; program they use on the show).<\/li>\n<li><b>For Dogs Only: Woof Ware<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A spoof for computing canines.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Hy Brids<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A new software breed is double the fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Programming<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hacker Heaven<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Programs for ADAM, Atari, Apple, Commodore 64 and VIC-20, IBM, TI, Timex, and TRS-80.<\/li>\n<li><b>Programs<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; You&#8217;ll have to find out what the ?????? program does; we can tell you Symphony in 3D is the latest in electronic meditation.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pixel That!<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Translate or improve our Word Twister puzzle and get a chance to WIN a Timex color 2068!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Products<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Screening Room<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Software reviews, strategy, and the latest in new products.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rating Game<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Reviews and views on Flight Simulator, Zork III, Ultima II, Zaxxon, and Deadline.<\/li>\n<li><b>Strategy<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; 12 tips for tackling Archon.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rising Stars<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Preview the Coleco ADAM and IBM PCjr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editor&#8217;s note<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Compuzine<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; The first edition of K-Power&#8217;s mini-computer news magazine.<\/li>\n<li><b>Scrolling In Dough<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Big bucks, limos, and clones: one teen&#8217;s inside look at a software company.<\/li>\n<li><b>Silicon Alley<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Ready for the hottest scoops from the Valley?<\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Kursor&#8217;s Klinic<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; How to hook up your own bulletin board; how a graphics tablet works.<\/li>\n<li><b>Contest<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Name That Hacker and win a K-Power T-shirt!<\/li>\n<li><b>Graphics Gallery<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; K-Power&#8217;s computer-generated centerfold poster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: K-Power &#8211; Number 1 &#8211; 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 &amp; Access Someone\u00a0&#8211; 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 &amp; Raiders\u00a0&#8211; The computer-abuser subculture. In their own words: why they do it. Their peers say why they shouldn&#8217;t. Konnect With The K-Net\u00a0&#8211; A K-Power network hooked up by modem. Win your own modem and go on-line! &#8216;Whiz Kids&#8217;: Networking Goes Prime Time\u00a0&#8211; Computing is cool in this TV hit (even when they fake it &#8211; you can run the computer &#8220;cheat&#8221; program they use on the show). For Dogs Only: Woof Ware\u00a0&#8211; A spoof for computing canines. The Hy Brids\u00a0&#8211; A new software breed is double the fun. Programming Hacker Heaven\u00a0&#8211; Programs for ADAM, Atari, Apple, Commodore 64 and VIC-20, IBM, TI, Timex, and TRS-80. Programs\u00a0&#8211; You&#8217;ll have to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[137,194,195,196,225,229,233,236,237,238,370,458,459,473,600,1791,1833,1885],"class_list":["post-19098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-adam","tag-apple","tag-apple-2","tag-apple-ii","tag-atari","tag-atari-400","tag-atari-600xl","tag-atari-8-bit","tag-atari-800","tag-atari-800xl","tag-c64","tag-coleco","tag-coleco-adam","tag-commodore-64","tag-dos","tag-ti-994a","tag-trs-80","tag-vic-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098","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=19098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}