{"id":24308,"date":"2020-01-24T13:08:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=24308"},"modified":"2020-02-03T14:28:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:28:49","slug":"hardcore-computist-august-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/01\/24\/hardcore-computist-august-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardcore Computist (August 1988)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/epnt.ebay.com\/static\/epn-smart-tools.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FHardcore_Computist%2Fissue.58&amp;twg_show=page-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/page-01-782x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FHardcore_Computist%2Fissue.58&amp;twg_show=page-01.jpg\">Hardcore Computist &#8211; Issue Number 58 &#8211; August 1988<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<ins class=\"epn-placement\" data-config-id=\"5c02b1b8891ea32ba88b6a7c\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hardcore Computist was a technically oriented magazine that mostly covered the Apple II. It was controversial for its emphasis on circumventing the disk-based copy protection of the time. The August 1988 issue includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial<\/li>\n<li>Bugs<\/li>\n<li>Most Wanted Softkeys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mixing ProDOS with Thexder<\/b> &#8211; Here&#8217;s how to put Thexder on a disk with ProDOS.<\/li>\n<li><b>Infocom Decoder Revisited<\/b> &#8211; Here&#8217;s how to add semi-automatic decoding to the Infocom Decoder. No more tedious hand decoding.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cracking on the IIe<\/b> &#8211; Another look at using the auxiliary memory on the IIe to remove copy protection.<\/li>\n<li><b>Might &amp; Magic Revisited<\/b> &#8211; More information on what&#8217;s where and how to get a little more. Also included, a complete item list with the various equipping\/use effects and bonuses.<\/li>\n<li><b>Might &amp; Magic Character Editor<\/b> &#8211; Some much needed help for the adventurer in a neat and easy to use format.<\/li>\n<li><b>An indepth guide to Ultima IV<\/b> &#8211; A fairly comprehensive look at the excellent adventure.<\/li>\n<li><b>Computing for 1-3 year olds<\/b><\/li>\n<p>&#8211; How to use your computer to teach your child in the formative years.<\/p>\n<li><b>The Product Monitor<\/b><\/li>\n<p>&#8211; Games, Bugs and fixes, and some juicy rumors and propaganda.<\/p><\/ul>\n<p>Notes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A better way to print Starter Kit DOCs<\/li>\n<li>Curing Fatal System Error #0911<\/li>\n<li>Realtime Situation Control using CDAs<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Yeager&#8217;s Advanced Fight Trainer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>Softkeys<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>A.I.<\/li>\n<li>BoulderDash<\/li>\n<li>BoulderDash Construction Set<\/li>\n<li>DeathSword<\/li>\n<li>Design Your Own Home: Architecture<\/li>\n<li>Design Your Own Home: Interior<\/li>\n<li>Design Your Own Home: Landscape<\/li>\n<li>Facemaker<\/li>\n<li>Gauntlet<\/li>\n<li>Kings Quest II<\/li>\n<li>Mastery Arithmetic<\/li>\n<li>Microzine #26<\/li>\n<li>Muppet Slate v1.0<\/li>\n<li>PFS: Graph<\/li>\n<li>Rad Warrior<\/li>\n<li>Rings of Ziflin<\/li>\n<li>Seaspeller<\/li>\n<li>Smart Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Spell It!<\/li>\n<li>Wings of Fury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>APT&#8217;s<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Castle Wolfenstein<\/li>\n<li>Marble Madness IIgs<\/li>\n<li>Might &amp; Magic<\/li>\n<li>Ultima IV<\/li>\n<li>Ultima V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Playing Tips<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coveted Mirror<\/li>\n<li>Deathlord<\/li>\n<li>Might &amp; Magic<\/li>\n<li>Oo-Topos<\/li>\n<li>Ultima IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IBM Notes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help Wanted!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Hardcore Computist &#8211; Issue Number 58 &#8211; August 1988 Hardcore Computist was a technically oriented magazine that mostly covered the Apple II. It was controversial for its emphasis on circumventing the disk-based copy protection of the time. The August 1988 issue includes: Editorial Bugs Most Wanted Softkeys Features Mixing ProDOS with Thexder &#8211; Here&#8217;s how to put Thexder on a disk with ProDOS. Infocom Decoder Revisited &#8211; Here&#8217;s how to add semi-automatic decoding to the Infocom Decoder. No more tedious hand decoding. Cracking on the IIe &#8211; Another look at using the auxiliary memory on the IIe to remove copy protection. Might &amp; Magic Revisited &#8211; More information on what&#8217;s where and how to get a little more. Also included, a complete item list with the various equipping\/use effects and bonuses. Might &amp; Magic Character Editor &#8211; Some much needed help for the adventurer in a neat and easy to use format. An indepth guide to Ultima IV &#8211; A fairly comprehensive look at the excellent adventure. Computing for 1-3 year olds &#8211; How to use your computer to teach your child in the formative years. The Product Monitor &#8211; Games, Bugs and fixes, and some juicy rumors and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4],"tags":[194,195,196,2362],"class_list":["post-24308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-computer-arcana","tag-apple","tag-apple-2","tag-apple-ii","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24308","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=24308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}