{"id":25799,"date":"2020-11-12T12:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T17:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=25799"},"modified":"2020-11-20T10:08:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:08:57","slug":"commodore-horizons-july-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/12\/commodore-horizons-july-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore Horizons (July 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_Horizons%2FCommodore_Horizons_07_1984-07&amp;twg_show=Commodore_Horizons_07_1984-07-000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25800\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Commodore_Horizons_07_1984-07-000-743x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_Horizons%2FCommodore_Horizons_07_1984-07&amp;twg_show=Commodore_Horizons_07_1984-07-000.jpg\">Commodore Horizons &#8211; Issue Number 7 &#8211; July 1984&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ebay\/Commodore64.html\" width=\"320\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Commodore Horizons was a magazine covering the Commodore 64 and other Commodore 8-bit computers published in the U.K. The first issues was December\/January 1984 and the final issues was March 1986. Starting with issue 27 (April 1986) it became Commodore and Amiga Horizons. The July 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b> &#8211; This month Beaver Software bites back, we&#8217;ve some programming tips and the chart debate is revived.<\/li>\n<li><b>News<\/b> &#8211; The Evil Dead reach for your 64, games prices plummet and new hardware abounds.<\/li>\n<li><b>Games software<\/b> &#8211; Peter Gerrard among the spaceships, monsters, aliens and &#8211; plumbers?<\/li>\n<li><b>Business software<\/b> &#8211; Mike Grace reviews word processing packages for the 64.<\/li>\n<li><b>Which printer<\/b> &#8211; Daisywheel or dot matrix? Ken Casemore compares the merits of budget printers of each type &#8211; Commodore&#8217;s MPS801 and the Smith-Corona TP1.<\/li>\n<li><b>Profile<\/b> &#8211; Taskset&#8217;s Andy Walker explains his &#8220;64 only&#8221; policy to Chris Jenkins.<\/li>\n<li><b>Star game<\/b> &#8211; Ever fancied yourself as a space pilot? Test your skill with this 64 listing.<\/li>\n<li><b>Super expander expounded<\/b> &#8211; Colin Walls explains just what you can do with the Vic 20&#8217;s Super Expander.<\/li>\n<li><b>Software file<\/b> &#8211; Readers&#8217; programs let you shoot, draw, print, calculate and more!<\/li>\n<li><b>Clubnet<\/b> &#8211; New clubs from Ireland and France and a list of your local groups.<\/li>\n<li><b>Market view<\/b> &#8211; Commodore&#8217;s current plans and policies.<\/li>\n<li><b>Answer back<\/b> &#8211; Jack Cohen tackles your questions.<\/li>\n<li><b>Classified ads<\/b> &#8211; Your free marketplace for CBM goodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Commodore Horizons &#8211; Issue Number 7 &#8211; July 1984&nbsp; Commodore Horizons was a magazine covering the Commodore 64 and other Commodore 8-bit computers published in the U.K. The first issues was December\/January 1984 and the final issues was March 1986. Starting with issue 27 (April 1986) it became Commodore and Amiga Horizons. The July 1984 issue includes: Letters &#8211; This month Beaver Software bites back, we&#8217;ve some programming tips and the chart debate is revived. News &#8211; The Evil Dead reach for your 64, games prices plummet and new hardware abounds. Games software &#8211; Peter Gerrard among the spaceships, monsters, aliens and &#8211; plumbers? Business software &#8211; Mike Grace reviews word processing packages for the 64. Which printer &#8211; Daisywheel or dot matrix? Ken Casemore compares the merits of budget printers of each type &#8211; Commodore&#8217;s MPS801 and the Smith-Corona TP1. Profile &#8211; Taskset&#8217;s Andy Walker explains his &#8220;64 only&#8221; policy to Chris Jenkins. Star game &#8211; Ever fancied yourself as a space pilot? Test your skill with this 64 listing. Super expander expounded &#8211; Colin Walls explains just what you can do with the Vic 20&#8217;s Super Expander. Software file &#8211; Readers&#8217; programs let you shoot, draw, print, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[370,471,473,2362,1885,1886],"class_list":["post-25799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodore-64","tag-c64","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64","tag-retrocomputing","tag-vic-20","tag-vic20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25799","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=25799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}