{"id":35614,"date":"2025-06-27T12:10:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=35614"},"modified":"2025-07-08T09:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:28:09","slug":"home-computer-magazine-volume-4-number-1-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/home-computer-magazine-volume-4-number-1-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Home Computer Magazine Volume 4, Number 1 (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FHome_Computer_Magazine%2FHome_Computer_Magazine_4_01&amp;twg_show=Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35618\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001-770x1024.jpg 770w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001-768x1021.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001-1541x2048.jpg 1541w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001-90x120.jpg 90w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001.jpg 1626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FHome_Computer_Magazine%2FHome_Computer_Magazine_4_01&amp;twg_show=Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Home Computer Magazine Volume 4, Number 1 (1985)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Home Computer Magazine started life as TI99er which exclusively covered the the Texas Instruments TI-99 line of computers. With this issue (Volume 4, Number 1) it was re-branded and started covering the Commodore 64 and VIC-20, Apple II, and IBM PC (DOS) in addition to the TI-99. This issue was published some time in 1984 and includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Uncle Larry&#8217;s Fiddle Tunes<\/b> &#8211; Type-in folk songs for the Commodore 64, TI-99\/4A and PCjr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pocket Canon<\/b> &#8211; More type-in music, this time for the TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>TI-Writer Tutorial<\/b> &#8211; The third part of a tutorial TI-Writer, a word processor for the TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>I Write the Songs: Electronic Sheet Music<\/b> &#8211; A type-in BASIC program for the TI-99\/4A called Music Magic that lets you play, display, and save music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Just Assemble Melody: Music in Mini Memory<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program that makes writing music on the TI-99\/4A easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PCjr: A Detailed Look Inside the Peanut&#8217;s Shell<\/b> &#8211; An overview of IBM&#8217;s new PCjr. It was doomed to failure for a variety of reasons, including a terrible keyboard, incompatibility with PC parts, limited expansion ability, software compatibility issues, a relatively high price, and probably other reasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>66 Keys to Graphics Success: A Primer for the Commodore 64 and VIC-20<\/b> &#8211; A beginner&#8217;s guide to the Commodore 64 and VIC-20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Have No Fear: Assembly Language Won&#8217;t Byte, Part 3<\/b> &#8211; The third part in a beginner&#8217;s assembly language tutorial for the TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Porsches and Other Pipedreams: Computer Assisted Savings<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program for the Apple II, PCjr, Commodore 64 and VIC-20 that does things like calculating compound interest, payment plans, future value, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>3D-IIe: Apple Graphics in Three Dimensions<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program for creating 3D line drawing on the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Future Is Now in Apple Graphics<\/b> &#8211; A look at new graphics products for the Apple II including the Supersprite board and StarSprite software, plus an interview with Don Fudge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Biting Into Your Apple<\/b> &#8211; A guide to customizing and expanding your Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Movable Feasts<\/b> &#8211; A type-in meal planner for the VIC-20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Don&#8217;t Be a SlowPOKE<\/b> &#8211; A type-in machine language routine to help you animated your sprites on the Commodore 64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Down Memory Lane<\/b> &#8211; A guide to rearranging the memory map of your Commodore 64 to squeeze out more memory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Easy as Apple Pie<\/b> &#8211; A guide to creating simple graphics on the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Microcomputer Accuracy<\/b> &#8211; A guide to testing the mathematical accuracy of your computer. Typically, home computers were not as precise as scientific calculators, at least not with built in math functions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=35617\" class=\"attachment wp-att-35617 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35617\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010-768x1019.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010-1543x2048.jpg 1543w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010-90x120.jpg 90w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-010.jpg 1637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>LOGO Times<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What Is LOGO<\/b> &#8211; It&#8217;s a programming language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Lyrical LOGO<\/b> &#8211; Recursion using LOGO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>LOGO Shoots for the Moon<\/b> &#8211; Structured programming using LOGO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Product Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Henpecked<\/b> &#8211; A cartridge based Joust clone for the TI-99\/4A featuring chickens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hopper<\/b> &#8211; A cartridge based Pengo clone for the TI-99\/4A in which you control a kangaroo on a cargo ship trying to avoid capture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zeus<\/b> &#8211; A game inspired by Space Invaders for the Commodore 64 in which you must avoid lightning bolts from Zeus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Beach Head<\/b> &#8211; This classic for the Commodore 64 plays kind of like a series of mini-games with a World War II theme. It is definitely among the best early games for the commodore 64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gruds in Space<\/b> &#8211; A sci-fi themed graphic adventure for the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jumpman Junior<\/b> &#8211; A cartridge version of this screen based platform game. The graphics were definitely simple but this game was a lot of fun (and also hard).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Stellar Seven<\/b> &#8211; A wireframe space combat sim for the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Coveted Mirror<\/b> &#8211; A graphics adventure game for the Apple II with the somewhat unique feature for the time that the screens were animated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Fly Snuffer<\/b> &#8211; An action game on cartridge for the TI-99\/4A in which you have to spray flies to kill them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Homeword Bound<\/b> &#8211; A review of HomeWord, a word processor from Sierra Online for the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Bank Street Writer<\/b> &#8211; A popular 1980s word processor for the Apple II (and later other machines).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Bigger Better Basic<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of The Super Expander 64 and Simon&#8217;s Basic 64, both of which are extensions to Commodore 64&#8217;s BASIC that add things like graphics commands among others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Getting it Out of Your System<\/b> &#8211; A look at the Buffered Grappler and PSIO interface cards for the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Facemaker<\/b> &#8211; A educational\/art game in which you create and must remember faces for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Art at Your Fingertips<\/b> &#8211; A color graphics system for the Apple II consisting of a Koala Pad drawing pad, Microillustrator art program, Transtar 315 printer, and a PICS Interface card which can transfer color screen dumps to the printer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=35616\" class=\"attachment wp-att-35616 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011-773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011-773x1024.jpg 773w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011-768x1018.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011-1159x1536.jpg 1159w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011-1545x2048.jpg 1545w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011-91x120.jpg 91w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-011.jpg 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Gameware Buffet<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Flak Attack<\/b> &#8211; A type in game for the Apple II, Commodore 64, VIC-20, PCjr and TI-99\/4A in which you must shoot down enemy aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Slots<\/b> &#8211; A type-in slot game simulator for the TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Meltdown<\/b> &#8211; A type-in game in which you must prevent a nuclear power plant from melting down for the TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Challenging the Tower of Hanoi<\/b> &#8211; A type-in implementation of the Tower of Hanoi for the Apple II, Commodore 64, VIC-20, PCjr, and TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>On Screen<\/b> &#8211; TI exits the personal computer market and all about the changes in the magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Group Grapevine<\/b> &#8211; News and upcoming events related to computer users groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters to the Editor<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers including converting programs for the TI Editor\/Assembler, the IBM PC vs. the IBM PCjr, and more comments on articles from previous issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>HCM Product News<\/b> &#8211; TI announces two new games for the TI-99\/4A (Symoids and Pirate&#8217;s Isle); the Super Stik from Personal Peripherals; Persuasion, a strategy game from Orion Games for the PC; new printing service for TI users; Flight Simulator II from subLogic for the Commodore 64 and Atari; a new TI BASIC compiler; and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tech Notes: TI<\/b> &#8211; A guide to setting up data files on cassette for the TI-99\/4A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tech Notes: IBM<\/b> &#8211; Demonstrating mathematical accuracy on the IBM PC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tech Notes: Commodore<\/b> &#8211; Restoring DATA pointers on the Commodore 64 and VIC-20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tech Notes: Apple<\/b> &#8211; Modifying, inserting, and deleting from existing programs on the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35615\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216-778x1024.jpg 778w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216-768x1011.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216-1167x1536.jpg 1167w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216-1556x2048.jpg 1556w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216-91x120.jpg 91w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Home_Computer_Magazine_Vol4_01-216.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Home Computer Magazine Volume 4, Number 1 (1985) Home Computer Magazine started life as TI99er which exclusively covered the the Texas Instruments TI-99 line of computers. With this issue (Volume 4, Number 1) it was re-branded and started covering the Commodore 64 and VIC-20, Apple II, and IBM PC (DOS) in addition to the TI-99. This issue was published some time in 1984 and includes: Features Uncle Larry&#8217;s Fiddle Tunes &#8211; Type-in folk songs for the Commodore 64, TI-99\/4A and PCjr. Pocket Canon &#8211; More type-in music, this time for the TI-99\/4A. TI-Writer Tutorial &#8211; The third part of a tutorial TI-Writer, a word processor for the TI-99\/4A. I Write the Songs: Electronic Sheet Music &#8211; A type-in BASIC program for the TI-99\/4A called Music Magic that lets you play, display, and save music. Just Assemble Melody: Music in Mini Memory &#8211; A type-in program that makes writing music on the TI-99\/4A easier. PCjr: A Detailed Look Inside the Peanut&#8217;s Shell &#8211; An overview of IBM&#8217;s new PCjr. It was doomed to failure for a variety of reasons, including a terrible keyboard, incompatibility with PC parts, limited expansion ability, software compatibility issues, a relatively high price, and probably other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,44,4,7],"tags":[196,473,486,600,2362,1791,1885],"class_list":["post-35614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","category-dos","tag-apple-ii","tag-commodore-64","tag-computers","tag-dos","tag-retrocomputing","tag-ti-994a","tag-vic-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35614","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=35614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35661,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35614\/revisions\/35661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}