Source: Commander – December 1982
Commander was one of the earlier Commodore magazines featuring the VIC-20, Commodore 64, PET, and other 8-bit Commodore computers. The December 1982 issue includes:
PET/CBM
- All About CB2 Sound – An unofficial hardware/software solution for creating sound on the PET.
- No Cost Memory Expansion and Its Uses – How to access an extra 24 or 48 bytes of memory for your PET.
VIC-20
- A Beauty of a Utility ROM – An overview of The Basic Utility Program by United Microware Industries. This was available as a cartridge or as chips that plug into an expansion board and provided seventeen new commands including things like Find (finds a string), Repeat (turns automatic key repeat on or off) and Dump (displays variables and their values) among others.
- VICOMON – A Machine Language Monitor for the VIC-20 – What you need to convert assembly programs into machine language on your VIC-20.
- Ravings of a Madman – Why use a VIC-20 with so many more powerful computers available? This article answer that question…
- RAM/ROM On the VIC for $2.00 – How to turn your RAM cartridge into a ROM cartridge by building a simple switch. RAM cartridges were available for the VIC-20 as memory expansion in 3K, 8K and 16K sizes.
- Big Programs In Your VIC/PET/-64 – A technique for using large programs on Commodore computers by using a unique feature called overlays. This feature allows you to overlay or substitute one program for another while keeping all data intact.
- Enterprize – A type-in program called Enterprise that is a Star Trek clone.
64
- PEEK & POKE – How to use the SYS command to control the cursor, how to selectively turn on key repeat using POKE commands, how to redefine device numbers, how to read joystick input and more.
- Commodore 64K Memory Expansion – An overview of a 64K memory expansion board for the Commodore 64.
PET
- Stock Plot Chart – A type-in program that plots stock prices. Manual data input is required.
- Higher Interest SAVEing – A technique for saving your data along with your program when using a cassette drive.
Special Features
- Assembly Language Programming on the VIC – The first in a series of articles designed to teach the basics of assembly language programming on the 6502 and VIC-20.
- Word Pro + TP – I = Word Processing – A “cheap” full-featured word processing system using a CBM 8032, CBM 8050 disk drive, Word Pro IV Plus software and Smith Corona printer.
- 6402 MPU Hybrid – Debugging and illegal opcodes on the VIC-20.
Departments
- Letters to the Editor – Praise for Commander and the VIC-20.
- Editorial – An introduction to Commander and optimism for the technical explosion occurring in the 1980s.
- News Releases – New encryption devices for Commodore computers, Exchange – a disk controller and software package to read IBM disks on PET computers, and more.
- New Products – The new product featured this month is ‘The Commander’, a 4K ROM for Commodore PET computers that feature additional commands and programming tools.
- Game Contest – To win this contest, you must be the first to complete the game Escape MCP, a Tron inspired game.
…and more!
