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Source: Commodore: The MicroComputer Magazine – Issue Number 21 – December 1982/January 1983

Commodore: The MicroComputer Magazine was one of Commodore’s earlier publications. In late 1982 they were covering the new Commodore 64 as well as the VIC-20 and the PET/CBM line. The December 1982/January 1983 issue includes:

• The Arts
  • Computer Art with the Commodore VIC 20
  • The History of Computer Music, Commodore-Style

 

• Letters

 

• Editor’s Notes

 

• From Where I Sit

 

• Commodore News
  • New Speech Technology Division
  • Commodore 64 Software Update
  • Commodore Takes on New President
  • Company Announces Record Sales

 

• Education
  • I Wanted to “Go Back to School With a Microcomputer”
  • Educational Public Domain Software Becomes Available Worldwide
  • VIC Long Division

 

• Business
  • The Property Manager
  • Two Word Processors for the Commodore 64

 

• Communications
  • Seeing RTTY on the VIC

 

• Home
  • Computerized House Buys and Sells Electricity

 

• Programming Tips
  • The VIC Magician
  • Speed Up Your BASIC Programs
  • Programmer’s Notebook: Fun With Prime Numbers
  • Some Other Sorts Revisited
  • 6502 Decimal Mode

 

• Technical
  • PETSpeed 2.6 Reviewed
  • A PET Relative File Reader
  • LSI Exerciser

 

• User Departments
  • VIC 20: The Prom Queen
  • Commodore 64: Programmer’s Reference Guide Reviewed, A Sprite Stuffer for the 64
  • PET/CBM: One Line Word Processor for the 8032; Automatic Line Generator for the 8032

 

• New Products

 

• User Clubs

 

• Captain Scuttlebutt’s Unbelievable Rumors

 

• Q & A Hotline

 

• That Does Not Compute

 

• Projections and Reflections

…and more!

Source: Commodore: The MicroComputer Magazine – Issue Number 22 – March 1983

In 1983, one of Commodore’s official magazines, Commodore: The MicroComputer Magazine, was covering the new Commodore 64, the VIC-20 and the PET/CBM line of computers that were more business oriented. The March 1983 issue includes:

• Telecomputing
  • The Information Age
  • The Videotex Revolution
  • Commodore Information Network’s Survival Guide

 

• Letters

 

• Editor’s Notes

 

• From Where I Sit

 

• Commodore News
  • Commodore Resource Encyclopedia
  • VIC 1520 Printer / Plotter
  • Computer Desks
  • VIC 20 Software from Britain
  • Gortek & the Microchips
  • Commodore Customer Support Team

 

• Education
  • What Do People Think About Computers?
  • You and Your Computer (parts 1 & 2)
  • MUPETing the PET for Third Grade Math
  • Converting PET Programs for the Commodore 64

 

• Programming Tips
  • The VIC Magician: More on Writing Games
  • Programmer’s Notebook: Mastering Random Numbers
  • A Bit of Arithmetic
  • Fraction Reduction

 

• Technical
  • Universal Data Entry
  • Cursor Input Program
  • Machine Language Disk Error Routine
  • Word Count 9

 

• The Arts
  • Studying Complex Musical Rhythms on the Commodore 64
  • The Computer Becomes a Synthesizer

 

• User Departments
  • VIC 20
    • My Favorite VIC Cartridge
  • 64
    • High-res Screen Dump
    • 3 Programs for the Commodore 64
  • PET/CBM
    • K11 Netkit 11 Review
    • Disk Quickies
    • The Commander Review
  • SuperPET
    • Terminal Program

 

• New products

 

• User Clubs

 

• Captain Scuttlebutt’s Rumors

…and more!

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