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  • Compute! (November 1982)

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    Source: Compute! – Issue Number 30 – November 1982

    Compute! was one of the first and most successful multi-format computer magazines. In late 1982, it was covering primarily systems from Commodore, Apple and Atari. The November 1982 issue includes:

    Features

    • What To Buy Your Computer For Christmas
    • A Buyer’s Guide To Modems

    Education And Recreation

    • Laser Gunner: BASIC Animation
    • UXB
    • An Atari For Christmas Part I
    • VIC Harmony
    • Rainbow Clock
    • Statistician
    • How To Use SYS And USR: Part I

    Reviews

    • VisiCalc Home And Office Companion
    • Speech Synthesizers For Atari And Apple
    • VIC-20 Cartridge Games
    • Petspeed, An Optimizing Compiler For PET/CBM

    Columns And Departments

    • The Editor’s Notes
    • Ask The Readers
    • Computers And Society
    • The World Inside The Computer
    • The Beginner’s Page: Arrays
    • Friends Of The Turtle
    • Learning With Computers: Computers In The Art Class
    • Insight: Atari
    • Machine Language: Serial Communications
    • Telecommunications: What Is It?

    The Journal

    • Turtle Pilot: Part III
    • A Terminal Operating System For PET To HP3000 +
    • Computer Controlled Telephone Dialing
    • From VIC-20 To Mainframe
    • Apple Menu
    • A Shape Generator For The Commodore 64
    • Atari Screen Save
    • Easy File Input: The String Thing
    • VIC Microman
    • Purge
    • Apple Sounds
    • Programming VIC’s Function Keys
    • Copy Atari Boot Tapes To Disk
    • PET: Picture Files
    • Calling Routine For Marquee
    • PET Interfacing
    • The Atari Wedge; Adding Commands To Atari BASIC
    • A Fill-In On XIO(FILL)
    • VIC Plotting
    • The FORTH Page: Disk Management

    …and more!


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  •  Commodore: The MicroComputer Magazine (December 1982/January 1983)

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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!





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  • Commander (April 1984)

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    Source: Commander – April 1984

    Commander was a relatively short-lived magazine dedicated to Commodore computers. It only lasted about two years, from 1982 to 1984, and was dedicated primarily to the VIC-20 and Commodore 64 but also covered other early Commodore computers. The April 1984 issue includes:

    Education Sector

      • BASIC Training: Beginner’s Introduction to Commodore BASIC Programming – What does a dollar sign mean to your computer? The answer may be worth more than money.

     

      • BASIC Education: Programming for Learning, Part IV-Getting Into Inputs – Interactive educational programs require well-defined input techniques to accept student responses. Example routines are presented, along with an illustrative program musical ear-training.

     

      • Electronic Blackboard – In honor of springtime, a variety bouquet of software is reviewd – including a computerized introduction to the C-64, a vocabulary building game, and a multi-level math series.

     

      • Data Organization for the VIC-20: Part IV – An examination of arrays completes our series on how BASIC stores data variables.

     

    Reviews and Recreation Sector

      • BINGO Caller – A modern way to play one of the most popular games of chance.

     

      • Along the Adventure Game Trail – What makes a good adventure game? Some crucial features and a few of the best game programs are described.

     

      • The KoalaPad Touch Tablet: How To Bear With It-Part I: Overview – The perfect input device for artistically-inclined non-typists is reviewed.

     

      • KoalaPad-Part II: Using “Koala Painter” Picture Files – For advanced programmers-how to make further use of the KoalaPad pictures after they are stored on disk.

     

      • Rescue – Our Junior Programmer’s contributions this month is a rather sophisticated VIC-20 game with custom characters and a non-violent theme.

     

    Features Sector

      • Colin’s Column – A guided tour through the VIC-20’s memory blocks provides all you ever wanted to know about the structure of RAM and ROM, but were afraid to remember; plus tidbits for C-64 users.

     

      • Command Post – Complementing last month’s column, add transmitting capability to your ham-computer setup; also a look at log-in software.

     

      • Explorations With Assembly Language – Start our newly-constituted assembly language series with an easy-to-use disassembler/monitor written in BASIC.

     

      • Introducing Commodore’s B-Series – A restyled keyboard and powerful extended BASIC are among the exciting features of Commodore’s new family of business computers.

     

    …and more!


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