{"id":10992,"date":"2015-09-09T10:16:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=10992"},"modified":"2021-11-18T18:13:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T23:13:16","slug":"family-computing-february-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/09\/09\/family-computing-february-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Computing (February 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10993\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_10993\"  class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"  ><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FFamily_Computing%2FFamily_Computing_06_1984-02&amp;twg_show=Family_Computing_Issue+06_1984_Feb-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10993 size-large\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Family_Computing_Issue-06_1984_Feb-001-743x102411.jpg\" alt=\"Family Computing Volume 2, Number 2 February 1984\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_10993\"  class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family Computing<br \/> Volume 2, Number 2<br \/> February 1984<br \/> Cover<br \/> .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FFamily_Computing%2FFamily_Computing_06_1984-02&amp;twg_show=Family_Computing_Issue+06_1984_Feb-001.jpg\">Family Computing &#8211; Volume 2, Number 2 &#8211; February 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Family Computing was a multi-format computer magazine from the 1980s. It covered to a greater or lesser degree any home computer that existed at the time. The February 1984 issue includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>64 Inches of Courage<\/b> &#8211; Fifteen-year old Michela Alioto, paralyzed from the waist down, learned what a valuable tool the computer can be. Her dream to walk again is kept alive by an Apple computer.<\/li>\n<li><b>Buyer&#8217;s Guide to Graphics Tablets, Light Pens, and Software<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>A Novice&#8217;s Guide to Programming Languages<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Learning LOGO is a Family Affair<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Different Versions of LOGO<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The Man Behind LOGO<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>A Hands-On Review: Timex 2068<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>A Data-Base Reunion<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Winter Programs<\/b> &#8211; Create a personal Valentine for that special someone, or go skiing down a treacherous course, with programs for ADAM, Atari, Commodore 64 and VIC-20, IBM, TI, Timex, and TRS-80 computers.<\/li>\n<li><b>New Hardware Announcements<\/b> &#8211; The latest in the field: the Dragon computer with built-in Microsoft extended color BASIC, the Paper Tamer for storage of printer paper, antistatic devices, and more.<\/li>\n<li><b>Games<\/b> &#8211; A new kind of entertainment: Don Bluth and interactive animation.<\/li>\n<li><b>Home Business<\/b> &#8211; Typesetting by modem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Family Computing &#8211; Volume 2, Number 2 &#8211; February 1984 Family Computing was a multi-format computer magazine from the 1980s. It covered to a greater or lesser degree any home computer that existed at the time. The February 1984 issue includes the following: 64 Inches of Courage &#8211; Fifteen-year old Michela Alioto, paralyzed from the waist down, learned what a valuable tool the computer can be. Her dream to walk again is kept alive by an Apple computer. Buyer&#8217;s Guide to Graphics Tablets, Light Pens, and Software A Novice&#8217;s Guide to Programming Languages Learning LOGO is a Family Affair Different Versions of LOGO The Man Behind LOGO A Hands-On Review: Timex 2068 A Data-Base Reunion Winter Programs &#8211; Create a personal Valentine for that special someone, or go skiing down a treacherous course, with programs for ADAM, Atari, Commodore 64 and VIC-20, IBM, TI, Timex, and TRS-80 computers. New Hardware Announcements &#8211; The latest in the field: the Dragon computer with built-in Microsoft extended color BASIC, the Paper Tamer for storage of printer paper, antistatic devices, and more. Games &#8211; A new kind of entertainment: Don Bluth and interactive animation. Home Business &#8211; Typesetting by modem. &#8230; and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[194,195,196,236,370,473,600,1070,1885],"class_list":["post-10992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-apple","tag-apple-2","tag-apple-ii","tag-atari-8-bit","tag-c64","tag-commodore-64","tag-dos","tag-macintosh","tag-vic-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}