{"id":19168,"date":"2018-01-16T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=19168"},"modified":"2018-01-22T09:23:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T14:23:32","slug":"k-power-march-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/01\/16\/k-power-march-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"K-Power (March 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/K-Power_Issue_02_1984_Mar-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/K-Power_Issue_02_1984_Mar-01-766x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"k-power_issue_02_1984_mar-01\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FK-Power%2FK-Power_02_1984-03&amp;twg_show=K-Power_Issue_02_1984_Mar-01.jpg\">K-Power &#8211; Issue Number 2 &#8211; March 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>K-Power was a short-lived magazine by Scholastic oriented towards kids and teens but it had a lot of good content.<\/p>\n<p>The March 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computer Camp-Out<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Everything you always wanted to know about camps but were afraid to ask: Where&#8217;s a hacker camp in your area, how to be a counselor and get financial aid.<\/li>\n<li><b>Famous Hackers In History<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; The first computer wasn&#8217;t the PC, it was the CC (Cave Computer).<\/li>\n<li><b>Pinball Bounces Back<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Some great computer software (with beeps, buzzers, and bounce) show that flippers are still flapping in living rooms everywhere.<\/li>\n<li><b>Computer Rock &amp; Scroll<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A roundup of the latest music software for your computer. Plus, the Talking Heads talk music software.<\/li>\n<li><b>Will Harvey &amp; His Music Construction Set<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Meet the creator of the most talked-about music software around.<\/li>\n<li><b>Program Along With Joey Ramone<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Joey visited K-Power offices and gave us the go-ahead to program his song &#8220;Slug&#8221; into the computer. Play it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Programming<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hacker Heaven<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; There&#8217;s a program here for your computer.<\/li>\n<li><b>Programs<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Boooo-o, snore, or ha-ha. What kind of audience response will Your Comedy Debut get?<\/li>\n<li><b>Pixel That!<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Pick up the tricks of the computer art trade for your C 64.<\/li>\n<li><b>Puzzle Power<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A puzzling ancient disk game that makes you think twice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Products<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Screening Room<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Software reviews, strategy, and the latest in new products.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rating Game<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Reviews and views on Murder by the Dozen, Major League Hockey, Repton, Murder on the Zinderneuf, and more.<\/li>\n<li><b>Strategy<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Aaaaargh! It&#8217;s The Bilestoad!<\/li>\n<li><b>Rising Stars<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Preview the Timex 2068 and meet Chip, the stuffed computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editor&#8217;s Note<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Compuzine<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; K-Power&#8217;s computer-news mag.<\/li>\n<li><b>Scrolling in Dough<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; It&#8217;s breezy and warm for 18-year-old weatherman Lee Smith.<\/li>\n<li><b>Silicon Alley<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Ready for the hottest scoops from the Valley?<\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Kursor&#8217;s Klinic<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Which computers have music capabilities; how a light pen works.<\/li>\n<li><b>K-Net<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; K-Power&#8217;s network talks about the coming computer age.<\/li>\n<li><b>Contest<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Send us a 10-line encoder\/decoder program, and win a K-Power T-shirt!<\/li>\n<li><b>Graphics Gallery<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; K-Power&#8217;s computer-generated centerfold poster. &#8220;Ed&#8217;s Synapse&#8221; by Mike Newman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: K-Power &#8211; Issue Number 2 &#8211; March 1984 K-Power was a short-lived magazine by Scholastic oriented towards kids and teens but it had a lot of good content. The March 1984 issue includes: Features Computer Camp-Out\u00a0&#8211; Everything you always wanted to know about camps but were afraid to ask: Where&#8217;s a hacker camp in your area, how to be a counselor and get financial aid. Famous Hackers In History\u00a0&#8211; The first computer wasn&#8217;t the PC, it was the CC (Cave Computer). Pinball Bounces Back\u00a0&#8211; Some great computer software (with beeps, buzzers, and bounce) show that flippers are still flapping in living rooms everywhere. Computer Rock &amp; Scroll\u00a0&#8211; A roundup of the latest music software for your computer. Plus, the Talking Heads talk music software. Will Harvey &amp; His Music Construction Set\u00a0&#8211; Meet the creator of the most talked-about music software around. Program Along With Joey Ramone\u00a0&#8211; Joey visited K-Power offices and gave us the go-ahead to program his song &#8220;Slug&#8221; into the computer. Play it! Programming Hacker Heaven\u00a0&#8211; There&#8217;s a program here for your computer. Programs\u00a0&#8211; Boooo-o, snore, or ha-ha. What kind of audience response will Your Comedy Debut get? Pixel That!\u00a0&#8211; Pick up the tricks of the computer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[137,195,196,225,229,233,236,237,238,370,458,473,600,1791,1799,1833,1885],"class_list":["post-19168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-adam","tag-apple-2","tag-apple-ii","tag-atari","tag-atari-400","tag-atari-600xl","tag-atari-8-bit","tag-atari-800","tag-atari-800xl","tag-c64","tag-coleco","tag-commodore-64","tag-dos","tag-ti-994a","tag-timex","tag-trs-80","tag-vic-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19168","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=19168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}