{"id":27061,"date":"2021-06-22T18:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=27061"},"modified":"2021-06-30T16:18:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T20:18:15","slug":"computes-gazette-august-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/06\/22\/computes-gazette-august-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Compute!&#8217;s Gazette (August 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FGazette%2Fgazette_1984-08&amp;twg_show=Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001-749x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001-768x1050.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001-1124x1536.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001-88x120.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FGazette%2Fgazette_1984-08&amp;twg_show=Compute_Gazette_Issue_14_1984_Aug-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Compute!&#8217;s Gazette &#8211; Issue Number 14 &#8211; August 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ebay\/Commodore64.html\" width=\"320\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Compute!&#8217;s Gazette was by far Compute!&#8217;s most successful spin-off. This magazine covered exclusively Commodore computers. Primarily it was the Commodore 64 but it also covered the VIC-20 in the early days and the Commodore 128 a little later on. The August 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>An Introduction To Plotters<\/li>\n<li>A Survey Of Printers For The VIC-20 And Commodore 64<\/li>\n<li>Selecting A Printer Interface<\/li>\n<li>Campaign Manager<\/li>\n<li>Sprite Magic: An All-Machine-Language Sprite Editor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Games<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Balloon Blitz<\/li>\n<li>Sno-Cat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>The Commodore 1520 Printer\/Plotter<\/li>\n<li>VIC Auto Clock<\/li>\n<li>Bus Card II: The Magic Box<\/li>\n<li>Music Writer III For The VIC-20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Education\/Home Applications<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Computing For Families: What Makes Good Software?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Programming<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Hints &amp; Tips: 64 LIST Lockup<\/li>\n<li>The Beginner&#8217;s Corner: Using A Printer<\/li>\n<li>Machine Language For Beginners: ML Mailbag<\/li>\n<li>Power BASIC: String Search<\/li>\n<li>Disk Purge<\/li>\n<li>Error Trapping<\/li>\n<li>Using The GET Statement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>The Editor&#8217;s Notes<\/li>\n<li>Gazette Feedback<\/li>\n<li>Simple Answers To Common Questions<\/li>\n<li>User Group Update<\/li>\n<li>Home Telecommunications: Uploading<\/li>\n<li>VICreations: Enhancing Your VIC With The Super Expander<\/li>\n<li>Horizons 64<\/li>\n<li>News &amp; Products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Program Listings<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Bug-Swatter: Modifications And Corrections<\/li>\n<li>A Beginner&#8217;s Guide To Typing In Programs<\/li>\n<li>How To Type In COMPUTE!&#8217;s GAZETTE Programs<\/li>\n<li>The Automatic Proofreader<\/li>\n<li>MLX: Machine Language Entry Program<\/li>\n<li>Program Listings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Product Mart<\/li>\n<li>Advertisers Index<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Compute!&#8217;s Gazette &#8211; Issue Number 14 &#8211; August 1984 Compute!&#8217;s Gazette was by far Compute!&#8217;s most successful spin-off. This magazine covered exclusively Commodore computers. Primarily it was the Commodore 64 but it also covered the VIC-20 in the early days and the Commodore 128 a little later on. The August 1984 issue includes: Features An Introduction To Plotters A Survey Of Printers For The VIC-20 And Commodore 64 Selecting A Printer Interface Campaign Manager Sprite Magic: An All-Machine-Language Sprite Editor Games Balloon Blitz Sno-Cat Reviews The Commodore 1520 Printer\/Plotter VIC Auto Clock Bus Card II: The Magic Box Music Writer III For The VIC-20 Education\/Home Applications Computing For Families: What Makes Good Software? Programming Hints &amp; Tips: 64 LIST Lockup The Beginner&#8217;s Corner: Using A Printer Machine Language For Beginners: ML Mailbag Power BASIC: String Search Disk Purge Error Trapping Using The GET Statement Departments The Editor&#8217;s Notes Gazette Feedback Simple Answers To Common Questions User Group Update Home Telecommunications: Uploading VICreations: Enhancing Your VIC With The Super Expander Horizons 64 News &amp; Products Program Listings Bug-Swatter: Modifications And Corrections A Beginner&#8217;s Guide To Typing In Programs How To Type In COMPUTE!&#8217;s GAZETTE Programs The Automatic Proofreader MLX: Machine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,4],"tags":[471,473,2362,1885],"class_list":["post-27061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64","tag-retrocomputing","tag-vic-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061","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=27061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}