{"id":30788,"date":"2023-03-09T10:20:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=30788"},"modified":"2023-03-17T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:38:09","slug":"commodore-user-may-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/commodore-user-may-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore User (May 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_User%2Fcu08&amp;twg_show=cu0800001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30791\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800001-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800001-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800001-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800001-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800001-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800001.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCommodore_User%2Fcu08&amp;twg_show=cu0800001.jpg\">Commodore User &#8211; Issue Number 8 &#8211; May 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Commodore User is a magazine that was published in the U.K. and dedicated to Commodore computers. It had a print run of 77 issues over nearly a 7 year stretch. It mainly featured the Commodore 64 but also covered other Commodore computers such as the VIC-20, Plus\/4 and Commodore 16 and later on the Amiga. The May 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A Basic Weekend<\/b> &#8211; Review of a weekend getaway to learn BASIC on the Commodore 64 including a two night hotel stay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>DIY Extendiboard for the Vic<\/b> &#8211; A do-it-yourself RAM expansion board for the VIC-20 with 3K onboard and sockets for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Vic-Graf<\/b> &#8211; Review of a VIC-20 cartridge that allows you to create graphs for any user defined function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A page for Forth<\/b> &#8211; Part 2 of a detailed review of Vic-Forth, a Forth language implementation on the VIC-20 that comes in cartridge format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Victuals<\/b> &#8211; A type-in Word Search program for the VIC-20, a Tape Index program for the VIC-20 that allows you to save up to 9 programs to a tape and access them via a menu, and an type-in program for the Commodore 64 that gives you an on-screen clock, a Jargon Generator for the Commodore 64, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Screen Scene for Vic<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of VIC-20 games, including Antimatter Splatter, Catcha Troopa, Chocabloc, Countdown, Exterminator, Fly Snatcher, Jogger, Meter Mania, Vixplode, and The Golden Apples of Zeus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"attachment wp-att-30790\" href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=30790\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30790\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800003-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800003-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800003-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800003-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800003-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800003.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Take-away 64 &#8211; the SX-64 reviewed<\/b> &#8211; A review of the Commodore SX-64, a portable Commodore 64. With a built-in color screen, this machine was absolutely amazing for the time but it wasn&#8217;t cheap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Multiplan &#8211; the ultimate 64 spreadsheet?<\/b> &#8211; Spreadsheet software was one of the early killer apps for personal computers. This is a review of one of the better ones available for the Commodore 64 in its early days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>64 Screen scene &#8211; disk game special<\/b> &#8211; Commodore 64 game reviews including Aztec Challenge, Forbidden Forest (an early survival horror game), Frantic Freddy, Laser Strike, Slinky, and Zeppelin Rescue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Butterfield on 64 video &#8211; part 5<\/b> &#8211; The fifth part in an ongoing tutorial on the Commodore 64&#8217;s video capabilities. Previous parts included technical details on the 6566 (VIC) chip and this part includes a demo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Show preview<\/b> &#8211; A preview of the 5th annual Commodore Computer Show which was actually two shows, one for three days in London and the other for three days in Leeds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tommy&#8217;s Tips<\/b> &#8211; Questions from readers answered about software on disk for the Commodore 64, printing hi-res graphics, BASIC program loading, combining VIC-20 graphics expansions, using disk drives with the VIC-20, repairing the VIC-20 keyboard, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30789\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800096-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800096-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800096-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800096-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800096-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cu0800096.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Commodore User &#8211; Issue Number 8 &#8211; May 1984 Commodore User is a magazine that was published in the U.K. and dedicated to Commodore computers. It had a print run of 77 issues over nearly a 7 year stretch. It mainly featured the Commodore 64 but also covered other Commodore computers such as the VIC-20, Plus\/4 and Commodore 16 and later on the Amiga. The May 1984 issue includes: A Basic Weekend &#8211; Review of a weekend getaway to learn BASIC on the Commodore 64 including a two night hotel stay. DIY Extendiboard for the Vic &#8211; A do-it-yourself RAM expansion board for the VIC-20 with 3K onboard and sockets for more. Vic-Graf &#8211; Review of a VIC-20 cartridge that allows you to create graphs for any user defined function. A page for Forth &#8211; Part 2 of a detailed review of Vic-Forth, a Forth language implementation on the VIC-20 that comes in cartridge format. Victuals &#8211; A type-in Word Search program for the VIC-20, a Tape Index program for the VIC-20 that allows you to save up to 9 programs to a tape and access them via a menu, and an type-in program for the Commodore 64 that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,4],"tags":[471,473,2362],"class_list":["post-30788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30788","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=30788"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30831,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30788\/revisions\/30831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}