{"id":30970,"date":"2023-04-13T11:33:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=30970"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:13:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:13:32","slug":"compute-july-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/04\/13\/compute-july-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Compute! (July 1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCompute%21%2F1982-07&amp;twg_show=Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001-785x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001-1178x1536.jpg 1178w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001-1571x2048.jpg 1571w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001-92x120.jpg 92w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FCompute%21%2F1982-07&amp;twg_show=Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-001.jpg\">Compute! &#8211; Issue Number 26 &#8211; July 1982<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Compute! was one of the earliest home computer magazines. By 1982 it had already been published for a couple of years and was covering computers such as the Atari 400\/800, Commodore PET, VIC-20, Apple II and others. The July 1982 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gold Rush!<\/b> &#8211; A type-in game for the VIC-20 and Atari 400\/800 in which you must mine gold while avoiding cave-ins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IRA Planner<\/b> &#8211; A type-in BASIC program to help you plan and calculate the future value of your IRA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Maze Race<\/b> &#8211; A type-in BASIC maze race game in which you can race the computer or a human opponent to the center of the maze.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Test RAM for Bad Bits, Non-destructively<\/b> &#8211; A machine language program for testing memory. It does so non-destructively by copying existing data out of the memory location and back in after the test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Education and Recreation<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Recursive BASIC Subroutines<\/b> &#8211; A tutorial on using recursive programming in BASIC programs using the Towers of Brahma problem as an example.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Screen Graphics<\/b> &#8211; A tutorial on manipulating screen graphics with specific examples for Atari and Commodore computers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Answer Selection With Joysticks<\/b> &#8211; A BASIC program for the VIC-20 and Atari computers that demonstrates how to use the Joystick to select items on the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Apple Game Paddles<\/b> &#8211; Think you&#8217;re a hardcore gamer? Gamers in the early 80s built their own controllers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computing Techniques for the Handicapped<\/b> &#8211; Techniques for adapting computers for those with disabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Multi-digit Addition<\/b> &#8211; A BASIC program for the PET and VIC-20 that allows you to add numbers together that are up to 254 digits long.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Caverns of Mars<\/b> &#8211; An action game for the Atari 400\/800 in which you must fly your way through the tunnels of Mars battling Martians along the way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Two Programs from the VIC Six Pack<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of Car Chase, a game in which you race a car around a square while collecting dots and avoiding the other car; and Blue Meanies From Outer Space, a game somewhat similar to Space Invaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>SoftBox: CP\/M for PET\/CBM<\/b> &#8211; A CP\/M emulator for the PET. It&#8217;s essentially a CP\/M computer that plugs between the PET and disk drive that allows you to use the monitor, keyboard and disk drives of your PET.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>SYSRES For PET\/CBM<\/b> &#8211; A programming tool that adds 33 commands including 6 improved BASIC commands and 11 extended DOS commands among other things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Fun with Microcomputers and BASIC<\/b> &#8211; A book that teaches BASIC programming and includes a bunch of entertainment oriented programs to type in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=30972\" class=\"attachment wp-att-30972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007-1146x1536.jpg 1146w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007-1528x2048.jpg 1528w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-007.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Columns and Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Editor&#8217;s Notes<\/b> &#8211; A brief look at the Chicago Consumer Electronics Show and National Computer Conference in Houston. Highlights included a bunch of new computers from Commodore, including the BX256, B128, &#8220;P&#8221; Series, Commodore 64, and Commodore MAX.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ask the Readers<\/b> &#8211; A conversation with readers about extending languages, Atari computer lock-ups, Fast-Find for the Commodore PET and VIC-20, using the GET BASIC command on Atari computers, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computers and Society<\/b> &#8211; Achieving computer literacy with PILOT and LOGO, making music with computers, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Beginner&#8217;s Page: Making Files Work<\/b> &#8211; File handling in BASIC using the Commodore PET\/VIC-20, Atari 400\/800 and Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Friends of the Turtle<\/b> &#8211; Fractal graphics using Apple LOGO and Atari PILOT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The World Inside the Computer<\/b> &#8211; Kids and computers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Learning with Computers<\/b> &#8211; Comparing BASIC to LOGO and teaching kids to program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Telecommunications: Choosing A Modem<\/b> &#8211; A look at acoustic coupler modems, inductive coupler modems and various kinds of direct connect modems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Machine Language: First Steps<\/b> &#8211; The third and final part of a Machine Language tutorial in which a bar graph is created.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Insight: Atari<\/b> &#8211; Part six of a series of articles on Atari BASIC. This part looks at strings and arrays among other things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>The Journal<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A Direct Access File Editor<\/b> &#8211; A type-in BASIC file editing tool for the PET\/CBM and Atari disk users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>MicroDOS<\/b> &#8211; A technique for optimizing your Atari DOS disks to reduce disk storage and memory requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Whither VIC<\/b> &#8211; A look at the brief history of the VIC so far (about a year old at the time) and its immediate future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Super QuadraPET<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program for partitioning memory on the PET and moving programs between those partitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Apple DOS Changer<\/b> &#8211; A BASIC program that will rename potentially destructive DOS commands (like INIT which erases a disk). Useful in a classroom setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Atari Video Graphics and the New GTIA<\/b> &#8211; In 1982 Atari computers got a graphics upgrade with the new GTIA chip. It included a new sixteen color mode, the ability to generate 256 colors, and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>All About PET\/CBM Character Sets<\/b> &#8211; An article describing all of the currently existing PET\/CBM character sets in detail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Language Lab<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program to help you learn a foreign language on your Atari 400\/800.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>VIC Super Expander Memory Map<\/b> &#8211; A memory map of most of the machine language routines included with the VIC Super Expander.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Atari Variable Table Refresh and Program Backup<\/b> &#8211; A type-in program for Atari computers that helps to create automatic backups of your programming sessions and avoid data loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>How to Use the 6560 Video Interface Chip<\/b> &#8211; An article detailing the hardware of the 6560 VIC chip and how to use it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Machine Language Compactor<\/b> &#8211; A program written in machine language for the PET\/CBM that will compress your BASIC programs. Compressing a 16K program takes about 5-6 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The FORTH Page: Headless Metacompilation<\/b> &#8211; A program for the PET that compiles a FORTH program removing key words\/commands that are unused thereby reducing memory requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Resource Part 1: Mapping Machine Language Code<\/b> &#8211; A tool (for OSI computers) that facilitates documenting machine language disassemblies among other things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214-1544x2048.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Compute_Issue_026_1982_Jul-214.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Compute! &#8211; Issue Number 26 &#8211; July 1982 Compute! was one of the earliest home computer magazines. By 1982 it had already been published for a couple of years and was covering computers such as the Atari 400\/800, Commodore PET, VIC-20, Apple II and others. The July 1982 issue includes: Features Gold Rush! &#8211; A type-in game for the VIC-20 and Atari 400\/800 in which you must mine gold while avoiding cave-ins. IRA Planner &#8211; A type-in BASIC program to help you plan and calculate the future value of your IRA. Maze Race &#8211; A type-in BASIC maze race game in which you can race the computer or a human opponent to the center of the maze. Test RAM for Bad Bits, Non-destructively &#8211; A machine language program for testing memory. It does so non-destructively by copying existing data out of the memory location and back in after the test. Education and Recreation Recursive BASIC Subroutines &#8211; A tutorial on using recursive programming in BASIC programs using the Towers of Brahma problem as an example. Screen Graphics &#8211; A tutorial on manipulating screen graphics with specific examples for Atari and Commodore computers. Answer Selection With Joysticks &#8211; A BASIC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[194,225,471,2362],"class_list":["post-30970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-apple","tag-atari","tag-commodore","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30970","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=30970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31017,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30970\/revisions\/31017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}