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SIMULATIONS: THE REAL THING
tion the cursor in your program listings
At a recent meeting of the Software
and scroll through program lines.
Publishers Association, one represen tative of a
An Invitation
major software company
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For those of you who may not be familiar wiih RUN'S bulletin board, the
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sneakers, a flak jacket or a warm-tip
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OOt, we are now at the point where simu lations software is the dominant games
excitement
other users; download and upload an interesling collection of programs and
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help you can get—especially in light of the recent market collapse. That's why
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a computer is a musl.
as much as the American atltO industry needed more foreign competition.
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According to profiles of our readership
to take a byte out of diose bulls and bears
over the years, interest in games has
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the less adventuresome, there is also fi nancial simulation software thai lets you play Wall Street tycoon without risk.
Another nifty feaiure of the board is its polling capability, which asks readers to vote and/or reply to certain ques tions. Results of the survey are period
But simulations have improved greatly
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'Ibis issue also features an amazing
ically posted. Your messages, comments and suggestions are welcome, so give us
the areas of flight, naval and sporls sim
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Magic Learn flow tofind Data statement errors in listings you typed in; discover some 1581 revelations; and msikeyour 64's screen positively "glow." Compiled by TIM WALSH
5469 Finding Data Statement Errors Everyone, including myself, makes mistakes typing In Data statements from magazine listings, especially if a checksum is no! used. Usually you'll get an Error in Dala message or Illegal Quantity Krrnr in Line XX.
Here is an outline of a method fur finding Incorrectly
typed or missing numbers, missing commas and periods mistyped for commas. Suppose, for example, you inn the program you've Spent so much time typing iii and get an Illegal Quantity Error in line XX. Line XX is that line con taining the command READ D, and the line might appear as follows:
30 FORT»49I52TO SQ038! READ l>: POKETJD: CK-CK.+ I): NEXT
Line 30 generates the error because READ D, [he command to read the Data statements, encounters a number il can't read, such as 303(5 (too many digits or a comma missing) or
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What you can do is modify line 30 by adding two lines to
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command, and delete anything following it in that line. Here's an example: 30 I'OR T = 4!)152 TO St)O:ifit RF.AD D: PRINT D
Now enter the following two lines lo complete the routine, using your own appropriate line numbers: 31 GET AJ: IFA$= '" GOTO 31 32 NEXT
Run the program, and tile firs! number from the Data statements will appear on the screen. When you've verified that ihc number coincides with the listing, press any key to
get the second data number. Continue until you find the incorrect one, press the slop key, lisl the line with the error, make the correction and press return to enter the line into memory.
Now run the routine again, holding <iown ihe space bar
to return to the last data number you checked. Continue to verify the numbers and make any needed corrections. Once all the corrcciions have been made, type in the original line 30, remove lines 31 and 32 and re-save your program. The program should then work well. You can use this trick to iniubleshoor programs written for any Com
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—Tim Walsh, RUN Staff i
Trick of the Month S46A 64 Screen Glow A mere description won't do this program enough jus-
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copies of any sequential, program or user disk file you want.
Place the disk containing the file to he copied into the disk drive; then enter the name of the- Hie ai ihe (lest prompt and die number of copies ai the second prompt. Bear in mind that dlis is intended to copy only noncopyproleclcd files, so don'l waste
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twelve characters, and then, for each copy, appends a number from I up to and including llie number of copies you specify at the prompi. So if you enter, say, the filename "superralifragilistic" and specify 15 copies, the copies will have the
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Choose the sequence of passes, but be careful: it increases the chance ol two points, but also can lead to a steal or blocked shot. Work the outside, or just go lor the three-pointer. On defense, set up outside or close to the basket, go lor the rebound, or turn on the pressure and try for a steal. A good NBA coach has to work the bench as well as the floor. Each player's stamina is rated by the number of minutes he can play. Use up your starter too early in the game, and you'll have to send in a sub during those linal crucial minutes, and that could turn an overwhelming victory into a closely-contested defeat.
From the designers of Super Sunday, NBA is the first and only fully-animated statistically-accurate basketball game an the market, coming In like a fast break with the following features: • A STAT-KEEPEH PROGRAM that allows you to keep track of how well your team is doing. This valuable accessory lets you save stats from the NBA game for later review. Individual players' performances and statistics are updated throughout the game. You can view them during and after the game on your screen or printer.
• 20 GREAT TEAMS from the 1959-60 Boston Celtics to the four top teams from the 1985-86 season: Boston, Milwaukee,
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Mail RUN Commodore kudos and complaints; mail order maligned and vindicated; and the keyboard controversy continues.
Doing Dvorak
VIC and bought a CAA because of iis
many new developments in computer
large software base. Along came the
technology, it's refreshing to occasion
CT2K and Amiga 1000. I made a finan
ally reflect on ihe early days of personal
tor, my Punter C-fi-l liliS up here in To
cial decision to purchase ihe 128 and
computing. The editorial served as a
ronto, In response to Carolyn liutlcr's
fell in love with Basic 7.0, the fast disk
pleasant reminder to those of us who
letter praising the Dvorak keyboard in last October's issue, I'd like to repori that I'm planning to add :i Dvorak com mand t(i my MIS. As [ envision it, when
access and Ctj'l compatibility. The shorl
were [here, and, I'm sure, a source of
Greetings from The New Stclcx Sec
life of the Amiga 1000 made me hesltanl
PG10-S because the MS-DOS compati
mediately begin to echo back in ANSI
bility is a necessity when you're in col
Dvorak. This way, callers who arc used
lege as I am. However, when I called
to Dvorak typing can log in From a
some of RUN'S advertisers to ask about
Qwerty keyboard (say, at a friend's
the machine, I was lold that it had been
house) and siill use their favorite layout.
discontinued! I feel thai I'm one of the lucky ones in that I've (so far) picked the machines
—roman kowalczuk Postal Station A Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5W 11*6
As an additional tall on Dvorak, here at (hi RUN editorial offices we've received a
that Commodore has also decided to support. But, if Commodore can't stick with a machine for a while, even if it means getting Stuck behind the compc
(ition, I'll have to Start worshipping an other manufacturer.
—WAYNE LOWE Bryan, TX
catalog of keyboard accessories manufactured by the Hooleon Corj>,, I'O liox 201, Dept. CT,
Coniville, AX 86325; 602-634-7515. Their products include Dvorak conversion keytops.
—editors There- is little doubt in my mind thai there could be a mmc efficient keyboard ihati [he Qwerty, considered the stan dard for nearly all typewriter ami com puter use.
However, tens of millions of penpk'
Help! I recently updated my Commodore DPS 1101 printer to a Cilizcn Premier 35. Although the Premier 35 is touted as Diablo 630 compatible) when I use the Diablo 630 proportional spacing print er driver with WordPro (i4/S, the output is a disaster. Calls to the software devel oper—Prol.inc
in
Canada—were
un
have learned lo type tin the Qwerty. and
productive. Do any It UN readers have a
1 think it HOUld be futile to attempt to
printer driver for this setup to allow for
re-educate the reflexes thai automati
proportional
cally react when one thinks of a partic
ular letter or number. It's my belief that the vast majority Of typists would never wane to change to the Dvorak keyboard.
—DON ROSS yucca valley, ca
—HUTCH SORCS
Commodore fanatic I am, I bought a
a user enters "dvorak", the BBS will im
The New Stelex sector
information lo those who were not.
about buying a 500 or 2000. Being the
prim ing,
justification,
flush right, centering, and so forth?
CINCINNATI, OH Your editorial in the November 1987
issue brought back fond memories of what you so aptly called the "glory days." However, you neglecled to mention what I consider lo be one of the best "publications" for l'KT owners—the cas sette magazine. Cursor. Although it
only lasted 30 issues, each month a cas sette containing four to six programs
arrived wrapped in a one- to four-page newsletter. I still have an 8K colored keyboard
with built-in cassette and nine-inch mon itor that uses Basic 1.0. It's in excellent working order! Will my C-64 still be op crating in 1994: probably! Commodore does make good iron! Of all machine manufacturers, I think Commodore has the best products per dollar in the market. My learning expe rience alone over the past ten years has been worth every penny I've spent.
Keep up the excellent articles you have in your magazine.
—Doug Jewell
Coquitlam. B.C., Canada
Shining Software
—Richard L. Geyser 479 South Rocky River Drive Be.RKA, OH 44017
Vi/awrite and Vizastar constitute by far the best word processing/database system for the C-128 I've seen. I read
We've included Mr, Oeyser's complete ail-
type and the improvements they offer, inn without exception I find the "im
dress in case any rentier }ua
the printer
Constantly about new systems of this
commodore:
driver he's looking for and is willing lo share
provements" are already part of Viza-
Friend or Foe?
it with him.
write/Vi/.astar.
I've always been a Commodore be liever, I stalled with a VIC-20 and even
began saving for a PlusM and G-16 be fore it became evideiK that they were dying breeds. Then I semi-retired my 16
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Thanks for the Memories
—J.H. Garner FPO New York
RUNning Ruminations, November
We reviewed thfseprograms in the "BigSvfl-
I9H7, was a nostalgic treat! With so
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.
MAIL 1986 issue o/RUN. Our reviewer, Louis Wal
lace (who has since become RUN'j technical
managsr), also kmi enthusiastic about them. Th>' package Li now distributed Iry Progressive
I'eripherals 6f Software, 464 Kalamuth St., Denver, CO 80204; 303-825-4144,
whether they have I don't know. If ihey have, the companies are Ignoring ii. I wish mail order houses would give us
credit or a check drawn on a U.S. bank.
I found Faulkner on CompuServe and spoke to him on the phone to make sure
land a break. We give them a lot of business.
he sounds trustworthy. You can write him at 213 West Main St., Durham, NC
—Frederick O. Smith FPO New York
More on Mail Order Hales' complaints about being charged unfairly for postage by mall order com panies. We in the military hare had trou ble for years. Our mail is sent to New
Faulkner Supply. You can pay by Master
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—Editors
i read with understanding Anita
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Tussey Computer Products deserves a pal on the head for good service, both
919-388-4905,
in sending software and hardware (a I'C
—Christine AJDAMEC Author, "Mail ORDER Maxims" RUN, MAY 1987
10) and in providing telephone advice
(when I couldn't get the I'C-10 to work).
York or San Francisco, so no special
—Pat Hollin
packaging or service is required. Yet
apo new york
A Call to Readers
we're charged double for postage, This
problem is especially aggravating be
This page i.\ your Stage, so iUnui uji anil
say afail WOttis, Extend praise, air grievances at offer advice and information.
great deal of hardware, it fails to batk it
1 have a contact for readers of HUN, either foreigners or Americans not liv ing in ihe contiguous 48 states, who are
up with accessories and software. Our
having trouble ordering software. Tom
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Faulkner, an entrepreneur in Durham,
mmt inchule the writer's name ami complete
cause, while our Navy exchange sells a
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was
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duced its first computer software store,
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clude computer accessories, product in
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who want to try out software before
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throughout the country.
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educational programs on a single disk fur children of ages three through seven.
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BananaTenn! is a terminal program
ciating a graphics image with a word.
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Happy Spell teaches spelling by asso The child is shown the image with a se
has released the C-64 version of Galac
with computer bulletin boards and
ries of blanks for filling in each letter of
tic Frontier, a space exploration game
computer Information services such as
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CompuServe. In addition to the stau-
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In MicroProsa'B
Airborne Ranger, you control your soldiar'i miobion
in ono
of three regions of the world.
dard features of a terminal program, it
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Software Gallery Interactivefiction, graphics, education, windows, gambling: sounds like an interesting monthfar you and your valentine! Compiled by BETH S.JALA
Rebel Charge At Chickamauga
A
You Command the Action In This Bloody Civil War Conflict
targeis, build levels of [onideation, transfer leaders between units and even split units into iwo separate forces or regToup them. You can perform recon naissance of enemy units, change the screen from tactical to strategic views or undo a move if you think you have made a mistake.
On the morning of September 19,
When
you've
finished
moving
all
average game will probably lake you ten
to 15 hours—a conservative estimate! One of the nicest features of Rebel Charge is the Save Game option—at the end of each phase, you're given the opportunity lo save. Ihe menu lets you perform all disk operations: format a blank disk, read the directory, save and delete games or load saved games.
1863, Union and Confederate forces
your units and have decided who will
Rebel Charge at Chickamauga may
met in [he woods and fields thai bor
attack, melee, bombard, and so on, the
be the best strategic war simulation
dered a creek named for the Cherokee
computer takes over. It calculates all the
game yet. SSI seems to have learned
word meaning "river of death." It was supposed n> In.' another in a suing of victories for the North. The Federal army under Major General Rosecrans
odds and resolves all
conflicts, The
from all their other games, incorporat
game is divided into (urns representing
ing good features and eliminating an
two hours of real lime. Each turn has
noying ones.
12 to M stages, including recover/rally
There are very few things lo criticize
was marching t« Ghattanooga, but Gen era! Bragg's Tennessee army was more
phases, operations phases, combat
in Rebel Charge at Chickamauga and a great deal lo recommend. It's all that a
than ready. I'or the first time in a long while, the Confederates had the Union
forces outnumbered. The tWO days at Chickamauga Creek
were bloody and confusing. The gen
phases, and so forth. The combat phase is divided into eight stages—all com puter controlled—with artillery, defen sive fire, offensive fire, retreat and
computer strategy game should be. In
a relatively short amount of time, you're playing the game rather than trudging through ihe manual. The system of play
advance and melee stages.
There are dozens of other options,
and the computer quickly become in
erals made hrilliani decisions and di sastrous blunders. When it was over, the
factors, sellings and alternatives cov
visible and you are immersed in the
ered
'J:"»page
battle, wondering where ihe enemy is,
South had won what, was probably their
manual. If you've never played a strat
wondering if your front line can hold
last major offensive thrust.
egy simulation, then expeel lo spend a
out long enough for reinforcements to
number of hours learning the system
arrive, cheering units when they rout
Rebel Charge at Chickamauga is the
in
ihe
comprehensive
third in a series of Civil War strategy
even in ihe basic game. If you're a vet
the foe and cursing units when they
games from SSI. written by the same au
eran war garner, then Rebel Charge has
succumb to an assault.
thors of Haitle of Antieiam and Gettys
more than enough to satisfy you.
burg; The Turning Point Aniietam re ceived mucfa BCClaim for being one of
Strategy games are not for diejoystick
According to the package, once you
jockies who have lighlning-last reflexes.
have mastered the playing system, the
They're games that require hours of
SSI's best war strategy games. Gettysburg was even better, and Rebel Charge at Chickamauga is the best to dale.
In
Rebel Charge at Chickamauga,
you control either the Union or (he
Report Card A
Confederate forces. You can also play
Superb!
An exceptional program thai ouuhines all others.
against another human opponent or lei the computer play both sides. There arc
B
three levels of play: a basic game that lias simplified rules, an intermediate
Goad.
One of the better programs available in its category. A worthy addition to your si jit ware lihrary.
and an advanced game. Within each
level, you can change tile difficulty, ammunition and reinforcements; com
C
Average.
IJvts up tn its billing. No major hassles, headaches it disappointments here.
mand control requirements; set time limits; use either hidden or non-hidden
D
Poor.
This program has SDIQC problems. There are beller on the market.
units; and use icons or symbols lo rep
resent units.
Once you have set all the Options, you control the individual units with
the keyboard. You can move units, set SM
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SOFTWARE careful consideration, deliberation and very little fasi action. Civil War buffs will enjoy Rebel Charge ai Chickamauga because ofIts historical accuracy. Computer war gamen will enjoy Rebel
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Sometimes selecting the Transact op
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or even a chance for skill -enhancing
Working series, provides a package that comes with disks, happily unprotected, for both the C-64 and C-128.
tion, rather than Attack or Run, yields valuable Information, a lucrative quesi membership in a guild. Almost every
try C. Spinnaker's Power C. in its Better
it's
action also affects your "moral align
The software is easy to use. You first
probably the best strategy simulation
ment," which, in turn, influences rela
game of this genre. (Strategic Simulations,
tions with various dungeon personages.
load a special program—a shell—that provides you with a mini operating
Charge
ai
Chickamauga because
Inc., 1046 N. Ratgstorff Ave., Mountain
system tailored to the C development
View, CA 94043. C64/$49.95.)
environment.
As witli most micro-based language compilers, program development can
—GUY Wright
Amiga World staff
be tedious, In order to compile a pro gram, you first load the compiler, which prompts you to insert the work disk with the program source on it. Next, you're
Alternate Reality:
The Dungeon
told to insert the system disk again for
A-
the
translation
phase.
Then,
you're
prompted for the work disk again so the object file can be created.
Question: Stay in an
You're no! through yet. howeverl In
Alternate Reality, or Attempt
order to run the program, you must go
Vengeance on Earth?
through a link phase so that C library functions can be combined with your
Beneath every large city is a maze. In the world of everyday, mundane reality,
these are service tunnels, basements
will you ucs-niu Co do in
object files to create an executable pro
I In-
Dungoon'n Potion Brewory?
gram module. This requires you to load the linker from the system disk, then load your program's object files from
in an Alternate
Each orientation (good, neutral or evil)
Reality, beneath THE city, you'll find
offers momentary advantages; so, there's
The Dungeon! In this second installment of Data-
no requirement that you wrap up the
the work disk, and finally load the li brary routines from the library disk!
scenario's major quest as a "good guy." You've succeeded if you make it through
swapping by
and iransitways; but
Soft's epic maze adventure series, you
backing up
the
system
disk and using the backup as a combi nation system/work disk. If you're lucky
can continue with a character from Al ternate Reality; The City, or start anew. Either way, your long-term goal is m
tougher, more skilled and heller pre
make it back to Earth or track down
pared for future adventuring. Despite an excellent manual, map
and punish some alien kidnappers. One
ping grid and other aids, getting started
warning; long term meansjust that, be
in a game designed to challenge devel
cause at least five additional Alternate
oped City characters is very rough for
smart enough to let you use some of the extra available memory as a pair of
Reality scenarios are in the works.
beginners. F.xplicit prompts and status
small RAM disks. You can copy your
Your immediate concern is to avoid becoming glimil food! Tlie first <>f four
displays arc of great help and, except
program, along with any of the standard C library source files that it needs, into
dungeon levels is a passageway and
by reliance on a single drive, mechanics
room
ma/.c
packed
with thieves,
de
The Dungeon with a character who's
Fortunately, you can minimize llie
for the extra disk flipping necessitated remain unobtrusive. Featuring effective
enough to have two disk drives, you might not have to swap disks at all. For C-V2S
owners,
the
package
is
RAM and edil or compile from there. This minimizes swapping and allows for
mons and so cm. Many of the items you
graphics, good sound and ,\ spectacular
instantaneous
find are dripping with noxious curses.
introduction, The Dungeon quickly
users will) single disk drives. Of course,
If some monster or disease doesn't put
draws you into one of adventure gam-
if you use this feature you must remem
you under, there's always a chance you'll
ing's more elaborate, most entertaining
ber to copy all your work to a real floppy
annoy an otherwise friendly or neutral
alternate realities. (DataSojt; distributed
before turning the system off, because
personage, find yourself on the wrong
the RAM disks disappear when the elec
side of a guild feud, or even gel lost
by EttCtrtmic Arts, 1820 Gateway Drive, San MallO, CA 94404. C-64/S39.95.)
and perish from thirst or starvation. But, to balance its hazards, the labyrinth
—Jeff HintLBUKr HOUSTON', TX
supplies restorative fountains, a non
lying (!) oracle, and other services, from smithing and weapons enchantment to
potion making and banking.
A new character begins with attri butes and equipment roughly amount ing to "warm meat" status. Still, you do
gel to start in a well-lit area with a 3-D perspective of nearby walls and doors. Learning
the
ropes,
boning
Power C
B+
Try Your Computer
source for language syntax errors.
Since the language is designed to be
portable, an important part of any C development environment is the run
math. Power C has very good runtime support, including a special function
If you've been thinking about exper
encounters, common sense helps too.
and machine language on your Com
HHIRUAKV IHHH
Power C contains a full screen editor for source-Code creation and mainte nance. In fact, there are actually two ediiors: the longer version checks the
Nan Language
imenting with something besides Basic
K U N
trons stop (lowing.
time library, which provides functions for EnpUt/output, string handling and
pact your prospects for success. During
26
128
Tongue at a
your
skills, careful mapping and luck all im
file access for all
that lets you call machine language sub routines from within your G programs.
The manual is well written, despite the
Si
K6Q Storm Uismg
latio
(Side 2 on back)
C-64/128
i Isoneofthemosldramatic and detailed stories of modem warfa/e ever written. Read by millions, Its gripping realism has become
ttie hallmark of author Tom Clancy and his technical collaborator Larry Bond.
/Their counterpart In entertainment software. MlcroProse founder Std Meter, is the world's leading creator, designer and programmer of simulation
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STRIKE EAGLE and SILENT SERVICE, have sold
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Now these three masters have combined talents to bring
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feel That it's cheaply printed on ihin pa per. It's logically organized, and obvious
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programs here in the states, (Firebird, PC)
the standard CBM character set into
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pains have been taken to describe not only which features of the language
memory for use in your pictures, al-
aren'i implemented (l>ii Qelds, Gar exam ple), but also non-evident ways of writing
ged, particularly when enlarged.
efficient programs. The documentation
basically standard. Windows can be de
is by no means a c tutorial; there isn't a complete sample program anywhere in
fined and manipulated. They can be inverted, pasted into another position,
ihe manual, although there arc a Few on
enlarged, squashed, reduced, stretched,
Reader
ihc system disk. II you want to learn C,
[lipped anil rotated. Geometric shapes are a Snap—lines, circles, boxes and
A Reading Teacher's
back of the manual is excellent. Power C is an affordable way to get
even triangles are simple to create.
Testing Aid
exposure to a powerful programming
stores color information, it's sometimes
language that is fast gaining popularity
difficult to keep all ihe colors the way
nn computers of nil sizes. Check it out.
you waul them in a graphics program.
tlie recuiiimendcd reading list in the
—Jim Grubbs Springfield, il
though il tends to look somewhat rag Other features of the program are
Because of the way the computer
The Accelerated B
For All the Grades Most English teachers have some in
Who knows? You may never go back to writing Basic programs again. (Spinna
teresting book report stories. A child
ker Software Corp., One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02139. C-64, C-1281
biography of Franklin Roosevelt fur
who turned in a summary of an assigned
nished my own personal favorite. What book the student read, it any, was
$39.95.)
brought into question by his describing
—Michael Broussard
Teddy Roosevelt, not Franklin, as being confined to a wheelchair throughout
Herndon, VA
his life.
Such thing
The Advanced OCP Art Studio
odd compositions may be a of
the
past.
The
Accelerated
Reader offers elementary and second
B ■-
ary schools the use of computers as an alternative to traditional book reports.
A Graphics Program
The software package contains six
With a Flavor
Sea what vim con create with Thn
disks. Two are a record-keeping pro
Adunncnd OCP Art Studio.
gram disk and its backup.
From Abroad
The other
four disks contain tests for 1B0 books. While Art Studio can't change the way the computer works, it does lei you se
Each book falls under one of three cat
lect color priority and exclusion lists.
books with reading levels ranging from
program for the CM has been done.
That's helpful when you want to draw
3.1 through 8.1), Children's Classics (25
So whi review another one? In this case,
behind existing images.
books widi reading levels of 7.2 through
ll does seem that jus! about every
thing thai can be done in a drawing
egories: the Basic Reading Series (100
it's a good package with a foreign flair
A variety of printers arc supported,
10.4) and die Bridge to Adult Reading
to ii: The Advanced OCP Art Studio is
with the program coming initially set
a product of British ingenuity. The Art Studio has followed In the
up for the MRS-HOT. The package allows
(2b books with reading levels of 7.3 through 12.S). The Basic Reading Series asks ten multiple-tboire questions on
footsteps of icon-driven programs, it's
images.
each work, while the other two cate
relatively easy to use. accommodates keyboard, joystick, mouse or KoaiaPad,
The manual is complete without being overbearing. The disk is pro
gories have 20 questions.
fully supports both disk and cassette
tected in a very simple way: It requires
maximum number of "reading points,"
(which is still in use, mostly outside the t'.S.j. and operates in Multicolour (En
that you input a particular word from
which are calculated by adding ten to
the documentation before it can func
the book's reading level, multiplying
glish spelling!) mode.
tion. Since computer hackers are notorious for losing or never obtaining
the sum by the number of words in the text and dividing that product by
For a patient artist, Aft Studio offers all the tools necessary to create some
for
sideways
printing
of
fill I-screen
Each of the ISO books is assigned a
the documentation, it seems a reason
100.000. After applying ihis formula,
prett) sophisticated images. But, I really
able way to offer some protection with
Bambi, for example, receives a maxi
think \ou have to try a program like
out knocking the head in your disk
(his in order to evaluate its ease of op
drive out of alignment.
mum reading point total of 7, while Anna Karcnina receives 73.
eration, Personally, 1 found il no more difficult than my favorite programs,
glossary translates key words into Ger
While the manual is in English, u
If a student scores at least 60% on a
ten-question exam or 70% on a twenty-
and more user-friendly than many of those I've reviewed. The selection of "pens and brushes," along with an im
man and French, That's a nice touch
question test, he or ihe earns actual
for an international program.
reading points based on (lie hook's max
pressive variety of patterns,
program or like to collect them, The
centage of correct answers. However,
Advanced OCP Art Studio receives my
the pupil doesn't receive any points if
endorsement. The only reason I rated
the exam's minimum percentage is not
cludes the ability to add tent to your
it less than excellent is because it joins
reached. Also, a student who fails is not
pictures. It comes with a futuristic-look
so many already popular and versatile
allowed a rclest on that book unless the
lets you
readily add subtle touches. The Advanced OCI' Ait Studio in
kl'N
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If you're in the market for a graphics
imum point total multiplied by the per
$2995 ATARI 8-Bit
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You love playing games, but sometimes you'd rather build your own. '["litre's a loi of satisfaction in phiyinp something you've personally created Now you dan with Wargame Construction Set" from ssi. This unique simulation lets you design and play a roriy limitless number of wargames Lhnc are as simple or complex as you desire. Start by drawing your own bat lie maps. Place roads, rivers, bridges, woods, buildings and mines in any arrangement
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Fight four levels of combat,
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teacher first modifies the Program Disk.
However, understanding literature is
To use The Accelerated Reader, an educator assigns a unique computer password to each dais member The
more than jusl memorizing facts id pass
press Raider is based on
Such tests. Instead, its essence is the
game. And like its predecessors, the pro
apprec iation ol the human message thai
gram is entertaining and enjoyable.
students then read unabridged versions
the author conveys in his or her work.
Express Raider is a "shoot-'em-up"
of lilies chosen Groin (he program's
It would be seriously wrong to use the
that's easy to learn but hard to master.
leading list.
program as the sole means of teaching
Unlike an arcade game, however, you
After completing a book, a child takes the com pin cr test. The program disk records the results and updates the pu pil's records. The Accelerated Reader can generate
literature.
won't have to spend a bag full of quar
Bui the software, ii' used wisely in con
an arcade
ters trying lo conquer it.
junction with other techniques, does
Thai's the good thing about home
have significant educational merit. For
versions of arcade hits. The bad part is
[dinicd reports for individual students
one thing, its 150 books are all excelleni additions to any reading list. Also, the
that some programs lack staying power because game plav is usually simple and
and for a class as a whole. It can also
program can save teachers thai most
you can play forever without wiping out
valuable of educational
your bank account. If my experience is any indication, that won't be a problem with Express Raider. After 10-12 total hours of play
produce additional tests for books thai aren't on its reading list. The documen
resources'—
tation explains in great detail how lo
estimate any tent's reading level and
word total. The number of maximum this data.
The Instruction manual recommends the use of material rewards, perhaps valued at five or ten cents per actual
reading point, to motivate students' ef forts, ll suggests thai schools establish a "More" where earned reading points
ing lime, I haven't tired of it yet, prob-
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reading poinU can be calculated with
ably because I he action is varied enough and (he challenge is strong enough to
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keep my attention. The premise of the game is fresh, too—there aren'l many
SUrtMflSY
SUHMABY
computer games set in the Old West.
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Bandits have captured ihe Gold City
PROGRAM
Express, along with all the passengers and valuables on board. It's your job to rescue
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die travelers and recapture the loot.
are traded for popular merchandise,
The software does Iikvc some poten
You start your quesl at the railroad
station, where you must duke it out with a bandit as the train begins to roll away
tial problems. One involves the lest questions. They occasionally ask aboul some of the finer details of a story. As
Tin- options given in the teacher's menu
a result, the more lime that passes alter
□f Rsadup's Accelerated Reader.
from the station. Defeat him before the train pulls out, hurdle a few obstacles,
earned. Because of ill is. students should
clear instructions helps 10 make a very
and you'll find yourself perched on top of the train's very last car. Now you have to fight your way to the trout of the train. Each car offers a
have ample access id the program.
attractive software package.
new foe. Some fight like you, with bare
a book has been read, the more likely
it is thai some details will be forgotten
and fewer actual reading points will be
time. And ihe support provided by a
user-friendly operating system and
hands, hut Others have weapons.
On the Other hand, pupils shouldn't
Readup, Inc. also offers a generous
have unlimited access to The Acceler
warranty thai encourages schools to try the program. Lfstudents are not reading
motive, you'll recapture ihe loot. The
ing, which seems to be a major concern oi i he software's developers. To combat it. ihey instituted (he password system and programmed a change in the order ot possible responses each time a ques
more and belief books within one year
scenario then changes, and you find
of purchase, the company will issue a
yourself riding horseback alongside the
tion is asked.
(Readup, Inc., PO Box 95, Port Edwards,
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own six-gun, which is difficult, because
ated. Reader. This could rcsu.li in cheat
Hut children will still be tempted to
train while bandits on board shoot at
teachers to expose their classes to the
you. During this stage of the game, you
benefits of The Accelerated
have lo dodge their bullets and try to
always
Header.
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rial rewards they may gain. Therefore.
mull
(lie train's loco
refund. This is still another reason for
cheat, especially considering the mate
Strict control
Should you reach
oak Park, ii.
he main
[here's more than one bandit on each car, and ihey keep ducking for cover.
The joystick and fire-button control
tained over the software if answer-shar
all the action in Express Raider. In ihe
ing and even disk-copying are to be
first parl Of the game, the slick is used
prevented.
Another, more basic difficulty is the possible misuse of the program, which
could actually impede the learning of literature. The Accelerated Reader is a testing,
not a teaching, program. All of Its ques
Express Raider
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much ihe same way as it's used in mar tial ails simulations. You duck. jump, lie down or walk by moving the joystick in
the corresponding
You
In ihe second part of the game, the joystick lets you move in any of eight directions as
tions are literal; none arc interpretative
direction.
punch or kick by hilling the lire-bull on.
you ride alongside
the
break new ground in entertainment
train. This helps you dodge bullets and also determines where your own bullets
responses to the questions ihey missed,
software, Dala East stands out from the
will land.
nor even which of the questions they
crowd by .slicking to a tried-and-truc
answered pi operly.
formula for enjoyable programs.
Ol evaluative. Students who don't get a
While other companies strive 10
passing score don'l learn the correct
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SOFTWARE screen action responds tojoystick move ments. Nothing is more frustrating than playing a jhoot-'em-up that responds slowly or erratically to joystick Input I l^ippilv, thai isn'i the cast' here. The graphics and play action also
GALLERY
woman, lor women. The storyline is
Hearts
reminiscent of a steamy romance novel
women Other than the worn oul slash-
something
for
audslay dramas, (Itifocom, Inc., 125 Cam-
the part of a beautiful young English woman who has just received a letter
briigepark Drive, Cambridge, MA 021-10. C-64/$3-l.9'>.)
from Jean LaEond, governor of the is land
certainly not state of ihe an. the graph
friend of your father. LaFond insists
nl" [rain movement when you're hop
offers
set in the late 17th century. You play
make Express Raider enjoyable. While
ics are attractive, dear enough to let you see what's happening ai all times and free oi' any noticeable Ellcker or other distractions. You get a real feeling
finally
of
St.
Sfnislra
and
— JOHN RYAN
"BlI.OXI, MS
purported
that you leave London immediately and tome to your father's side at St. Siuistrn
in the Weal Indies. 1 le has fallen victim to a tropical disease, and only your pres
C-MORE
ence will aid his recovery.
These Helpers
On the way to St. Sinistra, your ship
ping from far to car in the firsi pan of the game-, and you can truly imagine
is attacked by pirates. The pirate cap
Yourselfon the horse in the second part.
tain, a young outcast socialite named
The best players will rack up record
C+
Even Do Windows!
Nicholas Jamison, warns you that the
C-More advertises itself as a "new op
point totals while leaching the loco
letter and your dad's illness are tricks
erating system" that will "change for
motive in !>oth Stages of the game. Hut
to lure you lo (he island. Jamison lias
ever the way you use your Commodore
an old score to settle with Lord Lal'ond, and offers to help free your father. You
64." It is a window- and menu-based system that provides a set of tools: a
decide to trust the young pirate, and begin a long and hazardous journey to
word processor, spreadsheet, database
even players who find it Impossible to reach the locomotive tan enjoy the chal lenge of trying to break their own per sonal point records.
The game's various options make it easy to get (he practice required to sei
BUCh
records. There
are
three I'hiy
free dad from the dungeon of Jean I .al'ond. Plundered Hearts is touted as inter
manager and scientific calculator. C-Morc's windowing and multi-task
ing capabilities are its outstanding fea tures. Up lo four windows, in various
configurations) can be on the screen at
each mode. The different Play modes
active fiction. By typing in spoken English words, you affect the final out
correspond to the number of lives you
come of the story. The plot can take
or programs can be assigned at one
have and number of trains you must complete to save the Gold City Express.
several different directions, depending
time. If you have more tasks than win
on how you react to the various puzzles
dows, the idle tasks wait patiently in the
Another option lets you pirk up right
and dilemmas you encounter. Infbcom
background until you pull them into a
where you left off after you've lost all
has one of the best parsers (the part of
window and restart them.
of your allotted lives.
ihe program that deciphers your input)
modes and four levels of difficulty in
you
in the business, perfecting it to such an extent that you feel as though you're
might say that in some ways the home
actually talking lo the story rather than
Features such as those are typically missing
from
arcade
games,
so
version of Express Raider is better than
Because the tasks can outnumber the
windows, they are identified by help er names: Jill, Robert, Phil, Anthony, Lizzie, Susan, David and Mary, Notice that each helper name begins with a
just typing.
Plundered Hearts is, however, consid
any arcade version could be. But for the
once, and up to eight different "tasks"
different letter, so you tan reference
most part. Express Raider follows Data
erably less interactive than most Info-
them by typing a single character. In
East's
corn games, and it sports a much smaller
order to move to a task window, you
prOVCS there's absolutely nothing wrong
vocabulary of words lliat it can under
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stand—approximately 7(M)—whereas
Specify the name of the helper rather than the window number or the utility
most can process between 1000 lo ^000
in that window. This seems a little con
—SCOTT WAS8EB
words. But what the game lacks in words,
fusing at first, but turns out to be prac
it more than makes up for in plot.
tical,
tricd-and-trin'
formula,
and
i(
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Plundered Hearts
B
Finally, A Woman's Romance Novel
On the Computer Screen
There's a lot of reading involved.
because you can
use
the
word
processor with two different helpers to
While you might find that you haic little
edit documents in two separate win
or no control over many of the situa
dows, or two parts of the same docu
tions that arise during the course of
ment in separate windows.
play,
Plundered
Hearts'
well-written
The windowing software is great. You
prose should keep you in the thick of
can easily change ihe screen display
the plot until the very end.
from one to four windows in various
Plundered Hearts is not quite at the
introductory level. It's challenging enough to entice even the most sea
horizontal and vertical configurations. Each window's background and char
sex, while still rudimentary enough not
acter color can be different. Pop-up menus at the bottom of the screen aid the navigation between lasks, and each
ated have been aimed at a traditionally male-dominated market, on the as
to
Utility program has its own set of help
sumption that women account for only
tion for supplying first-rate documen
a small
tation is still justified.
soned adventure gamer, regardless of Almost all adventure games ever cre
percentage of entertainment
overwhelm
first-lime
course. Infocom's
players. Of
ledgendary reputa
menus.
Unfortunately, the utilities are some what of a disappointment Compared to
software purchases. With that being so,
But this is a romance story, with all
Infocom's Plundered Hearts breaks out
that entails, and aside from the small
ports ihem. For example, the word pro
into new territory. Plundered Hearts is designed by a
vocabulary
cessor. Writer, is somewhat primitive compared to other commercially avail
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and obvious
cliches scat-
lercd throughout the Story, Plundered
the operating environment
that sup
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able word processors, li has the basic lull screen editing features you'd ex-
and eight columns—the size ofa printed
ing versus reining. After studying the
page. That mighl prove a little lean for
manual, however, you'll discover that
peel, like wind wrap, search with re place and block move or tickle, lint ii falls short in the formatting depart
more ambitious applications, Column
you can adapt your own Basic progi ams
width is preset at ten, so only four col-
(Up lo (iK long) to run as tasks in the
umns fit on the screen at one time. You
(1-More environment.
ment—you can only specify top, bottom
can, however, split die screen into two
and side margins, and whether the out
horizontal windows and have two tasks
pressive, with clear descriptions of all
working on the same spreadsheet simul taneously. Although Fonuulator is by no
the commands and utilities. The pack
means sophisticated, it's certainly pow erful enough For budgeting and other
does ,m excellent job of illustrating eacli
put should be single- or double-spaced. Moreover, the format parameters you
establish are In force for the entire doc. umviii, mill there's no way to automat ically center lines, to add page numbers, headers or foolers, or to chain docu ments together, I tried using it to write part of Ibis review, and was soon frus
trated by the lack of features.
One of the 01011 irritating of Writer's idiosyncrasies is thai the paragraph marker is generated by the shift/up ar
row keys, instead of simply pressing re turn as in most other word processors.
To make matters worse, pressing ilie return key is how you get hack to Com mand mode. 1 was constantly pressing return by mistake and then having to
home applications.
Keeper, the database manager, is ad
database and financial planning re
and includes lour onscreen memories and a range of built-in functions for
bilities
of
the
C-More
counterparts
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things like computing loan payments. Filer and Copier are typical disk man
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agement and copy utilities, respectively.
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issues like comparing mortgages or buy
KKRULJARY
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Calculator program is well thoughl out
reasonably well. It's limited to 64 rows
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sheet like Multiplan, the limited capa
lupin mode. The spreadsheet, fiarmulator, works
31
age also comes with a demo disk that
equate for mailing lists, phone direc tories and other home uses. Database definition is done with a special Basic support program outside of C-More thai can be a little difficult to learn.'The
Also included in C-More is a Special ized utility that, at first glance, seems out (if place in the program. Home Buyer can be used to explore financial
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C-Morc's documentation is very im
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Simulating Real-Life Action... ne of the hottest-selling
categories of entertainment software these days is simu lation software. And it's no mystery as to why. What other form of entertainment can put you in control of real-life situations? The movie Top Gun may be exciting to watch
on the silver screen, but it can't put you in the pilot's seat and at the controls of the latest hi-tech fighter plane. The World Series can be exciting with the right teams, but only a baseball simulation can give you that every year. And taking a cruise on a hydrofoil is great fun, if you can find one; but if not, you can get a lot of fun out of a simulation where you're at the controls.
In this issue, RUN explores three of the most popular categories of simulation software for the C-64. So lace your sneakers for a run in a variety of sports, don your admiral's hat to map naval strategy, or get behind the controls of a hot jet in a flight simulation. There are some great Com modore simulation programs out there for almost anyone's taste in excitement. 38
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.. .On the Playing Field... By TIM WALSH
the store is tk-d. Who will get the last basket?
for your Commodore. While sonic of these pro grams resemble one another because the same
Poised on the edge of your chair, you guide your
people wrote (hem, they lend to differ in the
players smuoihly down ihc conn, and... your
level of player involvement and overall sophis
opponents Meal the hall!
tication. Nearly every sports simulation requires
Well, it was fun, anyhow, and [hat's whBI com puter simulations of SporU are all about —the excitement of athletic competition when you're
work disks for saving scores, and most of them
FIVE SECONDS LEFT in the fourth period and
use a joystick as ihc primary input device. You should spend a little more than you might wish
not athletically inclined or a blizzard is raging
and get the highest quality joystick you can to
outside.
complement your fine shootin' arm.
Whatever the sport you enjoy or would like to try, chances are you can find a computer version lUDSTKATHl) BY BOB SCOtT
This article is a survey of a number of foodiall, baseball, basketball, golf, howling, ice hockey and I KHIKUARY I!MK
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soccer simulations, along with a couple oi gen
screen, with the right half occupied by large,
eral interest games. First, to the golf course.
accurate depictions of pitchers and batters. The left half contains the baseball diamond with the
players positioned about the Geld. In Practice
World Class Leader Board
mode, you can use your joystick to swing at a
I'm not a golfer, maybe because I've never
series of pitches thrown by the computer-con
worked In a financial Institution or for a major
trolled pitcher. In Game mode, you take turns
brewery, so when I tell friends I spent Saturday morning "on the green," I'm referring to mowing
batting and fielding.
the lawn. In fact, I've avoided golf, since I thought
easy. Then again, hitting one of Roger Clemens'
it was little more than a waste of liinc and effort
Hitting a pilch in Championship Baseball isn't fastballs isn't easy, either. Scrutinizing the pitch
unless I could earn a living at it, like Arnold
er's moves precisely is the only way lo avoid
Palmer. However, my thoughts did ;i complete aboutface alter playing World Class leader Hoard, a
swinging too late or too soon. When you hit the
ball just right, the players in the left half of (lie screen scramble to field it.
C-64 golf simulation developed by the famous
When you're the pitcher, you alter your throws
duo of Bruce and Roger Carver. Marketed by
by making minute movements of the joystick and
Access Software, this game puts you riglu on the
pressing the
course where you have to fight trees and sand traps. Access also offers Volumes I and II of Famous Courses of (he World, iwo disks that require ihe Lender Hoard package.
some strikes, but it isn't easy to do consistently
Leader Board lets you select your skill level,
closest to, reacting instantly and precisely with
your clubs and the course to play. Using a joystick as your golf club, you hold down die lire-button and release it in asynchronized way to determine
your liackswing (power) and whether the shot will be straight, a hook or a slice. Leader Board (aught me the not so-subtle difference between
a 1-wood and a putter, and how variables in my selection of club and swing affect each shot.
fire-button. I
occasionally throw
unless you use all your powers of concentration.
Once the opposing team gels a hit, you must assume (he role of the fielder the ball lands your joystick. Championship Baseball seems every bit as hard
and every bit as rewarding as the real-life game.
Pure-Stat Baseball A sports simulation roundup wouldn't be com
plete without mention of Software Simulations'
All the Leader Board courses are so enjoyable
I'ure-Stat Baseball. In typical sports simulation
to play, I feel guilty being paid to review them.
fashion. Pure-Stat Baseball lets you play against a
Do yourself a favor and get this game to learn
friend or the computer. Two unnolched disks,
the fun of pliiying golf, or, if you're already a
one a game disk, the other containing data on all
golfer, tee off on the next rainy Saturday.
the teams from the l'JHfi National and American Leagues accompany the package. Ihe documen
tation includes a 42-page Instruction manual,
Tenth Frame
along with a 2lipage Manager's Guide Book.
I spent many of my Friday anil Saturday nights
The play in Pure-Stat Baseball, as iis name
as a teenager at the candle-pin bowling alley. Can
implies, is based on the statistical histories of the
dle pins, found exclusively in New England, are
players. Your job is to draft and trade players
much like ten-pins, except die ball is smaller, so
astutely, dien coach your assembled team to vic
you can roll it faster, and the pins, thinner and
tory. Pure-Slat olfcrs up to nine games per sea
taller, arc more difficult to knock down.
son, which translates into a !o( of playing time.
I probably wouldn't have spent so much time at
To keep things interesting for long-term users,
the alley if the ('■('■■I and 10th Frame had existed at
Software Simulations also sells accessory disks
die time. This game, which simulates ten-pins and mil candle pins, is another Bruce and Roger Carver original from Access Software that trans lates into lots of fancy graphics and plenty of real
containing data on additional teams and sta
ism. You can even adjust the sound of your ball
and comparing the skills of batters and pitchers,
rolling down the lane and crashing into the pins.
fielders and base runners, plus making countless
You use a joystick to position your bowler, then
press
and
release
the
lirebuuon
in
a
diums. However, keeping things interesting for beginning players isn't a pressing need, because you're busy trying out stadiums, rotating pitchers
other decisions. The graphics are good, (he action is quick and
smooth, precise manner to give the ball the
the players' moves are convincingly realistic. A
amount of speed and hook needed to accurately
Computer sports simulation couldn't he much
hit the pins. Until you develop style and form,
better than I'ure-Stat Baseball.
your rolls arc as unpredictable as in real life.
Get 10th Frame for hours of kcgling fun, but also get Leader Board to provide yourself with a break from the alley.
Street Sports baseball In Street Sports Baseball, you're not playing with professionals, but with a group of neigh
Championship Baseball As long as I'm in an effusive mood, I'll continue
with
a
sensational
C-64
hasebali
simulation:
Championship Baseball, from Activision.
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borhood kills on a lot full of rocks, trashcaus
and tree Stumps. You don't have to read the manual lo start playing this game, which is more of an arcade type than a sports simulation. You
just assume the role of pitcher if your learn is in the field, or you become the batter if your team
Dawn an the gridiron in Software Simulations' Football.
Winding up far a pitch vii:. Ij
Championship Baseball.
Rarely is thoro a dull
i..; 11. j 111. on tha court
with GBA Championahlp Baahstbell.
is up. You also play all ihe infield and outfield
same time successfully getting off your shot
positions when the hall comes near. The graphics are good, bui Street Sports Base
Fortunately, you can return your opponent's favor by aggressively blocking his attempted
ball will probably bore adults. However, it's in teresting and lively enough to keep kids, for
shots. Ail in all, GBA Basketball is a fine sports
simulation.
whom il's designed, occupied for hours.
NBA
GBA Championship basketball: Two-on-Two
Unlike GBA Basketball, Avalon Hill's NBA isn't just
a
movc-thc-joystick-as-fast-as-you-can
With one of the longest titles in the software
game. Rather, it transforms computer basketball
industry, GBA Championship Basketball: Two-
into a slower-paced, thinking man's sport, which
oii-Two (GBA for short) Isn't your average com puter basketball game. The sprites in this game
doesn't mean it's boring. You control ihe players'
actually do look like basketball players, propor
Various options from a list. You select the visiting and home teams from
tionally correct as they run about the court. They
moves indirectly by using ihe joystick lo choose
also handle the ball realistically, whether drib
20 real NBA teams, then specify a computer or
bling, passing or shooting a jump sho:.
a one- or two-player game, the number of games
Like most sports simulations, GBA has both practice and game modes. You can select one or
to make. Playing NBA basketball isn't just a mat
two players, and every two-player game, whether
ter of controlling your players' moves; you get
to be played and any lineup changes you want
you're playing against your best friend or the
to Implement both offensive and defensive strat
computer, gives each competitor a computer-
egy by selecting a point guard, then deciding
you're playing against the computer. You have
want your players to attempt. Considerable thought is required to decide who on your team
controlled teammate. Any type of shot from any location on the court is tricky, especially if
how many passes, steals, outside shots, etc., you
to make synchronized joysticldfi re-button moves
is best fitted for each task, based on their statis
to evade the player guarding you, while at the
tical ratings. Needless lo say, a good working I niBKCAKY I'MN
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knowledge of basketball and its related termi nology is valuable when you play NBA.
You play this joystick-controlled game against another person or the computer. In the role of coach, you select your first-string players and their stats, ranging from "speed!" (fast but weak-
Pure-Stat College Basketball
kneed) to "big!" (slow and sure-footed). Once
Software Simulation!1 Pure-Stat College Bas
you're down on the field, you decide whether
ketball is so similar to Avalon Hill's NBA that tlie only way I can tell them apart is to read the
team rosiers. Like NBA and Pure-Stat Baseball,
your team is playing defense or offense.
The atmosphere on the 4th & Inches gridiron is as action-intensive as real-life football. Get
If you're a long-time college basketball fan,
caught off guard for even a few seconds, and you'll get mauled or lose valuable yardage. The display follows the football, but unlike virtual
you'll like this game. If you're looking for fastpaced action, then you should seek out an alter
screen, the display is quickly updated in keep
it's a decision-by-decision game that lets you plan every move before executing it.
native, such as CBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two.
scrolling, when long passes and kicks fly off the the ball in view. When the ball lands near you in the new display, you've got to respond cor rectly in a split second.
Street Sports basketball A rather disadvantaged-lookiug youngster on
With its exceptional graphics, high-intensity
action and excitement, 4th & Inches contains all the ingredients of a good football simulation.
the cover of F.pyx's Street Spurts Basketball sums up what this game is all about—low-budget,
Football
neighborhood competition. Forget about Larry
Bird and Magic Johnson here; you'll find kids with names like Radar, Vic and Melissa. As you'd expect with any C-64 F.pyx game
released in 1987, Street Sports Basketball fea tures well-defined graphics. You control jus! one player on your team at a time, holding down the fire-button to make changes. You'll have to play the game a few times to get the hang of switching
Football, from Software Simulations, is a oneor two-player game for those who like to go beyond die detached perspective of the coach and call every move the players make. Plenty of mediocre graphics depict the field, yardlines and players, and, whether you're playing offense or defense, you have to use your joystick between plays to select your next move from menus.
players quickly enough to maintain hall control.
I uncovered an interesting aspect of Football
Eventually, you'll also discover how easily your
by mistake. When, as a quarterback with posses
opponenis can be knocked down and you can
sion of the ball, I ran back 20 yards to elude my
steal the ball. Of course, they'll be eager in get
pursuers, 1 found that I could run on into infinity,
the ball back, so Street Sports Basketball evolves into a combination basketball game and small
with most of the opposing team in pursuit. After
street riot—fun for kids of any age.
lost only II yards!
I let them catch up, I discovered my team had
The 73-page user's manual offers a thorough
GFL Championship football Sometimes getting a new perspective on an
old game offers some surprises. Such is the case
with GPL Championship Football from Activision. As the program's packaging states, "No longer are you up in the stands watching the fleas on the left play the fleas on the right."
GFL Championship Football can be config ured for play against another person or the com puter. Using a joystick, you select one of die
explanation of how to play Football, but the
terminology in the manual and in the game itself requires that you know the names of the various
maneuvers ahead of time. All told, Football is a fairly exciting, good-qual ity football simulation and a lot of fun to play.
Superstar ice hockey Because the opposing teams in ice hockey talk loudly while carrying big sticks, some of the
program's 27 teams, then control your chosen 11 by selecting offensive and defensive ball-mov
bloodiest,
ing options from a window.
While this program introduces worthy tech
blown knock 'em, sock 'em rink riots don't occur in Mindscape's Superstar Ice Hockey, which of
nological improvements and is an accurate rep
fers all the other major elements of realistic
resentation of football
still don't feel
hockey. Fine graphic detail and virtual scrolling
comfortable with it. My uneasiness doesn't stem from the fact that the goal posts aren't clearly defined or the program is too slow. Rartier, it's
help make the game a First-rate product. Superstar Ice Hockey pits you against either the computer or a friend. Using your joystick
because ten years of video games has left me a
for making selections, you go through a coaching
traditionalist who prefers to sit up in the stands and control the football fleas.
menu, ihen a player-recruiting menu where you
play, I
4th & Inches
most
spectacular fights imaginable
routinely occur at professional games. Such full
select two, four or six individuals for your team and adjust their offensive and defensive abilities. You also choose Practice or Game mode, the
number of minutes per period and whether the
A late 1987 Accolade release, 4th & Inches is a football simulation that hit the market while I
and goalie for each team, plus many other op
was in the midst of writing this article—which
tions. There's enough action in player trades,
is a good thing, because it deserves mention.
training camp, east and west divisions .mil team
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Street Sports Basketball and
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Championship Baseball, CBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two and GFL Championship Football
4th & Inches
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histories to keep even ice hockey purists content.
Playing this game provides both fun and sat isfaction. How much fun and satisfaction? Well, just imagine skating up to your opponent, whack ing him with your hockey slick and sending him spinning like a top. Now, if that isn't the essence of hockey, I don't know whal is. As in real-life hockey, of course, such mischief
editorial offices, and fortunately I was able to squeeze it in. Superstar Soccer treats you to de tailed graphics th;it weren't available in C-64
ponent camps out in front of my computer-
programs until recently. The field of play ap pears on a virtual-scrolling screen similar to that of Superstar Ice Hockey. When you're at one end of the field and kitk the ball hard enough to send it Hying to the other end, the screen scrolls horizontally to keep the ball, but not nec essarily the players, in view at all times. Superstar Soccer operates in a real-lime en
controlled goalie and rapid.fires shois until one
vironment where you're on the front line battling
goes in the net.
against the opposing team. Your foe is either a
Enough said In praise of Superstar Ice Hockey; 1 think most would-be hockey champs now have a good idea of the excitement and challenge this g;tme offers.
friend or the computer. There's a lot more to
doesn't go unpunished. I usually get thrown in
the penalty box for 30 seconds, while my op
this game than chasing and kicking a soccer ball. Along with playing, you also manage and coadi
the team, which means you recruit, train and trade players.
Superstar Soccer Just as I was putting the finishing touches on this article. Superstar Soccer arrived in the RUN
You begin your first game as the worst of 64 teams in the league, but with the aim of rising to be the reigning team in the division. Whether or not you make it, be sure lo get d new joystick rr.BRUA«Y 1IPNS
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or tWO before Starting you: climb. You're liable to go through at least one in ihfi process. General Sports Simulations
Okay, let's suppose you're looking for a good spoils simulation, but you're not Interested in traditional games like baseball, football and hockey. You may be intrigued by two unique and highly enjoyable disks released late in
1987:
Minds cape's Indoor Sports ;md California Games, fro in Epyx.
Indoor Sports provides graphics for playing
darts, bowling and ping-pong that htc some ol the best you'll find in any C-(S4 program. In
California Games, you enjoy surfing, foot bag, half-pipe skateboarding, roller skating, BMX bi cycling and frisbee throwing with detailed, re alistic graphics thai surpass even those in earlier Epyx programs,
which
were noted for their
graphics act ompllshrnenis. So, lace up your Nikes, grab your software and head for your C-64, There's a wide selection of ex
citing sports fun awaiting you, and the clock's about to start! E Tim Wabh m RUN's technical eilitar when he's not
reliving his youth with fantasies ntgnukred iiy playing sports simulations.
.On the High Seas. By HOB GUERRA
CREATE A REALISTIC PUGHT simulator, es pecially one thai puts you in the cockpit of a high-performance jet, and you've got instant ex
simulators, On a patrol mission, for Instance, you can hunt down an enemy convoy at periscopedepth and immediately launch a torpedo
citement. With a realistic naval simulation, on the other band, you may end up with instant boredom. First, the view is hardly breathtaking,
attack, or you can wait until nightfall and try a
usually consisting of little more than a static
portant over (he course of a long mission, since
horizon, possibly dotted with the silhouettes of
you usually begin with only 2! [orpedos and a limited amount of dicsel fuel. 1'uel can he con
distant islands or enemy ships.
daring surface attack.
Resource management is also extremely im
Second, things move a lot slower through the
served by using electric motors wlien possible,
water than in the sky. Consequently, most C-64
but a sub's batteries can't be used tor long without
naval simulations let you accelerate the flow of
i echai ging. Also, using electric power decreases
time so that a monlii-Iong mission can he com
your sub's top speed, so must be avoided when
pressed into a few playing hours. Even speeded
you're trying to outrun enemy destroyers.
up, however, combat at sea is a deliberate and
calculated process. SorrwARE Subs Submarine attacks, for instance, are usually
newest software submarine
to
hit the
water, Epyx's Sub Battle -Simulator, is an ambi
launched by slowly and silently closing in on the
tious effort
enemy like a cat sneaking up on a mouse. An end-run attack is often the best approach, re
After deciding whether to take charge of a Ger
that offers numy control options.
man U-boat or a U.S. Navy submarine and choos
quiring extra lime to slip around to the front of
ing the year of your command (1939-1945), you
an enemy convoy, where you can sil submerged and undetected as your targets float to within
are assigned one of (i() missions. These range
torpedo range.
Despite the necessarily slow pace and limited graphic potential of realistic submarine simu
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Sub Battle Simulator The
from simple patrols to vanced players can even mand that allows you to sequence throughout the
rescue missions. Ad tackle a wartime Com play every mission in course of (he war.
lations, they're becoming increasingly popular
Unfortunately, despite the variety of missions
with C-tvl users. One reason is thitt because it lakes so much patience and preparation lo
and play options. Sub Battle Simulator fails to generate much real excitemenl, chiefly because
mount a successful torpedo atlack, when you do
of the program's slow response to keyboard in
finally sink an ein-my ship, you feel a greater sense of accomplishment than the flight simu lator pilot who simply soars through the sky
if your keystroke will be read correctly may build
blasting everything in sight.
citing simulation.
Another sliinulus lo submarine simulation popularity is that lliey offer a much wider variety of strategic option) than typical aerial combat
that makes you feel as if you're watching a slide
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put. Having to wait (wo or three seconds lo see tension, but not the kind thai results in an ex
Another problem is static, jumpy animation show of a naval battle rather th.in participating
in one. Tor example, as you rotate your peri scope, using either the joystick or keyboard con trols, the view changes every few seconds, bat there is little Illusion of any horizontal panning of sea.
formation on one screen is a bridge view that shrinks to half its normal size on the left side of the screen, while maps, radar or che TDC are displayed on the right side. Other displays that are less frequently employed are loaded as sep arate screens.
Up Periscope! Of the three submarine simulations reviewed here, Up Periscope! offers the best blend of re
alism ami playabilily. Instead of requiring you to access several different screens to check your maps, instruments, armaments and periscope view, Up Periscope! puts everything necessary to
command your sub on one main screen. Wlthoill leaving this screen, you can check your Fuel,
Silent Service Although all the same options and informa tion found on Up Periscopel's main screen are
available to Silent Service players, the designers at MicroProse have used separate screens to dis play maps, Instruments, reports and the peri scope view. You select from tlie game's several screens by using ajoystick-driven menu, cleverly
battery and oxygen levels; look out across the
disguised as a sub captain in a conning tower.
ocean; check youl sub's speed, depth and head ing: study patrol maps; check your radar and
Move the captain to the map table to examine
sonar for enemy ships; or lock in your aim on
an enemy ship by calling up your Torpedo Data Computer (TDC).
The secret of providing so much valuable in
your maps; move him to the periscope to access
your periscope view; and so forth. While both Up Periscope! and Silent Service
let you simulate either short missions or long patrols, gainers who demand realism and histor-1 KKBRl'ARV HI88
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ica! accuracy from their naval simulations will
screen is rich in color and graphic detail, and
wain to set sail with Up Periscope!. If, on the other hand, the idea of staring at a single screen
fighters are superb.
animated sequences such as the attacks by enemy
through must of a k-ngthy patrol makes you seasick, you'll welcome the graphic variety of
PHM Pegasus
Silent Service.
For those of you who'd like lo experience a naval simulation based on a modern patrol vessel,
Surface Battles Two oilier popular
naval
simulations,
De-
rather than one of WWII vintage, PHM Pegasus,
Stroyer and PHM Pegasus, also place you in com
by Electronic Arts, is worthy of consideration.
mand of your own vessel. This lime, however,
Pegasus is a Pairol Hydrofoil Missilecraft (PHM),
you're up on the surface and, at Icasi in the case of Destroyer, it's your turn lo bunt down the
equipped with a 76mm cannon and two types of
submarines.
tracking systems like those in today's high-tech jet
guided missiles, as well us electronic radar and fighters. In addition, sour1 missions also require
DESTROYER One of the reasons Epyx's Sub Battle Simulator
you lo control tWO auxiliary helicopters that pro
vide additional radar coverage. Instead of the usual convoy escort missions
seems a disappointment is thai their Destroyer
through the German-orJapanese-patrolled waters
is such a tremendous success. Destroyer puts you
of World War II, Pegasus gives you a choice of
in the role of captain of a Flc(chcr-c!ass destroyer
eight up-to-date missions. You may choose, for
based in the Pacific during World War II. You can play Destroyer at any one of three difficulty settings, and there are seven different types of
example) to escort a supply ship out of the Per sian Gulf. To reach the ship, you have to sail
missions to choose from: Subhumcr, Screen,
through the Straits ofHormuz to Kuwait Perhaps the most interesting (hing about this scenario is
Scout, Bombardment. Convoy Escort, Rescue
that it was designed several months before the
and Blockade Runner. Depending on the sce
U.S. warships actually began escorting Kuwaiti
nario and difficulty level you select, you may face
tankers through (he Gulf. In other contemporary
enemy subs, warships, island gun emplacements,
missions, you intercept and sink terrorist pairol
fighter planes, or some combination of all four.
vessels
To combat each threat you must learn to use your
cargo ships suspected of smuggling arms to a South American dictator.
four weapon systems. Each weapon is fired from its own screen, and
you can quickly move from one to another by entering the appropriate two-letter code. De
in the Mediterranean or
Multiple-Ship Simulations For some, the most exciting naval simulations
stroyer also features separate screens for radar,
are those that let you command, nol just a single-
sonar and navigation, as well as a bridge screen
ship or submarine, but an entire task group or
that serves as a link to all other systems. Each
carrier force, consisting of several warships thai
Table 1. Manufacturers find prices.
Up Periscope I ActionS oft 122-4 S. Race St.
Urbana, 1L 61801
$29.95 Bismarck: The North Sea Chase Datasoft 19808 Nordhoff Place
Chatsisorth, CA 91311
$29.95 PHM ftgasus Electronic Arts
1820 Gateway Drive San Mateo, CA 94404
$29.9B Sub Battle Simulator and Destroyer
Epyx 600 Galvesion Drive
PO Box 8020 Redwood City, CA 94063
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l20Lake&oni Drive
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
$3455
Warship and Battlccruiser Strategic Simulations, Inc.
1046 N. Rengstorff Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043
$59.95
Check your controls
before you begin underwater warfare.
Tho action screen in DotBBoft'B Bismarck.
Know your vassal before you aubmarga In Bub Battla
Simulator.
must be used together to achieve a Specific
imum speed, armor thickness, radar and number
objective.
and types of guns. Kven though SSI has given
both Warship and Battlecruiser "advanced" rat
ings, players having little experience with map-
Warship and Battlecruiser
based naval simulations should be able to do well
One of the best games of this type is SSI's Warship, a game of tactical surface combat thai
after reading through the manuals once- or twice and (more importantly) watching a demo game.
lets you recreate historical naval battles between
the U.S and Japanese navies during the Second World War. Warship features four predesigned scenarios and 7i> different classes of Dutch, U.S., British and Japanese ships, ranging from battle ships to transports. You may even design your own ships and maps to create original scenarios.
A naval simulation with gameplay that's vir
Bismarck Just when 1 thought my roundup of naval sim ulations was complete, Datasofl released Bis marck: The North Sea Chase. Bismarck is an interesting combination of battleship simulation and wargame that puts you in charge of either
tually identical to that of Warship is Battlecruiser,
the British Royal Navy or the famous German
also by SSI. Like Warship. Battlecruiser lets you
batdeship. As commander of the British forces,
lead up to 20 ships into battle on 'he open seas.
your job is to hunt down and sink the Bismarck
This time, however, ihc selling is tile Atlantic and
before it can reach the southern edge of the map;
the game's eight historical scenarios arc divided
and for the German commander, (he objective
evenly between the First and Second World W;irs.
is to sink at least one British battleship, aircraft
It isn't the graphics that makes these games so
realistic (both use plain while ship icons against a featureless black ocean); it's the fine attention
carrier or convoy.
Whenever British and German forces clash on the battle map, you're given an opportunity to
to historical detail ancl accuracy. For example,
take control of any ships that are directly in
each of the ships is rated individually for max
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use during battle lets you fire the ship's main
pointed with Bismarck's lack of realism and
guns or torpedos, close in on the enemy ship, pull away, or maintain the current distance. Dur ing SODie battles, you can even launch carrier
tactical options. However, anyone interested in
based torpedo plane raids against the Bismarck. Although Bismarck is an enjoyable game, vet eran war-gamers will find that it offers mo little Strategic challenge. Fans of games like Up Peri scope! and Destroyer will probably be disap
a beginner's level game that combines elements of both action simulations and map-based war
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Bob Guerra, an editor for the cardiac unit of Mas sachusetts General Hospital, has written many software reoiem for RUN' magazine.
...In the Air By LOU WALLACE
THE FLIGHT SIMULATOR was one of (he most
will make every effort to cut your flight short,
popular of the early computer games, ll first
you can practice flying and attacking. Then you
appeared for the Apple computer in the form
can attack geographical areas in North Africa,
ofSubLogic's FlightSlmulator 1 program, which, by Current standards, was extremely slow and
Central Europe—even Lybia and the Persian Gull. The high-resolutiDn graphics screen is up
had crude graphics. Yet In its lime, il was quite
dated quite quickly.
an achievement and was the precursor of several generations of entertainment and educational
ulation of die stealth fighter and its missions.
software, including Flight Simulator II for the
While it can be fast-paced and arcade-like in play,
C-64, also from SubLogic. Since the release of FS2 for the C-64, there's
it is not a simple shoot-'em-up.
been a steady output of flight simulators of var
ious craft for both peace-time ami combat situ ations. And the last Quarter of 1!)87 lias seen
Stealth Fighter is meant to be a serious sim
ECHELON Heading into space brings us to another new
the release of several new and innovative C-64
entry in flight simulation. This is Echelon, from
programs.
Access Software. In this space-flight simulation,
which is more arcade-like than Stealth FighttT,
Project: Stealth Fighter One of ihc best of ihesc- releases is Project:
is to defend Earth from space pirates, explore new regions of spaie and try to find the space
ulates the F19 Stealth lighter plane [he military
pirates' stronghold.
reportedly has been developing. (The name Stealth comes from the phrase "stealth technol
and a viewscreen showing a three-dimensional
ogy," which refers to various techniques designed
grid that represents the planet's terrain and sur
to make (he craft undelcctable by enemy radar
face structures such as buildings. You control the crafts banking and rolling motions with the joy
The cockpit display combines a control panel
stick and press the fire-button
to increase or
decrease your speed.
some sophisticated graphics programming, offer
The use of weapons (missiles, photon cannon
one of the most realistic combat simulations yet released to the C-64 gaining community.
and high-density anti-proton projectiles) in Ech elon brings us to an innovative feature that dis
The Stealth Fighter is controlled via a com
tinguishes the program from other arcade
bination of keyboard and joystick controls. Part of the screen display contains your view from the cockpit. Overlying the viewing area is the Head-Up Display, which gives you critical Infor mation necessary for flying the aiicrall, such as pitch, heading, roll, airspeed and altitude. It may
games—the LipStik.'fhe LipSlik is a headset with
also contain a weapon gunsight that indicates
LipStik is being sold separately, a special version
an enemy's position. The lower half of the screen
of it is included in the F.chelon package,
shows the cockpit control panel containing in dicator lights, gauges and system displays. Before going into combat, where the enemy K I! N
space station in uearF.arth orbit. Your mission
Stealth Fighter from Microi'rose. This game sim
and defense systems.) Project Stealth Fighter conies with over 100 pages of documentation, maps and keyboard overlays that, combined with
4K
you're the pilot of a C-104 spacecraft based at a
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a voice-activated switch in the microphone, and while it's not a true voice-recognition system,
you do use your voice to activate the C-101's weapons, just say "Fire!" (or any other word) to
launch a missile or lire the cannon. While the
I really like Echelon. The graphics are weli done, but then so are all the others in this new
generation of flight simulations. The combat is
fast and fun, and the Exploration mode has much in common with an adventure game.
THUNDERCHOPPER Back on earth again, we switch from spaceship
to helicopter combat in AciionSoft's Thunder
Chopper. This game uses graphics technique! licensed from SubLogic, which is known for its fast, three-dimensional graphics. This simulation
limes, you'll get orders to destroy moving objects such as trucks, tanks or aircraft. Depending on the target, you must Find it, choose the appropriate weapon system and de stroy it. All the time you miisi keep an eye on
the available fuel and the number of rounds left for eacli weapon. If you've wasted all your rockets or missiles destroying trucks, you won't be able
to destroy a bridge with your machine guns, and you won't accomplish your mission.
puts you inside the Hughes 530 MG Defender
It's inevitable that Thunderchopper will be
helicopter and offers a variety of scenarios, in cluding combat, rescue, escort and simple Hying
compared with Gunship. from Microl'rose. Both
excursions.
Depending on the mode of play selected, you'll
are helicopter-combat simulations [bat use 3-D
graphics displays. Bui there is a distinct differ ence. Gunsbip, like Project: Stealth Fighter, has
be given a set of orders on targets or goals. You
simulations dial are much more complex and
might guard a convoy from enemy gun instal
detailed. To play them effectively requires a good
lations. This requires you to seek out and find
deal of reading, [hougbt and practice. Thunder-
(he source of the Incoming shells and take out
chopper, while also striving to be a realistic sim
[he enemy before they get you or the convoy. In
ulation, has more of an arcade quality. It doesn't
Combat mode you'll be ordered in destroy a scl
require nearly as much study to play, and its
of targets, such as bridges or buildings; ul other
manual is smaller and easier to follow. So the FEI1HUARV I'.WH
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L-jliilii chasing Chuck Yaeger.
Praparlng to launch tha Stealth Flghtar.
Table 1. Manufacturers and prices.
Echelon
Thunderchopper
Access Software, Inc. 2561 South 1560 West Woods Cross, UT 84087
ActionSoft
$44,95
Champaign, 11.61820
201 West Springfield Ave. Suite 711
Project: Stealth Fighter
MicioProse
Chuck Yeager's
120 Lakefront Drive Hunt Valley, Mil 21030
Electronic Arts
S39.95
Advanced Flight Trainer 1820 Gateway Drive San Matco, CA 94404
$34.95
two games lire aimed at different audiences. Per
ings; the second instructs yon in advanced ma
sonally, what I liked mosi about Thunderchopper
neuvers; and the third is stunt flying, including
was liie arcade aspect.
playing
follow-the-leader
with
Chuck Yeagcr,
who may well leave you in his flight vapor!
(with no beagle to help you) and the P-51 Mus
From Electronic AlU comes Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer. This is a non-combat
and the F18. Once you reach a certain level of
flight simulator that gives you a feel for what it is like to fly very fast experimental aircraft. The Advanced Flight Trainer has the fastest
expertise, you can try your hand at flying one of three experimental planes. However, you never know what will happen with tho.se untested
screen update of the four flight simulators I
craft!
looked at Like (he others, you have a screen display thai has a control panel, complete with
grams. I quickly tiie of war games, and real-world
gauges, dials and gadgcis as well as a full color
simulations take loo much thinking. With Chuck
view screen thai gives you a pilol's-eye view of
Yeager's Advanced Flight
the S-D terrain. And the terrain is more detailed than ihc other packages, making this program
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more interesting lor simple sightseeing flights. There are three levels of operation. The first [caches basic flight skilly like take-offs and land SO
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Chuck Yeagur's Advanced Flight Trainer
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Iron) ancient models like the Sopwith Camel
tang, to modern craft like the SR-71 Blackbird
For me, this was the most inn of all the pro
Trainer, 1 got to do
Lou Wallace, RUNi technical manager, particular ly enjoys action games. He is by fur the most adept of the stuff at Stealth I-ighter.
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As the recent collapse of the stock market attests, investing is a risky business
It was a crash heard round the world. On October 19, 1987, the stock market plummeted, and investors have been nervous ever since. Curiously, however, on the Tuesday after Black Monday, brokers' offices were flooded with customers who wanted to open new accounts, not close old ones.
Wall Street is a jungle where bulls and bears are always on the prowl, and, as Black Monday and the day after illustrated, no one can predict which way the market will go. For every observer who says it will skyrocket, there's another who says it will plummet. How ever, they all agree on one thing: Anyone who plays this market needs
plenty of help; these days, a computer isn't a luxury for investorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; it's a necessity. To this end, there are now a number of investment programs avail
able for the C-64 and C-128. Like stocks themselves, some are winners, some are losers, and some are blue chips worthy of the software >
By PETER KING PHOLOGRAPHS COURTESY OV BE'lTMAN ARCHIVKS
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Fortune 500. In this/Tirticle^Ul survey four of
ment
these programs and also make brief mention of
analytical tool for predicting which stock^pbuy
a few others, all
.which can helpyoukeep those
or a device for charting stock movcmeiMS. As a
bulls and hear
ndcr control.
database, it should keep good, clear jjarords, so
transactions,
not,
as
some
suppos<j»iin
you'HJwiow at any lime how much yu«c making
Types of Investment Software There ace three distinct groups of infc■■■•■
inent software, with different tasks and differ?
purposes. Financial analysis software scree nT companies' records for certain fundamental con ditions thai would make their slock a viable
J. Come income tax lini^Wic program should be .iblr lo pritil mil .1 I ii on I <>[ tin- ycai "i*
Ints anHlosses. Personal Pot^Slio Manager by tbaciis derail this and \\wvAW-dn<\ does it well. There ai^Kwo vcrsions^FPPM—one for the
C-64 and niiWor the (MJE The latter supports
both 40 and t&culuini
The prograiMis sltj»htforward, so even as a
investment. Portfolio management software re* ^cords the transactions in an investor's portfolio ■and then prints them out in various formats.
beginner, you swuWbe able to electronically
Technical analysis software displays slock data
word of warning, though: Don't forget lo use the
in charts and graphs that a knowledgeable per-
Exit program when you're done, or you'll lose
record your jxniwii) in just a lew hours. One
all the data from that session. PPM keeps good, professional records of in vestments. Ii separates the open slocks (those you currently bold) from the closed (those that
you've sold), and it keeps complete year-to-date
records that make a breeze oul of completing the dreaded Schedule D of form 1040,
In addition, PPM can automatically dial the Dow Jones and Warner quote services to update your portfolio—even when you're not home! Or
you can enter the quote Information yourself, using the daily newspaper as your source. The master disk conies with five report pro grams that should cover vinually all your needs.
If not, you can customize the programs to print out reports any way you wish.
I used PPM with two printers, a Star NX-10 and a PowerType daisy wheel. The reports gen erated were clean, precise and professional. I've seen programs like PPM tor the IBM PC ai
a cost of S4(K)-$ii<)0. Abacus's Personal Portfolio Manager does what iis cousins do at a fraction of
the cost. This program would make an excellent addition to any investor's software library.
Technical Analysis System
son can use to spot trends and predict if the
Believe it or not, there's an investment tech' nique that's touted as able to pick a winning stock without any data on the financial state of the
stock will go higher or lower.
company. Called technical analysis, it involves
Any investment software package should ad equately fulfill its main purpose and also be easy to use, even for those not versed in economics or business. In addition, the documentation
charting and graphing a stock, using data such as
should be well written and understandable) ihe
stock will move higher, lower or even sideways.
high, low and closing prices, volume and moving
averages. From these graphs, a technician can discern certain trends that indicate whether the
So, let's take a look at some of the most popular investment software available today for the C-64 and C128. Refer to Table 1 for distributor in
Proponents oftechnical analysis say it's similar to a doctor reading a hospital chart and pre dicting whether die patient will get healthier or sicker. Its detractors say it's more like reading an astrology chart—and about as scientific. One thing is certain: The Technical Analysis System
formation and prices.
by Abacus is every bit as good as similar programs
program should have a certain elegance and sophistication, and, most important, its results should be accurate.
offered for the IBM PC—al one-tenth the cost.
Personal
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Abacus makes both C-64 and CM28 versions of TAS, and I reviewed the latter. An HOcolumn program, TAS 128 takes full advantage of the hi res capabilities of the 8563 chip. The charts are displayed in various formats, and the printouts are professional. *"
Online Help for Investors By JOHN PREMACK VESTOR. AN ONLINE SERVICE from Investment Technologies, provides you with market research data and analyses formerly available only to professional money managers. Requiring
no special software, it features more than 20 evaluative programs and an almost equal Dumber
of user help files and utilities, along with a comprehensive user's guide. All you need lo gel online with Vestor is a 300- or 1200hnud modem and communications software. Vestor'l VAX 11/785 computers, located in New Jersey, can be accessed directly or via Telenet. Several Information services, including The Source, GEnie and Quotron, also offer gateways lo Vestor.
The service is remarkably easy to use. Two-letter codes take you directly to a scries of programs that screen, analyze, chart and rank (lie potential of investment opportunities in any of four areas: stocks, options, futures and market av
erages. A database of historical Information on over 6000 issues from the
New York Stock Exchange, American Slock Exchange and Over the Counter markets forms the foundation of the programs and is Instantly available to Support your research. The standard report prepared by Veslor's Evaluate program provides daily technical analyses of price trend lines, performance predictions. Alpha (rel ative to market) and Beta (volatility) ratings and reward-to-risk ratios. Vestor also generates an Investment Strategy Rating for each stock, combining
technical and fundamental predictions and evaluations.
Boon to Investors Savvy investors will quickly learn how to set their own performance, yield and marketability parameters anil conduct a searcli of every stock on the system. Option traders can follow issues with a pair of standard chart reports, one of which uses current prices while the market is open. The bar chart generated by Vestor's OpI'lot program is calculated by applying 14 proprietary formulas to determine what a particular option's price "ought" to be. If terms like price trend lines, moving averages and graded buy/sell signals are enough to
send you to the bank to buy savings bonds, Vestor's newest program, TellMe, will help. It reduces the technical charts and jargon lo unadorned English and presents an easy-to-read,
computer-based technical opinion of a stock's rating and potential. Two other Vestor programs will also appeal to the less sophisticated investor. Select provides a list of five stocks that have a favorable reward-to-risk ratio. Updated weekly, it also supplies a commentary on the fundamentals of each company. Model offers a portfolio often Vestorselectcd issues as a guide for possible long positions in the stock market. Of course, despite having outperformed the Dowjones Index for over 20 years, Vestor offers no assurances of
future performance. MyRccord, one of Vestor's utility programs, duplicates the record-keeping function of many personal financial programs by maintaining a list of your transactions and preparing reports on your holdings or realized profits and losses. This program happens to be one of the few inadequate features of Vestor, primarily because of its inability to evaluate current holdings. In contrast, another Vestor utility, called MyList, is most useful. It lets you automate much of your time on the system by storing lists of stocks that can all be run through an analysis program at once,
At a Modest Cost The price for this powerful information service is surprisingly low. The initial subscription fee of $49.95 includes the excellent 200-page user's guide and 30 days of unlimited access. After the first month, individual reports are billed at $l-$3 per issue. Investment Technologies offers a bounty of one month's free service if you provide referrals who sign up as permaneni subscribers.
Telenet charges 20 cents per minute. If you access Vestor through an online service such as The Source, you'll avoid the initial fee, but charges for each slock analyzed or screened arc double those paid by a Vestor subscriber. With its large database, relatively modest fee schedule and no monthly minimums, Vestor
is an attractive alternative for the occasional investor, as well as the discount brokerage
customer. For further information, contact Investment Technologies, Inc., 519 Thornhall St.,
Edison, NJ 08837. IB
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Playing the Investment Game ByWALTLATOCHA WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? If so, you can realize your dreams—in a way—
with just your C-6'! and the investment simulation game of your choice. The New York Stock Exchange, for instance, is the setting for Insight's The Financial Time Machine, which first appeared in 1985. In this game, designed for up to four players, you
choose any five-year period between 1930 and 1984 and a starling "slake" of $25,000, $50,000 or $100,000. Then you buy and sell 27 common slocks, options, gold, Treasury bills and
shares of a real eslatc Index in an attempt to increase your holding). The program provides update! 011 the Status of your portfolio, your net worih, your cash How, the current values of available Investments, news events that may affect prices and the prime rate. It also lets you buy on margin and issue stop-loss limit orders.
Blue Chip Software distributes three investment simulations that were first released about 1983: a stock market game called Millionaire, a real estate
game called Baron and a commodities game called Tycoon. All three have (he same basic structure, are played by only one person and have a goal of amassing a net worth of SI million or more. The programs calculate taxes, commissions and interest on loans and margin purchases, and they let you
save your current nel worth from one game to the next. The Blue Chip games come with detailed instruction booklets that are far clearer than The Financial Time Machine's brief pamphlet. However, they suffer from long disk-access times at the start of a new game—more than !5 minutes for Millionaire, more than six minutes for Baron and more than 11 minutes for Tycoon—and they're incompatible with the Epyx Fast Load CUP tridge, fortunately, reloading saved games lakes less than three miuuies. Decisions, Decisions In Millionaire, you must increase your initial $10,000 a hundredfold within 78 rounds of market activity. Aiding your decisions on whether to buy or sell 15 stocks and their options
With tlio Finnnciol
are brief news updates, corporate histories and charts that track the performance ofindividual stocks, industry groups and the market as a whole. Baron is played on a "turf" encompassing the real esiaie markels of six slates. You have
can play tho mark or
Tims Machine, you in 1945.
60 turns, Spanning five years, in which to parlay $35,000 into seven figures. Play options include buying and selling residential buildings, business facilities and land, plus options on these properties, and you can place your excess cash in interest-producing second mortgages. Baron's trading aids include property descriptions, bulletins announcing major events and statistics and graphs showing fluctuations in market sectors.
The third Blue Chip simulation, Tycoon, provides 52 weeks in which to build your initial stake of $10,000 up to a million by trading in 15 commodities, including soybeans, Swiss Franu, pork bellies and the Standard & Poor's Index. Like Millionaire and Baron, Tycoon alerts you lo news events and provides market descriptions. However, it adds a fictitious
trader, named, appropriately enough, Cheat, whose nel worth of $350,000 an unscrupulous gamer can assume for an undeserved head start toward his or her first million. Some Commodore gamers may consider The Financial Time Machine and the Blue Chip
programs dull, because of their minimal sound effects, rather static graphics and lengthy playing times. However, if you enjoy thinking, they'll probably be among your favorites. Tycoon is especially challenging in letting you make money even when the market value of your portfolio declines.
Do Games Help in Real Life? Can these games help the experienced investor in real-life markets? Probably not. For one thing, ihey simulate only speculation, not long-term Investment Also, some of their assump tions are invalid for actual trading. For example, both Baron and The Financial Time Machine include long- and short-term capital gains, a distinction that recent lax legislation has largely
erased. All four of these games do match reality in one important respect: Like authentic markets, they're difficult to master. If they help you appreciate bow much effort is needed to succeed in the real financial world, you'll have learned a valuable lesson. The Financial Time Machine is available for $34.5)5 from Insight, a subdivision of Lehner Communications, Inc., 2708 Arlington Ave., Highland Park, IL 60035, 312-432-4606. Million-
aire, Baron and Tycoon arc distributed by Blue Chip Software, Inc., 345 Fourth St., San
Francisco. CA 94107, 415-546-1866, and cost S29.95 each. (H
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Like Personal Poij^io Managerfcs sister pro
gram, TAS can caWtip Dowjones^d Warner to get quotes. Siace these services maintain a
day-by-day listing of price quotes for a^fast a year, they pri^de substantial histories
The answer for many has been Investing
mutual funds, in which you buy a share of A that's managed by professionals. Over y^ few yearAmost mutual funds have priy^i to be excellent Âťvestmenls.
OlaSv. swou no longer have m^mtny about
into TAS.
Be fore\Jrned that, while TAS is easy to lear technicaWnalysis is not. The program's docu^ mentatiBi gives good background information, but, iMfou're unfamiliar with technical analysis,
youWneed to seek out a textbook on the subject library. Otherwise, the charts may look meaningless jumbles of lines. The power of this program is enormous, and,
stock^buy, bui which nuit^plinid should
, choose? *tc Watt Street jourm lists scores of
'letn, each wn a number uvsubcli visions, so
picking a gooclfciuiual fun^may look as hard as picking a goo^stock. That's where MmualJKnd Prospector, which tracks families of MmBTal funds, can help. You
input the closing j^^es for each fund once a
once you know something about technical anal
week; then [he program determines which has
ysis, it won't be long before you're writing macros
performed best over a given period of lime. In
to take advantage of its vast capabilities. Abacus's
addition, the Moving Average program calculates
Technical Analysis System is a winner.
an entire fund's performance, giving you an over
all look at the quality of its management. MFP's instruction manual is well written, and
MUTUAL
FUND PROSPECTOR
the program itself is straightforward. You can
chart as many as five funds at once and print out several lists, with the funds ranked in or
realization that picking the right stock isn't easy.
der of performance. One weakness, unfortu nately, is that the printout of the graphs is less
Too often, while the market resembles a herd of
than professional-looking.
Many small investors have come to the painful
stampeding bulls, your portfolio lies there like a dead fish.
You must input a history of each fund's closing
prices
to build up a database
for analyzing
trends, but once this research is complete, doing
Commodore: Sailin' On
the weekly updates is easy. All in all, Mutual Fund Prospector is a fine program that should help you choose the right mutual fund.
Aspen Glen Software has Introduced two new programs that complement Mutual Fund Pros
pector. The Moving Average
Explorer helps
investors discover the most advantageous num ber of weeks lo use for the moving average cal culations of the funds they're following.
The second program, Kile Manager, allows you to add additional daia to existing Prospector files,
and it
also
provides
a
spreadsheet-like
printout.
Investment
Simulation program Well, now that you've made a killing in the market, what next? Duild a multimillion-dollar
apartment complex or put up a 100-story sky scraper? If you're in that league, then the In vestment Simulation Program from Pyxis is for
C-64 AND C-128 USERS ARE KEENLY AWARE of the rollercoasler fortunes of Commodore Tnlcrnalional. Over the pasl four years, the company's stock has been as high as GO and as low as 5.
On July 21, 1987, the slock hit a calendar-year low of 8. Which way was it headed from there? I used ihc Abacus Technical Analysis System to find out. The vertical lines on the chan show the daily price range of Commodore slock (CBU is the ticker symbol] for the first seven months of 1987. Notice the line through ihc slock prices. It's called the 60-day moving average. The fact thai Commodore was trading considerably beneath its moving average was one indication to technical analysts that its stock would move higher, despite the receni downturn.
And did it? Well, 60 days later, on September 21, Com
modore stock was selling for 9%, a gain of 22 percent! E
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you. This package is used to analyze long-term
investments and predlci if Bnd when a major project (usually involving real estate) will become profitable.
There are separate programs on the disk for the C-64 and the C-128, with the 128 version supporting both 40 and 80 columns. In order for you to get a proper hard copy, your printer must be capable of compressed mode (about 136 characters per line). ISP is flexible, and the professional printouts offer an accurate appraisal of a project's poten
tialâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;assuming you know enough about business investing to feed in accurate data. And there's the rub. This program is for knowledgeable users only. The documentation, written in technical jargon, assumes a familiarity with the basics of
Table 1.
Distributor:, and prices.
Personal Portfolio Manager
Technical Analysis System
Abacus Software
5370 52nd Si. SE • Grand Rapids, Ml 49508 616-698-0330
C-64 and C-128; $39.95 and $59.95, respectively, for each program
Mutual Fund Prospector
Moving Average Explorer File Manager Aspen Glen Software
2350 Sixth Ave,, #6H • San Diego, CA 92101
619-235-8734; C-64; $49.95, $39,95 and S29.95, respectively
Investment Simulation Program Pyxis Software
I'O Box 18016 • Colorado Springs, CO 80935 303-595-6465 C-64 and C-128 on one disk; S36 (plus 10% for handling)
Strategist Strategy Software
909 Carol Lane • Fairbanks, AX 99712 907-457-2294 C-128; $29.95
Microsoft Multiplan Originally distributed by Kpyx, Inc., but now available only through mail order or in com puter stores.
C-64 and C-128; S59.95 each
investment and finance. However, if you have a
loi of money to invest and business experience to back it up, [Si1 will serve you well.
FOOTNOTES Strategist, from Strategy Software, arrived too line for me to review, but It's worth mentioning.
Designed for Che C-128, this program si;ins with a large historical quote file and a trading Strategy you specify. Then it simulates realistic trades to see how well or poorly the strategy' would have
paid off. The program goes through the histor ical tile over and over, varying the strategy a little each time, until it finds the one with the best payoff. The package includes the main program; two supporting programs that create historical files and track weck-toweek price activity; several utility programs; and several years of quotes for
Microsoft Multiplan, a C-64 and C-128 program (originally from Kpyx, but now available through mail order or computer stores), even has a tem plate called Stock Portfolio right on the disk. Spreadsheets are more flexible than dedicated Mock programs, so you can scl them up in any format you wish. They're also faster than (he typical portfolio manager, because all your data is in one file, and usually on one screen. However, you lose some of the excellent fea tures of a good portfolio manager. For example,
the ability to print out reports is curtailed, and you can't tie into quote services. Also, you need
to come up with formulas to enter on your own, and spreadsheets take more work to update.
So, there's a look at some of the investment software that's available for you and your Com modore. Now, off you go to stalk those bulls and bears. Good luck and happy hunting! ■
a fictional insurance company.
In addition to dedicated software, spreadsheet programs can also be used as portfolio managers.
Peter King is a freelance editor and writerfor several
financial and investment ntwslttters. FKBRLMKV IHH8
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As many Com mod ore owners know, copying disks with a
quences to complete the copy. When
1541 disk drive and its accom panying backup program is a slow and frustrating process. In fact, it
it's done, press return to go to the main prompt, then C to make another copy
can take as long as 20 minutes. We wrote
or Q to quit.
RUN Copy to alleviate this problem. It
Error Handling
lets you make a disk copy in three min utes or less—a more than 500 percent
If an error is encountered during
Increase In speed! Normal 1641 copying is slow became
copying, RUN Copy tells you at the end of the current pass on which disk the toorv iim
only one bit of data at a time is sent over the serial data line. RUN Copy
tt
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error occurred. The duplication
Xl I
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is able to remove disk errors. It will repair data, however, only in sectors
program in the drive's RAM and special input/output routines in the computer's
RAM. These enable the drive to send or receive lw» hits of data at a time,
containing a #22 or #23 error. Other
Ubg HUN Copy to copy sll your
errors are removed so the program can
noncopy-(irnCHctod disks.
proceed, hut the restored data from these bad sectors will be of unpredict
one over the serial data line antl one
or other files you need, because the
over the serial clock line. Type
in
RUN
Copy,
using RUN'S
data from the source disk will obliter
Checksum program, and then save it to disk. Before running it, shut off the
ate diem.
computer,
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remove
all cartridges and
pro
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make sure every peripheral on the serial bus except the one 1541 is disconnected
or turned off. Any extra peripherals could interfere with the program.
Listing 1. RUN Copy program.
RUN Copy duplicates all the sectors on the source disk, regardless of their allocation status. Therefore, if you plan on backing up a disk thai contains only a couple of short files, you'd save time
by using a file copier instead.
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READ AS:IF A$="-1" EB:END
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0 By LOREN LOVHAUG and JOHN KRESS The 1351 mouse is certainly a boon to the C-128, but support for it lias so iar been limited
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interrupt-handling routineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that part of the operating system that's called on
gramming session,
enter
BI.OAD
"MOUSE EDITOR", and activate it with SVS 18ti.r). At the top of the screen, you'll
see a message saying the mouse editor
a method that works. It involves check
is active, along with the last line of any
ing the stack for a return address that points to the screen editor's delay loop,
Basic program in memory. If there's no
a bit of code where the screen editor
idles when it's not performing normal
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housekeeping
but vital, tasks such as cursor-flashing,
dress is on the stack, it's okay to proceed
scanning all input devices, updating the
with ihe wedge mouse routines; when
tion the cursor by holding clown the left
system clock and handling various screen functions. Wedging into this rou tine is accomplished by altering its in
it's not, the normal interrupt routine is
hutton on the mouse and rolling it in
executed. If you're an assembly lan
the direction you want the cursor to
guage programmer, you might want lo
chores. When
this
ad
With the wedge activated, you posi
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study this routine with theC-138's built-
move. You're also free to use the key board, including all of the C-I'28's
in machine language monitor, begin
screen-editor functions,
computer executes your routine, il goes
ning at address SMCK (5326).
If you position the cursor over the
to the normal IRQ code to handle the jobs described above. This scheme functions flawlessly in
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display controller handles operations such as scrolling the screen through
multiple-instruction sequences, and if you interrupt the Qow of data, the com puter performs erratically or even locks up. In fact, page 'IVi of the C128 Pro
grammer':, Reference C-nide stales that "You should not, directly or indirectly, access the 8f)63 during interrupts..." 66
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Basic line at the top of the screen, then
INSKHTING THE WEDGE Using
RUN'S
Checksum
hold the left button down and roll the program,
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disk Into your drive (device 8) and press a key, thus creating a binary disk filecalled Mouse Editor, To load the wedge into your com puter, cither before or during a pro-
mouse upward, your Basic lisiiug will scroll
backward.
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program, pressing the left mou.se but ton and rolling the mouse downward. In fai I, you can start scrolling from any point in the program by entering a line number, followed by a spare, at the top or bottom of the screen and then rolling the mouse up or down.
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EDITOR
screen, you can use the function keys (o
Basic lines by retyping them and press
set flags 10 turn off the mouse acid pre vent scrolling beyond die listing. The F4 key. redefined as "SYS 5178'1 + CHRS (13), turns off die wedge, and the F6 key,
ing return. You can even use the wedge with the C-l2H's built-in machine lan
Be sure to disable the wedge before
executing a Basic program, became the two programs might be Incompatible,
guage monitor and for positioning the
The same holds true when you're per
cursor on memory dumps or disassem
forming disk operations. Of course, al tering
reactivates ii. To clear these flags, turn
blies. However, (lie forwardand-reverse scroll feature works only with Basic
the wedge off and on.
programs.
redefined as "SYS
4865" + CHR$(13),
Note that we deactivated the F8 key's
Another handy feature of the mouse editor is fast access to Text Insert mode. Just press the right mouse button to
normal
MONITOR+ CHR$(13)
the
IRQ
interrupt
vector
or
poking data into the area between ad
dresses $1801
and S1981
(4865 and
6529) renders the wedge useless. HI
func
mouse editor doesn't interfere with Ba
tion, because of the way the C-I28 rends the mouse buttons. If we hadn't, the operating system might mistake the
Writer/programmer Lorm Lovhaug is ed itor u/Twin Cities 128, a newsletter for C-128 users. He is also the SYSOP of Q-
sic and Screen Editor commands, you're
mouse button for F8 and activate the
Link'sC-128SlGandaco-SYSOPofGEnie's
free to use escape sequences and change
machine language monitor.
Commodore Flagship.
toggle in
and out. Also, because the
Listing 1. Mouse Editor- Wadga program.
10
REM C-128/1351 KRESS
AND
MOUSE
LOREN
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JOHN
LOVHAUG
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4865
IF T<>178076
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120
130
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230
240
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410
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440
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3,67,65,76,32,80,76,65,78,7
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69,68,71 ,69,32
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5,32,234,23,144
:R£MM83
300
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190
55,142,181,20
9,68,32,66,89,32,74,79,72,7
310
72,78,32,107,82,69,83,83,13
180
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125,255,147,14,9
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170
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160
44,169,128,133,246,169
255,32,93,200,88,96,32,125,
6,7 6,69,68,13,80 :REM«204 DATA 82,79,71,82,65,77,77,6
290
:REM*69
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8,71,69,32,73,78,83,84,65,7
:REM*162
246,240,3,169,0
5,21,36,215,48,3 :REM*70 DATA 32,111,205,169,0,141,0
,132,250,132,251
9,9,109,79,85,83,69,32
44,21,169,0,141,170,20,165,
,20,32,195,22 :REM*98 DATA 162,7,160,0,24,32,240,
9,20,141,21,3,169,250,160,0 280
:REM*78
21,173,170,20,201,32,1
2,100,80,173,199,20,174,198
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DATA
,32,116,24,76,67
DATA
199,20,133,22,134,23,3
,32,125,255,147,13,77,79,85
:REM*29
2,20,36,215,48,3,32,159,205
380
DATA
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132,252,162,8,32,101,2
DATA
:REM"60
48,120,173,20,3,141,83,21 ,1
DATA
370
194,20,141,195,20,32,205,22
173,20,3,201,205,240,2
DATA
140 DATA 105,78,83,84,65,76,76,
150
45,240,46,169,255,141,
169,101 ,141,20,3 :REM«106 260 DATA 169,250,141,21,3,88,96
:REM*165
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:REM*142
6,0,76,1,20,83
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360
173,17,18,197,46,208,9,173,
3,78,32,77,69,77,79,82,89,4
80
100
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210
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170,104,141,0,220,138,74,17 6,3,76,36,21,74
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DATA
46,0,152,135,135,135,6
12,76,65,78,78,73,78,71,32,
,0,21 ,0,0,186,189,7,1,201,1
66,89,32,108,79
330
94,208,125,189,6 :REM*113 DATA 1,41,240,201,96,208,11
:REM*76
72,65,85,71,142,0,169,42,13
6,169,0,141,184,20,141,183,
3,250,169,20,133
20,141,204,20
:REM*184
:REM«12
340
DATA 238,170,20,162,1,173,0
6,32,101,255,169,50,133,250
,2 20,7 2,160,255,140,0,2 20,1
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350
40,47,208,189,0 :HEM*77 DATA 220,221 ,0,220,208,248,
DATA
251,169,250,160,8,162,
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32,210,255,32,234,23,3
2,205,22,176,25,32,34,25,17
6,20,32,188,202
:REM-120
DATA 210,0,205,34,211,0,140
DATA 82,69,78,32,108,79,86,
2,210,255,169,74
2,0,163,20,7,0,0,7,0,20,0,0
320
DATA 72,78,73,67,65,76,32,1
:REM*154
24,32,12,25,169,145,32
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2,76,79,86,72,65,85,71,13,0 ,76,158,19,127,0 :REM*240
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:REM*112
460 DATA
:REM*118
480
DATA
32,12,25,32,185,22,32,
490
DATA 32,93,200,32,188,202,3
500
DATA
510
DATA
125,199,169,0,141,188,20,76 ,136,22,32,12,25
:REM*134
2,125,255,76,65,83,84,32,76
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:REM«201
78,32,83,67,82,69,69,7
8,0,169,1 ,141 ,139,20,169,0, 141,188,20,96
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40,4 5,201,206,240,67,170,13
0,255,169,74,76,210,255,173 ,196,20,133,97
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930
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196,20,133,97,104,133,
98,160,2,32,236,6 5,141,19S,
20,200,32,236,66
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940 DATA 141,199,20,173,196,20,
75,201,2,144,39,201,39,176,
174,197,20,141,192,20,142,1 93,20,160,1,32 :REM"197 DATA 236,66,240,7,169,0,141
:REM*109
720 DATA 160,9,169,70,208,196,1
950
70,200,32,236,66,240,143,13
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2,75,201,2,144
208,243,169,0
:REM*70
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740
:REM*254
162,255,172,177,20,96,
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35,105,126,170
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169,0,96,166,228,164,230,24
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246,96,170,200
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4,75,41,127,32,12,86,201,34
2,75,169,68,160
710
:REM*129
880
:REM*35
17,32,50,142,169,32,16
01,255,240,229
700
:REM'126
224,176,10,169,198,141
9,0,141,180,20
:REM*174
670 DATA 255,133,17,200,240,219 ,32,236,66,240,214,16,233,2 680
DATA
208,2,56,36,24
50,23,169,0,141,0,255,96,16
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geoWatch A boh at MysticJim Shareware, a clock/calendar, art clips and compatibility ivith Word Writer 3. By MATTHEW STERN
When is an operating system
GEOIcon II. Many of Mystic Jim's
sells for$42.50, including disk. If you're
noi an Operating system? Un til Other developers begin to
programs are programming tools. This
technically inclined and a little daring,
disk includes an editor for creating disk,
you can purchase a do-it-yourself kit
support it. MS-DOS was just a collec tion di cryptic commands before Lotus
file and dialog-box icons.
with schematics, main chip and pro
1*2-3 came along, And the Apple Mac intosh was just .1 pretty assortment of
ber of "hacker programs" thai, for in stance, create bootable work disks and
menus and windows until companies
change serial numbers. You will also
like Microsoft and Aldus made it do
find Basic acid machine language con
useful things,
version utilities.
GF.OS has nut yet attracted the vol ume of third-party support now enjoyed by MS-DOS and Hie Macintosh, but
Mysticjim's disks also include a num
gram disk for only S26. For more information on Mystic Jim's
products, call his BBS at 308-321-8954, or write to 2388 Grape, Denver, CO 8(1207.
Fonts and Cup Art
Shareware Suggestions
A few GEOS developers are working on fonts and clip art thai will suit many
there arc Independent developers writ
As useful as Mystic Jim's programs are, you can't just use them right out of
ing products expressly for it. You may
the box. Firsl of all, there's no bos nor
One includes several attractive and use
have to hunt to find them.
printed documentation, (If you down
ful fonts. HIM is a serifed font based on
load
board, you even have to provide your
the HIM character set; another consists of Commodore graphics characters; a
Mystic Jim Shareware
The first place to look is Denver. Col
the
software
from
his
bulletin
users' tastes. A program called Fox Fonts
own disk!) The documentation comes
symbol font includes the complete
orado. There you will find probably the
in a geoWrite file, which you print oul
Greek alphabet. Fox Fonts One sells for
largest GEOS developer outside of Berkeley. Mystic Jim has a growing col lection of GEOS utilities, clip art,
before using the program. Take care!
19.95 from Rabid Concepts, 1-123 S. Wa-
Some of the hacker programs modify
bash Ave., Lakeland, FL 3380-1.
your boot and work disks, so you can
For those who may be new to GEOS,
fouls and educational games (including
lose valuable data if you don't use those
clip art is a collection of time-saving
^eoKids, described in las! December's
programs correctly.
drawings that you can paste together to
geoWatch). Mystic Jim's shareware col lection includes a
number of useful
Another important tip: always make
that
a backup of your disks before modify ing them. Use Diskcopy to duplicate your work disks and Rackup to copy your boot disk files. Then, if something
makes a graphic printout of your
happens to your disk, you can copy the
screen. You can use it to print the con
files back to it.
GFOS utilities, some of the best of which are: GKODump,
a
desk
accessory
tents of your disk, make a <juick hard
produce
ads,
newsletters
or
illustra
tions. Lamb Art and Design offers two double-sided disks full of geoPaint clip art. It includes arrows, borders, point ing fingers and other objects. You can copy the objects you want
Into another gcol'aint graphic or a
Having a Good Time with GEOS
geoWrite document. Most of the draw
copy of a graphic, or produce screen dumps for manuals and newsletters. MacGeoPaint, which brings the treas ury of Macintosh artwork lo GLOS.
First, transmit your MacPaint graphic
calendar.
by modem from the Macintosh to the
plugs into joystick port 2 and has a passthrough plug for attaching a dongle or joystick to the Other end. The circuits
book. The an was created by Susan
and
battery are
in the quality of her work. You'll find
but,
according
Commodore. Then. MacC.eol'ainl conveils
it
into geol'aint
format. Mystic
Jim's disks also include conversion pro grams for Prim Shop, Newsroom, Doo dle!, Koala, and riin-linc-cncoded (RLE) graphics.
ings overlap, so when you select one
As well as all this software, Mystic Jim
with the edit box, you might also have
makes an interesting piece of hardware.
to copy part of another picture with it.
Tim's Timer is a battery-powered clock/
If there is an illustration you use fre quently, you can paste it into a scrap-
About 2 'A
inches
long,
it
permanently sealed, to Mystic Jim.
Tim's
Lamb, a commercial artist whose talent and 20 years of experience are reflected that her drawings will add a profes
Timer can run 20 years before (he bat-
sional look to your work. The clip art
lery stops.
disks sell for $19.95 each or $:)[> for the
A disk included with Tim's Timer has
pair. For more Information, contact
Auto Preference. This utility brings up the Set ['references dialog box when
utilities and documentation for using
Lamb Art and
you first start GEOS. Copy the Auto
the clock/calendar. The \\'i iie.KTC pro
Yuma, AZ 85:1(>4; 602-782-3053.
Preference file to your boot disk so that
gram lakes the time and date as set by
it comes before the first input driver.
preferences and saves it to (he clock)
GEOTab. Do you hate pressing con
trol/I for tabs? This utility modifies the GKOS Kernai to use the left-arrow key for labs. I! N
calendar. The Read.RTC program reads
17ti-l Ave.
B,
GEOS-Compatible Software 'The
third-party
software
I've
dis
the time and date and sets the GF.OS
cussed so far comes from small com
clock.
panies and independent programmers.
An assembled and tested Tim's Timer IT.BRUARV IMS
Design,
No large commercial software dcvel-
oper, except for Berkeley Softworks, has
with GEOS 128.) When you're done with
produced GEOS applications, but there
it, it returns you to the GEOS deskTop.
are a few software programs that are "GEOS'Compatible."
vantage of iis special features. Next month's gcoWatch will discuss GEOS 128 in detail. ■
GEOS 128 UPDATE
Time works' Word Writer 3 is one
When I first looked at GEOS 128 in
such example, as i[ includes a conver sion program thai changes Word Writer
the August 1987 geoWatch, it was com
patible with GEOS 6<1 programs that
for the C-64 or the C-128.
documents Into a text scrap to paste
were then available (including geoWrite and geoPaint). However, GEOS
and comments are wekomr. Srnd them to:
into geoWrlte. The program does not, however,
use any of the GEOS
fea>
lures—no pulldown menus or fonts. You can lo;id the program by double clicking its icon on the GEOS 64 dcsk'lop. (Since Wind Writer $ is a C-6-1 application, it is not compatible
The geoWalch
RUN
Your questions
Matlhew Stern geo Watch
128 is not compatible with newer GEOS 64 programs, including geoFile and
RUN Magazine 80 Elm St.
geoCalc. By now, 128 versions of most
Peterborough, NH 03458
GEOS M programs should be available.
Not only will these programs work with GEOS 128, but they should take ad
column addresses
readers who have Berkeley Softworks' GEOS
You can also contact Mtilthew Stern on
Q-Link, Hi* online name is Mutt S3.
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RUN
77
Easy Applications
Time-Keeper 64 Keep track of the time while you 're programming.
0 By BOB RODADEK y Time-Keeper 64 clock-
time you originally designated.
calendar continuously dis
Though
the display is continuous,
Binary Coded Decimal data (BCD) can be unpacked very easily by reading each byte as a high and low nibble (four bits). The high nibble is read by ANDing
plays the time and the cur rent month, day and year in the upper-right corner of your mon
you may turn it off by pressing shift/ control/F and back on again with shift/ control/N. I used this combination of
itor as you use your computer. The pro
key presses so diat Time-Keeper would
low nibble, just AND ihe byte with 15.
gram includes an autoleap-year function
not conflict with other programs.
To convert this information into its dec
the byte with the value 240. To read iho
and a built-in alarm that can be both
I've tested Time-Keeper 64 with 64
imal equivalent, divide the contents of
heard and seen (an excellent aid for the
Notepad, Shopping List and the DOS
the high nibble by 16, multiply the result
programmer who forgets to go lo bed!).
wedge. You'll find that it works with
by 10, and then add the contents of the
The clock-calendar is updated once per second and the data is stored In easily accessible RAM locations, This infor mation can then be used in one of your
almost any Basic program. In most in
low nibble. You can use the following
stances, Time-Keeper should he the first
routine to read and print the time from
program you load and run. One excep tion is 64 Notepad, which uses the same Time of Day clock. The Notepad pro
within one of your own programs:
own custom applications.
Time-Keeper 64 contains [wo listings. The first, [he boot program, loads the object file and sets the date, [he time and (he alarm. Listing 2, Time-Keeper
File Generator, creates die fast-loading object file (OB.TR 64) on your disk.
gram must be loaded and run first. Then
disable the Notepad with run-stop/rcstore and load and nin Time-Keeper 64.
Finally, use the proper SYS command to restart the Notepad interrupt.
For Programmers Only
listings, using/f£/Aps Checksum lo check your typing, ran the File Generator pro gram. When the OB.TK 64 file is written
the data in the format indicated:
The following RAM locations contain
Location
Data
to KMAT
port OO.OK.00,00. List the directory to
■1971(1
tenths
BCD
49711
seconds
bcd
49712
minutes
BCD
49713
hours
BCD
When you want to use Time-Keeper 64, just load and run the boot program.
TO
2:B = ]>£EK(49713-])
110 PRINT CHR$((240 AND B)/16 + 48) CHRI((15 AND B) + 4H); 120 IK K2 THEN PRINT ":";
130 NEXT print the current date:
to disk, the disk error channel will re
Ttme To Use Time-Keeper
1=0
AND 127
Use the following routine to read and
When you've typed in and saved both
make sure die new file is present!
100 FOR
150 FOR 1 = 0 TO 2:B = PEEK(49714 + I)
ifiO PRINT MID$(STRJ(B).2); 17OIFK2THKN PRINT'/"; 180 NEXT
Now, wherever you happen to be computing, you can always know when
you're there—to the second! El
49714
month
decimal
You'll be prompted to enter the correct
49715
day
decimal
publisher of Time-DOS 64/128, a commercial
time and date and whether you wish to
497 lfi
year
decimal
date- and time-stamping utility.
Bob Kodadek, a long-time RUN author, is
set thfl alarm. Time-Keeper's display be gins with an asterisk, followed by the month, day, year, hours, minutes, sec
onds and (he characters "al," for alarm. The asterisk prevents the Basic editor from replacing or deleting a Basic pro gram line should you press return while the cursor is at the top of the screen. When you set the alarm, the characters "al" will appeal in reverse video. When the alarm goes off, they'll flush, and the
SID chip will emit a bell-like chime for about 30 seconds. You may cancel the
LlBting 1. Time-Keepar 64 boat program.
1
REM TIME-KEEPER
2
REM
3
REM
4
F$="OB.TK 64":PRINT"LOADING
(C)
FS:IF
1987
64
BOB
A=0 THEN
78
RUN
■
FEBRUARY I'JNH
(1);NEXT :REM*166 7 ML = 49700:CL = ii9712:lJ$ = CHRI(1 45
CHR$(14)
"
DIM MD(12):FORI=1T012:READ
)*CHR$(145)
(FJ),
MD
:REM*160
S FORI=0TO3:E$=EStCHR$(32):NEXT ;REM*236
CHRS
9 FORI=0TO3:EJ=EJ.CHR$(157):NEX T :REM*202
chime by pressing shiftycontrol C. How ever, the alarm will remain set for the
6
:REM*146
:REM*237 CHR$(147)
(13) SPC<11)"(SHFT T)IME-{SHF T K1EEPER 64":PRINT :REM*30
:REM*109
A=1:L0AD
B,1 5
:REM*206
KODADEK
RUN it right: C-64
10
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(MN/DT/YR)":PRINT
PRINT"MONTH(2 SPACES](1-12)" ES;:INPUT MN
12 IP MN<1
:FEM"245
OB MN'12 THEN PRINT
U$:GOTO11
19
13 S$=RIGHT$(STRI(MD(HN)),2)+")
,HR
21
SPACES)(
:REM"160
16 PRINT SPC(1)"YEAR 17
IF
:REM*201
YR<86 OR YR>99
THEN PRINT
US:G0TO16
18
:REM*217
THE
ISHFT A)LARM?
(Y
";:INPUT AJ SHFT Y)"
OR
A$="Y" OR
THEM
27 IF MS
28
26
:REM'161
PRINT"AM-PM(3 SPACES)<A/P)"E P$
:REM»5
IF PS
<>"A"
AND
U$:GOTO28
31
POKE CI. + 5,MS:POKE CL*6,HR:SY S
ML:END
:REM'213
24 PRINT:PRINT"HOURS{2 SPACEs)( 1-12)"E$;:INPUT
:REM*17
25
PRI!JT:PRINT SPC(8)"(SHFT S)S T THE TIME (HR/MS/AM-PM)"
26
IF HRO
OR
HS
U$:GOT024
PRINT SPCil)"MINS{2
:REM*223
FLAG = :REM'75
BY=HR:GOSUB33:HR=BY OR FLAG :REM»163
32 BY=MS:GOSUB33:MS=BY:RETUR[J :REM*207
33 X=INT(BY/10):Y=BY-10*X:BY=16
:FEM*193
tiR>12 THEN
PS<>"P"THEN
128
:REM*83
23
:REM*113
PRINT U$:GOTO
30 FLAG=0:IF PJ="P" THEN
A$ = "(
GOSUB 24
>59 THEN
Si:INPUT
29
N]
:REM*36
22 HR=0:MS=0:IF
(86-99)"ES
;:INPUT YR
:REM"145
PRINT:PRINT SPC(8)"(SHFT S)E T
1-"SS E$;:INPUT DT :REM*21B 15 IF DT<1 OR DT)MD(MN) THEN PR US:GOT014
CL,MS:POKE CL*1
20 POKE CL*2,MN:P0KE CL+3,DT:PO
:REM*223
INT
GOSUB24:POKE
KE CL.4.YR
:REM'187
14 PRINT SPC(1)"DATE(2
0-59l"EJ;:INPUT MS
:REM*127
:REM»44
11
APPLICATIONS
•X+Y:RETURN
:REM*111
34 DATA 31,29,30,31,30,30,31,31
:REM*19
,30,31 ,30,31
:REM*39
247,206,155
:REM*17
EPACEs}(
Listing S. Tims-Keeper 64 file generator program. 1
REM TIME-KEEPER
64 OBJECT
01 ,146,208,2
:REM*218 2 REM
(C)
1987
BOB
21
KODADEK
:REM*109 3
REM
:REM*146
,169,164,160 22
4 F$="OB.TK 64":PRINT"PLEASE WA IT,
READING
DATA...."
6 FOR
1=0
7
IF CK<> 77461 ERROR!":END
8
PRINT:PRINT"WHEN
E,
:REM*13()
THEN
23
:REM"191 l=1T0LEN
10
,173,128,196
26
YS
65466:POKE
11
POKE
12
27
Y,3:SYS
65469:B=SA:GOSU
X,L:POKE
,H:POKE
65496
A,251:SVS
28
Y
13
INPUT#1,E$,FS,GS,H$:CLOSE1:C
14
PRINT:PRINT
29
30
:REM*71 31
15 H = INT(B/256) : L=B-256*I1: RKTUR
DATA
173,48,194,32,99,195,20
:REM-236
142,45,194,173,15,221,4
43
,20a,7,169,128,141,153,195,2 08,43,206,127 :REM*199 44
DATA
169,12,44,153,195,16,2,
34
95,200,96,42
08,5,169,0,141 47 DATA
DATA
32,48,57,47,48,56,47,56
,55,32,49,50,58,51,48,58,48,
,220,32,143 :REM*204 DATA 194,169,129,141,13,220,
48,a0,32,65,76 DATA
185,8, 221,153,46,194,136,16,
:REM*143
128,196,192,39,208,8,17
192,21,208,8 48
DATA
:REM'230
173,152,195,41,127,141,
152,195,76,49,234,0,0,0,31,2 8,31,30,31,30 49 DATA
:REM'183
31,31,30,31,30,31,160,0
,185,156,196,240,6,32,210,25
5,200,20B,245 50
:REM*53
DATA 96,147,142,13,13,32,32, 32,32,32,84,73,77,69,45,75,6
9,69,80,69,82
51
:REM*19
DATA 32,54,52,32,13,32,40,67 ,41,32,49,57,56,55,32,66,79,
:REH'46
0,128,0,0,60,216,160,3,
:REM*32
3,152,195,9,128,141,152,195,
:REM*183
8,141,153,195,169,127,141 ,13
36
DATA 212,142,6,212,169,48,14 ,33,141,4,212
:REM*225
192,0,208,2,169,32,153,130,1
32,14 2,196,96,201,18,240,4,2
45
64,197,201,5,208,33,192,20,2
8,243,72,74,74,74,74,32,108, 195,104,41,15 :REM*196 DATA 24,105,48,201,48,208,6,
35
196,173,127,196,41,207,
208,33,169,15,141,24,212,160 ,9,162,0,140,5 :REM*248
:REM*67
94,173,54,194
DATA 240,8,32,130,194,169,12
DATA
,169,1,44,153,195,16,2,169,1
DATA 248,24,105,1,216,232,20
:REM*228
:REM*32
DATA 141,128,196,173,128,196
46 DATA 206,128,196,173,141,2,1
21,9,128,141,15,221,174,53,1
FEBRUARY
,194,240,67,173,13,221,41 ,4,
240,5,169,45
1,1,212,169,32,141 ,4,212,169
33
:REM'244
:REM*88
,44,49,194,16 :REM'6 DATA 2,169,16,32,123,195,200
154,195,240,8
RUN
51,194,208,5
0,173,47,194,32,99,195,169,1
,201,194,0,0,0,0,129,9,7,87,
18 DATA 194,32,120,194,173,15,2
80
49,194,72,41,16,240,2,1
0,129,162,146
160,2,173,49
20
DATA
DATA 194,201,13,208,18,140,5
42 DATA 169,0,141,45,194,173,54
:REM*60
DATA 6,153,0,4,200,208,245,9 6,141,154,195,169,0,170,236,
DATA
32
1,127,141,15,221,174,48,194,
19
200,173,51,194,32,80,19
:REM*139
0,194,238,52,19 4,208,10,2 38,
169,14 0,32,123,195,160,17,18 5,111,195,240 :REM*208
: REM"134
16 DATA 76,55,194,76,103,194,76
17
DATA
29,32,123,195
$ + li$:END
N
41
62,49,138,32,123,195,104,32, 108,195,200 :REM*124
:REM*7 0 S = '\"
,192,96,240,3
;REM*14
240,8,173,153,195,73,12
00,162,32,173
251,L:POKE 252,H
B=EA:GOSUH15:POKE
DATA
DATA 208,17,169,29,172,52,19 4,192,88,240,11,192,92,240,7
40 DATA 189,129,196,205,51,194, 208,2 3,160,1,140,51,194,238, 50,194,173,50 :REM*225
5,2 00,17 3,52,194,32,80,195,2
:REM*211
B15:POKE
39
8,141,153,195,160,0,173,50,1 94,32,80,195 :REM'131
A,LEN(FS):POKE
X,60
:REM*34
DATA 169,127,141,13,220,32,1 38,255,169,129,141,13,220,96
:REM«56
194,48,70,173,45,194,20
8,70,169,255,141,45,194,174, 50,194,224,2 :REM*92
:REM*172
32,143,194,32,163,253,3
0,76,114,254 25
:REM'179
POKE A,0:POKE X,8:POKE Y,0:S
DATA
2,24,22 9,32,142,196,108,2,16
(FJ):POKE827.I,ASC{MrD$ff$,I, 1)):NEXT
5,194,44,49
38 DATA
:REM*126
169,127,141,13,221,172,
25,255,208,15 24
PRESS RETURN":SYS65487:OPE
N1,8,15 9 PRINTW1,"S0:"+Fl:FOR
DATA
55,195,44,152,195,16,3,32,21
13,221,48,23,32,188,246,32,2
PRINT"DATA :REM«121
READY TO SAV
194,141,24,3,140,25,3,1
21,3,96,216
TO ND:READ B:POKE SA+
I,B:CK = CK+B:NEXT
DATA
37 DATA 195,208,13,169,60,141,1
:REM*224
69,156,141,20,3,169,195,141,
:REM+48
5 SA=49700;EA=50380:ND=679:A=78 0:X=781:Y=782 :REM*213
:REM»87
DATA 73,128,141,11,221,142,1 0,221,140,9,221,140,8,221,96
66,32,75,79,68 52
DATA
65,68,69,75,13,0
;REM-58 :REM*3
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I WAS LOOKING OVER some put col
turn, table 1 gives an explanation of some other AT commands.
luck, we'll get the Captain online in the near future.
AT commands I often mention when talking about the Commodore 1670 or
Online Gaming
RUN WITH US
Hayes-compatible modems. AT com
you enjoy playing games,
from iIil" Terminal mode of practically
Arcade," RUN, September 1987).
umns recently when I realized that I've never given a full explanation of the
mands let you manipulate your modem
any terminal program.
AT is an abbreviation for Attention,
If you're a member of QLink, and check
out
Rabbit |ack's Casino (see "The Online The
The RUNning Board, R(/Ws BBS (60.1-1)24-11704), is now operating with Steve Punter's BBS program, a 300/
1200-baud modem and a '.JO-megabyte
additional disk required costs $9.95, but
Lt. Kcrnal hard drive (available from
ii opens up a new dimension in online
something neatly all commands must
Xetec Inc., 2804 Arnold Rd., Salina. KS
games. Blackjack. Poker. Bingo and ihe
67401). The BBS supports messages, up-
start with. Two possible commands you can use lo dial are ATDP (Attention Dial
ever
and downloading with Punter and
Pulse) and ATDT (Attention Dial Time).
II your local telephone system supports
popular
one-armed
bandil
are
available in the casino.
Besides playing the games, you can talk lo players in the casino, transfer
Xmodem protocols, bulletins that you can read, and lots of Other features, If you want to send a message to the folks at RUN, type K ;u the Command
tone dialing, then you'll probably want
chips to other users and ask the piano
to use lone because it's faster than pulse dialing. An easy way to find out if tone dialing is supported is to try sending
player fur a song. Rabbi IJack's Casino is a plus service,
prompt, enter the subject of your mes
which means it costs eight cents per
you're asked for the addressee of the
an ATDT command. If the dial tone
minute or |4.80 for an hour.
message. When you're finished typing,
Filk Compile
press return on a blank line to exit thai section and then II to see a list of the
remains present after the number has been dialed, then your system doesn't
I've found anolhei program thai com
Support lone.
A phone number must follow both ATDT and ATDP. Using pulse, if you were
to
call
my
BBS,
you'd
enter
ATI)!' 1 SI 33775941 and return. If you're calling long-distance, or you want the
modem to wait longer for a carrier, add a comma to the command at the point
bines man\ files into one for up- and downloading purposes. The name of
the program is Arkive V2. Written by Edward Rohr, 30G3 Edgemont St., Phil adelphia, PA 19134, it operates basically (he same as Will Corlcy's Lynx (see Te lecomputing Workshop for August
you waul the pause tn happen. I'or cx-
HI87). If you download and see a (lie
ample, if you found thai your local sys
that ends in .ARK, you'll need Arkive
tem requires a bit of a pause after the
V2 to dissolve it.
sage,
and
ihen
enter
SYSOP
when
available editing commands.
If you run into trouble, try Help, H or ?. If you're Interested in getting in formation on Steve Punter's BBS pro gram, call his BBS, after t> I'M EDT, at 416-89fi-1446. Steve's program hasheeu
around a long time and has evolved Into a very reliable, comprehensive system. Survey Says! Here are some results of the survey
Arkive V2 takes up to 143 files and
I started back in June of 1987. On the
turns them into one program file. It
computer scene, 57 percent of the users
handles all types of Commodore files (program, .sequential, user and relative)
that responded have CM 28s, 40 percent have 64s, tWO percent own Ami gas and
mand sent to the modem, enter Ai but
and appears to he another good free
one percent own VIC-20S.
don't press return. (This is used mostly
ware
1 and then another pause after the area code,
you
would
enter
ATDP 1,813,
377594] and press return.
If you want to transmit the last com
to re-dial phone numbers.) That is one of two commands that don't require the
V2, look on QLink or send a disk and
AT prefix. The other is the + + + com
return postage lo Edward at the address
Forty-five percent of the respondents have 1670 modems, 25 percent have 1650s or compatibles, 12.5 percent own 16fi0s, seven percent have Volks 6480s/
mand. While in
above.
Aprotek 12Cs, Five percent own Hayes,
using
a
+ + +.
1670 you'll
Terminal mode and
modem,
if you
he disconnected
enter from
program.
If you want 10 get a copy of Arkive
Satfxljte Hookup
two and one-half percent own Avatex,
two percent haveTCM-1200Hs,snd one
whatever system you're connected with. If you're using a Hayes or compatible
I received a few letters that I plan to forward lo Captain Kuster and his new
percent have 1600 VkModcms.
modem, entering + + +
(see the Telecomputing Workshop col
be the Commodore MPS-H01/1525 <2H
umn in the August 1987 issue). One note
percent). A close second is the MPS-
regarding satellites came from Don Pickinpaugh of Terceira, Azores, and
801/1525 equipped with ihe Wilanla Arts' descender-adding, character-en
mands. Whenever I load in my terminal
the other came from Philip B. Shaman,
hancing LI1 ROM i'2~ percent). Third in
program
PE, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Both offer some very interesting insights and. with
popularity is the MPSS02/1526 at 20
lets you send
an AT command to the modem while you remain online. You arc also able to combine com and
then
go
to
Terminal
mode, 1 enter ATKISO = 0 and pi ess re 82
K 11 N
â&#x2013;
FEBRUAKV ]'J88
The most popular printer seems to
percent, and finishing tied for fourth
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F.agleTerm, and CG128 took five per
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Seikosha and the Commodore MPSL 200, each with five percent of the votes. The fkvorlte online information ser
cent each. N'ezTerm, SCTerm, PhoenixTerm, Ultraterm, XmoBuf, VidTerm,
"Chief" series.
vice is QLink at SS percent, with local
term, TriTerm, GFX Term, Electronic
BBSs coming in second at 27 percent,
Cottage, and QTerm all came in at two
I'd like you to send me the specifica
CompuServe (19 percent), GEnie (12
percent.
tions for what you consider to be die
place ;ire
Epson, Gemini, Panasonic,
percent), 1*1.ink (five percent), and
MindTerm, Vidtex. Caesar's Term, Fas-
Most
of die
aforementioned
pro
NOT ANOTHER ONE! Ves, here comes yet another survey.
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The Source ami I'layNet with tWO per-
grams
cent each.
shareware. As you can see by the large
me via ihc usual address at RUN, but
are either
public domain
or
and/or C-128.
Send your answers to
number of programs mentioned, there
be sure to mark "Ultimate Terminal
gram is ToncliTenn. with 14 percent of the voles, Muliiierm, 12 percent, Bobs-
is no perfect terminal program; what
Program Specs" on the back of the
you use depends on your needs.
envelope.
Term Pro ;u 10 percent, acdThirdTerm
Looking at hard drives, 75 percent of users who own them have the l.t. Kernal,
The tnosi widely used terminal pro
and Comtenn percent
each garnering seven
Common
Sense,
FirstTenn,
while 12.5 percent have the ComniO'
Now, on to a question....
Ql'vf read all the available articles on telecomfiuting ami am very interested in getting online. However, I know my weak nesses, and since I'm not in a loll-free access
Tabla 1. Various AT command!!.
ATEO—Makes AT commands in visible on screen as they arc eniered.
them hear the dialing and also tells
This means "blind" typing, so type
them when they've made a successful connection or reached a busy signal
carefully.
or wrong number.
ATEI —Displays the AT com
city, I won't buy a modern and assorted ac cessories until I can gain access to QLink or GEnie without paying long-distance charges. I keep reading about TeleNet, Tymnet and Uninet, but have never seen a phone number
mands On iht1 screen as they're en
ATM2—The speaker in modem stays on during dialing, initial con
or athlress where I could get information
tered.
nection and during die entire online
whrn of subscribing.
It's
probably
best
for
beginners to have the modem show you what you are typing.
session.
AltO—Sels the modem to half-
rings die modem will wait before
answering the phone. 1 usually set
when you're talking directly to an other user, ATF1—Sets the modem to full-du plex operation. If you're online and find thai
you're gelling ddnouuh-
bllcc lleetitteerrss, you're in half du
plex when you should be in full. ATMO—The speaker in modem remains off during entire online pe
riod. This is appropriate for latenight telecommunications when you don'l want to wake up die rest of the house (or let your male know "you're
on that computer again!"). ATMI—The speaker In modem is on during dialing, hut off when a carrier is delected. This is how most people use their modems. It lets
—Elainf. L. Beach PLAIW-iLLE. CT
ATS0 = ?—Selects the number of
duplex operation. You're in full du plex ifyou find thai you can see what is coining in. bin can't see what you're typing. This usually happens
regarding the how to, how much, where and
ihis to zero so that the modem won't
answer the phone at all. To have the modem answer after five rings, you'd enter ATS0 = 5.
A QLink can be reached at 1-800392-8200 from within the U.S. and
at 1-703-883-0788 from Canada. If there is a local number for getting onto a network, they should be able to help you find it. If that doesn't work, try
ATS7 =??—Sets the length of lime
(in seconds) that die modem will wail for a carrier. This setting defaults to 30 seconds. If you call long-distance
a lot, you could enter ATS7 ■ 60, in stead of putting commas at the end of the dialing command.
ATVO—Displays the modem's tcsponse codes in numeric form. See Table 2 for details.
calling 1-800-TEL-ENET to get the near est TeleNet number. I can understand your reluctance to
obtain a modem if you feel thai you're going to be facing huge long-distance telephone bills. You might check out
the local scene to see if there are any BBSs run by nearby user groups. To find these numbers, pick up a copy of The Computer Shopper,
which
con
tains quite a few pages of BBS numbers
ATV1—Displays the modem's re
and user group listings.
■
sponse codes as words. See Table 2 for details.
Telecomputing Workshop is n monthly col
ATZ—Resets the modem. This makes the modem act as if it had just been turned on.
umn ikdicateil to the needs o/RUN readers
who are using, or intend to use, a Commodore computer for telecommunications. We invite you to submit your questions and comments to: David Bradley Telecomputing Workshop RUN Magazine
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Commodore Clinic How good are the C-64 emulatorsfor the Amiga? What can you do about unwanted characters on your screen? By LOUIS WALLACE
SOFTWARE
The
umn display), or one of the two RAM
Productivity Pak III costs S19.97, which
chips for the 8563 (it has its own video
QCan Mike Konshak's Datafite 3.6 be
is not bad considering it also has a
RAM) is bad. Either way, it will require
made to run tm the C-I2S in 128 mode? I/so, what do I need to do?
spreadsheet, database, notepad and
a trip to your local CBM service center.
several other programs. You can order
Since the RAMs are soldered to [he
the
mother board, replacing them is a job
print addresses on labels as well.
—A. R. GREEN
Kalamazoo, Ml
A No,
Productivity
P;ik
III
by
calling
for a skilled electronic technician.
L-800-254-547S.
Datafile 3.6 was written spe
cifically for the C-64. However,
After reading Matthew Stern's review
Mike did make a C-128 version, which he markets directly. You can order DFfle 129 by calling S03-B96-424S or by writ
■ of Integrator 2 in the August 1987
ing to Michaels!ill, 'IH'J! Harvest Court, Colorado Springs, CO 80B17.
Ql currently own a C64, but I'm plan ning on purchasing a PC10-2 (Com
RUN, / rushed right out and bought one.
modore's MS-DOS compatible computer). Is
Imagine my displeasure to discover that I'm
there any emulator available that would allow
sitting with 2000 pieces of dip art for A/nii.v
me to run my 64 software tin the PCIO?
room, which I cannot use in any other pro gram! Integrator only converts graphics into
—PffTE BUSHBAKSR Dearborn Heights, mi
Newsroom format, not from Newsroom to
I'm having pTOblttBi running Presto • Write 128 (RUX, June 1987). Whm I run the program, the. screen goes blank and
I can get no further. What's wrong?
—James Phillips Duidth. MN Alt sounds as though you're running it in 40-Coluum mode. Presto Write 128 is an 80-column program that uses
the C-128's 2 MHz Fast mode. Fast mode blanks the 40-cnhmui screen, and is nor
mally used with 80-column monitors only, (Some 40-column programs will temporarily go into Fast mode in order
to speed up sonic computational tasks, then return to the Slow mode of opera tion.) In general, if you're using a 40-col-
another format! My question is, do you know
Script and PrintRite, I also have a very goodquality word processor. Dues RUN have a spelling checker for RUN Script?
—Carlton Edwards Eastland, TX I We sure do. It's on RUN'S Pro
ductivity Pak III disk. The en
hanced RUN Script for both the C-64 and C-128 comes complete with a spell ing checker and dictionary, and it can 86
RUN-
FKIIKIIAKV 1988
and is ex
i Yes, 1 know of at least one. It's available on Quantuml.ink in the C-64 graphics software library and is called PS/PM/NR VI.2. It converts graphics back and forth between Print
Shop, 1'rintMaster and Newsroom. It's also available from RUN'S BBS, the RUNning Board (60:M)24-97<M, BOOf 1200 baud 8N1). If you want to down load it from the RUNning Board, you need a terminal program that supports
either Punter or Xmodem protocol.
64 (or any other computer) via software,
case your PCIO. Since the PC10 is a relatively slow computer, the compu tational overhead would be so large that even if 64 programs could be made to
work, they would run at one tenth or less of normal speed. Even on a high speed computer like the Amiga, the (VI emulators available are so slow thai they are essentially useless. The only way it could be done is to
have the 64 hardware (CPU, RAM, graphic and sound chips) on a hoard that could lie inserted into the computer
HARDWARE OI hope you can help me with a problem
a 1525printer. Thanks to RUN. RUN
possible
it's necessary to translate all the 64's instructions and abilities into those of the computer emulating the 64, In this
—W. H. GWFFEN.jR. HAMPTON. VA
(he screen to go blank, it's a good bet that
Ql have a C-64, a 1541 disk drive and
not
vert Newsroom graphics to any otherformat?
umn display and a 128 program causes
it only works in HOColumn mode.
No, it's
tremely unlikely ever to be so. In order Cor any computer to emulate the
of any public domain programs liiat can con
with my C-128. When the computer is
(like the Amiga's MS-DOS Bridge-
Board). But the cost of such a board would probably be as much or more than a til by itself. The only practical
method is that used l>y the 128, which is
in S0-Column RGB moile, small squares ap
to have the 64 hardware installed as an
pear on the screen in column 27. While they
integral part of the computer.
don't interfere with anything, they do nut look
very good when I'm wing the screen! This does nut occur in 4fh(',ol\tmn mode. Any ideas about what is wrong?
—Thomas FORNEY Anderson. IN
It is very likely one of two things, father you have a bad 8r»63 video
display chip (which creates the 80-COl-
It has come lo my attention that a
fair number of 64 users are planning on upgrading to the Amiga in the belief
that they will still he able to use their
64 software, using one of the commer cially available Amiga C-64 emulators.
I checked with RUN'S sister pubHca*
lion, AmigaWorld, about this, conferring
with Guy Wright. AmigaWorld's editorin-chief (who was at one lime technical
The new Star Multi-Fon How did Star get it all in there? Friction and Tractor Feeds Built-in
Four Fonts
Built-in
High-Resolution Graphics (2l6x240dpi)
High Speed'Built-in (144 cps Draft; NLQ at 36 cps)
It wasn't easy. But, we built an incredible
number of features into the Star NX-1000C
Multi-Fontr". So now you and your Commodore
can be as creative as you like. The best feature in this new Star printer is built into its name—Multi-Font. It has four
built-in type fonts that give you twenty different print style options. Just mix these fonts in with its high-resolution graphics to make great looking reports, greeting cards, posters—what ever you want.
And the list of built-in features goes on -
Multi-Font printout produced by FlexIdrawS s graphics software by inkwell Systems
Paper-Parking Built-in
Commodore Interface Built-in
there's impressive speed in both draft and near
letter quality. And an automatic single sheet feed. Plus, a paper-parking mechanism that lets you use single sheets without removing tractor paper. And the Multi-Font's easy-to-use push
button control panel gives you command of over thirty-five functions.
Whether it's for serious work or serious play,
the Star NX-1000C Multi-Font has so much
built-in, you'll get more out of your Commodore. To find out where you can see the Multi-Font, call 1-800-447-4700.
IL
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COMMODORE editor here at RUN and is Mil] a 6-! user).
l ic was :n thai moment writing a review on C-64 emulsion foi AmigaWorids Feb
CLINIC
business, but some of their product line is still available from Electronic Ans) at one time sold both an HO-column car
ruary 1988 issue. After Testing boih the CO 64 and C-64 Emulator programs, he came to
tridge and a word processor, 1'aperClip,
the general conclusion that both are so
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This amazing program will analyze the past winning lotto numbers and pro duce a powerful probability study on easy to read charts In just seconds. With
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for a Batteries Included product, call 1-415-578-0316.
single key presses from a menu you'll see trends, patterns, odd/even, sum
conclusion. So, heller forget itboul us
(or that matter)l Are you still wasting money with ran dom guesswork?
totals, number frequency and more on
either your screen or printer. Includes automatic number wheeling, instant updating and a built-in tutorial to get
you started fast and easy! CHECKS & CHARGE CARDS ACCEPTED
that supported it. The program is still available from Electronic Arts, but they
onstrations, I came to exactly the same ing your C-64 library on the Amiga.
To he fair, however, (here are two other products available that allow you to use some 64/128 hardware on an Amiga. One is the C-Vicw cable from
Ql recently read the Basic 8 review in tkeNovember 1987 issue of RUN. The review mentioned it was possible to replace
the 128's I6K 80-column VDC RAMs with 64K. Is it also possible to replace them with
CLimited. This cable will Connect your
Z56K chips? If so. this would allow more than one hi-res screen in memory nt n time,
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—William stottard Pasgagoula, ms
well as MPS-801 compatible printers on
an Amiga, in Amiga mode. It
is
not an emulator, but it does have some
software for transferring daiafiles (like word processing files) between the Amiga and the C-64.
A No,
it's not possible to add 25GK
RAM
to
the 128 for 80-column
display purposes. The fi-IK (using [20 nanosecond 4464 RAM
chips) is
the
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DATA 0,32,204,205,160,7,132,254,160,255
150
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160
,88,96,165,212, 201,88,208,84 :REM*233 DATA 173,210,14,201,0,208,40,173,212,14
170
DATA 214,14,201,60,208,23,169,0,141,214
180
DATA
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60,208,8,169,0,141,213,14,238,212,
200 210
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220
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190
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AUTHOR
ISSUE
PACE
COMPUTER
Applications Reminder 128 64 Notepad Update
Giicrra, Richards
Jan
48
C-128
Jan
56
C-04
HUN Script 128, Pan 2
Kodadek Rockefeller
Jan
70
C-128
Calendar Generator
Manone
[an
89
Hook Up to a Portable Dataflle 3.6
Panics Konshnk
Feb
42
C-64 C-64
Feb
54
Patching Up RUN1 Script 128 Retir'eze
Rockefeller
Feb
62
C-fi4 C-128
Schuienberg Hundley Bobo
Feb
68
C-64, C-128
Feb
96
C-64
Mar
30
C-64
Konshak
Mar
38
C-64
Broussard
Mar
56
C-64, C-128
DFCalc
Kon.shak
Apr
C-64
64 Notepad Command Center
Kodadek
Jim
52 44
The Speech-Controlled 64
Patterson
Jun
64
C-M
Presto Write 128
Kodadek
Jim
82
CM 28
Outlining Your Thoughts
Premack
50
C-64, C-128
Attention, Shoppers!
Kodadek
Jul
DFClone
Konshak
Aug Aug Aug
60 46
C-64, C-128 C-64
60
C-128
77
C-64
Sep
48
C-128
Monthly Labels Digitizing the Video Connection DFPrini Commodore in the Kitchen
Kcrr, Larson
Jul
C-64
Typing Tachometer ]*2H Electronic Address Book 128 Notepad
Krumholl Kodadek
Cursor Commotion
Jocrger
Sep
90
C-64
Outline 128
Toyc
Oct
44
C-128
DFCopy
Turner
Oct
84
C-64
RUN Investor
Krawczyk
Dec
58
Tenpin Ledge:
Schuiak
Dec
82
Smarl Shopper
Reiner
Dec
<!2
C-128 C-128 C-64.C12S
Hinshaw, A.
Aug
54
C-128
fun
CP/M A Beginner's Tour of CP/M
Education 78
C-64
HI
C-64
122
C-64
Jan
74
C-64
Mar
44
C-64
Nov
60
C-64
Feb
76
C-128
56
C-64
Robotgraph
Kephart
Flash Cards
Schulak
Money
McKellips
Oct
Word Wars
Smyczynski
Pick your Ps and Qs
DcGniff
Wordraan
Tumbleson
Educational Games
Games
ICM
Twiddle
Broussard
TriSolitaire
Chambers
«l'N
■
FKBRl'ARV I'M
Jul
TITLE
AUTHOR
Pegboard
Olsen
Aug
68
C-64
Phaser Phire
Cook
Sep
58
C-G4
Fifteen Puale
Buckley
Oct
llti
C-64
BrickoutJ
Fed or
Dec
68
C-64
The Software War
Mace
Jan
33
Play Ball, MicroLeaguers!
W; is sit
Jan
62
The Ultimate Screen Shot
KeveisoE
Miir
49
Commodore Exec Speaks Out!
Brisson
May
30
Mail Order Maxims
Adamec
May
38
The PC10 Hiis Landed
Morabito
Jun
28 3C
ISSUE
PAGE
COMPUTER
General Interest
Do's and Don'is of Computer Care
Hinshaw, A.
Summer CES: The Show Goes On
Jun
Wallace
Sep
56
All in the Family Tree
Adanlec, C. and J.
Dec
■17
GEOS A Dual Power Pack for GEOS
Stern
Feb
50
C-64
The Expanding World of GEOS
Stem
Jun
50
C-64. C-128
GEOS One Year Later
64
Brisson
Graphics Hi-ReS Screen Dumps
Go ode
Feb
13
C-128
The Shape of Sprites to Come
Burden
fun
90
C-64. C-128
Ultra Ui-Res Pic Charts
Goodair
92
C-128
Color Hi-Res Graphics
Montes
SnowQflke
Jul
Nov
7(1
C-128
Adam, Walsli
Nov
76
C-128
The NLQ Chip
Brown, L.
Mar
9G
MPS-1200 Printer
Walsh
Mar
98
Hard Diskovcry
OldlU-ld, Kimbiill
Apr
30
New Companions for the C-64
Walsh, Prcmack
The Final Cartridge
Walsh
Hardware Reviews C-64. C-128
J"'
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C-64, C-128
So])
78
C-64
Comp-U-Temp, Version 2.0
Premack
Sep
80
What's 8-Bit, 8 M " and 640 X 200?
Wallace
Oct
38
C-128D
The Tale of the RAM and ihe Mouse
Mint/
Nov
45
C-64, C-128
Double Quick Brown Box
Premack
Nov
98
C-64, C-128
Blowup
Grubbs
Nov
100
C-64, C-128
A 1571 Clone Is Here!
Walsh
Dec
7fi
C-64, C-128
Super Snapshot
Martin
Dec
106
RaritBn D640 Disk Drive
Premack
Dec
108
C-64.C128 C-64, C-128
Music/Sound Drummodore
Cotton
Making Music with Midi
Brooks
Jun
74
C-G4
38
C-64, C-128
C-64
Software Reviews Mind Pursuit
Hurlbun
Jan
18
Ptire-Stat Baseball
Bobo
Jan
18
C-64
Robot Rascals
Guerra
Jan
24
C-64
Ultimate Wizard
Bobo
Jan
26
C-64
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105
TITLE
AUTHOR
ISSUE
PAGE
COMPUTER
Database Plus 128
Guerre
Jan
26
StxUl Sense 128
Grubbs
Jan
2G
C-128
The Ultimate (lame Show
l linshaw, M.
Jan
27
C-64
Hacker 11: The Doomsday Papers
Hobo
Jan
28
C-64
Breakers
Hurlburt
[an
28
C-64
Mission on Thunderhead
Guerra
Jan
29
C-64
Transformers
Bobo
Feb
Hi
C-6'l
'lass Times in Tonetown
Hobo
Feb
22
C-64
Super Cycle
Guerra
Feb
22
C-64
Chessmaster 2000
Guerra
Feb
24
C-64
Bobs term Pro
Grubbs
Feb
24
C-128
Checks & Balances
Lane
Feb
25
C-12H
Paper Models; The Christmas Kit
Wasscr
Feb
26
C-64
Battlefroni
Guerra
Feb
27
C-64
WordPro 128/S
Premack
Feb
28
C-128
Fastfile
Premack
Feb
30
C-64
You Can Kly with Your C-64!
Walsh
Feb
34
C-64
Destiny
Guerra
Mar
18
C-64
Ghostwriter 128
Bobo
Mar
18
C-128
Super Sunday
Bobo
Mar
20
C-64
Fleet Filer
Walsh
Mar
24
C-128
Jane
I'i emack
Mai
21
C-128
Speed Kin£
Wauer
Mar
26
C-64
Cyber Video
Grubbi
Mar
26
C-64
World Games
Wasser
Mar
27
C-64
Marble Madness
Hurlburt
Mar
28
C-64
Trapdoor Checkers; Radical Chess; Baudleships
Grubbs
Apr
Ifi
C-64
The Kin lilue Reader
Konsbak
Apr
Hi
C-128
Bard's Tale 11: The Destiny Knight
Guerra
Apr
18
C-64
Mercenary
Sodaro
Apr
2-1
C-64
Operation Terminal
Gmbbs
Apr
24
C-64
Spindi/./.y; The Rocky Horror Show; Zoids
Bobo
Apr
26
C-64
Echo Lake Basic Enhancement
Rockefeller
Apr
28
C-64
Shard of Spring
Teverbaugh
Apr
28
C-64
Taxing Your Commodore
Shaughnessy
Apr
40
C-64, C-128
The Accountant, Version 1,3
Lane
May
16
C-128
Theatre Europe
Guerra
May
18
C-64
Arctic Fox
Bobo
May
18
C-64
Photo Finish; Billboard Maker; Icon Factory
Walsh
May
24
C-64
Perfed Writer; Perfect Filer
Premack
May
28
C-128
Electronic Expressions Update
Grubbs
May
r>8
C-64
Arithmetician
1'ratt
Jun
16
C-64
Buzzword
1 linshaw, M.
Jun
16
C-64
MacBeth
Eldridge
Jun
18
C-64
The Perfect College
Jun
20
C-64
Fish-Ed
Eldrldge Sllverstein
Jun
20
C-64
HomeWork
1 linshaw, A.
Jun
22
C-64
Term Paper Writer
Premack
Jun
22
C-64
Maxi Maih
Pratt
Jun
24
C-64
Symbol Master
Borden
26
C-64
The Pawn
Sodaro
26
C-64
Warship
Wright, G.
J«l J"l Jul
28
C64
Moeliius
Guerra
28
C-64
The Toy Shop
Grubbs
29
C-64
Moon mist
Ryan
J»l J"l Jul
29
C-64
Fairlighl
Sheridan
Jul
32
C-64
106
HCS
FEBRUARY HUM
C-128
TITLE
AUTHOR
ISSUE
PACE
COMPUTER
Accountant, inc.
Jerome
Jul
82
C-128
The Movie Monster (lame
Teverbaugb
C-64
What's Our Worth?
Premade
Jul
:i.r>
Ang
26
C-128
Killed Until Dead
Hurlburt
Aug
28
C-64
Tracker
Ryan
Aug
28
C-64
Graphics Integrator 2
Stern
Aug
2!)
C-64
Gunship
Giterra
Aug
52
C-6-1
The Official America's Cup Simulation World Class Leader Board
Wasser
Aug
92
C-64
Brown, L.
Aug
M
C-64
What's Write for You?
Guerra
A ug
38
C-G4, C-128
Cash ln-Cash Out
Jerome
Sep
24
C-128
Up Periscope!
Bobo
Sep
26
C-64
Accolade's Comics
Grubbs
Sep
26
C-64
Legacy of the Ancients
Guerra
Sep
L'H
C-64
Video Vegas
11 in lb un
Sop
28
C-64
World Tour Golf
Brown, L.
Sep
29
C-64
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
Sodaro
Sep
SO
C-64
Sky Runner
Hurlburt
Oct
2-1
C-64
The Sentry
Iliusliuw, M.
Oct
24
C-64
SuperStar Ice Hockey
Wasser
Oct
Ticket to London and Ticket to Paris
Premack
Oct
26 26
C-64
Drag Race Eliminator
Wasser
Oct
28
C-64
Dome Accounting by Computer
Lalocha, W.
Oct
30
C-64
Uchi Mata
Wasser
Occ
30
C-64
Hollywood Hijinx
Walsh
Oce
81
C-64
Bureaucracy
Hinghaw, M.
Oct
32
C-64
Database Decision
Walsh
Oct
56
C-64, C-128
Basic 8.0
Premack
Nov
24
C-128
WordPro with Turbo Load and Have
Cohen
Nov
26
C-64
Teddy Bear.rels <if Tun
Chasen
Nov
28
C-64
RSVP
Latocha, W.
Nov
28
C-64
Video Title Shop and Graphics Companion
Grubbs
Nov
80
C-64
StickyBear Math 2 and Reading Comprehension
Lalocha, M.
Nov
C-64
Commodore Party Animal
32
Brown, L.
Nov
:«
C-64, C-128
ZPilot
Guerra
Dec
24
C-64
Saracen
Brown, L.
Dec
24
C-64
Delta Patrol
Brown, L.
Dec
26
C-64
C-64
Del Con 5
Ryan
Dec
28
C-64
Printer's Artist, Patriot and Devil
Grubbs
Dec
28
C-64
Top Gun
Wasser
Dec
SO
C-64
Bucks!
Lalocha. W.
Dec
82
C-64
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Hurlburi
Dec
:i2
C-64
Desert Fox
Bobo
Dec
34
C-64
Online Services Overview
Morahito
Sep
36
The Online Arcade
Wallace
Sep
40
Plug Into Telecommunications
Bradley
Sep
42
Short Sorter
Portig
Jan
IS
Solving the Split-Word Problem
C-64, C-138
Wright, R.
Jan
84
C-64
The Functional Computer
Brown, [.
Feb
86
Any
Break the 128 Memory Barrier
Garamsxeghy
Feb
92
C-128
Tile Lock
Myers
Mar
18
C-64, C-1S8
Telecommunications
Utilities
FEBRUARY 1988
■
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107
TITLE
AUTHOR
ISSUE
PACE
COMPUTER
C-128 Screen Dump
Hills
Mar
54
CM 28
C-64 Edit Enhancer
Maloney
Apr
14
C-64
The Menu Machine
Elliot
Apr
72
C-64
Activating C-128 Keys in C-64 Mode
Burden
May
15
CM 28
C-128 Custom Windows
Coddard
May
46
CM 28
PrintRite 54
Kodadek
May
52
C-64
Sprite-Print
Duncan
May
68
C-G4
Handy Window
Adam
May
78
C-64, C-128
Disk Sniffer
Canny
May
84
C-64, C-12K
llasic Bug Trap
Broussarci
Jun
60
C-64
Power Key
Ryan
Jun
70
C-64
Linker 128
Brown, D.
72
C-128
Input Sentry
Senft
Jul
70
C-64
Keycodes Revealed
Fellows
J»l
Aug
66
C-64
C-64 LOCator
Williams
Aug
89
C-G4
C*64 Function Keys Made Useful
Lawsorj
Sep
63
C-64
Screen Genie
Ryan
Sep
68
C-64
Pop-Up Directory Window
Morris
Oct
92
C-64
Array Arranger
Roluta
Oct
98
C-64
Talking Data Statements
Cozzi
Oc!
132
C-64
64 DOS Shell
Ryan
Nov
52
C-64
Superscript Solution
1 fULS
Nov
79
C-64. C-128
Super Sort
Broussard
Nov
8-1
C-64
Delete 64
De A'Morclli
Nov
126
C-64
Tracking Down Tracks and Sectors
Charnetski
Dec
14
C-64, C-128
Sizzle!
Roberts. Bacon
Dec
42
C-64
Index of 1987 RUN AMOK Corrections
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Sep '86
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Jan
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Jan
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Nov '86
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Jan
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Nov '80
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Jan
127
RUN Script 128
Dec '86
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Dec '86
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Jan '87
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Feb "87
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Feb '87
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May
101
Telecomputing Workshop
Apr '87
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May
101
Magic Trick $3CD
Apr '87
12
Aug
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DPCalc
Apr '87
89
Aug
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May '87
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Aug
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Jul'87
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Dec
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Spriie-Prlni
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Dec
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Jnl -87
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Dec
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Dec
124
New Companions for tin- C-fi-l
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Aug '87
77
Dec
124
C-6-! Function Key) Made Useful
Sep '87
63
Dec
124
Color Hi-Res Graphics
Nov '87
70
Dec
124
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