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CONTENTS/ISSUEttb<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
Gallery (color snots of IB games).. 6<br />
Editor's Page tZ<br />
Reader Wail 13<br />
News & Views
OH-COURT TEHHIS<br />
REALM OF IMPOSSIBILITY<br />
INTERNATIONAL SOCCER<br />
GIRL BOV TirC SCAN AH6LE RESCUED
POLE POSITION<br />
HTHRISDFT<br />
PQ BUX E3HJ<br />
50 SHH FHflNCISCO CH 34060<br />
A BIG HIT IN THE ARCADES, THE MAGIC HAS NOT<br />
BEEN TRANSLATED WELL FDR THE 64 WITH POLE<br />
POSITION. CHUNKY GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION,<br />
ADDED TO UNSDPHISTICATED SOUND EFFECTS AND<br />
UNCONVINCING JOYSTICK RESPONSE, MAKE THIS<br />
RACING GAME SEEP] LIKE AN AMATEUR EFFORT FROM<br />
THE GRANDADDY OF VIDEO GAMING. POLE POSITION<br />
MIGHT HAVE LOOKED BETTER IF IT WEREN'T FOR<br />
THE STRIKING CONTRAST TO PITSTQP II (RIGHT).<br />
IF YOU WANT A REALLY HOT RACING GAME, YOU<br />
WON'T FIND IT HERE.<br />
EFVK<br />
| dOH3 KIEL COURT<br />
I 5UNHVVHLE CH SWOBS<br />
PITSTOP II IS NOT ONLY THE BEST CAR-RACING<br />
GAME MADE FOR THE C-64, BUT EASILY ONE OF THE<br />
TOP 10 ARCADE GAMES OF ALL TINE FDR THE 64!<br />
THE OUAL-SCREEN FEATURE IS INCREDIBLE (EACH<br />
DRIVER SEEING THE SAME WORLD FROM HIS OWN<br />
POSITION)! EVERY DETAIL, FROM THE REALISTIC<br />
NEED FOR TIRE-CHANGES AND FUEL, TO THE WAY<br />
THE STEERING RESPONDS TD SPEED AND CURVE<br />
RADIUS IS THERE. SOUND EFFECTS ARE EXCELLENT<br />
(BOTH CAR'S ENGINES ROAR INDEPENDENTLY), AND<br />
THE SMOOTH ANIMATION IS FIRST-RATE. 1 OR 2<br />
PLAYERS.<br />
QH-COURT TEHH1? A A A A IHTEHflflTIOHHL SOCCER A A A A<br />
1 GHMESTHR<br />
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1 SHftTfl BflRBflRfl Cfl S3IDI<br />
LIKE THEIR OTHER SPORTS SIMULATIONS,<br />
GAMESTAR'S ON-COURT TENNIS FEATURES GOOD<br />
ANIMATION WITH A CONVINCING 3-DIPCNSIONAL<br />
EFFECT (INCLUDING SHADOWS AND<br />
FORESHORTENING). ONE OR TWD MAY PLAY, AND<br />
YOU HAVE YOUR CHOICE OF SURFACES (CLAY,<br />
GRASS, ETC.) & CHARACTERS (BJORN, JOHN, &<br />
OTHER WELL-KNOWNS). THE JOYSTICK IS<br />
PROGRAMMED TO ALLOW A SURPRISING AMOUNT OF<br />
CONTROL OVER THE RACQUET (DROP SHOTS,<br />
SMASHES, GROUND STROKES, ETC.) THIS IS A FUN<br />
GAME THAT CAPTURES MUCH OF THE FLAVOR DF REAL<br />
TENNIS.<br />
REflLM OF IMPOSSIBILITY I****<br />
ELECTRONIC flRTS<br />
2755 CHMFUS DR i UE<br />
SflN MflTEO Cfi S4H03<br />
ELECTRONIC ARTS IS SACK ON TRACK WITH THIS<br />
UNUSUAL ACTION ADVENTURE. REALM OF<br />
IMPOSSIBILITY WILL CHALLENGE YOUR GRIP AND<br />
YOUR GREY-MATTER AS YOU TEAR AROUND THE<br />
NUMEROUS "ESCHERIAN" LANDSCAPES DODGING<br />
VARIOUS HAZARDS IN YOUR QUE5T FOR TREASURE.<br />
WHAT MAKES THIS GAME REALLY OUTSTANDING, THO,<br />
IS THE WAY THE TWO-PLAYER MODE FOSTERS<br />
COOPERATION (4 WITHOUT WHICH YOU ARE BOTH<br />
DEAD MEAT). I LDVE THE "WARP-SPEED"<br />
SCROLLING BETWEEN 5CREENS, AN EYE-OPENING NEW<br />
TECHNIQUE WHICH I'M SURE WE'LL SEE MORE DF.<br />
Q<br />
COMMODORE<br />
I J2D0 HIL50H OR* WE<br />
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THIS IS THE BE5T GAME COMMODORE HAS COME OUT<br />
WITH TO DATE. THE MOST OUTSTANDING THING<br />
ABOUT THIS ANIMATED SOCCER SIMULATION, IS THE<br />
SMOOTH AND NATURAL WAY THAT CONTROL PASSES<br />
FROM PLAYER TO PLAYER WITHOUT THE CONSCIOUS<br />
EFFORT AND AWKWARD JOYSTICK MANIPULATION<br />
REQUIRED BY MOST OTHER "TEAM SPORT"<br />
SIMULATIONS (A COUPLE OF BASEBALL GAMES FROM<br />
LAST ISSUE COME TO MIND) AFTER A FEW<br />
MINUTES, IT SEEMS LIKE THE COMPUTER JUST<br />
KNOWS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. FAST ACTION,<br />
GREAT GRAPHICS, A JOY TO PLAY.<br />
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OkJICKSILUfl<br />
SEE WEST NHKQMfl<br />
SflN HNTDNIQ TX 762IE<br />
ANT ATTACK IS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO REALM OF<br />
IMPOSSIBILITY IN MANY WAYS, THO BY DIFFERENT<br />
AUTHORS. ANIMATED STICK-FIGURES GO SCURRYING<br />
ARDUND A 3-D CITY (YOU CAN TOGGLE BETWEEN 4<br />
VIEWS) TRYING TO RESCUE BUDDIES FROM LARGE<br />
ANTS (WHO HAPPEN TD EAT ANIMATED<br />
STICK-FIGURES) ON-SCREEN INDICATORS HELP YOU<br />
LOCATE YOUR COMPANIONS, AND YDU ARE ARMED<br />
WITH GRENADES THAT CAN BE TOSSED AT 4<br />
DIFFERENT DISTANCES. LARGE, SCROLLING WORLD<br />
OFFERS PLENTY DF VARIATION. A FIRST-CLASS<br />
'FIGHT & FLEE' GAME FOR ONE PLAYER.'
THE SCROLLS OF ABADOM<br />
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THE CASTLES OF DOCTOR CREEP M<br />
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I SUSPECT RUBE GOLDBERG IS AN UNLISTED<br />
CO-AUTHOR DF THIS GAME! STARTS OUT PRETTY<br />
EASY, BUT BY THE TIME YOU HAVE BEEN PROMOTED<br />
A FEW TINES, GUPBALL WILL HAVE YOU HOPPIN'!<br />
THE PREMISE HERE IS SIMPLE: GET YOUR DAILY<br />
QUOTA OF COLORED GUMBALLS INTO THE MATCHING<br />
COLORED CARS. YOU CONTROL THE VALUES WHICH<br />
DIRECT THE COURSE OF THE GUMBALLS, AND YOU<br />
CAN MOVE YOU CARS LEFT AND RIGHT. GET A<br />
WRONG COLOR IN THE CAR, AND YOUR SUPERVISOR<br />
APPEARS TO DUMP OUT YOUR WHOLE CAR LOAD! WORK<br />
YOUR WAY UP TO MORE COLORS & FASTER<br />
PRODUCTION. ADDICTING.<br />
THE SCROLLS OF flBflDQh<br />
RECESS SQFTWflRE<br />
SES EHST BDQ SOUTH<br />
SHLT LflKE CITV UT fiHi05<br />
***+<br />
YOU TRAVEL AROUND ON A SLIDING GRID LOOKING<br />
FOR SCROLLS, YOUR TRAVELS ARE COMPLICATED BY<br />
THE RESTRICTION THAT YOU MAY NOT RETRACE YOUR<br />
STEPS IN AN OPPOSING DIRECTION. SCROLLS,<br />
WHEN FOUND, GIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING MAGIC<br />
SPELLS, AND ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.<br />
THIS IS MY LEAST FAVORITE OFFERING FROM<br />
ACCESS SOFTWARE SO FAR. COMPARED TO THE<br />
QUICK PACED AND VISUALLY RICH GAMES LIKE<br />
REALPI AND ANT ATTACK, SCROLLS OF ABADON CDMES<br />
OFF AS A SECOND-STRINGER.<br />
CHUEMflH<br />
ZIMTfi MJCRO SVSTEM<br />
PO BOX 34G<br />
EL TDRQ CR 9EE3D<br />
I HAVE INCLUDED THIS TITLE IN THE GALLERY<br />
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE FINE GRAPHICS SCREENS<br />
AROUND WHICH THIS PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE IS<br />
BASED. AS AN ADVENTURE GAME, CAVEFIAN IS<br />
AWFUL. EVERY RESPONSE YOU TYPE IN CAUSES A<br />
LENGTHY DISK-ACCESS (AND THERE ARE THREE<br />
Plg^NJTA PP.7" §IDES FILLEDI) MAYBET<br />
STORED TO A HARD DTSK TTTTS" GAME WOULD BE<br />
PLAYABLE (EVEN SO, THE PARSER IS CRUDE, AND<br />
VERY LITTLE OF WHAT YOU SAY IS UNDERSTOOD...<br />
VERY FRUSTRATING) I THINK THIS PRODUCT WOULD<br />
DO BETTER IF OFFERED SIMPLY AS A STAND-ALONE<br />
SET OF COMPUTER-PAINTINGS.<br />
CflSTLES OF DR. CREEP<br />
BRQOERBUHO<br />
J7 FflUL DRIVE<br />
SHN RflFHEL Cfl 3HSD3<br />
IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT "VIDEO MIND-ROT",<br />
BUT NO ONE AT YOUR HOUSE WILL TOUCH ANYTHING<br />
BUT ARCADE GAMES, THROW THIS ONE AT 'EM.<br />
CASTLES OF DR. CREEP IS DEFINITELY A GAME,<br />
BUT EVERY 'CASTLE1 IS ALSO A CHALLENGING<br />
MENTAL PUZZLE REQUIRING MEMORY &<br />
VISUALIZATION SKILLS OF CONSIDERABLE<br />
PROPORTION TO SOLVE. GDDD GRAPHICS & SOUND.<br />
CAN GET TEDIOUS IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SOLVING A<br />
PARTICULAR PATTERN, BUT THIS ACTS AS A<br />
STIMULUS TO GET IT RIGHT.<br />
GRiDTRflP<br />
" 3R IMPORT CORP.<br />
1 73J JflMES ST. HH05<br />
1 SYRACUSE HV J3ED3<br />
*** +<br />
IF YOU WANT TO SAMPLE SOME OF THE<br />
RECREATIONAL SOFTWARE THAT IS POPULAR IN<br />
ENGLAND, YOU CAN FIND QUITE A SELECTION FROM<br />
3R IMPORTS. GRIDTRAP IS ONE OF SEVERAL<br />
BRITISH IMPORTS LJHICH WE HAVE SEEN, AND THEY<br />
HAVE A DISTINCT "IMPORTED" FLAVOR. THE IDEA<br />
HERE IS TO DEFUSE THE RED BOMS, EVADE THE<br />
WANDERING BOOT, STAY CLEAR OF THE SKULLS, AND<br />
LJATCH FOR TRAPS AS YOU TRAVEL ABOUT THE GRID.<br />
THE CLOSEST THING TO GRIDTRAP I CAN THINK DF<br />
IS THE COIN-OP ARCADE GAME "PENGO".<br />
INTERESTING.<br />
ROCK N' BOLT ***+<br />
HCTIUWSJOH<br />
PD BDX 7EE7<br />
MTJUHTHIM VJEW Cfl 34D33<br />
YOUR JOB IS TO MOVE UP THRU THE VARIOUS<br />
LEVELS OF A SKYSCRAPER, AND BOLT DOWN THE<br />
GIRDERS WHICH ARE SLIDING AROUND ALL OVER THE<br />
PLACE. YOU HAVE TO ARRANGE THEM IN EXACTLY<br />
THE SAME PATTERN AS SHOWN ON THE INSET<br />
BLUEPRINT FOR EACH LEVEL (AND STILL LEAVE<br />
YOURSELF A PATH BACK TO THE ELEVATOR.) ROCK<br />
N1 BOLT IS A PRETTY CUTE PUZZLE/ACTION GAME<br />
WITH SOME NICE EFFECTS AND A MUSICAL SCORE,<br />
BUT IT DOESN'T BEGIN TO EQUAL THE CALIBRE OF<br />
ACTIVISION'S RECENT HIT. GHOSTBUSTERS (MAYBE<br />
THAT'S ASKING TOO MUCH.)
Question for tean HZ: YALE<br />
Question Category is:<br />
Famous People<br />
Selected Difficulty Level is: 2<br />
Tine Renaming: 0 Seconds<br />
M-.ich two wen traveled across half of<br />
horth flwerica to discover the Pacific?<br />
Sorry, VALE. Your tin* has elapsed.<br />
The correct answer is:<br />
Lewis ar.d Clark<br />
Please PRESS (SPACE BAR> to continue<br />
TRIUIA FEUER<br />
Mill<br />
GUHBT IS THINKING<br />
UIi.IL 18<br />
I TRIPLE<br />
H0R&<br />
DOUBLE<br />
_ WORD<br />
■ TRIPLE<br />
_ LETTER<br />
Tl DOUBLE<br />
LETTER<br />
MONTY PLftVS SCRABRLF<br />
MURDER BY THL DOZFM<br />
QUIT<br />
Pft5S<br />
PREMIUM<br />
TILES<br />
ClftNGE<br />
JUGGLE<br />
XINT<br />
SUAP
HHTHWOHO5<br />
CBS SOFTUHRE<br />
$_ GREEHHJCffXTD<br />
PAT>WRDS 15 AW INTERESTING VARIATION OF<br />
THOSE WORD GAMES YOU SEE ON PAPER, WHERE YOU<br />
HAVE TO FIND THE HIDDEN WORDS FROM A SOLID<br />
MASS OF LETTERS, AND DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND<br />
EACH ONE. CBS IMPROVES ON THIS THEME BY<br />
ALLOWING WORDS TO BE MADE BY ANY CONTINUOUS<br />
PATH OF LETTERS (TWISTS & TURNS ALLDWED), AND<br />
BY REPLACING USED LETTERS WITH MEW ONES<br />
(WHICH INTRODUCES A DEFENSIVE ELEMENT WHEN<br />
PLAYING WITH OPPONENTS.) PLAYERS MUST AGREE<br />
ON THE VALIDITY OF WORDS, BUT THE COMPUTER<br />
DOES THE SCORING.<br />
TRJUJH FEVER |***+<br />
PROFESS IQMHL SOFTUHRE<br />
PQ BOX 533<br />
NEEOHHM Mfl OEi34<br />
YOU ARE PROBABLY REACHING THE THRESHOLD OF<br />
"TRIVIA OVERDOSE" BY NOW, BUT IF NOT, THEN<br />
TRIVIA FEVER BELONGS WITH THE REST OF YOUR<br />
COLLECTION. THIS VERSION IS NOTABLE IN THAT<br />
IT CAN BE PLAYED WITH OR SANS COMPUTER, AND<br />
OFFERS NUMEROUS HANDICAPPING FEATURES TO HELP<br />
INSURE A FAIR AND INTERESTING GAME. INCLUDES<br />
GAME SPINNER, TALLY SHEETS, QUESTION & ANSWER<br />
BOOK, AND DISK WITH THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONS.<br />
ADDITIONAL VOLUMES OF QUESTIONS AVAILABLE ON<br />
DISK.<br />
TfiRGQH EH<br />
NET SQFTHflRE<br />
LRMGLEV BC CflNflDfl<br />
PRETTY STANDARD SPACE SHODT-EN'-UP FAIR HERE,<br />
WITH SOME BETTER-THAN-AVERAGE SPRITE DESIGN<br />
(WHICH RESULTS IN SOME TARGETS THAT ARE NOT<br />
UNLIKE THOSE FOUND IN THE ATARI ARCADE HIT,<br />
XEVIOUS). WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY (EXCEPT THAT,<br />
HAVING MENTIONED "XEVIDUS", I WONDER IF ATARI<br />
WILL RELEASE A VERSION FOR THE 64, DR, EVEN<br />
BETTER, THE C-128!)<br />
MUflTV PLHY5 SCRABBLE<br />
EPVX<br />
IQH3 hi EL COURT<br />
SURHWFLE-Cff BHDEB<br />
THE PROCESS OF COMPUTERIZING SCRABBLE (THE<br />
ALL-TIME BEST-SELLING WORD GAME) HAS NOT ONLY<br />
LEFT THE ORIGINAL GAME INTACT, IT HAS<br />
ENHANCED IT TREMENDOUSLY. FOR SOLITAIRE OR<br />
MULTIPLE PLAYERS, nONTY OFFERS A COLORFUL<br />
BOARD, 12,000-WORD ON-LINE DICTIONARY, AND A<br />
HOST OF OPTIONS INCLUDING VARIABLE COMPUTER<br />
INTELLIGENCE, GAME SPEED, DISPLAYS OF<br />
TILE-COUNTS, POINT VALUES, BONUS VALUES, AND<br />
VISIBLE OR HIDDEN GAME RACKS. SOUND EFFECTS<br />
ARE JUST RIGHT. SCRABBLE LOVERS WON'T BE<br />
DISAPPOINTED.<br />
MURDER BV THE DQZEH I****<br />
CBS SOFTWHRE<br />
GREENWICH CT J3B&3B<br />
MURDER BY 1>E DOZEN IS AN ENGROSSING<br />
COLLECTION OF DETECTIVE ADVENTURES FOR ONE TO<br />
FOUR PLAYERS. ASSUMING YOUR FAVORITE SLEUTH<br />
PERSONAS, YOU WILL SEARCH FDR CLUES, QUESTION<br />
SUSPECTS, DRAW YOUR CONCLUSIONS AND FINALLY<br />
ANNOUNCE YOUR SOLUTION. INCLUDES CLUE BOOK<br />
AND CASE ANSWER BOOK. LIMITED GRAPHICS<br />
ENHANCE THIS BASICALLY TEXT-BASED ADVENTURE.<br />
12 CASES TO CRACK- ADDITIONAL MYSTERIES<br />
AVAILABLE ON DISK, GDOD FAMILY FUN.<br />
LEGIQHHHIRE<br />
: HVHLQH HILL<br />
8 BflLTIMBRE MD<br />
***+<br />
LEGIONNAIRE IS A STRATEGIC WAR-GAME<br />
SIMULATION WHICH PUTS YOU OUT IN THE FIELD AS<br />
JULIUS CAESAR WITH NOTHING BUT BLOOD-THIRSTY<br />
BARBARIANS FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON. THE<br />
SOUND EFFECTS ARE REAL BASIC (THE SIMPLE<br />
"TRAMP-TRAMP") OF MARCHING SOOTS MAY MAKE YOU<br />
CHUCKLE. GAME CONTROLS ARE PRETTY GOOD, AND<br />
THE SCROLLING BATTLEFIELD IS FINE. I THINK<br />
THIS GAME IS A REASONABLE INTRODUCTION FOR<br />
THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WAR-GAMING, BUT<br />
ARE PUT OFF BY THE BOARD VERSIONS WITH ALL<br />
THE PARAPHENALIA.
fig EDITOR'S PAGE<br />
r= — Beim Diumington<br />
The first thing I want to do is clarify and update<br />
INF0=64's Product Roundup plans. Some of our<br />
faithful subscribers have expressed some confusion<br />
and anxiety about how and when the special Product<br />
Roundup issues will be available. The Product<br />
Roundup will be a massive compilation of products<br />
for your computer, <strong>org</strong>anized by categories, with<br />
ratings (where available), descriptions, photos,<br />
and vendor information. It will come out twice a<br />
year: once around June/July, and then again around<br />
Nov./Dec. as an expanded part of the magazine.<br />
For subscribers, these will constitute 2 of each 6<br />
issues you receive, and while they will probably<br />
have a higher cover price at the newsstand, there<br />
is no extra charge for subscribers.<br />
Next, I want to air some personal observations<br />
about 'the other' computer magazines. Like many of<br />
you, I am a magazine 'junky' (tho my habit probably<br />
makes yours look tame). I read them all, partly<br />
for pleasure, and partly for business. Lately, I<br />
am sad to say, I am seeing more negative than<br />
positive trends. Here are a few of the low points<br />
in my opinion:<br />
* InfoWorld, which used to be my favorite, took a<br />
real nose-dive when Stewart Alsop resigned his<br />
position as Editor last November. Since then, the<br />
once fiesty, witty, & gutsy computer news-weekly<br />
has become just another echo in the dusty halls of<br />
rubber-stamp publishing. My condolences to the<br />
remaining scrappers at InfoUorld who must work<br />
under the new regime.<br />
* RUN was, for a long time, my favorite<br />
Commodore-specific mag. Then they tryed to sell us<br />
on the PLUS/A (keeping it up for 3 issues straight,<br />
long after everybody else had seen it for the flop<br />
that it was). But even more annoying to me, was<br />
their January 1985 review of light pens, in which<br />
they took a 1close look' at Flexidrau (a product<br />
with which I am intimately familiar) and were not<br />
impressed. It is not hard to understand why they<br />
weren't impressed: the version reviewed was 2.D<br />
{which had been obsolete for at least 9 months when<br />
this 'review' was printed!). The version on sale<br />
while that review was on the stands was 5.D, the<br />
most sophisticated hi-res light pen graphics<br />
package you can get this side of a Macintosh<br />
dealer! How can a magazine keep the respect of its<br />
readers with that kind of useless reporting?<br />
* AHOY! seems to have been struggling along in the<br />
distance behind RUN & COPPUTEI'S GAZETTE. Now I<br />
hear that Managing Editor, Bob Sodaro, has left for<br />
greener pastures. I met Bob at Winter CES, and I<br />
have to think that his departure will take some<br />
spunk and fun out of AHOY1<br />
• COPPUTE & COtnPUTEI'S GAZETTE seem likely to catch<br />
some reader flak from their latest maneuver: the<br />
release of SpeedScript 3.0 (find your free Erg=Card<br />
for this software in the centerfold). The problem<br />
is that SpeedScript, COPPUTEI'S GAZETTE'S most<br />
popular feature of all time, was available on disk<br />
to subscribers of COPPUTEI'S GAZETTE DISK as part<br />
of their subscription. It was beleiued by many<br />
subscribers I have talked to that the<br />
much-anticipated upgrade, SpeedScript 3.0, would be<br />
published in a future issue of GAZETTE, and thus<br />
automatically be theirs as part of their<br />
subscription. Turns out that they will have to<br />
type it in from COPPUTE!, or shell out $14.95 to<br />
get a copy on disk! Never mind that it may be<br />
worth every penny!, the overwhelming impression is<br />
that the readers are being milked for every spare<br />
nickel! Boys and girls, can you say "250,DDO new<br />
software pirates overnight"? Sure you can.<br />
There is one particular high-point in this<br />
otherwise gloomy picture of computer publishing:<br />
the WHOLE EARTH REVIEW. This is a bi-monthly<br />
synthesis of 2 other excellent magazines<br />
(CoEvolution Quarterly, & Whole Earth Software<br />
Review) that apparently couldn't make it as<br />
separate titles (despite Stewart Brand's legendary<br />
advances to put out the latter.) The new<br />
publication, like its parents, contains no<br />
advertising and now covers a spectrum of<br />
interesting topics from growing bamboo, to<br />
Superbase 641 Subscriptions to WHOLE EARTH REVIEW<br />
are $18 per yr. (call 1-800-321-3333 VISA etc.)<br />
Last, I would like to point out that INFD=64 is the<br />
only magazine to date that is running actual<br />
pictures of the C-128 and LCD computers. The<br />
photos you may have seen in BYTE, RUN, & even<br />
COTTDDORE magazine (!) are press-kit photos of<br />
early non-working mock-ups. How can you tell? The<br />
keys of the 'real' C-128 have graphics symbols on<br />
them (like the one pictured on our cover), and the<br />
LCD has the lower, close-fitting keys as shown on<br />
our cover, and in 'News & Views'. All the<br />
magazines had reporters and (presumabely) cameras<br />
there in Las Vegas, and COPPDOORE magazine, at<br />
least, should have access to current equipment. I<br />
just thought you'd like to know.<br />
-Benn Dunnington / Editor
INFO=BA;<br />
I READ WITH GREAT DESPAIR YOUR REVIEW OF THE<br />
IKXJS GT DISK DRIVE FDR THE C-64 COMPUTER. I<br />
REALLY FEEL THAT YOU HAVE DONE YOUR READERS A<br />
NEGATIVE SERVICE ON THIS ONE.<br />
I DID A REVIEW OF THE IMXJS DRIVE IN OUR DEC.<br />
USERS GROUP NEWSLETTER AND DID NOT FIND IT TO<br />
BE WORTH THE $399 PRICE TAG AT ALL. THE ONLY<br />
POSITIVE FEATURES THAT I FELT IT HAD GOING FOR<br />
IT WERE THE OPTO-ELECTRONIC STOP AND THE DISK<br />
DOOR DUST COVER.<br />
THE REASON THAT SOME PROGRAMS WON'T LOAD WITH<br />
FAST ROUTINES IS THAT NO ONE HAS CONE UP WITH<br />
A ROUTINE THAT WILL SUPPORT THE U1 DR UA<br />
FUNCTION OF THE DRIVE AND THIS IS THE FUNCTION<br />
THAT IS USED IN LOADER ROUTINES FOR PROGRAMS<br />
LIKE SUPERBASE « EASYSCRIPT, ETC. PUT THIS ON<br />
TOP OF THE FACT THAT WHEN SUPEHBASE IS LOADED<br />
INTO THE COMPUTER, THERE IS NO PLACE LEFT IN<br />
COMPUTER RAN FDR FAST READ AND WRITE ROUTINES<br />
TO RESIDE, THESE ROUTINES HAVE TO BE<br />
EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED. IN OTHER WORDS THEY<br />
SHOULD BE A PART OF THE DRIVES' OPERATING<br />
SYSTEM, NOT ADDED ON AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. THE<br />
REAL POWER OF SOMEHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE IN<br />
SORTING AND ACCESSING SUPERBASE-TYPE FILES.<br />
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE OPTQ-ELECTRONIC<br />
STOP, I DID NOT FIND THE INDUS DRIVE TO BE<br />
SUPERIOR IN ANY WAY TO A 1541 111/ KWIK LOAD. (<br />
KUIIK LOAD, BY THE WAY, IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM<br />
DATAMQST FOR ABOUT $20.00) I HAVE INCLUDED MY<br />
OWN REVIEW IF YOU WISH TO PRINT IT IN YOUR<br />
NEXT ISSUE.<br />
THANK YOU: -BRUCE R. SCHROEDER<br />
EDITOR-PUBLISHER<br />
CHIPPEWA VALLEY<br />
C-64 USERS' GROUP NEWSLETTER<br />
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI<br />
Dear Bruce;<br />
We apparently got a LIPE (that's where most of the<br />
units are bad. but you get the oddball in the lot<br />
that i-s good!) . While other readers have reported<br />
that their INDUS drives do work with SupeiBase,<br />
most have reported quality control problems (one<br />
reader was on his FIFTH replacement). Hopefully,<br />
INDUS will learn from all this and incorporate the<br />
improvements into their new double-sided drive that<br />
was shown (mocked-up) at CES (like the regular<br />
INDUS, it is handsomely styled, this time in a low<br />
flat box with a slide-out disk-drawer like you find<br />
on most compact audio disc playersl) Thanks for<br />
the review, but I think our other readers are<br />
getting the gist by now- try before you buy (even<br />
INF0=64 may not see it the way you will.)<br />
RESPONSE TO STEVEN LUEDDERS' LETTER [INFO j?5]<br />
I RUN A SOFTWARE COMPANY SO I DECIDED THAT I HAD<br />
BETTER GET ALL THE FACTS ABOUT COPY-PROTECTION SO<br />
THAT I COULD FIND OUT WHICH PROTECTIONS SCHEME IS<br />
BEST. HERE IS A SMALL PART OF WHAT I FOUND.<br />
WHY PROGRATTERS PR0GRAP1. FIRST OF ALL, I AM A<br />
PROGRAMMER AND I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT ARE<br />
PROGRAMMERS AND WE ALL PROGRAM FOR THE SAME REASON:<br />
WE LOVE IT! WE SURE AS HECK AREN'T IN THIS FOR THE<br />
MONEY. IF I WANTED MONEY I'D BE A LAWYER.<br />
PIRATED SOFTWARE IS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL.<br />
[break] UNPROTECTED AND DEPROTECTED SOFTWARE: MAY<br />
BE QUICKLY AND EASILY BACKED UP WITHOUT A NIBBLER<br />
OR ERROR COPIER / LOADS MORE QUICKLY AND EASILY AND<br />
DOES NOT TEAR UP THE DRIVE / CAN USUALLY BE PLACED<br />
ON A DISK WITH OTHER SOFTWARE, THUS CONSERVING DISK<br />
SPACE / IS EASIER TO MODIFY AND TAILOR TO YOUR OWN<br />
NEEDS.<br />
I USE AN PED DUAL DRIVE AND I HAVE PURCHASED<br />
SEVERAL ELECTRONIC ARTS PROGRAMS, NONE OF WHICH<br />
WILL EVEN LOAD. I AND OTHERS ARE THEREFORE FORCED<br />
TO OBTAIN BROKEN COPIES, [break]<br />
PROTECTION IS IPPOSSIBLE EVERY PROTECTED PROGRAM<br />
THAT THERE EVER WAS HAS BEEN CRACKED. PROBABLY 5Of6<br />
OF ALL PROTECTED SOFTWARE IS CRACKED IN UNDER 10<br />
MINUTES. break] AN ELECTRONIC ARTS REP. TOLD [a<br />
software pirate] THAT THE COPY PROTECTION ON ARCHON<br />
II WAS SO ADVANCED THAT IT WOULD BE "90 DAYS11<br />
BEFORE IT WAS CRACKED. LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT IT<br />
WAS BEING PASSED AROUND AS HE SPOKE.<br />
EVERYBODY PIRATES DON'T TRY TO GIVE PEOPLE ALL<br />
THIS "HOLIER THAN THOU" STUFF, STEVEN. EVERYBODY<br />
PIRATES TD SOME EXTENT OR OTHER, EVEN IF ONLY ONE<br />
PROGRAM ONE TIME, [break] YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO<br />
FIND A COMPUTER ROOM IN A SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T HAVE<br />
AT LEAST A COUPLE OF BOXES OF PIRATED SOFTWARE.<br />
THE ANSWER: IF ALL YOU GAME DESIGNERS AND<br />
COMPANIES OUT THERE WANT TD KNOW WHAT THE BEST COPY<br />
PROTECTION IS, THEN DO WHAT YOU WOULD IN AN<br />
ADVENTURE: "LOOK". LODK AT THE COMPANY WITH THE<br />
LARGEST PROFITS- INFOCOTI. THEY HAVE NO COPY<br />
PROTECTION (GASP!) YET THEY CONSISTENTLY PRODUCE<br />
BEST-SELLERS. THIS WOULD SEEM TO BE A LIVING<br />
CONTRADICTION TO MR. LUEDDERS1 IDEAS AND HIS "SKY<br />
IS FALLING" SCENARIO. INFOCOP1 MAKES QUALITY<br />
SOFTWARE WITH QUALITY DOCUMENTATION THAT PEOPLE<br />
WANT TO BUY. IF SOMEONE WILL WRITE QUALITY<br />
SOFTWARE THEN PEOPLE WILL BUY IT. REPEPBER, YOUR<br />
CUSTOPERS ARE YOUR FRIENDS, NOT YOUR ENEMIES.<br />
THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS THAT COPY PROTECTION IS A<br />
WASTE OF TIME, EFFORT, AND MONEY, AND IS AN<br />
AFFRONT TO THE LEGITIMATE CUSTOMER WHO IS ENTITLED<br />
TO THE BEST VERSION OF THE PRODUCT AVAILABLE.<br />
I THEREFORE PIAKE THIS STATEPENT: I, PHOENIX RED,<br />
STEADFASTLY OPPOSE ALL FORMS DF COPY PROTECTION AND<br />
YOU CAN BET YOUR DISK DRIVE THAT NONE OF OUR<br />
PRODUCTS WILL EVER BE COPY PROTECTED.<br />
SINCERELY,<br />
PHOENIX RED (JIM CONWELL)<br />
PHOENIX RED SOFTWARE<br />
HOUSTON TEXAS<br />
Thanx for your letter, RED. This is clearly not<br />
an easy issue. We now have 2 professional<br />
programmers diametrically positioned on an issue<br />
which affects their livelihood, and the quality<br />
of computing far the consumer. INF0=64 welcomes<br />
any NEW insights which readers may have, since<br />
we are sure there is, somewhere, a solution that<br />
will respect the concerns of all parties.<br />
- Benn
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The Consuner Electronics Show (C.E.S.) is the biggest<br />
and, in my opinion, the mast important show for<br />
Commodore in this country. It is also the only show<br />
IW0=64 regularly attends and (unfortunately for most<br />
readers) open only to dealers, manufacturers, and the<br />
media. Not to worry, we're going to take you there<br />
now {you wouldn't have been able to find a hotel room<br />
anywayI)<br />
Ok... We decide to check out Commodore first (we'll<br />
look at ATARI and third parties later.) We pick up<br />
our official Comnodore press kits (the important<br />
sheets from Conrnodore' s press kit have been<br />
reproduced on these pages for your enlightenment and<br />
enjoyment..-I hope Conraodore doesn't mind the free<br />
exposure...sorry about the small type, maybe you can<br />
find a magnifying glass.) Looking at the photos hie<br />
wonder if we got the right press kits- the equipment<br />
pictured doesn't look anything like the PETs, UICs,<br />
and 64s we've come to know S love (well, usually).<br />
Pushing our way thru the hordes of over-stimulated<br />
show-goers we try to find the Comnodore booth. There<br />
it is, a beckoning Mecca of technological wonders...<br />
about a half-mile away, rising in the misty distance<br />
of the huge convention building.<br />
We press onward past all manner of spectacles and<br />
ballyhoos designed to lure even the the most<br />
shell-shocked electronics-peddler closer for a better<br />
look at the product: there are numerous mimes<br />
silently conveying the pleasures of owning new video<br />
cameras, there is the 'Federal Express guy' from the<br />
TV ads with his mouth approaching the speed of sound<br />
itself (we don't know what he's pitching, but we're<br />
sure we need it in a hurry!), there is a guy doing an<br />
incredible robot impersonation that is totally<br />
convincing. While pausing for a moment near the<br />
Batteries Included booth to get our bearings, I feel<br />
somebody pinch meI Spinning around, there is no one<br />
to be seen within striking distance. Hmmm, no one<br />
except a life-size doll of 'Herbie1, Batteries<br />
Included's spectacled mascot. Hmmm.<br />
We finally arrive at Conraodore's booth. Most of the<br />
large display area is devoted to the new equipment.<br />
There, in a crowd, is the much-anticipated C-128I We<br />
realize at once that our greatest fear (that the<br />
C-128 would just be a 6A with a numeric pad and a<br />
Data 20 ZBO cartridge welded to the circuit board<br />
with a bank-switched 64K all jammed into a surplus<br />
364 keyboard unit) is not to be.<br />
Not only is the C-128 obviously a totally new<br />
machine, but we notice with growing delight that<br />
there are several other new products on display that<br />
had not even been rumored before the show (and all<br />
echoing the stunning good looks of the C-128)! Now I<br />
pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming (where's<br />
Herbie when you need him?): there before our eyes is<br />
a working model of a Conraodore lap computer with a<br />
remarkably readable 8D column X 16 line liquid<br />
crystal display!
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I run ouer to a guy demonstrating one of these units<br />
to ask a feui questions. He turns out to be one<br />
Jeffrey Porter, one of the co-designers of the LCD<br />
(as it is called). We are surprised at how young and<br />
intelligent he looks (we have met 'project' types<br />
from Commodore before who would not necessarily fit<br />
this description). While we take turns v/igorously<br />
shaking his hand, Jeff explains that he is a former<br />
C-64 'hacker' like us, and was recruited by Comnodore<br />
to design "the machine you'd want for yourself".<br />
What a concept! We stop to read our product sheets,<br />
[stop here and read your LCD press sheets] I take_ a<br />
close-up photo of the keyboard [see Fig. 1] noticing<br />
that it is different from the one shown in the<br />
Illfl<br />
standard press photos in our kit. Jeff explains that<br />
the press kit photos are of early mock-ups, and that<br />
the close-fitting keys of the unit on display would<br />
be used in actual production. We agree that they<br />
have a nice feel, and look better than the earlier<br />
version.<br />
We are slightly disappointed to learn that the LCD is<br />
not C-64 software-compatible, but are impressed with<br />
the extensive built-in software which looks much more<br />
professional than the PLUS/4 built-ins. I knoui a lot<br />
of people that will be delighted with the built in<br />
MODEM and the on-board terminal software which can<br />
emulate both the DEC VT52 & VT100 terminals. I<br />
mentally go over some of the other pluses: 5hrs.<br />
operation on 4 penlight batteries, only 51bs. total<br />
weight, fits in my briefcase, compatible with all<br />
C-64 peripherals, expected price- under $50D)<br />
I ask Jeff about some items not covered by the press<br />
materials; Is the 32K RAH expandable? Jeff thinks it<br />
will be, but doesn't say by how much; does the use<br />
of the 6502-compatible 65C102 processor mean that the<br />
LCD will be able to use Bill Plensch's fabled 65816<br />
Superchip" from Western Design Center [see 'News &<br />
Views', iss. #5] ? a smile flickers over Jeff's<br />
lips, and his eyes q0 slightly out of focus as he<br />
replies simply, "lilerre talking about it."
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RECOMMENDED<br />
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We also want to know more about the 3.5" micro-floppy<br />
[see Fig. 2] we see hooked up to the LCD. All u/e can<br />
find out is that it is a "Sony-compatible" drive that<br />
hooks up to the serial port of any of the Conmodore<br />
computers (the peculiar thing is that, while other<br />
3.5" drives typically store 1/2 to 1 full megabyte,<br />
we are told that this unit will only store a measly<br />
17QK- just like the 1541 ! "Why" was not explained).<br />
Back over to the C-128, we add to the information in<br />
our press kits by discovering that the C-128 is<br />
actually 3 computers. In the C-64 mode there is no<br />
operational difference from a regular C-64 (no speed<br />
or RAM difference - you must be in the 128 or CP/fl<br />
modes to access the BD columns or extra 64K of RAM).<br />
In the CP/ffl mode, all CP/Pl 3.0 compatible software<br />
will run. We couldn't verify it, but ue are under<br />
the impression that this means that any commercial<br />
CP/Pl sold for the Kaypro or Dsborne B-bit computers<br />
will run as-is (this would include such favorites as<br />
DBASE II and WORDSTAR). In the 128 mode a whole<br />
range of 80-column, 128K, color software will be<br />
forthcoming (we saw an impressive demo of the popular<br />
PERFECT WRITER [see cover photo] and other titles in<br />
the 'PERFECT1 series are scheduled for release soon.<br />
For the expected price of $300, we agree that this<br />
should be a very popular machine, especially in light<br />
of its claimed 100$ compatibility with the C-64I We<br />
have only a few complaints: we wish there had been<br />
an IEEE port built in, a better layout for the<br />
numeric pad and cursor keys, and (with Conmodore's<br />
rights to the PB-DOS Hyperion) it would have been an<br />
even more dynamite product if the 128 mode were an<br />
IBT1 mode and the 8502 processor had been and 8088 or<br />
an 8086 (it would also have been the nail in the<br />
coffin of a couple of dozen other computer companies,<br />
including ATARI!) As it stands, ATARI AND COmODORE<br />
are likely to keep battling it out for the rest of<br />
the year.
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NEWS & VIEWS<br />
SPECIAL CES EDITION<br />
Shifting our attention now to the<br />
peripherals, uie notice again the smashing<br />
new 'look' shared by all the new Conmodare<br />
products (we find out later that this is<br />
mostly the doing of an in-house designer<br />
at Cornnodore named 'Minn1 who we think<br />
should get a medal of some kind!)<br />
The new 1571 disk drive is also a 3-in-1<br />
deal which matches itself intelligently to<br />
the mode of the computer using it, as well<br />
as the format of disk being accessed- thus<br />
it can automatically tell that it is being<br />
used with a C-128 in the CP/P1 mode and<br />
that the diskette is in Kaypro format, and<br />
act accordingly! We learn that there is<br />
also a dual version of this double-sided<br />
drive that will be introduced later this<br />
year. The good news is that the 1571 will<br />
work with all Commodore computers<br />
(including the C-64 and the LCD); the bad<br />
news is that it has neither greater speed<br />
or greater capacity than a 1541 when used<br />
with the C-64 or in the 64 mode with the<br />
C-128; back to the good news, it is 5<br />
times faster than the 1541 in the 128<br />
mode, and 10 times faster in the CP/1H<br />
mode! Also guaranteed to please is the<br />
expected price: $199!"<br />
A quick look at the new 1902 RGB monitor<br />
(necessary for BO-column color) and the<br />
Comnodore House finishes our tour thru the<br />
Coranodare booth. As we say goodbye to<br />
Jeff and the other (obviously pleased)<br />
booth-dwellers, we try to find out when<br />
all this stuff will be available; no one<br />
will be pinned-down (are we surprised?)<br />
but the months that kept coming up were<br />
POay/June for the C-128 & 1571, with the<br />
LCD about a month behind.<br />
Well, I hope you enjoyed our trip to Winter CES:<br />
we'll do it again at Summer CES in Chicago this Junesee<br />
you there!<br />
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SPECIAL CES EDITION<br />
You may be wondering hou 'Uncle Jack1 Tramiel (the<br />
former brains at Commodore who is responsible for the<br />
C-64 and is now the BOSS at ATARI) was taking all<br />
this hooplah from his old camp. Well, it sure wasn't<br />
lying down: J.T. and a good segment of the original<br />
Conmodore staff were 20 yards away showing (true to<br />
style) a product line that must have APPLE & IBPI<br />
talking to themselves. How does $700 sound for a<br />
COLOR 128K 'macintosh' clone with a 1O-Meg hard<br />
drive? ATARI calls it the 130ST (a 520K version, the<br />
52QST was also shown).<br />
With specs-ta-price figures like that, you may be<br />
asking yourself why you don't just f<strong>org</strong>et Conroodore<br />
(the C-128 notwithstanding) and put your money down<br />
on one of the ST's? I've got a couple of reasons for<br />
you:<br />
First of all, it is still not at all certain that<br />
ATARI can even survive long enough to bring these<br />
products to market- the media is constantly relating<br />
various money, political and legal woes that continue<br />
to plague the post-Tramiel company.<br />
Second, even should ATARI stay solvent, there is Jack<br />
Tramiel's legendary image to overcome of a man who<br />
makes promises easily, and keeps them with<br />
difficulty. This anxiety was not alleviated by his<br />
staff at C.E.S. when they would not let anyone touch<br />
the demo units that were set up (and stories<br />
abounding about technicians up all the night before<br />
still wire-wrapping the innards and patching-in<br />
segments of unfinished software so that there would<br />
be something to show at the showI)<br />
Third, our subscription-card questionnaires have<br />
revealed that the average amount spent by our<br />
subscribers on C-64 products in 1984 alone was<br />
$1,500! Why should you dump that kind of investment<br />
to buy-in to a big question-mark like ATARI when you<br />
can get a C-128 for $300, give the C-64 to the kids,<br />
keep using your favorite products, and spend<br />
selectively on the 128 and CP/H products that you<br />
really want?<br />
Fourth, if DEC's GEPI operating system (which makes<br />
the 5T so 'Mac-like') catches on via the ATARI<br />
machines, it is highly likely that GEPI will be<br />
parted-over to other machines (an IBPI version is<br />
already thought to be in development) and the C-128<br />
could end up running in 4 modes instead of 3! (of<br />
course, you wouldn't run as fast or with the same<br />
graphics resolution, but co-processors and virtual<br />
screens could take care of that.)<br />
Lastly, I wouldn't buy an ATARI ST even if they were<br />
on the shelves now until I see Conmodore's 32-bit<br />
'ATTIGA-fTACHIft1. Conroodore wasn't saying a peep<br />
about it, but the expectation now is that the<br />
Lorraine [as it is also known) will be shown at<br />
Chicago in June. Judging even by the features shown<br />
a year ago on a prototype, the Lorraine will<br />
out-perform the ATARI machines in a number of<br />
significant ways.<br />
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Before I go any further, it might help to look at<br />
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The tape is a plastic ribbon coated on one side<br />
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the cassette tape can be erased and reused. The<br />
advantages to this media are its low costs and<br />
its ability to store great amounts of data. The<br />
disadvantages include its very slow speed and its<br />
sequential format of recording data. That is, the<br />
tape moves across the tape head in one direction<br />
a little at a time.
Comparative Loading Tiroes<br />
for a 25K program.<br />
Datasette 666 Seconds<br />
1541 disk drive....78 Seconds<br />
1541 w/speed kit...28 Seconds<br />
Hard drive... ..1 Second<br />
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covered with a iron-oxide material and enclosed<br />
in a sleeve. In many ways the storage of<br />
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tape. The advantages are that the disk may be<br />
rotated at very high speeds (300 rpm), and that<br />
the head can be moved to any point on the disk to<br />
read information. As a result, access time is<br />
greatly decreased. Yet, on the Commodore, the<br />
speed is still very slaw as the information is<br />
moving from the disk drive to the computer or<br />
from the computer to drive in serial format. Each<br />
character is made up of 8 bits. When this<br />
information is transferred in serial format, only<br />
one bit at a time is transferred to the computer.<br />
A parallel unit'urauld transfer this information<br />
as 8 bits, or one byte, at a time.<br />
Several companies have tried to create products<br />
to increase the rate of transfer of information<br />
to and from the disk drive. Some of these<br />
products include the 1541 Express from Richvale<br />
Telecommunications and the 1541 Flash from Skyles<br />
Electronics. Both units can increase the speed of<br />
data transfer by as much as 4 times.<br />
A good example of the differences in loading time<br />
is the 25K public domain program, 'Monopole1.<br />
With the Data Cassette, this program takes about<br />
11 minutes to load. On a standard 1541 Disk<br />
Drive, it takes a full 7D seconds and, using one<br />
of the speed up units that I mentioned, the time<br />
to load is about 20 seconds. On the new hard<br />
drive, 'Ptanopole1 will load in just ONE SECOND.<br />
Another nice feature of a hard drive is that the<br />
amount of memory is greatly increased. On a 1541<br />
Disk Drive, only six 25K programs can be stored<br />
on a single disk. However, on a 1D megabyte<br />
drive, you could store 'Monopole' over 390 times.<br />
This is equal to about 60 disks.<br />
The hard drive is much like a standard disk drive<br />
except that the disk is made out of aluminum<br />
instead of plastic. The read/write head, instead<br />
of resting right on the disk, floats on a cushion<br />
of air, 20 millionths of an inch above the disk.<br />
This air space is so small that a smoke particle<br />
can't begin to fit in the space between the disk<br />
and the head. (See figure 1) As a result, the<br />
hard drive must be sealed to prevent any type of<br />
contaminate to enter the drive.<br />
The disk in a hard drive also rotates at a much<br />
higher speed than a 1541. As the disk rotates at<br />
3600 rpm, the read/write head travels over the<br />
disk at speeds of over 100 miles an hour. This is<br />
comparable to an airplane flying 600 miles per<br />
hour around the circumference of a lake at an<br />
altitude of 1/4 inch. The high speed of both the<br />
drive and the read/write head increases the data<br />
transfer to and from the computer.<br />
Another major difference in a hard drive to a<br />
standard disk drive is that more than one disk<br />
and more than one read/write head will be found.<br />
The 10 megabyte drive that Roy and Lloyd are<br />
working on has 2 separate disks with 4 read/write<br />
heads to be able to read both sides of the disks.<br />
Larger drives of up to 80 megabytes will also be<br />
available.
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I first heard about the hard drive for the C64<br />
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Lloyd Sponenburgh of Fiscal Information Inc. This<br />
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could do a review far Info 64 magazine.<br />
Arrangements were made and, just after the<br />
holidays, I traveled to Daytona to the company<br />
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March of this year. Fiscal Information was<br />
obviously not the ma and pa operation that I had<br />
first expected to find. In fact, Fiscal<br />
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employees and offices in 3 states.<br />
The company was started by Bill Walter in 1971.<br />
Bill had been a professor at the University of<br />
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Roy Southwick was the first employee of the<br />
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The idea of a hard drive started because Roy had<br />
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After all, he was used to a hard drive system.<br />
What began as a simple question "can we interface<br />
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ft Guide to Telecomputing 1985<br />
IF,elecomputing - the linking of computers via<br />
telephone - has spawned a network so vast, so<br />
multi-faceted that the end now justifies the means:<br />
people use personal computers exclusively for<br />
networking. The growth of the industry can be<br />
directly attributed to the popularity of the machine<br />
it feeds - or feeds upon, depending on your point of<br />
yieu - but the technology is not as new as you might<br />
imagine.<br />
ARPANET, the Department of Defense-sponsored network<br />
burglarized recently by a teenager with a VIC, is the<br />
oldest and largest network. Technology developed for<br />
it in the late 60's is still in use on most networks<br />
today. Long before the general public knew - or<br />
cared - about computers, ARPANET users<br />
(Pentagon-approved scientists) were using spelling<br />
checkers and holding hobby club meetings on-line. Of<br />
course, they weren't riding the wires with personal<br />
computers. Printers functioned then as monitors do<br />
today and output keyboards ("terminals") sent their<br />
data to the mainframe at the other end of the line.<br />
That's why telecommunications programs for personal<br />
computers are referred to as "terminal" programs.<br />
You don't need government approval to telecompute<br />
today (ARPANET notwithstanding) and the extent of<br />
telecommunicatians must astonish the people who<br />
developed the technology that made it possible. With<br />
a properly equipped computer, you can chat with a<br />
dozen or more '64 users at once or ask the CBPI<br />
Hotline why your printer won't underline, get advice<br />
from a vet on the Goat-herders SIG (Special Interest<br />
Group), check schedules, fares and make airline<br />
reservations - or file your own flight plan, meet<br />
your future spouse masquerading as Boy Ge<strong>org</strong>e on a CB<br />
simulator, look up something in an encyclopedia,<br />
download programs or take programming lessons, see<br />
how your stock is doing, order IRS publications, buy<br />
things from Sears and other retailers or write a<br />
chapter in an interactive on-line novel.<br />
Silly or serious, these and a zillion other<br />
activities are at your fingertips. Telcomputing is<br />
even practical now for people with impaired vision<br />
with a voice synthesizer (Genesis Carputer Co.) and a<br />
special version of Smart 64 (Plicrotechnic Solutions)<br />
which will enunciate every word coming in and going<br />
out.<br />
There are four categories of things you can do<br />
on-line: 1) gather facts and news, 2) purchase<br />
services or merchandise, 3) download (receive) public<br />
domain computer programs, and 4) "talk with<br />
computers that wouldn't otherwise "understand" you.<br />
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VIDEOTEX<br />
Advice* Fitness,<br />
Calorie Counter<br />
ParKs- Beaches.<br />
U.S. Travel, fttriines<br />
Library Services.<br />
Encyclopedia<br />
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Computers communicate with ASCII (American Standard<br />
Code for Information Interchange), common numerical<br />
values for numbers, letters and punctuation. But<br />
since ASCII deals with text-related code only,<br />
telecomputing has been limited to word-oriented<br />
exchanges. (Only player input for games with<br />
graphics displays are handled by a network; the games<br />
are loaded from disks you buy in advance.) But hold<br />
the phone! Telidon, a Canadian VIDEOTEX system has<br />
come up with a code called NAPLPS (North American<br />
Presentation Level Protocol Syntax) that may do for<br />
computer graphics what ASCII did for text.<br />
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NAPLPS is a VIDEOTEX protocol (or set of rules) for<br />
creating, storing and transmitting computer graphics<br />
with ASCII text. It isn't on a nationwide network<br />
yet but several U.S. companies (AT&T and CBS for<br />
starters) are involved in NAPLPS VIDEOTEX projects.<br />
Regional networks use it but as of this writing they<br />
can only be accessed by memory-rich AT&T Sceptre<br />
terminals. But the race to produce NAPLPS software<br />
is on. (Conmodore announced it for the '64 last<br />
summer and keeping true to form, has been silent on<br />
the subject ever since.)<br />
But... with Jordan software (cartridge, $99) soon to<br />
be released by Addison Information Systems (formerly<br />
Avcor), my Commodore 64 and I accessed Viewtron, a<br />
southern Florida regional NAPLPS network owned by<br />
Knight-Ridder Newspapers (1-900-272-5400.) Vieutron<br />
offers just about everything an information network<br />
can: entertainment info (local night life reviews and<br />
reservations, movies, park and beach activities),<br />
food and dining (restaurant menus, recipes, even<br />
delivered groceries), regional news and sports,<br />
investment services, live conversation or messages,<br />
games, and services and merchandise - if you can't<br />
buy it on Viewtron it's probably not worth having.<br />
The variety of text and illustrations on<br />
hi-resolution, multi-color screens from Viewtron was<br />
stunning. I watched them build, layer by layer, on<br />
my monitor - a relatively slow process compared to a<br />
text-only display, which has not been well-received<br />
in VIDEOTEX market tests on other networks. At the<br />
transmission rate of 300 bits per second (bps) used<br />
by most modems for personal computers now, it's<br />
pretty slow; you're very aware that you're being<br />
charged by the minute. But modems that handle 1200<br />
bps are dropping in price and at that speed - four<br />
times faster - it shouldn't be a problem.<br />
Although the resolution on my 1702 monitor wasn't as<br />
high nor the graphics as elaborate as photos I've<br />
seen of Sceptre displays, the overall quality was<br />
such an improvement over the plain text other<br />
networks send, it seemed like using a different<br />
medium: perhaps a glimpse of color TV when you've<br />
only known radio. Despite a glitch in the software<br />
that let text print over text (remember, it's still<br />
under development) and my on-line horoscope<br />
predicting my activities that day would be unique<br />
rather than profitable, I was impressed.<br />
<strong>TELECOMPUTING</strong> HOST SYSTEMS<br />
Your '64 can communicate directly with any Cflfl<br />
computer once you're both equipped for<br />
telecammunications. It's easiest when both computers<br />
use the same terminal software but the novelty soon<br />
wears off.<br />
Private Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) are more<br />
stimulating. A computer store or user group will<br />
have the phone number for a B8S if there s one in<br />
your area. They are often hobby "boards" run on<br />
someone's home computer and can be accessed by anyone<br />
with the phone number. Numbers for other BBS's are<br />
often available on any one of them. There are<br />
thousands of BBS's across the country which you can<br />
access for the cost of a long distance phone call.<br />
Occasionally you'll find one that charges a<br />
membership fee. Either way, they come in two flavors<br />
as far as we're concerned, CBPI and non-CBPI host<br />
systems. On the latter, you can "talk" with all<br />
brands of computers, not just Commodore.
<strong>TELECOMPUTING</strong> continued...<br />
The real action, however, takes place latenight on an<br />
information service (a commercial network). Join one<br />
and you'll never have to be alone again: hundreds of<br />
personal computers - from anywhere in the world - can<br />
be hosted at the same time by these mainframes. But<br />
watch out: it's easy to get hooked and can quickly<br />
became expensive; I have the bills to prove it.<br />
There's a fee to join and you're charged for the time<br />
you're "on-line" or actually connected to the<br />
network. You don't incur long distance telephone<br />
charges to reach a network if you live in a<br />
fair-sized city since a local access number (Telenet<br />
or Tymnet) connects you directly to the mainframe.<br />
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ARE YOUR ONLY LIMITATIONS.<br />
YOUR 5Y5TEF1 CONFIGURATION<br />
Along with a computer and monitor or TV, you'll<br />
probably want a disk drive; tape is severely<br />
limiting. Besides a modem (which we'll get to in a<br />
moment) you must have a modular telephone with a hand<br />
set that unplugs from the dialing mechanism: an old<br />
desk model.<br />
A modem is an R5-232C device which PDOulates computer<br />
digital bit streams into audible pulses (that<br />
telephone lines can carry) and DEPbdulates pulses<br />
when they're received. There are three types for the<br />
'64: 1) a manual modem like the 1600 Uicmodem<br />
requires that you dial the number and plug the line<br />
from the phone base into the modem; 2) the<br />
programmable or automatic type like the 1650 l/icmodem<br />
that dial for you (some programs make the modem<br />
redial periodically on a busy signal, or answer<br />
incoming calls); and 3) the intelligent or "smart"<br />
kind which house ROM chips and do everything an auto<br />
modem can and then some.<br />
The modem determines the speed at which data are<br />
transmitted, measured in bits per second or Baud<br />
rate, the standard today being 300 bps. Transmitting<br />
data faster can reduce your connect time (although<br />
commercial networks know it and charge more for<br />
transmissions over 300 bps). Dnly a smart modem can<br />
handle mare than 300 bps on the '64. Carnnodare<br />
announced a 1200 bps modem for the C-128 in January<br />
but it won't work with the '64.<br />
Buy a modem before joining a commercial network; free<br />
time and/or discounts sometimes come with them. If<br />
you already have a modem, consider a network "starter<br />
kit."<br />
PROTOCOLS<br />
Terminal software determines what you can - or can't<br />
- do on-line. It shuts out BASIC and makes your<br />
computer emulate a terminal. Using it is like using<br />
a word processor except for the fact that there's a<br />
telephone line within the system. Stray noises on<br />
the phone line will corrupt data in transit. This<br />
isn't important when you're "talking" with another<br />
computer user who can overlook an error here or there<br />
but conversation isn't the only thing sent over phone<br />
lines. Programs can get messed up and, as you<br />
probably know all too well, one error is all it<br />
takes.<br />
Several ways of making sure precisely what was sent<br />
got there, called "error checking protocols," are in<br />
use and each method was designed for a particular<br />
host computer. The error checking protocol in the<br />
program running on your ' 64 must match that used by<br />
the host system you want to access. Three protocols<br />
predominate: 1) CBW-Punter, developed by Steve<br />
Punter, used on BBS's hosted by Conmootare computers;<br />
2) Xmodera, developed by Ward Christianson, used on<br />
non-Conraodore host systems and sometimes used with<br />
Xon/Xoff protocol (also called GO/HALT) to pause and<br />
restart transmission; and 3) the "B" protocols used<br />
on CompuServe.<br />
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TELECOHPUTIflQ continued, , .<br />
Each host system uses its own - and only its own -<br />
protocol. A single terminal program for the '64 can<br />
(and should) offer more than one of them. It's up to<br />
you to get and use the right one with the right host.<br />
If everything isn't exactly right, you'll miss out an<br />
one of the primary reasons for telecomputing -<br />
downloading programs which belong to no one and<br />
everyone (by virtue of being in the public domain)<br />
and cover everything from business to games<br />
literally every area of interest a program can be<br />
written for.<br />
Terminal software also controls adjustable<br />
communications parameters like duplex, parity, stop<br />
bits and word length, and this is where you can start<br />
getting overwhelmed. You don't have to know what<br />
these things do: just make sure you use the same<br />
error checking protocol as the host you want to<br />
access and the default values will (almost always)<br />
work for all this other stuff. If one of the<br />
settings is off, you'll know it. For instance, if<br />
duplex is wrong, either you won't be able to see what<br />
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TERMINAL SOFTWARE<br />
Many things besides protocols make for a good<br />
terminal program. Comments on several of them follow<br />
but they have some common features. Using your disk<br />
drive when you're on-line is important: you might<br />
need to format a disk. All programs mentioned here<br />
offer full disk access from terminal mode. They all<br />
let you change text, border and screen colors and all<br />
have programmable function keys. All will let you<br />
save to disk OR printer. All except HoraeTerm offer<br />
full control of communication parameters. fill<br />
automatically translate CBTI-ASCII to true ASCII and<br />
will operate with manual or autodial modems.<br />
Word-wrap is available in all except the special<br />
CQTh/aice version of Smart 64. VIDTEX is the only one<br />
without an on-screen clock to help you keep track of<br />
time on-line.<br />
The size of the program's memory buffer is important,<br />
unless it offers virtual memory. When you're<br />
on-line, information on the screen is gone unless you<br />
took steps to save it before it arrived. You save it<br />
in a buffer which can hold only so much. When it's<br />
full, you "dump" it to disk or printer. A big buffer<br />
means you have to do this less frequently and seldom<br />
need to merge a program you saved in two parts. With<br />
virtual memory, you can save information directly to<br />
disk or printer as it comes to you. VIP and Smart 64<br />
have virtual memory.<br />
All of these programs will let you download from<br />
commercial networks. UIPf SuperTern, Smart 64 and<br />
Firstterm will download all types of program files -<br />
but that's just the first step. Before a program can<br />
be transmitted it must be converted to a text file.<br />
In that form it's like a listing on paper even though<br />
it may appear on the screen. No, you don't have to<br />
type it in but you do have to convert it with an off<br />
line utility program which tokenizes it and makes it<br />
"runnable." These programs provide the utilities to<br />
do this but it's a hassle because you can't convert a<br />
program while you're on-line. You have to save it,<br />
sign off the network and load in the utility.<br />
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The two exceptions for downloading from commercial<br />
networks are HomeTerm and UIDTEX, and they function<br />
at opposite extremes. Some files on ConpuServe have<br />
.IWG extensions on their names which indicate they<br />
are programs for a specific kind of computer (like<br />
Quit game<br />
instructions<br />
the '64). HomeTexm won't touch .OTG files - you<br />
can't download them with it no matter what. VIDTEX<br />
will download not only . IPE files but all CompuServe<br />
files and convert program text files to takenized<br />
programs transparently. No off line conversions are<br />
needed - VIDTEX does it automatically.<br />
Three of these programs will access both networks<br />
(non-Can hosts) and BBS'S (CBfl-hosts): VIP Terminal,<br />
Super-Term and Firstterm. Program conversion is done<br />
by the terminal program on a CBW-Punter B8S. You<br />
never have to fool with it.<br />
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THE LINE UP<br />
VIP TERMINAL ($59.95 from Softlaw) includes<br />
CBTC-Punter and non-CBM protocols and may be the only<br />
terminal program you'll ever need. It's easy to<br />
master and characters per screen line can be set to<br />
40, 64, BD or 106 without extra hardware. It has an<br />
adequate built-in text editor and virtual memory.<br />
You can toggle on-screen help in terminal mode and it<br />
has a separate collection of utility programs.<br />
Excellent documentation with even more instructions<br />
on the disk itself which you can read on the screen<br />
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Infornation<br />
PlayNet has beautiful on-line graphics and sound -<br />
including games - but it's not videotex. Screen<br />
displays and games are loaded from one of the three<br />
disks that PlayNet provides when you join ($34.95).<br />
You don't have to buy additional disks to play<br />
interactive games but that's only an advantage if you<br />
want to play games in the first place. (Lest I sound<br />
superior, I confess to enjoying Quad 4 on-line with<br />
1Q other players, during which game we carried on a<br />
lively -if confusing- conversation. Two of us<br />
"won/')<br />
Getting around on PlayNet is about a million times<br />
easier than doing so on other networks but the<br />
trade-off is that it's proportionally less extensive.<br />
Even when fully operational with Apple and IBPl-PC<br />
members, public domain and commercial data bases and<br />
other structures, it should have easy access.<br />
Extensive conferencing features (such as splitting<br />
the screen for private messages and menus that toggle<br />
on and off) made it delightful to talk with very<br />
enthusiastic PlayNet users like Bill P1 who stroked<br />
my ego by guessing my full name from Peggy H, my<br />
predesignated handle, and Deb C, who's "debl" when<br />
she runs the CBffl SIG on CompuServe.<br />
You don't need your own terminal software because<br />
it's on the disks PlayNet provides, and updates for<br />
new features are downloaded. You have to wait a<br />
couple of minutes for disk loads each time you change<br />
areas but the $2 an hour connect fee of $2 an hour<br />
works out to only three and a third cents a minute.<br />
Other costs are a monthly service charge and fee for<br />
downloading which averages $.50 per file. Call<br />
1-800-PLAYNET for more info.<br />
AMERICAN PEOPLE/LINK is doing Beta testing as of this<br />
writing. Their ad's claim "anyone with a word<br />
processor, personal computer or terminal, and a<br />
modem" can access People/Link upon, of course, paying<br />
the $14.95 one-time sign up fee. But notice it says<br />
"word processor" - not terminal software. A lengthy<br />
and unconvincing phone conversation with them left me<br />
as skeptical as I was in the first place about<br />
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getting on-line with a word processor, even at $2.95<br />
an hour. Nevertheless, they spoke of interactive,<br />
multi-player games "coming soon as well as Special<br />
Interest Clubs (SICs?) with user Club Presidents<br />
deciding everything including subject matter. Good<br />
luck when calling 1-800-524-01 DO for more<br />
information.<br />
T>€ ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY is not a commercial network<br />
per se, rather it is a means of study via<br />
telecommunications. Courses range from seminars to<br />
classes for kids, professional field-specific study<br />
and adult education which many U.S. colleges accept<br />
for credit. There's conferencing and private on-line<br />
consultation with professors and 24-hour access to a<br />
library of data bases. I was impressed with the<br />
diversity (if not the number) of available classes.<br />
Call 1-80O-22LEARN (1-80D-44LEARN in Calif.) for info<br />
and prices.<br />
GO FOR IT<br />
If you do nothing else, downloading public domain<br />
programs is sufficient reason to telecompute. But<br />
your first try can be tough. Be sure to read (and<br />
re-read) on-line instructions and program<br />
documentation. Make certain you have the right<br />
protocols. Remember that all computers are picky<br />
devils; your patience and perseverance can be taxed<br />
but keep trying - it's worth it. Public domain<br />
programs are NOT second-rate and can be especially<br />
helpful for learning or sharpening BASIC skills<br />
because you can list and examine them. In fact, you<br />
can do anything you please ' with a public domain<br />
program, from personalizing it to selling.<br />
on-line conferencing runs the gamut from technical<br />
talk to pure unadulterated fantasy. Whatever your<br />
preference, you can make friends with people you<br />
might never meet face to face, and all of them are<br />
interested in computers. If you like dealing with<br />
the written word and have fair typing ability, you're<br />
sure to find it fascinating. Keep in mind that the<br />
advantages enjoyed by good-looking people in person<br />
belong to the literate, on-line, /bye
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Bearcat has been producing standard setting scanners<br />
for many years now. Reliability, technical<br />
sophistication, and user satisfaction have been the<br />
bedrock of their success. Evidence of this commitment<br />
to excellence is amply demonstrated in their newest<br />
venture, the CoapuScan/CP 2100.<br />
Consisting of a receiver with built in speaker,<br />
cables, antenna, power pack, operator's manual, and<br />
software, the 2100 works with a disk equipped<br />
Conmodore 64. The scanner monitors the airwaves, the<br />
64 manipulates the data.<br />
This teamup provides hobbyists with a 2QD channel<br />
capability arrayable in ten user selectable banks.<br />
Seven different bands can be accessed: aircraft, 70<br />
cm or 2 meter amateur, UHF, UHF-T, and low or high<br />
VHF.<br />
The CompuScan diskware, being of a friendly menu<br />
driven persuasion, permits creation of three priority<br />
channels, the inclusion of a memo pad feature for<br />
each frequency, and manual or automatic search<br />
routines which can be initiated at either the high or<br />
low end of a range.<br />
Furthermore, auto search and store, search/scan<br />
frequency occurrence counts, automatic channel<br />
lockout, and selectable scan delay are feasible with<br />
the Scanneri program provided.<br />
Another computer/scanner merger benefit is the<br />
ability to send signals to a tape recorder, alarm, or<br />
small electric appliance. Multiple antennas and other<br />
hardware can be attached, those indicated above are<br />
just some of the more common ones.<br />
Encased in an attractive snow beige plastic and<br />
aluminum housing with two dials, (on/off volume and<br />
auto/manual squelch control), the CompuScan unit is<br />
rack mountable. The one reviewed had no power on<br />
light (an annoying omission), though this should have<br />
no effect on careful users. (Dis)connecting items to<br />
powered units is never a good policy, even if not<br />
specifically banned in the operator's manual.<br />
Setup is so simple, that following the manual<br />
actually makes it more difficult. Though good line<br />
drawings are provided, the remainder of the<br />
installation instructions are less lucid. Luckily<br />
there's not much that can go wrong if a little common<br />
sense is applied.<br />
Fortunately the balance of the manual, (tutorial,<br />
commands summary, and electronic interface data) is<br />
well illustrated, <strong>org</strong>anized, and presented.<br />
The R5-232 cable plugs into the 64's rightmost port<br />
from the underside of the 2100. Located here is an<br />
interface for an external stereo hookup, though the<br />
integrated speaker works fine once the internal loop<br />
is closed. (Insertion of the provided accessory plug<br />
is needed to accomplish this.) The telescoping<br />
antenna is attached by a snap and twist coax cable<br />
connector, while the power supply fits into a male<br />
plug adjacent to the dip switches. By the way, these<br />
switches are used to set the proper baud, parity, and<br />
carriage return/line feed parameters.<br />
Dnce all the connections have been made and the disk<br />
booted, the airwaves beckon. (One more word of<br />
caution, the antenna should be located as far from<br />
the 64 as possible to eliminate potential<br />
interference.)<br />
A brief glossary of terms should suffice for any<br />
uninitiated, but curious readers. A locked out<br />
channel will be overlooked during scanning sessions.<br />
This is used mostly to eliminate known, but unwanted<br />
frequencies. Delay keeps the scanner tuned for turn<br />
seconds after a signal has been lost. This is helpful<br />
where response transmissions are expected. Count<br />
simply refers to the number of times a signal is<br />
found during a scan cycle. All of these options can<br />
be switched on or off as needed.<br />
One nice feature, the Priority option, makes<br />
ConpuScan monitor up to three selected channels while<br />
carrying out other scan or search tasks.<br />
Approximately every two seconds a priority check is<br />
performed. If a designated station is found, the<br />
other routine is interrupted. With this, important<br />
but infrequent broadcasts can be received while<br />
others are actively pulled in.<br />
Believe it or not, there is a difference between scan<br />
and search. The scan mode sweeps through selected<br />
banks sampling every channel that hasn't been lacked<br />
out, while the search mode acts as a fine tuner<br />
across a user defined range of frequencies. For<br />
those interested in exotica, a list of Scanneri<br />
program files and CP 2100 specifications is included<br />
in the manual.<br />
Other than the poorly written setup instructions, the<br />
2100 has no readily apparent faults. At $499.00 list<br />
price, it shouldn't. Of course price isn't a direct<br />
reflection of value or usefulness. Here it serves to<br />
limit the number of probable owners. Many may want,<br />
far fewer will buy. That's sad too, because it is a<br />
fine piece of hardware. Interested parties should<br />
contact<br />
Electra Co.<br />
300 East County Line Road<br />
Cumberland, Indiana 46229
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This graph shows<br />
the total address<br />
space of the C64<br />
when the COHAL<br />
cartridge if plugged<br />
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152 Kbytes, bankswitched.<br />
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COPIAL SPOILS YOU. IT COMBINES THE FAMILIARITY OF<br />
BASIC UJITH THE STRUCTURED PROGRAMING ENVIRONMENT OF<br />
PASCAL AND THE TURTLE GRAPHICS DF LOGO. WITH ALL<br />
THAT AVAILABLE, ANY OTHER LANGUAGE FEELS STIFLING BY<br />
COMPARISON. NOW, ON THE HEELS OF THE VERY GOOD<br />
DISK-LOADED VERSION 0.14, COMES CARTRIDGE-BASED CORAL<br />
2.01. BESIDES ALL THE FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES OF ITS<br />
PREDECESSOR (SEE THE REVIEW 5 ERG-CARD IN ISSUE #4),<br />
THE CARTRIOGE VERSION ADDS LOTS OF EXTRA NICETIES,<br />
AND OVERCOMES THE SHORTCOMINGS OF CORAL 0.14.<br />
THE MAJOR DIFFICULTY WITH 0.14 WAS THE MEMORY IT USED<br />
UP. BY THE TIME IT LOADED FROM DISK, YOU WERE LEFT<br />
WITH ONLY ABOUT 10K OF PROGRAM MEMORY. OF COURSE,<br />
THE CARTRIDGE TAKES CARE OF THAT. ON POWER-UP, YOU<br />
HAVE OVER 30K OF PROGRAM MEMORY, ALMOST AS MUCH AS<br />
WITH BASIC. THE COPIAL CARTRIDGE ITSELF CONTAINS 64K<br />
(!) OF BANK-SWITCHED RON, WHICH IS STACKED IN FOUR<br />
16K BL0CK5 OVER THE C64'S OWN BASIC ROM AND RAM. YOU<br />
DON'T EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TECHNICAL STUFF,<br />
HOWEVER; THE BANK-SWITCHING IS AUTOMATIC, FAST, AND<br />
INVISIBLE. COPIAL 2.01 IS INTERNALLY QUITE DIFFERENT<br />
FROM 0.14, AND IS STRUCTURED AS A COPIAL KERNAL WITH<br />
EXTENSION PACKAGES. THIS IS A MEMORY-SAVING<br />
TECHNIQUE WHICH MEANS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GRAPHICS<br />
VOCABULARY IS INACTIVE IF YOU DON'T NEED GRAPHICS IN<br />
YOUR CURRENT PROGRAM. WHEN YOU NEED GRAPHICS, THE<br />
DNE-LINE COMMAND 'USE GRAPHICS' WILL INVOKE THE<br />
NECESSARY ADDITIONS. THIS CHANGE MEANS THAT SOME<br />
MINOR TRANSLATION IS NEEDED TO ADAPT COTIAL 0.14<br />
PROGRAMS TO RUN ON THE CARTRIOGE VERSION. THE ONLY<br />
CHANGES I HAVE USUALLY FOUND NECESSARY ARE TO (1) ADD<br />
THE 'USE GRAPHICS' COMMAND TO THE START OF THE<br />
PROGRAM, AND (2) MAKE SOME SYNTAX CHANGES TO REFLECT<br />
THE REPLACEMENT OF COMMANDS WITH PROCEDURES; I.E.<br />
'BACKGROUND 0' BECOMES 'BACKGROUND (O)1. IF YOU<br />
ALREADY HAVE A LIBRARY OF COPIAL 0.14 PROGRAMS BUILT<br />
UP AND WANT TO ADAPT THEM TO THE CARTRIDGE VERSION,<br />
YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES.<br />
THE IMPROVED EDITOR CAN HELP YOU MAKE THEM. BESIDES<br />
THE IMPRESSIVE ERROR-CHECKING BUILT INTO THE<br />
ORIGINAL, COPIAL 2.01 ADDS 'FIND' AND 'CHANGE' TO THE<br />
EDITOR'S VOCABULARY. THE PROGRAM STILL AUTOMATICALLY<br />
INDENTS WHEN LISTED, WITH THE ADDED OPTION OF HAVING<br />
KEYWORDS IN UPPERCASE TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM<br />
VARIABLE AND PROCEDURE NAMES. SEVERAL CONTROL KEYS<br />
HAVE BEEN DEFINED TO DELETE-TO-END-OF-LINE, JUMP<br />
AHEAD OR BACK BY ONE WORD, RESTORE LINE TO PRE-EDITED<br />
STATE (GREAT FOR ALL THOSE TYPING MISTAKES!), AND<br />
EVEN DUMP THE SCREEN TO THE PRINTER. THE FUNCTION<br />
KEYS ARE ALSO DEFINED TO PROVIDE AUTOMATIC RUN, EDIT,<br />
AUTO LINE-NUMBERS, ETC. THEY ARE USER-REDEFINABLE,<br />
TOO. 'LIST procedure' ENABLES YOU TO LIST AND EDIT<br />
PROCEDURES BY NAME. THERE ARE MANY OTHER FEATURES<br />
THAT REALLY ARE JUST TDO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
The commands that nave Deen<br />
included in COMAL Z.O1 will<br />
KnocK gour socks off! I<br />
can't possiDlg list them all.<br />
The 'VIEWPORT" and 'WINDOW'<br />
commands let sou define<br />
screen windows and scale them<br />
.. .for t»oth text and graphics<br />
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THE COMMANDS THAT HAVE SEEN INCLUDED IN COPIAL 2.D1<br />
WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF! I CAN'T POSSIBLY LIST<br />
THEM ALL, BUT I'LL TRY TO COVER THE HIGH POINTS IN<br />
SOME KIND OF ORDER:<br />
SYSTEPI CHANGES: 'INPUT' HAS BEEN GIVEN AN EXTREMELY<br />
USEFUL NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS AND OPTIONS. THE<br />
PROMPT CAN BE TOTALLY ELIMINATED, OR MADE TO BE<br />
ANYTHING YOU WISH (NO '?' UNLESS YOU WANT ONE),<br />
CURSOR MOVEMENT IS NOW IGNORED, AND THE CLEAR AND<br />
HOME KEYS ONLY WORK ON THE INPUT LINE ITSELF, NOT THE<br />
WHOLE SCREEN. 'INPUT AT' ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY A<br />
POSITION ON THE SCREEN AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF<br />
ALLOWABLE INPUT CHARACTERS. THERE IS NOW NO QUOTE<br />
MODE TO WORRY ABOUT, AND INPUT LINES CAN BE UP TO 120<br />
CHARACTERS. OTHER SYSTEM COMMANDS INCLUDE DIRECT<br />
ACCESS TO THE C64'S INTERNAL CLOCK, SINGLE-COMMAND<br />
USE OF THE SERIAL OR IEEE BUSES, AND ONE-LINE CONTROL<br />
OVER SYSTEM PARAMETERS SUCH AS DISK-DRIVE TIMING AND<br />
PRINTER CONTROLS. TWO OF THE MOST USEFUL AND<br />
POWERFUL ADDTIONS ARE THE 'GETSCREEN1 AND 'SETSCREEN'<br />
COMMANDS. THESE ALLOW YOU TO SAVE THE CURRENT<br />
CONTENTS OF THE SCREEN, INCLUDING ALL COLORS AND EVEN<br />
CURSOR POSITION, AS A SINGLE STRING, AND RESTORE THE<br />
SCREEN AT ANY TIME. THUS YOU CAN EASILY PERFORM<br />
PAGE-FLIPPING FOR MENU AND HELP SCREENS. ALSO,<br />
EXTERNAL PROCEDURES AND BATCH FILES ARE NOW FULLY<br />
SUPPORTED. IF YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL, YOU WILL<br />
APPRECIATE THESE CAPABILITIES RIGHT AWAY; HOME<br />
PROGRAMMERS WILL FIND THESE TO BE VERY USEFUL TOOLS<br />
IN TIME. (MANY OF CORAL'S ADVANCED FEATURES WILL BE<br />
NEW TO THOSE WHO ARE USED TO 'NORMAL' HOME COMPUTER<br />
LANGUAGES, BUT MOST HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME AS<br />
FEATURES IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS.)<br />
GRAPHICS: THE TURTLE IS STILL HERE, BUT FASTER THAN<br />
EVER. NEW COMMANDS LET YOU QUICKLY SAVE OR LOAD A<br />
HI-RES SCREEN; ALSO ADDED IS THE ABILITY TO MAKE<br />
INQUIRIES ABOUT THE TURTLE SYSTEM PARAMETERS. THE<br />
'VIEWPORT' AND 'WINDOW1 COMMANDS LET YDU DEFINE<br />
SCREEN WINDOWS AND SCALE THEM TO WHATEVER SIZE YOU<br />
NEED, AND THEY CAN BE USED FOR BOTH TEXT AND<br />
GRAPHICS. (YES, COPIAL DDES WINDOWS!) ADDITIONAL NEW<br />
SPRITE COMMANDS LET YOU MAKE INQUIRES ABOUT SPRITE<br />
STATUS, LINK SHAPE TABLES TO THE END OF YOUR COPIAL<br />
PROGRAM, AND 'STAPP' SPRITE IMAGES DIRECTLY TO THE<br />
HI-RES SCREEN. THERE IS ALSO A WHOLE NEW VOCABULARY<br />
FOR PROGRAMMING INTERRUPT-DRIVEN SPRITE ANIMATION<br />
THAT WILL RUN COMPLETELY IN THE BACKGROUND OF ANY<br />
COPIAL PROGRAM. YOU CAN EVEN STOP TO EDIT THE PROGRAM<br />
AND THE SPRITES WILL KEEP MOVING! THESE COMMANDS<br />
MAKE THE SPRITES INDEPENDENTLY INTELLIGENT, ABLE TO<br />
DECIDE WHEN TO MOVE, WHEN TO CHANGE SHAPE, AND WHEN<br />
TO DISAPPEAR, ALL BASED ON TIME OR COLLISION<br />
CONDITIONS. USER-PROGRAWIABLE CHARACTERS ARE ALSO<br />
SUPPORTED WITH THEIR OWN SET OF CONNANDS IN THE<br />
'FONT1 PACKAGE. WHOLE CHARACTER SETS AS WELL AS<br />
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS CAN BE REDEFINED AND SWITCHED<br />
BACK AND FDRTH.<br />
DEVICES: FULL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR EASY USE OF<br />
PADDLES, JOYSTICKS, AND A LIGHT PEN. THE PADDLE<br />
PACKAGE WILL ALSO WORK WITH A KOALA PAD, AND THE<br />
JOYSTICK PACKAGE WORKS ADMIRABLY WELL WITH A<br />
TRACKBALL OR MOUSE. YOU CAN CONTROL FOUR SEPERATE<br />
LIGHT PEN SENSITIVITY SETTINGS, WHICH SHOULD ALLOW<br />
THE USE OF EVEN INEXPENSIVE LIGHT PENS TO THEIR BEST<br />
CAPABILITY.
continued<br />
Hie sound package...surpasses<br />
the capabilities of even some<br />
of tfte aeoicated music<br />
programs now on tne marKet.<br />
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SOUND: THERE IS A TOTALLY NEW VOCABULARY OF SOUND<br />
CONTROL COWHANDS. FULL CONTROL DF ALL THE SID CHIP'S<br />
REGISTERS IS PROVIDED FOR. TONES CAN BE PRODUCED AT<br />
A GIVEN FREQUENCY, OR BY NOTE NAME. INTERRUPT-DRIVEN<br />
MUSIC CAN BE PRODUCED WHICH WILL PLAY FULLY IN THE<br />
BACKGROUND OF ANY PROGRAM RUNNING. ANY SINGLE VOICE<br />
CAN BE STOPPED AND REPROGRAINED INDEPENDENT OF THE<br />
OTHER TWO. THE SOUND PACKAGE MAKES BETTER USE OF THE<br />
C64'S SOUND CAPABILITIES THAN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE I<br />
HAVE SEEN, AND SURPASSES THE CAPABILITIES OF EVEN<br />
SOME DF THE DEDICATED MUSIC PROGRAMS NOW ON THE<br />
MARKET.<br />
OTHER PACKAGES: I DOUBT MANY DF YOU WILL HAVE A USE<br />
FOR 'USE DANSK1, WHICH SWITCHES ERROR MESSAGES TO<br />
DANISH. HOWEVER, THERE IS THE CAPABILITY TO ADD<br />
OTHER PACKAGES AS EXTENSIONS TO CORAL. LATER<br />
VERSIONS OF THE CARTRIDGE WILL HAVE AN EMPTY EPROM<br />
SOCKET FOR THIS PURPOSE (AS WELL AS FOR DEDICATED<br />
APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE). ADDITIONAL PACKAGES MAY<br />
ALSO BE LOADED INTO THE RAM UNDER THE ROM SET. THIS<br />
CAPABILITY ASSURES THAT COTAL 2.01 WILL NOT BECOME<br />
OBSOLETE WITH TINE, AND THAT NEW PERIPHERALS CAN BE<br />
FULLY SUPPORTED IN THE FUTURE. (ALREADY AVAILABLE IN<br />
EUROPE IS A FULL 'ROBOT-TURTLE1 SUPPORT PACKAGE THAT<br />
WILL PASS TURTLE-GRAPHICS COMMANDS TO A ROBOT TURTLE<br />
PLUGGED INTO THE C64'S USER PORT!)<br />
IT IS VERY HARD TD REMAIN OBJECTIVE ABOUT COPIAL. IT<br />
HAS SOME MINOR FAULTS, BUT TO MENTION THEM SEEMS LIKE<br />
NIT-PICKING. CORAL 2.01 IS JUST SO VERY MUCH BETTER<br />
THAN EVERYTHING ELSE"THAT IT'S ALMOST RIDICULOUS TO<br />
PICK AT IT, BUT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE EVEN-HANDED SO<br />
HERE GOES: (1) IT'S NOT AS COMPATABLE AS IT COULD<br />
HAVE BEEN WITH VERSION 0.14. THE PACKAGE CONCEPT<br />
NECESSITATED SOME SYNTAX CHANGES, BUT AS I MENTIONED<br />
ABOVE, THE EDITOR WILL EASILY CHANGE MOST OF THESE<br />
FOR YOU. (2) THERE ARE A COUPLE DF MINOR ERRORS IN<br />
THE MANUAL. (THERE ALWAYS ARE.) (3) THE CARTRIDGE<br />
ITSELF IS DIFFICULT TO SEAT PROPERLY, AT LEAST IN MY<br />
OLDER C64. IT COMES FROM FROM HANDIC IN DENMARK, AND<br />
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CALC RESULT<br />
CARTRIDGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT THEM,<br />
BECAUSE I HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH ANY OTHER CARTRIDGES,<br />
BUT I HAVE TO SUPPORT HANDIC'S WITH A PENCIL<br />
UNDERNEATH TO MAKE THEM WORK. THE CARTRIDGE SLOT ON<br />
THE NEWER MACHINES MUST BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.<br />
NOW THAT IBPl HAS ANNOUNCED COPIAL FOR THE IBTT-PC, AND<br />
APPLE IS LOOKING INTO IT, WE 'COPIAL PIONEERS' ON THE<br />
COMMODORE 64 HAVE BEEN PROVEN RIGHT. I THINK C0P1AL<br />
WILL HAVE A LONG AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE IN THE<br />
LANGUAGE MARKETPLACE. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO AT<br />
LEAST TRY THE FREE 0.14 VERSION. IF YOU LIKE IT, AND<br />
I THINK YOU WILL, MOVE UP TO COPIAL 2.01 ON CARTRIDGE.<br />
IT IS A POWERFUL, FUN, EASY-TO-USE LANGUAGE THAT YOU<br />
WON'T OUTGROW.<br />
COPIAL 2.01 CARTRIDGE $99.95<br />
CARTRIDGE WITH 2 BOOKS AND 2 DOT DISKS $128.90<br />
COPIAL 0.14 ON DISK FREE FROM MANY USERS GROUPS<br />
COPIAL 0.14 STARTER KIT WITH 3 DISKS & BOOK $29.95<br />
(PLUS $2.00 EACK ITEM SHIPPING)<br />
AVAILABLE FROPI:<br />
COPIAL USERS GROUP USA, LTD.<br />
5501 GROVELAND TERRACE<br />
MADISON, WI 53716-3251<br />
(608) 222-4432<br />
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT COPIAL, DIAL UP THE NEW<br />
COPIAL BULLETIN BOARD (5YS0P: JEFFREY TURNEY): (608)<br />
233-7711 EVENINGS
INTRODUCTION TO<br />
ASSEMBLY<br />
LANGUAGE<br />
COMPUTERS DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, THEY SPEAK MACHINE<br />
CODE. AND (MOST) HUMANS DON'T SPEAK MACHINE CODE,<br />
BUT SOMETIMES WE FIND WE HAVE TO TALK TO COMPUTERS.<br />
WHEN THIS NEED ARISES WE USE AN INTERPRETER, JUST AS<br />
WE DO WHEN WE HAVE TD TALK TO ANOTHER HUMAN WHO<br />
DOESN'T SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE. THE HUMAN-TO-MACHINE<br />
INTERPRETER MOST OF US ARE USED TO IS BASIC. IT LETS<br />
US PUT DOWN OUR IDEAS IN A FORM OF "PIDGIN ENGLISH"<br />
THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND, AND TRANSLATES IT INTO<br />
MACHINE CODE THAT THE COMPUTER CAN EXECUTE. THE<br />
PROCESS IS NOT VERY EFFICIENT, BECAUSE ENGLISH IS A<br />
MUCH MORE GENERAL LANGUAGE THAN MACHINE CODE. EVEN A<br />
SIMPLE COMMAND LIKE "PRINT" MUST BE TRANSLATED INTO A<br />
LOT OF NUMBERS (THE MACHINE CODE) FOR THE COMPUTER TO<br />
RUN. THE BASIC INTERPRETER MUST ALSO EXAMINE THE<br />
"PRINT" STATEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROGRAM TD<br />
SEE IF WE WANTED A STRING, A STRING VARIABLE, A<br />
NUMBER, A VARIABLE, A NUMERIC EXPRESSION, OR A BLANK<br />
LINE PRINTED, AND WHETHER WE WANTED IT PRINTED TO THE<br />
SCREEN, PRINTER, OISK DRIVE, CASSETTE, OR MODEM.<br />
THAT TAKES TIME.<br />
IT WOULD BE MUCH FASTER IF WE COULD SPEAK SOME<br />
DIALECT OF THE COMPUTER'S LANGUAGE, SOMETHING AS<br />
SPECIFIC AS MACHINE CODE BUT EASIER FOR A HUMAN TO<br />
UNDERSTAND. THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND ASSEMBLY<br />
LANGUAGE. EACH COMMAND IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE IS A<br />
MNEMONIC (LETTERS THAT ARE AN ABBREVIATION FOR<br />
SOMETHING ELSE) THAT CORRESPONDS DIRECTLY WITH A<br />
SINGLE MACHINE CODE INSTRUCTION. FOR EXAMPLE, THE<br />
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE COMMAND "LDA" STANDS FOR "LOAD THE<br />
ACCUMULATOR". THE ASSEMBLER WILL TRANSLATE THIS INTO<br />
JUST ONE MACHINE CODE INSTRCTION, THE NUMBER THAT<br />
MEANS TO THE COMPUTER "LOAD THE ACCUMULATOR." AS YOU<br />
CAN SEE, ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING DOES REQUIRES<br />
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE YOUR<br />
COMPUTER. YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT MEMORY ADDRESSING<br />
MODES, THE CPU REGISTERS, FLAGS, BINARY LOGIC.<br />
HEXADECIMAL NUMBERS, AND HOW INPUT AND OUTPUT ARE<br />
HANDLED. DON'T LET THIS DISCOURAGE YOU! COMPUTERS<br />
ARE REALLY VERY SIMPLE DEVICES, AND DO EXACTLY AS<br />
THEY ARE TOLD. ONE GOOD BOOK AND A LITTLE TIME ARE<br />
ALL YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED. REMEMBER, ONCE<br />
UPON A TIME EVEN BASIC LOOKED LIKE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE<br />
TO YOU! (IF YOU DON'T SPEAK BASIC OR SOME OTHER<br />
HIGH-LEVEL COMPUTER LANGUAGE YET, I STRONGLY<br />
RECOMMEND GAINING SOME FAMILIARITY WITH BASIC, COMAL,<br />
PASCAL, OR SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE TAKING ON ASSEMBLY<br />
LANGUAGE, JUST TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH PROGRAMMING<br />
STRUCTURE AND LOGIC. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT<br />
IN ANOTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE BEFORE TACKLING<br />
ASSEMBLY, BUT SOME FAMILIARITY DEFINITELY HELPS.)<br />
MUtK<br />
BROWN<br />
in this entry-level tutorial,<br />
you will not only lose your fear<br />
of assembly language, but you<br />
will actually customize BASIC<br />
with a short but useful routine.<br />
Remember, once upon a tine<br />
even BASIC looked like a<br />
foreign language to you!<br />
Computers are really very<br />
simple devices, and do<br />
exactly as they are told.<br />
Even a<br />
"PRINT1 1 must<br />
into a<br />
simple<br />
lot of<br />
the computer<br />
command like<br />
be translated<br />
numbers<br />
to run.<br />
.. for
One good book and a little<br />
tinte are all you will need<br />
to get started.<br />
BESIDES, YDU CAN GET STARTED IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE<br />
PROGRAMMING WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THERE IS TO KNOW<br />
ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER. ONE DF THE BEST WAYS TO BEGIN<br />
IS TO LINK INTO MACHINE CODE SUBROUTINES THAT ALREADY<br />
EXIST IN THE COMMODORE 64'S KERNAL AND BASIC ROMS.<br />
THIS WAY YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MACHINE CODE<br />
SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY WRITTEN WITHOUT HAVING TO<br />
UNDERSTAND ANYTHING BUT THE STEPS NEEDED TO CALL THE<br />
SUBROUTINE. 'THE COMMODORE 64 REFERENCE GUIDE1 LISTS<br />
DOZENS DF SUBROUTINES THAT YOU CAN USE, AND TELLS HOW<br />
TO ACCESS THEM. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE:<br />
ONE USEFUL AND POPULAR BASIC COMMAND LEFT OUT OF C64<br />
BASIC IS "PRINT AT". THIS LETS YOU PRINT AT ANY<br />
DESIRED LOCATION ON THE SCREEN, INSTEAD OF JUST WHERE<br />
YOU LEFT OFF LAST TIME. OF COURSE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO<br />
POSITION YOUR OUTPUT BY PRINTING A LOT OF CURSOR<br />
CONTROLS, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE NICE JUST TO BE ABLE TO<br />
TELL THE COMPUTER WHAT COLUMN AND ROW YOU WANTED TO<br />
PRINT AT? FORTUNATELY, THERE IS A MACHINE CODE<br />
ROUTINE IN KERNAL ROM THAT YOU CAN CALL FROM BASIC TO<br />
DO JUST THAT. PAGE 290 OF THE REFERENCE GUIDE TELLS<br />
US THIS ROUTINE IS CALLED "PLOT", AND CAN BE USED BY<br />
"SETTING THE CARRY BIT TO CLEAR, PUTTING THE COLUMN<br />
NUMBER IN THE Y REGISTER, AND THE ROW NUMBER IN THE X<br />
REGISTER, THEN CALLING THE ROUTINE". BUT HOW DO WE<br />
DO THAT FROM BASIC? WELL, THERE ARE FOUR MEMORY<br />
LOCATIONS IN THE COMMODORE 64 THAT MIMIC THE CPU'S<br />
FOUR INTERNAL REGISTERS. IF WE JUST POKE THE VALUES<br />
WE WANT INTO THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEN SYS TO THE<br />
ADDRESS OF THE MACHINE CODE ROUTINE, THE COMPUTER<br />
TAKES CARE OF THE REST FOR US. THE LOCATIONS ARE:<br />
780 ACCUMULATOR<br />
781 X REGISTER<br />
782 Y REGISTER<br />
783 STATUS REGISTER<br />
THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING "PLOT" SAY NOTHING ABOUT<br />
THE ACCUMULATOR, SD WE'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE. WE POKE<br />
OUR COLUNN NUMBER INTO 782, THE Y REGISTER VALUE, AND<br />
OUR ROW NUMBER INTO 781 FOR THE X REGISTER. WHAT<br />
ABOUT THE STATUS REGISTER? WELL, WE ARE TOLD WE MUST<br />
HAVE THE "CARRY BIT CLEAR". THE STATUS REGISTER IS A<br />
SET DF EIGHT FLAGS, EACH SIGNIFYING A DIFFERENT TRUE<br />
OR FALSE STATUS. BIT 0 MUST BE EQUAL TO ZERO TO<br />
SIGNIFY THE "CARRY CLEAR" (YOU DON'T NEED TO<br />
UNDERSTAND THIS IN ORDER TO USE IT) SO WE WILL POKE<br />
783,(PEEK(783)AND254). THIS JUST TURNS OFF THE CARRY<br />
BIT WITHOUT DISTURBING THE OTHERS. WE HAVE DONE ALL<br />
THE PRELIMINARY WORK, SO NOW WE CAN USE THE ROUTINE<br />
FROM BASIC BY USING THE "SYS" COMMAND TO THE<br />
ROUTINE'S DECIMAL ADDRESS AT 65520. NOW WHEN WE<br />
PRINT TO THE SCREEN, IT WILL BE AT THE ROW AND COLUMN<br />
WE SPECIFIED. THIS MAY HAVE SEEMED COMPLICATED WITH<br />
ALL THE EXPLANATION, SO HERE ARE THE STEPS AGAIN IN<br />
BASIC:<br />
POKE 782, COLUMN<br />
POKE 781, ROW<br />
POKE 783, (PEEK(783)AND254)<br />
SYS 65520<br />
PRINT "WHATEVER YOU WANT"<br />
■1TYII !■<br />
THIS ALL WORKS VERY QUICKLY, AND GIVES YOU A<br />
CAPABILITY YOU NEVER HAD BEFORE FROM BASIC! STUDY<br />
THE DOCUMENTED KERNAL SUBROUTINES IN THE PROGRAMMER'S<br />
GUIDE AND YOU WILL FIND SEVERAL VERY USEFUL MACHINE<br />
LANGUAGE ROUTINES YOU CAN USE RIGHT AWAY FROM BASIC.<br />
BUT WHAT ABOUT WRITING YOUR OWN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE<br />
PROGRAMS? WHAT WILL YOU NEED? THERE ARE THREE<br />
ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR THE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMER:<br />
(1) REFERENCE BOOKS. YOU WILL NEED 'THE COMMODORE<br />
64 PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE GUIDE' MENTIONED ABOVE,<br />
PLUS AT LEAST ONE GOOD BOOK DEVOTED TO PROGRAMMING<br />
THE 6502 MICROPROCESSOR. (THE COMMODORE 64 ACTUALLY<br />
USES THE 6510 PROCESSOR, BUT IT IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE<br />
SAME AS THE 6502; THE 'REFERENCE GUIDE' WILL TELL YOU<br />
ABOUT THE MINOR DIFFERENCES.) MOST BIG BOOKSTORES<br />
HAVE A GOOD SELECTION. BROWSE THROUGH AND PICK OUT<br />
ONE THAT SEEMS TO MAKE SOME SENSE TO YOU. A GOOD<br />
COMPREHENSIVE MEMORY MAP IS ALSO ESSENTIAL. THERE IS<br />
A PARTIAL ONE IN THE REFERENCE GUIDE, BUT THE BEST<br />
AND MOST DETAILED IS 'MAPPING THE COMMODORE 64* FROM<br />
COMPUTE! BOOKS.<br />
(2) A MACHINE CODE MONITOR PROGRAM. THIS LETS YOU<br />
DIRECTLY EXAMINE AND MODIFY THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY.<br />
YOU CAN DISASSEMBLE MACHINE CODE ROUTINES INTO<br />
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE AND ASSEMBLE SHORT ROUTINES OF YOUR<br />
OWN DIRECTLY INTO MEMORY AND RUN THEM WITH SIMPLE<br />
COMMANDS. YOU CAN ALSO LOAD AND SAVE ROUTINES AND<br />
BLOCKS OF MEMORY DIRECTLY. SOME MONITORS ALSO HAVE<br />
ADDITIONAL HELPFUL FEATURES. MANY GOOD MONITORS ARE<br />
AVAILABLE FROM PUBLIC DOMAIN SOURCES FOR FREE OR FOR<br />
A SMALL COPYING FEE. TWO OF THE BEST ARE JIM<br />
BUTTERFIELD'S SUPERMON, AND BILL SEILER'S EXTRAMON,<br />
WHICH HAS A FEW ADDED FEATURES. THERE ARE ALSO SOME<br />
COMMERCIAL MONITOR PROGRAMS AVAILABLE (THOUGH THEY<br />
OFFER NO REAL ADVANTAGES OVER THE PUBLIC DOMAIN<br />
VERSIONS), AND SOME ASSEMBLER PACKAGES INCLUDE A<br />
MACHINE CODE MONITOR.<br />
(3) AN ASSEMBLER/EDITOR. THIS PACKAGE ALLOWS YOU TO<br />
EDIT COMPLEX ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMS USING<br />
SOPHISTICATED COMMANDS. THE BEST PACKAGES WILL<br />
INCLUDE AN EDITOR WITH WORD-PROCESSDR-LIKE COMMANDS<br />
(SUCH AS SEARCH-AND-REPLACE OR CUT-AND-PASTE). THE<br />
ASSEMBLER ITSELF MIGHT INCLUDE SUCH ESOTERICS AS<br />
CONDITIONAL ASSEMBLY AND MACRO DEFINITIONS. GET WHAT<br />
YOU CAN AFFORD. EVEN IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT<br />
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE NOW, YOU MAY WANT THESE<br />
ADVANCED FEATURES LATER. (SEE THE REVIEW OF THREE<br />
POPULAR ASSEMBLERS ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE.)<br />
DON'T BE AFRAID OF ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. IT TAKES TIME<br />
TO LEARN, BUT THE REWARDS TO BE GAINED IN THE FORM OF<br />
FASTER PROGRAMS, MEMORY ECONOMY, AND INDEPENDENCE<br />
FROM HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE RESTRICTIONS ARE WELL WORTH<br />
THE EFFORT.<br />
In the next issue. Hark<br />
will be taking a look at<br />
seme of the none popular<br />
assemblers on the narket<br />
for the C-64.
WHITHER<br />
by: MARK BROWN<br />
CP/M is not a language, but<br />
an operating syste*. It<br />
allows the Z88 CPU to take<br />
over your Com*odore 64.<br />
CoMMOdore took so long getting<br />
CP/M to narket that the FTC<br />
filed suit against CoNMOdore<br />
for promising product it<br />
couldn't deliver.<br />
■<br />
liT'S IRONIC, REALLY. ONE OF COMMODORE'S BIG SALES<br />
PITCHES WHEN FIRST PROMOTING THE COMMODORE 64 liIAS<br />
THAT YOU WOULD 'SOON' 8E ABLE TO ADD A CARTRIDGE<br />
CONTAINING A Z80 CPU CHIP THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO RUN<br />
CP/M SOFTWARE. THEY CLAIMED THIS WOULD GIVE YOU<br />
ACCESS TO 'THOUSANDS OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONflL<br />
PROGRAMS'. UNFORTUNATELY, COMMODORE TOOK FOREVER<br />
GETTING THE PROMISED CP/M CARTRIDGE TO MARKET; SO<br />
LONG THAT THE FTC FILED SUIT AGAINST COMMODORE FOR<br />
PROMISING PRODUCT IT COULDN'T DELIVER. BUT IN THE<br />
MEANTIME, COMMODORE DID START SHIPPING CP/M. THE<br />
SUIT ENDED RECENTLY, WITH COMMODORE ADMONISHED NEVER<br />
TO PROMOTE 'AIRWARE1 (I.E. NON-EXISTANT PRODUCT)<br />
AGAIN. ON THE HEELS OF THIS DECISION (THOUGH<br />
APPARENTLY NOT BECAUSE OF IT), COMMODORE QUIETLY QUIT<br />
DISTRIBUTING ITS CP/M CARTRIDGE. (SPECULATION IS<br />
THAT THE NEW 12BK, 40/BO COLUMN, CB4/CP/M COMPATIBLE<br />
COMMODORE COMPUTER DUE OUT IN THE SPRING WILL BE<br />
COMMODORE'S ONLY ENTRANT IN THE CP/M MARKET.) DATA<br />
20, A THIRD-PARTY COMPANY, QUIT MAKING IT'S 80-COLUMN<br />
CP/M CARTRIDGE FDR THE COMMODORE 64 AT ABOUT THE SAME<br />
TIME. AND IT'S TOO BAD.<br />
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE ARGUMENTS AGAINST CP/M ON THE<br />
COMMODORE 64 FROM THE START. THE FIRST WAS THAT CP/M<br />
SOFTWARE IS GENERALLY AVAILABLE ONLY ON IBM FORMATTED<br />
8" DISKS. THIS MEANT THAT THE EXTENSIVE CP/M LIBRARY<br />
UOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED SOMEHOW TO 1541 DISK<br />
FORMAT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR USE. NOT REALLY MUCH OF<br />
AN OBJECTION, THOUGH MUCH WAS MADE OF IT EARLY ON.<br />
THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR APPLE CP/M AND OTHER MICRO<br />
VERSIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR COLECO ADAM CP/M, WHICH USES<br />
TAPE INSTEAD OF DISKETTES! THE SECOND OBJECTION WAS<br />
THE C64'S 40-COLUMN SCREEN WIDTH. MOST CP/M SOFTWARE<br />
WAS WRITTEN TO RUN ON 80-COLUMN BUSINESS MACHINES,<br />
AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REWORKED TO FIT ONTO 40 COLUMNS.<br />
AGAIN, THE SAME IS TRUE DF APPLE CP/M AND THE REST.<br />
THE THIRD AND ONLY REAL OBJECTION TO C64 CP/M WAS ITS<br />
SLOW DISK DRIVE ACCESS TIMES. CP/M IS VERY DISK<br />
INTENSIVE, AND C64 CP/M DOES SUFFER FROM THE DISK<br />
WAITS. BUT IT'S NOT FATAL, ONLY A NUISANCE. WITH<br />
ALL THIS CRITICISM LEVELLED AT IT FROM THE START, AND<br />
THE LONG LAG TIME BETWEEN ITS ANNOUNCEMENT AND<br />
DELIVERY, IT IS REALLY NO WONDER THAT C64 CP/M NEVER<br />
REALLY CAUGHT ON. I WAS APPREHENSIVE MYSELF, BUT I<br />
WAS WRONG.<br />
MY CP/M CARTRIDGE COST ME ABOUT $70 AT THE LOCAL<br />
K-MART. APPLE CP/M COSTS ABOUT $250. BOTH HAVE THE<br />
SAME CAPABILITIES, SO ONCE AGAIN THE COMMODORE 64<br />
PROVES THAT APPLES {AND IBMS, AND OTHERS) ARE NO<br />
BARGAIN. THE CARTRIDGE IS STURDY AND OVERSIZED, AND<br />
THE CP/M OPERATING SYSTEM DISK IS IMMENENTLY<br />
COPYABLE. THE MANUAL IS WELL-DONE AND CLEAR, THOUGH<br />
IF YOU'RE A CP/M NOVICE YOU'LL NEED A GOOD TUTORIAL<br />
BOOK TO HELP YOU GET STARTED.<br />
A WORD NEEDS TO BE SAID HERE ABOUT WHAT CP/Pl REALLY<br />
IS: IT'S NOT A LANGUAGE, BUT AN OPERATING SYSTEM.<br />
THAT IS TO SAY, IT ALLOWS THE ZBD CPU IN THE ADD-ON<br />
CARTRIDGE TO TAKE OVER YOUR COMMODORE 64. ANY<br />
PROGRAMS YOU WANT TO RUN AFTER THAT HAVE TO BE<br />
WRITTEN IN Z80 MACHINE CODE, OR RUN IN A HIGH-LEVEL<br />
LANGUAGE LOADED INTO MEMORY THAT WAS ITSELF WRITTEN<br />
IN Z80 MACHINE CODE. ALL CP/M PROVIDES IS AN<br />
ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS BASIC INPUT AND OUTPUT<br />
(BIOS) AND A BASIC DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (BDOS). THE<br />
ZBO MACHINE CODE LINKS INTO THESE STANDARD SUPPORT<br />
SYSTEMS, AND THIS IS WHY CP/M PROGRAMS ARE SO<br />
TRANSPORTABLE FROM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM.
cont'd<br />
If you have an interest in 'C<br />
FORTRAN, COBOL, LISP, etc.,<br />
CP/M is currently the only<br />
way to use then on your C-G4.<br />
Hundreds of public dowain<br />
CP/M prograHS are available<br />
for download froH bulletin<br />
board systems all across<br />
the country.<br />
Hark Brown will be covering<br />
the CP/M situation as it<br />
develops, especially as it<br />
affects the C-128.<br />
Next issue, he will let you<br />
know nore about what will<br />
run on the C-128, what's<br />
worth running, whether it's<br />
still being Made, how wuch<br />
it costs, and where to get it<br />
We will also begin reviewing<br />
the best of the CP/M software<br />
(and there is a ton of it to<br />
review!) on a regular basis.<br />
- the editor<br />
THERE ARE VERY FEW CP/M PROGRAMS AVAILBLE THAT HA\/E<br />
BEEN DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FDR THE COMMODORE 64, BUT<br />
THERE ARE SOME TRANSLATIONS. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS<br />
APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IS BORLAND<br />
INTERNATIONAL'S TURBO PASCAL. (UNFORTUNATELY, THE<br />
COPY I RECEIVED HAD A BUG IN THE EDITOR, SO I WON'T<br />
BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT HERE YET. SUFFICE IT TO SAY<br />
THAT IT IS HIGHLY REGARDED ON THE APPLE II AND IBM<br />
PC.) CARDINAL SOFTWARE IS PROBABLY THE MOST ACTIVE<br />
THIRD-PARTY SUPPORTER OF THE 250,000 COMMODORE CP/M<br />
USERS. THEY OFFER AN EXCELLENT CP/M TERMINAL<br />
UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD PROGRAM, A NICE DISKFUL OF CP/N<br />
UTILITIES, AND A SMALL LIBRARY OF PUBLIC DOMAIN<br />
PROGRAMS. THIS PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY, WHICH IS MADE<br />
AVAILABLE WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION AT $10 PER DISK,<br />
INCLUDES A COBOL COMPILER, A WORD PROCESSOR, A Z80<br />
ASSEMBLER {A STEP UP FROM THE STANDARD 8080 ASSEMBLER<br />
INCLUDED WITH CP/M ITSELF), FIG-FORTH, AND<br />
SMALL'C'2. HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC DOMAIN CP/M PROGRAMS<br />
ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM BULLETIN BOARD<br />
SYSTEMS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUSINESS PR0GRAP1S,<br />
APPLICATIONS, LANGUAGES, AND GAMES ARE ALL OUT THERE,<br />
AND MANY WILL RUN WITHOUT MODIFICATION ON THE<br />
COMMODORE 64.<br />
SO WHY WORRY ABOUT ALL THIS NOW? BECAUSE IT'S YOUR<br />
LAST CHANCE I EVEN THOUGH DISCONTINUED, MANY<br />
MAIL-ORDER HDUSES, DISTRIBUTERS, AND LOCAL STORES<br />
STILL HAVE THE CP/M CARTRIDGE IN STOCK. (MY LOCAL<br />
K-MART STILL HAS TWO LEFT. LOOK AROUND.) IF YOU<br />
HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE 'C' PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE,<br />
FORTRAN, COBOL, LISP, ETC., THEN CP/M IS CURRENTLY<br />
THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO USE THEM ON THE COMMODORE 64.<br />
AND, AS AN ADDED BONUS, MOST OF THESE LANGUAGES ARE<br />
AVAILABLE FREE OR FOR A VERY MINIMAL CHARGE. THERE<br />
ARE ALSO THE BUSINESS PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, AND THE<br />
CHANCE TO EXPERIMENT WITH A Z80 CPU WITHOUT BUYING A<br />
WHOLE NEW COMPUTER. ANY ONE OF THESE MIGHT BE A GOOD<br />
REASON FDR YOU TO WANT CP/M NOW, WHILE IT'S STILL<br />
AVAILABLE.<br />
C64 CP/H CARTRIDGE APPROXIMATELY $70<br />
AVAILABLE ONLY WHERE YOU CAN STILL FIND IT!<br />
TURBO PASCAL $49.95 FROM:<br />
BORLAND INTERNATIONAL<br />
4113 SCOTTS VALLEY DR.<br />
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066<br />
CP/PI TERn $49.95<br />
CP/M UTILITIES $24.95<br />
PUBLIC DOMAIN CP/M DISK $10/ EACH<br />
AVAILABLE FROM:<br />
CARDINAL SOFTWARE<br />
DIST. BY VIRGINIA MICRO SYSTEMS<br />
13646 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY<br />
WOODBRIDGE, VA 22191<br />
CP/fl BULLETIN BOARDS:<br />
213<br />
214<br />
312<br />
201<br />
799-1632 SOUTH<br />
913-8274 WEST<br />
325-4392 NORTH<br />
584-9227 EAST<br />
NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE THAT THESE ARE STILL UP AND<br />
RUNNING OR THAT THEY WILL HAVE C64 COMPATIBLE<br />
SOFTWARE AVAILABLE. THESE THINGS ARE HARD TO KEEP UP<br />
WITH! ALSO REMEMBER COMPUSERVE. IT'S PROBABLY THE<br />
BEST PLACE TO GO TO FOR GENERAL INFORMATION.<br />
MM 3 l;
iiililliii^<br />
■ ■■■.■ ■ ■... .j<br />
Commodore 64 owners rejoice! Broderbund has finally<br />
released your version of their fantastic Print Shop.<br />
No longer will you have to drool over the cards,<br />
banners, and signs your Apple owning acquaintances<br />
make with it.<br />
Unlike most programs converted from the Apple II to<br />
the Commodore 64, The Print Shop didn't suffer<br />
(significantly) in the process. Except for a minor<br />
point here or there, the Commodore version is an<br />
exact duplicate of the earlier Apple release.<br />
Besides the disk itself, Broderbund has put a lot of<br />
goodies in The Print Shop package. Colored,<br />
micro-perf edged tractor feed stationery and matching<br />
envelopes come as standard equipment, there's an<br />
order form for refill stationery and ribbons (black<br />
or colored), a handy dandy reference card, a sample<br />
greeting card, and the Reference Manual.<br />
The paper/envelope combination gets you off to a good<br />
start right out of the gate. This attention to detail<br />
and strong desire to meet your needs continues from<br />
this here on. Aside from the hardware (naturally),<br />
TPS supplies everything you'11 need to become a<br />
Junior Gutenberg in one afternoon.<br />
The Pixellite Computer Products Order Form provides<br />
users with a reliable, mail/phone order source for<br />
colored paper, ribbons and envelopes as well as a<br />
free one year subscription to The Print Shop Users'<br />
Newsletter. (This, by the way, is a good place to<br />
have your creations and/or PS hints and tips<br />
published for all interested parties to see).<br />
The sample greeting card is included to illustrate<br />
the proper method of folding a standard letter size<br />
page after it's been printed. This real life example<br />
says it better than words ever could.<br />
Reference cards usually depict the command key setup<br />
and a few particulars about program operation. In<br />
that regard this one is no exception, for it<br />
highlights CTRL key features, text entry commands,<br />
and the program loading instructions.<br />
There is however, something more to this card. It<br />
pictures each of the eight available fonts as well as<br />
the predefined graphics and patterns resident on the<br />
program disk. (This is invaluable as the graphics,<br />
unlike those of its Apple counterpart, do not appear<br />
on-screen during the selection/layout process).<br />
Get ready for a real shock, The Print Shop has a<br />
manual the likes of which have rarely been seen in<br />
Commodoreland. Hats off to the team that prepared<br />
this one! They are to be applauded for their<br />
<strong>org</strong>anizational skills, attention to detail (there it<br />
is again), presentation, execution, and lavish use of<br />
graphic examples and illustrations.<br />
ffiHTSHIN<br />
y li » m f ii # i<br />
REVIEWED BY: TED SALAMONE<br />
Also, the manual speaks to, but never dawn at you.<br />
Likewise it's clear, concise and most fluid. The<br />
importance of such a clean flow of information cannot<br />
be overemphasized. This manual has got to be one of<br />
the top five written for any art/graphics package on<br />
the market today!<br />
The excellence of the manual is almost a shame<br />
however, for the menu driven Print Shop is a snap to<br />
learn using the reference card alone. Going out on a<br />
limb somewhat, it's even passible (thanks to a well<br />
conceived help screen) to access 90 per cent of the<br />
program's functions and powers without any sort of<br />
written instructions whatsoever. It's that well done;<br />
that user friendly, that idiot proof!<br />
The list of achievements goes an. Printers supported<br />
include the Commodore 1525, MPS-801, (the graphic B02<br />
works as well since it emulates the 1525), the Epson<br />
RX, MX, and FX machines, the Star 1D and 15X, and the<br />
C-Itoh 8510. Other units included are the Blue Chip,<br />
Dkidata 92/93, the Mannesmann Tally Spirit 80, the<br />
NEC 8D23A and the Panasonic P-1D90/1091 printers.<br />
That's quite a laundry list if you ask me.<br />
Naturally some of the aforementioned printers require<br />
suitable interfaces when linked to the 64. fls far as<br />
that less than straightforward matter is concerned,<br />
TPS works with the following interfaces: Xetec,<br />
Cardco, Grappler CD, Tymac Connection, TurboPrint/GT<br />
and the Micro UIorld-350. Just like a Who's Who in the<br />
interface world!<br />
All the routines are accessed from the Main Menu via<br />
seven options. On initial boot SETUP is preselected<br />
for printer type designation. Be forewarned, there<br />
are no provisions for custom printer/interface<br />
connections. Only the specified combinations can be<br />
used successfully.<br />
Whether working on a greeting card, sign, letterhead,<br />
or banner, the SO predefined symbols and background<br />
patterns can be reproduced at will. The symbols<br />
(graphics) can be printed in small, medium, or large<br />
sizes in a staggered, tiled (side by side), or<br />
customized layout.<br />
Border options range from types of lines (thin,<br />
thick, and double) to beads, hearts, flowers, stars,<br />
and a lattice or wicker effect. The number of<br />
permutations is simply mind boggling!
CONTINUED...<br />
You can choose from script, hi-tech, casual, block,<br />
typewriter-like, stencil-like or news oriented<br />
typeface. The styles provide plenty of diversity.<br />
Messages can be large or small, edited, centered<br />
(left to right or top to bottom), or right or left<br />
justified. The text can be output in solid, outline,<br />
or three dimensional perspectives. Such output can be<br />
varied from line to line, making for a real<br />
professional look.<br />
The Screen Magic Plain Menu option provides two<br />
kaleidoscopes which can be frozen in motion and<br />
merged with text (any font) before being output to a<br />
printer. The only disappointing thing about this<br />
segment of TPS is that the kaleidescopes unfold their<br />
magic in black, white, and various shades of grey. At<br />
first I though my 1702 was on the fritzI<br />
Still, the output is impressive when the right text<br />
layout's been superimposed on a pattern suspended at<br />
precisely the right moment.<br />
There's still more. Thanks to the Graphics Editor<br />
feature of The Print Shop you can use a joystick,<br />
Koalapad, or the keyboard to edit pre-existing shapes<br />
or create totally new ones. These "newborns" can then<br />
be saved to data disks for later retrieval,<br />
alteration, and hard copy output. Let your creative<br />
juices flow!<br />
In the midst of all this euphoria there are four<br />
items to consider. To begin with this is the first<br />
application I've encountered where Suncom's Animation<br />
Station doesn't work when the Koalapad does.<br />
Secondly, there's a small matter of color. Besides<br />
using colored ribbons (and multiple runs past the<br />
printhead), colored paper, or coloring the output by<br />
hand, there's no way to produce multicolor hard<br />
copies. Output speed is another matter you should be<br />
auare of. Last, but not least, it's impossible to<br />
retrieve files made by other programs like Graphics<br />
Magician, Doodle, or Paint Magic.<br />
These concerns will affect everyone differently.<br />
Koalapad owners won't give a hoot (except when they<br />
try to include pictures created with the pad); Suncom<br />
owners will have to live with joystick or keyboard<br />
control.<br />
While it would be great to have single pass<br />
multicolor capabilities, The Print Shop offers too<br />
much else to dismiss it for lacking such capability.<br />
Graphic outputs have been known to tie up printers<br />
for some time; TPS being no exception. Average cards<br />
take about five minutes to produce, 7 foot banners<br />
run about thirty minutes (on a C-Itoh).<br />
As far as the incompatability issue goes, we'll have<br />
to live with it for the time being. Thankfully most<br />
64 owners don't have the need to interface the output<br />
from various art and design programs. I'd bet most<br />
don't own The Print Shop and/or one of the others<br />
anywayI<br />
n a 11-<br />
On a Print Shop wish list these items would certainly<br />
be top priorities. Some may even be impossible to<br />
"fix". If you haven't guessed by now, the only<br />
rational reason for pursuing this tack any further<br />
would be to make a great program even better.<br />
Make no mistake about it, despite limitations (some<br />
hardware based) Broderbund's The Print Shop is a must<br />
have program for every Commodore 64 owner with a<br />
suitable printer.<br />
Aside from the fun of producing banners, signs, etc.,<br />
one must also consider the profit motive. Just think<br />
of all the SALE signs splashed across storefront<br />
windows, the small clubs that need agendas and<br />
newsletters printed, or the companies that distribute<br />
promotional coupons and advertising flyers on a local<br />
level. Young entrepreneurs, you know what to dol<br />
MUVAM<br />
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Somewhere in your home is a fantastic money making machine. It may<br />
be in your living room in a place of honor, or, it may be in your<br />
den or office. Maybe, heaven forbid, it's on a shelf in the<br />
closet, alone and f<strong>org</strong>otten. What is this money machine? It's the<br />
Commodore 64, and it can change your life by helping you to make<br />
"home made money". The Hay 3rd 1982 issue of Business Week<br />
magazine guotes economist Elisabeth Allison of Data Resources Inc.<br />
as saying, "There are now 15 million information-manipulation<br />
jobs—such as computer programing, financial analysis, and<br />
writing-that could be done at home." The problem is that not<br />
enough people own a computer to fill all of these jobs. But you<br />
and I do. 5o lets put them to work. Ready?<br />
First, what type of person can operate a Home Made Money Machine?<br />
Anyone who can figure out how to turn it on and off can usually<br />
learn the basics of making money with his or her computer. Do I<br />
need to know how to program? Wo!!!! But it would help in the<br />
number of business choices that you have. What kinds of<br />
businesses can be operated at home using a computer? We don't<br />
have enough room here to list more than just a few, but hang on to<br />
your hat because the list will surprise you.<br />
LIST OF BUSIfCSS IDEAS<br />
Apartment Finders<br />
Babysitting Referral<br />
Bartering Service<br />
Billing and Invoicing<br />
Bookkeeping Services<br />
Business Newsletters<br />
Church Newsletters<br />
Club Newsletters<br />
Computer Instuction<br />
Computer Newsletters<br />
Computer Repair<br />
Custom Programing<br />
Direct Mail Service<br />
Electronic Garage Sales<br />
Fund-raising<br />
Gift-Buying Referral Service<br />
Hunting / Fishing Info Exchange<br />
Inventory Records<br />
Job Placement Service<br />
Lost Pet Service<br />
Mailing Lists<br />
HOW DC I GET STARTED?<br />
Menu Planning<br />
Message Centers<br />
Money Management<br />
Novelties and Gift Service<br />
Nutrition Counseling<br />
Party Planning<br />
Retailing Service<br />
Resume Service<br />
Retirement Counseling<br />
Secretarial Services<br />
Shoppers' Guides<br />
Software Finder Service<br />
Software Reviews<br />
Sports Statistics<br />
Tax Records<br />
Travel Planning<br />
Tutoring<br />
Word Processing<br />
Writing Books<br />
Writing Business Letters<br />
First, decide if you really want to go into business and if you're<br />
the type to own your own business. Here's a list of things you<br />
need to consider:<br />
BE SURE OF WHAT WHAT YOU WANT<br />
(1) Talk your business idea over with everyone that it will<br />
affect. This includes not only your family, but also your<br />
neighbors. You don't want to hear abjections after it's too late.<br />
(2) Decide why you want to go into business. Is it for extra<br />
income, for full-time income, or something to do with your time?<br />
(3) Can you devote enough time to your business to make it<br />
succeed?<br />
(4) Do you want a business with a lot of contact or very little<br />
contact with the public?<br />
(5) How much can you afford to invest in the business? How much<br />
can you afford to lose? Not every business is a success. I do not<br />
recommend you invest if you can't afford to take the chance,<br />
(6) Do you already have the equipment you need to go into<br />
business?<br />
(7). Do you need special training before you start? If so is it<br />
available locally?<br />
(8) Whose business is it? Are you starting a sole proprietorship,<br />
a partnership, or a corporation? Ok, who's to work the business?<br />
Just you, you and a friend or another member of your family? Can<br />
you uork together and get along? What happens to the business if<br />
you can't get along?<br />
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(Significant advances in printer<br />
technology will be needed before<br />
counterfeiting will be a<br />
practical hone noney-naking<br />
alternative... - the editor)<br />
(9) How much money does your business need to make? If you need to<br />
make $1,500 a month profit, do not pick a business that can only<br />
provide $1,500 a month profit or when costs go up the business<br />
will not support you.<br />
(10) Do you have local consultants or <strong>org</strong>anization such as the<br />
Chamber of Commerce or SCORE to guide you in areas your unsure of?<br />
Are you willing to go to them for help?<br />
After you have decided that you do want to go into business for<br />
yourself, then you need to write out a business plan. This can<br />
mean the difference between success and failure. Use the following<br />
guide to help in writing your business plan.<br />
PLANNING FDR SUCCESS<br />
(1) Business Definition: Describe the type of business that you<br />
want. Will it provide a service or a product? Include why you feel<br />
it will succeed.<br />
(2) Evalute the Market: Are you trying to reach computer owners,<br />
small businesses, home owners, renters, farmers? Is the market big<br />
enough? It's hard to reach farmers from the middle of Chicago.<br />
(3) Competition: Is there a cheaper way for customers to get the<br />
same service or product?<br />
(4) Advertising: Will you advertise on radio, TV, newspapers, or<br />
will you have to rely on word-of-mouth advertising?<br />
(5) Pricing: If your business is a service, are you going to<br />
charge by the job or by the hour. If you're selling products, houi<br />
much will it cost to produce the product? Can you have a constant<br />
supply of materials? Pricing is one of the most difficult areas<br />
for any business. You will have to figure the break-even point and<br />
a fair profit, but not over-charge the customers. You may need to<br />
consult an expert when it comes to pricing.<br />
(6) Billing: This is also a difficult area. In some cases billing<br />
a customer can mean more business. It can also create problems<br />
when you try to collect. I have a very simple rule of thumb. Do<br />
not bill for what you can not afford to lose.<br />
(7) Zoning: Will your business need to comply with local codes?<br />
Will you need a license or special insurance?<br />
(8) Bookkeeping: Do you intend to take care of your own<br />
bookkeeping<br />
books?<br />
or will you need to go to an expert to set up your<br />
(9) Location: Will your customers come to you or will you need to<br />
go to your customers?<br />
(10) Growth: Can your present community sustain any desires you<br />
may have for future growth?<br />
Ndw set the date you plan on opening your business. Is that all<br />
there is to starting a business at home? No!! It takes hard<br />
work, but if you "plan your work and then work your plan" you have<br />
a very good chance of being successful. The rewards are worth it.<br />
For example you can enjoy the extra income your own business can<br />
bring in. The entire family can become involved which gives them<br />
time together. And my favorite benefits are no time clock to punch<br />
and NO boss to listen to.<br />
Can a home business really succeed? Yes! Hugh Hefner started<br />
Playboy magazine on his kitchen table, mother Earth News magazine<br />
started as a home business. Even the Apple computer was started in<br />
Steve Jobs' garage by him and his partner Stephen Wozniak. Yes,<br />
home businesses can succeed. But it takes work.... So get<br />
started!<br />
Don Vandeventer is a home business consultant & regular<br />
contributor to INFO-64. He is the author of RAKING THE BEST<br />
CHOICE, A GUIDE TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT HOPE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY<br />
and THE SHALL BUSINESS GUIDE TO THE COPnDDORE 64. Both books are<br />
available from Work At Home Press, Dept. I, P.O. Box 5520, Ocala,<br />
FL 32678.
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No flashy graphics, just an accurate simulation of a<br />
day in the life of a train dispatcher. You contend<br />
with train creu schedules, track maintainence, and<br />
transmit train orders to try and keep the trains<br />
rolling over 15D miles of track without a hitch for<br />
your full a hour shift. Five levels of play, from<br />
the simple "Visitor" to the more realistic<br />
"Trainmaster". Includes a handy keyboard overlay,<br />
and the manual is nicely <strong>org</strong>anized, with a glossary<br />
and tables and diagrams to help you interpret what<br />
you see on the screen. The screen displays are<br />
simple, displaying track zones and creu schedules.<br />
The two-step process involved in first setting and<br />
then transmitting an order may confuse you at first,<br />
but that's the way it's done in real life, folks. My<br />
dad, just retired as a trainmaster after 40 years<br />
with the railroad, says Train Dispatcher is just<br />
about as aggreuating as the real thing. If it had<br />
derailments, strikes, and crewmembers not showing up<br />
for work, it would be 10056 accurate. A good<br />
excursion into an application that computers mere<br />
really meant for, simulation.<br />
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A classic graphic underground adventure featuring a<br />
reputed 50,000 rooms to explore! A full complement<br />
of monsters, characters, weapons, and spells inhabits<br />
the world of Telengard. You begin on the first level<br />
underground as a novice hero with one spell available<br />
to you. By defeating monsters and gathering treasure<br />
(and judiciously retreating to the inns on the<br />
surface to heal and bank your loot occasionally) you<br />
increase in prowess and stature, able to challenge<br />
more terrible adversaries on deeper levels. The game<br />
lets you save a good character to disk to take up the<br />
adventure again another night; it's a good idea to do<br />
this occasionally, anyway, in case you get killed<br />
off: you can start over where you were before<br />
instead of starting completely over. Unambitious<br />
static sprite graphics and subtle sound effects add<br />
some spice to the scrolling map display (draw it out<br />
on paper or you'll get hopelessly lost!). Unexpected<br />
'boxes with buttons and other weird items also spice<br />
up the game play. Not as imposing, varied, or<br />
impressive as more recent adventures (such as the<br />
Ultima series), but an inexpensive and colorful<br />
introduction to adventure gaming. A good manual with<br />
a command key reference; an untimed learning demo<br />
made; and only veiled hints about the spells and<br />
challenges awaiting you on deeper levels<br />
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Adventure Creator is a marvelous graphics adventure<br />
creation program. It creates a dungeon for children<br />
to explore, and populates it with strange creatures<br />
and wonderful treasures, or lets them create their<br />
own adventures to try out on each other. The quests<br />
are challenging and non-violent (no raging battles,<br />
and many of the creatures are downright friendly).<br />
Fun for younger kids who just want to roam around<br />
using the joystick to see what happens, and for older<br />
kids who want to create complex mazes and use the<br />
full complement of tricks, traps, creatures, and<br />
spells available. Another solid winner from<br />
Spinnaker.<br />
MR. TESTER<br />
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This is a program to test out certain basic aspects<br />
of your computer and common peripherals: cassette<br />
drive, printer, disk drive, joystick, or monitor. It<br />
will tell you if a joystick's contacts all work, or<br />
if a keyboard key is sticking, or if your printer<br />
interface really is emulating a Commodore printer<br />
100$, or if your disk speed is close to what it<br />
should be, among other things. It will not tell you<br />
if some weird serial bus problem is hanging up your<br />
system, or if your modem works, or if your power<br />
supply is producing some strange intermittent spikes,<br />
or if your sprites are colliding with 'sparkle1. The<br />
manual is so thin it's almost nonexistant, but the<br />
program is menu-driven and pretty well<br />
self-explanatory. If a problem is discovered, it<br />
will give you no clues on how to go about correcting<br />
it. Mr. Tester is no replacement for a good<br />
technician, and is not the complete and comprehensive<br />
computer diagnostic test program it claims to be, but<br />
it may provide some peace of mind in certain<br />
situations.<br />
A BASIC programmer's dream utility package. In 4k to<br />
8k of memory, depending on how much Power you want,<br />
Power 64 adds auto line number and renumber, search<br />
and replace, bidirectinally scrolling listings, undo<br />
(unnew), keyboard redefinition, disk commands,<br />
listing of disk files, memory partitioning, trace,<br />
dump, delete, exec disk file, fix memory pointers,<br />
and advanced error reporting, among others. (Whew!)<br />
The only complaint I've ever heard on it is that the<br />
renumber utility doesn't properly tag invalid GOTOs<br />
and GQSUBs. (It renumbers valid ones fine, though.)<br />
The manual is thorough, if a bit hard to get around<br />
in. It includes important info on how Power works,<br />
how to call Power routines from machine code, and how<br />
to extend the power command set. A classic and<br />
essential programming tool for the serious BASIC (or<br />
Pal assembler) programmer.<br />
MR TESTER MAIN MENU OPTIONS:<br />
COLOR MONITOR TEST.<br />
Twist in place. Jog! Lift that knee. Bounce,<br />
bounce, bounce! Stretch that waist! Let's go, don't<br />
slow down. Once more to your left, and stop.<br />
Spinnaker's Aerobics for the Commodore 64 will<br />
have you doing that and much more as it is a<br />
comprehensive, well <strong>org</strong>anized fitness program. It's<br />
hard<br />
disk.<br />
to believe so much is packed onto one floppy<br />
Interactive Picture Systems, the firm responsible<br />
for designing Aerobics, has done quite a remarkable<br />
job in producing a self improvement package that<br />
actually stretches the boundaries of software's<br />
usefulness. It goes far beyond the ken of most<br />
educational or recreational titles available in<br />
today's crowded, me-too marketplace.<br />
One of the key's to its tremendous acceptance and<br />
subsequent success is innovation. After that, the<br />
professional, top flight execution becomes a<br />
sustaining factor.<br />
Aerobics provides a three level, complete workout<br />
( 35 minute Beginner, 60 minute Intermediate, and 80<br />
minute Advanced) as well as fifteen, "a la carte"<br />
routines which concentrate on certain areas of the<br />
body. Because of this tremendous flexibility the<br />
program can be used by anyone, regardless of their<br />
current physical condition.<br />
A well illustrated (numerous line drawings<br />
interspersed with black and white photos depicting<br />
actual screen shots) manual provides reinforcement at<br />
the outset by stating the goals, objectives, and<br />
benefits of such a regimen.<br />
Next a pre-start checklist makes sure that<br />
everyone is properly prepared. Setting aside a block<br />
of (hopefully) non-interrupted time at least three<br />
times a week is recommended; while the importance of<br />
doing the exercises correctly (to ensure maximum<br />
advantage) is stressed.<br />
Proper breathing is discussed (this aspect is<br />
more important than can be imagined!), the correct<br />
articles of clothing are described, and the need to<br />
exercise in a spacious area is covered.<br />
Even the right posture for startup, the<br />
importance of going at your own pace, and the<br />
benefits of integrating exercise into other daily<br />
routines are mentioned. Like I said before,<br />
comprehensive.<br />
Besides the warm up, full scale aerobics, and<br />
cool down sequences, sections of the body are covered<br />
in specialized segments running anywhere from twenty<br />
five to sixty minutes, with the average being in the<br />
thirty to forty five minute range. The arms, waist,<br />
legs, hips, stomach, and buttocks receive this<br />
detailed attention. It's all here!<br />
Working up from the easy level, new exercises are<br />
introduced in the Intermediate setting. Even further<br />
along, the Advanced level has more specialized<br />
routines with increased numbers of repetitions. No<br />
one said it was going to be easy at the top.<br />
Each exercise is performed by a video companion<br />
while written instructions appear along the lower<br />
edge of the screen. Other on-screen information<br />
displays the routine being done, the section it's<br />
from, the number of the exercise itself, and a count<br />
of the repetitions remaining. Because of this,<br />
fitness fans can ascertain where they are<br />
instantaneously.<br />
n<br />
The video body buff is comprised of two sprites<br />
(upper and lower halves "joined" together at the<br />
waist). Besides producing a very limber figure, this<br />
setup also makes for some strange contortionist-like<br />
maneuvers never destined for duplication by a normal<br />
human being.<br />
The unusual moves and on-screen petiteness of the<br />
instructor take some getting used to, though watching<br />
the routines before working out with them eliminates<br />
most problems associated with fallowing her lead.<br />
Assisting this look and learn phase is a<br />
joystick, plugged into port §2, which allows<br />
aerobicisers to scan the extensive routines quickly.<br />
During actual sessions pressing the firebutton<br />
permits skipping of unwanted sections. This makes it<br />
possible to take special care of trouble spots by<br />
designing a customized routine.<br />
No doubt one of the best aspects of a regular<br />
aerobics class is the upbeat music that leads,<br />
encourages, and just plain enables most people to<br />
enjoy a workout they would otherwise avoid entirely.<br />
Likewise, one of the most impressive features of<br />
Spinnaker's Aerobics is the quality, variety, and<br />
originality of its musical score.<br />
Good portions of the 64's extensive octave range,<br />
its three voice channels, and it's incredible harmony<br />
potential are utilized. Wait till you check out the<br />
snappy percussion pieces!<br />
Despite the tremendous selection of routines<br />
(including warmup and cooldown), the exceptional<br />
graphics, and the superb audio effects, there is a<br />
problem which can't be overcome through familiarity.<br />
This bugaboo, as it were, is the lengthy disk<br />
access time between routines. For an aerobics regimen<br />
to be most rewarding, the body must practically be in<br />
constant motion. Too long a wait between exercises<br />
(as here) only negates the positive aspects of a<br />
thorough workout.<br />
However, even the time problem can be overcome by<br />
extending the current routine (or substituting<br />
another) until the new section is loaded and<br />
underway. Just a little ingenuity is all it takes!<br />
Also because of this inherent delay , the times<br />
listed for each level are are somewhat inaccurate.<br />
Adding ten or fifteen minutes to each brings the<br />
times much closer to reality. Plan accordingly.<br />
Aerobics ($44.95 list,<br />
$36.00) is distributed by<br />
Corporation, 215 First<br />
Massachusetts 02142.<br />
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the Spinnaker Software<br />
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All right you slouches, keep your stomach tight,<br />
buttocks tucked, and feet parallel about hip-width<br />
apart. Then do twenty jumping jacks. Next, stretch it<br />
out. Can you feel the burn?<br />
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215 First Street<br />
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The next most interesting set of products<br />
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being shoun: one by CARDCO, and the other by<br />
DIGITAL VISION. Of the two, DIGITAL VISION'S<br />
COPPUTEREYES is available immediately (in<br />
fact, we have been using one for about 2<br />
months at INF0=64 and all the digitized<br />
photos in this issue mere produced uith<br />
COPPUTEREYES in conjunction uith FLEXIDRAW<br />
light pen software from INKbELL SYSTEPE).<br />
Both systems are around $300 with a hi-res<br />
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produce multiple grey-level images, and<br />
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COPPUTEREYES has software for use with<br />
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port.<br />
most<br />
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some hi-priced features. Perhaps the most interesting<br />
from both a product and human interest angle uas<br />
VISASTAR, an integrated spreadsheet and database<br />
manager. VISASTAR is a nice package with some unusual<br />
features which we will be reviewing soon in detail (see<br />
photo left), but perhaps as interesting as the product,<br />
is the person behind it. If the name 'Jay<br />
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1984, he is now the President of Solid State Software:<br />
VIZASTAR is his first fand so far as I know, only)<br />
product. At last year s CES, you couldn't get in to<br />
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working from a card-table in an 8' X 81 booth with a<br />
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Of course there were Games, Games, Games! Lots of old<br />
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Get ready for a tidal-wave of new low-cost printers.<br />
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