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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 6, ISSUE U COI1TEI1T5 NOVEMBER/DECEMBKR 1986

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microcomputers
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DEPARTMENTS FEATURES
LETTERS

NEWS 10

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

O-LInk Update by Quantum Computer Services 14

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Mind Mirror ... :.

Bop'n Wrestle Dy Gaiy V, Fields
6BA Basketball ■. scoit a May
Infiltrator Dy Ervm Bobo
HacKer II: The Doomsday Papers
Shadowflre^scotiA May
PdpeiCtlp II ■ . ■iaryV Fields
Escape by Gory V Fields
Fantastic Animafs/Cieative Contraptions By Gary v Fietds 40

TIPS AND TRICKS

Hints (Or Fun and Utility Compfed By Louis F Sander 44

JIFFIES

Phone Messages Byow. Sampson 48

Modem Answering Machine by oonoia end taryn Graham SO
Easydata-128 By R. Harold Drord 56
Pick-up Blocks by Roger S Macomwr 58

SILICON VALLEY INSIDER

From Big Blue Reader to Tass Times In Tone Town

By Martnew Leeas 62

AMIGA UPDATE

Public Domain Software for the Amiga by MaitiewLeeas 134

128 USERS ONLY

Cl 28 Spectacular By M n carswon 138

64 USERS ONLY

EditWedge by Michael Leidel 140

Windows By Rcnoid f. and SallyJ Daley 148

COMPUTER TUTOR
HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS 176
Game Design, Part 5 by rcoBcn aidoso 156
LefS C NOW. Part 2 By Paul HiggmBottom 162
MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAMS 178
c;ame programs
USER GROUPS 180
Klondike Solitaire by Jam Ancrew Bailey 166
100 Mile Race By Randy Meyle 171
ADVERTISERS' INDEX 192

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4 NOVEMBER'DECEMBER'86
LETTERS COMB
Kung Fu: Way of the Paul Wbttehead Teaches CIx-ss in your Authorized Liquidator
Exploding Fist March/April, 1986. issue. My heart sank,
however, when 1 read your July/August
To the Editor Issue containing Ted Sal;imone's "Buyer's
upon reading the software review Guide to C6-I Chess," which contained
"Kiing Etl: ihe Way ofthc Exploding 1'Lst" no reference lo our product. Mr. Siila-
written by Made Cotonc in the.Inly/Au mone was, I believe, urmvare of our new
gust, 1986, issue, I discovered that most paxJuct.
users of the piu^nuu may not lx- gr.isp- Those who read the "Buyer's Guide to
ing what I consider to tx- li profound Cfri Chess" should be updated. If they
statement issued by the programmer. haven't kept their March/April, 19H6, is
Cotone stated that be w;ls disappointed sue con lain ing Tcvcrbaugh's review, they
upon reaching the end of the £inie. To should know that we have a chess oppo
quote tlie author. "Hie only problem ! nent program, it's called the Coffeelxnise
encountered with the progr.mi is that it Cfsess Moiislir and it is gntn away free COMPUTER FURNITURE
lacks a definitive conclusion. When you with each of our chess tutorial data bases. • Discontinued Contemporary Models
• Openwork Design with Rolled Edges.
are finally skilled enough to heat the It lias more features than StJfgOn HI. it al
• Slale-Look Work Surface. OAK Frames.
tenth Opponent, you will be re\v;irded lows the user to develop his own game
Functional Printer Table (Shown).
with...nothing. No fanfare, no animated library, and it is integrated into each of • Roomy Work Surface Is 2QW W x
emancipation, no extra life, nothing. In our chess programs. The Paul \\ liitdumi
stead, you will continue to face ;i rejuve program ( S-i9.95), for ex;tmple, has over • Slotted Top lot Smootn Paper Feed.
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nated final foe until you slip and lose you 40 hours (320 KB) of commentary, in
Mfr. List:'115.00

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life..." struction, and animation that was created
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one of the basic principles of Karate-Do Open chess champion.
Hem H-1709-4963-013 Ship, handling: S0.00
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NOT SHOWN
expected to ultimately realize that to at ly taught the game of chess to third grad
Computer Desk
tain tlic iio.M is to not attain the goal. ers at a chess club in New York, and the
• Hutch is 7'/e" H x 31" W x 10" D.
There is no reward in lighting, only in depth of the information contained in • Desk is 37" H x 31" W x 23" D.
peace. Whether the programmer of die data b;tsc has fascinated adults who
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one is dead. Instead of violence, a man of advanced player. Jeremy Silmaii's Com Mfr. List: *110.00
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Karate-Do will strive to achieve peace In plete Guide to Ox-ss Openings (M9.95). Hem H-1709-B150-O05 Ship, handling: S9.O0
an eltbrt to triumph over the ultimate There are also extensive tutorials on the
opponent: himself. King's Indian Defense ((39.95) and the Credil c.vd cuslompft t.in older by phono.
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statement to the public to try and dispel the Coffeehouse CbessMonster, 'Hie user Sales oiriside The da coniiguoiis stales m *ubp#ct to
special condrtions Pico*? t,iii c wnip lo inquire
tile violent concept ol the Martial Arts can automatically set up any tutorial po
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COMMODORE'S FROM THE FRONT

New Products
from Micro
Merics
IVLtcro Merles has introduced the
Microprint 2000, a dot matrix printer that
features ISO characters per second, bi
directional logic seeking, and near letter-
quality printing. The Microprint 2000 uses
computer standard pin-feed paper, roll paper,
or single sheets, and paper widths from 4 to
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The printer features a variety of print
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and graphics. It features a user-replaceable
9-pin print head, a snap-in ribbon cassette,
low power consumption, and a Centronics
parallel interface {serial interface optional).
Micro Merics also offers printer interfaces
that work with all the popular dot matrix
and letter-quality printers, as well as a line of
products for computer care: video display
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locking disk holders for both W* and SVfe size
disks; holders for 5Vi and ZVa disks that
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printer stand that adjusts to the size and
shape of any printer; and a polarizing filter
to decrease glare and improve contrast.
(Micro Merics. 9811 Owensmouth Avenue

Battle Iron Claw Update Unit 10,Chatsworth,CA913U)

In the May/June, 1986 issue of Commodore Microcomputers, we published "Robot Maker,"

an article by John Conway that turned a radio-controlled toy vehicle into a home robot, and we
have received numerous inquiries about the availability of the Radio Shack Battle Iron Claw.
In Radio Shack's 1986 catalog, the Battle Iron Claw was listed for S34.95. Unfortunately,
however, Tandy Corporation (owner of Radio Shack) stopped purchasing this part some time
ago, As a result, some Radio Shacks have them in stock while others do not.
However, there is a part that is essentially the same on page 109 of the 1987 catalog. It is
the Mobile Armatron (part* 60-2396), and it retails for S39.95, There are also two new robots
which are easily adaptable and offer more functionality: the Robie Junior for $79.95 (part#
60-2397) andRobie Senior for $179.95 (part# 60-2398).

Read and Write to IBM-compatible Files

SI.O.G.W.A.P. Software has released The Big Blue Header for the
Commodore 128 and 1571 disk drive, a program that transfers
ASCII characters—and vice-versa—solving the problem of reversed
capitals and lower-case letters that commonly results from any
word processing and ASCII files generated onmost IBM-compatible form of ASCII transfer between formats.
software to Commodore DOS files, and vice versa. The Big Blue Reader retails for $29.95. (S.O.G.W.A.P. Software,
The Big Blue Header also offers the user the option of 611 Boccaccio Avenue, Venice. CA 90291)
translating MS DOS standard ASCII characters to Commodore

10 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
NEWS
COMMODORE'S FROM THE FRONT

Commodore
MPS1200
Printer
Oommodore is planning a fall release for
the MPS130O printer, a bi-directional printer
with a draft speed of 120 characters per
second and a near letter-quality mode of
24 characters per second. The MPS1300
supports a large number of print types,
including italic, compressed, pica, elite,
expanded, reverse, superscript and subscript.
The MPS12OQ is equipped with a friction feed
with a single-sheet feeder and a tractor feed.
The MPS120O is sold with two Commodore
sorial ports, which can be replaced with an
optional Centronics parallel port.

Commodore 1351
Mouse
Uommodore is planning a fall release of the 1351, a new mouse
input device for the Commodore 64 and 64C. The two-button mouse
plugs into the joystick port of the computer and can be used as
either a joystick or a true proportional mouse. Technical
Information is included on using the mouse within your own BASIC
and machine-language programs.

MSD Update
IE,
Ye have received verification that Micro Systems Development,
maker of the MSD 64-compatible disk drive, is now known as MSD
Systems, Inc. They are located at 10031 Monroe Drive, Suite 206,
Dallas, TX ?5229. Their telephone is 214-357-4434.

Habitat Premiers
V^uantumLink officially launched Lucasfilm's Habitat on Tuesday, September 16th, at the Palladium In New York City.
Habitat is the imaginary world that connects Commodore computer users from all across the country. Players enter Habitat through
Quantumlink, the Commodore-specific telecommunications network, where they explore hundreds of regions ranging from islands and
forests to cities like Populopolls. Within these regions, players direct their characters' actions in quests for adventure.
For further information, please see IJuantumlink's Habitat; The On-line World from Lucasfilm Games in the feature section of this
magazine. (QuantumLinJt, 8620 Westwood Center Drive, Vienna, VA 2E180,600-392-8200)

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Mind Mirror
Computer; Commodore 64 Part game,
Publisher: Electronic Arts BIO-ENERGVi HftN
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lovers, and virtually anything else
At ilu1 Beginner and Intermediate lev
els, you choose cither Mind Tools or Unfortunately, whether you're rating other, usually stronger, describes those
Mind Hay. These options oiler further your wile, the Boston Celtics, the Jewish points which lall in the outer circle of the
choices such as Psychological Insights, faith, or your favorite computer game, slice. The lour maps arc' used to repre
(lareer Productivity, Learning Skills, I lead your evaluations must ix: made based on sent the Bio-Energy, Emotional Insight,
Pun, ;uid Thought Games. The difference die same characteristics. Now I don't Mental Abilities, and Social Interaction of
between these two levels is thai as a Be know about you, but I have a hard time the person or subject that was evaluated
ginner you're limited to Specific com deciding just how often tile Zork series After you've rated one or more sub
parisons between two subjects, while at (one of the computer game choices at jects and viewed the tour Mind Maps,
the Intermediate level you can choose the Intermediate level) is grumpy, or just you may elect to save your opinions to
up to four subtopics from a list of 12. how much ot'the time I would consider disk for future reference ;uid comparison,
Both the Master and Professional lev the Palestine Liberation Organization to or play a Ijfc Simulation as one of the
els let you choose any subject or concept be peppy. At any rate, these are the type people or subjects that was just rated,
under the sun ft >r evaluation, then give of descriptions Mind Mirror asks you to liich Life Simulation is a short, interactive
you a choice between Auto-1'lay, where assign. text adventure that takes you through a
you rale ihe chosen topics alone Of in When you are done, the program .series of unusual situations presented In a
Cooperation With a friend, and lntcr-lJlay, sums up your responses with lour new multiple-choice format To complete a
where you can play against up to three adjectives. For instance, bused on my in Ufe Simulation successfully; you must re
oihcr people or teams. At the Profession put at die ratings scales, Mind Mirror spond to each situation as the subject
al Consulting level, however, you Hie re summarized my opinion of two late- you rated.
quired to select Psychology, 1'ersonncl night talk show hosts by stating that I Life Simulation is the most enjoyable
Management or Education as a main top consider David Letterman to Ik- cheerful part of Mind Mirror because it allows
ic. Once you make this selection, you're but irritable. Innovative and uninhibited, you [0 place yourself in someone else's
free to pick any BUbtoplc that comes to and Johnny Carson to be easy-going, shoes. Through Life Simulation, you
mind. docile. Impractical hut Influential While could go through high school as Unite
No matter which level of play, cate these results :ire fairly accurate, they are Springsteen, or Cake on die playground
gory or subtopic you select, ultimately Similarly predictable, True to its name, bully as little Konny Reagan, You should
you must rate one or more things ac the program "reflected" my opinions be warned, however, that Mind Mirror
cording to 16 human traits, such as back at me. WES designed lor adults, so sonic of the
grumpy, intense1, aristocratic, flaky, inven In addition to summarizing your input simulations focus on adult themes.
tive or rebellious. For each adjective in words, Mint/ Mirror also plots your Miiul Mirror doesn't take itself too se
(there an1 close to 3<) in all), yon must opinions on four Mind Maps. The maps riously. It can be thought-provoking'
decide how often the term Is appropriate are drawn as two concentric circles di while remaining entertaining. ;md. like
to the subject. The scale has eight divi vided like a pie into eight slices. ;uid each most good computer games, is best
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use either the keyboard or a joystick to is used for points thai fall within the in a series of mental awareness software to
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Wlien you are ready to enter the ring,
Computer: Commodore 64
you assume the character of Gorgeous
Publisher: Mindscapc
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wrestling, I prefer to call it an arcade Between you and the senseless.
game, since fast reflexes rather than mind The multitude of "pro" moves possible
power determine die victor it1 you or World Championship with fiof/ii Wrestle is what makes the
your children spend Saturday afternoons Belt are nine of the game so realistic and fun. The possible
watching television wrestlers, you are In moves include the airplane spin, arm
for a treat Bopii Wivsi/c is probably as ugliest, meanest, biggest twist, back breaker, Ixxly slam, clothes
dose as you will ever want to get to pro line, drop kick, flying Ixxly press, and lull
and strongest creatures
fessional wrestling. nelson, knee strike, reverse suplex. pile
'Ilie setting is pretty simple. A four- ever to be called human driver. But the most dangerous and spec
posted wrestling ring takes up most of tacular one is called a tumbuckle fly. If
the screen, Two wrestlers stand ready in this one is executed properly; it will al
Opposing comers below a bank of glaring moves, even though tile joystick can rcc- most always end the match in your favor.
flood lights. In the darkness beyond the Ognlzc only lour at a lime. The moves de lint if you make a mistake, you will surely
ring, an occasion;!] Hash from a liin's cam pend on me positions of the two wres lose.
era hlinks. It' you do nothing, the two tlers. Voc instance, if hoth wresders are The tumbuckle fly is normally per
wrestlers automatically begin a comput standing and the joystick is pressed for formed when your opponent is already
er-controlled demonstration match. One ward, tlie wrestler will mow forward, if injured and lying motionless near tlie
grabs the other and with an airplane spin tile button is pressed at tlie same time, center ot tlie mat. To perform it. you sim
losses him to the mat Then with villain llic wrestler will attempt to grab his op ply have Gorgeous Greg climb the turn-
ous delight) he diOp-klcks or knee-tlrops ponent. Hut if the other wrestler has fal buckle attached to tile post nf (he ring
the motionless victim. 'lb win the match, len to tlie c;inv;is, pressing forward with and then, like an a tucking falcon, pounce
the wrestler must fall prone over his now the button down will cause the standing on his opponent If he lands on his vic
unconscious opponent for die manda wrestler to fall across the down wrestler tim, the win is in die bag, but if tlie guy
tory three counts. in an attempt to pin him. If your wrestler moves or Gorgeous simply misses, the
Control tile game by either joystick or is down, tlie same action will cause him Impact will knock your wrestler sense
keyboard, and compete with i>nc or two to Hand less, giving his would-be victim a chance
players. Individual players must defeat in short, there are a lot of things Bop'n to linksh him off Instead.
nine computer-controlled wrestlers to Wrestle's wrestlers can do, but you'll When a wrestler is pinned, the lliree-
will the. World Championship licit. Each bare to spend some time in induing to count begins using both a screen display
attempt begins with Redneck McCoy be able to quickly and accurately use ;dl and a synthesized voice. It lias been my
{he likes to plant opponents deep in the die moves. 'Ihal's why a training period experience that once the count has be
ground like fence posts) and ends with with another human player is so help gun, tlie match is as good as over. You
Lord Toff (the most dangerous man ful—-it gives you a chance to experiment can try to coax Gorgeous back to his feet
alive). without being pounded by one of tlie by juggling the joystick, if you start be
Don't expect to win ihc belt your lirst computer's pros. If you can't come up fore the count lx-gias.
time In tile ring Your nine Opponents are with another human to help, you can al Hop'n Wn:sIIe\ wrestlers are well de
all top-notch wrestlers who make few ways select the two-player mode ;ind fined, and their actions accurately re
mistakes. And because there is no save or practice wrestling an immobile oppo create those of the pros. The twists.
Restart option, tf you lose a single round, nent. TiiLs way you can stomp, body shun drops, grunts, poundings and gut-hurst-
you must start over with Redneck Mc and elbow drop to your hearts content ing knee-drops will make you wonder if
Coy. 'Hie hot way to develop your skills, without fear of retaliation With a little you'll ever go back to television wres
and definitely die most satisfying for be practice. Bop'n Wtvstle's controls be tling.
ginners, is to compete with another hu come second nature. II' you're Uxjking for mind-expanding
man player. This gives you a chance to It's a good idea to watch some of these software, this is one to pass, but Ifyou are
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moves. tering the ring the lirst time. You can a release l!br inner anger and primitive
Bop'n Wrestle allows over two dozen learn a lot about what works against each pleasures, this one is waiting for you. Q

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GDinputeP-COntXDiled opponents in the offers competition that doesn't wear tliin A few minutes on the court and you'll
guile have pre-sct ratings. after repeated play. 'Hie North division is discover the driving force behind Two-
Tifo-uti-'/ifo can be played by one the easiest (but litr from a pushover), fol on-Tuii; teamwork. Hogging the ball Is
player against a computer ream in exhi lowed by the South. East and West. 'Hie natural in basketball, bin greed will only
bition and league games, two players or all-star West division boasts overwhelm land you a spot on the losing team. When
opposite taints buttling head-to-bead, or ing talent. using a computer leammaie. don't be
by two players working together against Although tlit game is played Rill-court, afraid to let him take control. Each com
tlie computer. Each game consists of four you only see half the court al a time. puter-controlled player has been pro
six-minute quartets with possible over With change ol possession, the screen grammed to react intelligently.
time, I Inless two humans are on the same perspective changes as the offensive if you find that you can hardly ever
team, each play option requires the en team crosses center court Except for tiit make a basket, especially Irom the out
listment of a computer-controlled team two-player teammate mode, every side, return to the Practice mode and
mate, picked irom a ten-man poster in the change of possession causes a playcalling work on your release. There's much
Superstar Draft, The names may he window to appear at the top of the more to shooting than simply pressing
changed, but each of these players are screen. As the offense approaches mid- tlie joystick button In relation to your
patterned after NliA stars like Magic court, each team has approximately sev skill rating, timing is everything. The
Johnson, him' Hird and Karcem Abdul- en seconds to select a play. Offensive same holds true for defensive blocking,
Jabbar pfetys include Left Wing. Right Wing. Top tip-ins and rebounds.
Exhibition contests are great for quick Of Key, Basket and Screen. The defense Continual an fig IBS

22 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
NUMBER ONE ARCADE HITS
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KUNG-FU
WASTE

Put on your black belt and challengeyour As the crack shot COMMANDO,' battle Prepare for the fight of your life .. .you
friends or the computer through nine overwhelming odds to defeat advancing are the KUNG-FU MASTER- ■ Battle the
picturesque settings In this leading Martial rebel forces. Armed with only a machine evil forces through the five dangerous
Arts Game to become the KARATE gun and hand grenades, you must break floors In the wizard's castle to rescue the
CHAMP. For the Commodore 64"71 ra through the enemy lines to reach the fort captive fair maiden. For the Commodore
and the 48K Apple II' Series. ress. For the Commodore 61"/] 28. 647128 and the 48K Apple II« Series.

Apple .mil Commodore 64 are trademarks of AppJe Com

DATA
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puter. Inc. and Commodore Electronic!. Ltd. respectively.
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USA. (408)286-7074
** C Jrem Corp. Mfd. under license by Data East USA, Inc. © 1986 Data Eait USA, Inc. All rights reserved.
SCIENTISTS I
When we started our
company on the west coast,
people thought we were a little
spaced out. So you can imag
ine their reactions when we
announced we'd discovered
a new universe.
People laughed. People
scoffed. And they really freaked
out when we told them where ^
we'd found it:
Inside a Commodore 64.
It's called GEOS. And it
turns any Commodore into a
k
powerful PC that holds its own
against any computer, no matter
what kind of fruit it was named
after.
GEOS: The superior
intelligence. Of course, we
always knew Commodores
possessed superior brains. It just
took GEOS to discover them.
You see, GEOS opens your
Commodore to a huge universe
that can hold an infinite number of
applications. Which means that
GEOS can do just about anything
the expensive PC's can do,
including one thing they can't:
Add even more GEOS
applications that are being Not twice or three times as Every universe comes
developed even as you read this. fast. But five to seven times complete with a desk. The way
Increase your speed to faster than normal. Which lets to keep order in our universe
warp factor 7. The first thing you streak through files and is with the GEOS Desktop. It's
you notice with GEOS is how documents at what seems like just like your desk at home, only
its diskTurbo speeds up your warp speed. without the coffee stains.
Commodore's disk loading and And that saves you endless The Desktop keeps your art
storing time. time. and documents filed, and comes
with all the accessories you need Running out of space.
to keep you organized: With GEOS, that's hardly likely.
An alarm clock keeps you Because there's endless space in
punctual. A notepad keeps your the universe for new applications.
memos. And a calculator keeps Unfortunately, there's only so
your accountant honest. much space in this ad.
How to communicate So zip down to your nearest
with a new universe. With software dealer. Tell him you want
geoWrite, you can rearrange your to explore the new universe in
written words. Move blocks of your Commodore.
copy. Cut and paste. And even
thing about a new universe is
display your text in fonts of
finding your way around. But
different styles and sizes, right
with GEOS, you only need to ?*■*, '.*.->:*>—r,

on the screen.
remember two things: tO kmMll tfrOT pfOdutt i-**, Mut I

With geoPaint, you become in Lfn pns( f

Point and click.

a Michelangelo with a mouse.
When GEOS offers you
options, you just point to your
answers and click your mouse or
Mil FKIUI
joystick.
You want to draw? Point
and click. And if he looks at you like
You want to write? Point you're some kind of alien, well,
and click. just tell him Berkeley Softworks
You want to fill in that obtuse sent you.
rhomboid with an air-brushed The name is universally
geometric pattern in a lighter known.
shade of pink? Point and click.
Sketching and painting with all
Easy, huh? And in case you 'to order, cull 1-800443-0100 cxt. 234
kinds of colors, textures and GEOS is just $59.95
ever do make a mistake, GEOS
patterns. (California residents add 6.5% sales lax.)
backs you up with an "Undo" $2.50 US/$5.50 Foreign for shipping and
You can invert, mirror and handling. Allow sis weeks for delivery.
feature that undoes the very last
rotate images. Insert them into CofnmodfflB f>4 ami CG4 art trademarks «(
command you entered. Commodore Blectronka, Ltd. GBOS, GliOS
your geoWrite documents. And Desktop, ECoPalnti geoWrite, disk'liirboand
Berkeley Sofmnrks are tradcrainies of
save them in your GEOS Photo

n Berkeley
Hcrki'li'v Soft works.
Album for use later.
Finding your way through
the universe. The most difficult
Softworks
The brightest minds are working at Berkeley.
Well, we told you it
wouldn't be long until the
first GEOS applications
were ready. And these are
just the first. The number
of satellites in the GEOS
universe is infinite.
Judge Font Pack on
looks alone. Let's face it.
People judge your work not
only by what it says, but
how it looks.
That's why we devel
oped Font Pack. A collec
tion of 20 different type
styles that not only say
what you mean, but really
look like they mean it.
is charming.
Boalt is all business.

financial. And Tejegraph

is ... hmmm, well, you
get the point.
When you combine
these 20 fonts with the
five you get with geoWrite,
your work not only reads Look what we
found in your desk. You
Boalt |SJ[f]rfiIrpI|lJ|y|M| know how there's always Shop, Print Master and
Tejegraph one drawer in your desk Newsroom for use in
that's filled with really neat geoWrite and geoPaint.
Durant Hflykonos
Harmon stuff? Well, GEOS has one The Desk Pack
Drmond
Superb of those, too. Calendar pops up whenever
LeConte XiJjden It's called Desk Pack. you need to plan your
Putnam Bowditch The ingenious Desk schedule. And since it's
Pack Graphics Grabber valid until the year 9999,
better, it practically speaks copies graphics from clip you'll never have to miss
for itself. art galleries like Print one of those swell family
IS EXMNMNG.
New discoveries
reported. The GEOS
universe is expanding. And
we'll report each new dis
covery to you as it occurs.

In the meantime, add

Desk Pack and Font Pack
to your GEOS system.
And see how much you
can explore.

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reunions ever again. deals the sharpest Black 7b order, call l-800443-OUM) ext. 234
There's even an Icon Jack game this side of Font Pack $29.95 Desk Pack $34.95
(California residents add 6.5% sales tax. |
Editor, which lets you Vegas, complete with $2.50 US/SS.50 Foreign for shipping and
handling. Ailnw six weeks for delivery.
customize your GEOS file graphics and sound effects. Commodore 64 and C64 arc trademarks of
Commodore Electrodes, Ltd. GBOS, GEOS
icons with the graphic of Desktop, RdPaint, geoWrite, diskllirbn and
Berkeley Soflworks aru iradcTiamas «f
your choice. lierkeley Softworks.

n Softworks
And when you can't Berkeley
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SOFTWARE REVIEWS uh:vii:\\rniri i.uyi.n 111 mo

Infiltrator
Computer: Commodore 64
Publisher: Mindscapc
3444 Dundee Road
Northbrook, II. 60062
Medium:
Price:
Disk
S29.95
By
combining
J.t wool take a genius to deduce thai the best
much of Infiltrator's charm comes from
die fact dm die creator has—wittingly or features
not—lx>rru\ved some of die best features
of several previous games. What i.s im
of other
portant here is that it works. ;md the re
games,
sult is a gome you'll come back to again
and again, not juflt to Ix'tler yunr score,
Infiltrator
hut to appreciate die humor of program
mer Chris Gnty.
becomes
In the documentation, diere is a prc-
qud to explain who you are and how copy of
you goi to where you are. TliankJiilly.it is ML ■ L
not one of these short novels dial have none
ML'tM.
cropped up recently. Infiltrator can
Stand alone and does not need the pre- and a ■~ S—

qucl, bin read it anyway It sets the tone

satire of
of tile game :tnd lets you know at die out-
Set that nothing here should lx taken too many.
seriously.
Your lirsi mission is to lly llie world's
moat M>|ihisticated helicopter into an en
emy stronghold to photograph secret
documents, The game begins us a heli
copter Simulation; The instruments are
readable, response is quick, and banking
or lurning die chopper moves the hori ceed, you're ready for die second mis other games, infiltrator becomes a copy
zon co11ntcr-clockwise, 'file instruments sion—bin it's doubtful you'll get this far of none and a satire of many.
include an on-boaid computer for navi on your first or even diird try This game The documentation further carries
gation, communication and damage as is extremely difficult. diLs out. If you can imagine a high risk,
sessment, and multiple screens keep The D;image Report screen is similar high security mission being planned and
your control panel from being cluttered. to the one in data, die submarine simu implemented by people who talk and act
Along die way, you are challenged by lator. 'Hie moving hands on die controls like I lollywood agents, you'll have a pret
jet aircraft, They could be yours or the BIG reminiscent of those in Arctic ftix ty gixxl idea of what is going on here.
enemy's, but you won't know until the tank simulation for die Amiga Your Graphics ;uid sound arc excellent, the
you've responded to their demands for helicopter possesses the best features of kind of quality we expect from Mind-
Identification. An incorrect response re Airwolf and lilue 'ITiunder, and the multi scape. The play of die game is not c;isy,
sults In tragedy. You do have air-to-air ple sea-ens for control panels are similar but it can be mastered. If diere is any
missiles and a machine gun on board, but to diose in The Dam Busters Your char shortcomings at all, it is in die fact that
I suggest that you use your WliizBang acter; Johnny ("Jimbo-Baby") McGihbits diere :ire several waits for disk access
lurbo Booster and zip sway at 900 knots. is ;ls talented ;is Buckaroo Banzai, and the iluring the game. This tends to slow
Assuming you survive these encoun references to your ultimate foe leave no diings down just a bit, though the wait
ters, the second part of your mission doubt mat he IS modeled alter Muammar may give you breathing space to plan
takes place On the ground. Land ai die Gaddafi, die leader of Libya. your next move.

Stronghold using the Whisper Mode, Yet far from being reasons to avoid the Mlndscape has a winner with Infiltra
avoid or immobilize the patrolling game, these ace reasons to purchase it tor: Programmer Cliris Gray has a unique
guards, lind the key to headqu;trters. en ;md to savor it. Because of this amalgama sense of humor which gives Infiltrator
ter and photograph die documents, and tion, die game achieves its own original character all of its own. If you miss it.
do it .ill in just 20 minutes. If you sue- ity. By combining die best features of you've missed a good one. Q

28 NOVfMB£R/DECEMBER '86
PARTNER 128
THE 1st DESKTOP ACCESSORY THAT
WORKS CONCURRENTLY WITH
OTHER C128 SOFTWARE.
PARTNER! A cartridge-based program with eight
convenient memory-resident desktop "accessories"
that operate "concurrently" with other C128™ soft
ware programs.

Like Sidekick ,. PARTNER automagically sus

pends the existing program in your computer
while you use the PARTNER accessories. When
you are through, press a button and PARTNER
returns you to the point in your program where
you left off.

Accessories at your command:

Appointment calendar and date book: Keep Phone list & auto dialer: Keep track of important
track of appointments and deadlines. At the press of a phone numbers. At your command, the computer will
key, you'll be able to review your appointments for a day, search through your list for the number you want, and
week, or month. Months may be viewed in their entirety automatically dial the number for you."
in a traditional calendar format, and then printed out. Screen print: At the press of a key, the contents of
Memo pad: Write yourself important notes. Print them your computer display will be duplicated on your printer.
out on paper or save them onto disk.
Name and address list: Keep track of important Other features:
names and addresses. Available instantly, any time you SwiftDOS: Allows you to access Commodore disk
are using your computer. drive commands any time.
Calculator: A multi-function calculator with an SwiftLock: Enter your secret code before you leave
optional "paper tape" that prints out your calculations on your computer. The keyboard will be locked until you
your printer. re-enter your code.
Typewriter: Turns your computer and printer into a Extended Printer Control: Allows you to send com
traditional typewriter. mands directly to your printer at any time.
Envelope addresser & label maker: Use this Swift Load: Allows your Commodore 1541 disk drive to
feature and your name and address list to address load as fast as the Commodore 1571 disk drive.
envelopes or create mailing labels - quickly, without
leaving the software you are working with. Suggested Retail Prices:
C128(128K,80 column):
$69.95
C64. (64 K, 40 column):
$59.95
Available at your favorite Dealer,
or call Timeworks today.
More power for your dollar
TImeworks, Inc. 444 Lake Cook Rd.. Deerfield, IL 60015 TO ORDER CALL:
312-948-9200 1-800-535-9497
An aulo-dialmodorn is required to use ths phone-dialer feature

c/, lm , Stdekich is a trademark of EcNantf Intemaiionaa, inc.

c 1985T>rnework3, Inc. All rlghls reserved.
SOFTWARE REVIEWS KEYiKWED BY MARK COTONI!

Hacker II: The

Knowing
Doomsday
your
Papers i notoriety
Computer: Commodore 64 as a
Publisher: Aetivision
2350 Bayshore Frontage code-
Road
Mountain view, CA 94043
breaker,
Medium: Disk
super
Price: S34.95

T sleuth,
X hose players unfamiliar with Steve
Cartwrlghft approach u> game design and all HidEQHBa EEQI I : EB tit^JuK BE*'
should lif forewarned about the con
tents of A division's new Ihuker II: The around
Doomsday Papers. The Instruction
booklet tp this adventure is not raising
smooth operator, the CIA has contacted
it was never written.
As iii last year's Hacker, a game in
you with a mission ofpressing urgency.
which a security malfiinctioQ granted us
ers *BCCtdental" access to an unknown
private computer system, players are ed from your keyboard. The CIA lias nil trouble devising a workable strategy
once again presented with a contest with patched you into their own mainframe tor a successful mission.
no rules and lew dues outside QfbssiC computer, which in turn has been secret- A well designed orientation segment
log-on instructions. As the game begins. iy linked, via satellite, into the enemy in of Hie game, where the user is Initially
there is no apparent storyline, characters stallation's internal surveillance system, contacted by die CIA. nets as a guided in
or object. Bui wliai starts as a confused known as the Multi-Function Switching vitation to play. Here, under the guise of
search for clues will soon transform Into Matrix (MFSM}. This is a highly advanced an instructional brieling. the lirst few key
a lull-blown Intricate graphic adventure. multi-monitor video scanning system, pieces to die puzzle are presented, it)'
And y< in, the innocent user who was just tlie kind you're likely to have seen at the following the path of these furnished
trying to kill a couple of hours at the key entrance to posh apartment buildings or clues, more will become av;iilable. S<x)n,
board of your Commodore 64, will sud at the security desk of a large business. To the overall picture will st;irt taking shape,
denly find yourself in a position of Btag- protect against unwanted intrusion, cam- and you'll Ixr on your way.
gfiring Importance. By game's end, the ems have been set up at strategic points Technically, Uiis program reaches the
tine of Ihe entire- free world hinges on ;dl around this Soviet base. high Standards mat we've ciinie to ex
you. In a masterful console tliat will act as pect from Activision. The graphics are
The Hacker II plot stems from the die play Held tor 90% of the game arc erisp and exacting, the animation
reputation you eamed as a computer pi four video monitors for viewing. By turn smooth, iind die sound effects appropri
rate in Hacker. Knowing your notoriety ing a channel selector, you can check ate, together, they create an atmosphere
as a code breaker, super Sleuth, and ;il! movement and activity in any hall and that's both responsive and realistic In
around smoolh operator, the CIA has room in the complex. In essence, your fact, tlie iMISM security systems video
contacted you with a mission ofpressing hook-up has given you control over the display is so true to life that an on-screen
urgency, Through reliable Information key functions of thlfi MEM But that's all vertical hold knob has actually been in
channels from Russia, our government the Information you are given. What you cluded for each of tlie lour monitors.
has learned of a diabolical scheme set to should do from here, and how, where That's right, ;unid the tension and danger
undermine the very foundation of the and when it should be done, is for you to of an undercover spy mission, you might
United States. The plans to this sinister decide. occasionally be forced to pause the en
plot, masterminded by the infamous Prospective hackers who feel a bit in- tire operation to adjust picture mil. What
Alexander Cherkazovand known only as limidatcd by this game design and arc a great touch!
the Doomsday Papers, have been traced bothered by the thought of dropping If you liked Hacker, this sequel is sure
to a heavily guarded military base set cash on a contest they might never quite to please. It incorporates the same sus
deep Ix/lund Soviet lines. If you can use understand, should be assured mat this pense, action and challenge thai made
your skills to somehow get a look at adventure is both solvable and satLsfying. the original such an acclaimed hit. If
these plans, there is a good chance that a Anyonc with a littie ingenuity and pa you're new to this unorthodox style of
suitable defense can be devised in time. tience is sure to pick up the underlying play, don't ix; apprehensive. The aim of
All of your coven activities are initial- play mechanics quickly, and should have Continued on pg. 181

30 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
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Shadowflre
Computer; Commodore 64
Publisher: Mindscapc
3444 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
Medium: Disk
Price: S29.95

IVLindscapc's Beyond lalx:l is a show

case for sonic of the best trfflPfflttOllHl
software to emerge from Britain. One of
tlit highlights in this series isSbadoivfire, ■;.« iff
agtaphlc adventurewithan ofibeatdieme,
This talc Of the distant future tikes As leader of a top covert action group, you must
place in a remote corner ol' tilt universe,
in a galaxy united by a federation known direct a team of six recruits in a daring search-
;is die Empire, Uirking beneath the tran-
and-destroy mission
quiiity of these worlds, General Zoff, u-ai-
tor to Uie Empire, bides Iils lime aboard
the skyfortress Zoff V, plotting to overth Bay. The best strategy Ls to assign one- trolled by high-ranking marshalis, squad
row the Emperor. pair to each location and cover as much leaders, troopers and even an invisible
Plans for a new st;irsliip, code-named area as possible. It's also a good Idea to pet alien known only as die Phantom.
Shadowflre, will mate it possible to jump use characters capable of unlocking Each requires different strategics.
from planet to planet Should these plans doors, which in turn allows die others to Slxulowfhv is quite fascinating. Game
tiUI Into Zoffs possession, he would have move about me sliip with less trouble. play is deceptively subtle, yet totally
the means to destroy any planet within Shadow/ire's play field Ls divided hori nerve-wracking. It's also a liard game to
die Empire, The task of delivering die zontally into two sections. The Mission categorize, since it draws inspiration
Sbadowfire plans to the Kmperor was up Control screens are on die top and die from a number of sources: role-playing
to Amlrussador Kryxix. 'Hie plans were Character Command screens are on die character development, adventure game
hidden widiin a micro disk embedded in bottom. The Mission screens show ]iuzzle-solving and intricate graphics.
the Ambassador's spine. Unfortunately, which character is in play, an overhead You (SO play the game using tile key
he lias been captured and is being held view Of their location, each member's board, joystick, trackball, paddles or even
prisoner aboard /.off V. In a matter of current status, and the countdown clock. a light pen. Commands are issued
hours, Zoffs men will discover die plans. The lower lialf controLs each team mem through a system of icon-based menus.
As die leader of Enigma, the Empire's ber dirough four different screens: die Sbadowf&e isn't the first program to use
top covert action group, you must direct Status screen, Objects screen, Movement this technique, but rarely has it been
a team of six recruits in a daring seiirch- screen and Batde screen. used so smoothly. The only problem that
and-destroy mission. You have exactly The Status screen uses horizontal bar arises concerns die identification of sev
loo minutes to rescue die Ambassador, graphs to display die character's agility, eral icons. British software is notorious
capture General Zoff, and destroy his stamina, strength and weight. All the tor its meager documentation, and many
deadly skyfortress. The late of die Empire characteristics are interrelated, and some Of the game's symbols do not appear in
rests in your hands. team members fere better than others. die instruction manual. But most players
As director of this seemingly impossi Novice players should pair strong and will discover die meaning of diese mys
ble raid, your job is to make decisions, is weak characters to get a balance. terious icons after just a few games.
sue orders ;md study the results. Each The Objects screen contains a list of Although Sbciiloitfire is played in real
Character under your command has spe valuable items needed to complete the time, there Ls no animation or traditional
cial skills which you mast exploit to die mission. Each object should Ix1 assigned arcade action in die game. Instead, the
fullest if you ever hope to win die game. to diaracters according to their skills. frantic pace Ls set by the player, racing
The success of die mission hinges on the These include various weapons, tool kiis. die clock as he or she tries to control six
performance of each character under key cards (color coded for opening characters at once. First-time players will
your command. locked doors), and a self-destruct unii to find Sfxuiotifirv to be a very complex
Docked alongside die enemy space- blow up die ZoffV and demanding game. Once the initial
crafi, your first priority is to equip each Finally; die Movement screen lets you difficulty wears off, however, game play
character and beam diem aboard. The choose from eight possible directions, is llu id.
Zoff V Ls a large ship, with multiple areas while die Battle screen allows you to A challenging storyline, terrific graph
connected by maze-like corridors. You command eadi character to attack, de ics and mentally exhausting game play
have a choice of three areas for die initial fend or retreat from combat. The display make this program an exceptional value.
boarding! the Fighter Bay, die top of the indicates which weapon is in use and die Gamers looking for something out of die
Shuttle Hay or die bottom of the Shuttle type of enemy encountered. Zoff V is pa ordinary will love Sbadowfire. Q

32 NOVEMBER/DECEMBERS
The Flying snrnnatiojns
Chosen by Real Pilots

We regularly hear from military gnd commercial Air-

Traffic Controllers who rdye'abouttjur Kennedy Approach'1
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MicioProse Simulation Software. found in Soio Fligh^, Cessna Flight ^ . ' ■ .ii-|.'i-.]iliil.'|.rr.i ConmiodoJc.6J 1?A i[ pi'. II I-j:-:i ■, t-\".\\
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almost everything with wings, re press. His conclusion: "this simulation
viewed five MlcroPiose programs, is one thai really does live up to Its
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commands are set correctly, the output

PaperClip II can be previewed on the monitor's

screen. This allows adjustment of mar
gins, changes in page breaks, correction
Computer: Commodore 128 of formatting errors, and testing of head
Publisher: Batteries included ers and footers and page numbering be
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Richmond HID, Ontario While using an HO-column display moni
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Pricei 879.00
This display shows how text will ap
PaperClip II packs both pear, including headers, footers, page
JL lie evolution of Batteries Included's numbers, special text fonts (underline,
word processor PaperClip continues a ivord processor mid boldface) and multiple line spacing, ll
with tile Introduction of version two tor simplifies formatting text while also sav
die Commodore 12H. This heir to the a terminal program, ing time, printer wear and paper Once
PaperClip name meets and, in some you've used a word processor with this
cases, surpasses the standards its prede spond faster than any I've seen on earlier option, you'll never Ix; happy without it.
cessors established it is last, powerful word processors for either the 64 or 128. Formatting text with PaperClip II
and flexible. But most of all. it is a "can Anyone who has endured a word proces couldn't be much easier, like most word
do" word processor, having all die fea sor with sluggish keyboard response will processors, format commands here itre
ture?, a writer would want in a word pro love this one. The program responds to emliedded in the text by placing a Spe
cessor, plus some. die keyboard very quickly, in some eases cial format marker (created by pressing
• Does it employ professional editing almost uk) liist. I found that some com die Knglish pound key) followed by spe
functions!' Yes. mands, like defining a range, responded cial command codes. These codes elec
• Cm it soil hyphenate (properly break) to keyboard pressure .so quickly 1 had to tronically flip switches inside ihe printer
long words? Yes. be careful not to define beyond my in so instead or printing the letters forming
• How about headers ;md footers? It has tended ending. There is little danger of the command, special tasks are per
them hi)tli. typing faster than PaperClip H can print formed, such as centering text, changing
• Is a dictionary/spell checker included? to the screen, even in insert mode. margins, printing looters or Increasing
Yes, 38,000 words. Users of the lirst version GlPaperClip the page number count. A simple com
• Will it work wiili both 40- and 80-col- will have no trouble getting PaperClip II mand would look similar to this:
umn monitors? Yes. up and running Because die program ">jul:lmio." 'Iliis command line would
• Will it work with any disk drive? Yes. auto-boots, getting started requires only start justifying text and set die left margin
• Can it use die 157 1 disk drive's burst that you put the program disk in the to the tenth column.
mode? Yes. drive and reset die computer. The major But you are also free to use plain Eng
• Will it work with more than one drive? editing commands revolve around the lish, 'llic same command would look like
Sure will. CTRL key. Pressing it lirst. followed by a this: "> justification on-.lmargin 10." Most
• Can text Ix.- formatted wider than 80 second key. activates most functions. l;or users will welcome a choice, since the
columns? rp to 250. example. CTRL and I inserts a blank line. second way is easier to understand when
• Can word wrap lie toggled on and off? CTRL and L loads a text file, CTRL and the)- return to tile tile weeks or mondis
Yes. the cursor keys scrolls the text. This later.
• Does it use PBG (program) or SHQ command structure will be welcomed Hea\y users will appreciate PaperClip
(sequential) files? Both. by users of earlier versions ot PaperClip //'s cursor commands which let you
• Can PaperClip II manipulate columns or similarly structured word processors cruise die text quickly regardless of die
of text? Yes. like WordPro and Easy Script size of tlie file. If you want to rise to the
• Does il have math functions? Yes However, many neophytes may ques lop of die text in a hurry, simply press
again tion the logic of a lew commands like die CTRL key followed with the CRSR up
• Whai about Global searches, linked CTRL and H to add a row of numbers key and the text will blur ;us it rushes
files. Integrated software? Yes, yes, yes. and CTRL andj to load a sequential file. down. The reverse command causes the
After PaperClip //'s command struc Because neither help screens nor a quick text to leap up the screen. Because Pa-
ture i.s mustered, writing, editing and al reference cord is included, users must ei perClip II can hold a text lile up to -i 99
tering text is fast Features a professional ther memorize commands or thumb linL-s long when the 80-COlumn display is
writer would want, like subscript, super through die belty users manual to re used (-iO-column display allows 999
script, boldface, underline and Italic text; fresh their memory. Appendix A lists lines), diese fast cursor commands make
set, move, replicate mid sorting columns: most commands. moving text from Hip to IxHtoni eltort-
linked tiles: and global manipulation are One of die most helpful features is the less.
all Included. video dump option. Instead of dumping I'm always interested in the Spell-
PaperClip IPs editing functions re- text to the printer to see if all the format Continued on pg, t'J"

36 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 86
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Escape
Computer; Commodore 64
Publisher: Bantam Software
666 Fifth Avenue
New York. NY 10103
Medium: Disk
Price: S24.95

sea/*' is an adventure panic with a

twist: Instead Of being text-oriented like
most, it Is an adventure that mixes text,
graphics and real-time aaion with both
driving and flight simulators. The result
more closely resembles an episode from
a cops-and-robbers movie than tradition
al adventures like Zork and Minciwbevl
And, unlike most adventure games, Us-
cape can be completed within an hour,
The year is 2035, and you are some
where in the southwestern area of what
was once the United States. Forces have
divided the nation into three distinct
countries: lurtalla, Dorado and Rebel-
lium. You, a Turtalian, are on a dangerous
mission deep inside military-controlled
l>ur.tdo, wbeie tlic country's evil dictator
This entry-level adventure game more
is finalizing plans to invade your home
land. Your job Ls to steal the invasion
closely resembles an episode from a cops-
plans and lake them back to Turtalia. and-robbers movie.
With you are three fellow spies: Zoey,
Mall and l;rcd. Two will help yon, hut
one is an informer for the Doradian se adventure games, you control your char on-screen tinier keeps track of how long
cret police. You have no money, no acters in Escape via the joystick. This way it takes to complete each phase, so
weapons, no identification papers and no there are no legal commands or direc friends can always compete to see who
safe contacts inside Dorado. Your first tional options to remember, the normal can find the invasion plans faster or who
obstacle Ls to locate the invasion plans, caase of frustration for novice adventur on locate the plane the quickest
tile second Ls to escape with them. ers. So if you want your hero to advance, Before you begin Escopdi dangerous
The Doradian village is displayed as a simply press tile joystick In the direction mission, you Should spend some time In
massive three-dimensional labyrinth. you want him to go. training iiie game is divided Into three
Moving ;irotind tlic village gives you a Pressing the firebu'tton opens doors so distinct phases, and you can practice
good Idea of what a rat must feel like in a you Can move to the next street or a each (town, drive and flight). Practicing
maze. As you explore the village's dan room in tile village. Young adventurers inside tine town lets you get :i lixik at the
gerous streets, you will encounter po will like this scheme since it keeps con villages layout anil the kind ofcharacters
licemen and citizens. Of course, avoid trols simple and fast, lint unlike tradition- you wilt encounter as you .search for the
tlic police (they arc looking lor you} and al adventure games, you can't check secret documents. 'Hie same problems,
if you ate surrounded, try to lose them characters to sec if they ore Injured or dangers and excitement await you in the
by dodging into the nearest door If you What they are carrying Neither can you practice mode as in the actual adventure.
BTC lucky, the police will be gone when dump tile text to a printer for reference The only difference is that in practice
you exit again. nor ask a character to repeat what they mode you can't advance to the next
When you approach citizens, it trig have said. So it is important to pay close phase-.
gers one of four reactions: they may re attention to what is said and who slid it. The drive simulator has you Mart just
fuse to talk: they may offer you some and note key locations. While you are in Outside tlie village in :i jeep where you
thing useful like money or handcuffs; if the village, the screen displays the street Search tor your escape plane, Your com
they work for the police, they may try to names as you move through the maze panions will lell yon which direction to
give you something that will help the po You are wise to make a map to ovoid go turn in order to find the plane, but keep
lice detect you; or if they are a thief or ing in circles. in mind that one of your fellow travelers
mugger, they may try to rob or kill you. The game makes each episode dilfcr- is a Doradian agent who will try to delay
Itatiicr than typing commands to con ent by randomly picking tlie Informer your escape. So it is very important to fig-
trol the game action, as required by most and locations to hide the key objects. An Canltnued mi fig, 183

38 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 86
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Fantastic Both
Animals and programs

Creative give
children a
Contraptions
chance to
Computer: Commodore 64 experiment
Publisher: Bantam Software
666 Hfth Avenue without
New York, NY 10103
Medium: Disk risk of
Price; 829.95 each failure or CHOOSE flN ANIMAL TUNE

W hile educators have debated the ridicule.

merits of different teaching methods,
none have argued the importance moti
vation plays in learning, a motivated children ideutily parts of different ani and correct it. 'Hie bottom screen dis
child learns. The prerequisite to learning mals. For example, the child might be plays the parts (springs, levers, magnets,
is stimulation. Bantam calls this "con shown an arctic liix, followed by a pa pulleys) the child can use to make the
structive play," and both Fantastic Ant- rade of different kinds of feet. The child'.s repairs.
mills and Creative Contraptions are job is to cycle through die different pairs Different levels of difficulty and a vari
packed with excitement for even the and pick die correct match. ety of machinery present challenge after
least motivated child. The real child plcaser and most stimu challenge tor children ages seven and
lating option is called Mixcd-up Animals. older. An animated tutorial displays prop
Fantastic Animals Ilere die child can freely pick pails from erly-working contraptions so die child
The adjective thai Brst came to mind any animal and reassemble them to cre can learn what makes them work, and
when I saw a creature from Fantastic ate a new creature. Then they can select then master the game's simple com
Animals was "weird." The tiling had a the music they think is appropriate for mands without referring to die seven-
duck's head, an elephant's body support tlie fantastic animal';, appearance and ani page manual or command cord.
ed by roadninncr legs, and a zebras [ail. mate the creature. Believe me. kids can The game teaches cause-and-cftcct re
My five year-old thought it was terrific create some pretty strange creatures. lationships while stimulating the child to
His teacher knew it was Stimulating. Ac The only thing the creatures will have in experiment With problem-solving. The
tually, it was all three. common is their uniqueness. game lets the child create and play with
FantasticAnimals is a terrifically stim machinery that would be difficult, if not
ulating but unusual educational program Creative Contraptions impossible, to construct for real Hut best
lor children ago lour to nine. It intro Creative Contraptions could be de Of all, it forces the child to diink a prob-
duces young children to animals from scribed as a hilarious Ruhe Goldberg lem dirough. The child must use deduc
even1 s[xit on the globe. When the child simulator. Rube Goldberg was the genius tive reasoning, and will nevxr view it :ls a
is finished, he or she will know the dillcr- of contraptions that used things like roll chore. To diem. Creative Contraptions is
ertCC between a duck and a roadrunncr, er skates, chickens, pulleys. Irons, bounc child's play.
where agila mon.sler lives, (lie dillcrcnce ing balls and falling eggs to perform sim Kotii programs are entertaining, but
between a lion'.s and goat's tail, and the ple chores like combing your hair or more Importantly, they make the child
laci thai reindeer have spots and camels waking a sleeping man. This program think. The programs give children a
don't. faithfully creates machines like this. cliartce to exjxrriment widiout risk of
Fantastic Animals has three play However, each is broken, and it is Up to failure or ridicule. There are no winners
modes; 'Hike the Animals Home. Animal die child to fix it. or losers here. Self-competition can be
Arcade, and Mixcd-l'p Animals. Each are The screen shows a machine with let intnxluced into both games by selecting
beautifully illustrated using detailed tered parts. On the child's command, a a limed mode so the child can attempt to

screen displays. A variety of musical ball is released at die top Of the screen improve ii]xm her or his own record
scores accompany each, and die child which rolls to the part labeled A, then to time to complete ;ui animal search or
can pick which tune he or she prefers H, and so on. When a section of die con contraption puzzle
v> liile die animals [x-rtbrm. traption i.s missing or out of order, the The games are simple to control,
Take the Animals I lome teaches the ball can only finish a portion of its course. needing only the cursor, space bar and
child which animals come from what re The child must figure out what pan of return keys to activate options. Even my
gion of die world. Animal Arcade lets the puzzle is missing or niisposiiioncd. Continual an/if!- IK'l

40 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER '86
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book before you. and is ready lo
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your studlas. It may be hard to
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iho difficult problems you may
have Each question in your text
book is coi/crect.

FIRST IIMi; EVER

The purpose of Homework is to

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point of never again turning in an
Incorrect homework paper. How
can we make this claim?
HomeWork has already read your
book and knows where to study
and therefore assures you ot doing
your work corfectiy.

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E (very month, we'll bring yon a super collection of com TAB errors: If you get a mysterious ?BAD SUBSCRIPT ER
puter hints Irom readers all over the world, liteh month in ROR in a TAB statement, you have probably put a space Ix.--
this column, no matter what your area of interest or level of iween the TAB and the first parenthesis thai follows it. The
expertise, you'll find something to make your computer life space makes the computer think you want TAB to he the
CQOre productive, more interesting or more exciting To keep name of an array; if die number In parentheses is greater than
(lie column flowing, we solicit your short programs, useful 11, you'll get die error.
programming tcchnic|ues. computer room hints* and similar litiyn Pit lev
Items of interest, and we pay up to MO lor the items we NewPaltz, New York
select. We lixik for new or recycled material that can be Im
plemented with a minimum of time, effort and theoretical Minimi /.in g telecommunications charges: If you use
knowledge, and that is of current value to Commodore com- QuantumLlnk or another service, your long distance tele
putetists of every kind, [f you have an Item that lills the. bill, phone charges are generally included in the fee you pay lor
just sent it to the service. Hut your local phone charges arc another matter.
Ii»uis F, Sander Depending on your own exchange ;md that of the loc.il ac
P.O. Bos 101011 cess number, your local calls can be free or they can cost you
I'ittshurgh, PA 152.17 plenty.
It you enclose B sell-addressed Stamped envelope, we'll send Often there are tWO or more local numbers available for
you our hint-writer's guide. Headers OUtsldc tbc US. may you to call. If you check with your telephone company busi
omit die stamp. ness office, they cm tell you which one will be most eco
Improved directory printouts: When you list your direc nomical for you. And ifyou spend a lot oftime on-line, it may
tory to the printer, the disk name prims in reverse field even pay you to change to a different category of local ser
(white letters on a hlack background), which is not KM leg vice. If your telephone company service representative
ible on Commodore printers and totally confuses BOme other doesn't know what you're talking about, you should ;usk to
printers. speak with a supervisor,
The reverse field effect can Ix; eliminated by a Simple di William E Sander
rect mode command, executed after the directory has been Marietta Ohio
loaded. Here are the commands for the various Commodore
computers. Quick Q-link messages: I lere's a shortcut for posting very
C64 POKE 205.1,32 brief messages on me QuantumlJnk message boards. When
C128 GRAPHIC CLR : POKE you're prompted to "enter the subject of the message you
7173,32 WOUkl like to send," instead of entering a subject, enter your
I'lT/CltM POKE 1029.12 message, Then press RETURN, and without entering any-
PUJS^andClfi GRAPHIC CLR : POKE tliing else, press F7 to get the menu. Press Fl to send your
4101.32 message to Q-Link. and see how quickly it gets sent.
VlC20(Unexp;uidcd) POKE410132 LutyS. Terrier

\'1C 20 (Expanded) POKE 4613,32 Alton, Illinois

'Ilic ]xikc is to an address five bytes above the start of the
BASK", program area, and replaces the reverse Held character Home-made disk envelopes: II you've lost a disk envelope
with a space. On some machines, the previous execution of and are looking lor a serviceable replacement, you can make
certain graphics statements causes the start of BASIC to one up yourself Cut a blank piece of typing paper In hall'
move, so we have Included a GRAPHIC C1.K to undo the from left to right, hold up 3W of one end of the resulting
move. In most cases, it can tx.1 omitted without any adverse piece, and tape both sides of the _W overlap, Tain't much,
effect but it works!
John Girfiiskn DaveEgts
Pern Park Florida Johnstown, Pennsylvania

44 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER '86
Two books are better tliaii one: When you get a program altering OPEN 15,8,1 VIO": CLOSE 15. The disk head will
mer's reference guide, don't throw away the user's guide that knock one time, men everything should work properly.
came with your computer Use it to look at the charts in the Ed Haymow
appendices while reading the bigger book. Stainyrah: California
JetmesE Want, III
La Grange Geotgia Machine-language saver in BASIC This will save a ma
chine-language program, or any other range oi memory, to a
Sheet music NO! ::ll sheet music is suitable for conversion disk In drive H. It's tested on the C64, hut should work on any
to computer music 'Iwo kinds that I've found eminently us Commodore machine. If you try it on the C\2H, you may
able are big note music and fake books. Both are generally have to add some BANK statements.
available where pianos and organs are sold, and both contain The routine can be used as a stand-alone program or ;ls a
simple versions of popular and familiar melodies. subroutine. If you use it in another program, you can replace
The big note music is for beginning pianists and organisi.s, the INPUT statements with others to specify the addresses
and contains lots of additional notation which is useful for and file name.
computer musicians as well. One popular series is EZ Play Used with a long BASIC program that pokes machine lan
'lot/ay from Hal Leonard Publishing company. Books in the guage into place, this routine can make a t] nick- load ing ver
scries are priced at S.-V95 and up. sion of the machine-language program. I've also used it to
l-.ikc books contain simple versions of hundreds of popular save text and high-resolution screens for quick reloading
songs. Usually they are huge, and usually they sell for over from disk.
S25. One fake lxx)k and a Commodore computer should be When you type it in, don't overlook the semicolons at me
g(xxl for many years Of musical enjoyment. cndoflincs 180 and 190.
jean Pctttetson Rolwrt Hixby
Plttsbutgb, Pennsylvania Kiihn>uiz<xi, Missouri

Screen photography: I fere are some tips to use when mak

ML Saver
ing pictures of your computer screen. I get good results with
Ekmchtome™ color slide film (ASA 64 or 100) in a tripod- 100 PRINT"[CLEARJML SAVER - ROBERT
mountcd 35mm single lens reflex camera, l darken the room BIXBY"
enough to eliminate reflections on the screen, ;ind 1 aim tor a 110 PRINT"[D0WN]THIS SAVES ML TO
'/> second exposure. Since a slight underexposure produces DISK"
sharper text, I select an f-stop a balfstep above the one indi 120 INPUT"[D0WN]START ADDRESS";A
cated by my built-in exposure meter, using a manual expo 130 INPUT"[SPACE2]END ADDRESS";B
sure override if necessary. (He sent along some slides and 140 Al=INT(A/256):A2=A-256*A1
they really look good! - LBS). 150 INPUT"[SPACE5]FILENAME";E?
Steve Haber 160 OPEN 15,8,15,"S0:"+E$
Manitoba, Canada 170 OPEN 1,8,1,"B:"+E$+",P,W"
180 PRINT#1,CHR$(A2)CHR$(Al);
190 FOR J=A TO B:PRINT#1,
Emergency ribbon replacement: If your last printer rib
CHR$(PEEK (J)) ;
bon gives up tlie ghost and Can't be immediately replaced,
200 NEXT
you can Ik- back in business in seconds. Remove die paper
210 CLOSE 1:VERIFY E$,8,l
from your printer and replace it with two sheets separated by
220 INPUT#15,AS,BS:PRINT A$,BS
a sheet of carbon paper. Nothing will print on the top sheet,
:CLOSE 15
of course, but if you've set your impression correctly, the car
230 END
bon copy should Ix- perfectly legible.
Dale iiiiike
Wbitenum AFB, Missouri
Wedge delimiter: You'll like tliis one if you use the
C6-j's DOS 5.1 wedge program on a computer with a reset
Easy Script and Drive 9: When I installed a high-capacity button. Under normal circumstances, every time you use the
SFD-1 (K) 1 ;is drive 9, I looted forward to using it for my Easy reset button you must re-activate DOS 5.1 by doing a SYS
Script flies, 'Hie manual doesn't say how to use Easy Script 5222'i. Then, to re-establish drive 8 as tlie default device, you
with any drive but h, but believe it or not. other drives are must enter <§ #8 or POKE 186,8.
easily accommodated. The accompanying program alters your wedge to make
When Easy Script first loads, just type a 9 instead of a D at mat second step unnecessary. Type it in and save it Immedi
the TAPE OR DISK? prompt All further operations will de ately, since it self-destructs when run. To use die program,
fault to drive 9. To return to drive 8, simple bit RUN/STOP load it and put a disk containing DOS 5.1 in drive 8. When
and RESTORE, then type D instead of 9 at the prompt. you run the pmgr;im, it will load DOS 5.1, make the neces
Steve Pishwick sary changes, then save the changed program as IXXS 5.ID
Hamilton, Ohio (D for delimit).
Whenever you use DOS 5. l D, sys 52224 will not only ac
Diskhcad uiisticker: Sometimes when working with copy tivate die program, but will also set the default device to
protected disks chat use tracks above track 35, the disk head drive 8. (The default device number is determined by the
gets stuck up mere and all further attempts to use the disk second data item in line 5C1. You can change it if you'd like.)
drive tail, even after turning the disk drive off and on. The Frank BiOtidl
easiest wav to return die drive to normal is to initialize it bv h. Pennsylvania

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 45
Wedge Defaulter 120 PRINT"[DOWN]1. LOAD OR TYPE THE
FIRST"
10 PRINT"[CLEAR]WEDGE DEFAULTER-FRANK
130 PRINT"2. ENTER SYS 700"
BIONDI"
140 PRINT"3. LOAD OR TYPE THE NEXT
20 A=A+1:IF A=l THEN LOAD"DOS 5.L",8,
ONE"
1
150 PRINT"4. REPEAT 2 & 3 AS
30 POKE 52225,89:POKE 52226,207
DESIRED"
40 FOR J=53081 TO 53087:READ K
160 PRINT"5. WHEN DONE, ENTER SYS 723
:POKE J,K:NEXT
[DOWN]"
50 DATA 169,008,133,186,076,225,
170 FOR J=700 TO 731:READ K:POKE J,K
204
1NEXT
60 POKE 43,0:POKE 44,204
180 DATA 160,000,230,043,208,002,230,
70 POKE 45,96:POKE 46,207
044
80 SAV£"DOS 5.1D",8:SYS 64738
190 DATA 177,043,208,246,230,043,208,
002
200 DATA 230,044,177,043,208,236,096,
169
C64 program chalnee l:or those who have wished for a
simple way to combine two or more programs iiim one, this 210 DATA 001,133,043,169,008,133,044,
096
program will do the trick, lype it in and save it Immediately,
220 NEW
since it self-destructs when run. After you run it. load your
first program, type SYS 700 and press RETURN. Then load
your second program. If you want to chain more together.
enter SYS "(Hi again after loading each one. Multicolor character tip: if. because of an error or crush,
When you've loaded the !;w program, enter SYS 723, and you find yourself in the C6 is multicolor character mode, it
you'll BCC the combined programs in memory u.% one long may be very difficult to read what you type on the screen. If
One, even If some of them have duplicated line numbers. If you change the character color to one of the first eight col
there are duplications, however, or if the numbers run ;my ors, what you type will be perfectly legible. L'se CTRL and a
way but from low to high, you'll have problems when you try number Irom one to eight, selecting a color that contrasts
to run or edit the combined programs, (If you watch the re with your screen color. White or black are almost always
sults of your editing attempts in this c;isc, you can learn a lot good.
about how BASIC performs its various editing tasks.) Vktorii Pitre
You can avoid problems by renumbering the component Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
programs before you combine them. I feuaSy, it's ;dl right to
do this while they are in memory, before you execute your C64 to Cl 28 conversion: Many BASIC prognuiis written tor
SYS 700. When renumbering, make sure the lowest number the C64 will run US is on tine C128 in 128 mode. Sound and
in each program is greater than the highest number ill the screen pokes ;irc in the same locations in both machines.
preceding one. Only prognuiis with Sprites, machine language or lots of
Davui I. Pnstoman pecks and pokes Will not run on both machines. So if you
Derwood, Maryland don't know whether a program will run in 12H mode, give it
a try. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose1.
Chainer64 Jay Macbielss
100 PRINT"(CLEARJCHAINER 64 - D.L. Grand Blanc Michigan
PRESTEMON"
110 PRINT"[DOWNJTO CHAIN PROGRAMS
TOGETHER:"

46 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
C128 sprites to C64: Here Ls a procedure that will let you for the C128's RGB monitor cable.
use the C128's powerful SPRDEF system to design sprites for David G. Veatch
die C64. First, enter die sprite editor using die SPRDEF com Warren Mississippi
mand, and respond to die sprite number prompt with a 1.
Next design your sprite :ind save it using shifted RETURN. 80-column flashing and underlining: On the CliH's 80-
Then press RLTIIRN to Qdt the sprite editor. Column screen, underlining is initiated by printing a Cl'Kl.-B
■type MONITOR and press RETURN, and when you get ora irs( 2), and canceled by a Cl irs( 130). Similarly. (Lashing
die Monitor prompt, enter this command: T EOEOO F0E4O text is started by CTRI.-O or CIIRS(15), and stopped by
OCGQO. While still in die monitor, enter G FFF-iD. This will CHR«C 143). The CTR1.-B and CTR1.-O can be entered within
put you in C64 mode, where your sprite will be in memory a PRINT statement just by pressing the appropriate key com
locations 49152-49215. You can use peeks and pokes to binations when the cursor is inside quoics. Hut there aren't
move it to the cassette buffer or other suitable location. any key combinations that will give the CIIRS( 1.30) or
Robert Etztttga CIIRS( 143)i so turning off these features requires lots of ma
iairport, New York nipulation of the PRINT statements.
IfyOU are using a lot offlashing and underlining, it may pay
C128 and S"More: If you use Cardco's S'more cartridge you to redefine some function keys, like this.
with your Cl 28. you may be frustrated because the comput KKY4,CHRS(13O)
er doesn't automatically enter 64 mode when it's turned on. KEY 6, Q1RS<143)
And if you enter 64 mode by using die GO 64 command, the Now, if your cursor is inside quotes, you can Cancel the fea
cartridge still won't start up properly. ture by pressing the appropriate liinctinn key.
'Hie solution is to enter 64 mode by holding down the If you really want to get fancy, put (:i 1RS< 2) on KEY 3 and
Commodore key at power up, or by holding it down and CHRS(15) on KEY 5. Then you can use the shifted and 1111-
pressing die reset button. shifted function keys to turn die features on and off.
David Schreiber Eugene I. Pizzetta
San Jose, California Revere, Massachusetts

C128 reset button extender: My fingers are large, and I Pausing CI28 graphics: It's sometimes desirable to pause
find the liny reset button almost Impossible to use, even with tile creation of a high-resolution graphics screen in mid-pro
my pinky. So 1 took a Winch piece ofRadio Shack shrink tub gram, especially when developing software. Unfortunately,
ing, slid it over the button, :ind used my wife's hair dryer to the manual doesn't tell you bow to do it, or even if it can be
heat it for about ten seconds. This was long enough to shrink done.
me tubing over the button, and left about -V* of ;in inch of My trick for diis is to turn on the trace option (by entering
tubing exposed. Now I can reset the computer with my in '["RON) before running the program. With this option en
dex finger. abled, you can pause the creation of the high-resolution
Wall Groseb, KZ9P screen simply by pressing the No Scroll key.
Milit mtkei; Wiscot isiti J. C Vollmcr
PriorLak^ Minnesota
C128 monitor and resets: It doesn't say so in die manual,
but when resetting the Cl 28 you can go directly to the mon Quick escape from C128 graphics; When your C128 Ls in
itor simply by holding down the KUN/JTOP key as you press one of its graphics modes, you can quickly get back to text
the reset button. mode by pressing the STOP key, then any letter key ami RE
You can use this if your BASIC program crashes In a seem TURN. The text screen will pop up with a harmless SYNTAX
ingly unrecoverable way To recover harmlessly from the ERROR
crash, press RUN5TOP and push die reset burton. When the Stan Smith
Monitor prompt appears. t\pe an X and press RETURN. The Gladwin, Mississippi
machine will return to BASIC with your program still intact.
Anna Mae Hertz ler Watch those abbreviations! One drawback to die CI28's
Boynton Beach. Florida BASIC Ls that sonic of die keyword abbreviations have been
changed. Programmers who have used "I1 shift ()" as an all
C128 monitor printouts: The built-in monitor is a great breviation for 1*OKE will Ik1 surprised at the error message
help to diose who dabble in machine language, but it lacks returned in direct mode or at die appe;ir.ince of the keyword
any commands to redirect its output to die printer. Never POT in their program listings. Other abbreviations have
theless, doing so Ls simple and foolproof, and here's the com changed as well, and here's a partial list:
plete procedure. In direct mode, enter OPEN 4,4 : CMD4 -. Keym>rd 64 Abbr. Gives in 128 128 Abbr.
MONITOR. When you press RIOT fRN. you will be in die PEEK pE PHN pel-
monitor, and all output will go to die primer. To discontinue POKE pO POT poK
printing, just enter X and press RETURN. You'll instantly go READ rE RECORD k\
back to BASIC, with die printer completely off-line. STOP sT STASH stO
George A Gilbert CONT cO CONCAT None
PbiUulelphia Pennsyh •ania END eN ENVF.IDPE None
SPC( sP SPRITE None
RGB monitor extension: The Radio Sliack #276-19781"1" Charles Lot/in
fbot joystick extension cable works perfectly as an extension Coral Gables, Florida Q

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 47
JIFFIES UYD.VKSAMKiON

Phone Messages
for the Commodore 64 and 128
With a 1526 Printer
Xnonc Messages is b short program that prims om a form
tor recording phone messages, four tneffiages can be record
ed on each .sheet, and there's enough room on the sides for
holes to be punched tor u three-ringed binder
Each form lias space tor the time the c:ill w:ls taken, the
date tlie call was taken, who the message is for, from whom
tlie c;dl came, tlie message itself, and who took the calL
Phone Messages was designed for use with the Commo
dore 1526 printer, li' you die using a different printer, you
may need to change the secondary address and chrS to make
tlie program work on your printer (consult your printer
manual). Q

Before typing lUs pcogiara, read "How lo Enter Programs" and "Hob- to I'sc tlie MjgailK
Entry Program." The BASIC programs in this miguinc are available (in diik faim Loatlslar.
80(MI31MW
Phone Messages
1 PRINT"ICLEAR,RVS,WHITE,RVOFF1"
:POKE 53280,1:POKE 53281,9'DQNF
10 PRINT"[DOWN2,SPACE2,RIGHT11]
PHONE MESSAGES"' BAGD
100 PRINT'BACU
110 PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2]
PLEASE TURN ON PRINTER1" BASD
120 PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2]PRESS (["]
) AND RETURN TO START PROGRAM."
:INPUT DS$'CEFJ
138 IF DSS="["3" GOTO 150'DGRB
135 IF DS?<>"["]"GOTO 140'EGNH
140 PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2] PRESS [*]
TO START":GOTO 120'CELF Abolish those little scraps of
150 OPEN 4,4,0'BFRB
152 FOR X=l TO 4'DDWE paper once and for all.
155 PRINT#4,CHR$(147)'CHVH
160 PRINTS4,'BCWB
165 PRINT#4,SPC{10)"TIME 193 PRINTS4,'BCWH
: "SPC(5)"DATE 195 PRINT#4,SPC(10)"CALL TAKEN BY
: ■'■ DHOS
"'CFRV
168 PRINT#4,'BCWJ
170 PR,INTi(4,SPC(10)"FOR 210 PRINTS4.SPC(10)"**•**************
*********************************

ii i rpRn ***"'CFPI
175 PRINT#4,"BCWH 220 PRINT#4,'BCWX
180 PRINT#4,SPC(10) "FROM 230 NEXT:'BBMY
232 PRINT#4,CHRS(13)'CGPD
-"'CFIP 235 CLOSE 4,4,0'BFSF
183 PRINTS4,'BCWG 240 PRINT"{DOWN2,RIGHT2)
185 PRINT|4,SPC(10) "MESSAGE PRESS C TO CONTINUE OR E TO EXIT."
CINPUT RES'CEYL
11 1
CFHU 250 IF RE$="C"GOTO 1'DEUD
187 PRINT#4,'BCWK 260 IF RESO"C"GOTO 270'EGQG
190 PRINT#4,SPC(10) * ■■
/
270 IF RE$="E"GOTO 290'DGWG
280 IF RE$O"E"G0T0 240'EGPI
'"CGLP 290 END'BACF END

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Modem Answering Finally—an answering machine for

Machine your computer.

for the Commodore 64 and Anyone who calls without a modem will hear the carrier
signal and know mat they aren't talking to a person. When
1650 Modem (or equivalent) they hang up, the program will rest a bit, then resume the
auto-answer mode 'Iliis will definitely he a deterrent to
JL lave you ever wondered what your computer can do those telephone solicitors!
when you're not using it!" 1 have—and here's one application 'llic other options ;tre the read and print options. You can
you might like to try, it's a variation on a telephone answering do either or both, if you're forgetful, you'll warn hardcoptes
machine, except that it bandies messages between comput of certain messages lls reminders.
ers instead of people. I call it Modem Answering Machine. Then; is only one operating quirk. The program keeps
When you're not at home or unavailable to answer the track of how many messages have been left by using location
phone, ju.st boot up this program and it will log any messages 251 as a counter. When the machine is turned on. this loca
left by another computer via your modem, li was essentially tion contains ;i zero. If you want tt) keep using the disk with
written by my 15 year-old BOH With a little help from me to out scratching the messages, you'll need to update thus loca
Smooth tile rotlgb edges. tion even' time you set up the system.
The three options of the program arc to create your mes Don't worry, though, it's easy Before you nin the program,
sage to the caller, read messages left by callers, and print mes just POKE 251 with the number of the next message that will
sages left by callers. I suggest that you keep a backup copy of be recorded by the program. If the largest message number
the program safely nicked away somewhere and put a copy on the disk is six, then simple IX )KE 251,71 RETURN 1 before
on your message (and otherwise clean) disk. 'Iliis way. you'll you run the program, and the maintenance Is done. If, on the
have room lor over IK) messages, since most messages will other liand, you want to start off with a dean message base
probably be no more than one block In length. Alter you ever)' time you use it. Ik Mire you have scratched all mes
base logged in several messages :md read some, you will sages (except >our message) before you sum. Aside from
probably want to scratch some of the old messages. that, the program should give you no trouble.
First create your message to the callers. Select the appro Hie most difficult t;usk we had to do was to get the modem
priate option from [lie main menu (Fl )anU type what you'd to answer the phone and hang up property it took a lot of
like tile caller to see when your modem answers the phone. testing and head-scratching, but we eventually figured out
Typing an up-arrow signals the end of your message, which how to use the RS-232 registers properly. Alter getting over
will be written on the disk as a sequential file. Now just fol tliat hurdle, the only problems we ran up against were [he
low the main menu and prepare the modem as instructed. normal ones like getting the files to write, read prim property.
When somebody calls, they'll be prompted what to do, in 1 hope you like Modem Answering Machine and get some
cluding a request for their name. They will then receive your mileage out of it. KS written from w programming standpoint,
message. They will ix: instructed to type in their message to so if you want to customize it to do something else, it
you. ending nidi the up-arrow key. The program "ill write shouldn't Ix- tix> difficult
tlie message to the disk coded with the current message Hut must of all, have fun. And remember, at the sound of
number, and the call will be terminated. the [one. leave your message and I'll get back to you. Q

Before Ijping the-* programs, read How 10 Enler Programs.' anil How 10 USt (he MjgnfeK 1 SWITCH TO '[SHFT D]■ AND HIT
Entry Program " Tlit BASIC programs in ite nugarine are available on ili* from losdsur. [SPACE2][[SHFT RJETURN]
P().Bnx300fl7Shrf\cp«it,U-11JO-0(lO-, I-HOO-831-2694. TO ENTER ";'BBKS
Modem Answering Madiine 160 PRINT"[SHFT AjNSWER MODE- "
:PRINT" [[SHFT F]1]
100 IF PEEK(251)<1 THEN POKE 251, TO WRITE MSG- '"CBXL
fl'FLAA 165 PRINT" ilSHFT F]3] TO [SHFT R]
110 POKE 53281,16:POKE 53280,16 EAD [SHFT M]ESSAGES"'BARN
:PRINT CHR?(14) :MNS="1"■FBQE 170 PRINT" [[SHFT F]5] TO PRINT
120 PRINT"[CLEAR,GRAY3,SPACE7,SHFT M] MESSAGES"'BACJ
ODEM [SHFT A]NSWER [SHFT M] 180 GET ZX$:IF ZX$=CHRS(13)THEN
ACHINE 1985"'BAWH 230'FOXJ
130 PRINT"[SPACE7,L. RED,CMDR T25] 190 IF ZX$="[Fl]"THEN 700'DGOH
"'BAUQ 200 IF ZX$="[F3]"THEN 640'DGSY
140 PRINT"[SPACE7,L. BLUE] [SHFT B]Y 210 IF ZXS="[F5j"THEN 750'DGVA
: [SHFT D]ON & [SHFT D]ARRYN 220 GOTO 180'BDIY
[SHFT G]RAHAM":PRINT"[D0WN2,GRAY3] 230 OPEN 5,2,2,CHRS (6) 'CJKC
[SHFT M]AIL ->";PEEK(251)'DHMO 240 PRINT"[CLEAR,GRAY3,SPACE7,SHFT M]
150 PRINT"[DOWN2,GREEN] [SHFT P] ODEM [SHFT A]NSWER [SHbT M]
LACE YOUR '[SHFT T]-[SHFT D]

50 NOVEMBER/DECfcMBER 86
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WIN OVER THE NATIVE

j There is a place, Try Canada's The
i probably a long, long ridiculously difficult question is,
; way from where log roll. Or ski the are you ready
; you're sitting right brutal, wintry slopes to go the
j now, where grown of France. dis
j men actually wear Then it's back to tance?
: dresses and throw Atiyww u'h'H'un tlnvwu trlr
pnontfiolilengditltuKtii
the good old US of
: telephone poles entitled'to wear a dirss. A to ride a bucking
■
in the air as a sign bull. And off again to
; of athletic prowess. bully Moscow with
: It is true. some heavy-duty
i There is another weight lifting.
I rather bizarre land If you manage
i where grown men to upset enough
i actually throw them- You havttft Ih'i'd until ymii't countries,
taken a log outJora spin,
• selves in the air as your name
; a sign of athletic prowess. will be permanently
Right off the edge of a cliff. inscribed in the
We're talking, of course, World Hall of Fame.
j about Scotland's famous This then, is
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defying divers of Acapulco. of global
Two of the events you'll find proportions.
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around the globe as a big-time

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Go stomach to stomach
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barrels in ^
Germany C
JIFFIES/MODEM ANSWERING MACHINE
ACHINE 1985"'BAWK 530 M$=CHRS(13J+CHRS(13)+"[SHFT T]
250 PRINT"ISPACE7,L. RED,CMDR T25] HANKS FOR CALLING..."
'"BAUT :GOSUB 740'GOPO
260 PRINT"[SPACE7,L. BLUE] [SHFT B] Y 540 POKE 56577,0:FOR 1=1 TO 5000:NEXT
: [SHFT D]ON 6 SHFT D]ARRYN :GOTO 240'GTBK
[SHFT G]RAHAM":PRINT"[D0WN2, 550 MS="<— [SHFT M]ESSAGE FOR
L. BLUE.EHFT M]AIL -->"; [SHFT SJYSOP —>":MNS=STRS(PEEK
PEEK(251)'DHAR (251)):GOSUB 740'FRKS
270 PRINT"[D0WN2,L. RED,SPACE4,SHFT S] 560 MS=" [SHFT T]YPE '[UP ARROW]
YSTEM [SHFT WJAITING FOR A 1 TO END...":GOSUB 740'CGIM
[SHFT C]ALLER...M1BAWO 570 OPEN 8,8,8,"0:MAIL "■fMN$ + ",S,
280 POKE 56579,38'BILG W"'DJAH
290 WAIT 56577,8,8'BJDH 580 PRINT#8,NA$+CHR${13)'DJMK
300 POKE 56577,PEEK(56577)OR 32'DPHC 590 GET#5,A$:IF A$=""THEN 590'ELUM
310 PRINT"[GREEN,SPACE4,DOWN,SHFT C] 600 IF ASO"[UP ARROW] "THEN PRINT AS;
ALLER [SHFT ATTEMPTING TO :PRINT#8,AE;:GOTO 590'HPBH
[SHFT C]ONNECT"'BAHI 610 PRINT#8'BBHB
320 WAIT 56577,16,24'BLVB 620 PRINT#5,"[SHFT S]AVING":CLOSE 8
330 PRINT"[CLEAR,DOWN3,GRAY3,SHFT C] :M$="[SHFT T]HANKS FOR YOUR
ARRIER [SHFT O]NLINE... WAITING COMMENTS."'DHMP
FOR [[SHFT C,SHFT R]]"'BAFN 625 POKE 251,PEEK(251)+1'DKYK
340 FOR 1=1 TO 2000:NEXT 630 GOSUB 740:GOTO 530'CHFF
:M$ = " [SHFT CJHOOSE [SHFT H]ALF 640 PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT M]
[SHFT UJUPLEX-- [SHFT H]IT [ AIL NUMBER TO READ...>";:INPUT CN
[SHFT R]ETURN]":GOSUB 740'GOET :MNS=STRS(CN)'EMLQ
350 CT»CT+1'CFLE 650 OPEN 8,8,8,"0:MAIL "+MN$+",S,
360 GET#5,A$:IF ASOCHRS (1 3) THEN IF R'"DJUL
CT<2000 THEN 350'JVKN 660 GET|8,A$:IF STO64 THEN PRINT AS;
370 IF A$=CHRS{13)THEN M$="[DOWN, :GOTO 660'HRGO
SHFT MJODEM [SHFT AJNSWER [SHFT M} 670 CLOSE 8:PRINT"[D0WN2] [SHFT H]IT
ACHINE.":GOSUB 740:GOTO 400'HQIS [SHFT S]PACE."'CCXM
380 PRINT"TIME IS UP, NOBODY WAS 680 GET ZX5:IF ZX$<>" "THEN 680'FKSN
THERE"'BAAN 690 GOTO 120'BDCK
390 POKE 56577,0:FOR 1=1 TO 5000:NEXT 700 PRINT"[CLEAR] [SHFT BJEGIN
:GOTO 240'GTBN [SHFT N]OW.":PRINT" [SHFT H]IT '
400 MS = " " [UP ARROW]' TO END..."'CBOL
:GOSUB 743:NS="[SHFT YjOUR 710 OPEN 8,8,8,"0:SYSOP MSG,S,W"'BGIH
[SHFT N]AME ->":GOSUB 840'ENOM 720 GET AS:IF A$O"[UP ARROW]
410 INPUT#5,NAS'BFBA "THEN PRINT A$;:PRINTK8,AS;
420 MS="[SHFT Y]OU ARE "+NA$+" :GOTO 720'ISFM
[SHFT R)IGHT? (Y/N)" 730 PRINT#8:CLOSE 8:GOTO 120'DHFH
:GOSUB 740'EJNK 740 PRINT#5,MS:PRINT M$:RETURN'DIRI
430 GET#5,ZXS:IF ZX$=CHR$(89)THEN 750 REM ** PRINTER ROUTINE **'BSDL
460'FRSI 760 PRINT"[CLEAR,DOWN2,L. RED]
440 IF ZX$=CHR$(78)THEN NAS="" [SHFT P]RINT [SHFT M]AIL TO
:GOTO 400'GOCI [SHFT P]RINTER."'BAHQ
450 GO,TO 4 30'BDGE 770 PRINT"[DOWN,L. BLUE] [SHFT E]
460 PRINT"[SHFT OJNLINE ->";NAS NTER [SHFT M]AIL# TO PRINT ->";
:MS=CHR$(13)+CHR$(13)+CHRS(13) :INPUT E:ESS=STR${E)'EKBU
'HTGP 780 IF E>PEEK(251)THEN 760'EJLN
470 MS = "— [SHFT S]TANDBY FOR [SHFT S] 790 OPEN 4,4,7:OPEN 8,8,8,"0
YSOP'S [SHFT MjESSAGE —" :MAIL "+EES+",S,R":PRINT#4,
:GOSUB 740'CGQR CHR$(17)'GWRV
480 OPEN 8,8,8,"0:SYSOP MSG,S,R"'BGDL 800 GET#8,A$:IF STO64 THEN PRINT#4,
490 GET#8,AS:IF STO64 THEN PRINT#5, A$;:GOTO 800'HTVK
AS;:PRINT AS;:GOTO 490'IXRQ 810 CLOSE 8:PRINT#4:CLOSE 4
500 M$=CHR$(13)+"— [SHFT E]ND OF :PRINT"[DOWN2J [SHFT H]IT [SHFT S]
[SHFT M]ESSAGE —":GOSUB 740 PACE.'"EGSK
:CLOSE 8'FMNK 820 GET ZX$:IF ZX$<>" "THEN 820'FKOJ
510 MS=CHR$(13)+CHR$(13)+CHRS(13) 830 GOTO 120'BDCG
:GOSUB 740'HSBI 840 PRINT#5,NS;:PRINT N$;:RETURN'DKMJ
520 GOTO 550'BDJC END

52 MOVEMBER/DECEMBER86
Introducing ActionSoft! ■

JH
Colonel Jack Declares War to Improve Strategy/Action Software

Colonel Jack Rosenow, President of ActionSoft Corporation, is out to turn

the simulation software industry upside down:

"Most current simulations are little more than games," says the Colonel.
"They're a far cry from what can be done with modern state-of-the-art
graphics technology. They have limited strategic depth and a limited sense
of realism. That's why ActionSoft Corporation was created. We're going to
redefine the state of the art in simulation software. Colonel Jack Rosenow, USAF
(Ret)
"My own area of expertise is military helicopters ■ their flight characteristics,
and their deployment on the battlefield. We've assembled a collection of
experts in other fields (combat strategists, fighter pilots, submarine
commanders) to help us develop the most realistic strategy/action simula
tions ever seen.

"ActionSoft puts you at the center of the action. We take you from the depths
of the Pacific ocean to the infinite frontiers of space. And with the incredible
3D graphics/animation technology provided by SubLOGIC, our products
draw you into the simulation like never before. Up to now thistype of realism
has been available only on the most expensive military simulators. We're
making it available to everyone.

"Our first product is Up Periscope!, a WWII fleet class submarine simulator

for Commodore 64/128 and Apple II computers. Up Periscope! is available Captain John Patten's years of
for the suggested retail price of $29.95. US Navy experience provide the
realism and submarine combat
"Next up is ThunderChopper, a high-performance scout/rescue/attack strategy of Up Periscope!
helicopter simulator. ThunderChopper is also available for the C64/128 and
Apple II computers for $29.95."

Colonel Jack Declares War on Inflated Software Prices

"My motto has always been 'Better Quality at a Better Price'. ActionSoft
simulations are generations ahead in strategy, action, and technology. And
at $29.95, they're also priced less than the competition.

"Why pay more for a second-rate simulation when you can have the best for
less? ActionSoft simulation software sets the new price/performance
standard against which all other simulations must now be judged. But don't
just take my word for it. Try ActionSoft - you'll be convinced."

Colonel Jack's 9000-plus hours

of flight time are put to good use
N Soft in the development of Thunder
"GENERATIONS AHEAD IN STfiATEGV ACTION E0FTW4PE" Chopper!
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Don't buy another submarine simulation (like Siient Service or GATO) assuming that i
comes close to Up Periscope! We think you'll find that the superior strategic play actioi
and 3D animated graphics of this simulation put it generations ahead of the pack!

Strategy to the dangerous and skill-demanding night Graphics and Animation

You command a WWII fleet class submarine. surface patrol.
Palrol the Atlantic and Pacilic Iheair esof war Up Periscopel Includes extensive realistic
Allied and enemy ships are depicted in truly
Take your orders from COMSUBPAC equipment; surface and attack radars,
unprecedented 3D detail, courtesy of
(Commander Submarine Force Pacific), or variable-power periscope, torpedo data
SubLOGIC graphics and animation
go hunting on your own. computer, and much more. Armament
technology. Potential targets include enemy
supplies include everything Irom a selection
freighters, tankers, Iroop ships, destroyers,
Captain John Patten's years ol US Navy ol old reliable Mark 10s to advanced
and battleships, plus various friendly lorces. A
service provide fhe submarine combat wakeless (but unproven) Mark 1B torpedoes
complete instrument panel and split-screen
strategy missing Irom olher sub simulations. that can be fired Irom both fore and alt
views let you scan all vital information at a
Successful enemy engagements are torpedo lubes.
glance during me heat of battle.
conducted In lour separate phases:

All major land masses and islands (and even

t. Contact (Determine direction of target
a few minor ones) are properly located. Use
motion)
detailed Pacilic ana Atlantic charts to plot
2. Approach (Close to within effective your course and navigate right to the action.
weapons range)
But be carelul not to get rammed or depth-
3. Attack (Obtain optimum liring position
charged by enemy ships. And try to avoid the
& avoid detection)
I'HJ embarrassment of sinking one of your own
4. Withdraw (Avoid enemy doslroyers &
Allied ships or running aground on an
ai re rail)
lit! uncharted Pacilic atoll.

Relive eight differeni historical situations and

For truB submarine action and realism,
compare your strategies with fhose of real
nothing else compares with Up Periscope!
submarine commanders. WhBn you master '.an
.■nmrmu
ieu

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Easydata-128
M. he numeric keypad on the 12,8 Is one feature I really love,
especially when I'm entering machine-language programs
stored In DATA statements. Here's a way to make things even
easier.
Easydata-128 redefines the plus key to print "DATA,0 and
changes the minus key to ;i comma. Of course, yon could set
(unction keys lo iln iliis, bin I'm so l;i/y I prefer not to M retell
my pinkies any further than l absolutely have to.
Now I keep track of my place in the magazine with one
hand ;md leave the other hand nailed to the keypad. Com
bine this with the ALTO command, and I become a program-
entering machine,
Load and run Easydata-128 before you Mart entering pro
gram lines When you arrive at a chunk of DATA statements,
enable it with SYS 6144. Disable it with RUN-STOP/ Redefine keys on the numeric
RESTORE
Now all you have to remember is to take a break once in a keypad to make entering DATA
while to let your fingers cool! Q
statements easier.
Before ijping Itiis program, read "How lo lintcr Programs" .mil "Mow to I'sc the Marine
V.Mry Program." The IIASiC programs in iriis magazim- arc aiallablc vn disk frum loadstar,
P,0 to* 30007, Shiwepoa LA 71130-0007,1-8W831-26M.
COMMA'BWWO
Easydata-128 2 REM ENGAGE WITH SVS6144 - DISENGAGE

1 REM THIS PROGRAM REDEFINES +■ KEY TO WITH RUN-STOP/RESTORE'BWJN

PRINT "DATA "; - KEY PRINTS 10 BANK 15:SUM=0:FOR 1=6144 TO 6270
:READ J:POKE I,J:SUM=SUM+J:NEXT
:IF SUMO14034 THEN PRINT"ERROR IN
DATA":END'QSQV
6144 DATA 120,173,60,3,141,127,24,
173'BCYM
6152 DATA 61,3,141,128,24,169,25,

tensoft 141'BBHL
6160 DATA 60,3,169,24,141,61,3,88'BXUJ
presents 6168 DATA 96,162,9,221,119,24,240,
68'BBUS
6176 DATA 202,16,248,166,208,236,32,

ARITH 10'BDGR

METICIAN 6184 DATA 176,52,201,43,240,7,201,

45'BBBQ
An Exciting Arithmetic Game For 6192 DATA 240,36,76,88,24,224,5,
The Commodore 64s and Commodore 128" 176'BAYP

• S24.95 New low prices

6200 DATA 37,169,68,157,74,3,232,
■ Arithmetician is a game or
■ BeatopAruhmeiioan. arithmetic practice that is (riled with 169'BBKF
action, delightful muss and
■ Grades ! to 6 to adult
whimsical animated cartoons
6208 DATA 65,157,74,3,232,169,84,
' Kidtesled—Easy to use
1 Large clear numbers and a simple
157'BBGN
1 Agfcatvalue—coversall skill levels
Jrorn I digit addition to 7 digit rung
entry system malic wotting hard 6216 DATA 74,3,232,169,65,157,74,
proBlems on the screen almost as
division—use (or years easy as on paper.
3'BYYM
■ Improve youfmaih grades while ■ The mosi cnjoyaDie way to 6224 DATA 232,169,32,76,88,24,169,
having fun pract'ce arithmetic ever devised.
44'BBHL
■ Challenges that adjust to the level
Of play Nor>-linear scoring 6232 DATA 157,74,3,232,134,208,169,
Ir 1-000 fi?(,6 127'BDTK
I ' Plfju-M-fuln* . ArrrhnwTirUn duks jr 12*¥Stj£n 6240 DATA 141,0,220,96,189,0,16,
|J 1.' I "'■•flfrU' ' "j LflM 6% SlUOS JO" I
~ snia "Ktc ■nfoimjiion only '. ' C"*ck Dimaiey o'Oei efKiovec n Vpu PI 133'BAEJ
Al<i*jn( Ho 6248 DATA 209,169,0,202,48,6,24,
125'BAKR
6256 DATA 0,16,144,247,133,210,96,
133'BCEQ
6264 DATA 137,134,138,135,139,136,140,
0'BEBQ EMD

56 NOVEMBER'DECEMBER'86
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Pick-Up Blocks
A Logic Puzzle for the
Commodore 64
that you're sitting in your favorite tavern late one
night ,\ stranger walks in and asks if you'd [Ike to play a little
game. I k- produces i "> small Mocks from his pocket and ar
ranges them Into three tows of three, five, and sewn, lie tells
you thai the object of the gome is to moke your opponent
take ilit- last block. On a given turn, you may take as many
blocks from one BOW as you wish, hm you must take 81 least
one. He even offers to let you have die first move, li sounds
so easy that you agree to bel him a ten-spot on the outcome.
Ifyou've studied this program carefully, you'll win!

Getting Started
T\-jx- In the program ;is ii appears below, then save it.
Figure out how to force the
When you run it. a short description of the rules appears. computer to pick up the last block.
Press any key to start the game, and set up three rows of
blocks with three in row one, five in row two. and seven in
row three. You move by selecting a row, then the number of remi wing the appn ipriate blocks* s). ;ind waits for your move.
blocks you wish to take from that row, Rnally. confirm your 'Hie sequence continues until either you or tiie computer
choice with the letter Y The letter allows you to change your picks up the Ills] block and lose.s. At the end of the game, a
move. short tune is played fur the winner, so he sure the sound
For example, suppose you w&li to take two blocks from knob on your monitor Ls turned up.
row three. Enter 3 [Return], 2 [Keturnj. Y [Return}. The Once yon understand the game, you can win every time if
screen will make the change. If your move was impossible you move first. Km it takes most people quite ;i while to be
(trying not to take any blocks, or trying to Like more blocks able to beat the computer consistently. Some people never
than then: are In a row), the program will ask you for a differ figure it out If you give up trying to bent the computer, and
ent move, can't decipher the strategy in the program, send a stamped,
Now it's tile computer's turn. Based on your lost move, il self-addressed envelope to me at the Department of Chemis
generates a move based on the strategy in lines 115-235 of try (172), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Oil 45221. I'll
the program. 'Hie screen records the computer's choice by send you the winning strategy. Q

Before tipinjt ilia prujtram, read "How in hntir Programs" and "How to L'te tlit Hip/ini: LEAST ONE." : PRINT'CBSL
Unity11'tiijtnm" 'Ilii1 MASK! programs m iIib nugulnc in available on disk from I oadsui, 45 PRINT "CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THE
P.O,B<h J0007,Shr«vcpun,U
TRICK?" : PRINT'CBXO
l>ick-Up Blocks 50 PRINT "WHEN YOU'RE READY,
PRESS ANY KEY.'"BAKK
5 DIM N{3) ,H{18) ,L(18) ,D(1B) 55 GET AS : IF A$ = "" THEN 55'EHRJ
:FOR N = 0 TO 16 :READ H(N), L(N), 60 GOSUB 300'BDGD
D(N) :NEXT'GSWP 65 INPUT "YOUR MOVE![SPACE2]
10 POKE 53280, 6 : POKE 53281, 12 WHICH ROW ";I : IF I > 3 THEN
: A = 54272 : POKE A+24, 15'FFQG 60'EHBQ
15 N(l) = 3 : N{2) = 5 : N{3) = 7 70 INPUT "TAKE HOW MANY";J
: GOSUB 300'EVUI : IF J > N(I) THEN 60'EKGL
20 PRINT "[DOWNJTHE OBJECT OF THIS 75 IF J - C THEN 60'DEUK
GAME IS TO FORCE" : PRINT'CBPI 80 INPUT "ARE YOU SURE (Y/N)";AN$
25 PRINT "ME TO TAKE THE LAST : IF AN$ = "" THEN 80'EKKN
REMAINING" : PRINT'CBTM 85 N(I) = N{I) - J'CJSM
30 PRINT "BLOCK.[SPACE2] 90 IF (H{1) <> 0) OR (N(2) <> 0} OR
ON A GIVEN TURN YOU MAY TAKE" (N(3) <> 0) THEN 115'KYYQ
: PRINT'CBBJ 95 PRINT"[CLEAR,DOWNS,RIGHT7]AHA1
35 PRINT "AS MANY BLOCKS [RVS] [SPACE2]GOTCHA!"1BANP
FROM ONE ROW [RVOFF] AS YOU " 100 GOSOB 350'BDLV
: PRINT'CBNP 105 PRINT : PRINT : INPUT "PLAY AGAIN
40 PRINT "WISH, BUT YOU MUST TAKE AT (Y/N}"; AN? : IF ANS = "Y" THEN

58 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 86
Go Ahead, Lose Your
Marbles...

The game that A unique game

drove you crazy at experience that's
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comes home. Same one. Two players
exciting gameplay, race to the goal
same blow-away line, or one player
graphics, sounds races against the
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Fantastic 3-D terrain! are the Ifyou can find It. Just wait UN Marble Madness, the ultimate
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enemies await your every turn. Each level has Iti own "person
Avoid the deadly steel les and ality" and creatures to contend
the pounding hammers. Watch with, as welt ai Its own orig
out for the hungry marbte inal music score. It's not easy
muncheis. Even surf a being a marble - make It to
mechanical wave! the Ultimate Level and you'll
know why.
ELECTRONIC ARTS"

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orders | Pn CA caM flOO-56Z-M12|. The direct price li 129.95 for tn* Commodore version. Amiga version h S4V.9S.Appk. Alar I and IBM verjlon? coming loon. To buy by
mafL lend chetfc or money wdrr to Electronfc Arcj Direct Satei. P.O. Box 7530, San h-J.ur.. CA 94403. Add IS for shipping and handling fS7 Canadian]. Allow 4 weefct foe
delivery. There b 9 14-day, money-back guarantee on direct orden. For a complete product catalog. »entf SO* and 3 Jtflmped, jerf-addrejied envelope to Electronic Art*
Catalog. 1620 Gateway Drive. San Maieo, CAW404. Commodore and Amiga are reglHered Irademarki or Commodore Builnra Maetilnet. Apple h a tegliterfd trarJcmark
of Apple Computer. IBM Is a registered trademark oMntemattonal Butlneii Macnlnei. fnc. Marble Madne»* 1984. 1996 Atari Gamei Corporal Ion and Electronic Am.

Screen iriotj reprewm Commodore 64 version. Otfieri may vary.

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JIFFIES/PICK UP BLOCKS
N(H) = 1 : GOTO
GOT 230'HXKR
15'GMFK 190 IF N(M) = N(H)
J'"\ THEN N(L) = 0
110 END'BACV : GOTO 230'FRTK
115 GOSUB 300 PRINT "MY MOVE" 195 IF (N(M) = 2) AND (N{H) > 3) THEN
: L = 0 : S = 7 : M = 0 N(H) = 3 : GOTO 230'HXPS
: H = 0'GQQK 200 IF (N(M) = 3) AND (N(H) >= 3)
120 FOR I = 1 TO 3 : IF N(I) < S THEN THEN N{H) - 2 : GOTO 230'IXSF
S = N (I) : L = I'I RAG 205 N(M) = N(M) - 1 : GOTO 230'DNOF
125 NEXT' BAEC 210 IF (N(M) = 0) AND (N(H) > 1) THEN
130 FOR I = 1 TO 3 : IF N(I) > S THEN N(H) = 1 : GOTO 230'HXJG
S = N (I) : H = I 'IRTH 215 IF N(M) =1 THEN N (H) =0
135 NEXT : IF H = 0 THEN H = 3 : GOTO 255'FOPI
: M = 2 : GOTO 155'HHOK 220 IF N(M) <> N{H) THEN N(H) = N(M)
140 T = N (1) + N (2) + N(3) - N(L> - : GOTO 230'GUTG
N(H)'FVTG 225 N(M) = N(M) - 1 : GOTO 230'DNOH
145 FOR I = 1 TO 3 : IF (N(I) = T) 230 FOR J = 1
NEXT'EHGC TO 1000 :
AND (IOH) AND (IOL) THEN H - 235 IF N (H) <> 0 THEN 255'
5'SIWI
Ell
I'KVAR 240 PRINT"[CLEAR,DOWN8]WELL,
150 NEXT'BAEA YOU DID IT!"'BAOG
155 IF N(L) = 1 THEN 185'DIHI 245 PRINT : PRINT "YOU BEAT ME FAIR
160 IF N(L) = 0 THEN 210'DIUE AND SQUARE!"'CBEN
165 IF N(M) = N(H) THEM N(L) - 0 250 GOSUB 400 : GOTO 105'CHVD
: GOTO 230'FRTM 255 FOR J = 1 TO 1000 : NEXT
170 IF N(L) = N(«) THEN N(H) = 0 : GOTO 60'FKWK
: GOTO 255'FRBI 300 PRINT "[GRAY3,CLEAR,DOWN5]"'BAEY
[
175 IF (N(L) = 2) AND {N(M) = 3) THEN 305 FOR I = 1 TO 3 : PRINT l".[RIGHT4
N(H) = 1 : GOTO 230'HXSQ 11; 'EGAG
180 N(L) = N(L) - 1 : GOTO 230'DNMH 310 IF (1(1)
N(I) ==00 THEN 325'DIYB
185 IF (N{M) = 1) AND (N(H) > 1) THEN 315 FOR K = 1 TO N(I)'DGIG
320 PRINT "[RVS] [RVOFF,RIGHT]";
NEXT'CCN
: NEXT'CCNB
325 PRINT'BACE
330 PRINT : NEXT
NEX : PRINT : PRINT'EDAC

.A. 335 RETURN'BAQF

350 POKE A+5,, 9 POKE A+6, 0'EJFG
YOU ARE EMPEROR? You rule a growing empire and control a fleel of ■ 355
battleships You have rjowerh but you need mo't Across (ha black voids of '
FOR N = 6 TO 16 : POKE A,UN)
apace there ^ another empire Though strong in its o*n rig hi, It It]
obviously inferior. The lust Tor complete control will not be quelled until the ■
: POKE A+1,H(N) POKE A+4,
nearby menace is crushed. 17'IAKR
Can you do it!?
YOU MUST1!1
360 FOR T = 1 TO D(N) : NEXT T'EIDH
GovpIoBym Industrie* proudly presents: 365 POKE A+4, 16 : FOR T = 1 TO 10
STAR EMPIRE! : NEXT : NEXT'HHIO
A Iwo-plnyor strangle wprgamo for Iha Commodore 64 \ .
A game of luck. skill, guts and greed!'
370 RETURN'BAQE
STAR EMPIRE la easily among I he besi adveniure comb At games written, 400 POKE A+5, 9 : POKE A+6, 0'EJFC
period1! Garnet can be played fast or slow, with or withaui time Jim It, and
stored in m d stream. Colorful am ma lion highlights the sopfusticated contest 405 FOR N = 0 TO 5 : POKE A,L(N)
of wills. C.in .; ■. ., ..:iDusbloodthir5tines5"?! No typing skills, pnntflr,
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shoot--em-up. word puzrle maze, or riddle. . .
33'IYCN
ThiB ib a computer GAMEIT Thi* 14 THE computer game1!'
410 FOR T = 1 TO D(NJ : NEXT T'EIDD
STAR EMPIRE
MOW ONLY S29.SO
415 POKE A+4, 32 : FOR T = 1 TO 10
And chack out Iftaia gremt multlptogtarn dtrcx. : NEXT : NEXT'HMGK
s«cn up lo ISO kllobttms ol Dml p'oormm%]
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From Big Blue Reader

to Tass Times in Tone Town
I t's been a very busy month. I spent some conveys their personalities. There can be Sketch, Billboard Maker, Computer
time down in the Los Angeles area, attending one- or uwo-player games. Epyx would not be Eyes, Animation Station, Blazing
OutrAegis '86, an event sponsored tiy Aegis specific regarding the other titles in this Paddles, The Newsroom, PrintMaster,
Development. It was the shining lights of series, but possibilities included basketball, plus the old standbys Cad Pak, Doodle! and
Amiga development: lots of demonstrations, volleyball and soccer. Flexidraw. Using Graphics Integrator II
talks, product discussions, video tapes and all I've also had a chance to use the new Epyx you can convert files from one format to
with high levels of excitement. Aegis 500XJ high-performance joystick. In play- another. You can also merge graphics files
introduced Impact, a business graphics testing, this sculpted joystick gave into word processors.
program, and also announced their entry consistently higher scores than traditional Inkwell will also be producing a line of clip
into the CD ROM field. They will design designs. It uses microswitches instead of leaf art called Graphics Galleria. The first four in
development tools using the Amiga as a switches. These make an audible click that the series will be Maps of the World,
simulator. gives more precise control. Epyx guarantees Holiday Themes, Borders &• Signs, and
I also got to meet several members of the the Joystick for five years. The only drawback Potpourri. Each disk will be double sided,
Southern California Amiga Network is that it can only be held in the left hand. with one side in Flexidraw format and the
(SCAN). This is an affiliation of several Epyx will also he introducing a series of other side in Doodle! format. Each side will
Southern California Amiga user's groups, clip art disks in The Print Shop format. The contain 15 screens of images.
They produce a very slick newsletter called images will be licensedunder the same PrismSoftware has several new offerings
"Scanlines." I was impressed by their level of agreements that Epyx has used to create for the 64 and 128. They are working on a
expertise and dedication. several of their games. Check out the titles wrestling game for the 64 that will be out by
My vote for the most innovative and useful and you'll get the idea. the end of the year, and they have signed Dick
program this month goes to The Big Blue Late breaking news from Epyx: Charles Immers to write a book on his knowledge of
Reader from S.O.G.W.A.P. Software. In a Brannon has taken a position as Associate Commodore DOS.
nutshell, this program reads and writes MS- Project Manager. Does this mean we will be Prism is one of the first companies to
DOS ASCII flies on your 1S8 and 1571. Wo, it seeing a word processor from Epyx? Only produce a chip for the open socket in the 128.
doesn't run MS-DOS software; it converts time will tell. The chip contains a terminal program, a
ASCII files to Commodore DOS format. This is NewTek, the creators of Digi-View, has word processing program, improved access
not a bare-bones utility, but a well-designed, released an upgrade software disk for their to the 1700 and 1750 RAM packs, and
menu-driven program with enough video digitizer for the Amiga. Among other additions to BASIC 7.0.
intelligence to recognize what type of disk is things, it includes a new routine for creating They are also working on a new operating
in the drive at any time. Hold and Modify images that dramatically system for the 128 that will use a graphical
It reads directories, including date and improves then1 apparent resolution. They interface of menus, icons and a mouse.
time stamp info, file size and type. Y°u can have also created a motorized control for the Applications supporting this operating
convert files, display them on the screen, or color filter wheel that is needed with their system will include paint, term and word
send them to a printer. Conversion from hardware, It uses a servo motor to turn the processing. They have a novel plan to allow
standard to Commodore ASCII and back is wheel and plugs into the second mouse port. users to copy the operating system onto
supported. It will also format disks in MS- NewTek is also releasing software for the extra tracks on any Commodore disk (tracks
DOS format, The manual is well written and creation of video special effects and image 36-40) so that it does not interfere with any
easy to follow. If you have any need to move processing. Effects include rotating an image existing software. Sounds interesting.
files back and forth from the MS-DOS world in real ;ime. wrapping a 2D image onto a Aetivision has been releasing some
to the CBM world, this program is a must. sphere and rotating the sphere, scrolling an unique software lately. Little People turns
Epyx is starting a new line of games for image around on the screen, and "page your computer into a home for friends of
the Commodore 64 called Street Sports. The turning" an image. Randy Newman, while Alter Ego is a role-
first is Street Baseball. This Is not a There are now not one, not two, but three playing simulation where you can act out
simulation of professional sports, but a rag software companies developing Hold and your fantasies in the safety of your own
tag collection of local kids playing on the Modify paint programs for the Amiga. Ill home. And now, Tass Times in Tonetown.
local park diamond. Each player has their have details on at least one in the next Tass Times is an Illustrated adventure for
own quirks. One may be a good fielder, but a column. Here's a hint: R. J. Mical, who the 64 and the Amiga. Here's the story line:
not-so-hot batter. Another may not play well designed the Amiga's operating system "Gramps has disappeared Into another
at all, but owns the ball and bat. The diamond (Intuition), is involved in the design of one dimension, and all that's left behind is a
may have rough spots, trash on the field, and package. cryptic message and a receipt for an anchovy
an old rag for third base. Inkwell Systems will release the and pepperoni pizza...Your search takes you
The game is laid out on a split screen, half Graphics Integrator II for the 64. They've on an intra-dimensional vacation to
devoted to a view of the entire field and the added a few new programs to the supported Tonetown ...filled with an assortment of
other half to a close-up of the action. The format list. At the top of the list is GEOS, snousers, doods, and tass cits.'"
players are shown in detail that better followed by The Print Shop, Koala, Super Westcom Industries has released Amiga

62 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
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Disk Pile Organizer (ADFO). This is a file
and disk directory manager that builds a data
base of which programs are on what disks. It
keeps track of the name, size, last change
date, and Ml pathname of each file on every
disk, The data base is updated automatically
just by inserting the disk to be added into the
disk drive. You can keep track of program
locations, and get lists of disk names,
directories and file names. Any information
«SS can be sent to a printer.
Considering that there are over 30 Fish
disks, 40 or so Phase4 disks, 20 or so Hot Mix
disks, and who knows how many more public
domain disks from other sources, not to
mention data files from word processors,
spreadsheets and date bases, this program
has made it much easier to keep track of
where everything is. The latest version
(1.20) supports alphabetized sorting as well.
The guiding light at Vfestcom, Dan West is
*.' ■ w* ^,
working on a hard disk back-up utility for
that Amiga. He feels that such a program is
5o on an essential tool when using hard disks. I
agree.
I've been told that there is at least one new
"9o product released every day in the Commodore
market. Keeping track of new products, new
tricks and techniques for using your
computer, and still having time to enjoy
WW II GATO-Class Submarine Simulation these new products is tough. Columns like
this attempt to keep you as up to date as
3-D Graphics with Sound possible.
Here are three other sources of
information for your Amiga. The first is
Jumpdisk, a monthly magazine on a disk by
Jumpdisk. This magazine runs under
AmigaBASIC, and usually has about 20
programs that you can run, list and modify.
It also has about 20K of articles that you can
read. The latest issue has a very clever point-
and-read display.
Next is Amigazine! from Digital
FUEL 397 O 0 Publishing. This is also a disk-based
magazine, It runs from Workbench, and all of
the programs on it are C-based with icons.
;7 CHARGING There are also quite a few articles.
TORPEDOES The third is Envisage from Chestnut
Computer Graphics & Sound. This is a five
DEPTH SPEED HEflDING
component product; a monthly magazine
POWO ID) LSEI-j DflMflGEQ SCOPE(t) called Icon; a cassette tape of music created
by the Amiga called Crescendo!; a set of
IDMVenion glossy photos of Amiga art called The Light
Gallery; a tri-annual catalog of Amiga
Available for Apple lle/e, Macintosh, IDM PC Series
hardware and software products called
(Includes PCjr,), Commodore 64 6126, Amiga, and Atari St Cornucopia; and a BBS dedicated to Amiga
programs and information called Matrix 7.
SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE, INC., 10.1(1 Wulnur.Suite02S,Boulder.CO 00302 (303)440-0191.Macintosh
it o tradwnork licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. IDM. Apple, and Commodore 64 & 120 are regb- Each of these magazines are available by
lered trademarks of International Dudneu Machines Corp.. Apple Computer, Inc., and Commodore subscription, and Jumpdisk is available in
Electronic!, Ltd. reipectively. Atari 6 ST ore registered trademarki of Atari Corporation. Amiga ii a some retail stores.
reglitered tradematti of Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Continued <"i /<«. ih(i

64 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER "86
Buyers
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A Reclgate Publication November/December. 1986

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Edit/ Post of Journal Kntries 12 months of prior balance info
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The Contents
Amiga
Buyer's
Feature Article:
Guide Amiga Hardware Roundup 82
Editor & Publisher; Ted Leonsis
Managing Editor; Thomas K. Kempt
Creative Director; Murk S. Ballurd
Art Director: Patricia N. Walker
Associate Editor: Lori Tracy Product Reviews:
Assistant Editor: I'nulclte Siclari
Quality Control Manager: Ron Errelt Aegis Draw _70
Copy Editor: Pat Little The Halley Project _ 71
Intellectual Software. .75
Director Of Manufacturing:
Deborah .1. Graves Seven Cities Of Gold 76
Typesetting Operations; VIP Professional 78
Wendy L. McCloud;
Kaihaleen S. Koss

Product Directory:
Director Of Circulation: Joseph Sparano
Circulation Assistant: Sandi Byrd Business And Professional Software
Accounting 92
Advertising Sales; Warren Langer:
Spencer O. Smith) Warren LanytT Business Grapliics__ 92
Associates, B320 Northwest 2nd St., Coral CommnnicaUonK . 92
Springs, Fia. STOItf, ;ti)S-7f)3-4l24
Creative _94
Client Services/Advertising Sales;
Sandy Van Salisbury 305-231-6901 Database 96
Response Services; Tammy Smith Integrated 97
Miscellaneous Management 97
Redgate
Programming 97
Communications Specific Application.
Corporation Spreadsheets 100
('resident; Ted Lcnnsis .100
Utilities
Executive Vice President;
Alfred J. Mandel Word Processing. .103
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer:
Jeff Parsons
Personal And Home Software
Directors Of Account Services; Jeff Lea;
Diane Stale? Education .103
Account Management: John Campione; Games And Entertainment _ 105
Penny Schneck; Betty Clark 107
Personal And Home Finance
Assistant 1b The President;
Donna M. I'hilo Other Software 107
Director Of Finance; Nancy A. Birt Publications. .108
Comptroller: Conrad Smith
Credit And Collections Manager: 108
Melinda K. Jones
Hardware And Peripherals
Other Editorial Manage men!:
I'nul Plnellas Nan Ilcrliliy Accessories 110
Receptionist: Karen K. Lindsey
Hooks .110
Cover Photography by:
Kob Downey; Melbourne, Florida
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iriL-linlinj:; liar Chartsi'-Lme Churls Area Cnarts;
caireo star charts <>r scientific charts), and Pit- Charts. 1
; charts can he- Htackcd, overlapping horizontal. or displayed in
e;mbeexplodcdofdisplayedin3D, \i)u may choose colors, patterns, and reverse
axis polarity. You may specify various X axis sfcp rales and each graph can be
resized, Graphs cai
TRBtt BUIIDCH: IMPACT includes a specialize^
t'hifrt!1 anf' tlirfps 'f'lii- i-ititur. im-1i'irlr<; nmllinif* lit
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ol kcclanglcs, Qridsnap, and freehand draw. Up to
enforsfout of a possible 4096) can be used along w.
If) mosaic patterns. All slides are created usinc.640 x- 2i)
resolution. I;ull editing of each slide is allowed, in"1'
Copy. Add. Delete. Move, Resize, and Explode.
SLIDCSHOU}: Combine Midcsimoa graphics presentation us
the Slideshow builder. Many types of special effects arc iivaiiablc.iri-
cludinj; Wipe Rijjht.Wipc Lvit, Wipe Up.Wipe Down, Spiral In.Spir;i
Fade In, FadeO^t, RaiKlora.andTricfele. When creating the slidcrsfinw:.
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Reviews

Aegis Draw
CAD drawing
package
512K Amiga; external drive.
In being first to market with a
computer-aided design (CAD)
package for the Amiga, Aegis
may well anise competitors to
rethink the programs they have
under development. Although
pricing and ease of use would
seem to position Draw as an
entry-level CAD program, the
capabilities it contains elevate it to
a much higher and, therefore,
more serious level.
For those not familiar with the
concept of computer-aided design
we'll point out that Draw is not a Aegis Draw from Aegis Development
painting program such as Aegis Im
ages or Graphicraft. CAD packages ders are rulers. These can also be Because Draw was constructed
are for making finely detailed turned off or changed from metric to conform to the Amiga's intui
drawings such as schematics, to English measurement systems. tive user environment, you work
blueprints, charts and designs. As Because of the grid, drawing within a window that can be sized
such, they are of paramount in tools can be made to behave and moved, similar to the win
terest to designers, architects, en differently than what you're prob dows on the Workbench. Dratv
gineers, draftsmen, students and ably accustomed to; with the grid also supports multiple windows.
to those of us who want to know and Grid Snap on, you draw a With 512K of RAM. however, the
what CAD is all about. square by selecting Square from limit is two.
After booting from the Work the Tools menu. As with a paint When using windows, it's possi
bench, the pull-down menus, op ing program, move your cursor to ble to keep your original drawing,
tions and tools of Draw may make the starting point, hold down the assuming it's a floor plan, in one
it appear to be a painting pro left mouse button, then drag the window. In the second window
gram. It is easy to use, but don't mouse to open the square to the you could work on a clone of that
let the seeming familiarity fool size you need. drawing, trying modifications or
you. Early in its outstanding Grid Snap causes the sides and perhaps adding wiring diagrams.
documentation, and at intervals corners of yotir square to corre Draw also allows for layering. In
thereafter, it is stressed that what spond to the nearest grid lines our example, the floor plan would
you see on your monitor screen is and intersections, allowing for a be the first layer. Over it, using
not your actual drawing, only a neater drawing that is closer to another color for clarity, we could
representation. Your actual draw scale. layer the wiring diagrams and,
ing is the hard copy you will For scaling, there is another over that, the plumbing. A pop-up
eventually make with your printer tool you'll find useful. When Requestor window tells you which
or plotter. you've drawn your square, go layer is currently active and al
If, as an example, you draw a back to the Tools menu and select lows you to change to another lay
square using triple-width lines, Measure. Position your cursor at er, if desired. In this way, you
the vertical lines will be slimmer the beginning of one side of your could load in a complete drawing
than the horizontal lines. This is square and drag it to the end of and modify the electrical layer
due to the shape of the pixels that line. A faint "ghost line" ap without disturbing either the ba
created by the Amiga. If your pears, aiding in accurate position sic plan below it or the plumbing
drawing is sent to a plotter, the ing. Now click the left mouse diagram above it. If you can find
lines will be of equal thickness. button, and the length of the line enough things to add to your
The default screen for Draw dis you measured is displayed in fa plan, Draw will support up to 256
plays a grid that may be turned miliar blueprint style: layers.
off. At the left and bottom bor- -«— - 40' 9" »- The information for your draw-

70 November/December 1986
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ings is held in a kind of database. drawing of Earth as seen from

In our first example, to keep space. In stages, you could zoom The Halley
things simple, the square of a rec
ord and the field of that record
in to view continents, countries,
cities, houses and the license plate
Project: A
contain information on the sides on the car sitting in your drive Mission In Our
and center of the square. way. Given enough memory, this
What this really means is that is entirely possible. Solar System
shapes created with Draw can be For a hard copy of your
relocated on screen by dragging drawings, a plotter is best because Educational game
them with the mouse. In dragging it can provide a larger image that 256K Amiga,
the square, you have, in effect, most printers. Draw will support The first thing you should know
edited the field pertaining to the any plotter, and easy-to-follow about The Halley Project is that it
center of the square in relation to driver routines are listed in the has little to do with the recent
the Cartesian coordinates of the documentation. Because plotters visit of Halley's comet. Because it
screen. But you don't have to work slowly, choosing Plot from is not topical, in fact, interest and
think about this. The program the menu causes your drawing to excitement generated by the game
does that for you. be written to disk in a plotter file. should last for a long time to come.
Draw recognizes a shape in Because of Amiga's multitasking The second thing to know is
the same way that a word pro capabilities, the actual plotting that The Halley Project was created
cessor recognizes a word or a will not tie up your computer and by Tom Snyder and produced by
paragraph. For this reason, it you can begin to create your next Mindscape. Snyder believes the
is possible to cut, copy, paste drawing. output of a computer should have
and delete your drawings. If you While a plotter accepts your lasting value, and Mindscape is
want to think of Draw as an total drawing, a printer uses responsible for the dazzling Amiga
image processor, you're probably only that portion showing on Tutorial. Together they have creat
right. screen, in the manner of a screen ed one of the best games of the
No feature of Draw is more dump. To print the entire year, complete with stunning
spectacular than its Zoom option. drawing and to render all its fine graphics, demands upon new
Using this option, you can detail, it is recommended that reflexes and, underneath it all,
enlarge any part of a drawing drawings to be printed be en some very painless education.
and see it in its proper propor larged with the Zoom feature. In The program's title screens ap
tions. Unlike the Fat Bits feature this way, portions are printed pear after booting, looking as if
of painting programs, a fine line separately. They can then be past they were produced for a motion
enlarged iil) times is still a ed together to form a detailed picture. As credits appear against
fine line. whole. a field of rushing stars, your Ami
To illustrate, add a filing cabinet The possibilities of using Draw ga begins to sing to you. Though
to your floor plan. Then, using seem almost endless. The the digitized sound is not excep
Zoom, enlarge only the cabinet. examples given here represent tionally clear at this point and
From the menu, select Text, things I have done and things none of the sounds take advan
create a label that says "Past suggested in the documentation. tage of the stereo capability of the
Due" and paste it on the cabinet. Your own imagination and the Amiga, it is a nice surprise.
Now zoom out, either in stages or needs of your craft or profession Playing the enclosed cassette
to the full extent of the drawing. will undoubtedly suggest more. tape gives you the details of your
If you look very closely, you'll see Although it seems to have been mission, or you can read them off
your label represented—though positioned as an entry-level CAD the screen. There are 10 missions
unreadable—exactly where you package, we find Draw to be a in all, each more difficult than the
placed it. true heavyweight, containing most last. The object is to accomplish
What can you do with an of the features found in AutoCAD each one in the least possible
unreadable label? Remember what and VersaCAD for MS-DOS amount of time.
was said earlier: This is only a computers—at a fraction of their On your first mission, you blast
representation of the actual prices. off from your base on Comet Hal
drawing. Printed or plotted to the —En>i>i Bobo ley, navigate to Earth, make a
proper scale, the smallest details $199.95 retail landing and then return to base.
in your drawing will be clear and Aegis Development; 2210 While this may seem simple, it is
sharp. Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 277: Santa not. The Halley Project simulates
There are almost no limits to Monica, Calif. 90403: our solar system in great detail,
the Zoom feature. Imagine a 213-392-9972 and nothing you learned in Space

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Invaders or Defender is going lo be grow until it becomes a blue must now return to Comet Halley.
of any help lo you. sphere. The moving dot near il is This is much easier, since you
As the mission begins, your the moon. merely locale it and fly to il.
control panel shows elapsed time, At this stage, the mechanics of There are no involved landing
speed and distance lo target. The orbital motion come into play. procedures, and, once back, you
panel, which is fully operational, Earth is either advancing or may depart on another mission.
can be activated by using the receding, relative to your position. Other missions will not be as
mouse, and all its switches and In addition, it will go through simple as the first one, and they
levers really work. Click on the phases of illumination as it orbits must be flown in order. The only
speed lever while in high thrust. the sun. Sometimes the Garth is exception is reflying a mission
It will move to the low position. only a faint shadow against the that has already been completed.
Click on either the left or right blackness of space. As you come You may be told to land on a
direction, and the corresponding closer, relative motion increases. planet that has no atmosphere, on
switch moves. You'll have to be quick with your a planet that has no moons or on
To find your exact location, speed controls to avoid having the a moon that has no atmosphere.
click on radar. The screen planet whip by you. Information necessary to define
changes and shows you an over Because each planet has a your larget will not be found in
head view of the solar system. different mass and gravity, and the documentation. We consider
You are in the center. Other visi since the program takes those fac this a plus factor. Any game that
ble objects are the sun and tors into account, there is no land sends you to the encyclopedia to
planets. For your first mission, ing procedure that will work for further your fun is worth having,
you have to know that Earth is every mission. Your orbital veloci and in navigating by the constella
the third planet from the sun. Us ty and altitude will vary with tions you will soon be able to
ing the Zoom feature, you expand each planet. Fortunately, you are identify the real things.
the solar system until your target given opportunities to refly any of All motions of objects within
is at the edge of the circular the missions in order to improve our solar system are correct, as
screen. This allows your on-board your time. indicated by their phases of illu
computer to show the distance in As you reach the point of orbit mination and darkness, by the
kilometers and in which constella al insertion, you hear the strum transit of the moon across Earth
tion your target now resides. ming of a guitar. This is an incon or the Earth across the sun, and
Navigation is based on the con gruous sound, very much out of all distances are to scale. Once
stellations. To help you, there is an place on the command deck of a you've made a trip to Earth, you'll
overlay strip showing star patterns. space ship. Almost any other au be amazed at how long it takes to
Match the necessary constellation dible clue would have been better. get to other planets.
on the strip with the view through To land, you must orbit until We recommend this game high
your port. The extra point of light, you are over a base, signaled by a ly. The Halley Project is fun for any
always in ihe center of the view loud beep. At that moment, click one over the age of 10 and
port, will be your larget. on the land switch. educational as well. Once you've
Because time is important, If you land successfully, you'll completed all its missions, turning
you'll have to decide whether to receive a message telling you your in your best times becomes the
cruise normally—up to 300,000 mission was accomplished. You'll major challenge. You may mail
kilometers per second—or to use also be given your elapsed time. these scores to Mindscape. Those
translight speeds. Faster than This time will be posted on a with the shortest completion times
light, distance traveled shows up main Scoreboard, along with become competitors in a contest.
on your main screen while Klax scores of other missions. First prize is a trip to Walt Dis
ons sound, rockets roar and a On your view screen, you'll see ney's Epcot Center in Florida.
kaleidoscope of color sweeps by. a landscape that is representative Almost as exciting is learning
You'll have to be quick leaving of your target. These landscapes that The Halky Project is actually a
translight mode, however. If not, are not fanciful drawings, but su qualifying run. Upon receipt of
you'll overshoot your target and perb renditions based on the your best scores. Mindscape will
have to find it again. latest photos and theories. These inform you of the prime mission!
Once close lo ihe target, it is views, as well as that of the con —Ervin Bobo
identified on a message strip. trol panel, are reason enough to $44.95 retail
This identification persists only as pull out the superlatives and liken Mindscape, Inc.; 3444 Dundee
long as you keep the target cen the graphics to those found in the Rd.; Northbrook. 111. 60062;
tered on your screen. In the case Amiga Tutorial. 800-221-9884 or 800-942-7315
of Earth, the planet will gradually To complete your mission, you in 111.

74 November/December 198(>
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Intellectual
Software [ faalwies nay also be based en cause and effect relationships. Fop
exwle, tlic- >:■-■< ;:s Iiit : hurt' can be seen as having a cause.and effect
Educational aids t A pair of HFds wii is aalapss ta Bit : 3na?t amid be
for Amiga users >aise : eiiHHFage." If sgb praise sssflfie, it my have the effect of
KtMaraffing then.
256K Amiga.
The educational software cate
1, Hhicb of the followns is an example of a cause and effect
relationship?
gory for the Amiga is growing.
The most comprehensive selection (A) snart : stapid
of educations] packages we've (E) se&tiw ; sleep
found is the series from Intellec (C) qaestiea : ask
tual Software, a division of 0) hit : strike
(D night ; day
Queue, Inc. in Bridgeport, Conn.
The programs we reviewed con
sist only of text on screen and use
none of the Amiga's amazing
graphic capabilities. Although the
aim of educational software is to
educate, not entertain, some en Analogies I from Intellectual Software
tertaining aspects might be wel
come. After all, making learning The best things about the entire expresses a similar relationship.
fun is something the Amiga does series arc its variety and con Such rarely used words as olfac-
very well. Finding no graphics in sistency. A student need only tion, sycophant and ascerbic are
this series was a disappointment, learn how to use one program to used in the exercises, so students
because the machine has great be able to test or develop skills in are able to increase vocabulary
potential in the classroom, where a variety of subject areas. skills as well as test their abilities
pop and flash can hold a child's We selected three programs for to determine the relationships be
attention longer than simply text review that we feel are represen tween words. This program
on screen. tative of the entire series: Analo should be good preparation for
Otherwise, the programs were gies 1, French Grammar I and taking the SAT.
fine. A subseries of programs to World Geography Adventure IV: Asia. Analogies I is organized into 10
use as SAT (Scholastic Apptilude Analogies I lesson modules and includes about
Test) study aids was especially An analogy is the expression of 60 analogies.
good, and the questions were a relationship between things that S65 retail: two disks
challenging. According to the are otherwise dissimilar. Analo French Grammar I
vendor, research has shown that gies are often used to test general French Grammar I is designed
most students benefit appreciably knowledge and the ability to see specifically for students who have
by following the procedure used connections and similarities be had only one year of French.
in the series. That procedure tween words. Since words fre Even so, it is simple enough for
consists of learning a systematic quently have more than one use by students who haven't stud
approach to answering each connotation, analogy problems re ied French, as long as they've
kind of question and practicing quire flexibility of word usage and studied another foreign language.
with numerous sample items recognition. If you haven't studied French but
modeled on those found in the Analogies I, one of the programs are bilingual, you may still be
actual SAT. in the SAT preparation suhseries, able to get through French
The programs are serious in na leads students through a step-by- Gramniar I.
ture and designed for particular step process for solving analogy French Grammar I includes 10
applications. There are 33 titles- problems. The program requires lesson modules. Topics covered
ranging from Reading Adventure I, that students solve each analogy are: Gender of Nouns I and II;
for elementary school students, to in two steps: by selecting the Gender and Number; Plural of
Skirting A New Business, for "formula sentence" that best Nouns; Nouns and Articles; Defi
adults. Language programs in expresses the relationship be nite Articles; Prepositions; Avoir
clude several levels of French and tween two key words, and by- and Eire; Idioms with Avoir; and
Spanish. (See complete listing on selecting the word pair among II est, C'est.
page 105). the answer choices that best S34.95 retail

The Amiga Buyer's Guide 75

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World Geography Adventure

IV: Asia Seven Cities your joystick* (or the keyboard) to
move the selecting highlight to
In World Geography Adventure
IV, students explore Asia on a
Of Gold "Make a Historical Map Disk,"
press the joystick button and fol
treasure hunt, earning points
by correctly answering geogra
Adventure game low the directions. You're ready to
begin your search for the Seven
phy questions. The more ques 256K Amiga. Cities of Gold.
tions the students answer Seven Cities Of Gold is just the All you need now is the funding
correctly, the more treasures kind of game that you can lose and equipment to carry out your
they find. yourself in, literally. In fact, you quest. Of course, you need an au
The program is structured to can even lose your life if you Ye dience with the king and queen,
encourage students to play the not careful. and this is where playing the
game repeatedly. Answers to You begin the game by putting game begins. You have four
questions are not included in yourself in the place of a 15th choices of skill level: observer
the program or manual, and the century Spanish explorer with one (demo), novice, journeyman and
only way to go back to a question goal in life: to find the fabled Sev master. It's really not necessary to
and try again is to play the en Cities of Gold. Your obsession choose the observer level; it's
game again. The vendor main witli these seven kingdoms began, much better to jump right into the
tains that students are more according to the manual, when an game and choose novice. Other
likely to remember the facts old waterfront seaman told you wise you won't get a royal au
presented in the program if the tale of seven bishops: "Chris dience, and you get automatic
they discover the correct an tian men who had been blown far funding for your expedition.
swers themselves, using a ma]), off course into an unknown realm Now that you've got the back
alias, other reference books or and who established seven king ing of the court, your next stop in
through discussions with other doms whose splendor ranked with Europe is The Outfitters. Food is
students. the reign of Solomon." bought and bartered for in rela
This may be true in a classroom Before you can begin your tion to the number of men in your
situation, but not having the quest, you need to take care of a expedition. First decide how many
correct answers for home use is few minor housekeeping duties. men you want, then how much
frustrating. A child may not have It's necessary to create a Histori food to take along. Experiment
access to the resources available cal Map Disk to record your trav with the two quantities at first.
in a classroom when using the els. After using Kickstart, just Take as much food as you can;
program at home. Though each insert the Seven Cities disk into you'll need it for long expeditions
incorrect answer branches to an your Amiga's disk drive. When on land. Be careful about the
explanation of why the answer is the program finishes loading, use amount of goods you take. Too
incorrect, an optional feature
that would allow students to go
back and try again without
restarting the game is sorely
needed. OPfi. - 1*92
The program focuses on 41 ion is aeoauB 4 ships,

countries in Asia and consists

of 41 short chapters. Each
chapter includes one to five
J OO
multiple-choice questions
on the country being explored.
The countries include Af
ghanistan, Bhutan, Indonesia,
Kampuchea, Oman, Saudi Arabia,
Sri Lanka, the Soviet Union and
Yemen. speeo: tiOLF

—Lori Tracy
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many goods will overload your leave your home port makes the imagination take the tiller.
men, but you don't want to run game more fun. Decide before —Lori Tracy
short when it comes time to trade you leave whether you are the $39.95 retail
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leave port, make note of where establishing forts or missions after 'We used a Mouse Stick joystick
you are and in which direction conquering or trading with the and mouse interface, made by
you're heading. Choosing the natives. Video 7. If you choose this type
View Map option gives you your I decided 1 was a merchant/ of joystick, make sure you plug it
present position. The Amiga trader type. Unfortunately, my into the Amiga's mouse port.
makes maps for you as you go, men and I ran out of food during
and it's wise to check them fre our first expedition in the new
quently. It's also useful lo make
notes as you lead expeditions
world. The last words I heard be
fore I expired from starvation
VIP
on land.
lie careful how you moor your
were, "Sir, you are the last to
survive."
Professional
ships when you reach land. It's The next time I thought I'd be Integrated
easy to destroy them by running smart and take as much food as I
aground. As your expedition could. Unfortunately, this meant I spreadsheet,
moves over the land, look for vil
lages. A code on the back of the
could lake very few goods. When
I finally located the chief of the
database, graphics
manual tells you what to expect first village (an Aztec city) I en 512K Amiga.
from inhabitants. For example, a countered, all he said was, "No If I were to describe VIP Profes
pink symbol represents a city- trade." I did manage to find some sional in a single sentence, I'd
stale confederation and an agricul gold, however, so I fell the quest have to say that it is like Lotus
tural economy. These clues are wasn't a total loss. 1-2-3 with color. The emulation is
only visible to novices. I returned to Europe to find so complete that any of the
If your goal is trade rather than cheering crowds eager to hear my numerous books on the applica
conquest, you must deal directly tales of the new world. I stopped tions of 1-2-3 will apply to VIP—
with the chief, but you have to at my home to study the maps I'd including the keystrokes—giving
lint! him first. If you are lucky created and at the pub lo record Amiga owners access to the work
enough to find him, make sure my maps and discoveries. Wise ings of the most popular piece of
you have enough goods or gold to conquistadors are advised to stop productivity software.
trade. 1 don't know how many at the pub after every' trip or else VIP, like 1-2-3, is a combination
limes I wandered around a village lose all the maps and discoveries spreadsheet, database and graph
looking for the chief, only to find made up lo that point. ing utility. Put your labels and
i didn't have enough goods once I I also Stopped at court for numbers on the spreadsheet,
finally located him. recognition of my accomplish manipulate the numbers according
If you run across a gold mine, ments. Unfortunately, the con to dozens of math and business
get as much gold as you can. sensus at court was that my formulas, sort them on any field,
Load your men up with as much performance was poor. If I had then turn the numbers into one of
as they can carry and stash the done well, I might have been giv several business graphs.
rest for retrieval on a later expedi en a title. If that sounds like a lot for one
tion. Make sure you carefully note All in all, I found Seven Cities Of program to do, it is. This is why it
where (latitude, etc.) you put it. Gold to be an entertaining game, requires 512K and why you are
Remember, your goal is lo find and the Amiga's graphics really left with a work sheet of about
your way back to useful places enhance the game experience. 60K. Now (iOK is enough for a
and avoid dangerous ones. This Like many adventure games, it large work sheet, but whether you
might be a good time to return to takes a bit of playing to become actually are able to use that much
Europe. If you feel adventurous, skilled enough to take advantage depends on how you load the pro
however, continue your search on of all the features and avoid bore gram. If you use more than one
land. If you meet natives, this dom. Even novice explorers, how external drive, disconnect it. Then,
time you'll have plenty of loot lo ever, will find plenty to keep them after using the Workbench to set
impress the chief. occupied, as long as they carry Preferences, be sure to close the
Formulating goals, such as out their quests with an explorer's window before opening VIP.
trade or conquest, before you spirit. Just set sail and let your Although VIP features an

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quirements preclude multitasking,
The program's documentation
recommends expanding RAM to
at least 1 megabyte (MB), and
both the Tecmar and Cardco
memory-expansion units have
been tested and work well. With
the Cardco interface, VIP supports
up to SMB.
After booting, you're presented
with a work sheet having columns
designed by letters and rows by
numbers. Combined, these coor
dinates indicate the absolute ad
dress of any cell on the sheet; Al
is the cell in the top left corner,
and one step to the right is Bl.
Move the cursor down and you
are at B2. In all, VIP allows you
to create work sheets of up to YIP Professional from VIP Techno logics
8,192 rows and 256 columns, giv
ing you a possibility of more than
2 million cells, with sufficient business. Tor example, "<g> OK, you've sped through the cre
memory, of course. 8um(BX..B12)" would add the ation of a work sheet and now you
Just above the work sheet, an numbers in the range specified want to turn the numerical infor
information block keeps you and present you with a total mation into a graph. Once again,
current as to where your cursor in the cell you used to enter the menus and submenus lead you
resides, and any information formula. A formula can be abso through all the choices: type of
you type into a cell is displayed lute, pertaining to only one graph, range of the work sheet for
in that block until you enter range, or relative, performing labeling and range or ranges of
it by pressing Return or the cur the same operation on many numbers to lx' included in the
sor key. ranges. graph. VIP can give you all kinds
That block also displays menu In addition, VIP supports the of graphs: line, bar, stacked-bar,
choices and a brief explanation of creation of macros and gives you pie, etc.—whatever best expresses
each item in the menu. Press "/" quite a bit of documentation on the information you wish to convey.
at any point and the main menu the subject. Because macros have If you want to make a
appears. The cursor is found rest almost attained the status of presentation-quality graph, you
ing on the Work-sheet entry, and programming languages and be may save your information to a
just below it you are told that this cause there are many good books graph file, load the Gmphprint
selection invokes work-sheet com on the subject, we'll simply note module and call up the graph file.
mands. Select it by pressing Re that macros are similar to batch It is only in Greipliprin! that you
turn. The menu changes to show files or programmed function actually use your Amiga controls.
the commands you can use and keys. Using macros, it is possible (Remember. 1-2-3 was not made
the results of each command. Be to set up a formula you may need for a mouse.) By using the mouse
cause the menus and submenus to repeat or to set up a series of and pull-down menus, you can
cover virtually every operation of sort commands. create graphs with stunning
VIP, you'll find much of your Saved as a macro and with a colors. In addition, you have at
work is done with just the cursor key or keys assigned to it, a com your disposal all the Amiga
and Return keys. mand can be invoked at any time Notepad fonts for creating labels
Using what are by now almost with just one or two keystrokes. and legends.
conventional spreadsheet routines, This becomes a great limesaver Such charts may be printed in
VIP supports the use of "@" com and a hedge against a faulty color as well, as may the less-
mands as a kind of shorthand memory. Once you have the spectacular charts made by the
for entering commonly used for command in memory, you don't VIP main program. With a stan
mulas, as well as more complicat have to remember syntax, only a dard printer, a black-and-white op
ed formulas traditionally used in single key. tion of Gniphpriiit translates colors

80 November/December 1986
lews

into shadings, so you may still most literate people could use it
have the full utility of the
program.
almost immediately.
VIP Professional also emulates
••the family
As a database. VIP may be just I-2-3's on-screen tutorials, menus, suggests that
a little different than what you've submenus and documentation. memorial
seen before. Record fields are laid This assumes users know nothing
out right to left instead of top to about spreadsheets Find provides
CONTRII31 mONS
bottom. For example, a name excellent background information BE MADE
would appear in column A, the and a step-by-step example of a TO THE
address in B, state in C, zip code home budget program.
in D and so on. VIP is one of the more expen
AMBUCAN
When using VIP as a database, sive programs for the Amiga, but CANCH<
each cell becomes a field hold it is well worth the price. Though SOCIETY ##
ing one item of information such several other good spreadsheets
— words ili.it mean people
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records can be sorted on one Amiga market, we've seen noth and want to hdn conquer
or two fields, so it would be pos ing else that puts the strength, cancer. Send a Memorial
Giti id your local
sible to keep records in alpha simplicity and utility of VIP into ACS Unit.
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of the Amiga is its open architecture, which allows the ad
dition of extra hardware devices through one or more of
the computer's expansion ports. Many companies, in addi
tion to Commodore Business Machines, Inc., are taking
advantage of this open architecture and creating new lines
of Amiga hardware products. These new devices greatly
enhance the machine's capabilities, allowing users to work
faster and more efficiently.

There are more than 1,000 reg cessor in the Amiga is able to
istered developers of Amiga prod address a total of lfi megabytes
ucts, many of whom produce only (MB) of RAM directly. Due to
hardware. Some of these devel certain design restraints, however,
opers arc now shipping products, the computer can only use 8.5MB.
or soon will be, that most serious (The IBM PC can only directly
Amiga users should be aware of. address 640K. less than 1MB.)
The following is a brief report on The Amiga can hold 512K inside
many of the new Amiga hardware its chassis. To acid more RAM
products coming to market. than that will require some kind
of expansion interface. Some
RAM Expansion RAM upgrades supply that inter
Beyond 512K face, others do not.
If you are using Version 1.1 of
Before you expand your Amiga's the Amiga operating-system soft
random-access memory (RAM) ware, you will have to execute one
beyond the 512K internal limit, or more programs at start-up for
you need to be aware of several the computer to recognize the ex
facts. First, the (38000 micropro tra RAM (or any other hardware

82 November/December 1986
The Amiga Buyer's Guide 83
device for that matter), This is ac
complished by entering appropri
ate commands in your Workbench
Start-up Sequence in the "S"
directory on your boot disk.
These commands (usually Add-
Mem) direct the operating system
to expect RAM at a given ad
dress. In most cases, the RAM
expansion maker will supply you
with a program that installs the
necessary software on your Work
bench disk.
If you are using Version 1.2 of
Kickstart/Workbench, you have
the added convenience of automat
ic configuration devices, which in
form the computer they are there
and toll what resources they need.
The Amiga performs necessary
housekeeping arrangements for FutureSound txota Applied Visions
these devices, enabling them to
work in harmony. The result for The T-Card does not have a pass- spec's card but smaller than Tec-
the user is simplicity. Setup re through, so you cannot add any mar's, that plugs into an Amiga's
quires no effort at all. thing else to the main bus except expansion port. It works under
The following five companies the T-Disk hard disk drive. The Versions 1.1 and 1.2 (automatically
currently market RAM expansion T-Card's retail price is S995. configures with 1.2) and offers a
cards for the Amiga: Toronto-based Comspec offers pass-through to the main bus. It
Tecmar in Solon, Ohio, produces the AX2000 2MB expansion card. was not as compatible with soft
the T-Card, which installs on the It may be the best piece of hard ware and other hardware as the
main expansion bus on the right ware on the Amiga market today. Comspec board, but more so than
side of the Amiga. The T-Card The RAM comes in a small the Tecmar. The Cardco board
can add a maximum of 1MB of Amiga-colored metal box that eas sells for $550 retail.
extra RAM. It can be purchased ily plugs into the main bus. !t in One of the largest RAM-expan
fully populated with the 1MB or stalls in seconds, faster than the sion cards we found was the RS
as a 25oK or 512K card that can extra 256K you may have added Data, based in Houston, 4MB
have extra RAM added. The T- when you bought your Amiga. RAM card. This card even offers
Card contains a clock with a bat Using software Version 1.1, the an option to add another 4MB, so
tery, so users never need to set card requires the use of Add- you can—with one card—increase
the time and date after doing so Mem in the start-up sequence. your Amiga to a whopping 8.5MB.
initially. It also has a SASI When using \crsion 2.2, it auto* Unlike the previous three, this
(Schugart Associates System In matically configures. In any event, card is not enclosed in a case. It
terface) hard drive interface built the card's hassle-free extra memo is an exposed circuit board with
in. Only Tecmar's hard drive will ry is nice to have. RAM chips and an 86-pin edge
work with the card at this time, The Comspec card was the connector and it looks like an
however. most compatible RAM-expansion IBM-style RAM card. It was
The T-Card cannot automatical system we tried, in terms of hard originally designed to be mounted
ly configure, so it is necessary to ware and software combinations. inside Amiga RAM-expansion
change the start-up sequence to We liked the fact that it offered boxes made by The Micro Forge,
activate it. Tecmar supplies a utili an available pass-through edge but RS Data says it now plans to
ty program that does this. We connector from the Amiga's main market its own boxes with its
used the T-Card for several bus. Comspec says, which we RAM cards.
months (with Version 1.1 software) were not able to confirm, that you The RS Data card works with
and found that most, but not all, can piggyback two of its cards Version 1.1 software. It does not
programs will work with the extra and have more than 4MB of main automatically configure with Ver
RAM. None of the hard disk memory. The Comspec 2MB card sion 1.2, but works if installed
drives or alternate processors we is $899 retail. using the AddMem command.
have (except the Tecmar hard disk Cardco offers the aMEGA 1MB While we did not test this card
drive) worked properly with the card, another easy-to-install RAM thoroughly, we did try it with
card installed, and we were not upgrade. It consists of a small some AmigaBASiC programs and
able to check it with Version 1.2. box, which is longer than Coin- successfully allocated over 1.5MB

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boxes or alternate processors.
We were only able to test the
T-Disk with Version 1.1 software.
The T-Disk itself is 31,495 retail,
but the required T-Connect or T-
Card raises the price to at least
S2.000 for a 20MB system.
A 20MB hard disk system is
available from The Micro Forge
in Atlanta. This drive is designed
to be used externally or inside an
expansion box. We used the drive
routinely for several months with
out any problems. It was compati
ble with the Netch 68881 math
coprocessor board, the Comspec
RAM card and Version 1.2 soft
ware. We did not use the drive
extensively with Version 1.2.
MAS'Drtve 20 from MlcroBotlce, Inc. The biggest complaint we had
was with the unit's power supply,
of memory for basic use, leaving pas-through to the main bus, but which could be placed out of sight
more than 2MB for other Amiga its vendor believes users simply with a longer connection to the
tasks. That much memory al want more RAM and are not wor drive. When using the expansion
lowed us to manipulate 1000- by ried about adding larger expansion box, the power supply is no prob
1000-element arrays (1 million hardware. They may be right. The lem. We basically liked the drive,
elements) quite easily. Alegra card sells for S379 retail. found it reliable and fast and
At this lime, the RS Data card In addition to these five com missed it when we had to return
is the largest single RAM up panies, several others have an it. The Micro Forge CD20 sells
grade available. It is also, there nounced products that extend an for SI,495 retail. If you don't have
fore, the least expensive in terms Amiga's RAM over the 512K in an expansion box, a single-slot
of dollars per megabyte. The RS ternal maximum. These include adaptor is less than $100.
Data 4MB cards retails for $1,246 Skyles Electric Works, Micro A new entry is the Microbotics
and can be purchased in a 2MB botics, Inc., Interactive Video 20MB hard disk drive. Microbol-
version for S850. All versions re Systems and The Micro Forge. ics is in Richardson, Texas. This
quire an expansion device with an Products from these firms may be drive differs from the previous
86-pin format. available by the time you read this. two in that it does not connect to
The last RAM-expansion board an Amiga via the main expansion
we were able to examine is the Hard Disk Systems bus. It connects instead to the
Alegra Memory Expansion Unit printer port, leaving the main bus
from Access Associates, Santa A computer as powerful as free. We were only able to use it
Clara, Calif. The Alegra card the Amiga often re for a few days, but found it to be
comes with S12K RAM, which quires a mass-storage slightly slower than the Tecmar or
expands an Amiga to 1MB of device, such as a hard Micro Forge hard disk drives.
RAM. The card can be expanded disk drive. We were The Microbotics drive works only
by replacing its 256K RAM chips able to look firsthand at three under Version 1.2 software, al
with a user-installed 1MB RAM such drives, each with 20MB though the company promises
chip. The current cost of this capacity. compatibility soon for both Ver
1MB upgrade is quite high, but it Tecmar produces the T-Disk, a sions 1.1 and 1.2.
may soon become more reasonable. 20MB hard disk drive that con The drive does offer a SCSI,
The Alegra card automatically nects to an Amiga via Tecmar's (small-computer system interface)
configures under Version 1.2 soft T-Connect (a simple SASI inter however, and can be piggybacked
ware and works with Version 1.1 face, no RAM) or T-Card SASI in with up to four Microbotic drive
by using AddMem. We did not terface. We used the T-Disk for systems, each with its own power
have sufficient time to test it with several months with a 1MB T- supply. Interestingly, the Micro-
a lot of software and other hard Card interface: an earlier prepro- botic drive does not have a cool
ware for compatibility. It was easy duction drive failed after a few ing fan, using its metal housing
to install, however, and we com weeks. The T-Disk and T-Card instead to dissipate heat. The
pleted the task in about five worked fine together, but did not Microbotic drive retails for $1,495
minutes. The card does not have a work with non-Tecmar RAM and includes its own interface.

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Software designed for AMIGA.
Lattice® C Compiler $149.95 Lattice Vnicalc* Spreadsheet $79.95
With more ihan 50.1100 users worldwide, Littice (! Compilers ■ i» a slmple-to-opcnue program thai turns your AMIGA
sci [he Industry standard /or MS-DOS software development. computer Into Ml electronic spreadsheet. I'sing Unicalc you can
Lattice c gncs ynu ail you need for development of programs easily create sales reports, expense accounts, balance sheets.
on [he AMIGA Lantce c i.s a full Implementation of Kemlghan or any other reports you had to do manually.
and Ritchie with ihe ANSI c extensions and many additional I iikiiIc oilers I he versatility you've come to expect from busi
features. ness software, plus the speed and processing power of
AMIGA C Cross Compiler $250.00 the AMIGA.
Allows AMIGA development on your MS-DOS system Price •M')J row l>yJ^(uolumn|mRcvsingare;rConiprehcasi\x; context-
Includes (In- above product sensitive help screens* Cells can contain numeric; algebraic formulas
jnd titles ■ Foreign language customisation for all prompts and
Lattice Screen Editor (LSE™) $100.00 messages • Complete library of algebraic and conditional functions
Designed us a programmer's editor, Lattice Screen Editor (LSE) • l)u.il window capabilities • Floating polni ami scientific notation
is fasi. flexible and easy 10 learn. LSE's muIti-window environ available • Complete load, save and print capabilities ■ I'nique
customization capability for your every application- Full compatibility
ment provides nil the editor functions you need Including block
wiih other leading spreadsheets- Full menu and mouse support
moves, pattern searches and cut and paste." in addition, ISF.
offers special features for programmers such as an error track-
Lattice MacLibreiry ' $100.00
inn mode and three Assembly Language input modes. You can
also create macros or customize keystrokes, menu-.. and prompt* The Lattice Mad ill/an" is a collection of more than sixty (J
10 your stylo .uid preferences. functions which allow you to quickly and efficiently lake
advantage of the powerful capabilities of the AMIGA.
Lattice dBC III" Library $150.00 Even if your knowledge of the AMIGA is limited, Macl.ibr/iry
The due ill library leu you create access and update files that can ease your job of Implementing screens, windows and
are compatible niili Asnton-l^te's dBASE system dill' Ill's C gadgets by utilizing the functions, examples and sample pro
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most widely used Apple' Macintosh" QuiCkdraw Routines",
Lattice Make Utility (LMK") $125.00 Standard File Package and Toolbox Utility Routines enabling
An automated product generation utility compatible with UNIX you to rapidly convert your Macintosh programs to run on
Make,latticeMake Utility (LAIK) lets you rebuild complex pro the AMIGA.
grams with a single command. Once you specify the relation
ships of the various pieces of your system In a dependency flic, Panel'" $195.00
LA1K automatically rebuilds your system the same way every I'tuwl will help you write your screen programs and layer your
time, and only compiles program files that have changed. Hut screen designs with up to ten overlapping Images, Panel's screen
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Lattice Taxi (ittttUtns consists of eiglil .software tools to help you tomize vour applications for other systems.
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The above-mentioned hard disk tion normally. sacrificing a lot of money and
drives are all slow, compared to In truth, you will have the software compatibility. The device
hard disk drives used on IBM equivalent of a Digital Equipment was compatible with almost all
PCs. The Micro Forge CD20, the Corporation VAX computer on the software and hardware we
fastest, is only about two to three your dusk. According to the Byte tried. With the exception of a few
limes as fast as the Amiga's flop Information Exchange, Turbo Ami Electronic Arts games and the
py drives. One reason for the lack ga actually outperforms a VAX in Cardco 1MB RAM card, it
of speed is that none of these certain types of computations. The worked quite well.
drives use direct memory access 68881 allows you to calculate real In terms of future coprocessor
(DMA) to transfer data. With all numbers up lo 10 times faster accessories, Microbotics is plan
the DMA channels available. Ami than before, and the 68020 per ning to offer a multifunction
ga hardware developers should be forms many operations at twice board with a 68881 socket. Version
using them. So far they are not. the speed of the (58000, even when 1.2 of the Amiga system software
Take heart, Commodore has de running at the same clock rate. offers some 68881 support, and
veloped a DMA hard disk drive Combining the 68020, the 68881 more hardware companies will be
controller and is licensing it to and the higher clock rate gives offering math chips. The combina
some hardware developers. true mainframe power lo an Ami tion of the Amiga operating sys
Several companies are now ga user. But (his extra power does tem and third-party hardware
promising DMA drives. One is uxiracl a price in software com support will ensure the availabili
Byte By Byte of Austin, Texas, patibility. Many commercial pro ty of commercial software that
which has designed the PAL ex grams will mil nin with the CSA lakes advantage of the extra pow
pansion system and is promising a Turbo Amiga board in place. er offered by the Motorola 68881.
DMA hard drive for it. Check your software to see if it is
Another is Supra of Albany, compatible. Expansion Boxes
Oreg. Supra markets a high-speed in addition, your programs will
20MB hard disk drive for the not automatically benefit from the Expansion boxes give an
Atari ST. The company intends lo 68881 math chip. Software must Amiga the same abili
deliver a version for the Amiga by be written to check for the avail ties as an IBM PC,
Christmas. This drive would also ability of the chip. Very few Ami which has a number of
be a 20MB system and would sell ga programs currently do thai, built-in (and empty)
for about S799 retail. but this will change as the num slots where users who want to up
The Micro Forge has announced ber of 68881s in use increases. grade their machines can install
The Business Partner, a 20MB The major users of the Turbo new hardware. With a few excep
drive with 2MB of RAM. Not Amiga are research laboratories, tions, the Amiga requires its up
much was known about Ibis drive computer centers, military installa grades to be external. Originally,
at press time, but it should be tions, universities and a small the Amiga was to use an 8i5-pin
available by the lime you read this. number of advanced individuals. format, and some earlier equip
These users require the computer ment uses that design. The
Alternate muscle of the Turbo Amiga and newest expansion schemes use
Microprocessors have the programming expertise what is called the Zorro expan
to write the cuslom soflware they sion architecture, a 100-pin con
Some of the most interesting need. The 68020/(58881 board can nector design.
hardware products for the be purchased directly from CSA The only expansion box we
Amiga are substitute for $1,495 retail. could find that was shipping at
microprocessors and math The second alternate processor the lime of this writing is the one
coprocessors. These devices board is from Nctch Computer from The Micro Forge. Called the
are mounted internally, replacing Products in Monrovia, Calif. Seven Slot Expansion Box, it re
the Motorola 68000 chip. Called the 68881 Floating tails for $656.95 and is designed
One such product comes from Coprocessor Board, it incorporates to be used with Micro Forge's
Computer Syslem Associates a Motorola 68010 with a 68881 CD20 hard disk drive and stereo
(CSA) in San Diego. It's the Turbo chip and is a fairly inexpensive digitizer card. We used one of
Amiga board—consisting of a full math coprocessor at $495 retail. these expansion boxes for a while
32-bit 68020 microprocessor, a The 68010 is not a true 32-bil and found it unsatisfactory. Per
Motorola 68881 floating-point processor—as is the 68020—but it haps it was only this one, but we
math coprocessor and 512K is essentially software compatible. had problems with both the hard
RAM—which runs at more than You could use this device as an disk drive and the stereo card,
twice the normal speed of the inexpensive 68020/68881 develop both of which worked fine using
Amiga. Once the Turbo Amiga ment environment or just utilize Micro Forge's Single Slot Adaptor
board is installed in your start-up the math chip, which provides Card. All the slots were the
sequence via its new commands, Amiga owners with a powerful 86-pin format.
the computer appears to func hardware upgrade without There are several other expan-

88 November/December 1986
of the device and the software.
Our favorite sound digitizer is
Futuresound from Applied Visions,
Medford. Maine. This is a com
plete system that interfaces to an
Amiga via the printer port, with a
pass-through connection for a
printer. It comes complete with a
microphone, interface, good soft
ware and decent documentation.
It also comes with working C
(executable files and source code
on disk) anil AmitfiiSASIC routines
that enable users to use digital
samples in their programs. They
can perform multitrack record
ings, manipulate sounds by filter
ing and other more exotic
functions. Futuresound accepts
line and microphone input. At
$175 retail, it is a good buy and
may be the choice digitizer for
programmers who need sound ef
fects in their programs.
Another fine digitizer is the
Soundscape Sound Digitizer from
Mimelics Corporation in Palo
Alto, Calif. It's the cheapest sys
tem ($99 retail) and, perhaps, the
most professional. Its manual is
comprehensive, and the software,
while not as user friendly as
Futuresound, is very powerful. It
even contains examples of pro
gramming techniques, bul they
are not available on disk, only in
the manual.
The Soundscape Sound Digitiz
PAL Expansion System from Byte by Byte
er is easy to install, connecting to
sion boxes that should be avail Sound Digitizers the computer's second mouse
able by press lime. One is from port. It accepts both microphone
RS Data, maker of the 4MB The Amiga's sound capabili and line input) but users must
RAM card. This box will contain ties truly set it apart from supply their own microphones.
two slots and be used for RS Da run-of-the-mill micros and The device is a good value and a
ta's RAM cards and, possibly, a super-micros. It is the quality instrument. Mimetics also
hard disk drive controller. first commercial computer makes a MIDI interface for the
Another expansion system that to offer speech synthesis as a Amiga that plugs into its serial
looks very solid is PAL from Byte standard feature, and it has stereo port. It offers MIDI in, out and
By Byte. It's a high-end system four-voice sound output and a through connections and allows an
with DMA hard disk drive con dedicated music chip. This chip is Amiga to communicate with
trollers, RAM expansion with a capable of reproducing sound in MIDI-capable musical instruments
dock/calendar and five slots. It near CD ROM (compact disc) and devices. The interface is
may be the premiere expansion quality. available for $<19 retail.
box for some time. Sound digitizers for the Amiga Mimetics also sells a very
Buss Station from DSI in Wichi collect and analyze sound via a powerful software system that
ta, Kan., is said to be a modular microphone or line input and con complements its hardware. It is
expansion system with eight vert it to digital data. By using called the Pro MIDI Studio and re
8ii-pin connectors. In addition, software, a user can recreate the tails for $149. While software is
CSA in San Diego says it will of original sound. How well the outside the scope of this article, it
fer an expansion system for its sound reproduces depends on the is important to note that Mimetics
Turbo Amiga board. original sampling rate, the quality offers this extra software support

The Amiga Buyer's Guide 8S1

for its sound hardware.
A third sound digitizer is the
Stereo Sound Digitizer from The
Micro Forge. It is a true stereo
digitizer, which means it captures
sound from two channels concur
rently. The other systems men
tioned here do not have that
capability. The device interfaces
with an Amiga via The Micro
Forge's Single Slot Adaptor expan
sion box.
The Stereo Sound Digitizer con
sists of a printed circuit board
with two line inputs. There is no
provision for a direct microphone
input, but its included software al
lows users to digitize sounds in
mono or stereo. The device is
available from The Micro Forge
for $345 retail.

Graphic Devices
Sound is not the only area
where the Amiga excels.
Graphics is also one of
the machine's most out
standing features. Early
on, Amiga users were promised a
host of high-tech graphic devices.
Recently, we were able to look at
one such system shipping to the
public at this time. Digiview from Ni'lTi'k
Digiview from NewTek in Tope-
ka, Kan,, is one of the neatest and instructions, but no camera. means of digitizing printed draw
things for the Amiga to come A relatively inexpensive black- ings. It retails for S499.
down the road in a while. It is a and-white camera, such as the A second system is the Series
small device that plugs into the $200 (approximately) Panasonic One graphics tablet from Kurta
computer's printer port and acts WV-1410, may be used. Digiview Corporation in Phoenix. It is
as a graphic digitizer. It is not a itself retails for $200. an 8V2- by 11-inch graphics
frame grabber, however, which Speaking of frame-grabber tablet. No price was available at
can snap several frames a second. devices, we were not able to get press time.
Digiview requires 10 to 30 sec the Amiga Live! color frame grab This strong array of new hard
onds to capture its images, so it is ber for this review. We have seen ware products for the Amiga
useful only for still shots. it twice at trade shows, however, boosts its memory capacity,
What is unique is that it is able we are at a loss as to why it has speed, power and utility to an ad
to create full-color pictures from a not yet been marketed. Nor were mirable and affordable level. An
black-and-white camera. Using we able to get a Genlock device, eye-opening number of developers
powerful software techniques, it sec a potential in the Amiga
combines three filtered photo based solely on the computer's
Graphic Controllers
graphs into one. Then using the merits, not its manufacturer's
Amiga's hold-and-modify mode, it name. From all indications, the
There are a couple alterna
displays the picture using all of tives to using the mouse Amiga is growing into a powerful,
the Amiga's 4,096 possible colors. as a graphic controller. versatile, high-quality-oriented
Digiview also has an interlaced One is the Easyl from machine. ■
version that uses sophisticated Anakin Research, Rex- —Louis R. Wnlhici'
gray shading techniques, which dale, Ontario. Canada. It is a stan The author is u computer specialist
eliminate most of the flicker as dard graphics digitizing pad that and research chemist for the \'eteran's
sociated with the interlaced mode. can be used for creating original Administration and a contributing
The device comes with software drawings and designs or as a editor for many computer publications.

90 November/December 1986
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B.E.S.T. Itusiufss Management Business Graphics S69.95 retail; Digital Link
System S19.95 each retail; cables
Integrated business management Impact Digital Creations; 1333 Howe Ave., #208;
An integrated accounting system that Graphics Sacramento, Calif. 95825; 916-344-1825
includes order processing, inventory man Displays numeric data in graphic form.
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97128; 503-472-9512 or 800-368-2378 Aegis Development; 2210 Wilshire Blvd., vironment.
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CCI Bottom Liner A Data Dynamics, Inc.; PO Bok 272B; Port
213-392-9972
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An expandable accounting system
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Clockwork Computers, Inc.; 11512 Holly Simplifies telecommunication sessions by
A-TALK 1.1
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Communications
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Includes support for Kermit, XMOUHM.
and direct log-on procedures. For example,
XMODEM-CRC, CompuServe B and Plain
CCI Merchandiser A one macro can include up to 35 key
Text file transfers. Emulators for VT100,
Transaction accounting, inventory control. strokes—or function-key commands, con
VTS2, Heath 1119. ANSI and TTY are
customer lists trol codes, text, even other macros—and
provided.
Handles transactions, inventory records, one keystroke am prepare and execute a
549.95 retail
financial reports and analyses, accounts terminal session.
Pelfiina Software; 3175 S. Hoover St., Ste.
receivable and more. Files of macros for each telecommunica
275; Los Angeles, Calif. (101)07;
Clockwork Computers, Inc.: 4612 Holly tions service accessed and task performed
213-747-8498
Ridge Rd.; Rocfevflle, Md. 20853: can be constructed using the program's
301-92.1-5509 built-in editor and sample macro tem
A-Tcrm
plates, and macro sets may be edited while
Communications
CCI Merchandiser A-PIua on-line.
A terminal program that allows incom
I migrated accounting Manvmmkm is compatible with an
ing data lo be spoken through ihe speaker;
Produces a fully Integrated quotation. Amiga's multitasking, multiwindow en
data to be printed as i( is coming over the
joh order, sales transact inn, inventor con vironment. A current terminal-capture file
trol, inventory costs and B complete ac
line: support of protocols: auto-dialing and
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$49.95 retail
Clockwork Computers, Inc.; 4612 Holly of up to 10 lines may be prepared and
MegaSoft Limited; PO Box 1080; Batfle
Ridge Rd.; Rockville, Md. 20853: sent from a resizable Compose window,
Ground, Wash. 98604; 800-541-1541 or
301-924-5509 and a user-defined phone directory can
2fl6-(i87-5205
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Financial I'lus S_(ifl.<!5 retail
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An integrated accounting package thai Rd.; I'O Box 178; Mottville, N.Y, 13119:
A versatile electronic bulletin board sys
incorporates general ledger, accounts pay 315-I5S5-8237
tem that transforms an Amiga into an on
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line information network.
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899.95 retail
$295 retail Communications: file transfer utility
Micro-Systems Software. Inc.: 4301-18 Oak
Byte By Byte: Arboretum Plaza II: 9442 An ANSI terminal and file transfer utili
Cir.: Boca Raton, Fla. 33131; 305-391-3077
Capital of lexaa llwy. N.. Sle. 150: Austin, ty program that allows a user to connect
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$49.95 retail
Features include VT100 emulation; sup
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home and in small businesses. 800-9-12-6294
load and download options.
$99.95 retail
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Developers of Advanced Software; 12455
Barbara, Calif. 93120; 805-966-5884 Terminal emulator
Veterans Memorial Dr., Sle, 211*1; Houston,
Allows an Amiga lo emulate the func
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Accounting $59.95 retail
Modules include General Ledger, Ac Digital Link
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$34.95 retail Fractal Music
Aegis Development, Inc.; 2210 Wiishire Sequence mapping
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90403; 213-392-9972 by mapping a DNA sequence directly into
A telecommunications program [hat can
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transform any Amiga into s terminal capa
Protein Music allows a user to "hear"
ble nf interacting with micros and main Bob shop; Soundshop
Animation; sound protein by mapping a protein sequence
frames, Go users can exchange information,
Bobslwp is a Blitter-Object and animation directly into a musical sequence.
news and data with other computers,
editor that exploits the Amiga's custom Fractal Music generates music and syn
graphics circuitry. chronized high-resolution graphics based
on fractal mathematics.
Soundshop exploits the sound production
319,95 each retail
Creative circuitry of the Amiga. Waveforms may be
Sterling Software: 77 Mead St.; Bridge
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the screen graphically and played through port, Conn. (16610: 203-366-7775
Aegis Draw the Amiga's digital to audio converter. It
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page 70 Digital sound recorder
sound data files.
Future-sound makes it possible lo record.
$40.65 retail; both programs
Amiga Coloring Book play back and store any sound directly on
Revolution Software: PO Box 3H; West
Clip art the Amiga. Features include multitrack
Chester. Pa. 19381; 215-430-0412
Each Amiga Coloring Book is a one-disk recording, variable recording speeds and
volume uf line art containing 20 files tliai variable playback speeds.
■D'Buddy
ii user can cut and paste lo create his own S175 retail
Creativity set
graphics, Volumes include The Sampler, The Applied Visions; l"i Oak Ridge Rd.: Med-
D'buddy is a creativity set that contains a
World and Borders. ford, Mass. 02155; 617-488-3602
collection of "buddies" that can be used
$34.95 each retail
separately or with another tool or
The Dragon Group. Inc.: 1-18 Poca Fork Graphic rait
program.
Rd.; Elkview, W.Va. 25071; 3O4-965-5517 Graphics creation
Freeze Frame! allows a user to Instantly
An entry-level graphics design and
grab any screen and place it in an IFF file
Analytic Art paint program that features 32 colors
for use with a Paint program or lo send to
Graphics, pictures and special effects such as color ani
a printer; Ptirttlt! allows a user to print
Can be used [o produce precise drawings mation.
one picture while working on another!
of striking beauty and complexity. Users S49.95 retail
Tbuchup is a mini-paint accessory that can
don't have to understand math, program Commodore Business Machines, Inc.; 1200
be used to touch up a painting or drawing;
ming or art to develop interesting pictures. Wilson Dr.; West Chester, Pa, 19380;
Postensakef blows up any IFF-compacible 215-431-9180
$59.95 retail picture to poster-size dimensions; SHdeskow
Crystal ROM Software; 109 S. Los Kobles;
creates slideshows of pictures for presenta
Pasadena, Calif. 91101: 8I8-795-66W [mages
tions; Scissors is used lo clip tntBges from
Creative
any screen and save them to the Amiga Allows a user to create paintings with as
Animator
Clipboard or to an IFF file: Sctvpbook or many as 32 different colors. Colors can be
Animation package
ganizes Amiga Cliphoard and IFF files: mixed and changed on a palette to get the
A metamorphic animation package that
Cvlvniialch is used to make the colors of exact colors needed. There are 20 differ
uses a concept called "tweening," which al
one image match the colors of another im
lows movement and change within each ent brushes and 16 patterns available, all
age; and joytnoitse allows a joystick to be
Segment of the animation. of which can be modified for custom
used as a mouse. designing.
$139.95 retail
$79.05 retail
Aegis Development, Inc.; 2210 Wiishire $79.95 retail
Digital Creations: 1333 Howe Ave.. Ste. Aegis Development, Inc.; 2210 Wiishire
Blvd., Sle. 277; Santa Monica, Calif.
208; Sacramento, Calif. H.IHBB;
B04O3; 213-392-9972 Blvd., Ste. 277; Santa Monica, Calif.
916-344-4825 90403; 213-392-9972
Art Director
Allows a user to create sloi yboards and DeluxePaint Imagine This
layouts, lay out and justify text, experi Color graphics; drawing; design Image processing: software development
ment with colors and typefaces, create and A paint program loaded with special fea Image processing software system that
move artwork and more. tures such as zoom enlarging, split-sere en turns an Amiga computer into an image
Available second quarter, 1SJR7 magnification, color cycling, blend, smear, processing workstation.
stretch, bend and rotate. Zoxso; PO Bo* 283; Lowell. Mass. 01853;
Grey Associates; 250 Bruton Way; Atlanta.
Ga. 30342; 404-851-9103 $99.95 retail I) 17-655-9548
Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.: San
■ Art Pak. Vol. I Mateo, Calif. 9440-1; 415-571-7171 ■ Instant .Music
Clip art Music composition, recording, playback
Art fijfcs consist of precrealed art thai DeluxeVldea Inslant Music allows a user to create his
can lie used with Aegis Images, Animator or Video production own compositions, record them and play
Ditiu: Other programs that can read IFF Ifrluxeuideo can be used lo produce video them back.
file-formatted paint files can also be used. slides-hows, point-of-sale videos, animated The program keeps a user's creations
Art Ptik, Vol. I includes photograph- commercials, business presentation videos, within musical boundaries, so they always
quality artwork of buildings for use as interactive educational videos, animations sound good. It does this by introducing a
backdrops and pieces of cell animations for and home versions of MTV. musical "template." which is a set of
creating walking and movfag animations. S99.95 retail guidelines that keeps a user within a cho
Because Aegis Animator can do both nieta- Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.; San sen key and tempo.
niorphic and cell animations, these images Mateo. Calif. 94404; 415-571-7171 Instant Music lets a user make music in

94 November/December 1986
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Business And Professional Software

Creativity Continued Zuma TVTXT S350 retail; A200 (AmigaDOS) or MX200

A video production tool that enables a (MS-DOS)
user to produce high-revolution, animated $125 retail; A100 (AmigaDOS only)
real lime, using a mouse with a method
video titles on the Amiga. Transtime Technologies Corp.; 7i)7
known as "mGUSGJammlng." In mousejam-
ming modei a user plays along with the 5249.95 retail Sheridan Dr.; Tonawanda, N.V. 14150;
r!rown-Wai!h Publishing; 1679S I-ark Ave., 716-874-2010
computer, playing the fourth instrument or
voice while the computer plays the other Ste. 210; Los Gatos, Calif. 951130;
408-395-3838 Thi: Data System
three.
A full-featured database management
The program comes with more than 80
package that builds files, reports and lists
complete SOngS to experiment with and
mote than a dozen digitized instrument
Database with posting, totals, subtotals, calculations,
etc., all on up to nine conditions.
BQUads to choose from.
A user ("in adjust the tempo and volume ■Abase $200 retail; without ABasiC
for each voice independently of the others. Database manager S2K1 retail; with AHasiC
AbttSS provides access to multiple data Gander Software, Ltd.; 3223 Bross Kd..
In addition, the program allows zooming
in and Out, so a user can view a single bases and index files from a menu-driven "The Ponds"; Hastings, Mich. 49058;
user interface or through a library of rou 616-945-2821
measure or the entire song on screen.
A unique color coding of its digitized in tines. It allows multiple tasks to access
database files and supports record and file d ISM AN
struments lets a user see which instru
locking. Relational database manager
ment is doing what, and to follow each
In addition to giving non-programmers a A Mitfsr-compatible relational database
individual note as it is played.
Output is saved in IFF files in Simple traditional method of accessing data in manager that can be used for developing
Music format, making them compatible different databases, the program gives databases and database-related application
with oilier programs such as the Deluxe users the ability to import other database- programs.

Music Construction Set and Deluxeiideo. files, such as Dtase. and export ASCII SU9 retail
$49.95 retail files. VersaSoft; 4340 Almaden Expressway; San
Electronic Arts: 1820 Gateway Dr.; San Program specifications include a ma\i- Jose. Calif. 95118; 408-723-904 I
Mateo. Calif. 94404; 415-571-7171 mum 40 files open al one time (memory
permitting), a maximum 10 index files per Fox File
Tile management
The MubIc Studio database (memory permitting), 4,000 bytes
Music composition maximum record size, 128 fields per rec A file manager that will accept up to
A music program that features stereo ord, six field types total and more. 65.536 records.
composition and MIDI capabilities and in Available third quarter, 1986; $100 retail S50 retail
cludes a complete library of instruments, Computer Power Unlimited; 21114 W. Foxware; 1554 Park Creek Ln.; Atlanta.
sound effects and music. Chandler Ave.; Santa Ana. Calif. 92704; Ga. 30319
559,95 retail 714-557-3358
Aetivislon, Inc.; I'O Box 728(5; Mountain Info Base
View, Calif. 94039; 415-96O-O4I0 A Filer, A Report Database
Database A database program that provides many
■Pftchrlder LOOQ A Filer features include creation of disk powerful functions. Each record can con
MIDI interface files; sorting of Information; printing out tain up to 200 fields of information,
Utilizing IVL's pitch-recognition technol mailing labels; printing out a sorted or ■S45 retail
ogy, the Pikkrttkr 1000 accepts and then partially selected list; 12 fields per record Harvsoft; PO Box 725; Kenmore, N.Y.
converts sound waves into digital informa and more. $49.95 retail 14217; 716-877-3510
tion almost instantaneously. A Report features include creation of cus
Using MII11. it allows a user to utilize tom report headings; page numbering; MiAmiga File
Mll)I-i'(|iiippcil devices, such as synthesiz column-type or multiple-line reports: calcu Database management
ers and samplers, using monophonic lation of totals and more. $49.95 retail A database management system that
acoustic instruments. This provides access MegaSoft Limited: I'D Box 11180; Battle presents its databases in both list (spread
to a full range of synthesizer sounds previ Ground, Wash. 981504; 800-541-15-11 or sheet-like) and form formats. Sorting and
ously available to keyboard players only. 206-S87-5205 selection capabilities are also provided, tip
The Pitchrider 100/1 also enables a user to to 32 levels of progressive sorting are sup>
interact with MIDI software for the Ami Amijja Record Manager ported.
ga, using his own instrument. It has its Features include 16 fields with user S99.95 retail
own pitch error display, using the Amiga definable input and length; sorts on any Soft Wood Company; PO Bnx 228(1; Santa
monitor to help a user stay in tune. field; arranges into zip code order or al Barbara, Calif. 93120; 805-966-5884
S2-1SI retail phabetically; prints mailing labels; ac>
DOD Electronics Corp.; 6639 S. Riley Ln,; counts ledger; and on-line help. ■Organize!
Salt Lake City, Utah 84107; 800-153-7484 S38 retail Custom filing system
or 801-268-8400 IIC Software Australia; OK) Box 2204; Organize! helps a user create a custom
Adelaide, South Australia 5001; 08-428377 filing system for organizing business
■ Waveform Easel records, contact lists, recipes, etc.
Allows a user to draw with the mouse a DATAMAT The program features up to 128 fields
sound table of 256 values In create differ Database manager for each form or record and up to 254
ent sounds and lone qualities. A menu-driven relational database man bytes per field, with a maximum of 4,000
The program is compatible with the agement system for micro-to-main frame bytes per record.
DNA, Protein and Pnctal music programs. applications that has an identical user in Other features include pull-down menus,
$19.95 retail terface across hardware and operating sys mail-merge functions, abbreviated entries
Sterling Software; 77 Mead St.; Bridge tems. It currently runs under AmigaDOS, for simplified searches, printed reports
port. Conn. 06610; 203-366-7775 MS-DOS, XENIX. UNIX and VMS. and more.
S495 retail; A300 (AmiKaDOS) or MX300 $99.95 retail
(MS-DOS) Micro-Systems Software. Inc.; 4301-18 Oak

96 November/December 1986
Ctr.: Boca Raton, Fta. 33431: 305-391-5077 complete personal database and world ■AEdit
or S0I1-327-H72.I model. Screen editor
Available fourth quarter, 1986; $900 retail .■Wit is a general-purpose text editor
■Superbase Alive Systems Group: I'O Box 369; Big that places specific emphasis on program
Database manager Sur, Calif. 93920; 415-3^2-8018 text entry. It also handles the day-to-day
Suprrbiisr allows business anil home text entry necessary for practically every
users 10 simplify, control and organize D.A.S. Business Finance function a computer is called upon to
information. Assists business owners in making perform.
The program is menu-driven and lakes financial decisions and planning for future Some features of this program include
advantage of the Amiga's point-and-dick business expansion. Overstrike and Insert modes; Writer's and
and mouse-and-menus environments, it re $30 retail Programmer's modes; a 300-line Undo
quires no programming, hut lets users ac Developers of Advanced Software; 12-l!i!> Buffer, winch restores text: Move, Echo,
cess its dataBASIC Database Management Veterans Memorial Dr., Stft 201; Houston, Cut, Copy and Paste commands; an Ap
Language to create custom applications. Texas 77014 pend mode for storing anything—from one
Superbast, which offers unlimited files, line of text tu a full file—at the end of a
open fik's. fields per record, sort levels, Oinmoz Productivity Scl file already on disk; and more.
search criteria, reports and screen formats Desktop accessories The program conies in either a full-
and more, can work with a RAM disk and Contains 18 desktop accessories: calen featured or limited version. Aedit Anton 2
supports all standard peripherals, including dar, Rolodex, memo pad, black book, ail- is the larger model. It features a full set of
hard disk drives. dilator set, hot key, free list display. menus and commands. Aedil lirsion I, ihe
Progressive Peripherals & Software, Inc.; cuckoo alarm clock, terminal package, an smaller model, features a smaller com
AM Katamath St; Denver. Colo. 80204; nouncer, graph package, pop-up cards, su mand subset. According to its vendor. Aniit
303-825-4144 per liff. data compressor and data Version 2 is now the preferred version,
encryptor. $35 retail
$69.95 retail DRM Programs: 1329 Arthur Aw.; Las
Integrated Digital Creations; 1333 Howe Aw., f208; Vegas, New 89101: 702-457-9489
Sacramento. Calif. 95825: 916-344-4825
Amiga Lattice C Compiler
■Logtetlx Max i Desk $14B.fiS retail
Project management; database; graphics Business tools Lattice. Inc.; I'O Box 3072; Glen EUyn. 111.
Uigislix is a spreadsheet-ha sed integrated Comprised of a set of useful business 60138; 312-858-7950
program that incorporates project- tools, including a Calculator, appointment
management, database and graphic func calendar, alarm dock, phone book, key Amiga Lattice (IBC III Library
tions. It uses hitus l-2-3-aty\e commands board helper and notepad. SI50 retail
and reads 1-2-3, Supercak, Dhase, DIF and S70 retail Lattice. Inc.: PO Box 3072; Glen Eliyn, 111.
many other file formats. HaxiSoft; 2817 Sloat Kd.; Pebble Beach, 150138; 3*2-858-7950
A 1,024-COlumn by 2,048-row work sheet Calif. 93953; 408-625410'! or
lets users manage information, and a built- 800442-6294 Amiga Lattice Madibrary
in utility allows them to print their spread $100 retail
sheets Btraight-up or sideways. Time it Tusk I'lanilcr Lattice, Inc.: I'O Box 3072: Glen Ellyn, 111.
The project-management portion of the A time management tool for up to five (50138; 312-858-7950
program lets users track variables and users that provides each user with a
time units (in half-hour increments) in (50-item To Do List; a (ill-item Future Plan Amiga Lattice Make Utility
volved in a task. The effects of holidays, ning List; an Appointment Scheduler; a SI25 retail
vacations, Hick days taken by employees or Lattice. Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, 111.
Copy to Scheduler utility; and a Calendar
changes in working hours can be graphi utility. 60138; 3I2-8B8-79S0
cally displayed. So can the effectB of time SI00 retail; without A Basic
and schedule changes on resources and 5110 retail: with ABasic Amiga Lattice Screen Editor
cash flow. S100 retail
Gander Software. Ltd.; 3223 Brass Kd..
Finally. Logistix performs critical-path "The Ponds"; Hastings, Mich. 4905H; Lattice. Inc.; I'O Box 3072: Glen EUyn, 111.
analyses, dale arithmetic and what-if and 616-945-2821 60138; 312-858-7950
logical operations, as directed by its users.
Its presentation-quality graphics program g Lattice Text Utilities
produces more than 20 types of graphs, Programming $75 retail
$249.95 retail Lattice. Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen iillyn, 111.
Progressive Peripherals it Software, Inc.; 60138; 312-858-7950
3D Graphics Library
■lf>I Kalamath St.: Denver, Colo. S0204:
Available fourth quarter, 1!W<i Amiga-Lint
303-8254144
Computer Food. Inc.: 2215 Sarah Ct.. Stft Diagnostic facility for C
8011: Noreross, Ga. 30093! 404-851-9103 $93 retail
VII* Professional
VIP technologies, see review on page 78 Gimps! Software; 3207 Hogarth Lu.; Col-
A Copier
leseville, Pa. 1942(5; 215-584-1261
Nibbler
$39.96 retail Amiga MS-DOS C Cross Compiler
Miscellaneous MegflSoft Limited; I'O Box 1080; Battle $250 retail
Management Ground, Wash. 98604; 800*41-1541 or Lattice. Inc.: PO Box ;!(>72: Glen Ellyn, 111.
2()li.<iH7-5205
60138; 312-858-7950
Computer Co-Pilot Advanced String Library Amiga Panel Forma
Assists a user at his communication $40.98 retail 5195 retail
tasks, while teaming about the user and True BASIC, Inc.; ;«! S. Main St.; Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn. 111.
his relation to the world. Ii maintains a Hanover. N.H. 03755; 603-643-3882 60138; 312-858-7950

The Amiga Buyer's Guide 97

Business And Professional Software

ProKmmining Continued Northwest Machine Specialties; 3611 Micro-shell

Joshua Nli; Salem, Oreg. 97.'i0:S Programming
Amiga Programmer's Library S79.95 retail
Software development; file transfers Key To C Meta-Soft. Inc.; TO Box 72(13; Las Cruccs,
$200 retail Developer's package N.M. 66006; 505-523-0371
MfcdSoft; 2H17 Bloat Kd.; Pebble Beach, S34.95 retail
Calif. 93953; 408-6254104 or Data Research Processing. Inc.: 5121 Multi-Forth—Amiga Version
800-942-6294 Audrey Ur.; lluntington Reach. Calif. Software development
92fi4i); 7X4-840-7186 S17<! retail
■APL.08000 (or the Commodore Creative Solutions. Inc.; 47111 Randolph
Amiga Metacomca Rd., Ste. 12; Rockville, Md. 20852;
Programming Programming 301-9M-O262 or 800-31! 7 -84 fia
APL.68000 provides a friendly environ $199.95; Cambridge LISP
ment in which to program in AI'L. li is $99.93; ISO ttiscat Program Generator
available in boib a standard APL char $99,95 retail; Macro Assembler $400 retail; without ABasiC
acter-set version and in a keyword version. Available October, 1986; Amiga Shell $410 retail; with ABasiC
Features include a built-in function edi Tenchstar, Inc/Metacomco; 5,153 i!\L ScottB Gander Software, Lid.; 3223 Brosa Kd.,
tor; built-in VT100 APL/ASCII terminal Valley Dr.; Scotts Valley, Calif. 95066; "The Ponds"; Hastings, Mich. 49058:
emulation; full Clipboard support for data 4 08-1:38-7201 616-945-2821
exchange; pull-down menus; full printer
support: runs in its own window; user- ■ The Mctaconico Toolkit Programmers Toolkit
defined dialogue and alert bows; arbitrary Programming aids Available fourth quarter. 1986; $124.95
I/O via serial ports; a session manager, The MeUiromco Toolkit consists of several retxiil
which allows editing of screen lines; programming tools: Pipes, Librarian, Dis Micro! limensions, Inc.; 455 North Univer
and more. assembler, Pack & Unpack. Enlarge, sity Ave., Ste. 206; Provo, Utah 84601;
$299 retail Browse and AIJX CLI. 801-377-0933
Spencer Organization, Inc.; 3(515 Kinderka- Pipes are a way of connecting output
mack Rd.; PO Box 248; Westwood. NJ. from one program to the input of another ■Screen Mapper
07675; 201-666-6011 program without using cumbersome tem 5mm Mapper contains programs that
porary filva. allow a user to design and use multifield
An Amiga library consists of a series of screens.
Aztec C68k/Am
C software development system object modules, each consisting of one or One program allows a user to design the
$249 retail; Azicc C6Sk/Am-d more program units. The Librarian allows screen its it would look when in use; an
$499 retail; Aztec C68k/Am-c inspection and selective updating of the other can be used as a subroutine to dis
library. play information in variable fields and
Manx Software Systems; PO Box 55;
The Disassembler produces n source as allow entry in those fields.
Shrewsbury, NJ. 07701; 800-221-0440 or
201-5-42-2121
sembly file from any file output by a com The subroutine will do all of the in
piler, linker or assembler, retaining all of put/output functions from and to the

Commodore-Amiga
the information in the binary file. screen. When the subroutine is in control,
Pack & Unpack allows text files to be a user can skip from field to field and en*
Programming languages
.$199.95 retail; Amiga LISP condensed and later expanded. ter only the class of characters lutfal for
Enlarge produces messages in enlarged that field (alpha or numeric etc.).
$140.95 retail; Amiga C
S99.95 retail; Amiga I'ascal
formal, allowing creation of program head £89.95 retail
ers, titles, etc. Northwest Machine Specialties; 3613
S99.95 retail; Amiga Macro Assembler
Browse features pausing after each page. Joshua NE; Salem, Oreg. 97305
Commodore Business Machines, Inc.; 1200
searching for strings, advancing through
Wilson Dr.; West Chester, Pa. 19380;
files line by line, rewinding, etc. Sorting & Searching
215-431-9180
AUX CLI allows a second terminal to be $-19.95 retail
■cxrei
connected to the Amiga's serial port and True BASIC. Inc.; 39 S. Main St.;
C cross -re ft re nee utility used as an auxiliary CLI, expanding the Hanover, N.H. 03755; 603-S43-3S82
This utility gives programmers informa Amiga into a true multiuser system.
$49.95 retail Sprite/Graphics Editors
tion concerning variable declaration and
usage.
Tenchslar, Inc./Mctacomco; 5353 "E Scotts $50 retail
Valley Dr.; Scotts Valley, Calif. 95066; Scott Lamb; 205C Heights I.n.: Ft. Worth.
Command-line arguments allow de
408-4:18-7201 Texas 76112; 817-49(i-922f>
velopers to determine the level of detail
contained in their cross-reference listings.
Configuration files provide a way to cus Metadlgm Software ■ 11)1 Modula-2

tomize the cross-reference utility for any Programminy tools Programming language
particular C compiler. $95 retail; Mttascape: The Debugger TDI Modula-2 is a programming lan
$49.95 retail $H5 retail; Mctttscribe; The. Editor guage designed to make it easier to con
$69.95 retail; Metatools I ceive, write and maintain software.
Meta-Soft. Inc.; PO Box 7293; Las Graces,
N.M. 8800ft 505-523-0371 Metadigm, Inc.; 19762 MacArthur Blvd., The Regular Version of the program fea
Ste. 300; Irvine, Calif. 92715: tures a desktop that presents Modula-2
■HfcxDump 714-955-2555 files as icons and automates the edit/com
Hcxditmp allows a user to display and pile/link cycle; a desk accessory to set

print the contents of any file. The Micro Forge Programming directory search paths, heap size of a pro-
The program's formatted display shows Programming utilities gram and several other linker and compil
all characters, whether printable or not, $69.95 retail; Programmer's Editor er options; an enhanced editor with global
and (heir respective hexadecimal values. $89.95 retail; Prolog Level 1 search and replace, the ability to set and
The display may be directed to the screen The Micro Forge; 398 Grant St. SE; jump lo markers, auto itlenl options, key
or to a printer. Atlanta, Ga. 30312; 404-688-9464 board macros and more; an optimization
$19.95 retail pas.-! in the linker that removes all uncalled

9K November/December 1986
procedures and reduces code size; the abil ment, and the Runtime Package links a circuits on Ihc Amiga's lii-res screen.
ity to write desktop accessories with user's main program and external libraries Standard schematic, logic and integrated
Modula-2; modules for full Atari BIOS (ba with the Runtime module lo produce a self- circuit symbols are used lo build the cir
sic input/output system) and XBIOS inter contained "clickable" program. cuit on [he screen using the mouse or key
faces; and mare. Tin' Runtime Package reduces the memo board io move parts around.
The Developer's Version includes ;i sym ry required to run programs, speeds up £299 retail
bolic debugger that presents programs in loading and start-up lime and gives a user MicroMaster Software; 1289 Bnxlhead
symbolic form and uses GEM multhvin- the same execution speed as the Language Rd.; Monaca, Pa. 15061; 412-775-3000
dftws, a high-level GEM application library. System. No syntax changes are necessary.
source-file cross-referencer, link and code- S150 retail; non-commercial licensing Dynamic-CAD
file disassembler, symbol file decoder, the $500 retail; unlimited commercial licensing Computer-aided design
source code for a RAM disk driver and True BASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.; A two-dimensional drafting system with
printer spooler in Modula-2 and more. Hanover, N.H. 03755; 603-ii43-3882 isometric capabilities thai can be combined
$89.96 retail; Regular Version with many models of printers, plotters and
$149.95 retail; Developer's Version ZT.I digitizers.
TDI Software, Inc.; IM10 Markison Rd.; Line interpreter $495 retail
Dallas, Texas 75238; 214-3-10-4942 S49.95 retail Microlllusions; PO Box 3475; Granada
Zoxso; PO Box 283; Lowell, Mass. 018,13; Hills, Calif. 91344; 818-360-3715
TxEd 617li559o48
Text editor ES5C Calculator
$59.95 retail Programmable scientific calculator
Microamitfta, Inc.; PO Box 561; Cam
bridge, Mass. 02140; 617-576-2878
Specific Application A software module thai emulates a
programmable scientific calculator, ll re
sides in iis own window and can run con
True BASIC Language System 3-D Graphics Library
currently with olher applications.
$149.90 retail Three-dimensional graphics Emusoft Corp.; 1400 Chicago Ave., Ste.
True BASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.; The 3-D Graphics Library allows a user to 303; Evanstou, III. 60201; 312-869-6676
Hanover, N.H. 03755; 603-643-3882 create three-dimensional images.
$49.95 retail The Film Production Toolkit
■ True BASIC Runtime Package True BASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.; Scheduling and budgeting motion pictures
AppHratkm development Hanover, N.H. 03755; <5O3-(543-3882 Designed to aid directors, production
The Runtime Package contains everything managers and assistant directors.
needed to create a stand-alone application. Digital Building System The program is written in the C
The Language System is used for develop Graphically simulates digital electronic programming language, and is designed to

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additional support packages, Musk Student $69.95 U.S. retail; $99.95 Canada retail
Specific Application Continued
I and //, take the student through all ma Batteries Included; 30 Mural St.: Rich

connect with a series of building blocks jor areas of music theory such as symbol mond Hill, Ontario. Canada L4I5 1B5;
that will Interface the program's Bchedul- recognition, scales, chords, etc. 416-881-9811)
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$W3~i retail; Music Student I and // MaxlPlan
The system includes a Wizard feature
that answers what-ii questions about any Associated Computer Services; I30G E. Spreadsheet
Sunshine; Springfield, Mo. 65804: A spreadsheet, graphics and database
planned or unplanned circumstances a pro
417-887-7373 program that provides a 512-column by
ducer may encounter.
S1.5Q0 retail
16,384-rOW processing area and what-if
SciCalc analysis with numerical data.
Film ['reduction Toolkits: 311-1 Fifth St.;
Scientific calculator S150 retail
Santa Monica, Calif. 90405; 213-396-1199
A lull-featured scientific calculator. Fea MaxiSoft; 2817 Stoat Rd.; Pebble Beach.
Grade Manager tures Include algebraic hierarchy with au Calif. 93953; 408-625-4104 or
Gradehook and statistics tomatic constant, 10 memories, powers, 800-942-6294
Allows for tht entry of any type of logs, trig, hyperbolics, statistics and po
grade entry with full category weighting lar/rectangular conversion.
and renaming, automatic conversion of SI4.95 retail Utilities
grades to a true 100-point scale and after- DESKWARE; PO Uo\ 47577: St. Peters
the-fact grade maintenance. burg Fla. 33743
A Disk
$89.95 remit
n Manager Two-drive emulator
Associated Computer Services; 1306 Iv.
A full-featured television station A two-drive emulator that allows a user
Sunshine; Springfield, Mo. 65804;
management system. The first module to to load and run programs without continu
417-887-7373
ally swapping the Workbench disk.
be completed is the weather graphics
S29.95 retail
Lionheart Business Software system.
Additional modules will be available to MegaSoft Limited: PO Box 1080: Battle
Business-analysis books with software
handle interoffice mail, teleprompting, Ground, Wash. 98604; 800-541-1541 or
S145 retail; Business Statistics
downloading from news and weather ser 206-687-5205
SU5 retail; Experimental Statistics
S150 retail; Mvltimriate Analysis vices and production of news "copy." This
will link together all newsroom sen-ices. Clock For Amiga
SMS retail; Forecasting and Time Scries
$1,995 retail: Station Manager Utility
S150 retail; Sides and Market Fbncasting
$995 retail; Station Managlf Weather A small cartridge that plugs onto the
SI 10 retail; Decision Analysis Techniques
side of the Amiga. The time of day is set
$95 retail; Linear and Non-linear Graphics
automatically each time the computer is
Programming Associated Computer Services; 1306 E.
Sunshine; Springfield. Mo 65804; turned on, and the clock will run for two
S9n retail; Peri and Critical Path Techniques
years even when the Amiga is turned off.
SI 10 retail: Optimization 417-BH7-7373
Sfi9.95 retail
S75 retail; Exploratory Data Analysts
Skyles Electric Works, Inc.; 231-E S.
3145 retail; Quality Control and Industrial
Spreadsheets Whisman Rd,; Mountain View, Calif.
Experiments
940.11; 800-227-9998 or 415-965-1735
$150 retail; statistics for Marketing
$125 retail; Manic Carlo Simulations Amiga Unit-ilk- Spreadsheet
D.A.S. Disk Editor
Lionheart Press; PO Box 329: Alburn, Vl. An electronic spreadsheet that provides
05440; 514-933-4918
Utility
a 25(i-column by 1,024-row processing area.
A utility program that allows a user to
$79.95 retail
change any byle(s) on a disk and display
l.ogicWorks Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen lillyn, 111.
sectors in Hex, Octal, ASCII and Decimal
Integrated logic design 60138; 312-858-7950
format,
A tool thai contains schematic diagram
S20 retail
entry and simulation capabilities, user- Analyzol
Developers of Advanced Software; 12455
definable macro devices, PROM and I'l.A Spreadsheet
Veterans Memorial Dr., Ste. 204; Houston,
support and interactive operation. A spreadsheet program that provides a
Texas 77014
SI 99.95 retail 256-coIumn by 8,156-row processing area.
Capilano Computing Systems, Ltd.; PO $99.95 retail
Deluxe Print
Box 86971; N. Vancouver, B.C.. Canada Micro-Systems Software, Inc.; 4301-18 Oak
Color printing program
V7L 4PS; 604-1569-6343 Cir.; Boca Raton, Fla. 33431; 305-391-5077
Contains 15 formats for creating a varie
or 800-327-8724
ty of customized printouts, in either color
PCLO
or black and white.
Printed circuit-board layout ■BTS
A multiple-layer, interactive auto-routint! S99.95 retail
Spreadsheet
CAL) tool for engineers and technicians Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.; San
UTS is a spreadsheet program that con
Mateo. Calif. 94404; 415-571-7171
who want complete control over their tains a maximum work-sheet size of 1,000
printed circuit-board artwork. rows by 1.1)00 columns.
Disk Library
$1,024 retail The program features math, statistic and
Provides a way to organize the contents
S75 retail; demo financial functions: the logical operators
of [i disk for easy access.
SoftCircuils, Inc.; 401 SW 75th Terrace; And. True and False; standard formatting
$49.95 retail
North Lauderdale, Fla. 33068; options; variable column widths with
Classic Image, Inc.; 510 Rhode Island
305-721-2707 counter; a sparse matrix storage method;
Ave.; Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002;
automatic or manually selected calcula
Quiz Master tions; calculations by row or column;
Music shows values or formulas in each cell; pro
Allows a teacher to create and give tests Disk Traffic Controller
tects an entire spreadsheet file or selected
or quizzes directly on the computer. Two File/drawer/disk database
portions: and more.

1OO November/December 1986

Computer Food. Inc.; 2215 Sarah Ct., Ste.
80H; Norcross, Ga. 30093; 404-851-9103

Hire Tech-
Diskwik
Disk utility package
Gives a user total access and control of
his disks. Features include restoring de
leted files; eliminating any errors on a disk

knowledgy
(except those due Co defective disks); edit
ing in b<ix or ASCII: copying Mocks to tin-
same or another disk; reformatting tracks;
correcting checksums; and more.
$49.95 retail
Tigress; I'O Rox 665; (ilentlura. Calif.
91740; 818-334-0709

■ DOS-2-DOS
File transfer
DOS-2-DUS transfers all file types from
MS-DOS/PC-DOS lo AmigaDOS and vice

Features include selection at a desired

MS-DOS/PC-DOS subdirectory, displays a
sorted directory listing of a current sub
directory with disk-usage statistics, sup
ports full directory path names, provides Communications
duplicate file-name detection with que
ry/replace options, permits renaming of
Corporation
files where file-name restrictions occur,
offers type and delete commands and re
mains resident to permit AmigaDOS disk Marketing
swapping. Communications
S55 retail
Central Coast Software: 2&& Bowie Dr.; and Publishing
Los Osos, Calif. 93402; 805-528-4906

InfoMiuder
Information resource
An information resource program that
allows a user to access stored data.
The program consists of three parts: an
access/display program, a text compiler
and a programmer's interface.
$89.95 retail
Byte By Byte: Arboretum Plaza II; 9442
Capital of Texas llwy. N., Ste. 150; Austin,
Texas 78759: 512-343-1357

! Graphics
Printer utility
Lasenip'. Graphics allows a user to print
virtually any Amiga screen on an Apple Past and present clients include Apple Computer, Inc.,
LaserWriter printer.
The program allows a user to load and Bio Medic Data Systems, Commodore, COMPAQ Computer Corporation
display any 111'I■'■ formatted picture, and
print all or any portion of il at any scale Contel Business Networks. Eastman Kodak, Harris Corporation,
and at any place on a page.
A user has complete control of halftone
Hewlett-Packard, MICAH, Motorola Information Systems. OmniGate,
screen types, independent X and Y scaling Private Satellite Network, Texas Instruments. Wang Laboratories,
and positioning on the page.
All files are saved as Postscript images. Warner Communications and Xerox. For more information,
S79.95 retail
contact Ted LeonsiS, founder and president,
S. Anthony Studios; 88S! De Haro St.; San
Francisco, Calif, 94107; 415-82M193
Redgate Communications Corporation
LaserUtilities Vol. l
A collection »f histstnpi procedures for 3381 Ocean Drive. Vero Beach, Florida 32963, 305-231-6904
formatting texl on the LaserWriter.
$39.95 retail Boston Office: -41)1 Wot Street, Reading Massachusetts 01867, 617-944-9897
S. Anthony Studios; 889 De Haro St.: San
San Francisco Office: One China Basin Building, Suite 6300. 185 Berry Street,
Francisco, Calif, 94107; 415-826-15193
San Francisco, California 94107, 415-777-391!

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Utilities Continued The On-line AmlgaBASIC Manual Techni Soft; 1JO Box 7175; f)G05 Walden
On-line help utility Meadows Dr.: Murray. Utah B4123;
■lpr An oii-line help utility program that in
Line-printing spooler cludes pulldown menus for help on all the
Similar to the UNIX tine-printing BASIC instructions. ■ Vl.l

spooler Utility, /pr outputs files :o a user- Available January, 1987; $29.95 retail; not Operating shell
defined port. copy-protected VLI is an operating shell thai is a cross
A configuration file allows the user to Omega Star Software; PO Box 1831; between the Workbench and CM.
toll the utility about prim parameters such Clemson, 5.C. 29633; 803-8S2-3602 All CLI commands are available with the
as pagination and page headers, use of the mouse. Files in the current
Pick Your Preferences directory are displayed and can be selected
Command-line arguments may ;ilso l»
Start-up file for any CI.I operation.
used to override or add other information
lo the output. An auto-running start-up file that Available fourth quarter, 19H(i
Available January, 1987; SWM estimated presents a user with a menu that lists the Computer Food, Inc.; 2215 Sarah Ct., Ste.
retail available preference settings on a disk. 80H; Nortross, Ga. 30093; 40-1-851-911)3
Meta-Soft, Inc.; PO Box 7293: I.as Cnices, $39.95 retail
N.M. 880llli; 505-S23-O371 MieroMaster Software; 12H9 Brodhead ■ ZING!
Rd.; Monaco, Pa. 15061; '112-775-^000 Productivity software
Maxipower Series Zing! allows a user in bypass typing
L"ti lilies RAM Disk cryptic commands through CLI. With the
Maxinaur is d mouse/keyboard record Memory partitioning utility program, a user can copy. edit, delete, re
ami playback program. Gives high-speed capabilities lo users of name, sort, search and organize files and
MaxKBChB is ;i fliippy disk performance the Work he ii cli interface. programs usin>! the mouse.
enhancement thai allows a floppy iu work The Micro For^e; 398 Grant St. SE; At Screens can be saved lo standard IFF
faster than a hard disk. lanta, Ga. 30312; 404-688-94G4 files or lo a printer. A user can monitor
Maxikey is an abbreviation handler for and control running tasks and interface
word processing and programming. T-Util with (ilhur software applications.
File recovery Other features include a built-in screen
Maxislmrr is a real-time data sharing pro-
yram usiujs two Aniigas.
Consists of four programs: Reaner-Alt, dimmer during periods of inactivity.
Rnovtr-Dthted, Un-Kilt and DiskfdH. These Zing! does not sacrifice memory, tlisk
S29.95 each retail
files are designed to run from thfi CI.I en space or prevent a usc-r from running oth
MaxSoft; ^817 Stoat Rd.; Pebble Heach.
vironment, and instructions are provided er applications simultaneously.
Calif. 93953; 408-625-4104 or
in the manual for users who are not famil 879.95 retail
800-942-62M
iar with CLI. Meridian Software, Inc.; PO Box 890408;
S49.95 retail Houston, Texas 77289; 713-^88-2144

Mouse Driven

ZING ! is a super^software package that gives

YOU the power to ^^"iictess your AMIGA! You no lon
ger have to resort ^^to typing cryptic commands through
CLI, ZING! uses Intuition which provides you with ensy
Classic games software you can drive with window, icon, menu, and mouse controlled features.
your mouse! But, you don't need a license
Start flying through your system while copying, edit
-just an AMIGA and1 ing, deleting, renaming, sorting, searching and organizing
files and programs. You can save screens to standard IFF
Games Gallery I, II, and III.
files or the printer, monitor and control running tusks, and
Each of these packages contain exciting interface with other software applications. Of course,
Space, Gambling, Sports Games, and ZING! his many other powers including a built-in screen
dimmer during periods of inactivity.
Mind Teasers.
Each provides a standard series of features ZlNGl offers these capabilities without sacrificing
and options lor: memory, disk space, or preventing you from tunning other
applications simultaneously. ZING! uses Intuition the
•Speech "Graphics "Menus
way it should be used!
•Color "Help 'Voice and "Mouse Control!
Order ZING! and transform your mild mannered CLI into
Kicks tart 1,1 & ^>12K memory required.
the fastest and most powerful computer interface ever con
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102 November/December 1986

on screen, however, and only color-capable Write Hand
printers can utilize the program's color- Word processor
Word Processing printing capabilities. A full-featured word processor that in
Multitasking is fully supported. cludes extensive on-line help, form letter
K.T. Writer Available January, HJ87; $124.95 retail generation, mail merge, automatic docu
Turns an Amiga computer and primer New Horizons Software, Inc.; PO Udn ment backup, time/date stamp, conditional
into a full-featured electronic typewriter or 43167; Austin. Texas 78715; 512-280-031<J page breaks, custom printer configuration,
standard word processor. block graphics, viewing of multiple docu
Available first quarter, 1987; $49.95 retail Scribble! ments during edit and more.
T.R- Software; 4346 W. Maypole; Chicago, Word processor S50 retail
III. 6062-1; 312.875-9760 A full-featured word processor that con Byte By Byte: Arboretum Plaza II; 9442
tains a 40,000-word spelling checker, basic Capital of Texas Hwy. N., Ste. 150; Austin.
Flow word processing capabilities and advanced Texas 78759; 512-3.13-43.17
Idea processor features.
A tool that assists in creating sales $99.95 retail Zuma Fonts
reports, school papers and novels; helps Micro-Systems Software. Inc.; ■ISOMS Oak Video; presentation graphics
plan business strategies and schedule ap Cir.; Eioca Raton, Fla. 33431; 305-391-5077 Designed for use in video and presenta
pointments: and organizes thoughts and or 8U0-327-S724
tion graphics applications. Each of the
ideas. volumes contains font sizes ranging from
Talker
599.95 retail 20 to 100 points for screen resolutions of
New Horizons Software, Inc.: I'd Box IMking word processor
320 x 200, 640 x 200 and (540 x 400.
43167; Austin, Texas 7S7if>; 512-280-0319 An easy-to-use word processor that
$34.95 per volume retail
speaks as a user types. It includes all stan
Brown-W'agh Publishing; 16795 Lark Ave..
■Illusion Fouls #1 dard word processor features such as word
Ste. 210; Los Gates, Calif. 95030;
System font? and utilities wrap, margin setting, bold, italic and un
408-395-3838
derlined text.
Illusion Fonts 41 is a library of system
utilities and accessories that contains a set
SW.'Hi retail
of various fonts and font-handling utilities. Finally Software; 4000 MacArtlmr Blvd.,
Features include II) complete custom- Ste. 3000: Newport Reach. Calif. 926(53;
made, high-quality fonts including serif,
71I-854-443-1 Personal And
sans serif and decorative fonts; multiple
Ttaxtcraft Home Software
font sizes from eight to 21 points; and a
Woi-:l processing
font-mover utility. The program is not
An entry-level word processor that
copy-protected.
stresses ease of use, on-screen documenta
Illusion Fonts 111 is compatible with De
tion and templates for business letters, me-
Education
luxe Paint, Deluxe Video, Notepad and other
inos, etc.
programs conforming to Amiga font $!)i).!ir> retail Analogies I And II
standards. 365 each retail
Commodore Business Machines, Inc.; 1200
$24.95 retail Intellectual Software, a division of Queue,
Wilson Dr.; West Chester, I'a, 19380:
Illusion Software; 654fi Hollywood Blvd., Inc.; Slffi Huston Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn.
215-431-9180
Ste. 201; Hollywood, Calif. '!I)U28; 06(510: 800-232-2224
213-464-8381 ■ Thunder1 The Writer's Assistant
Word processing Comprehensive Grammar Review I
LaserFonts Vol. 1 Thunder! contains three timeaaving ac And II
A collection of three down loadable ana cessories that work within application pro $54.9f> each retail
lytic (nnl bit-mapped) fonts for thy Laser- grams lo increase productivity; Spelling Intellectual Software, a division of Queue,
writer printer. Checker. Abbreviations Expander and Inc.; 502 Boston Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn.
$39.95 retail Document Analyzer. 06(510; 800-232-2224
S. Anthony Studios; mu lie Ilaro St.: San The Spelling Checker contains a
Francisco, Calif. 94107; 415-826-6193 50,000-word dictionary, works in real-time ■Conversation With A Computer
mode to instantly identify errors as a user Logic games and Amiga Basic program
Nancy types and more. ming guide
Spelling checker and utilities The Abbreviations Expander saves a S29.50 retail
A spelling checker with a compressed user time entering commonly used items. Jenday Software; PO Box 4313; Garden
dictionary file containing more than 80,000 The Document Analyzer displays a Grove, Calif. 92612; 714-636-3378
words. It can search up to four user- statistical report, including number of
supplied word lists of unlimited length words, average sentence length and more. Discovery
which can, for example, hold names and 539.95 retail Interactive educational space adventure
technical words. Batteries Included; 30 Mural St.; Rich Through the mastering of mathematical
S60 retail mond Hill. Ontario. Canada L4B 1B5; and spelling challenges a user explores
The Computer Club; J843A S. 28th St.; 416-881-9816 and repairs the inner workings of the
Arlington, Va. 22206; 71H-99B-7588 spaceship Disawery.
Wordwright $39.95 retail
Word processing Micro Illusions: PO Box 3-175; Granada
■ProWrite
A word processor that can handle large Hills, Calif- 913-11; 818-360-371 r>
Word processor
Pmwrite is a word processor that allows a text files and is oriented to the user who
wants total control over the way text is ■Equation 1'loder
user lo edit and print in different fonts,
styles and colors. printed. Educational aid
$75 retail Equatinn Plotter is designed to lie used as
PnwrUt supports [ill primers that have
Amiga printer drivers. Only graphics- KTL Programming Aids; 1OS44 Deenvood an educational aid by junior high, high
capable printers can print in the font used SE; Lowell, Mich. 19331; 616-&'J7-5672

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which allows a child to build loys with Keyboard Cadet

Education Continued
shapes; The Toy Boxes, to store created Typing instruction
school and even advanced college studenis.
toys; The Toy Fair, which teaches shape S39.9S retail
recognition; and Make-a-Match, which Mindscape. Inc.; 3444 Dundee Rd.; North-
Classroom teachers can also benefit from
the program's ability to let them draw matches shapes and toys. brook. III. 60062; 800-221-9884 or
graphs in (lie X and Y plane, compare S49.95 retail 800-912-7315 in 111.
mathematical functions, find solutions of First Byte, Inc.; 2845 Temple Ave.; Long
equations graphically, locale maxima and Beach, Calif. 9080(5; 213-595-7006 KidTalk

minima of functions and more. Reading, writing instruction

French And Spanish Grammar An educational program with built-in
Equation Plotter accepts user-defined
S34.95 each retail; French Grammar I, speech capabilities that can help children
mathematical functions, or a user can se-
Spanish Grammar I, II, III itl preschool through sixth grade improve
lect from a generalized library of equation
Intellectual Software, a division of Queue, their reading and writing.
types.
A user can optionally decide to view one Inc.; 562 Boston Avc.; Bridgeport, Conn. S5y.95 retail
or tWO curves, the latter enabling detailed 06610; 800-232-2224 First Byte, Inc.; liH'lo Temple Ave.; Long
comparisons of equation types. Additional Beach, Calif. 90806; 213-595-7006
options turn grid lines on or off and will Geography
repeat the currant display, with a change S59.95 each retail; U.S. Geography Adven- Lessons In Reading And Reasoning
turn, World Geography Adventure I, II, III, IV 539.95 each retail; Ussons I, II, III
of scale in either or both the X or Y axes.
Intellectual Software, a division of Queue, 559.95 retail; Ussan IV
$29,96 retail
Scientific Software; I'O liox 202; Rfixford, Inc.; 562 Boston Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn. $14!I.(J5 retail; Entire package
N.Y. 12148
06610; 800-232-2224 intellectual Software, a division of Queue,
Inc.; 562 Boston Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn.
The Halley Project: A Mission In 06610; 800-232-2224
■ First Shapes
Basic geometric shapes Our Solar System
Mindscape, Inc., see review on page 71 MiislurType
Ftrst Shapes teaches young children, ages
Typing tutor
three to eight, beginning concepts about
shape and form through a talking friend, History $39.95 retail
559.95 each retail; American History Adven Scarborough Systems. Inc.; 55 S. Broad
Ted E. Bear. It helps to increase a child's
ture, How A Bill Becomes A Law, World His way; Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591; 914-332-4545
readiness for mathematics, reading, writ
ing and problem solving. tory Adventure

Learning modules include Shapes, which Intellectual Software, a division of Queue, ■ MnthTulk
teaches five basic shapes; The Toy Factory, Inc.; 562 Boston Ave.; Bridgeport. Conn. Mathematics
06610; 800-232-2224 Mathtatk is a mathematics learning tool

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with built-in speech that helps increase a Reading Unicorn Educational Software
child's (primary through elementary )>ra<Ies| $65 retail; College Aptititdt Reading Compre $49.95 each retail; Decimal Dungeon, Frac
ability to solve basic addition, subtraction, hension Exercises tion Action, Math Wizard, Animal Kingdom,
multiplication and division problems. $39.95 retail; Reading Adventure I Read and Rhyme. Kindtrama
Learning modules include Math Hook, $59.95 each retail; Reading Adventure II, III Unicorn Software Co.; 2950 E. Flamingo
which allows a child to enter his own prob $54.95 each retail; Rtadihg and Thinking I, Rd.; Us Vegas. Nev. 89121; 702-737-8862
lems and receive individualized luioria) II. Ill
help; Whiz, which keeps children in con Intellectual Software, a division of Queue. Vocal) u l;i ry
trol, letting them move al [heir own pace; Inc.; 502 Boston Ave,: Bridgeport. Conn. S34.95 retail: Antonyms
Scores, which keeps a record of each 06610; H00-232-2224 $54.95 retail; Practical Voutbula>y
child's test and game scores; Tabletalk. 859.95 each retail: Vocabulary Adventure I,
wind: teaches math tables; and Mystery ■ Sctnir Tutor II, HI
Number, which allows a child to solve sim Conversational Spanish tutor S39.95 retail; How To Spell
ple math equations with mifflhg numbers. Senor Tutor is a program that speaks and Intellectual Software, a division <<i Queue,
$59.95 retail teaches Spanish. Inc.; "iii2 Boston Ave.: Bridgeport, Conn.
First Byte, Inc.; 2845 Temple Are.; Long Lessons include greetings and phrases, 06610; 811(1-2:12-222-1
Beach. Calif- 9080(5: 213-595-7006 around the house, a trip to the market.
Finding your way around and more.
■ MicroEd Educational Programs Lessons change so that a user never Games And
Microed. Inc. offers ;i series of educa Bees the same one twice, and variable
quizzes help monitor progress.
Entertainment
tional programs thai range from reading to
history. All programs use the Amiga voice. $89,99 retail
S^i.tio each retail; Beginning Reading One Finally Software; 4000 MacAtlhur Blvd.. ActI vision Gumes
through Four Ste. 3000; Newport Beach, Calif. 9261)3; $44.95 each retail; Hacker, Hackei II: The
S29.B5 each retail: Spelling Level Tim 711-854-4434 Doomsday Papers, Mindshadow, ISoiroiird
through Six Time, Shanghai, lass Times in Tontlmcn
S29.95 each retail; Capitalization, Punc Speller Bee $49.95 retail: The Actiiision Little Computer
tuation Spelling instruction People Discovery Kit
529.95 retail; Social Studies Vbcabalaiy An educational program with built-in Activision, Inc.: PO Bos 728(5; Mountain
(elementary) speech capabilities [hat can help children View. Calif. 94039; 415-960-0410
$49.95 retail: Ibeabulary Series (high school in preschool through sixth grade improve
level) their spelling skills. ■Aldaron
$29.95 retail; Basic Grammar $59.96 retail Reversi board game
S2y.!lj retail; \iord Demons First Byte, Inc.; 2815 Temple Ave.; Long S39.95 retail
S39.95 retail; The Spelling DtUcSve Game Beach, Calif. 90806; 213-595-7006 Micrasmiths, Inc.; PO Bus 561; Cam
S89.95 retail; The Lewis and Clark Expe bridge, Mass. 02140: 617-57(i-2H78
dition Starting A New Business
$59.95 retail; Across the Plains Simulation game ■ Arazok's Tomb
$79.95 retail: Fur Trade of the Great Lakes $59.95 retail Adventure, role-playing game
$79.95 retail: Making Our Constitution Intellectual Software, a division of Queue. S49.95 retail
MicroEd, Inc.; I'd Box -144(105; Eden Prai- Inc.: fiii2 Boston Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn. Aegis Development, Inc.; 2210 Wilshire
ric, Minn. 55344; 612-944-8750 06610; 800-233-2224 Blvd., Ste. 277: Santa Monica, Calif.
90403; 213-392-9972
Paraclete ■ The Surgeon
Simulation game Bowling
Music aid
S89.95 retail The Surgeon is a simulation game of a Action name
Associated Computer Services; 130fi E. real-life operation on a disease called aor S19.95 retail
Sunshine; Springfield, Ma 65804; tic aneurysui. Sterling Software; 77 Mead St.; Bridge
■117-887-7373 The program includes all of the compli port, Conn. 06610; 203-365-7775
cations that can occur in a surgical opera-
lion, such as abnormal electrocardiograph- ■Chess it Checkers
Practical Composition And Sentence
Completion ic wave patterns, a drop in blood pressure Strategy games
$44.95 retail; Practical Composition I: Mak and complications from incorrect pro 839,95 retail
ing Words Work cedures. Point Software Development, !nc; PO Box
$54.95 retail: Practical Composition II: logi The program can be used to understand 194B; Iliintsville. Ala. 35807; 205-350-5511
cal. Clear Sc?ilcnces the pans uf the human body, medical ter
S-I4.D5 retail; Practical Composition ill: minologies and Surgical operations. Chesamato I.I
Selecting The Best Approach 860 retell Computerized chess game
$44.95 retail; Practical Composition IV: Mak ISM, Inc.: 2936 Paper Mill Rd.; Phoenix, $29.95 retail
ing Sentences Work Md, 21131; 301-666-2672 Dark Horse; 3117 Freeman Mill Kd.;
$443~) retail: Practical Composition V: Using Greensboro, NX. 2741)6; 919-292-3979
True BASIC Educational Software
Words Correctly
$49.95 each retail: Algebra, Pre-Calculus, ■The- Chessmaster 2000: Software
$144.95 retail; Practical Composition Package
Calculus. Chance, Discrete Math, Trigonometry Golden Oldies Volume l
I: includes Practical Composition I, II and ///
True HASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.; Strategy; entertainment
885 retail: Practical Composition Package II;
Hanover. N.H. 03755; 603-645-3882 $44.95 retail; The Chessmaster 2000
includes Practical Compilation IV and V
S'M.95 retail: Sentence Completion $34.95 retail; Softtcarc Golden Oldies Want I
Typing Tutor And Word Invaders The Software Tuolworks: 9713 Santa Mon
Intellectual Software, a division of Queue,
typing Instruction ica Blvd.. Ste. 204; Beverly Hills. Calif.
Inc.: 562 Boston Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn.
834.95 retail
06610; 800-232-222.1 90210; L'13-278-8450
Academy Software, Inc.; PO Box (5277;
San Rafael, Calif. 91903; 415-499-0850

The Amiga Buyer's Guide 105

Personal And Home Software

Games And Entertainment Continued Epyx. Inc.; 1043 Kiel Cl.; Sunnyvale. Bethesda Softworks; 9208 Burning Tree
Calif. 94089; 408-745-0700 Rd\; Bethesda, Md 20817; 301-469-7061
■Computer Baseball or 8(MI-992-40<W
Sjiurls game ■Tin' Faery Tftle Adventure
Adventure game HC Software Australia Games
339.95 retail
$49.95 retail S^S each retail; Cosmos, Napoieomes
Strategic Simulations, Inc.; ID-Mi N. Reng-
Microllluaiona; PO Box J475: Granada G.A.P., Land G.A.P.
storff Ave.; Mountain View. Calif. EM043;
Hills, Calif. 91344; 818-360-3715 HC Software Australia; GPO Box 220-1:
415-864-1200
Adelaide, South Australia 5001; 08-428377
Diablo ■Flight Simulator II
[nrocom Games
Maze-like, arcade-siyle ^ame $49.95 retail
Sublogic Corp.; 713 Edgebrook Dr.; Cham S49.95 each retail; Starcnss, SttsPtitdtd,
$29.95 retail Spflltimiker, Deadline
Classic Image, Inc.; 31 (I Kluuli' Island paign, 111. 61820: 217-359-8482
$39.95 each retail; I'hmvhll, Tht Hitchhik
Ave.; Cherry Hill, N.J. 080D2;
er's Guide To The Galaxy, .-1 Mind Fortver
60S-667-2526 ■Games Gallery 1. II And 111
ibyaging, Seastalker, Cutthroats. Wishbringer,
Classic computer games
Zork I. Enchanter, The Witness, Ballyhoo,
Dr. Xcs S29.<!f> eadl retail
Suspect. Trinity, Leather Goddesses Of Phobas
Psychotherapeutic game Meridian Software. Inc.: PO Box 890408:
$44.95 c;it:li retail; hifulel, Zork ll.Zork 111,
$49.96 retail Houston, Texas 77289; 713-488-2144
Sorcerer
Finally Software: -1000 MacArthur lilvcl..
GsmcBtar Gomes
Infocom; l!?i> CambridgePark Dr.: Cam-
Ste. 3000: Newport Beach. Calif. !>2li6r{;
Sport simulations bridge. Mass. (121-10: 617-492-6000
714-854^434
354.95 retail; Championship Golf: The Great Leader Board
Electronic Arts Games Courses Of The Obrid, Vol. I Pebble Beach Coif simulation
$39.95 each retail; Archon, Dr. J and Liny $44.95 each retail; GFI. Championship Foot $39.95 retail
Bin! Go One-On-One, Skyfox, Aretkfiix, Re ball, Championship Baseball, GBA Basket- Access Software: 2561 South 1T>I)O West;
turn To Atlantis btdl: Tic On Tiw Woods Cross. Utah 84087: 80fc298-9077
S4i).9r> retail; Adventure Construction Set Gamestar; PO Box T2SH; Mountain View,
Electronic Aris; 18^0 Gateway i)r.: San Calif. 94039: 800-227-9759 or 415-940-6044 Miuclscapc Games
Mateo, Calif. 94404: 415-571-7171 $49.95 each retail; Deja Vu; A Nightmare
GRIDIRON! Comes True, Bmtamts, Balance (if Rarer
■ K|\vx Games GRIDIRON! NFL DataDIsk S44.95 retail; Racier
Strategy Kuutball simulation Mindscape, Inc.; 3444 Dundee Rd.; North-
Jhmpls ef Apshai Trilogy, Rogue, White? $69.95 retail; GRIDIRON! brook, III. S0062; 800-221-9884 or
Games Available fall. 1986; NFL Datadish 800-942-7315 in III.

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Reader
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Access Associates 1 67
Aegis Development Inc. 2 69
Aegis Development Inc. 3 112
Anakin Research, Inc. 4 104
Applied Visions 5 III
DOSS DOS does what you thought Transformer 106
Central Coast Software 6
would do. D0S-2-DOS transfers files between 81
Classic Imagc/MW Ruth 7
PC'MS-DOS & Amiga-DOS!
Computer Best 8 95
• Supports single or double sided 5W diskettes Comspec Communications 9 91
• Allows selection of desired PC/MS-DOS subdirectory 10 81
Dark 1 lorsc Company
• Supports full directory palli names, with wild cards in file names
Digital Creations 11 93
• Provides duplicate file name detection with query replace options
• Provides TYPE and DELETE commands Disk Man, The 12 85
• Permits Amiga-DOS disk swapping Finally Software 13 79
Requires standard Amiga with external 5'/«" expansion disk drive Lattice. Inc. 14 87
and a lormalied PC/MS-DOS diskette. Only S55 plus S3 shipping Megatronics 15 99
and handling. CA residents add sales tax, Meridian Software If. 102LH
Meridian Software 17 I02RH
Microillusions 18 77
Microsoft Press 19 73
Softwood Company 20 66
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268 Bowie Drive, Los Osos, CA 93402 • B05 / 528-4906
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Seven Cities Of Gold savings, mortgage, IRAs and other per entries based on readied information. If
Electronic Arts, see review on page 76 sonal finance questions. the recalled information and new-entry
$40,85 retail data are the same, the user need not outer
■ Super Huey Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.; San anything. The user can, however, overwrite
1 lclicupter flight simniatioii Mateo, Calif. 94404; 415-571-717] any information he wants changed.
$39.95 retail The program Utilizes the Amiga's sound,
COSMI; '115 N. Figueroa St; Wilmington, Financial Planner voice, color graphics and mouse input
Calif. 90744: 213^35-9687 A what-if planning tool for all common capabilities.
financial transactions with amortizations. $9555 retail
■ Video Vegas All math, rows and columns are built in. Sedona Software; 118-i-i Hancho Bernardo
Slots, blackjack, draw poker, keno S100 retail; without ABasiC Rd., Stt. 20; San Diego, Calif. U2127;
$34.95 retail SI 10 retail; with AilasiC (iiy-451-0151
Batldville; 1001 Medical Park Dr. SE; Gander Software, Ltd.; 3223 Bross Kd..
Grand Rapids, Mich. 49506; 616-957-3036 "The Ponds"; Hasting, Midi. 49058; PHASAK
or 800-82-1-8873 618-945-2821 Home/small-business management system
PHASAR (Professional/Nome Accounting
Home I, Red I System And Register! is a financial man
PAR financial software agement system that allows up to 40
Personal And PAR Rant I enables a home user to Ret bitnk/charge acounts and 130 income/
a handle on major areas of personal finan expense categories.
Home Finance
cial management. SfiS retail $89.95 retail
PAR Rail I assists a realtor or investor Marksman Technology. Inc.: Rt. ~>. Box
with several property financial manage 221A; Santa Fe, N'.M. 875111;
Home management system ment areas. $149 retail 605-455-2681 or 800-334-7792
A home management system that fea PAR Software, Inc.; PO Box 1089; Van
tures an integrated database to help or couver, Wash. 98666; 20G-G95-1368 or ■ Trend rider
ganize financial transactions and daily 800-433-8433 Talking investor's tool
activitira for the home and small busi Tremlrider is a program that uses a time-
nesses,
■ Isflur Portfolio System proven method of [racking fluctuations in
$99 retail Investnitiil decisions the- mutual-funds market.
Otamic Systems Corp.; I'll W. Jackson The Portfolio SjStBB provides instant up The program uses artificial-intelligence
Blvd.; Chicago, III. 60604; 312-786-1410 dates and powerful analytical features to techniques and speech synthesis in ex
help investors and full-lime counselors plaining its investment trend information.
■ Commodity Futures Real*Tlme Tic make profitable investment decisions. S99,9fl retail
Charts The program updates portfolios with the finally Software; 4000 MacArthur Blvd..
Commodity quotations latest data from on-line services; includes Ste. 3000; Newport Beach, Calif. '12663;
This package, in conjunction with the the I'S telecommunications program; al 714-854-4434
Market Monitor satellite decoder from lows new ways to compile, structure and
Bonnevflle Telecommunications, allows a display portfolio data; contains a memo
user to plot in real time the tic-hy-tic function that advises a user of Important
quote information from the commodity upcoming dates; includes a replay mode Other Software
exchanges, that records every move a user makes,
Bonneville's full-service Information in providing a virtual turnkey system; and
■ Eye Play 1
cludes commodity quotations, information more.

and news. Analytical features include Raise Money. Graphic routines

A user can plot as many as 80 commodi Splits/Dividends, Cash and Margins, Sup A collection of graphic routines that are
ties a! a lime from a selection of more pose and more. randomly generated for a kaleidoscope-like
than 200 carried on the Market Monitor. $199.95 U.S. retail; S2G9.95 Canada retail visual effect.
Charts can he printed at any time. Batteries Included; 30 Mural St.; Rich Each program is -I0K large, written in C
$795 retail mond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4B IBS; and has 40 routines.
Ensign Software; 73.17 Northview; Boise, 416-881-9316 $19.85 retail
Idaho 83704; 208-378-808<> Sterling Software; 77 Mead St.; Bridge
■ Money Mentor port, Conn. 06610; 203-366-7775
D.A.S. Home Finance Personal finance
Money Mentor is a financial accounting ■ Jumpdisk
Assists the homeowner in making finan
cial decisions and in planning for future system thai manages up to 30 separate ac Magazine on disk
investments. counts, keeps track of transactions, com Jumpdisk is a monthly magazine on disk
$30 retail putes balances, projects ami budgets that contains at least 10 programs and 10
Developers of Advanced Software; 12-155 expenses ;ind alerts a user when a balance articles. Each issue includes product news
Veterans Memorial Dr., Ste. 20-1; Houston. or budget lias been exceeded. and reviews, and render submissions of
Texas 77014 The program produces comprehensive programs and articles are invited.
financial reports in both tabular and S7 retail; one month
Financial Cookbook graphic form and summarizes account and S18 retail; three months
Financial analysis item transactions, including actuals, bud S34 retail; six months
The program offers '.',2 financial calcula geted values and variances, it also detects SSO retail; one year
tion "recipes" that contain formulas that and reports problems resulting from dis Juinpttisk; L493 Ml. View Ave.; Chico,
produce answers about taxes, investments, crepancies in budgeted payments. Calif. 95B26; 916-343-7868
Smart scrolls, a feature based on arti
ficial-Intelligence techniques, recognizes
frequent transactions, This means Money
Mentor can complete the logging of new

The Amiga Buyer's Guide 107

Hardware And Peripherals

its intended speed. It can be upgraded that connects to an Amiga's serial port
to 2MB. with a male-to-male cable (not supplied)
Publications $379 retail and provides 5-pin connectors for MIDI In
Access Associates: <1!)1 Aldo Ave.; Santa and MIDI Out.
■The AiiiiKaii Apprentice & Clara, Calif. 95054; -1 OH-727-8520 It has two bicolor LEDs that verify prop
Journey man er connection and monitor activity on the
Reference journal Amiga Expansion Hox mu si ml instrument interface.
$24 retail U.S.; one year S995 retail: Expansion box. 8 expansion 339.95 retail
$34 retail overseas; one year slots. 512K bytes of expansion fast memo Micro Engineering of Northern Virginia;
The Amigans; PO Box 411: Hat terns, N.C. ry (with sockets for 8MB], batten.- backed- PO Box 11780; Alexandria, Va. 22312;
27943; 919-986-2443 up real-time clock, DMA SCSi hard disk 703-750-7860
interface, power supply
81,995 retail; Above plus 8MB of memory The Husiiu"- ■ Partner
The Gemstone Group; (521) Indian Spring Hard disk drive
Ln.; Buffalo Grove, 111 60089; 52,042.95 retail: 10MB
Hardware 312-537-7405 $2,199,95 retail; 20MB
And Peripherals 52,50495 retail; 40MB
Aprotek Printers The Micro Forgo; 398 Grant St. SE;
Daisy wheel and dot matrix printers Atlanta, Ga. 30312; 404-688-9464
$279.95 retail; Aprotek Daisy 1120
Memory Expansion $189.95 retail; Seikosha SP-1000A Buss Station
8119.95 retail Aprotek; 1071-A Avenida Acaso; Camarillo, Features include a recessed slot; surge,
Skyles Electric Works, Inc.; 2S1-E S, Calif. 93010: 805-987-2454 spike, RI-'I and EMI interference; a mul-
Whisman Rd.: Mountain View. Calif. tiport data switch; a RAM expansion port;
94041; 800-227-9998 or-115-965-1735 ■ ASDC Multifunction Boards; arbitration circuit; and eight 8ti-pin card
Card Racks edge connectors.
256K Memory Expansion The Convertible SMGC is a Zorro- DSI; 717 South Emporia: Wichita, Kan.
SI 15 retail compatible multifunction board [hat incor 67211; 316-264-6118
Starpofot Software; 122 S. Broadway; porates the following sections: four DMA-
Yreka, Calif. 9IS097; B16-842-6183 driven serial ports supporting synchronous ■ Comspoe Printer Enhancements
and asynchronous operation, a math The Microshare MCS" (5550 is a 258K
■ (SHHH] Floating Point Coprocessor processor in the form of a M68881, a printer network for an Amiga. The buffer
Hoard DMA-driven GPIB port (IEEE 488) and a frees up the computer during outputs to
Math coprocessor board clock with battery backup. The board may the printer by storing text and graphics in
This add-on math coprocessor board fea be purchased with any combination of sec its own memory rather than the Amiga's
tures a Motorola 68881 chip and 68010 tions populated or depopulated. memory. $286 U.S. retail; S447.95 Canada
microprocessor and, according to its ven- The Convertible ,5M, 1M and 2M are retail
dor, increases the processing Speed of Zorro-compatible RAM boards that are The Microshare MCS 1050 is an inter
math-oriented software by as much as 500 fully auto-configuring. Memory access face that allows an Amiga to communicate
percent. takes place at full processor speed. $450 with an IEEE printer, such as the Commo
Software included with every board con retail, .5MB; S650 retail. 1MB: $900 dore MIT 1361 or the Commodore MW.
sists of a Coprocessor Interface Emulator; retail, 2MB $128 US retail; 3201.54 Canada retail
Lattice C:, offering direct-replacement, The Mini-Rack-B is a Zorro-compatible The Microshare MCS 8008 is an eight-
double-precision IEEE-formal math two-slot card rack that contains a 6-amp channel, 25SK printer network that allows
libraries; Aztec C6SK; preliminary floating power supply. $300 retail a user to connect several computers to one
point libraries; and an Assembler, which The Mini-Rack is a Zorro-compatible printer. Its built-in 256K buffer allows the
enables encoding of 1)8881 mnemonics three-dot card rack that contains a 9-amp MCS 800H to accept requests for printing
Using Amiga or Aztec assemblers. power supply. $f)0() retail from more than one computer at the same
$149 retail; bare board ASDG, Inc.; 280 River Rd,, Ste. 54A; Pis- time. $714 U.S. retail; $1,119.95 Canada
$269 retail: without 68881 cataway, NJ. 0885-i; 2O1-54O-9I57O retail
$459 retail; with 68881 Comspec Communications. Inc.; 153
Netch Computer Products: PO Box 645; ■AX2000 Bridgeland Ave., Unit 5; Toronto, Ontario,
Monrovia. Calif. 91016; 818-334-1002 2MB RAM board Canada M6A 2Y6: 416-787-0617
The AX2000 adds 2MB of RAM to the
ADC-1 Data Acquisition And Amiga. The board uses standard memory Converter+
Control System bus architecture tD ensure compatibility Universal interface and buffer
Men sure men I; monitoring hardware with all standard peripherals. Provides buffer memory for a printer
An RS-232 peripheral product that Com It fits onto the expansion port on an and interfaces parallel-io-serial or serial-to-
bines analog and digital inputs with hard Amiga and duplicates the port, so a user parallel at the flip of a switch.
wired, controlled outputs and a transmitter can add other peripherals or piggyback $229.95 retail; 64K
$449 retail; standard model two units for more than 4MB of RAM. $279.95 retail; 256K
Remote Measurement Systems, Inc.; 2633 The extra RAM can be used to create a S329 retail; 512K
Eastlake Ave. E. Ste. 200: Seattle, Wash. RAM drive that allows a user to compile $399 retail; 1MB
98102; 206-328-2255 his programs quickly in memory. $179.95 retail; OK
S899 U.S. retail; Sl.276.54 Canada retail Johnathon Freeman Designs; PO Box
Alegra Comspec Communications. Inc.; 153 880114; San Francisco, Calif. 94188;
Memory-expansion unit Bridgeland Aw., Unit 5; Toronto. Ontario. 415-822-8451
The Alegra allows a user lo add 512K Canada MliA 2Y6; 416-787-0617
bytes of external memory to an Amiga. It Desk top _ Amp, Disk .Male
features a 3/4-inch footprint and a no-wait- ■ Bright-1 Stereo amplifier, disk drive expansion box
state design that lets an Amiga operate at MIDI interface card Desktop__Amp is a small, stereophonic
The Bright-1 is a MIDI interface card amplifier. S44.95 retail

1 OS November/December 1986
Disk Mate is an add-on peripheral box IVS Kamex-IM .MIDI For Amiga
that allows a user to use two or three ex RAM memory expansion board Standard MIDI IN, two MIDI OUTs and
ternal drives with the Amiga. S89.95 retail Comes with 1MB of dynamic RAM in MIDI THRU interface
(built on special order only) stalled and is user expandable up to 8MB $59.95 retail
Digital Systems Engineering; (5854 Blow S299.95 retail Skyles Electric Work?. Inc.: 231-L South
ing Wind Way: Citrus Heights, Calif. Interactive Video Systems: 15201 Santa Whisman Rd.; Mountain View. Calif.
95621; 916-725-3025 Gertrudes Ave., Y-102; I.a Mirada. Calif. 94041; 800-227-9998 or 415-9f>5-173f.
90638; 714-739-5020
■ [) i- ;i View ■ MIDI GOLD
Digitizer MAS-Drive 20 MIDI interface
Digi-View uses the Amiga's exclusive 20MB, half-height SCSI hard disk drive MIDI Gold is a MIDI interface that con
hotd-and-modtfy mode and dithering tech $1,495 retail nects directly to the serial port of an
niques In display broadcast-quality color MicroHotics, Inc.; I'O Box 855115; Amiga. It features dual MIDI-Oul and sin
photographs. Richardson, Texas 7.1085; 21-1-4:17-5330 gle MIDl-In connections and a Sync-Out
Color resolution is made possible by a connection that provides a clock and
precision color-separation process that uses ■ MediaPhilc System start/stop control for drum machines and
color filters {included) and an inexpensive Computer-controlled audio/video center other devices.
black-and-white video camera to resolve 21 This system, which includes a Sony EVS MIDI Gold comes with a custom metal
bits per pixel, ur more than 2 million 700U Video 8 videocassette deck, Medi- enclosure and an interface cable.
shades. apkile 1.0 software and an interface unit, S79 retail
In monochrome mode, Digi-View fea gives Amiga users access to 2<t hours of Golden Hawk Technology; 427-3 Amherst
tures a resolution uf up to li-io by -loo with digital stereo sound, four hours of video or St., Ste. 389; Nashua. N.il. 03063;
128 gray levels. Special image-processing mixed audio and video on one videocas' 603-882-7198
software eliminates flickering and contour sette tape.
effects. Users may watch television programs or Model KM-2 Sync Generator And
IFF disk format allows a user to transfer video tape on their computer monitors- Genlock Subsystem
pictures to other Amiga graphic programs. using Commodore Business Machines, Designed for professional use of the
$199.95 retail; video cameras and accesso Inc.'s optional Genlock peripheral device— Amiga in recording studios and broadcast
ries available and play audio and music video from the applications.
NWil-k; 701 Jackson, Ste. R3; Tbpeka. same tape. $2,500 retail; RM-2
Kan. 66603; 9I3-354-93S2 The system's video editing features in 5300 retail: Keyer module (if required)
clude audio dubbing in stereo and a Dying Burklund & Associates; 3903 Carolyn
Easy! erase head for professional-look ing insert Ave.; Fairfax, Va. 22031: 703-273^663
Drawing pad edits. Record, freeze-frame, slow-motion,
A pressure-activated drawing pad that MTA Series 1000
single-frame-step ping, double-speed and
allows a user to draw directly into the Optical computer components
high-speed-search options are selectable
Amiga with a pencil. Series 1000 components will convert an
from a control pad on screen.
$499 U.S. retail Amiga to an interactive laserdisc terminal.
51,334 retail
Anakin Research, Inc.; ion Westmore Dr., Interactive MicroSyslems; I'O Box 272;
Available Winter, 19H(i; dependent on Gen
Unit HCj Rexdola, Ontario, Canada M9V lock System
iioxford, Mass. 01921; fil7-887-9(iO7
5C3; 'U6-744-4246 Media 'lechnology Associates; 9208 Burn
ing Tree Rd.; Bethesda, Md. 20817;
Megabytes/Amiga
301-469-7060
The Executive Megabytes/Amiga has 1.05, 2.10, 4.19 or
Expansion box 8.39MB of memory on a single board.
Multiport Controller
A two-slot, 100-pin auto-configuration which is designed to plug directly Into the Multiport asynchronous RS-232C/RS-422
expansion box that sits under the Amiga right side of the Amiga ur lo fit into the
port controller
monitor. It is 2.8-inches high and has a Zorro expansion box.
The basic system consists of one DCE
pass-through for other hardware. 1599 retail; 1.05MB
The Micro Forge; 398 Grant St. SE; and one DTK port factory preset at 9600
$899 retail: 2.I0MB baud. 32K bytes of RAM expandable to
Atlanta. Ga. 30312; 404-6B8-9464 $1,499 retail: 4.19MB 192K bytes in 32K increments, resident
S2.799 retail: 8.39MB FORTH or BASIC control language avail
■ImaJet Skyles Electric Works. Inc.; 231-E South able on host Fort 1. resident setup menu
Ink-jet color-image printer Whisman Rd.: Mountain View, Calif.
The Imajel ink-jet color-image printer
invoked by embedded control characters
94041; 800-227-9998 or 415-965-1735 and non-volatile memory storage of port
operates at a maximum of 120 dots per
setups (EEPROM).
inch and can produce mure than 4.000 The Micro Forge Hardware S877 retail
dithered colors. Memory and hard disk expansion systems Component Systems. Inc.; 778-A Brannan
$1,495.98 retail $65(i.y") retail; Seven Slot Expansion Box
Illustrated Images, Inc.; I'O Bra 19149; St; San Francisco, Calif. 94103; 415-86H345
$84.95 retail; One Slot Expansion Hoard
Portland, Oreg. 97219; 503-246-2774 £1,134.95 retail, 10MB; $1,229.95 retail, Okimate 20
20MB; 81,479.95 retail, 40MB; Basic Hard Color printer
IVS Rusbox Disk System A rihbon-transfer color printer that al
Bus expansion box $755.95 retail, 10MB: $849.95 retail, lows users to print thousands of shades of
A fully buffered bus expansion box with 20MB; $1,099.95 retail, 40MB; Second color to create pictures and graphics.
integral power supplies for the Amiga. In Hard Drive Kit $268 retail; printer and Plug 'N Print kit
cluded are four expansion slots in a fully $1,507.70 retail, 10MB; ¥1,582.70 retail, Okidaia: 532 Fellowship Rd.; Mount
buffered backplane and a real-lime clock.
20MB; $1,850,45 retail, 40MB; Standard Laurel, NJ. 08054; 800-654-3282 or
$349.95 retail Single Drive System <iO9-235-2liO0
Interactive Video Systems; 15201 Santa
The Micro Forge; 398 Grant St. SE;
Gertrudes Ave.. Y-102; I.a Mirada. Calif. Atlanta. Ga. 30312; 404-688-9464
90638; 714-739-5020

The Amiga Buyer's Guide 109

Hardware And Peripherals

8MB <>[ RAM. It fits all expansion boxes

Hardware And Peripherals Continued
for the Amiga, including the new 7-slot
expansion box.
Accessories
■ Pacific Cypress
KS Data Systems; 7322 Southwest Free Amiga Parallel Printer Cables
RAM expansion boards/RAM disks
way. Ste. 860; Houston, Texas 77074; S17.9!i retail; six-foot
The Xpanderll board is a 8MB HAM
expansion board/RAM disk for the Amiga 713-988-5441 $21.95 retail; 10-foot
1000 or 2000 thai allows a user to use Aprotek; 1071-A Avenida Acaso; Camarillo.
Series One Calif. 93010: 805-987-2454
memory Intensive programs. The board
may hi? loaded in increments of 5MB, Graphics tablet
A graphics tablet that comes in ihree Bclkin Accessories
1MB or 2MB. usiiiK 256K DRAM chips.
sizes and includes a pen. cabling, power SIS retail; Amiga parallel printer cable
The expansion slol allows ;i user lo add
supply and software driver. S89 retail; two-way parallel data switch
additional boards to reach -1MB. or an
Kurta Corp.; 4610 S. 35th .St.; Phoenix. $129 retail; four-way data-transfer switch
optional SCSI-multifunction board. SI!'!*
retail; u memory Ariz. 85040; B02-276-5533 Bclkin Components; 4718 W. Rosecrans
Ave.; Hawthorne, Calif. 90250;
The XpanderJl 2MB unit is a self-
StarBoardU 800-223-554(5 or 213-644-3184
contained 2MB HAM expansion board/
2MB memory expansion
HAM disk for the Amiga U>00. The board
A memory device that has optional IVS Magnus
may be loaded in increments of .5MB,
multi-function features such as a battery- Computer audio system
1MB or 2MB. using 356K DRAM chips.
backed real-time clock, Motorola math S99.95 retail
$499 retail: o memory
chip socket and parity checking. Interactive Video Systems; 15201 Santa
The Xpanderll 1MB unit is a self-
$485 retail: 512K installed Gertrudes Ave., Y-102; La Mirada. Calif.
contained 4MB HAM expansion board/
RAM disk for the AmlgB 1000. ThO board MirroRotics, Inc.; PO Box 855115; 91)638; 714-739-5020

may be loaded in increments of ,5MB, Richardson, Texas 75085; 214-437-5330

■ MouseTime
1MB, 2MB, 3JSMB, 3MB or 1MB. using
Stereo Sound Digitizer Battery-backed, real-time clock
25i3K DRAM chips. $799 retail; II memory
This unit is a hardware device designed S39.95 retail
Pacific Cypress; 4 H127 Landing Pkwy.;
to provide digital sound capture and record MicroBotics, Inc.; PO Box 855115;
Fremont. Calif. 9458ft 415-656-1974 Richardson. Texas 75085; 214-437-5330
ing for the purpose of adding high-quality
The Pal speech and special effects to programs.
S344.eS retail Universal Interface Converter
Expansion chassis Interface conversion
An expansion chassis thai features a The Micro Purge; 398 Grant St SF.;
Atlanta. Ga. 30312: 404-688-9464 Interfaces serial-to-parallel or parallel-to-
hard disk thai transfers data via true serial at the flip of a switch.
DMA into tht' Amiga; a hard disk con- S99 retail
■ TIC
[roller capable o( a 10 megabit data trans
The Tic provides an Amiga with a tiny, Johnathon Freeman Designs; PO Box
fer rale; five DMA expansion slots; 1MB
bat levy-backed clock/calendar that plugs 880144; San Francisco, Calif. 94188;
HAM with a battery-ha eked clock/calendar
into the second joystick port. 415-322-8451
thai resides on the motherboard; room for
Thy Tic's three-year battery will main-
multiple storage and retrieval devices; 2 to
lain lime even if temporarily removed
8MB RAM card options; options! pass- Books
through BUSS connector for further ex from the Amiga.
pansion; and optional prototyping card, The Amiga's internal time can be
changed by moving the displayed clock's The AmigaDOS Manual
Retail price depends upon configuration
Byte By Byte; Arboretum Plaaa II: 9442 hands with the mouse. $24.95 retail
Capital of Texas Hwy. N., Ste. 150; Austin, S59.95 retail Bantam Books, Inc.; 666 Fifth Ave., 21st
Texas 78759; 312-343-4357 Byte By Byte: Arboretum Plaza II: 9442 Fl.; New York, NY 10103; 212-765-6500
Capital of Texas Hwy. N., Ste. 150; Austin.
Texas 78759; 512-343-4357 The Amiga: Image, Sound and
■Parallel Printer Buffer
Animation on the Commodore
$19!! retail; 84K
$259 retail; !S6K Universal Printer/Plotter Buffer A mi git
Printer/plotter accessory S19.95 retail
Johnatbon Freeman Designs, Inc.; I'O Box
880] 14: San Francisco, Calif. 94188; Interfaces an Amiga to a wide variety of Microsoft Press; 16011 HE 36th Way; Box
printers and plotters by providing RS-232C 97017; Redmond, Wash. 98073
415-822-8451
and Centronic Parallel interfaces on both
its input and output. Mastering AmigaDOS
Pen mouse
S2li!l retail; 64K model $16,95 retail
Input device
$329 retail; 25liK model Arrays, Inc.; 6711 Yaljeau Ave.; Van Nuys.
8285 retail
Johnathon Freeman Designs: PO Box Calif. 91406; 818-994-1899
Kurta Corp.; -itiio S. 35th St.; Phoenix,
Aria. 850111 880114; San Francisco. Calif. 94188;
■115-822-8451 Progressive Peripherals & Software
Books
e. Standard 25HK S24.95 retail; The Amiga Handbook
A compatible, standard memory expan Volks Omega 80
Modem S15.95 retail; The Amiga System
sion in a heavy-duty metal case.
Designed for the Amiga 1000. the mo Progressive Peripherals & Software; 464
$149.95 retail' Kalamath St.; Denver, Colo. 80204;
MicroBotics, Inc.; PO Bon 855115: dem features auto dial/auto answer: user
selectable pulse/tone dialing; built-in audio 303-8254144
Richardson, Texas 75085: 214-437-5330
monitor speaker; dial tone and busy detec
Sybex Books
Pow-R-Card tion; an auxiliary telephone jack: and on
$24.95 retail: Programmer^ Handbook
Memory expansion line software.
S28.95 retail: Programmer's Reference Guide
An expansion hoard that upgrades in $199 retail
Sybex, Inc.; 2344 Sixth St.; Berkeley,
increments of 2MB to give a user a lull Anchor Automation; 6913 Valjean Ave.;
Calif. 94710; 415-848-8233
Van Nuya, Calif. 91406; 818-997-7758

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programs that make computer design titles and scrolling credits. Dimensioning (Associative), Parts
mill ultimatum truly affordable. Aegis Images™ Libraries. Mirroring. Arrays (linear,
Impact1" The professional paint system for circular, & combinations), On-Screen
Impact creates business presentation Amiga. Use Images as a graphics Numerical Display (coordinates,
graphics with finesse Pie charts, bar processor to produce renderings of lengths, angles, 'tool-ln-usej status),
graphs, icons, plots, and trends buildings, design sets and costumes Zoom. Metamorphic 'Hook; Multiple
combined with a structured drawing for theatre, create layouts and Layers with Multiple Colon. I'rr Layer
system give you the visual edge id concepts in advertising, or artwork and much more. Combined with the
get your point across. I'se Impact for custom Amiga programs! Use it standard features found in Aegis Draw.
to produce rolling slide shows for anywhere art and design is created Aegis Draw Plus offers the most
trade show prof ntations. or to by hand. power for the smallest price. L'se Aegis
enhance verbal reports. The k^'P'"* When combined with Genlock, Draw Plus to create architectural
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written reports. video effects. If you pass paintings plans, organizational charts, and
Aegis Animator™ to Aegis Animator'." you can create anything else your creativity can think
A hill feature rnetamorphic animation a rolling slide show for demos or of! (NOTE: This is not Aegis i'ro-
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manipulations, and color cycling ui Aegis Draw Plus is the New advanced
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create [he besl looking Desktop big brother to Aegis Draw. It uirns The number I choice
Videos anywhere! Create storyboards, your Amiga Into a low cost, powerful graphic .software.
enhance graphical presentations, or CAD Workstation. Aegis Draw Plus
experiment with visual effects before includes multiple drawing resolutions
committing them to traditional (640x200 & 640x400), Extensive-
amination methods. Use paintings Plotter Support, High Quality
with Aegis Images, (im/ibara/i]' or Printing. Multi-Tasking, Multi-Window
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LUCAS FILM'S

TM

Exclusively on QuantumLink

Hnbilat.™*S©1986 Lucaslilm Lid All Rights Reserved. Used Under Aulhonzntion

QuantumLink's
Habitat Habitat) Next she chose I labitat from the menu and Hipped
The On-line World the disk [o the side containing the special software. Moments

from Lucasfilm later, a vividly colored scene materialized onscreen.

it showedJanefs turf" a room where a character called an

Games BY SHAY ADDAMS Avatar stood awaiting her command. All Habitat players have
Individual rooms, which they din redecorate by painting
Vienna, Virginia, I recently discovered, is not them with various colors and patterns, and by re-arranging

the place where they make those funny little tile furniture and adding new furnishings. Each Avatar's turf

sausages. Instead, it is best known as conies equipped with a pet cat, whose tail swishes back and

the home of the QuantumLink ibitli in an example ol the s|x>i animation sometimes used to

telecommunications service, which 1 suspect enliven the scenery.

Sorry dng-!overs, but no dogs :ire allowed in this limbisy

will soon be best known as the home of
world. And cat-haters cm give up on the idea o! killing the
Habitat—a breakthrough game that
cat. which programmer, de-signer Chip Momingsiar says was
transforms telegaming into an exotic new
added as a sort of joke by G;uy Winnick. who designed the
kind of computer entertainment On one of
graphics tor /labital (anil other l.uca.sfilm games).
my rare outings from the QuestBusters cave,
Besides customizing your turf, you can design your Ava
I drove to Vienna and witnessed Habitat in Uie
tar's appearance when you first sum playing, by choosing a
final stages of development
head and oilier parts thai give your character its own person

Version 1.6 arrived from the coast only minutes be ality.

fore 1 pulled in from Pennsylvania. (It arrived in Janet showed me bow to maneuver the Avatar around
much better condition than 1.) All I knew was thai it wiui a joystick, Hy pressing the button, I displayed a question
was sup]>oscd to Ix- an adventure produced by l.ucasfilm m;trk thai w;ls liordered by four arrows pointing at the

Games, who.se trademark Is the inventive use of fractal graph available commands: go. do. get, and put. Choosing one is
ics in entertainment software. I laving played The Eidolon, l merely a matter of moving ihe joystick in the appropriate

expected to spend a few hours wandering dirough dircc-di- direction, punching the button and releasing it. To cross the

mcnsional caves, slaying dtSgODS and looking lor treasure. So nxMii, 1 first moved the cursor to die destination ;ind select

I was totally unprepared fbr Habitat, which aimed out to be ed tile "go" command. The Avatar, who reminded me of the

far more than a mere adventure game—it is a multi-player Wizard of Id, walked over and stopped beside the chest of

happening thai takes place live, online, as an unlimited num drawers. Hy now the room-—the real nxim in which we
ber of people Inhabit, explore and Interface in an alternative sit—had Tilled wiih a crowd of QuantumUnk stalfers eager
universe depicted with animated graphics. to see the latest version of the game.

The "do" command "ill activate any object mat you can
Inside Quantum Link Central do anything to or with, When 1 positioned die cursor on a

Janet Hunter. Quantumlink's Entertainment Software drawer ami executed the "do" command, telling the Avatar

Manager, slipped a disk into the drive, accessed the system lo open ii, Ihe room's picture was replaced with one show

and chose the People Connection department from the ini ing tile drawer's contents. I jke odier objects, these could be

tial menu. (If you're wondering why a game is located in the obtained with die "get" command. The "put" command is
section devoled to chatting on-line with other Quantuml.ink handy for dmpping diings you're carrying. Avatars can only
users rather than in thejust lor Pun section, the answer is that hold one object at a lime, but you can fill a hag or other

people, not computer-controlled characters, arc the game in container and earn1 several things around (It's like your

114 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
inventory in a typical adventure;)
Alter placing the cursor on the Avatar and choosing "do." I
Your words go through a
watched him sit down, stretch out on file bed, and cycle
modem and over the phone
throng) his other motions. With a punch of the function
keys, I had liim in a name that's like an animated cartoon. wires to the Stratus computer
Sound effects—a juke box with music, dial tones and busy that houses the QuantumLink
signal on a phone—arc also heard from time to time. Be network. From there, it is
cause the program (as well us Quant unilink itself) is de
routed to the computers of
signed exclusively tor Commodore computers, tile graphics

and sound effects take full advxmiage of the Commodore 6-t's

every person whose Avatar is
capabilities. in the same region.

Regions to Roam far. When the game goes on-line, mere will be even more

lly moving lo any of the room's doors or sides, your Avatar places to explore, visit and hang out

can stroll through a vast world that in the preliminary ver You can do most of the tilings you normally would in a

sion encompassed more Ebon 500 regions. (Each room or conventional adventure; shop in stores for clothes, tools and

location, the standard term in an adventure game, is called a other gear, find tilings like keys and use them to open

region in Habitat.) 1 visited a few, but since the game was treasure chests, ;md solve object-oriented puzzles. While you

still in the developmental stages when I saw it, I couldn't go Can't cast spells on other Avatars, some objects do have

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 115

fountain and visit the Oracle, the unseen all-knowing myste

rious power who runs the show around here. Mere you can

meet other Avatars, and you can also :isk the Oracle to send
you on an adventure—to find the mystic orb of Xcbop ;md
return it to the Temple of Zak, or to fulfill a similar quest that
may take days, weeks or even months. As in one-player

adventures, you'll have to dig up clues and solve puzzles to

complete the quest, but here you will have a crew of real

people to work with collectively. If you've already organized

a team of adventurers, great. Otherwise the Oracle will

match you up with Other adventurers. (Unless you really

want to go it alone.)

mngiir.il properties. If that were all you could tin, then Habi You can also read the Habitat Weekly Rant lor want ads

tat would be just another adventure—and not an exception- about adventures. This newspaper might also yield valuable

aily interesting one itut the "talk" command changes nil that,
opening countless possibilities that are limited only by the
players' imaginati oiw.

To execute this command, toss away the joystick and liit

llic keyboard, typing in sentences as long as 110 eharacters.

Your words go through the modem ;md over the phone

wires to die Stratus computer thai houses the Quantum I.ink

network. l;mm there, it is routed to the computer of every

person whose Avatar is in the .s;tme Habitat region, no

matter where in the country they are Unrated. If you want to

conduct a private conversation, just move the cursor to the

Avatar yon want in lalk to before hitting the button; your

message appears only on his screen,

It's like Quantuml Jnk's chat mode, bill your words pup up clues or ads selling valuable items. Information also turns up

in a cartoon-style balloon at the top of the screen. If several in books, and you can write notes and leave them for others.
Avalars are in me same room, their balloons arc color-coded Instead of heading out on a quest right away, you might

so you can tell who jusi said what (And you can learn an prefer to roam around and see what's happening maybe
Avatars user name by using (he program's "Identify feature.) draw a map tor use in future sessions. There are hotels and
Personally, 1 have never liked talking with disembodied inns in case you want to return to the real world without
entities on CompuServe's t.li-stylc channels, or even in trekking all the way back to your turf. And if you already
Quan turn link's cozier chat mode. Hut this presentation puts know where you want to go. you can tele-port directly to
the experience in a fresh and unique perspective. Its like your destination and save yourself ai lot of footwork.
living in a cartoon world populated by people from this one. Conventional adventures are not the only kind of pastime
You can shoot tlie bree/e with i ild friends, meet new people, available in Habitat. Chip Morningstar. the l.ucaslilm pro

even kill them (I've wanted to kill more than a lew of the grammer who dreamed up the idea and masterminded its
people [Ye encountered on-line). and organize gatherings to production, explains, "Teams of contestants can play other
do whatever you want. You can let others in your turf visit, games, something like capture1 the Hag. tor example, with a

bold meeting-.. p;irties or 'Ilippcrware parties, but you cunt time limit. Other activities are mainly social, Involving con
enter someone else's turf without permission. Qust be sure versation and interaction. Bar instance, there's an interaction

to lock tile door when you leave, and don't lose' the key to theater in wliich you can play pail of a character in a play."
your tuif.} According to Morningstar, "Ihe only limits are those of the

underlying medium, SO there won't be any skill and action

Questers Wanted, Apply Within videogames."

Alter learning the rojx'%, you'll want to walk down 10 ihe Momingstar says the idea for Habitat "had been rattling

116 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER '86

around in my head for years before I joined LucasGlnt* (He
didn't work on Lucasfilm's Batlblazer or Rescue on Fracta-
lux! but wrote the assembler and < ither tools for We Eidolon

snAKoronisRifl )"l bad played OriginalAdventure and the

Zorks, and was a big (an. Hut computer-controlled characters
don't have the depth and richness of human players, and I
hope the- diameters in Habitat will evolve out of people
interacting in die game, thai was the idea, to create some

thing In which a lot of different things ;md activities are

possible, to pull in all kinds of people—something really

new,"

It's so new, Momingstar and Quantum link don't quite

know what to call it. referring to Habitat ;ls a "world simula the joystick and know bow to lypc.
tion."
Naturally, the pace is quickened with a 1200-baud mo
How it Works dem, which boosts the speed at which your computer
Written In 1*1.1, a high-level language similar to PASCAL, communicates with Quantuml.ink's computer, As with most
the program has been underway since the summer of 1985, on-line systems, the game may slow down somewhat if a lot
Basically, it consists of two programs. One resides in Quan- of people arc playing simultaneously-—precisely how much
fumlink's computer, the other on a disk that goes to all remains to be .seen. There's no limit to the number of people

players. The host program keeps track of everything happen who can play, other than six (the maximum number of
ing in the game, things Mich as the location of each player. It players permitted in a room) multiplied by the number qf
also has object data, which determines the characteristics of regions LucasSlm Will be continually adding new regions,
each Item—whether it can be used, picked up, or acted on with the goal of permitting even QuantumUnk subscriber
in any way. to simultaneously participate in Habitat. The game is one of
The software on your disk holds all the graphics, :ls well :ls QuantumLink's "plus" services, which means it will cost six
corresponding data on the Objects. When you move from cents a minute to play.

one region to the next, the host program tells your disk
about die new region, what objects are there, and which Speculation: A Multitude of
graphics to display. The more objects it has to transmit Multiplayer Possibilities
Because Habitat is a multiplaycr game that I witnessed in
a one-player setting, a critical review will have to wait until
the game is actually on-line. Uighi now I can only comment

on iLs potential, which is unparalleled in the history of

telegaming. Visually, it is light years :ihcad of the only other

mulliplayer tcleadvcnturc I've seen, which used primitive

graphics—an X for your eh:iractcr and a 1' for someone

else's—and had ineffective communication capability. I

didn't spend much time in that fantasy world. But 1 have

played other multiplaycr games, play by-mail games in which

hundreds of people interact in fantastic settings, and have

observed a few things that are likely to occur in Habitat only

faster, .since you communicate via modem rather than the

information about, the longer the process takes. Bui because mail.

ihc graphics are on the disk, you dont waste time waiting for Whenever crowds of people get together in a new envi
fresh illustrations to download. When you end a session and ronment (whether in a game or even in rexil life ). the result is
return to die real world. ;ill the relevant things you've done, more than just a lot of individuals in the same place: people
objects you've found ;md .so on are recorded in the data base lonn relationships, which gradually coalesce into a society,
of the main program. Of course, all you have to do is wield '[hat's what happened when cattlemen, prospectors, sheep-
Continued on pg tn/t
COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 117
e votes are mi reviewers a

choose theirfavorite products of the year in order of

preference—and the result is our second annual collectors
edition of the Best of 1986. Of course, there are many other
excellentproducts on the market, but these are the ones that
W ived our reviewers' top recommendations.
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$29.95 Commodore 64 Gel a different style karate kick in this
Old friend with a new look. Buildings, $29.99 home version of the Data East arcade
platforms, rivers and Islands outline As sheriff in the Old West, you need a hit. Fair maiden has been captured and
three-dimensional labyrinth that will quick mind and even quicker draw to you must subdue five floors of deadly
have you Jumping, swimming, running keep peace among prairie folk. Excellent attackers to (ace evil wizard in a
and ultimately begging for more. audio-visual effects. showdown.
COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 119
Elite
Firebird
Commodore 64
S29.95
More than an intergalactic battle. The
three-dimensional space-combat
phase—complete with missiles, losers
and stomach-churning evasive
maneuvers—is enough to keep you
hooked.

Fast Tracks
Activision
Commodore 64
$34.95
Build your own personalized race tracks,
then compete on them. Computerized
slot racing made easy, with unlimited
track pieces, simple construction and no
time-consuming clean-up.
Black Tttunder
Black Thunder
fff>mi Avuion Hill Microcomputer Games
Fast Tracks Commodore 64

THE
S25
High-speed road-warrior contest with
explosive graphics, unceasing action

BEST
and addlctlvBly simple game mechanics
to keep you coming back. Fifteen levels.

01 Datasoft
Commodore 64
SCROLL
S29.95

SPORTS Din now um «m

Don mask and cape to parry your way
through legions ol evil villains. Colorful
settings not only give the contest eye

GAMES appeal but add challenging obstacles.

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Access Software
; Steal Hon*
Commodore 64
$39.99
Everything you could want in a golf Hardball rendition of the national pastime in
game. Picturesque landscape, full Accolade which all action unfolds at field level.
assortment of clubs, four 18-hole Commodore 64 Not only does this gem take you out to
courses, realistic actions and room tor a S29.95 the ball game, it puts you smack in the
foursome. True sports simulation. The diamond really shines in this middle of It.

120 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
Star Rank Boxing

cba Championship
EXI1 EMIT Basketball

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Basketball: Two-on-Two
Go mestar/Acti vision
0073 0151 003B
Commodofe 64
$34.95
Old schoolyard favorite heightened with
so many options, it will make you
dribble. Draft a teammate, hold practice,
play two-team competition, then form a
league. One or two players.

Star Rank Boxing

Go mestar/Actl vision
Commodore 64
$29.95
Ringside seat to the roped square,
where you design, train, manage and
control your own boxer. And brawn isn't
everything—fighting strategy and pre
planning play just as large a role.

Winter Games
Epyx
Commodore 64
Price not available
Seven Olympic-style trials that put
reflexes, timing and eye-hand Super Cycle Creat American Road Race
coordination to test. Familiar sights and
sounds of pageantry are there. Up to
SubLogic Football Bop n Wrestle
SubLogic Mindset! pe
eight players can compete.
Commodore 64 Commodore 64
S39.95 S29.95
Super Cycle Every offensive and defensive player If you like wrestling on television, you'll
Epyx
has individual physical attributes for an love it on your monitor. Climb into the
Commodore 64
extra dash ol realism. How welt your ring with ten of nastiest, dirtiest
Price not available
play works depends on who's covering wrestlers around, and execute Flying
This two-wheeling challenge pits you
whom. Make substitutions from the Body Press, Atomic Drop, Pile Drive and
against a field of computer-controlled
bench. Soplex.
cycles. Lean on turns and bump
opponents tor position—but avoid
crashes at all costs.
Fight Night Tenth Frame
Accolade Access Software
Great American Road Race Commodore 64 Commodore 64
Activlslon 52B,O5 S39.95
Commodore 64 Boxing with a humorous cartoon slant: Just like league night at local lanes. Up
$29.95 Your opponents resort to foul play if a to eight players can aim to strike in
Scenic coast-to-coast road rally at match is too close. Watch far low blows, contest that sports realistic 3-D graphics
speeds topping 150 miles per hour. stomach kicks and other illegal and exacting sound effects. Best of all,
Every type ol road obstacle Is maneuvers. computer keeps score.
Incorporated, including state troopers,
COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 121
THE Pocket writer 64
Digital Solutions
Commodore 64

BEST S39.95
Word processor uses either 40- or 80-
column displays and either sequential or

OF program files. Help screens, logical

design and multiple printer support.

PRODUCTIVITY I
The Management Edge
Info Designs
CEOS Commodore 64
S79.95
Electronic management advisor

me Newsroom WSROOM
I-M3H5 5PRIHG3DRRD SOFTURREI
suggests management tactics to
improve work relationships and increase
productivity. Includes print-out option.

SynCalc Templates Disk

Synapse/Broderbund
Commodore 64
SI 9.95
Contains 22 ready-fo-use templates
lor use with Synapse's SynCalc
spreadsheet program. Perfect for novice
spreadsheet users.

Bank Street Filer

Broderbund
Commodore 64
S49.95
THE PRINT SHOP Flexible data base uses multiple
CEOS
COMPANION windows and menus to define options.
Manual is complete and easy to
understand.

The Print Shop Companion

Broderbund
Commodore 64
$34.95
Expands the power of The Print Shop.
Includes calendar maker, font editor and
more powerful graphic editor and
The Print Shop Companion
creature maker. Prints graphics from
Personal Choice Collection commercial software.
Activision
Planners Choice
Commodore 64 The ELF System
$99.95 CodeWriter
Integrated word processing, data base Commodore 64
GARYV. and spreadsheet. Also contains 50,000- S40
FIELDS word spell checker. Comes with clear Create customized BASIC programs for
and expanded manuals. Improved business or pleasure. ELF (Easy
version of original Creative Software Language Form) system is easy to use,
titles. well documented and dependable.

The Newsroom The Accountant

CEOS Springboard Software KFS Software
Berkeley Softworks Commodore 64 Commodore 128
Commodore 64 $49.95 Si 49.95
S59.95 Perfect for school, club or business Complete small business accounting
Creates desk-top environment of newsletters as well as personal needs, system which includes financial, general
menus, icons and windows. Includes includes typesetting, graphic editor and journal, payroll and customer
geoPaint, geoWtite, calculator, note telecommunication capabilities. statements. Uses 80-column display.
pad, alarm clock, photo and text Predesigned art gives a professional For businesses with fewer than 20
albums, and preference manager. look. Additional art available. employees.

122 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER '86

Pocket Planner 123
Sylvia Porter's Personal
Financial Planner
Timeworks
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
S59.95/S69.95
Four Integrated money-management
programs to help target and meet
financial goals. Logical and
professional. The 128 version takes
advantage of the 128's expanded
keyboard and 80-column display.

Superscript 128
Precision/Progressive Peripherals &
Software
Commodore 128
S79.95
Business-quality programmable word TMs IS
iPip ugrdprocessnr
an fxsrtpl? nf _
in JflHE fron SYIVIA
processor (design to suit needs). Works nriJj.■-->.. This r ■■■ft will brccn
IWHONAL FINANL'K
with either 40- or 60-column displays,

128
-ui IJ bp measured.
j Jane jlltui canp^t^ Jvf1 and
has advanced features like calculations, "L?hT lantn
J control as
di. ue]]
uclJ isas t
1h(
JabifitLi to set paragraph narvirts,
labels, column moves and screen fife ability
■fife t to
t sinulate
inulate Ihree
;Ol((erenI
Ol((erenI character
char sites
i allows
ll
preview. Spell checker is expandable. to have either a 4B. 64. or ■;-
The product has
Can be integrated with Superbase 128,
a data base from the same company.

VizastaM28
Solid State Software
Commodore 128
$119.97 Bank Sii-ost Filer

Integrated data base, spreadsheet and

graphs. Logically designed and well or Hare nsia
KECQftD to begin pntermg
documented. Takes advantage of the
128's power. fo vork on in existing fi1*
«Ct OTHER, then KETR1EUE
set the file vsu vint.

Word Writer 128

Timeworks
Commodore 128
S69.95 Bank Street Filer
Combines power with choice of pull Swiftcalc 128
Pocket Planner 128
down menus or direct keystroke Timeworks
Digital Solutions
commands. Features on-screen Commodore 128
Commodore 128
formatting, help screens, calculator and S69.95
$49.95
multiple-text displays (underline, Easy to use 25O-row-by-25O-column
Full-featured 25,000-cell spreadsheet
boldface, italic and scripts). Comes with spreadsheet. Supports pie, vertical, bar,
with 16-digit accuracy and help screens.
the best spell checker for any 3D graphs, and sideways printing.
Includes professional graph capabilities
Commodore computer. Supports most Supports oil math functions, macro
and will print wide sheets sideways.
printers and is compatible with commands, plus word processor-like
Supports most printers and Is
Timeworks' Swiftcatc 128 and Dote editing features as well as windows and
compatible with Digital Solutions' Pocket
Manager 128. help screens. Interfaces with Timeworks'
Writer 72fland Pocket Filer 128.
Word Writer J2fland Data Manager
Superbase 128 Partner 128 128.
Precision/Progressive Peripherals & Timeworks
Software Commodore 128 Jane
Commodore 128 S59.95 Commodore Business Machines
$99.95 Creates a complete olfice environment Commodore 128
Business-qualify programmable data Including mini-word processor and data $49.95
base. Can be programmed to perform base, multifunction calculator, Three Integrated Icon-driven
complex searches and sorts up to 34 appointment calendar and memo pad. mouse/joystick-activated programs:
fields deep. Supports spreadsheet-like Takes advantage ol 128's 80-column word processor, data base and
math functions and has easy-to-use display, expanded keyboard, and tost spreadsheet. Manual is complete and
report, label and mailing list generators. disk access. Supports most popular easy to understand. Works with either
Compatible with Superscript 128. printers. monitor or television.

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 123

Infiltrator

Spftfire 40
infiltrator
Mlndscape
Commodore 64
S24.95
Combined helicopter/ground mission.
Incorporates features from other popular
games.

Alter Ego
Activislon
Commodore 64
S39.95
Though some may argue the point, I
maintain that this one simulates lite. If
you've ever wanted second chance, this
Dam Busters is it. Available in male and female
versions.

Dam Busters Jet

Accolade SubLogic

BEST Commodore 64
S29.95
Commodore 64
S39.95
Faithful recreation of both the movie and Fly an F-l 6 fiom ground base or an F-18

OF
real-life raid. Multiple screens for from a carrier. Choose combat missions
combat stations and action test skills. on several levels or just enjoy scenic
flight. Then, of course, try to land.
Conflict in Vietnam
SIMULATIONS MicroProse
Commodore 64
Spitfire 40
Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games
Price not available Commodore 64
SOFTWARE The past 30 years in Vietnam,
symbolized by five turning-point battles
S35
World War II again, this time as the pilot
in which you are commander. Excellent of the plane that won the Battle of
graphics and sound. Britain. Multiple screens enhance
challenge.
ERVIN Ace of Aces
Accolade Quake Minus One
BOBO Commodore 64 Mlndscape
Price not available Commodore 64
Undersea action in Gato-class S24.95
submarine. Multiple screens, charts, As commander of an undersea tank, you
radar and an enemy who outnumbers battle bad guys lor control of the main
you five to one at the least. computer before time tuns out.
12-1 M0VEMBER/DECEMBER86
arctic fox

THE
BEST
OF
AMIGA
SOFTWARE
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Use 1 Instrument
Computer-aided design (CAD) with Tut>n Note Off
zooming and multiwlndowlng, plus AMIGA Off
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many of features found \w AutoCAD for Use Tracks
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Deluxe video Aegis Draw

Electronic Arts
S99.95
Superb animation and titling, using the
Deluxe Video library or images created
with Deluxe Paint.

Mind walker
Commodore Business Machines
S49.95
Best graphics ever in a game. Journey
through the mind of a madman.

Arctic Fox
Electronic Arts
$39,95
Simulated tank combat on a 3D Arctic
battlefield, complete with
thunderstorms, blizzards and stereo
sound. Aegis Images

Transformer
VIP Professional Commodore Business Machines Online!
VIP Technologies S99.95 Micro Systems Software
$199.95 Software that allows you to run PC-DOS $69.95
Power and workings of Lotus 1-2-3 on software. 5.25 disk drive required. A telecommunications package easy
Amiga. Includes chart package. enough for beginners, sophisticated
Aegis images/Animator enough for experts.
Deluxe Print Aegis Development
Electronic Arts $139.95 The Music Studio
S49.95 Packaged together, Images is a super Activision
Even if you don't have a color printer, it's painting program, while Animator gives $49.95
the best of its type. Full-time preview as you the ability to duplicate animation Amiga version takes advantage of
well as cut and paste. similar to what you see on television. superior sound, including stereo.
COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 125
THE
BEST
OF
BEST HARDWARE
MORION A.
KKVEI£ON

AMIGA Comspec RAM card

Spartan
Mimic Systems

HARDWARE Futuresound
Applied Visions
Commodore 64
$299
$175 Turns the 64 into an Apple II +,
Record, store and play back sounds. complete with a 6502 microprocessor,
Comes with a microphone and cables. 64K of RAM and eight Apple peripheral
Hooks up to printer port. Multitrack card slots. Also gel a DOS card which
LOUIS R. recordings and playback is possible. turns the 1541 Into an Apple-compatible
WALLACE Comes with very good software for disk drive. Still have access to ail the
sampling and well written manual. 64's features and disks. Built-in four-slot
extension to the 64 cartridge port.
Sound Sampler
Mimeiics Super Graphix Printer
$99 Interface
Comspec 2 Megabyte A sound synthesizer to sample sound Xetec
ram card from microphones or line input. Comes Commodore 64
Comspec with manual ond software. Designed to $99.95
S899 work with Mimetics' MIDI Studio or other Provides 100% Commodore 1525
Expands memory up to two-and-a-half iFF-compatible software. printer emulation when used with
million bytes ot RAM. Installs easily and
compatible dot matrix printer. 8K RAM
worked like a champ with all versions of
Stereo Sound Digitizer on-board. Built-in near letter-quality
the operating system.
The Micro Forge fonts plus 30 additional fonts. Font
S344.95 editor for creating your own.
Netch 68881 Floating True stereo digitizer, using two-line Input
point Coprocessor Board from an external source such as a Capture
Netch stereo. Allows variable recording times Jason-Ranheim
$479 and sampling rates. Commodore 64
Contains Motorola floating-point $39.95
coprocessor. a-Megabyte Pow*r*Card Plug-In cartridge takes a disk picture of
RS Data Systems the 64's RAM. Used with the company's
20 MB Hard Disk Drive $1245 Promenade EPR0M programmer
The Micro Forge RAM card that comes in two, four ond (S99.95) and CPR cartridge kit
SI 229.95 eight megabytes. (I looked at the four- ($29.95), a running program may be
Best of the currently available hard megabyle card.) Uses 86-pin format put Into plug-in auto-start cartridge.
drives. Uses single-slot connection to and works with Micro Forge single-slot
main expansion bus. Not Direct Memory adaptor. Currently largest amount of Serial Box
Access. RAM available for Amiga. R.J. Brachman Associates
Commodore 64
Digi-Vlew 68020/68881 Board S79.95
NewTek Computer Systems Associotes Serial port printer buffer which plugs into
S199.95 (camera not included) $1480 the 64's disk drive port ahead of a
Graphics digitizer that captures full-color Repioces the 68000 chip for higher- Commodore printer or printer interface.
devices with black-and-white camera. speed 32-bit 68020 microprocessor Accommodates several bit-map screen
Allows all 4,096 colors to be used at running at 14.4 Mhz. Also has optional dumps or any memory-resident text
once. 512Kon-boardRAM. files.

126 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER '86

Serial Box

21-Second Backup
VG Data Shack
Commodore 64
$39.99
Creates a parallel data path between the
64 ond one or two 1541 disk drives.
Cable and socket.

Diablo c-150 color Printer

(now known as xerox
4020)
Xerox
Amiga
THE
Si 295
Color ink-jet printer with Centronics
parallel connector. Driver routines
BEST
included with computer and support tor
all 4,096 colors.
OF
Okldata 120
Okidata
VIC 20 CHILDREN'S/ We Haltey Project
Commodoie 64
Commodore 128
Under $300
Commodore 1525 (MPS-801)
EDUCATIONAL The Body In Focus
CBS Interactive Learning
Commodore 64

SOFTWARE
compatible printer with speed of 120 S39.95
characters per second. A fantastic voyage through eight major
systems of the human body. Technically
Toshiba P351 (3-in-One) accurate and totally engrossing. Superb
Toshiba KELLEYM. graphics, animation and sound. For ages
All Commodore computers ESSOE 7 through 70.
Si 699
Speed of 288 characters per second Alter Ego The Halley Project
with built-in, downloadable, and Activision Mindscape
cartridge (onts. Both Centronics parallel Commodore 64 Commodore 64
ond RS232 ports. $49.95 S39.95
Role-playing game In which you decide Successfully complete ten fascinating
Epyx sooxj what actions your selected personality training expeditions Into the outer
Epyx will take in response to life events and reaches of the solar system and you
Commodore 64 situations. Experience the results of become eligible for the ultimate
Commodore 128 decisions without actually having to pay interstellar space mission: The Halley
Price not available the piper. Recommended lor mature 12 Project. Exceptional realism. For ages
High-performance Joystick that carries a year-olds and up. 12 and up.
(ive-year, ten-million shot warranty.
COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 127
THE
BEST
01
HOME
APPLICATIONS

DAN
GUTMAN
I -1
Just imagine
The works
UHJ Wiztype First Star Software
Sierra On-Llne Commodore 64
Commodore 64
$49.95
Thirteen useful programs on a single
$24.95
disk. Perfect first program to give a
Top-notch learn-to-type program for
Wlztype
children 8 and up. Children have so novice,

Kermit's Electronic much fun playing with the wizard, they

hardly notice they're learning valuable The Newsroom
Storymaker Springboard Software
skills.
Simon & Schuster Commodore 64
Commodore 64 $49.95
$29.95 Proteus
Research Design Associates Desktop publishing comes home. Create
Using words and phrases from the your own newspaper with different
Commodore 64
accompanying book, a preschooler typefaces, graphics and layouts. Then
creates single-sentence stories which
$79.95
A thought processor, outliner and print it or send it over telephone lines.
Kermit and his pals simultaneously
freestyle writing tool. Collect, organize
enact on-screen. Teaches vocabulary
and probe ideas using methods of CEOS
and proper syntax.
thought exploration. Berkeley Softworks
Playwrlter: Castles and Commodore 64
Creatures Remember! $59,95
Puts the desktop environment on
Woodbury Designware
Commodore 64 screen. Icons and windows make using
Commodore 64
a computer easier for experts and more
$39.95 $79.95
intuitive for beginners.
Castles and creatures set the stage— Enter (acts you want to memorize—this
you select and name heroes and program presents them back to you in
villains, decide upon actions and deeds, ways that build association. Effective
Deluxe Paint
Electronic Arts
and chapter by chapter create your own and powerful study aid for junior-high
Amiga
medieval storybooks, which can then be school age and up.
$79,95
printed out. Illustrated, and bound with
Rockys Boots Most amazing graphics. Painting,
the included materials.
The Learning Company smearing and stamping images all over
Just Imagine Commodore 64 the screen creates incredible images.
Commodore Business Machines $34.95
Commodore 64 Build an endless variety of electronic Deluxe video
$25 machines by wiring together various on Electronic Arts
Another storywriting program. The child screen components. At the same time, Amiga
writes and illustrates his or her own learn fundamentals of computer logic, $99.95
animated stories using preset manufacture and construction. The computer and VCR get married.
environments, characters, objects and Recommended for 9 and up, but even a Create near-professional quality video
music. Great Imagination builder for 7 year-old can enjoy the building presentations with wipes, fades,
ages 7 on up. process. dissolves and other special effects.

128 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
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The Toy Shop

Broiler!) i mil
Commodore
S59.95
Create a personalized jet dragster on
screen, print it out, and make it actually
work. All kinds of toys.

Certificate Maker
Springboard Software
Commodore 64
S49.95
Print your own "Couch Potato Award" or
any of more than 200 other serious and
not-so-serious certificates. You pick the
border, typeface and personalized
message.

Bodylink
Bodylog
Commodore 64
SI 39.95
All-purpose black box of our times. A
simple device used to reduce stress,
build and coordinate muscles, and give
on aerobic workout.

voice Master
Covox
Commodore 64
S89.95
Hum a tune Into a microphone and
watch sheet music appear on-screen.
Then edit and print out. Be a composer
even if you can't play an instrument or
read music.

Will writer
Nolo Press
Commodore 64
S39.95
Write and print out a legal last will and
testament in about 15 minutes. Easier
and cheaper than paying a lawyer.

Easy Guitar
DJ Software
Commodore 64
Price not available
Computer shows how to tune a guitar
and make the most ot commonly used
chords. Even provides backup while you
wall away on lead.

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 129

THE
BEST
OF
ADVENTURE
GAMES
SHAY
ADDAMS
oo-topos
Polorware
Commodore 64
S17.95
Stranded on an alien planet, you must
collect parts needed to repair your ship.
Clean graphics and smart parser.

Ballyhoo
Intocom/Actlvlslon
Commodore 64
S39.95
' Instead of being a detective, you're an
ordinary citizen out to solve a
kidnapping at the circus. All text, all tun.

Ultima IV: Quest of the

Avatar
trough the barrrd ra^.1 vinrfouj you
an see the hull of your ship on the
Origin Systems
of 3 palp green spa.
Commodore 64
S59.95
tiond A Lord British epic in which you don't
to o 11slit
have to kill an evil wizard at the end.
Great animation and sound effects. Lots
of magic, mazes and puzzles.

AutoDuel
'"<■ ware's oale Origin Systems
Commodore 64
549.9b
Best blend of action and role-playing.
■UllM
ioue nenbei Build cars, equip them with weapons,
Dpi i
oi-riec tight others in demolition derbies. Then
nsttbsi hit the road hard to tind clues that lead
"t >,i i ( tin
to Mr. Big.

The Bard's Tale

Electronic Arts
Commodore 64
S39.95
rhe Bard's Tale Hardest role-ploying game of the year.
Six-character party, gorgeous color
graphics with spot animation. Detailed
magic and combat system.
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Spellbreaker
1 nfocom/Acti vision
CommodOEe 64
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$49.95
Hardest text adventure of the year,
maybe the decade. Game three In the
Enchanter series. Combines logic with
magic as you try to stop an evil force
that threatens civilization, Silent service

Murder on the Mississippi

Activision
THE Battlegroup
Strategic Simulations
Commodore 64 Commodore 64
S39.95
Another mystery, this one set on a BEST $59,95
Companion game to Kampfgruppe.
rlverboat. Unusual graphics presentation Detailed treatment of World War II
and animation. Excellent menu/joystick
interface. Bouncy music. OF tactical combat on the Western Front,

Conflict In Vietnam
Ultima I
Origin Systems WAR MicroProse
Commodore 64
Commodore 64 $40

GAMES
S39.95 Entertaining and Illuminating simulation
The game that started the Lord British of America's most controversial war.
legend, finally converted to the 64. Refight five of the war's key battles.
Sprawling landscape, one-character
game with joystick control. Battle of Antietam
JEFF Strategic Simulations
Moeblus Commodoie 64
Origin Systems
SEIKEN $49.95
Commodore 64 Realistic brigade-level recreation of the
$39.95 Civil War battle.
Superb animated combat and exotic Europe Ablaze
magic system from the Orient make this Strategic Studies Group Golan Front
an exotic role-playing game that avoids Commodore 64 Simulations Canada
the usual cliches. $50 Commodore 64
Strategic bombing in Europe during $60
Adventure construction World War II. Design your own scenario. Played on a computer with the
Kit Menu-driven, with a multitude of assistance of mapsheet and counters.
Electronic Arts command options. Simulates the Syrian assault on Golan
Commodore 64 Heights during 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
Amiga Silent Service
$39.95/Amiga price not available MlcroProse Gulf Strike
Create your own adventures, with Commodore 64 Avaion Hill Microcomputer Games
simple animation and sound elfects. Or $34.95 Commodore 64
play those of others. Comes with several Captain a submarine against Japanese $30
ready to play. Menu-controlled convoys in the Pacific during World War Computerized version of the board
construction kits take time to master but II, Multiple screens, beautiful graphics, game of the same name. Complex study
ore easy to use. and plenty of excitement. Solitaire only. of warfare In the Persian Gulf.

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 131

THE
BEST
OF DAVID R.
BROOKS
MUSIC
PRODUCTS
Dr. T's Keyboard
Controlled Sequencer
Dr. T's Music Software
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
$150/3225
With appropriate hardware interface, the
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Casio cz-101
Casio
Price not available
Not Commodore-specitic. Four-octave
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Sampier-64
Micro Arts Products
Commodore 64
Price not available
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into a microphone and turn your 64 into
a digital sampling keyboard. Edit the
resulting sound, compose a piece, and
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a| 1
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S79.95
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^t through a MIDI synthesizer up to six
voices. Graphics are outstanding.
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AMIGA UPDATE UY MATTHEW LEEDS

Public Domain
Software for
the Amiga
hat kind of software arc you looking
for? Graphics programs, terminal pro
grams, text formatters, utilities, screen
dumps, or a game—the^te all available
in the public domain library of your load
user's group. These arc hundreds of pro
grams of all types, all available at no
charge to you.
Public domain software has been
around for quite a while. In tile sixties, I
used a time-sharing terminal at a major
aerospace company. In the evening took advantage of this support to make
hours, we would play a variety of games, trial runs—tests of concepts and ideas as
alt written by programmers just for the The tradition of they were orienting themselves to the
fun of it, ;uid made accessible to anyone new machine. Many of these lri;il runs
who wanled to use them. 'ITils tradition giving away usable became today's public domain software.
of giving away usable software continues Much of die software written for the
today, supported by programmers who
software continues Amiga Ls done in ('.. This is a powerful,
want to release early versions of com
today, supported by highly transportable programming lan
mercial programs they are working on or guage. Many developers have used it in
utilities they created for their own use, or programmers the post on IBM PCs, and found it easy to
who just want an excuse to exercise port programs written in (] over to the
their programming skills. who...just want an Amiga. With just a little fine tuning, these
Software of this type may he copy programs ran. At first, developers used
righted, and often has a notice attached excuse to exercise this path to create programming utilities
granting the right to copy the software for their own work, but soon a variety of
and give it away, but not to sell it. The au
their programming Other, software Ix-gan to migrate to the
thor often has his or her name displayed Amiga through the public domain.
somewhere in the program, Occasionally
skills. A large portion of the public domain
public domain software is of the user- software for the Amiga is composed of
supported type, which I'll explain later. ply documentation Ls usually committed graphics programs. It's important to rec
Public domain software falls into a va to producing quality work. ognize the effect the IH: standards have
riety of categories. The first is an uasup- User-supported software, sometimes had in making graphics information por
ported, undocumented, buggy-code type called shareware, is copyrighted soft table across different programs. This has
I call slopwarc. This type of software Is ware, distributed in a fashion similar to spurred the creation of dozens of graph
not very useful unless you have some public domain software. The author has ics utilities that all depend simply on
programming skills, or art interested in decided not to sell the software, but in ei Boding a picture file they can use.
testing every key on your keyboard to ther tlie title screen or the documenta 'Ihere is also a significant quantity of
find out which key does wliat. The next tion you will find a request that if you like Instructional software in the public do
type is documented software. Some of the program and find it useful, you send a main. This type is created by program
these programs for the Amiga come with donation to the author. If you find soft mers who are interested in sharing what
Notepad files that you can just click on ware of this type and use it, I encourage they have learned about programming
and read. Others have document files you to send the donation. If it's good soft on tile Amiga. Small routines for accom
(fijenamtdoc) that you can re-ad using ware, it's north paying for, and the fees plishing various tasks, tricks for solving
the TYPE command from the CO (type Eire usually very reasonable, complicated problems, standards for cre
filename.doc). A few have instructions There is a lot of good public domain ating and storing data, and explanations
available from a pull-down menu, and software available for the Amiga. One of particular functions can all lie found.
I've seen one that uses requester boxes reason is Uiat very early on there was ex I spent a week browsing through the
to supply documentation. This type <>f cellent documentation available to pro public domain library of die San Traneis-
software is usually very reliable, since any grammers. This made developing soft CO Commodore User's Group. My thanks
programmer who takes the time to sup- ware much easier Many programmers to them for their assistance The pro-

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grams I've found come from all over die lored lines on die screen. Similar to die cated, and as a result, it takes a long time
country. Some arc available on electronic line demo on Workbench, but much to calculate one—perliaps live minutes
bulletin boards (BBS's), and most can Ix.- prettier. Runs from an icon. Menu-driven, for this program. Once an image is
obtained from your local userfs group, a widi a quit option. drawn, you can save it to disk In IFF for
few user's groups and other organiza Moire', written by Scott DalLmtync. mat, change die color palette, display die
tions make public domain disks available Draws black-and-white moire patterns. image 1/6 size, select a portion of die im
through mail order at a nominal tee. If Ruas from an icon. Menu-driven, with a age and zoom in or out. This is a very
you hunt, I'm sure you will be able to quit option. nice program. There is a null set o!'docu
find many Of die programs below. Colorful*, written by Hob Pariseau. mentation screens, complete control
Those marked with asterisks, in fact, over die "seeds," ;md die ability to select
are available on the Delphi telecom most options from menus. The program
munications network. If you are a Dcllii A large portion of runs from an icon.
SUbSCtibct; you can download the pro- The next set of programs are utilities.
granvs from die Commodore Connection public domain Some are very interesting, and others,
area. (If you would like information well, once you've used them you'll won
about Delphi, call H(K)-5-ii-i<H)5.) software for the der how you got along without them,
All of the programs I'm about to de Gfxmem0.4*, written by LoulB Ma-
scribe I've used. They all work. Most
Amiga is composed malms. This is a graphical display of
liave documentation of one sort or an
ofgraphics memory usage on the Amiga Two bars
other. Most have icons associated with arc shown, one fi>r chip memory (die
them, but a few need to Ix: run from the programs, but there first 512K) and one for fast memory (ex
CU. As always, whenever you first use pansion over 512K). As memory is used
new public domain software, test it out is also a significant up in your machine, a colored line-
using a duplicate disk. 'Iliai way if the moves across the bars, showing how
program eats your dusk, you haven't lost
quantity of much memory has been used, and how
anything Important Be certain you un much is left. The display is updated dyna
derstand how a program works and what
instructional mically: It runs from die C1J, but can bC
sized, moved and closed. There is an
all of its functions arc before you start re
software. other version with an icon.
lying on it for anything important.
The first category of programs ! SeelLBM and ShowILBM", written

looked at were graphics programs. Some 'Iliis is a hold-and-modily demo. Displays by Electronic Arts. These two programs
were demos of the Amiga's capabilities, 256 colors at the same time on the arc part of a disk full of software released
and others were applications and utili screen, Ruas from an icon. by Electronic Arts to die public domain.
ties. Amiga3t>*, written by Barry White- No individual programmer is credited.
Arrow3d, written by Steve beats, 'iliis book. This is a rotating three -dimensional These arc used to view IFF format pic
program displays a rotating 3D image of a sign with the word AMIGA floating tures, and are icon driven. To use diem,
wire frame arrow. It runs from the CU, above the front surface, rotating willi it. you click once on dieir icon, hold die
and you should use the RUN command As it rotates, the color of the word SHUT key down, and double click on die
to create a new CU for it to operate in. changes. I lolding die right mouse1 button icon of tile picture you want to view.
Sedace, written by Bob ll.irLscau. Tog will stop tile rotation. Kuns fnnu an Icon, showiuiM displays die image for about
gles you into interlaced mode, 1 was not bui Ifyou use the icon to copy it. Ix- sure ten seconds, and SeelLBM will keep the
able to find a way 10 untoggle though. to file copy die 3dobject file as well. image up until you exit. If your picture

Runs from tile CU. Dazzle*, written by Peter Bngetbrite. does not have an icon associated with it,
Halfbrite, written by Hob Pariscau. En the same class as Polyscope. A symme you can use diese from die Cl J. Just type
This program will let you see if your try autodrawing program with a lot of eitlier SeelLBM or Showll JIM, and space,

Amiga is capable of displaying 54 colors menu-driven Options You can toggle low and die name of your picture.

in the low-resolution mode. Most ma or high resolution, a panel of pattern se DPSlide*, written by hull A. Blondo.
chines produced after die first quarter lections, pause, print, or exit. Hours of Tills is a siideshow program for images In
were equipped wiili a new Denise chip entertainment. Runs from an icon. 1PF format. It uses a text file to control
that enabled this. Kuns from the CI.I. Mandelbrot*, written by Robert die images displayed, the length of time
Blobs, written by Peter lingelbrite. French and R.J. Mical. This program uses dicy arc displayed, and die manner in
This is a variant of "Worms." Seven col fractal geometry to draw shapes—in which tiicy are created on the screen.
ored worms craw] around the screen. credible shapes that bring to mind ink- You can use ED to create die text files, or
You can toggle them to chase die mouse blot patterns. A simple explanation: Ben- a word processor that will create ASCII
pointer, and you can ;ilso toggle Hash to oit Mandelbrot Invented fractal geome files. By editing your start-up sequence
cycle tile colors. Huns from the CU, but try. Fractal geometry is used to describe, you can create disks mat load and run a
will multitask. Menu-driven, with a quit calculate ;md think about objects tliat are siideshow when inserted at die Work
option. Very nice effect irregular in shape: snowflakes, clouds, bench prompt Highly recommended, He
Sparks*, written by Scott Ballantyne. dust particles, groups of people, lightning sure to get the document tile explaining
Une drawing demo that draws multico bolts, and so on. fractals arc very compli the syntax for creating die control file.

136 NOVEMBER/DECEMBERS
AMIGA UPDATE
Screendump*, written by Ned Konz. one of the most aggravating problems of across the board. I suggest you copy a
This is a user-supported program. It transferring programs on the Amiga. bootable version Ifyou can, although die
prints the- entire- contents of the front- When you use an XModem protocol to instillation guide gives clear instructions.
most screen. It is icon loaded. transfer programs, data is sent in chunks. Mr. Addison has also written several oth
Scrimper", written by Perry Kivolo- If the last hits of data are not exactly large er ABasiC programs, including Polyfrac-
witz. Ihis is another screen-diimp pro enough, null data is added to pad them to tals and Polydraw.
gram, loaded from the OX Works in a the same size at all the other chunks. The Palette Mixer*, written by Enrique A.
similar fasliion to Screendump. problem arises when the program is Gamez. This program is an excellent ex
Browser*, written by Mike Meyer. saved without removing the extra pad ample of how to program graphics and
ihis is my favorite find so far. It i.s exactly ding. Such programs will not ran. Before color in AmigaJJASIC. The program is dis
what it sounds like, a utility for browsing StarTerm, you had to use a stripper utility tributed in listahie form. It displays a col
through disks. It runs from die CLJ, and to solve this problem. StarTerm handles or mixing board, with three sliding con
creates a menu-driven environment for this automatically when you use it for trols to mix colors. Mr. Gamez lias also
seeing wliat is on your disks. The first downloads. It has a phone number direc written a program called Coordinates,
menu has three options: DFO, DF1, and tory, allows you to assign strings to the diat displays die X and Y posidon of the
RAM. Select one, and a new menu option function keys, and is generally of very mouse cursor in a dynamic display.
appears; a list of sulxlircaorics available high quality. StarTerm is icon-loaded. I've only toudied die surface of die
on Uiat device. Select one, and a new There are a separate document file and programs that ace available for the Amiga
menu item appears: a list of files in that telephone file; be sure to copy them as in die public domain. I haven't discussed
subdirectory1. Directories are shown with welL the programming aids, text formatters,
a trailing slash. Select a document file, Finally I looked at a few programs disks full of text files, games, program
and it will be shown a screenful at a time. written in BASIC. Some were written in ming examples in languages like LISP and
There are still some bugs in this one, but ABasiC and some in AmigaBASlC. FOKTI I, and other languages that I found
J love it anyway. It made writing this arti Monopoly, written by David Addison. in looking through the public domain.
cle much easier. 'Ihis version is written in ABasiC, and co The next lime you go to a user's group
StarTerm', written by Jim Nangano pyrighted by Parker Brothers. The graph meeting, check out their library. You'll
and Steve Plegge. This is an excellent ter ics and sound effects are excellent. When find some real gems.
minal program for the Amiga. It solves you land on a railroad, a small train drives

YET IT COSTS SO MUCH LESS.

And now it will count for you, you can buy Which means in
on any 64 or 128. mere seconds you can
Ironically, however, though we check your checkbook.
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Multiplan, we actually stocks. Or calculate
increased its capabilities. your risks.
The enhanced version not You can plan, bud
only takes full advantage of the get, analyze,
128's expanded memory and 80 question, ponder,
"column screen. revise, estimate plait and
Microsoft are WRiMtTed
Not only includes a Qiiickstart and forecast. trittkinaikvof
instruction manual. Just by doing little
And not only comes with 10 more than pressing a few keys.
ready-to-go templates. In fact, there really isn't any
Allow us to introduce the most But it is the fastest load- ^-""'" kind of hardcore number crunch-
powerful electronic spreadsheet ing spreadsheet '. • jng you can't do faster and
in the Commodore world. . ''■' easier with Multiplan at
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Spectacular is a short and

staple program that Likes advantage of
the powerful BASIC 7.0 commands li
isn't :i $inic or a utility, It simply demon
strates the ease and brevity of program
ming on the 128.
The idea originally came from a 15-
line program in the Commodore 128
Programmer's Reference Guide on page lines ihh(): Draws filled box In all four
ill. nii.spnignuii produces two rotating corners of the screen con
boxes. lrom [hat small beginning, I Show offyour 128'$ necting them with a rotat
changed iIil- position of the two original ed Ixix.
boxes, added two more rotating boxes, BASIC 7.0. Lines 42-56: 'rums on colors, expands
eight Sprites ;md seven bands of color in cijtfit sprites.
the center with a DO-LOOP to continu lines 58-6-i: Positions .sprites in the
ously change thdi color. I tare is a short program description, comers of the sen-en.
Once you have typed In this short pro line 12: Sets color and graphics lines 66-72: Starts sprites moving at
gram and nin it as is, I'm sure yon can mode, top speed
come up with variations of your own to line 14: Draws box am! saves il in lines 76-82: Draws seven stripes in
make it even better than my version. At AS. center of screen with AS,
any rate. 1 hope this will inspire yon to line 16: Saves AS for dght sprites changing colors with the
create your own. and dears screen. DOL(K)P a

Bdurc npingihor program*, read "Iluw ■" Kndr I'rupinis," and' lluw t" (!»■ (he Migi/tiM: 48 SPRITE 4,1,7,1,1,1,0'BOHL
him Program" The BASIC program in rln- i:ij,y/inr Jti1 jkailiMr nn diJi flum UudiUi, 50 SPRITE 5,1,3,1,1,1,0'BOEE
P.O. Bm iOOU?, Shrcvcport, U 711JO-0007, i
52 SPRITE 6,1,6,1,1,1,0'BOIG
54 SPRITE 7,1,8,1,1,1,0'BOLI
C128 Spectacular
56 SPRITE 8,1,7,1,1,1,0'BOLK
12 COLOR 0,1:COLOR L,3:C0L0R 4,1 58 MOVSPR 1,24,50:MOVSPR 2,296,60'CSNO
:GRAPHIC 1,1'EPYF 60 MOVSPR 3,24,230:MOVSPR 4,310,
14 BOX 1,0,0,23,21,,1:SSHAPE AS,0,0, 210'CUWH
23,21'CCFH 62 MOVSPR 5,24,50:MOVSPR 6,296,50'CSUJ
16 FOR S=l TO 8 STEP 1:SPRSAV AS,S 64 MOVSPR 7,24,208:MOVSPR 8,296,
:NEXT:SCNCLR'HMYK 208'CUFL
18 GRAPHIC l,l:B0X 1, 0 , 0,43 , 42,,1'CSJK 66 MOVSPR 1,90 U5:M0VSPR 6,
20 FOR 1= 0 TO 280 STEP 10'EHSB 270 #15'CSVN
22 BOX 1,1,0,1+40,40,UNEXT'DPNF 68 MOVSPR 2,180 #15:M0VSPR 8,
24 COLOR 1,6:BOX 1,270,0,319,42,, 360 #15'CTVP
l'CVCH 70 MOVSPR 7, 90 U5:M0VSPR 4,
26 FOR 1= 0 TO 160 STEP 10'EHPH 270 #15'CSZI
28 BOX 1,280,1,310,I>40,I:NEXT'DSRL 72 MOVSPR 5,180 #15:M0VSPR 3,
30 COLOR l,3:F0R 1= 0 TO 160 STEP 360 B15'CTTK
10'FLLE 74 DO'BAJH
32 BOX 1,0,I,4W,I+40,I:NEXT'DPNG 76 C=3:F0R X=56 TO 236 STEP 30
34 COLOR l,8:B0X 1,0,158,48,199,, :F0R Y=60 TO 123 STEP 21'JUVT
l'CVVI 78 COLOR 1,C:GSHAPE AS,X,Y:NEXT:C=C+1
36 FOR 1= 0 TO 280 STEP 10'EHSI :NEXT'GQOS
38 BOX 1,1,165,1+40,199,I:NEXT'DSJM 80 C=5:F0R X=56 TO 236 STEP 30
40 COLOR l,7:B0X 1,270,158,319,199,, :FOR Y=60 TO 123 STEP 21'JUXO
l'CSSG 82 COLOR 1,C:GSHAPE A$,X,Y:NEXT:C=C+1
42 SPRITE 1,1,3,1,1,1,0'BOAF :NEXT'GQON
44 SPRITE 2,1,6,1,1,1,0'BOEH 84 LOOP'BAKI
46 SPRITE 3,1,8,1,1,1,0'BOHJ EHO

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200 RESTORE:PRINT"[CLEAR] "; 50, 32, 32, 61, 32, 469'BOUC
:A=49152'DJUA 1210 DATA 76, 73, 78, 69, 32, 78, 85,
210 FOR X=X TO 16:PRINT"[DOWN]";:NEXT 77, 66, 69, 82, 83, 368'BOBE I
:PRINT"[RIGHT26,BACK ARROW,HOME]"; 1220 DATA 13, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32,

.250 FORVX=1 TO lll'DFRD

32, 32, 70, 51, 32, 422'BOHE
1230 DATA 32, 61, 32, 82, 69, 80, 69,
260 FOR Y=l TO 12:READ BYTE'EJJ 65, 84, 32, 84, 79, 769'BOYG
270 POKE A,BYTE:A=A.+ 1'DKDH 1240 DATA 71, 71, 76, 69, 13, 32, 32,
280 IF T=l THEN T=0:GOTO 290'FICI 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 524'BOBH
285 PRINT"[CMDR +]";:T=l'CEKL 1250 DATA 32, 70, 52, 32, 32, 61, 32,
290 NEXT Y:READ CS'CEYH 67, a
79, ~ic
76, in m
79, 82, ca^ inniT

300 NEXT X'BBRW 1260 DATA 83, 13, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32,
310 SYS 49152:END'CGRA 32, 32, 32, 70, 53, 475'BOXI
1010 DATA 32, 118, 192, 165, 125, 1270 DATA 32, 32, 61, 32, 77, 69, 77,
201, 243, 208, 15, 169, 76, 141, 79, 82, 89, 13, 32, 675'BOQK
1685'BYFE 1280 DATA 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32,
1020 DATA 41, 192, 169, 243, 141, 42, 70, 54, 32, 32, 61, 473'BOTK
192, 169, 204, 141, 43, 192, 1290 DATA 32, 68, 69, 75, 73, 78, 75,
1769'BYLF 32, 87, 69, 68, 71, 798'BOVM
1030 DATA 169, 76, 133, 124, 169, 37, 1300 DATA 69, 13, 13, 13, 13, 162, 0,
133, 125, 169, 192, 133, 126, 142, 44, 194, 169, 8, 840'BQHE
1586'BAUG 1310 DATA 141, 45, 194, 142, 48,
L040 DATA 96, 201, 255, 240, 10, 201, 189, 49, 194, 32, 210, 255,
58, 176, 3, 76, 128, 0, 1693'BXDG
1444'BTDF 1320 DATA 232, 224, 13, 208, 245,
50 DATA 76, 138, 0, 32, 118, 192, 162, 0, 32, 207, 255, 201, 13,
32, 159, 255, 32, 228, 255, 1792'BWKH
1517'BVNH 1330 DATA 240, 7, 157, 62, 194, 232
60 DATA 201, 0, 240, 246, 201, 133 76, 123, 193, 142, 47, 194,
203, 3, 76, 97, 193, 201, 1667'BWXI
1799'BVBI DATA 169, 13, 32, 210, 255, 32,
1070 DATA 137, 208, 3, 76, 226, 194, 210, 255, 32, 35, 194, 201,
201, 134, 208, 3, 76, 232, 1638'BWRJ
1698'BVPJ 1350 DATA 0, 208, 3, 76, 134, 227,
1080 DATA 195, 201, 138, 208, 3, 76, 32, 35, 194, 162, 0, 32,
56, 196, 201, 135, 208, 3 1103'BRQJ
1620'BVDK 1360 DATA 35, 194, 141, 221, 194,
1090 DATA 76, 210, 196, 201, 141, 223, 194, 32, 35, 194, 141,
208, 207, 169, 201, 133, 1745'BYEL
169, 2033'BBTM 1370 DATA 222, 194, 141, 224, 194,
1100 DATA 58, 133, 125, 169, 176, 194, 201, 0, 208,
133, 126, 76, 134, 227, 162, 8, 1668'BWXM H|
1519'BXND DATA 32, 35, 194, 201, 0, 240,
1110 DATA 189, 132, 192, 32, 210, .6, 32, 35, 194, 76, 161,
255, 232, 224, 219, 208, 245, 1206'BSWM
96, 2234'BACF 1390 DATA 193, 32, 35, 194, 201, 0,
1120 DATA 13, 13, 32, 32, 32, 32, 69, 208, 209, 76, 134, 227, 221,
68, 73, 84, 47, 87, 582'BOBE 1730'BWVO
1130 DATA 69, 68, 71, 69, 32, 40, 67, 1400 DATA 62, 194, 240, 5, 162, 0,
41, 32, 49, 57, 56, 651'BONF 76, 181, 193, 232, 236, 47,
1140 DATA 53, 32, 77, 73, 75, 69, 32, 1628'BUMG
76, 69, 73, 68, 69, 766'SOLG 1410 DATA 194, 208, 210, 238, 48,
1150 DATA 76, 13, 13, 32, 32, 32, 32 194, 173, 48, 194, 201, 2, 208,
32, 32, 32, 32, 83, 441'BOSG 1918'BXTH
1160 DATA 72, 73, 70, 84, 32, 94, DATA 10, 169, 13, 32, 210, 255,
40, 82, 69, 84, 85, 817'BOHI 169, 0, 141, 48, 194, 169,
1170 DATA 82, 78, 41, 32, 84, 79, 32, 1410'BVWI
69, 78, 84, 69, 82, 810'BOAJ 1430 DATA 32, 32, 210, 255, 32, 210,
1180 DATA 13, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 255, 32, 210, 255, 32, 122,
32, 32, 70, 49, 32, 420'BOHJ 1677'BWFJ
1190 DATA 32, 61, 32, 83, 69, 65, 82, DATA 194, 169, 40, 32, 210, 255,
67, 72, 13, 32, 32, 640'BORL Con tin mil an pg. 146

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1680 DATA 141, 67, 195, 169, 8, 141,
173, 44, 194. 141, 221, 194,
68, 195, 173, 67, 195, 201,
1867 ■BYJL
162« •BWDQ
1450 DATA 173, 45, 194, 141, 222,
194, 32, 122, 194, 169, 41, 32, 1690 DATA 0, 208, 10, 173, 68, 195,
201, 0, 208, 3, 76, 134
1559 ■BXML r

1276 'BSCQ
1460 DATA 210, 255, 162 76, 181,
193, 238, 44, 194, 208, 1700 DATA 227, 162, 2, 173, 125, 195,
3,
1764 'BVMM 157, 1, 8, 173, 126, 195,
1470 DATA 238, 45, 194, 173, 0, 8, 1544 'BVNJ
1710 DATA 232, 224, 4, 208, 245, 173,
96, 0, 0, 13, 83, 69, 919'BNIL
1480 DATA 65, 82, 67, 72, 32 ,
67, 195, 141, 94, 195, 173,
70, 79,
82, 63, 32, 32, 32 ,
1951 "BXWK
708 'BOBN
1490 DATA 32, 32, 32, 32, 32 , 32, 32,
1720 DATA 68, 195, 141, 95, 195, 162,
0, ibH, 1, H9, 1, 8, 1215'BRRK
32, 32, 32, 32, 32 , 384 'BOMN
1500 DATA 32, 32, 32, 32, 32 , 32, 32, 1730 DATA 153, 66, 195, 200, 232,
224, 2, 208, 244, 24, 173, 125,
32, 32, 32, 32, 32 , 384 'BOMF
1846 "BXBM
1510 DATA 32, 32, 32, 32. 32 t 32, 32,
1740 DATA 195, 105, 0, 141, 125, 195,
32, 32, 32, 32, 32 . 384 'BOMG
1520 DATA 32, 32, 32, 32, 32 , 32, 173, 126, 195, 105, 0, 141,
32,
32, 32, 32, 32, 32 , 384 'BOMH 1501 •BXLN
1530 DATA 32, 32, 32, 32, 32 ,
1750 DATA 126, 195, 76, 44, 195, 0,
32, 32,
32, 32, 32, 160, 0 ,
0, 69, 78, 84, 69, 82, 1018' BQON
480 'BOG I
1760 DATA 32, 51, 32, 68, 73 , 71, 73,
1540 DATA 140, 225, 194 , 162 t S, 173,
84, 32, 66, 69, 71, 722 'BOCO
221, 194, 56, 249, 213, 194,
2021 'BYXL 1770 DATA 73, 78, 73, 78, 71 , 32, 78,
1550 66, 82, 32, 13, 69, 745 'BOVP
DATA 141, 221, 194 , 173 , 222,
194, 200, 249, 213 , 194 , 144, 8, 1780 DATA 78, 84, 69, 82, 32 , 51, 32,
2153 'BASH 68, 73, 71, 73, 84, 797 'BOBQ
1560 DATA 141, 222, 194 , 232 , 136, 1790 DATA 32, 73, 78, 67, 82 , 69, 77,
76, 129, 194, 136, 173, 221, 69, 78, 84, 32, 32, 773 'BOHR
194, 2048"BBGO 1800 DATA 197, 195, 141, 231 , 195 t
1570 DATA 121, 213, 194 , 141 , 221, 32, 197, 195, 32, 211, 195, 32,
194, 138, 208, 7, 44, 225, 194, 1853 'BYRL
L900 'BYYO 1810 DATA 197, 195, 76, 211, 195, 32,
1580 DATA 48, 7, 16, 10 , 162 , 128, 207, 255, 201, 48, 144, 249,
142, 225, 194, 9, 48, 32, 2010 'BYHM
1021 •BSFO 1820 DATA 201, 58, 176, 245, 41, 15,
1590 DATA 210, 255, 200 , 200 , 192, 8, 96, 141, 230, 195, 173, 231,
144, 191, 173, 221 , 194 , 9, 1802 'BXDM
1997 'BXGQ 1830 DATA 195, 10, 10, 109, 231, 195,
1600 DATA 48, 32, 210, 255, 173, 223, 10, 109, 230, 195, 141, 231,
194, 141, 221, 194 , 173 , 224, 1666 'BYPN
2088 'BAXJ 1840 DATA 195, 96, 0, 0, 173 , 138 , 2,
1610 DATA 194, 141, 222 , 194 , 96, 16, 201, 128, 240, 21, 169,
39, 232, 3, 100, 0 , 10, 1363 'BTDN
1247 'BTVI 1850 DATA 128, 141, 138, 2, 162, 0,
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255, 232, 224, 27, 208, 245, 22, 196, 169, 0, 141, 138,
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134, 227, 173, 231 , 195 , 141, 32, 210, 255, 232, 224, 16,
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195, 32, 210, 255, 232, 224, 75, 69, 89, 32, 82, 69,
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Windows
on the
Commodore 64

X ou've read the ads in magazines,

you've seen die commercials on TV The
message seems to he that a computer
without windows is somehow not ;t real
computer. If you are feeling bad because
your Commodore 64 doesn't hare win
dows, cheer up! L'sing tliis program, you
loo can have windows on your computer.
Windows on the Commodore 6-i is a
machine-language program for use with
in your BASIC programs to program win
dows on your Commodore 64 screen.
\\ ithin your program, you can define any
number of windows, but only one can be
active at a time. Alter a window defini
tion, all subsequent PRINT statements
operate only in that window.
Listing 1 is a BASIC program contain
ing the DATA statements for the ma
chine-language program called Win
dows T\pe it in. Remember, milking an
error when uping in tliis program will
Cause your window definition progr.tm.s
to malfunction. Also, be sure to save this
program before running it the first time,
as the program erases Itself when you
run it.
When you have the program function
ing properly, here Ls how to program
some windows. The Windows program
adds three special functions to your
PRINT statements: the HI, F2 and F3
keys, The Fl key Sett the upper-left cor
ner of die window, die F2 key sets die
lower-right comer of the window, and
die F3 key restores die window to full Now your Commodore 64 can have
screen operation.
windows too.
To use die I'l and 1'2 keys, first posi
tion die cursor using a PRINT Statement
to print die cursor control characters, line 110: lliLs PRINT statement posi across to column 1H.
then to print die appropriate function tions die cursor 6 lines down ;ind 12 col Line 120: Iliis PRINT statement homes
key character. The program in Listing 2 umns to die right. Remember, moving 12 die cursor and prints die test text includ
illustrates diis. Here's a look at diis pro columns to die right moves die cursor ed widiin die quotes. However, this cur
gram line by line. right from die right-hand side of die win sor home operates only within tlie win
line 100: This PRINT statement clears dow as defined in line khi. not 12 col dow. 'Iliat is, die cursor is placed at line
die screen and positions the cursor live umns riglu from the right-hand side of 5, column 6. Since the text is longer than
lines from die top of tile screen and live die screen. Then 1;2 is printed. This com die 12-character line length of die win
columns from die left margin. Then Fl is pletes the definition of die lower-right dow, it wraps around and is printed on
printed. Printing HI completes the defin corner of die window. The window has three lines like diis.
ition of the upper-left corner of the now been defined to begin at screen line THIS BATES
window at die cursors position: line 5, 5 and continue across to screen line 12, T OF THE WIND
column 6. and to begin at column h and continue OVCS PROGRAM!

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Line 130: This line waits for you (o press windows on the screen.
a key on die keyboard before continuing Please note: The INPUT routine does
on to Line 140. Before pressing a key to not function properly with the Windows
continue, you can study the effect of the program Any text printed by the inpi t
first three lines. statement will be properly printed in the
Line 140: This PRINT statement prints window, but tlie window routine does
F3 which restores the normal screen and not stop tlie user input at the right edge
homes the cursor to its normal home po of the window.
sition. You should always restore the nor This routine works with machine-lan
mal screen before exiting a program or guage programs using the kernal
defining a new window. Exiting a pro ci iROUTf IFED2) routine to prim to the
gram does not automatically restore the screen. It prints within the window as
normal screen, so if you don't restore the long as location 157 (SyD) contains a
screen to normal before exiting a pro zero. 'ITiis zero is a Hag that differentiates
gram, the window will still be active between direct or immediate mode ;md
when you load the new program. If you program mode. If location 157 contains
define B new window without restoring anything else, tlie routine disconnects it
tlie screen to normal first, you will have a self, so that the normal screen print rou
real problem on your hands. In this case tines are In effect.
what you would be doing is trying to de The pmgrani is stored at 39936 to
fine a new window within the old window. Note that it starts with 1:3. This, of course, 40959 (*9c00 to syffl"). It uses zero page
One thing the Windows program docs restores the normal screen. The window addresses 34 to 37 ($22 to S25) and 251
not do is check the validity of the win defined is exactly like tlie window in to 254 ( SFB to SFI-:). These locations are
dow you have pro[xiscd. It is conceiv listing 2, except that it is defined in a sin used only wlien tile routine to scroll tile
able that you might attempt to set up a gle program line. screen is called You may use these loca
window where the top is below the bot The program in Listing i Illustrates an tions for temporary storage or for perma
tom. If you do that, you'll never see any other method Of defining a window, line nent storage, if you never cause the
thing printed in the window. It is up to 230 of tiiLs program defines the variable screen to scroll up. Other storage Ls in
you to be sure that your window Ls a val WS(0). and line 240 defines another vari the range 320 to 351 (80140 to 8O15F}
id window. A way to do this would be to able \V'S( I). l.ook carefully. These varia The program works by simply Chang-
define your window as it is in listing 3. bles are actually defining separate win Ing the vector D3SOI IT (S0326) and pro
which is a modification of listing 2. dows. When you print these variables, cessing tlie output before processing the
By following the pattern In listing .^, the Windows arc defined on tlie screen, kemal routine CHHOUT If the character
you'll never have any problems of Invalid as is done in lines 25)1 and 340. lines to be printed should he processed lor the
windows. One exception to this Ls hav 260-340 contain tlie logic which prints window, then tlie program contains the
ing 40 or more cursor-right characters in tlie words TEST # xxx alternately in appropriate routines, if not, tlie character
your line which is equivalent to Line windows number 1 or number 2. Thu.\ Ls passed to die kernal routines to be
100. Now look at line 100 in listing 3. die program appears to have two active printed on tlie screen. Q

Before ijpins ihcx; programs, read 'How !<> Eiutr Pnifjanis." iixl "How lo Use ihc togMint LOADED!"'BAJP
Knuy Program * The BASK, programs in [his magirint irr wiiLblc m did: from Lojdsur, 200 PRINT "[DOWNlTO SET THE UPPER
LEFT WINDOW, POSITION"'BAQH
210 PRINT "THE CURSOR AND PRINT AN Fl
Listing 1 DA 1A Statements CHARACTER."'BAMH
220 PRINT "[DOWN]TO SET THE LOWER
100 PRINT "[CLEAR,D0WN2]";TAB(14); RIGHT WINDOW, POSITI0N"'BAWJ
"C-64 W1ND0WSJD0WN2]"'CFVB 230 PRINT "THE CURSOR AND PRINT AN F2
120 PRINT TAB (19) ;"BY [DOWN] '"CEIY CHARACTER."'BANJ
130 PRINT TAB(12);"RICHARD F. 240 PRINT "[DOWN]TO RESTORE THE
DALEY"'CEXE NORMAL SCREEN, PRINT AN'"BADL
140 PRINT " {DOWNLOADING THE WINDOW 250 PRINT "F3 CHARACTER.'" BAXE
ROUTINE . . ."'BAVI 260 PRINT "[DOWN IFOR MORE DETAILS SEE
150 P0=39936: SY=PO: RESTORE'DNQF THE ACCOMPANYING""BARM
160 READ A: IF A=256 THEN 180'EJRF 270 PRINT "ARTICLE."'BAKF
170 TL=TL+A: POKE P0,A: P0=P0+l 280 PRINT "(DOWN)PRESS THE RETURN KEY
:G0T0 160'GUZL TO INSTALL THE'"BANO
180 IF TLO115372 THEN PRINT"THERE IS 290 PRINT "WINDOW ROUTINE.'" BARJ
AN ERROR IN THE DATA STATEMENTS" 300 PRINT "[D0WN2JSYS 39936[UP3]"
:END'GJGT : NEW'CBEC
199 PRINT "(CLEAR,D0WN3] 1000 DATA 169, 147, 32, 210, 255, 120,
WINDOWS ROUTINE SUCCESSFULLY 173, 38, 3, 141, 46, 3'BPDB

150 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 86
64 USERS ONLY/WINDOWS
1010 DATA 173 , 39, 3, 141, 47, 3, 169, 96", 32, 150, 157, 169'BMCF
208 , 141, 38, 3, 169'BNBB 1330 DATA 0, 133, 199, 133, 212, 133,
1020 DATA 156 , 141, 39, 3, 165, 209, 216 , 76, 119, 157, 32, 183'BSKH
141 , 80 , 1, 141, 64, l'BNGC 1340 DATA 158, 32, 217, 158, 144, 7,
1030 DATA 165 , 210, 141, 81, 1, 141, 240 , 5, 198, 214, 32, 23*BPNI
65, 1, 165, 209, 24, 105'BPRE 1350 DATA 159, 96, 165, 211, 72, 32,
1040 DATA 192 , 141, 83, 1, 141, 66, 1, 150 , 157, 104, 133, 211, 76'BSKJ
165 , 210, 105, 3, 141'BOUE 1360 DATA 119, 157, 32, 184, 157, 76,
1050 DATA 84, 1, 141, 67, 1, 165, 243, 139 , 157, 173, 80, 1, 133'BRAK
141 , 86 , 1, 141, 68'BMPF 1370 DATA 209, 173, 81, 1, 133, 210,
1060 DATS 1, 165, 244, 141, 87, 1, 173 , 82, 1, 133, 211, 173'BQRL
141 ,69 , 1, 165, 243, 24'BNMG 1380 DATA 86, 1, 133, 243, 173, 87, 1,
1070 DATA 105 , 192, 141, 88, 1, 141, 133 , 244, 173, 90, 1'BNOL
70, 1, 165, 244, 105, 3'BOCH 1390 DATA 133, 214, 96, 165, 209, 141,
1080 DATA 141 , 89, 1, 141, 71, 1, 169, 80, 1, 165, 210, 141, 81'BRBN
0, 141, 82, 1, 141'BLAI 1400 DATA 1, 165, 211, 141, 82, 1,
1090 DATA 90, 1, 169, 24, 141, 91, 1, 165 , 214, 141, 90, 1, 165'BOWE
169 , 39 , 141, 85, l'BLTJ 1410 DAT?. 243, 141, 86, 1, 165, 244,
1100 DATA 88, 169, 0, 133, 55, 141, 141 , 87, 1, 76, 119, 157'BPTG
131 , 2, 169, 156, 133, 56'BPQC 1420 DATA 173, 64, 1, 141, 80, 1, 173,
ma DATA 141 , 132, 2, 169, 156, 133, 65, 1, 141, 81, l'BKAG
35, 169 , 156, 133, 34, 160'BSID 1430 DATA 173, 66, 1, 141, 83, 1, 173,
1120 DATA 0, 177, 34, 240, 6, 32, 210, 67, 1, 141, 84, l'BKKH
255 , 200, 208, 246, 96'BPBE 1440 DATA 173, 68, 1, 141, 86, 1, 173,
1130 DATA 42, 42, 42, 32, 67, 45, 54, 69, 1, 141, 87, l'BKUI
52, 32, 87, 73, 78'BKFE 1450 DATA 173, 70, 1, 141, 88, 1, 173,
1140 DATA 68, 79, 87, 83, 32, 42, 42, 71, 1, 141, 89, l'BKKJ
42, 13, 13, 40, 67'BKDF 1460 DATA 169, 0, 141, 82, 1, 141, 90,
1150 DATA 41, 32, 49, 57, 56, 52, 32, 1, 169, 24, 141, 91'BMHK
66, 89, 32, 82, 73'BKLG 1470 DATA 1, 169, 39, 141, 85, 1, 76,
1160 DATA 67, 72, 65, 82, 68, 32, 70, 178 , 157, 165, 209, 141'BPDM
46, 32, 68, 65, 76'BKVH L480 DATA 83, 1, 165, 210, 141, 84, 1,
1170 DATA 69, 89, 13, 0, 8, 141, 92, 165 , 211, 141, 85, l'BNAM
i, 142, 94, 1, 140'BJPI 1490 DATA 165, 214, 141, 91, 1, 165,
1180 DATA 95, 1, 1B4, 141, 93, 1, 165, 243 , 141, 88, 1, 165, 244'BQIO
154 , 201, 3, 240, 3'BMVJ 1500 DATA 141, 89, 1, 76, 119, 157,
1190 DATA 76, 113, 157, 165, 157, 240, 165 , 211, 72, 32, 230, 158'BQQG
3, 76, 113, 157, 173, 92'BRWL 1510 DATA 32, 8, 159, 176, 25, 173,
1200 DATA 1- 201, 13, 208, 3, 76, 136, 80, 1, 133, 209, 173, 81'BOSH
157 , 201, 17, 208, 3'BNYC 1520 DATA 1, 133, 210, 173, 86, 1,
1210 DATA76, 166, 157, 201, 19, 208, 133 , 243, 173, 87, 1, 133'BODH
3, 76, 178, 157, 201, 133'BRVE 1530 DATA 244, 173, 90, 1, 133, 214,
1220 DATA 208 , 3, 76, 215, 157, 201, 104 , 133, 211, 76, 119, 157'BSAJ
134 , 2«8, 3, 76, 248, 157'BQRF 1540 DATA 32, 184, 157, 164, 211, 169,
1230 DATA 201 , 137, 208, 3, 76, 61, 32, 145, 209, 200, 204, 85'BTEL
158 , 201, 145, 208, 3, 76'BPIG 1550 DATA 1, 240, 248, 144, 246, 164,
1240 DATA 94, 158, 201, 147, 208, 3, 211 , 173, 33, 208, 41, 15'BRYL
76, 136 , 158, 164, 211, 204'BSPH 1560 DATA 145, 243, 200, 240, 251,
1250 DATA 82, 1, 176, 43, 32, 230, 144 , 249, 32, 183, 158, 32,
158 ,32 , 8, 159, 176, 33'BNWH 217 'BUWN
1260 DATA 173 , 80, 1, 133, 209, 173, 1570 DATA 158, 144, 220, 240, 218, 32,
81, 1, 133, 210, 173, 82'BPXJ 184 , 157, 76, 139, 157, 169'BUWO
1270 DATA 1, 133, 211, 173, 86, 1, 1580 DATA 40, 24, 101, 209, 133, 209,
133 , 243, 173, 87, 1, 133'BOEJ 169 , 0, 101, 210, 133, 210'BSYO
1280 DATA 244 , 173, 90, 1, 133, 214, 1590 DATA 169, 40, 24, 101, 243, 133,
76, 113 , 157, 164, 211, 204'BSYL 243 , 169, 0, 101, 244, 133'BSPP
1290 DATA 85, 1, 144, 17, 240, 15, 32, 1600 DATA 244, 173, 82, 1, 133, 211,
183 , 158, 32, 217, 158'BPLM 230 , 214, 96, 165, 210, 205'BSTH
1300 DATA 144 , 7, 240, 5, 198, 214, 1610 DATA 84, 1, 144, 5, 165, 209,
32, 23, 159, 32, 119, 157'BPOE 205 , 83, 1, 96, 165, 209'BNAH
1310 DATA 108 , 46, 3, 173, 93, 1, 72, 1620 DATA 56, 233, 40, 133, 209, 165,
173 , 92 , 1, 174, 94'BLAE 210 , 233, 0, 133, 210, 165'BSNJ
1320 DATA 1, 172, 95, 1, 40, 24, 88, 1630 DATA 243, 56, 233, 40, 133, 243,
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165, 244, 233, 0, 133, 244'BSWK listing 4 Windows Modification
1640 DATA 173, 65, 1, 133, 211, 198,
214, 96, 165, 210, 205, 81'BRLL 100 PRINT "[CLEAR]": CS="[BLACK,WHITE,
1650 DATA 1, 240, 2, 176, 5, 165, 209, RED,CYAN,PURPLE,GREEN,YELLOW,
205, 80, 1, 96, 173'BMNL ORANGE,BROWN,L. RED,GRAY 1,GRAY2,
1660 DATA 80, 1, 133, 34, 24, 105, 40, L. GREEN,L. BLUE,GRAY3]": C=l
133, 36, 173, 81, 1'BMVM : BL$="[SPACE10]"'EKBJ
1670 DATA 133, 35, 105, 0, 133, 37, 110 PRINT "[BLACK,HOME,DOWN3,RIGHT2]
173, 86, 1, 133, 251, 24'BOBN *****************"'BAHA

1680 DATA 105, 40, 133, 253, 173, 87, 120 FOR 1=0 TO 5: PRINT TAB(2);"*";
1, 133, 252, 105, 0, 133'BQOP TAB{18);"*": NEXT I'HOAE
1690 DATA 254, 173, 90, 1, 133, 214, 130 PRINT "[RIGHT2]*****************
172, 82, 1, 177, 36, 145'BPJQ 'BAXB
1700 DATA 34, 177, 253, 145, 251, 200, 140 PRINT "{HOME,DOWN18]"'BAVA
204, 85, 1, 144, 242, 240'BSWI 150 PRINT "[DOWN]NOTICE THAT THE
1710 DATA 240, 165, 34, 24, 105, 40, INFORMATION IN THE"'BAXJ
133, 34, 165, 35, 105, 0'BPOJ 160 PRINT "WINDOWS ABOVE WILL SCROLL
1720 DATA 133, 35, 165, 36, 24, 105, OP EACH TIME'"BACL
40, 133, 36, 165, 37, 105'BQCK 170 PRINT "THAT YOU PRESS THE SPACE
1730 DATA 0, 133, 37, 165, 251, 24, BAR."'BAQK
105, 40, 133, 251, 165, 252'BRSL 180 PRINT "[DOWN]PRESS THE ASTERISK
1740 DATA 105, 0, 133, 252, 165, 253, (*) TO END THE DEMO.[HOME]"'BAKN
24, 105, 40, 133, 253, 165'BSQM PRINT "[DOWN11,CYAN]
190
1750 DATA 254, 105, 0, 133, 254, 230,
THIS IS A TEST": PRINT "OF THE
214, 165, 214, 205, 91, l'BRNN
PROGRAM[DOWNj"'CBNO
1760 DATA 176, 3, 76, 66, 159, 173,
200 PRINT TAB(4);"[RVS)WINDOWS
83, 1, 133, 209, 173, 84'BOGO
: PRINT TAB(7);"BY"
1770 DATA 1, 133, 210, 173, 88, 1, : PRINT "RICHARD F. DALEY[HOME]
133, 243, 173, 89, 1, 133'BOCP
"'Fill
1780 DATA 244, 173, 91, 1, 133, 214,
210 PRINT TAB(20);"[YELLOW,DOWN3,
172, 82, 1, 132, 211, 169'BQYQ
SHFT NjA WINDOW CAN HAVE A'"CEEF
1790 DATA 32, 145, 209, 200, 204, 85,
215 PRINT TAB(20);"[SHFT M]
1, 144, 248, 240, 246, 164'BSCR
BORDER LIKE THIS."'CEDJ
1800 DATA 211, 173, 33, 208, 41, 15,
220 PRINT TAB(20);"[GREEN,DOWN3]
145, 243, 200, 204, 85, l'BQOJ
OR NO BORDER AT ALL."
1810 DATA 144, 248, 240, 24G, 173, 83,
: PRINT TAB(27);"[SHFT M,SHFT «]
1, 133, 209, 173, 84, l'BQMK
"'EJPJ
1820 DATA 133, 210, 173, 88, 1, 133,
243, 173, 89, 1, 133, 244'BQGL 230 W$(0)="[F3,HOME,DOWN4,RIGHT3,F1
1830 DATA 173, 91, 1, 133, 214, 96, RIGHT14,DOWN5,F2,HOME]"
256'BXAI : RS{0)= CLLG
EHD 240 WS (1)=" [F3,HOME,DOWN13,RIGHT20,F.l, \
RIGHT14,DOWN5,F2,HOME]"'BFTI
listing 2 Windows MI. Program 245 R$(1)="[RVS]'"BFMG
250 PRINT W$(0);'BGHC
100 PRINT " [CLEAR,DOWN5,RIGHT5,Fl] 260 PRINT "[DOWN5]";MID${C$,C,l)f.
"'BACW "TEST #"11;"[LEFTj";LEFTS(BLS,
110 PRINT "[DOWN6,RIGHT12,F2]"'BADX 6+{Il>9)+(Il>100))'HILQ
120 PRINT "[HOMEJTHIS IS A TEST OF 270 IF IK10 THEN 310'DHIG
THE WINDOWS PROGRAMi'" BAQH 280 IF CT=0 THEN 310'DGMH
130 GET A$: IF A5="" THEN 130'EIDC 290 GET AS: IF A$=*"" THEN 290'EIKJ
140 PRINT "[F3)": END'CBRA 300 IF AS="*" THEN 350'DFMA
mm 310 C1=C1+1: IF Cl=6 THEN C=C+1
: C1=0'IQXG
Listing 3 Windows Modification
320 IF C=15 THEN C = 1'1SFDC
330 11=11+1: CT=INT(Il/2)
100 PRINT " |F3,CLEAR,DOWN5,R1GHT5,Fl, : CT=I1-2*CT'IVCK
DOWN7,RIGHT12,F2]"'BAYA 340 PRINT W${CT);RS(CT);
120 PRINT "[HOMEJTHIS IS A TEST OF : GOTO 260'CSRG
THE WINDOWS PROGRAM!'" BAQH
350 PRINT "[WHITE,F3]NORMAL SCREEN IS
130 GET AS: IF A$ = "" THEN 130'EIDC
RESTORED[L. BLUE}": END'CBYL
140 PRINT "[F3]": END'CBRA EMD
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program was designed to create a loada
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modify machine-code programs on your
Part 5 diskette, if you follow the directions
found within the program, you can easily
A New Character Set create a machine-language character
routine tor cadi of your games. 'lTiis will
n some TV sets it becomes very diffi save you time and will also help you see
cult to read the Commodore 6-i's charac that machine code is not as static as some
ters, 'iiiis Ls because either the TV set has people might have you believe, it is also
a poor picture- tube or then: is some ex motdable like BASIC
ternal interference causing the letters U> 'Io create these personalized machine-
blur. Program 1 Ls a BASIC loader that code routine's, you will have to tell Pro
creates a machine-language routine to gram 2 how many characters you will Ix;
ameliorate the problem, it first relocates modifying and the name of the new fife.
die entire ROM character set to RAM The program can modify up to 32 char
Starting at 12208 and then fattens ihe let acters, and will automatically add .< >nj to
ters up by shilling ihcir values right one the end of your file name so that you
bit and then overlaying them (so to Ifyou follow the don't forget what kind of file it is. l>> not
Speak) over the original letter representa attempt to modify more than fi* charac
tion. This makes all the letters fetter ;tnd.
directions fouml within ters, because ihe machine-language pro
therefore, more readable the program, you can gram will no! work property
These fat letters can be used in your The data for your custom characters
games, but more Importantly, the routine easily create a machine- has to Ik1 added to the end ol Program 2.
Unit transfers them and then makes them You can erase the data for the block smi
language character
fiittcr can Ix- used to create your own ley face by just typing In different data or
character designs. To do this, type In Pro- routine for each ofyour you can leave it in and add data after it.
gram 2. which is another BASIC loader liitlier way, you'll soon realize how much
that lets you create your own character games. fun and how useful and fast Frognim 2
designs using machine language. This cm he. 3

Brfarc typing Ihii program, renl "Him- lo Eiucr fragnnis" ami "flow la list (he Magwine Program 2. ML Custom Creator Loader
Entry Program." The BASIC programs in Ihii nugazine an1 available on di4 from Loadslai,
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Program 1. ML Custom Characters Loader :POKE 53280,6:POKE S3281,0'EARD
110 PRINT "IF XOU HAVE NOT ENTERED
100 FOR X= 32768 TO 32853: READ A'ENNA YOUR NEW '"BAPF
110 POKE X,A: NEXT X: SYS 32768'DLGA 120 PRINT "CHARACTER DATA AFTER THE
120 DATA 173,14,220,41,254,141,14, REM"'BAPF
220'BDRC 130 PRINT "STATEMENTS IN THIS PROGRAM
130 DATA 169,51,133,1,162,47,160,0, YOU""BAFH
132'BESE 140 PRINT "SHOULD STOP NOW AND DO IT
140 DATA 251,134,252,162,208,160,0, FIRST."'BACI
132'BEQF 150 PRINT "OTHERWISE HIT A KEY TO
150 DATA 253,134,254,230,252,177, CONTINUE. '"BAHJ
253'BCPF 160 GET D$:IF DS«"" THEN 160'EIMF
160 DATA 145,251,200,2H8,249,232, 170 PRINT CHRSU47) 'CFBE
224'BCHG 180 PRINT "THIS PROGRAM WILL CREATE A
170 DATA 217,208,240,169,55,133,1, PROGRAM FILE'"BAVO
173'BDMH 190 PRINT "ON YOUR DISKETTE THAT CAN
180 DATA 14,220,9,1,141,14,220,173, BE LOADED"'BAQN
24'BDNI 200 PRINT "WITH A COMMA 8, COMMA 1 (,
190 DATA 208,41,240,9,12,141,24, 8,1) AND'"BAAE
208'BBAJ 210 PRINT "BE EXECUTED WITH A SYS
200 DATA 162,48,160,0,134,252,177, 32768. THIS"'BAMG
251'BDJB 220 PRINT "PROGRAM IS USEFUL BECAUSE
210 DATA 74,17,251,145,251,200,208, IT ALLOWS YOU'"BABJ
246'BECD 230 PRINT "TO MODIFY ML AND THEN SEND
220 DATA 232,224,57,208,239,96'BVKC
Continued oft ps. l(>
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Let's C Now,
Part 2
Get to know the C
programming language
in this series by expert
programmer Paul
Higginbottom. Part 1
appeared in the
September/October
Commodore
Microcomputers.

JLn the UASIC language built into com

puters like the Commodore 64, variables
are created in memory ;is soon us they
iitt1 used Tliat is, ifwe say A = 2, the in-
terpteter finds some memory to remem
ber that A from that point forward is
equal to 2. Before um point, no memory
was reserved for a.
in most compiled languages, you must
define evm variable that you arc going
to use before you use it. This might ,4s in BASIC, array elements start at 0, but
sound very tedious ifyou are used to ba unlike BASIC, the declaration does not specify
sk; interpreters, but it also has the advan
tage that you cant mistype a variable the maximum subscript, but rather the number
name, because the compiler will Bay that
it doesn't understand your program,
of elements.
Have you ever done the following in a
BASIC program? You would declare this as follows. arc limited to two characters. Most C
1(K) AO = 5 Boat total; compilers support names up to 31 char
110 n-'AO = 5 GOTO 200 acters long.
Note that in line 110, the variable is AC) variable : You can declare multiple variables of
and not AO. 'the interpreter won't care, type variable the same type by separating them with
but tlie compiler will. Therefore, iii the name commas. For example,
BASIC example, the test on line 110 will Note tlie semi-colon at the end of die tloat frcd, joe, torn;
never be true, but you may never find declaration You need one Of these alter Note that at the end of all the declara
out why your program doesn't gel to line almost all statements in C! This might tions is a semi-colon. The comma tells
200! seem like a real pain, but there is a rea tlie compiler "Hey, there are more decla
In BASIC, there are some implied vari son. In the 64 and 128 screen inter rations of this type left to come!"
able types. Those without a suffix are as preters, tlie end of input is defined as 'lliis Ls where putting them on sepa
sumed to be floating point numbers, like when you press the UICII 'UN key. In a C rate lines Ls sometimes more legible. lx)r
A, /. or X2. Those will) a sutlix of a dollar- program, il is usually where the semi-co ex; in l pie,
sign are known by the interpreter to lon appears Instead So an equally valid Boat
mean a character string, and so on. In declaration would have been frcd, I* fred's take home pay */
C, and most other compiled languages, float joe, /" joe's alimony payment 7
you must specify the type of a v;iri;ible tot:d; toni; /* tom's winnings at poker "/
explicitly before using it. I'or example, Note also that the variable name is five I sneaked in another piece of syntax
let's suppose you wanted a Boating point characters long in this case, fa versions of here: comments. Comments are en
number to represent a monetary total. BASIC like thai In me 64, variable names closed l>etween /" and */.

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Continuedfrom p& 162
Since the ending of a line does not Operators
specify the end of a statement or piece of The C language provides a rich and
a program, it also does not end a com The auto- powerful set of operators. Here sire the
ment. Therefore, :i block of lines of text obvious ones.
enclosed in /" and */ often appears before
increment/decrement
+ add
a function in a program, for example,
/•
operator is so closely - subtract (or unary minus)
" multiply
'Hie following function poorslob(x) tied to assembly- / divide (if not Boats or doubles, re
computes the average disposable in mainder gets tlirown away)
come of programmers, It is only to Ik1 language instructions In addition. C provides the modulus op
used for statistical purposes and no
Claims are being made aboui its valid that their use helps erator (%). For those- unfamiliar with this
operator, it is the equivalent of getting
ity.
V the compiler generate die remainder from a division. The re
mainder when dividing 10 by 3 is 1. In
The above layout of a comment might
precede a whole function, giving tlic
fast code. BASK] this must be written ;is
reader an insight to its purpose A = 10

One lost tiling about declaring varia tables, flags, counts, whole number quan B = A-[NT(A/3)-3:Ri:M CRYPTIC IN-
bles They can be given an Initial value tities, mid many other tilings. The use of DEEDI
when declared. Rjr example, one type over another is dependent
int a = 5, b = 3;/* declare variables upon the range of values die variable Is In C this becomes
and Initialize diem */ likely to have. Since the short and int arc- int a, b;
often synonymous, the short type is usu a = 10;
\£iriable Types ally only used to make a more obvious b - a % 3;
Now let us look at the commonly used distinction between it and a long. (Short, The auto-increment/decrement ( + +)
variable types in C. The In! type can hold and long, get it?). arc used extensively in C programming,
a signed integer (positive and negative The char type is what you would ex ;uid are so closely tied to assembly-lan
whole numbers) quantity lt.s range de pect—a character, usually one byte or guage instructions that their use helps
pends on the type of computer. It is usu eight bits in size, but signed, so it can tile compiler generate last code. These
ally tied to the size of a microprocessor's hold a value from -128 to + 127. The un two operators will increment (add one
word length (16-bit on a PDP-11. 52-bit signed prefix can tic applied to tliis type to) or decrement (subtract one from) any
on a VAX). also. variable before or after its use.
Three prefixes can be applied to the Mere's a test: Of the types mentioned The list part of that sentence, before
ini type. They are so far, which can hold die largest integer? or after its use, is important, because it
short ini Answer unsigned long. means that a variable can be used in ;m
long int The float and double variable types expression, and be incremented or de
unsigned int hold floating point quantities. That is, cremented before or after its value is
These prefixes may improve the efficien they can have both integer and decimal used In evaluating the expression. For
cy of the code generated by the compil parts. Their range ;uid number of digits of example,
er, or they may be Ignored Generally, precision are usually machine and/or int a = I,b;
int's and short im's ;ire synonymous, and compiler dependent, but doubles usually b= + + a; /" a is incremented to two,
are often 16 or 32 bits in size. A long int have twice the number of digits of preci and...b Ls assigned with that value (2)
is usually the longest integer precision a sion that floats do. V
machine can manipulate, usually 32 bits. An array ofany of the above types can b= a++;/*bis assigned with a's val
I believe that die (Vi C compiler from be declared by also declaring the num ue (1), and...a is incremented to two
Pro-Line treats all three types as synony ber of elements in the array within V
mous, as 16-bii quantities. The int can be square brackets, Vox example, later in this series, we will see how these
dropped when using one of these three int num[ IO|: /' declare an array of 10 operators are used more productively,
types of ints: integer numbers V especially in conjunction with arrays.
short stop; As in BASIC, array elements start at 0. but The logical operators include &. :.-,—.
long haul; unlike BASIC, the declaration does not « and >>. The first four are equiv
unsigned check; specif)- die maximum subscript, but rath alents of BASIC'S AND, OR. XOR and
The "unsigned" type means that all of er the number ofelements This distinc NOT operators. The last two arc for shift
the bits are thought of as specifying a tion means thai die above example de ing. bitwise1. Li value by a specified num
positive magnitude. Thus, if an int is 16 clares an array often integers, which sub ber of bits. These are me equivalent of
bits, ii can represent values from '327(58 scripts 0 thru y. In BASIC, such a declara the logical shift instructions in machine
to 32767. An unsigned ini can represent tion (DIM ni;m%(10) ) declares eleven language. For example,
the same range of values, bin only in the elements. I) thru 10. int a = 1234;
positive domain, i.e., 0 to 65535. A last note on types: These are die ba int b;
These variable types are the work sic nix's. There arc more, but we're not b = a << 2; /* compute a shifted left
horses of C. They're used lor looping var- ready to get to them yet. by 2 bits V

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COMPUTER TUTOR
b = a » 3; I* compute a divided by being inside parentheses. of information than has been covered
8(2 to the power 3) 7 i •= j + I; here, and that is how to do a test One
I doubt if you've ever questioned the Ls not the same as type of test in C (which you will be fa
philosophical nature of a BASIC State- i = i * j + 1; miliar with) Ls die if statement lis sim
mentsuchas 1020 I = I + LYsunatu- it is tlie same as plest format is
rally Uiink ofthis as The new value of 1 is 1-1*0+1)! if (condition) {
equal to the old value of! plus I." How You might say that assignment opera /* execute whatever la In this block */
ever, mathematically it looks like ;m ;ilge- tors seem like a minor convenience, but
br.iic absurdity, for I cannot l>c equal to consider the following statement in BA where condition c-.ui be any expression
1+ 1! That could only be true it'I were in SIC: or inequality such as
finity. l(MH)X(V/2 + Z*3 + l) = (expression > expression)
Besides the philosophical problem, it's X(Y/2 + Z*3+l) + 1 We'll look at thus program and others, as
also somewhat clumsy the way one must IX) you see the bug? 'Hie 1 on one side is well as loops and tests in detail next time.
rqx-at the variable being modified C al a 1 on the other. Using an assignment op Tlie skeleton
lows the type of assignment given above, erator avoids the kind of type main()
but additionally, you can use assignment
operators such as or simply irit nums|10|;
i + = l;/*add 1 toi. V + +x[y/2 + z'3 (declare whatever variables you need
or ftom what you have read In Pun I and here)
i * = 6;!' multiply i by 6. 7 Part 1 of this series, you should lie able [o
instead of write small programs with a single func
i = i • 6; tion main () that have variables, expres (here (lie nnms array gets filled with val
As you can see, assignment operators are sions, simple FOR loops and output via ues - you needn't worry about this)
formed by taking any of the aforemen the printlf) function.
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equals sign (with no spaces). gram) thai follows to compute the small (here is where your code goes to identify
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Solitaire's real name is Klondike, and it
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Klondike Soliiaire faithfully simulates here. First, he cat) move any face up card rows. When an ace is revealed, it should
the classic game of Solitaire. The only dif in any of the seven rows or on top of die be moved into the empty pile for its suit.
ference between the two, in feet, is that it bone pile from its current position to the Once a suit pile is started with an ace,
is Impossible to Cheat at this one! The ad top ofeither one of die rows or on top of cards can be moved onto it. in order
vantage of this Solitaire is that the com the pile for the suit of that Card In gener within tlie suit, rbr example, once the
puter does all the din)- work: drawing al, a card being moved into one of the ace of spades is revealed and moved into
the cards, mining piles of cards, and or seven rows can only lie put on lop of a the spades suit pile, the two of spades can
ganizing the playing field This [eaves you card which is numerically one above il follow it, followed by the three, and so
free to enjoy the game: and of a different color For example, an on. Tlie game is won when all of the
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Solitaire of hearts, but not a nine of clubs. Or a Accomplish ing this, diougli, Ls no easy
If you've never played Solitaire, tiie jack of diamonds can only be moved on task. The problem is that many cards arc
gome Ls very simple. It uses a standard top of a black queen, such as the queen left buried under other cards. m;iking it
deck of 52 cards, and die carils are dealt of spades. When ;t card is moved oil' a Impossible to USC them until they are re
into seven parallel niws. The lirst row has lace-down card, die face-down card is vealed. Because Of this, sometimes no le
one card, die second two, on up to the Hipped over, making it available lor play, gal moves exist. When this happens, you
seventh row, which has seven cards. The A card moved off die lx>ne pile reveals can draw, which flips three more cards
top card in each row is turned face up, die card underncadi. off of die deck and onto die lx>ne pile,
and all cards tinder a face-up card ;ire left After cards are moved, a row may oc giving you a new card to play.
face down. The seven rows will take up casionally become empty. Kings are die As you draw new c;trds to work'with,
28 of die cards, leaving 2<i remaining in only cards mat can be moved into such you will eventually use up ;dl of die c:irds
the deck. empty rows, after which queens can be in the deck, after which die bone pile is
Three cards are drawn off die top of played onto die kings, ;ind so on. You c;m turned over, in effect becoming a new
the deck and Hipped over onto wh;tt is move a row of cards or part of a row, pro deck to draw from. Because the cards are
called die bone pile. The top card on the vided that tlie top card in die section of drawn in groups of three, il' you go
bone pile is face up, and die rest are the row being moved can be legally through tlie entire deck without reveal
buried under it. Space is set aside for four placed on top of tlie card at die bottom ing a card which i.s playable, you often
piles Of cards, one for each suit. of the raw it Ls befog moved on top of encounter die same unplayable c-.irds the
There arc three things a player can do Aces are never moved into the seven second time around, still being unable to

166 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
GAME PROGRAMS Authorized
COMB
II LJIU J| LTA || _.<J Liquidator

get at the cards which were not revealed COMMODORE-COMPATIBLE ACCESSORIES

iIk- last dme through, when you can nei
ther play ft card off of the top of tbe bone
pile or reveal bee-down cards In the .sev
en rows by moving face-up cards off
them, you lose. Wiicn tills happens, you
quit and stirt over.

Klondike Solitaire
Klondike Solitaire shuffles and deals
the amis. ']1ic screen .shows the current We are not
stHtus of ihe cards, with tlic familiar sev allowed to pn
the famous brand
en row's of cards aoDSS die center of the name, but we can
Screen. Hie area above tlic seven rows i-s tell you ff you
call us
reserved for cards that have been moved
Toll-Free.
from Ihe seven rows to their respective
suit piles. The Ixmt: pile, which is where
drawn cards go, is to the right of the four
suits. FAMOUS U.S. BRAND DISK DRIVE UNIT
Playing is simple. Every move of u card These famous brand Disk Drives are rebuilt, like
Now, Make Quick Back-Up Copies
or pile of cards involves rwo keystrokes new. by factory technicians. They are al a LOW
Easily With a SECOND Disk Drive!
liquidation price, and carry a Factory Warranty.
on your computer's keyboard, one tiir
• Compatible With Commodore* C64'" and
tlie card to be moved and one for where Original
SX64 Computers for Maximum Efficiency. UstPricrr
you want to move it. There are elghi pos • 2K RAM. 16K ROM. Maximum Storage ol 170K
sible sources, which are the bone pile, Formatted Data. 35 Tracks.

*149
represented by the letter li. and the sev • Uses 5'/»" Floppy Diskettes. Serial Interface.
• Data Transler Rate: 400 Bytes per Second. Liquidation
en rows, which are represented by the • Second Serial Port for Chaining Second Drive Price
numbers one through seven. TTiere are or Printer. Item H-1710-3553-013
Shipping, handling: $8.00 ea.
11 places a card can be moved; four suit • Mi" H x 8" W x 15" D. 914 lbs.

piles (spades, hearts, diamonds, and

dubs >, each represented by the lirst letter FOUR TRACTOR
FEED FROM
in their names, and the seven rows, also PACK
represented by their first letters. COMMODORE®
OFFICE
There will be times when it Ls impossi Discontinued Model LOW
SOFT Liquidation Price,
ble to move a card. When tills happens,
WARE • Adapts Your Commodore
you can draw by pressing the letter D, 90-Day Ltd. 803 for Continuous Paper.
NOTE: Software lold Indrddualy. Phone for Prices.
which moves three cards from tlic deck Fac Warranty. • Continuous Form Paper
(rom 2V." To 10" Wide.
10 the bone pile. If you draw all the way • General Ledger. 8 Options. Chart Accounts, Custom • You Can Still Use Your
through the deck, the program will llip Statements. More. Friction Feed.
the deck over and start you back through • Inventory ManagmenL Track 1000 Hems, Maintain
90-Da> Ltd. Fsctory Warranty.
Perpetual Records.
it. Whenever you type :in illegal move, CommodofB n »'■glilBiod If adornar* ol
• Payroll. 24 Functions. Calculates Tan. Prints Checks. Cli' •■ ..il.y, h. fr. !■ .-. Ud.
the program will stop to inform you. Ihis Interlace Ledger.
prevents you from inadvertently messing • Accounts Payable/Checkwrltlng. Interlaces With
Mfr. Ust . . *39.95

*19
General Ledger.
up the game in any way. Liquidation

*39
One last tiling—once Klondike Soli Mfr. Ust For Set of 4: sI99.80 Priced At. .
NomH-1710-7004.2BE
taire has progressed to the point where Liquidation Price For Set of 4 .. Shipping, handling: S4.00 each
Item H-1710-7025-059 Ship, handling: S4.00 pkg.
most cards are in play; some of ihe piles
of cards can gel very long. Due to screen Credit card customer* can order by phono,

Toll-Free: 1-800-328-0609
74 hours a day. ■w^
limitations, ihe program cannot display 7daysa waek. j \'.

all of the cards in rows, [lie program

compromises by displaying a maximum SENDTO: JiemH-1710
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
COM3 Direci Marketing Corp.
Offive face-up cards in a row at anygtven 1405 Xenium Lane N/MlnneapoJlt. MN 5SMI-4494
Name
Sand me items inO.cated Wlow So'ty, no COD 0'ders ]
time. So don't worn* if cards disappear in Sonfl Disk Drtvet*) hem H-1710-3553-0i3atil 49 each Address
the middle of a pile, they are still there. plua S&each lor shipping handling
Send_ Software Packifltfi} Item H-1710-7025-059 ui City —
They can Ix.- moved at any time and will 139 each plus £4 each For shipping, handling
Send_Tr«ior Feed(i) Item H-1 710 7OQ4-285 Jit SiQ Stale -ZIP.
reappear when the pile shrinks down each plus W each for shipping, handling,
Phone _L
again.
D My check or money order is unclosed (Ho delays in Sign Here-
'II Kit's all there is to this unique giime processing orders paid by check).
Charge DVlSA* □ MastejCard,, DAmericanEiipres
of skill and luck. Playing Klondike Soli s outside Ihe 48 contiguoui i.iii' . dm &ub|ec1 Eo
A. i: ho £.(]. L- Lal condHiont. r.'M ,.- . .ill or wrllo (o Inquire.
taire is easy; beating it is another mailer.
Program un next page D

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 167

GAME PROGRAMS/KLONDIKE SOLITAIRE
Before lypiiiH this pfu#3ra. mil "How lo Filler I'wpanu" wcl "How l" Use ihe Magtztoe 25 FOR 1=1 TO 12:FOR J=l TO 2
Entry Program." TIk BASIC programi in Uiii mjRuinc arc anlbbk on disk from liud-tar. :CK(I,J)=14*J+I+(J=2):NEXT
P.O.lion 3O0O7,Slirevcpuft, IA 711J0-IHW7,1-H00-HM-26H JNEXT'NBJQ
26 FOR 1=14 TO 25:FOR.J=0 TO 1
Klondike Solitaire
:CK(I,J+1)=39*J+I-12:NSXT:NEXT'NBGR
0 POKE 53280,12:POKE 53281,12'CRNC 27 FOR 1=27 TO 38:FOR J=0 TO 1
2 PRINT"[CLEAR,BLACK,D0WN3] :CK(I,J+1)=39*J+I-2 5:NEXT:NEXT
"SPC{12)"KLONDIKE SOLITAIRE[D0HN2] :CK(0,0)=-1'PKSW
"'CDOI 28 CK(0,1)=-1:FOR 1=40 TO 51
3 PRINT SPC(ll)"SHUFFLING THE :FOR J=l TO 2:CK(I,J)=14*J+I+(J=2)
DECK..."'CDSI -39:NEXT:NEXT'QNHY
5 POKE 56334,PEEK(56334)AND 254 30 FOR 1=1 TO 4:RESTORE:FOR J=l TO 13
:POKE 1,PEEK(1)AND 251:B=12288'HHWO :READ C$'IMXG
6 C=53248:FOR 1=0 TO 2047 32 CS( (I-1)*13+J)="[SHFT O,CMDR Y2,
:POKE I+B,PEEK(I+C):NEXT SHFT P,DOWN,LEFT4,CHDR G]"+Q5(I)+"
:POKE 1,PEEK(1)OR 4'MEWR [LEFT2J"+CS+"[RIGHT,BLACK,CMDR H,
7 POKE 56334, PEEK ( 56334)OR l'DORJ DOWN,LEFT4,SHFT L,CMDR P2,SHET @,
14 POKE 53272,(PEEK(53272)AND DOWN,LEFT4]":NEXT:NEXT'KUTD
24fl)+12'EUBH 33 FOR 1=0 TO 7:READ A:POKE B+I,A:NEXT
20 DIM C$(52) ,D{7,25) ,P(7) ,NU(7) , :DATA 158,14 6,146,146,146,146,158,
0 (52) ,B(27) ,DK(27) ,CK(52,2) 'BDXJ 0'IQCP
22 DATA A,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,@,J,Q,"K" 40 FOR 1=1 TO 52:U(I)=0:NEXT
: BS="[SPACE4,DOWN,LEFT4,SPACE4, :FOR 1=1 TO 27:B(I)=0:DK(I)=0:NEXT
DOWN,LEFT4,SPACE4,DOWN,LEFT4)"'CCUQ :DP=fl: PRINT" [CLEAR] '"NKFQ
24 NS="[RIGHTS]" : Q$(1)="[BLACK) 41 FOR 1=1 TO 7:P(I)=I:FOR J=l TO
[SHFT AJ":Q$(2)="[RED] [SHFT S]" I'HNXI
:Q5(3)="[RED] [SHFT Zj" 42 X=INT(RND(0)*52)+1:IF U(X)THEN
:Q$(4)="[BLACK] (SHFT X]"'FBGQ 42'HQKK

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16B NOVEMBEri'DECEMBER 86
KLONDIKE SOLITAIRE COMMODORE:
44 U(X)=-1:D(I,J)=X'DNKJ CALL FOR
46 NEXT:NU(I)=I-1:NEXT:FOR 1=1 TO 4
:NF(I)=0:NEXT'JVFQ LATEST
50 X=INT(RND(0)*52)+1:IF U(X)THEN PRICE
50'HQJJ
52 U(X)=-1 : DK(DP+1)=X : DP=DP+1
: IF DP<24 THEN GOTO 50'KCVQ
53 C$ (0)=B$:ND=24'CMCH
54 PRINT"[CLEAR,SPACE10]
KLONDIKE SOLITAIRE"'BAEH
56 PRINT"[DOWN 4}SPADES(SPACE2]HEARTS 1571 DISK DRIVE 1670
[SPACE2]DIAMONDS[SPACE 3]CLUBS CALL FOR LATEST PRICE
MODEM 139
[SPACE4]BONE";'BBIS
57 FOR 1=1 TO 4:IF NF(I)=0 THEN PRINT- 1902 MONITOR 1750 RAM
SPC(9);:GOTO 59'JQOR CALL FOR LATEST PRICE
EXPANDER ... 169
58 PRINT C$(13*(I-1)+NF(I))"[RIGHTS,
0P3] ";'EQRR MPS 1000 1350 MOUSE
59 NEXT:PRINT C$(B(l)):PRINT"[UP]"; PRINTER 249 CONTROLLER.. 42.95
•DLMO
60 PRINT" 1 ";:FOR 1=2 TO 7
:PRINT"[SPACE3]"I;:NEXT:PRINT'HKDJ
61
62
PRINT SPC(6);:FOR
IF NU(I)THEN PRINT"[BLUE,RVS,
1=2 TO 7'FHFH
COMMODORE^
SPACE2]"CHRS{NU(I)+48)" [RVOFF,
BLACK]";:GOTO 64'GSSN
63 PRINT SPC(4);'CDOG
64 IF I<7 THEN PRINT"[SPACE2]";'EDUJ
65 NEXT'BAEH
70 FOR IfI TO 7:NP=0:B=NU(I)
-.IF P(I)=0 THEN PRINT" [RIGHT6]"; NEW
:GOTO 78'KYCP
71 IF P(I)-B>5 THEN B=P(I)-4 COMMODORE 64C
:PRINT C$(D(I,NU(I)+1))"[U?]"; WITH GEOS..189
:NP=1'JIYR
72 FOR J=B+1 TO P(I):PRINT C$(D(I, 1541 DISK 1802C
J))"[UP]";:NEXT:PRINT"[DOWN]"; DRIVE CALL MONITOR .... 209
:NP=NP+P(I)-B'KHMT
74 IF NP>1 THEN FOR K=2 TO NP 1541C DISK 1660
:PRINT"[UP2]";:NEXT'IKUP DRIVE CALL MODEM ... 49.95
76 IF I<7 THEN PRINT"[UP3,R1GHT4, ~EST. 1982
SPACE2]";'EDMO
78 NEXT'BAEL
30 U=0:FOR 1=1 TO 4:U=U+NF(I):NEXT
:IF U<52 THEN 85'KVDP ORDER LINES OPEN
PO. BOX 17B82
82 PRINT"[HOME]"SPC(40)"[HOME,SPACE10] MILWAUKEE. Wl 53217 Off - FR111 AM -7PMCST
YOU HAVE WON I! 1 I! I {DOWN]" SA112 PM. - 5 PM CSI

: GOTO 141'DHYO FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION.

ID DHDER CALL TOLL FREE DHDER INQUIRIES, Of? FOR WIS.DflDEHS
85 IF DK(1)>0 OR B{1)>0 THEN 100'FOKP
86 U=0:FOR 1=1 TO 7:U=U+NU(I):NEXT
800-558-0003 414-351-2007
:IF U>0 THEN 100"KVAV ORDERING INFORMATION I OB FAST DELIVERY SEN11 CASHIERS CHECK MUNEV 0F10EF1 OR
DIRECT BANK TRANSFER PEHSONAL AND COMPANY CHFCKS ALLOW M BUSINESS
87 PRINT"[HOME,SPACES]YOUR VICTORY IS DAYS TO CLEAR CHARGES FDR COO ARE S3 00 INCONTINCNTAL U.S A INCLUDE 4",,
INEVITABLE!!"'SAJU SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS MINIMUM SJ 00 MASTER CARO 1 VISA ORDEP.S PLEASE
INCLUDE CARD" EXPIRATION DATE AND SIGNATURE Wl RESIDENTS PI EASE ADD •>',,
100 W$ = "":P RIN T"[LOCK,BLACK,RVOFF, SALES TAX HI. AK fPO. APO PUERIO RICO AWO CANADIAN OROERS PLEASE ADD
MINIMUM 5 SHIPriNGANOHANCLING MINIMUM S5 DO ALL OTHER FOflflGN ORDERS
HOME,DOWN] PC-AY: 1-7,
PLEASE ADD MINIMUM !&■, SHIPPINf. MINIMUM SIO00 All GOODS ARE NEW
B (BONE) D (DRAW) Q (QUIT) AND INCLUDE FACTORY WARRANTY OUE TOOUH LOW PHrCES ALL SALES ARE FIHAL
ALL DEFECTIVE RETURNS MUST HAVE A RETURN AUTHORISATION NIIMHER PLEASE
[SPACE3,LEFT2]>";'CESI CALL 414.351-2007 TO OBTAIN AN HA» OR YOUH RETURN WILL NOT liE ACCEPTED
101 GET W$:PRINT W$;:IF VAL(WS)>0 AND FOR REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR PRICES AND AVAILABILITY SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE
VAL{WS)<8 THEN 115'JUSG NOTE ON ALL ORDERS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U.S.A. WE SHIP ALL ORDERS FIRST
Ci ASS INSURED U S MAIL IF SHIPPING CHARGES EXCEED THE MINIMUM AMOUNT YOU
102 ON -(W$="B")-2*(W$="D")-3*(W$="Q") WILL BE CHARGED THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO
+1 GOTO 100,110,127,140'LFUK GET YOUR PACKAGE TO YOU QUICKLY AND SAFELY

110 GOSUB 150:Q=B(1) :IF W$O""THEN NO SURCHARGE GN CREDIT CARDS

113'GPED

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 169

BlIftTLEB KLONDIKE SOLITAIRE
V - •*— — —
111 IF C1=CK(Q,1)OR C1=CK(Q,
* ALICE VOBfi UP
2)THEN P(L)=P(L)+1:D(L,P{L))=B(1)
:G0T0 157'JUKM
112 GOTO 200'BDBY
TIKE 15 UP
113 IF B(l)-1 = 13*(S-1)+NF(S) THEN
IXKISU.L
Soft Pace NF(S)=NF(S)+1 : GOTO 157'KGHH
KOGEK
114 GOTO 200'BDBB
f.llCE j
115 W=VAL(W$):IF P(W)=0 THEN 200'FONH
Tf;TTV
RocK ChAllenge 116 W=VAL(W5):G0SUB 150:Q=D(W,P(W))
tan
:IF W5O""0R(W=L)THEN 123'KFHP
I party game ever! I-lundrcds of songs
117 FOR I=P(W)TO NU(W)+1 STEP-1
in one at tli-j most chnllcnginB and fun somes mil
tor the Commodore. No two games ever alike ! :B=D(W,I):IF CK{B,1)OC1 AND CK(B,
Up 10 5 players ;it a time. 2)<>C1 THEN 122'ORYV
With Rock Challenge Group Editor you can add 118 FOR J=I TO P(W):D(L,
your favorite groups tilles and save them to your
P(L)+J-I+1)=D(W,J):NEXT'IBPP
own dala disk. Laler when the group comes out
119 P(L)=P(L)+P(W)-I+1:P(W)=I-1
with more songs Just add them to your data disk
:P(W)=-(P(W)>=0)*P(W)
:P(L)=-(P(L)>=0)*P(L)'QDDD
121 GOTO 125'BDHY
Rock Challenge s. u.s, (Neatest 122 NEXT : GOTO 200'CEOA
I its Data disk, fci cnl> SC--CC! 123 IF Q-1O13* (S-1)+NF(S)THEN
Thai's ngnt, doii> diiki ror only i6 B6I We musi rtccive youj 200"IQXI
oraor by Uaccmbcr 2uih ror mis special prree Every 25lh order
124 NF(S)=NF(S)+1:P(W)=P(W)-1'EVFI
will .11^0 bo ilirfiiicd 2-j DSDD disks P3SS. This of rer will nol Uo
socn ag.'irn. ^o order to<:jy We will ship sarnf; day If you dor/l 125 IF P{W)=NU(W)AND NU(W)>0 THEN
agTQC you h;*Yc goitan iric bcui orrer you rj»c cyer been, men
return inv (Site wiifiin iu day^ ror B run rorjnui Wu wjm oi&ry
N0(W)=NU(W)-l'HBMN
c-o'i -mil int mar to PariyHarty wim jftfVKJ"'<£&£&&&%"''. 126 GOTO 54'BCQD
Send check or money order to: 127 IF ND>0 THEN 133'DGJH
SoftPace Software Co 128 FOR X=l TO 24:IF B(X)<>0 THEN
P.O. BOX 788 NEXT1IKAM
Brea, CA. 92622-0788 129 FOR 1=1 TO X-1:DK(I)=B(X-I)
:B{X-I)=0:NEXT:ND=X-1'LDAT
133 FOR P=24 TO 4 STEP-1:B(P)=B(P-3)
Bookkeeping Made Easy By...
:NEXT:F0R 1=1 TO 3:B(I)=DK(4-1)
:NEXT'OHTQ
THE ACCOUNTANT 134 ND=ND-3:F0R P=l TO 24
:DK(P)=DK(P+3):NEXT'IXTM
The ONLY Simplified Small Business Accounting System
135 IF B(3)>0 THEM G=2: IF B(2)>0
Written EXCLUSIVELY For The Commodore 128™
THEN G=l: IF B(1)>0 THEN 54'LXKO
ONE PROGRAM DOES IT ALL! 136 FOR 1=1 TO 27-G:B(I)=B(I+G):NEXT
:G0TO 54"ITPN
140 PRINT"ARE YOU SURE (Y/N)?";
HiATUiiES INCLUDE
:WAIT 198,1:GET OK$:PRINT OKS
• ClLTllTdll Ji HJIIl.il BASIC PACKAGE :IF 0K5O"Y"THEN 54'IVEO
• CntcV Rcjjimit 141 PRINT"DO YOU WANT TO PLAY AGAIN?";
• Over 20 Resins AuionuiicalU

• ftaroll Oieclk Writing

|95 :WAIT 198,1:GET OK$
:IF 0KSO"Y"THEN END'IPAP
142 PRINT"Y";:GOTO 40'CEJD
• Account! RfCclnfalc "Flllni Syitcm" 150 PRINT"WHERE TO: COLUMN 1-7, S,H,D,
C[SPACE4,LEFT2]>";:GET W$
• Account* t\iyLth1u "Filing Synorn"
:PRINT W$'DHCM
152 L=VAL(W$) : IF L>0 AND L<8 THEN
Integrated Packages Now Available!
C1=D(L,P(L)) : W$="" : RETURN'KARO
—Professional Client Billing
153 S=-(W$=MS")-2*(W$="H"}-3*(W$="D")
*69
—Restaurant Accounting
each —Construction Accounting
-4*(W$="C")'MUHQ
154 IF S=0 THEN PRINT"|UP]";
:GOTO 150'FHMJ
Sample Available 155 RETURN'BAQF
KFS Software, Inc.
59.95 PREPAID 157 FOR P=l TO 26:B[P)=B(P+1):NEXT
1301 Seminole Blvd. #153A
Largo, Florid;i 33540 For C.O.D. Orders Phone: :GOTO 54'HSCP
(813) 584-2355 200 PRINT"YOU TRYING TO CHEAT,
PODNER?":FOR M=l TO 1500:NEXT
(FL RoMeno ndd 5% Sales Tax) :POKE 198,0:GOTO 54'HRGL
[All fiwro in US. Dollats) END

170 NOVEMUEd'DiiCaiBtR-86
GAME PROGRAMS BY RANDY MBY1B

100 Mile Race

/or Commodore
64
JL'm sure everyone has seen many mad-
radng games for die Commodore 64.
Most have drawbacks: Some are too slow.
some arc t<x> long and lx>ring, and some
times it is liard to control tin- COC
KH) Mile Race Ls different. Since the
main program Ls written entirely in ma-
Chtne language, it Ls very fest There ;ire
(bur .speeds, selected by moving the Joys
tick up :ind down. The current gear
(zero through tour) is displayed in the
lower-left corner of the screen. Com
piled mileage Ls displayed In the lower-
right corner
The course Ls anything but boring. If
you are a good driver, you can complete During this timed road-race, pedestrians
the 100-mile course in about two min
utes. Hut there arc many obstacles. Roads
insist upon crossing in front ofyou Ifyou
wind randomly and pedestrians cross In
hit one or go off the rood, you must
front of you quite often. If you hit one or
go off the ro;id, you must wait while a lii- wait while a funeral march is played
ner.d match Ls played. The race is timed
in real time. Too many crashes or run
ning in low gears will result in a low avoid all obstacles. tlie middle of the mad. Begin moving for
score. To play, plug a joystick into port 1 and ward when you see the word GO appear
The left-right movements of me car type RUN. followed by a RETURN. The at the bottom of the screen. The Internal
arc controlled by moving the joystick. program will take a few seconds to load race timer will Btfllt then. The final score
You will be surprised at the precise con the machine language, graphics and is your elapsed time, given ai ihe end.

trol you have. The car will also move up sound data. A road will form and pedes Tlie game is simple—but takes a while
and down slightly as you upshift and trian shapes will dot the screen. The red to master, t suggest that you compete
downshift. This makes it possible to car you will control is near the bottom in against Others for best times. I lave fun! Q

Bcfurc typing this program, rcitl "How lo Enitr PruBnnu" Jnd "How lo Use (he Mjg 130 NEXT'BAEX
Unify Program." The BASIC programs in this nuipzinc arc ircibblc on diS from Loidsur, 170 V=53248:CX=180:CY=212'DSYI
'«W 180083126W 180 REM CLEAR PIXEL'BKTG
190 FOR 1=12288 TO 12798:POKE 1,0
100 Mile Race :NEXT'FQWK
200 REM TURN ON SPRITE MEMORY
10 REM BACKGROUND COLORS'BQOC
LOCATIONS'BCIE
20 POKE 53280,13:P0KE 53281,15
:PRINT"[BLACK] '" DSRD
210 FOR 1=0 TO 7:POKE 2040+1,192+1
30 POKE 53269,0:REM ALL SPRITES :NEXT'HPKE
OFF'CVMF
220 POKE V+39,2:FOR 1=4 TO 10
:POKE V+I+36,I:NEXT
40 PRINT"[CLEAR]"'BATB
50 PRINT"[DOWN10]" TAB(14) "PLEASE :REM COLORS'KAWK
230 REM SHAPE OF CAR'BKGC
WAIT'"CDPG
60 POKE 54277,0:POKE 54278,240 240 FOR J=0 TO 448 STEP 64'EHEE
:POKE 54282,8:P0KE 54294,128'EKOL 250 FOR I=12288+J TO 12315+J STEP
70 POKE 54284,85:P0KE 54285,133 3'GODH
:PQKE 54291,10:POKE 54292,197'EMRM 260 READ B:POKE I,B'CFFB
80 FOR A=0 TO 251'DFXG 270 NEXT'BAED
90 READ B:POKE 21504+A,B'DKNI 280 NEXT'BAEE
320 FOR A=0 TO 79'DEIB
100 NEXT'BAEU
110 FOR A=0 TO 174'DFCX 330 READ B:P0KE 20736+A,B'DKTD
120 READ B:POKE 20484+A,B'DKTA 340 NEXT'BAEB

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 171

GAME PROGRAMS/100 MILE RACE
INT(RND(0)*8+4):NEXT'KUQT
350 FOR A=0 TO 132'DFVE 560 IF ASO"5"THEN 550'EFHI
360 READ B:POKE 21024+A,B'DKKG 590 PRINT"[CLEAR]":POKE V+21,255
370 NEXT'BAEE :REM TURN ON SPRITES'EWCR
380 FOR A=0 TO 144'DFYH 592 POKE 56216,15:POKE 56217,15
390 READ B:POKE 21251+A,B'DKMJ :POKE 56257,15:POKE 56250,15
400 NEXT'BAEX :POKE 56290,15'FTGV
410 FOR A=0 TO 140'DFUB 594 POKE 56251,15:POKE 56252,15
420 READ B:POKE 21763+A,B'DKUD :POKE 56253,15:POKE 56254,15
430 NEXT'BAEB :POKE 56255,15'FTFX
440 FOR A=0 TO 173'DFBE 596 POKE 56256,1:POKE 56292,1
450 READ B:POKE 22020+A,B'DKHG :POKE 56293,1:POKE 56294,l'EGKW
460 NEXT'BAEE 597 POKE 56295,1:POKE 56291,1
470 PRINT"[CLEAR]"'BATG :POKE 1984,48'DXOV
471 POKE V,CX:POKE V+1,CY 598 POKE 2019,48:POKE 2020,48
:POKE V+14,180:POKE V+15,225 :POKE 2021,48:POKE 2022,46
:POKE V+16,66'JIST :POKE 2023,48'FODB
472 POKE 20480,48:POKE 20481,48 600 REM INITIAL ROAD'BLPD
:POKE 20482,48:POKE 20483,48'EKDQ 610 FOR Y=0 TO 800 STEP 40'EHFF
473 POKE 20994,88:POKE 20995,45 620 FOR X=Y TO Y+15'EFPF
:POKE 20996,46:POKE 20997,75'EKRR 630 POKE 1064+X,39:POKE 1088 + X , 39'ERFJ
474 POKE 20998,176:POKE 20999,105 640 NEXT'BAEE
:POKE 21000,160:POKE 21001, 650 NEXT'BAEF
135'EOET 655 POKE 2003,7:POKE 2004,15
475 POKE 21002,160:POKE 21003,165 :POKE 2005,33'DWSQ
:POKE 21004,18:POKE 21005,195 660 T=INT(Tl/60)'DHMJ
:POKE 21007,225'FXTW 670 FOR X=0 TO 1000"DGGK
476 POKE 21010,88:POKE 21011,2 700 SYS 21251'BFCC
:POKE 21012,16:POKE 21013,4'EIET 720 SYS 20736'BFJE
477 POKE 21014,236:POKE 21015,8 730 SYS 22020'BEW
:POKE 21016,70:POKE 21017,16'EKOV 740 SYS 20736'BFJG
478 POKE 21018,34:POKE 21019,32 750 SYS 21024'BFAH
:POKE 21020,124:POKE 21021,64'ELGW 760 SYS 20736'BFJI
479 POKIC 21248,48 : POKE 21249,0 770 SYS 20484'BFJJ
iPOKE 21250,0'DYIU 780 SYS 20736'BFJK
480 POKE 2L760,0;POKE 21761,0 790 SYS 21763'BFKL
:POKE 21762,0'DXEM 800 NEXT'BAEC
481 POKE 22016,15:POKE 22017,24 801 FOR X=l TO 2000:NEXT'EHVG
:POKE 22018,0:POKE 22019,4 802 POKE V+21,0:PRINT"[CLEAR]"'DGNH
:POKE V+3,45'GOQS 804 TF=INT(TI/60):M=INT((TF-T)/60)
482 POKE V+5,75:POKE V+7,105 :S= (TF-T) -60*M'Lt:MU
:POKE V+9,135:POKE V+11,165 805 PRINT"[WHITE,HOME]ELAPSED TIME =
:POKE V+13,195'KKWV 11 ;M; "MINUTES AND" ; S ; "SECONDS " 'BGYS
483 POKE V+2,88:POKE V+4,46 306 PRINT TAB(12)"[WHITE,DOWN10]
:POKE V+6,176:POKE V+8,160 PLAY AGAIN? [RVS] Y/N [RVOFFJ
:POKE V+10,160:POKE V+12,18'MPPA '"CDIP
489 PRINT TAB(12) "[DOWN3J100 MILE 807 GET BS:IF BS=""THEN 807'EIQN
[SPACE2]RACE[RVOFF]""CDDU 808 IF B$="Y"THEN PRINT"[BLACK)"
490 PRINT TAB{12) "[DOWN,RVS] :GOTO 470'FGSP
BY RANDY MEYLE"'CDDM 809 IF B$O"N"THEN 807'EFIO
495 PRINT TAB(12) "[DOWN,RVS] 810 PRINT"[CLEAR]":END'CBFE
NAPERVILLE, IL""CDCR 815 REM SOUND EFFECT DATA(21504)'BWSO
500 PRINT TAB(9) "[D0WN6] 820 DATA 135,97,33,8,17,65,135,97,33,
JOYSTICK IN PORT[SPACE2,RVS] 1 8,17,65,135,97,33,8,17,65,135,97,
[RVOFF]"'CCTG 33'BNHQ
510 PRINT TAB(9) "[DOWNJMOVE LEFT 830 DATA 8,17,65,135,97,33,8,17,65,
[SPACE2]AND[SPACE2]RIGHT"'CCSH 135,97,33,8,16,64,135,247,33,9,17,
520 PRINT TAB(9) "[DOWN] 65'BMBR
SHIFT GEARS UP & DOWN"'CCAI 840 DATA 135,247,33,9,17,65,135,247,
530 PRINT TAB(9) "[DOWN]HIT £RVS] S 33,9,17,65,135,247,33,9,16,65'BGBR
[RVOFF] KEY TO[SPACE2]BEGIN"'CCGJ 850 DATA 13 5,24 7,33,9,17,65,12,247,1,
550 GET A$:IF AS=""THEN 555'EIOI 9,0,64,135,143,33,12,17,65,135,
555 FOR X=0 TO 13:POKE 55468+X,

17Z NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
100 MILE RACE Commodore Compatible
andonly...$13900
143'BMMT
860 DATA 33,12,17,65,135,143,33,12,17,
65,135,143,33,12,17,65,135,143,33,
12'BPVU
870 DATA 17,65,135,143,33,12,16,64,
223,247,39,9,17,65,223,247,39,9,
17,65'BNNV
880 DATA 223,247,39,9,17,65,223,247,
3 9,9,16,65,162,247,37,9,17,65,12,
247,1'BPNX
890 DATA 9,0,64,162,97,37,8,17,65,162,
97,37,8,17,65,162,97,37,8,17,65, FSD-1 5V4"Disk Drive
162'BOFY Directly replaces the Commodore 1541 disk drive.
900 DATA 97,37,8,16,65,135,97,33,8,17, The FSD-1 Disk Drive is a versatile and efficren! disk drive built for ihe Com
modore series of personal computers. This disk drive is fully compatible
65,12,97,1,8,0,64,135,71,33,6,17,
with Ihe Commodore 64' compuler and directly replaces the Commodore
65'BONP 1541 Disk Drive.
910 DATA 135,71,33,6,17,65,135,71,33,
6,17,65,13 5,71,33,6,16,65,165,71, Special Features Visa & Ma&lorCard welcome. Crodll card
orders snipped In 24 Mrs. Allow S12.00
• Runs all C-EH commercial BoCtwnro
31,6'BPMR 1 Ready In run rlghl from Ihe box
shipping and handling. Send mull order
wilh paymenl lo:
920 DATA 17,65,12,71,1,6,0,64,135,97, ' Full 6 month warranty
' Heavy duty construction
33,8,17,65,13 5,97,33,8,17,65,13 5, • Vemefl metal chassis
97'BNLS 1 Guilt especially for C-64 users

930 DATA 33,8,17,65,135,97,33,8,17,65,

135,97,33,8,17,65,135,97,33,8,16,
To Order call toll free
64'BOBS Emerald Component Intoinatlonnl

940 REH SCREEN SCROLL ROUTINE

1-800-356-5178 Depl. STN
541 Willamette Street
(SYS20484)'BEYP Eugene, OR 97J0I
Tel. 503-603.its l
950 DATA 162,250,189,197,6,157,237,6,
202,208,24 7,162,250,18 9,20 3,5,
157'BLTU
960 DATA 243,5,202,208,247,162,250, PROBLEM:
189,209,4,157,249,4,202,20 8,24 7, YOU CAN'T USE YOUR COMPUTER
162,210'BPQW WHILE YOUR PRINTER PRINTS!
970 DATA 189,255,3,157,39,4,202,208,
247,162,40,169,3 2,157,255,3,202, SOLUTION:
208,250'BQUX
980 DATA 162,46,142,190,7,174,0,80,
23 2,224,58,24 0,2 5,142,191,7,142,0,
80'BMGX
Lets You Compute, While Your Printer Prints!
990 DATA 174,1,80,142,189,7,174,2,80,
142,188,7,174,3,80,14 2,187,7,96, GEOS - COMPATIBLE
If your Commodore system consists of:
162,48'BQKA
Commodore Compatible Printer or Printer and Serial Interface
1000 DATA 142,0,80,142,191,7,174,1,80,
232,224,58,240,19,142,189,7,142, SERIAL BOX™ $79.95
64K Ssrlal lo Serial Print Buffer
1,80'BOHF
1010 DATA 174,2,80,142,188,7,174,3,80, If your system consists of:
Non-Commodore Printer
' 142,187,7,96,162,48,142,1,80,142,
189'BOHG SERIAL BOX-PLUS™ $149.95
Serial to Parallel Interface wllh 64K Print Bulfar (Plum FONT FACTORY')
1020 DATA 7 ,174,2,80,232,224,58,240,
13,142,188,7,142,2,80,174,3,80, If your system consists of:
142,187'BOPH Non-Commodore Printer and Massive Printer Output
1030 DATA 7,96,162,48,142,2,80,142, SERIAL BOX-MAX™ $219.95
Serial lo Parallel Intnrfico with 2S6K Print Buffor (Plu» FONT FACTORY")
188,7,174,3,80,23 2,142,3,8 0,142,
Dealer Inquiries Welcome.
187,7,96'BPBJ
1040 REM SPRITE SHAPES(12288)'BTCC CALL 1 800-228-7264 FOR ORDERS AND INFORMATION
IN PENNSYLVANIA CALL (215) 622-54BS OR WRITE:
1050 DATA 126,255,255,126,126,126,126,
255,255,126'BOVG R. J. Brachman Associates, Inc.
1060 DATA 60,60,60,24,255,24,24,60, P.O. Box 1077 Havertown, PA 19083
PFease add S3 DO for shipping nnd handling USA (Foreign Extra)
102,195'BHQF VISA. HC. Check or Monty Order* accepied. COD add S2 SO

1070 DATA 60,60,60,24,255,24,24,60, PA resident acid 6«o (PLEASE ALLOW 4 TO E WEEKS FOR DELIVERY}

102,195'BHQG ■FONT FACTORY * ■ lanl dtliflrt ulthlf p-Oflrim

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 173

100 MILE RACE
1080 DATA 60,60,60,24,255,24,24,60,
102,195'BHQH
1090 DATA 60,60,60,24,255,24,24,60,
102,195'BHQI
L100 DATA 60,60,60,24,255,24,24,60,
102,195'BHQA
1110 DATA 60,60,60,24,255,24,24,60,
102,195'BHQB
1120 DATA 60,60,60,24,255,24,24,60,
102,195'BHQC
1L30 REM JOYSTICK LEFT-RIGHT(SYS20736)
'BDNF
1135 DATA 160,0,174,0,208,224,32,208,
7,17 3,16,208,41,1,240,41,224,
72'BIBN
1137 DATA 208,9,173,16,208,41,1,240,2,
160,1'BIHK
1140 DATA 173,1,220,41,4,208,18,202,
Your computer can talk In your own voice. Not 202,224,254,208,8,173,16,208,41,
a synthesizer but a true digitizer that records your natural 254'BLBK
voice qualify—and in any language or accent. Words and 1150 DATA 141,16,208,142,0,208,96,136,
phrases can be expanded without limit from disk. Speech
240,22,173,1,220,41,8,208,15,232,
Editor program alters or improves sounds.
232'BORL
And it will understand what you say. A real word 1160 DATA 208,8,173,16,208,9,1,141,16,
recognizer for groups o! 32 words or phrases with unlim
208,142,0,208,96'BTDI
ited expansion from disk memory. Speech playback and
word recognition can work together. Have a two way con 1170 REM PEOPLE MOVE(SYS21024)'BULG
versation with your computer! 1200 DATA 162,0,160,2,189,2,82,192,1,
Easy for the beginning programmer with new 208,28,24,10 5,6,201,0,20 8,11,173,
BASIC commands. Machine language programs and 16'BMPH
memory locations for the more experienced software 1210 DATA 208,93,19,82,141,16,208,169,
author. 0,157,2,208,157,2,82,200,76,96,
Exciting Music Bonus lets you hum or whistle to 82,56'BOLI
write and perform. Notes literally scroll by as you hum! 1220 DATA 233,6,201,254,208,11,173,16,
Your composition can be edited, saved, and printed out. 208,93,19,82,141'BTCF
You don't have to know one note from another in order to
1230 DATA 16,208,169,254,157,2,208,
write and compose!
157,2,82,136,18 9,3,82,24,105,
Based upon new [ethnologies invented by COVOX One low price buysyou the complete
6'BFSJ
ijritem Includes a ho si of sample programs! In add i lion, you will receive periodic
information about speech technology, applications, new products, up-dates, and user 1240 DATA 201,5,208,28,224,2,240,16,
contributions You wilt nsver find a bettw <«lu» lor your computer. 224,4,240,12,173,16,208,93,19,82,
UNLY 5»oy.31) includes all hardware and software. 141'BMAL
Available Irom your dealer or by mail. When ordering by mail add J4 00 shipping 1250 DATA 16,208,189,18,82,157,2,208,
and handling ($10.00 foreign, S600 Canada). 157,2,8 2,169,4 5,157,3,20 8,157,3,
Trio Voice Maitsr it available lor the Commodore 64,128, Apple Itc, lit, I)*, and 82,232'BPJN
Al.in 800, fl00XL, 130XE. Specify model when ardarlng. Apple II+ (with G4K)
1260 DATA 232,224,12,208,146,173'BWRF
owner* muat have |oys11ck adapter. Available From Covox al only $9.95.
1270 DATA 15,82,24,105,6,201,5,208,2,
Apple lie and II* owners; Enhance speech quality and music capabilities with
Optional Sound Master hardware card Installs in slot 4 or 5. Available separately
169,,45,141,15,82,141,15,208,
lor $39 35 with demo software, or order with Voice Master lot only $119.95 (saves 96'BHUN
$10 when ordered together).
1280 REM GEARS-JOYSTICK
DEMO SPEECH DISK AVAILABLE New' An introduction to UPDOWN(SYS21251) ' BFWt,
*5 Covox speech. The $5 disk gives several general vocabularies thai you
TALKIHG
DISK can use in any of your own programs Sample programs include a talking
1290 DATA 173,1,220,41,1,208,28,174,0,
keyboard, calculator, clock, and more English. French and German 8 3,224,52,240,51,23 2,14 2,0,83,
- selections Samples ol level 1 anrj 2 speech editing. 28 page booklel 174'BLSQ
included. Price b S5 including postage \%~ outside North Amenca]
Check, money order, or cash only. SPECIFY COMPUTER BRAND. 1300 DATA 1,208,202,202,202,202,202,
For telephone demo, additional information, or prompl service (or credit card orders 202,202,232'BMVD
(eicepl 15 talking dish), 1310 DATA 142,1,208,76,70,83,173,1,

EE CALL (503) 342-1271H

220,41,2,208,25,174,0,83,224,48,
240,18'BNDJ
Call or wrlle today lor complete product Information. 1320 DATA 202,142,0,83,174,1,208,232,
232,2 32,232,232,232,232,232,14 2,
COVOX INC. <^) 342-1271 1,208"BOGK
1330 DATA 173,0,83,141,152,7,174,0,83,
675-D Conger Street, Eugene, OR 97402
Telei 706017 (AV ALARM UD)

174 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER'86
100 MILE RACE
,52,24 0,64,224,51,208,8,
160'BIQK
1332 DATA 5,140,2,83,76,129,83,224,50,
208,8,160,15,140,2,83,76,129,83,

1334
224'DHVN
DATA 49,208,8,160,45,140,2,83,76,
BARGAINS!!!
129,83,224,48,208,6,142,192,7,76, FCC Liquidators has searched out hundreds of
3'BHMP
close-outs, discontinued products, special pur
chases, and just plain fantastic deals, to give you
1336 DATA 83,172,1,83,200,140,1,83, the best prices ever seen. Compare our prices to
20 8,247,174,2,33,2 02,142,2,83, anyone's (even in this Issue) and you will agree.
208,238,96'BPJS
1340
COMMODORE SOFTWARE SPECIALS - Directly
REM COLLISION CHECK(SYS21763)
from Commodore to you at a fraction of original
'BYKG
cost. Brand new in original manufacturer's package.
1350 DATA 173,0,85,201,3,240,14,105,1, All are on disk!
141,0,85'BLOI ■illllltllMAMIMItnWNWJ 1 EDUCATION Onq. List ONLY
1360 DATA 169,254,45,30,208,45,31,208, Assembler 64 50.00 9.00 What's Next
96,162,0,169,1,4 5,30,208,208, Super Expander 50.00 9.00 Numbers S Leners 20 00 6.00
8'BIIN Pilot 5600 8.00 Fishmeiic 2500 6.00
GAMES Oiig. List ONLY 1 Business 18 00 3.50
1370 DATA 169,1,45,31,208,208,1,96,
Jupiter Lander 15.00 S.00 English 1 18.00 3.50
169,0,141,0,8 5,169,31,141,24,
Kickman 20.00 5.00 English II 1800 3.50
212'BHUO Clowns 2000 5.00 English III iaOO 3.50
1380 DATA 189,0,84,141,0,212,232,189, Visible Solar System 21.00 5.00 English IV 1800 3.50
0,84,141,7,212,232,189,0,84,141, Tooth Invaders 21.00 5.00 English V 18.00 3.50
1,212'BOYQ Blueprint 2000 5.00 English VI 18 00 3.50
1390 DATA 232,189,0,84,141,8,212,232, Omega Race 20.00 6.00 English VII 18.00 3.50
LeMans 20.00 6.00 Math I 18.00 3.50
189,0,84,141,4,212,232,189,0,84,
Gorf 20.00 6.00 Math II 18.00 3.50
141,11'BPAS
Star Post 20 00 6.00 Math ill 18.00 3.50
1400 DATA 212,172,1,85,200,140,1,85, Frog Master 20.00 6.00 Math IV 18.00 3.50
208,247,172,2,85,200,140,2,85, Solar Fox 25.00 7.00 Math V 1800 3.50
192,20'BMVJ Star Ranger 25.00 7.00 Math VI 18.00 3.50
1410 DATA 208,236,169,0,141,2,85,232, Dragon's Den 2500 7.00 Math VII 18.00 3.50
Viduzzles 3000 7.00 Math VIII 18 00 3.50
224,252,208,175,172,1,85,200'BFAJ
Satan's Hollow 3000 7.00 Science I 1800 3.50
1420 DATA 140,1,85,208,247,172,2,85,
Triad 25.00 7.00 Science II 18 00 3.50
200,140,2,85,208,238,141,24,212,
Chess 30.00 8.00 Science III 1800 3.50
96'BKPL Ralley Speedway 30.00 7.00 Science IV 1800 3.50
1430 REM WINDING ROAD(SYS22020)'BVLG Zork 1 40.0010.00 Technology 1800 3.50
1432 DATA 174,3,86,232,142,3,86,224,5, Zork II 40.0010.00 History 18.00 3.50

208,32,162,0,14 2,3,86'BYOL Zork III 40.0010.00 Games 111 1800 3.50

Suspended 40.0010.00 1 WOnD PROCESSOR SPECIAL Lisi ONLY
1434 DATA 32,222,255,162,0,141,2,86,
Starcross 400010.00 Ski Writer 40.0015.00
169,1,45,2,86,208,1,232,169,2,45,
Deadline 40.0010.00 Disk Cleaner Kit 8.00
2,86'BNJQ Pfl HTERS. HOirans. CA LE ACCESSOR ES. ETC.
1436 DATA 208,1,232,142,2,86'BSWJ Smith Corona Super Printer Purchase Irom manufacturer to you.
1440 DATA 174,0,86,208,5,162,2,142,2, Model 100 - 120 CPS, 10" carriage, Iriction/tracior feeds includ
86,174,1,86'BNQI ed, six pitches, proportional spacing, 1 line buffer, 60 column printer,
bidirectional, Centronics parallel interface. Orig. List S429°° ONLY =119"
1450 DATA 224,39,208,5,162,0,142,2,86,
Model 200 - same fealures as Model 100 plus 160 CPS, near
174,2,8 6,2 24,1,208,27,174'BDKM letter quality mode. 2 K buffer, and more. Orig List M99°° ONLY "164"
1460 DATA 0,86,169,39,157,0,4,202,224, Model 300 - All features of Model 200 plus wide carriage.
Orig List S599°° ONLY »199<»
255,208,248,174,1,86,169,39,
* Quantities Limited; First Come, First Served*
157'BJDO Computer Accessories - Commodore inlerface built in a cable with
1470 DATA 0,4,232,224,40,208,248,96, free word processing software on disk. Orig List *799i ONLY S19«
174,2,86,208,35,174,0,86,202,142, Teknika MJ10 - Commodore compatible color monilor with cable
(Similar lo 1702 with separate chroma/I urn a). Limited Quanity ONLY =16995
0,86'BNPQ
Samsung - Monochrome or amber hi-resoluiion monitor.
1480 DATA 169,39,157,0,4,202,224,255, Oiig. List '1199S ONLY 574"
208,248,174,1,86,202,142,1,86, * Hundreds of Other Commodore Bargains Available *
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1490 DATA 157,0,4,232,224,40,208,248,
96,174,0,86,232,142,0,86,169,39,
157'BMHS
1500 DATA 0,4,202,224,255,208,248,174, ORDERING INFORMATION :■.'! 51-1 ' P.O. Box 1204
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1510 DATA 224,40,208,248,96'BRNC tun sub|ECi lo change wrihoui Wee No COD ihiflm (201) 678-0008
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COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 175

HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS
M. he programs which appear in this This will list line 270 to the screen. lem is somewhere in the data state
magazine have been run, tested and Look for any non-obvious mistakes ments. Check the data statements for
Checked for bugs and errors. After a like a zero in place of an O or vice- missing commas or other typos.
program is tested, it is printed on a versa. Check for semicolons and co If the variable is not coming from
letter quality printer with some for lons reversed and extra or missing data statements, then the problem
matting changes. This listing is then parentheses. All of these things will will be a little harder to find. Check
photographed directly and printed in cause a syntax error. each line that contains the variable
the magazine. Using this method en There is only one time a syntax for typing mistakes.
sures the most error-free program error will tell you the wrong line to
Out Of Data Error
listings possible. look at. If the line the Syntax error
ThiB error message is always relat
Whenever you see a word inside refers to has a function call (e.g., FN
ed to the data statements in a pro
brackets, such as [DOWN], the word A(3)). the syntax error may be in the
gram. If this error occurs, it means
represents a keystroke or scries of line that defines the function, rather
that the program has run out of data
keystrokes on the keyboard. The than the line named in the error mes
items before it was supposed to. It is
word (DOWN) would be entered by sage. Look for a line near the begin
usually caused by a problem or typo
pressing the cursor-down key. If mul ning of the program (usually) that has
in the data statements. Check first to
tiple keystrokes are required, the DEF FN A(X) in it with an equation
see if you have left out a whole line of
number will directly follow the word. following it. Look for a typo in the
data. Next, check for missing commas
For example, [DOWN4] would mean equation part or' this definition.
between numbers. Reading data from
to press tiie cursor-down key four
a page of a magazine can be a strain
times. If there are multiple words Illegal Quantity Error
on the brain, so use a ruler or a piece
within one set of brackets, enter the This is another common error mes
keystrokes directly after one another. sage. This can also be caused by a of paper or anything else to help you
keep track of where you are as you
For example, [D0WN.RIGHT2] typing error, but it is a little harder to
would mean to press the cursor-down find. Once again, list the line number
enter the data.
key once and then the cursor-right that the error message refers to. Other Problems
key twice. Note: Do not enter the There is probably a poke statement It is important to remember that
commas. on this line. If there is, then the error the 64 and the PET/CBM computers
In addition to these graphic sym is referring to what is trying to be will only accept a line up to 80 char
bols, the keyboard graphics arc all poked. A number must be in the acters long. The VIC 20 will accept a
represented by a word and a letter. range of zero to 255 to be poke-able. line up to 88 characters long and the
The word is either SHFF or CMD and For example, the statement POKE 128 a line up to 160 characters long.
represents the SHIFT key or the Com 102-1,260 would produce an illegal Sometimes you will find a line in a
modore key. The letter is one of the quantity error because 260 is greater program that runs over this number
letters on the keyboard. The combi than 255. of characters. This is not a mistake in
nation [SHIFT E] would be entered by Most often, the value being poked the listing. Sometimes programmers
holding down the SHIFT key and is a variable (A,X...). This error is tell get so carried away crunching pro
pressing the B. A number following ing you that this variable is out of grams that they use abbreviated com
the letter tells you how many times to range. If the variable is being read mands to get more than the standard
type the letter. For example, [SHIT from data statements, then the prob number of characters on one line.
A-t.CMD B3| would mean to hold the
SHUT key and press the A four times, '"[HOMEr-UNSHIFrEDCLR/HOME '1 ' 1 PURPLEV -CONTROL 5
then hold down the Commodore key f]
and press the B three times. fij ■ !D0WN|" ^CURSOR DOWN K iBLUEr-CONTBOL? H"[F3|"-F3
The following chart tells you the n H iYELLOWf-CONTROLa P -TF4J"—F4
keys to press for any word or words fj IORANGE]"-COMMODORE 1
fj "IRlGHTr-CURSORRIGHT [J '[F6T-FH
inside of brackets. Refer to this chart
[I "HEFT]11-CURSOR LEFT W ■|UROWN|11-COMMODORE2
whenever you aren't sure what keys
to press. The iittle graphic next to the ] I £j"|L RED|"-COMMODORE 3 -F7

keystrokes shows you what you will I IRVOFFf-CONTROLO W ■"IGRAlfll"- COMMODORE 4

see on the screen. 0 "[BLACK|' = CONTROL 1 H |G!yiV2|"" COMMODORE 5 r - ENGLISH

Syntax Error \i iwurrEi1-control 2 I; 'IL GREEN!1 -COMMODORES POUND

This is by far the most common H HED|'-CONTROL3 2"IL BLUE]"-COMMODORE7 -PI SYMBOL

error encountered while entering a H ICYANr-CONTROL'i R "GRAYar-COMMODOREa ■-UP ARROW

program. Usually (sorry folks) this GRAPHIC SYMBOLS WILL BE REPRESENTED AS EITt'^R THE LETTERS
means that you have typed something SHFT (SHIFT) AND A KEY ("|SHFT Q.SHFT J,SHFT D.SHFT S]"] OR THE
incorrectly on the line the syntax er LETTERS CMDR (COMMODORE) AND A KEY ("[CMDR Q.CMDR
ror refers to. If you get the message G.COMDR Y.CMDR HJ"). IF A SYMBOL IS REPEATED. THE NUMBER OF
"?.Syntax Error Break In line 270," REPITITIONS WILL BE DIRECTLY AFTER THE KEY AND BEFORE THE
type LIST 270 and press RETURN. COMMA CPISPACE3,SHFT S4.CMDR M21")
HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS
You can enter these lines by abbrevi line of the program for typos or miss errors and increase your understand
ating the commands when you enter ing parts. Finally, press the RUN/STOP ing of programming.
the line. The abbreviations for BASIC key while the program is "running." If you live in the country, don't
commands are in your user guide. Write down the line the program have a local user group, or you simply
If you type a line that is longer than broke at and try to follow the pro can't get any help, write to us. If you
the acceptable number of characters, gram backwards from this point, look do write to us, include the following
the computer will act as if everything ing for problems. information about the program you
is ok, until you press RETURN. Then, are having problems with:
a syntax error will be displayed If All Else Fails The name of the program
(without :i line number). Many people You've come to the end of your 'Hie issue of the magazine it was in
write that the computer gives them a rope. You can't get the program to The computer you are using
syntax error when they type the line, run and you can't find any errors in Any error messages and the line
or that the computer refuses to ac your typing. What do you do? As al numbers
cept a line. Both of these problems ways, we suggest that you try a local Anything displayed on the screen
arc results of typing a line that has too user group for help. In a group of A printout of your listing (if
many characters. even just a dozen members, someone possible)
is bound to have typed in the same All of this information is helpful in
The Program Won't Run!! program. The user group may also answering your questions about why
This is the hardest of problems to have the program on a library disk a program doesn't work. A letter that
resolve; no error message is dis and be willing to make a copy for you. simply states "I get an error in line
played, but the program just doesn't For S9.95 per issue, you can also get 250 whenever I run the program"
run. This can be caused by many all the BASIC programs in each issue, doesn't give us much to go on. Send
small mistakes typing a program in. as well, from Loadstar, P.O. Box your questions to:
First check that the program was 30007, Shreveport, LA 711 30-0007. Commudorc Magazines
written for the computer you are us If you do get a working copy, be 1200 Wilson Drive
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HOW TO USE THE MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAMS

A be Magazine Entry Programs on the program will tell you where to rest of the line. This is a checksum
the next pages are two BASIC ma find the problem. Otherwise the pro diat the Magazine Entry Program uses.
chine language programs that will as gram will say "mistake in data state Bnter the line and the letters at the
sist you in entering [he programs in ments." Check to see if commas are end and then press RETURN, just as
this magazine correctly. There are missing, or if you have used periods you normally would.
versions for both the Commodore 64 instead of commas. Also check the If the line is entered correctly, a
and the Commodore 128. Once the individual data items. bell is sounded and the line is entered
program is in place, it works i(s magic Once the program has run, it is in into the computer's memory (with
without you having to do anything memory ready to go. To activate the out the characters at the end).
else. The program will not let you program type SYS49152 (SYS4864 on If a mistake was made while enter
enter a line if there is a typing mistake the 128), and press RETURN. You are ing the line, a noise is sounded and an
on it, and better yet, it identifies the now ready to enter the programs error message is displayed. Read the
kind of error tor you. from the magazine. To disable the En error message, then press any key to
try Program, just type KII.L(RETURN) erase the message and correct the
Getting Started on the 64 or SYS4867 on the 128. line.
Type in the Magazine Kntry Pro The checksums for each line are
gram careftilly and save it as you go the same for both the 64 and 128, so IMPORTANT
along (just in case). Once the whole you can enter your 64 programs on If the Magazine Entry Program sees
program is typed in, save it again on the 128 if you'd like. a mistake on a line, it does not enter
tape or disk. Now RUN the program. that line into memory. This makes it
The word POKING will appear on the Typing the Programs impossible to enter a line incorrectly.
top of the screen with a number. The All the BASIC program listings in
number will increment from 491*52 this magazine that are for the 64 or Error Messages and
up to 49900 (4864-5545 on the 128) 128 have an apostrophe followed by What They Mean
and just lets you know that the pro four letters at the end of the line (e.g., There are five error messages that
gram is running. If everything is ok, 'ACDF). If you plan to use the Maga the Magazine Entry Program uses.
the program will finish running and zine Entry Program to enter your pro Here they are, along with what they
say DONE. Then type NEW. If there is grams, the apostrophe and letters mean and how to fix them.
a problem with the data statements, should be entered along with the OnUmued next page
HOW TO USE THE MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAMS
NO CHECKSUM: This means that the line in the magazine again and many characters, instead of a simple
vou forgot (o enter the apostrophe check your spelling. misspelling. Check spelling of BASIC
and the four letters at the end of the # OF CHARACTERS: This means commands if you can t find anything

line. Move the cursor to the end of that you have either entered extra else wrong.

the line you just typed and enter the characters or missed some characters. UNIDENTIFIED: This means that
checksum. Check the line n the magazine again. you have either made :t simple speli
QUOTE: This means that you for- This error message will also occur if ing error, you typed the wrong line
got (or added) a quote mark some- you misspell a BASIC command, but number, or you typet the checksum
where in the line. Check the line in create another keyword in doing so. incorrectly. Spelling errors could be
the magazine and correct the quote. For example, if you misspel PRINT as the wrong i lumber of spaces inside
KEYWORD: This means that you PRONT, the 64 sees [he letter P and quotes, a variable spelled wrong, or a
have either forgotten a command or R, the BASIC keyword Oi\ and then word misspelled. Cheek [he line in
spelled one of the BASIC keywords the letter T. llecause it sees the the magazine again and correct the
(GOTO, PRINT..) incorrectly! Check keyword ON, it thinks you' ve got too mis ake. B

MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAM-64

Ilu- Marine Entry I'n^rjms arc available on disk. along wllh [he Other 1025 DATA C0 ,60 ,0A,A8 ,B9 ,0F ,C0,85
proems in ihb nugulne, fur fy.ys. 1b order, contact Loadstar ai [-800-831 -269-i. 1026 DATA FB ,B9 ,10,C0 ,85 , FC A0,00

10 PRINT"[CLEAR]POKING -"; 1027 DATA A9 ,12 ,20,02 ,FF ,B1 , FB,F0

20 P=49152 :REM 5C000 {END AT 1028 DATA 06 ,20 ,D2,FF ,C8 ,D0 ,F6,20
49900/SC2EC) 1029 DATA BC ,C2 ,20,E4 ,FF ,F0 ,FB,A0
30 READ A$:IF A$="END"THEN 110 1030 DATA 18 ,B9 ,08,C1 ,20 ,D2 FF,88
40 L=ASC(MID$(A$,2,l)) 1031 DATA 10 ,F7 ,68,68 , A9 00 8D,00
50 H=ASC{MID$(A$,l,l)) 1032 DATA 02 ,4C ,74,A4 ,4B 49 4C,4C
60 L=L-48:IF L>9 THEN L=L-7 1033 DATA 91 ,91 ,0D,20 ,20 20 20,20
70 H=H-48:IF H>9 THEN H=H-7 1034 DATA 20 ,20 ,20,20 ,20 20 20,20
80 PRINT"[HOME,RIGHT12] "P; 1035 DATA 20 ,20 ,20,20 ,20 20 20,91
90 IF H>15 OR L>15 THEN PRINT 1036 DATA 0D ,51 ,55,4F ,54 45 00,4B
:PRINT"DATA ERROR IN LINE"; 1037 DATA 45 ,59 ,57,4F ,52 44 00,23
1000+INT((P-49152)/8):STOP 1038 DATA 20 ,4F ,46,20 ,43 48 41,52
100 B=H*16+L:P0KE P,B:T=T+B:P=P+1 1039 DATA 41 ,43 ,54,4 5 ,52 53 00,55
:GOT0 30 1040 DATA 4E ,49 ,44,45 ,4E 54 49,46
110 IF TO86200 THEN PRINT 1041 DATA 49 ,45 ,44,00 ,4E 4F 20,43
:PRINT"HISTAKE IN DATA —> CHECK 1042 DATA 48 ,45 ,43,4B ,53 55 4D,00
DATA STATEMENTS":END 1043 DATA C8 ,B1 ,7A,D0 ,FB 84 FDfC0
120 PRINT"DONE":END 1044 DATA 09 ,10 ,03,4C ,84 Cl 88,88
1000 DATA 4C,IF,C0,00,00,00,00,00 1045 DATA 88 ,88 ,88,Bl C9 27,D0
1001 DATA 00,00,00,00,00,0D,00,21 1046 DATA 13 ,A9 ,00,91 ,7A C8, A2,00
1002 DATA C1,27,C1,2F,C1,3F,C1,4C 1047 DATA Bl ,7A ,9D,3C ,03 C8, E8,E0
1003 DATA C1,EA,EA,EA,4C,54,C0,A2 1048 DATA 04 ,D0 ,F5,60 04, 4C,CA
1004 DATA 05,BD,19,C0,95,73,CA,10 1049 DATA C0 ,A0 ,00, B9 ^00
02, 99,40
1005 DATA F8,60,60,A0,03,B9,00,02 1050 DATA 03 ,F0 ,F0,C8 ,D0, F5, A0,00
1006 DATA D9,04,C1,D0,F5,88,10,F5 1051 DATA B9 ,40 ,03,F0 ,E6, 99, 00,02
1007 DATA A0,05,B9,A2,E3,99,73,00 1052 DATA C8 ,D0 ,F5,20 ,96, Cl, 4C,12
1008 DATA 88,10,F7,A9,00,8D,18,D4 1053 DATA C2 ,A0 ,09,A9 ,00, 99, 03,C0
1009 DATA 4C,EF,C0,E6,7A,D0,02,E6 1054 DATA 8D ,3C ,03,88 ,10, A9,80
1010 DATA 7B,4C,79,00,A5,9D,F0,F3 1055 DATA 85 ,02 ,A0,00 ,20, 58!
Clf 20
1011 DATA A5,7A,C9,FF,D0,ED,A5,7B 1056 DATA 89 t V*X 20,ED E6, 7A,E6
1012 DATA C9,01,D0,E7,20,2B,C0,AD 1057 DATA 7B ,20 7C,A5 ,A0, 00, 20,80
1013 DATA (10,02,20,74,C0,90,DC,A0 1058 DATA C0 ,F0 D0,24 ,02, F0, 06,4C
1014 DATA 00,4C,A9,C1,C9,30,30,06 1059 DATA A8 ,C0 4C,CE C9, 22,D0
1315 DATA C9,3A,10,02,38,60,18,60 1060 DATA 06 ,20 8D,C0 ^4c! CE, Cl,20
1016 DATA C8,B1,7A,C9,20,D0,03,C8 1061 DATA BA ,C0 4C,CE A0, 00,B9
1317 DATA D0,E'7,B1,7A,60,18,C8,B1 1062 DATA 00 ,02 20,74 ',cq', C8, 90,0A
1018 DATA 7A,F0,37,C9,22,F0,F5,6D 1063 DATA 18 ,6D 07, C0 ,8D, 07, C0,4C
1019 DATA 03,C0,8D,03,C0,AD,04,C0 1064 DATA EF i L- L 88,A2 ,00, B9, 00,02
1023 DATA 69,0fl,8D,04,C0,4C,8E,C0 1065 DATA 9D ,00 02,F0 ,04, E8, C8,D0
1021 DATA 18,6D,05,C0,8D,05,C0,90 1066 DATA F4 ,60 18,AD .09, C0, 69,41
1022 DATA 03,EE,06,C0,EE,09,C0,4C 1067 DATA 8D ,09 C0,38 ,AD, 0A, C0,E9
1023 DATA CE,C1,18,6D,08,C0,8D,08 1068 DATA 19 ,90 06,8D C0, 4C,1C
1024 DATA C0,90,03,EE,07,C0,EE,0A 1069 DATA C2 ,AD, 0A,C0 41, 8D,0A
1070 DATA C0,AD,03,C0,6D,0 5,C0,48 1082 DATA CD,3E,03,D0,0E,AD,0C,C0
1071 DATA AD,04,C0,6D,06,C0,8D,0C 1083 DATA CD,3F,0 3,D0,0 6,20,CC,C2

1072 DATA C0,68,6D,08,C0,8D,0B,C0 1084 DATA 4C,4B,C0,98,4a,68,4C,CA

1073 DATA AD,0C,C0,6D,07,C0,8D,0C 1085 DATA C0,A9,20,8D,00,D4,8D,01

1074 DATA C0,38,E9,19,90,06,8D,0C 1086 DATA D4,A9,09,8D,05,D4,A9,0F

1075 DATA C0,4C,52,C2,AD,0C,C0,69 1087 DATA 8D,18,D4,60,20,A9,C2,A9

41,8D,0C,C0,AD,0B,C0,E9 1088 DATA 81,20,DF,C2,A9,80,20,DF
1076 DATA
19,90,06,8D,0B,C0,4C,67 1089 DATA C2,4C,D9,C2,20,A9,C2,A9
1077 DATA
1078 DATA C2,AD,0B,C0,69,41,8D,0B 1090 DATA 11,20,DF,C2,A9,10,20,DF
C0,A0,01,AD,0 9,C0,CD,3C 1091 DATA C2,A9,00,8D,0 4,D4,6 0,8D
1079 DATA
1080 DATA 03,D0,20,C8,AD,0A,C0,CD 1092 DATA 04,D4,A2,70,A0,00,88,D0
1081 DATA 3D,0 3,D0,17,C8,AD,0B,C0 1093 DATA FD,CA,D0,FA,60,END Mil

MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAM-128

5 TRAP 200 1036 DATA 43,54,45,52,53,00,55,4E
10 PRINT" [CLEARIPOKING -"; 1037 DATA 49,44,45,4E,54,49,46,49
20 P = 4864 :REM S1300 (END AT 1038 DATA 45,44,00,4E,4F,20,43,48
5545/S15A9) 1039 DATA 45,43,4B,53,55,4D,00,C8
30 READ AS: IF AS="END"THEN 110 1040 DATA B1,3D,D0,FB,C0,09,10,03
80 PRINT" [HOME,RIGHT12]"P; 1041 DATA 4C,69,14,88,83,88,88,88
100 B=DEC (A$):POKE P,8:T=T+B:P=P+1 1042 DATA B1,3D,C9,27,D0,13,A9,00
:GOTO 30 1043 DATA 91,3D,C8,A2,00,B1,3D,9D
110 IF TO59314 THEN PRINT 1044 DATA 00,0B,C8,E8,E0,04,D0,F5
:PRINT"MISTAKE IN DATA —> CHECK 1045 DATA 60,4C,5C,15,4C,C5,14,A0
DATA STATEMENTS":END 1046 DATA 09,A9,00,99,06,13,8D,00
120 PRINT "DONE":END 1047 DATA 0B,88,10,F7,A9,80,85,FD
200 PRINT :PRINT"DATAERROR IN LINE"; 1048 DATA A0,00,20,3F,14,20,AE,14
1000+INT((P-4864)/8):END 1049 DATA 20,0D,43,84,FA,A0,FF,20
1000 DATA 4C,IE,13,4C,3A,13,00,00 1050 DATA 67,13,F0,D8,24,FD,F0,06
1001 DATA 8E,00,F7,00,42,41,51,57 1051 DATA 20,8F,13,4C,8F,14,C9,22
1002 DATA 0D,00,0D,43,08,14,0E,14 1052 DATA D0,06,20,74,13,4C,8F,14
1003 DATA 16,14,26,14,33,14,A9,00 1053 DATA 20,9F,13,4C,8F,14,A0,00
1004 DATA 8D,00,FF,AD,04,03,8D,12 1054 DATA B9,00,02,20,5B,13,C8,90
1005 DATA 13,AD,05,03,8D,13,13,A2 1055 DATA 0A,18,6DF0A,13,8D,0A,13
1006 DATA 4A,A0,13,8E,04,03,8C,05 1056 DATA 4C,B0,14,88,60,18,AD,0C
1007 DATA 03,60,AD,12,13,80,04,03 1057 DATA 13,69,41,8D,0C,13,38,AD
1008 DATA AD,13,13,8D,05,03,60,6C 1058 DATA 0D,13,E9,19,90,06,8D,0D
1009 DATA 12,13,A5,7F,D0,F9,AD,00 1059 DATA 13,4C,CF,14,AD,0D,13,69
1010 DATA 02,20,5B,13,90,F1,A0,00 1060 DATA 41,8D,0D,13,AD,06,13,6D
1011 DATA 4C,6F,14,C9,30,30,06,C9 1061 DATA 08,13,48,AD,07,13,6D,09
1012 DATA 3A,10,02,38,60,18,60,C8 1062 DATA 13,8D,0F,13,68,6D,0B,13
1013 DATA B1,3D,C9,20,D0,03,C8,D0 1063 DATA 8D,0E,13,AD,0F,13,6D,0A
1014 DATA F7,B1,3D,60,18,C8,B1,3D 1064 DATA 13,8D,0F,13,38,E9,19,90
1015 DATA F0,35,C9,22,F0,F5,6D,06 1065 DATA 06,8D,0F,13,4C,05,15,AD
1016 DATA 13,8D,06,13,AD,07,13,69 1066 DATA 0F,13,69,41,8D,0F,13,AD
1017 DATA 00,8D,07,13,4C,75,13,18 1067 DATA 0E,13,E9,19,90,06,8D,0E
1018 DATA 6D,08,13,80,08,13,90,03 1068 DATA 13,4C,1A,15,AD,0E,13,69
1019 DATA EE,09,13,EE,0C,13,60,18 1069 DATA 41,8D,0E,13,A0,01,AD,0C
1020 DATA 6D,0B,13,8D,0B,13,9 0,03 1070 DATA 13,CD,00,0B,D0,20,C8,AD
1021 DATA EE,0A,13,EE,0D,13,60,0A 1071 DATA 0D,13,CD,01,0B,D0,17,C8
1022 DATA A8,B9,14,13,85,FB,B9,15 1072 DATA AD,0E,13,CD,0 2,0B,D0,0E
1023 DATA 13,85,FC,A0,00,8C,00,FF 1073 DATA AD,0F,13,CD,0 3,0B,D0,06
1024 DATA A9,12,20,D2,FF,B1,FB,F0 1074 DATA 20,89,15,A4,FA,60,98,48
1025 DATA 0 6,20,D2,FF,C8,D0,F6,20 1075 DATA 68,4C,AF,13,A9,04,4C,AF
1026 DATA 79,15,20,A3,15,20,E4,FF 1076 DATA 13,A9,00,8D,00,FF,A9,20
1027 DATA F0,FB,A0,1B,B9,EF,13,20 1077 DATA 8D,00,D4,8D,01,D4,A9,09
1028 DATA D2,FF,8 8,10,F7,6 8,6 8,A9 1078 DATA 8D,05,D4,A9,0F,8D,18,D4
1029 DATA 00,8D,00,02,4C,B7,4D,91 1079 DATA 60,20,61,15,A9,81,20,9C
1030 DATA 91,0D,20,20,20,20,20,20 1080 DATA 15,A9,80,20,9C,15,4C,96
1031 DATA 20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20 1081 DATA 15,20,61,15,A9,11,20,9C
1032 DATA 20,20,20,20,20,20,91,0D 1082 DATA 15,A9,10,20,9C,15,A9,00
1033 DATA 51,55,4F,54,45,00,4B,45 1083 DATA 8D,04,D4,60,8D,04,D4,A2
1034 DATA 59,57,4F,52,44,00,23,20 1084 DATA 7 0,A0,00,88,D0,FD,CA,D0
1035 DATA 4F,46,20,43,48,41,52,41 1085 DATA FA,6 0,END END
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REVIEWS
Continuedfrom /ig. 38

urc out who the traitor Ls ;ls quickly :ls

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lay you, may try to talee over tlie plane.
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You also haw to watch out for Doradlan
research and development, we are etc.. without destroying the program or
military jets. proud to introduce Device One: Printer data you were using. Simply download
The game's grapliics and tliree differ Interface This remarkable interface the directory into Device One's 16K
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Hard Disk Drive
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Commodore
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Computers
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oes disk swapping seem to databases. Just plug into your serial
against a computer I waste hours of your time? Are port and the wall socket, and you're
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you hate searching through piles of chaining. No need to worry about
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REVIEWS
Continuedfrom pg 30
the game is [o gel you involved, and it
128
will. Besides, how many times bdbri1
havu you In x>ted up ;i game and .started Programable Database
m play without even glancing at the
Instructions? You're- probably more ac For the Commodore 128
customed to this approach than you
think. In the end, you'll find that the uperbase Ihe only fully Organizeallyour information in the
toughest part Of the game won't be solv programmable database for flexible and functional Superbase 128.
ing it, but keeping the solution a secret the Commodore 126. The flrsl Superbase uses state of the art
time I saw Superbase 128 in action was Indexing to make file accessing almost
from your friends. Q
while I was in England. I was so instantaneous. Find any record you
impressed by the sheer power of want in less than three tenths of a
Hacker Hints Superbase that I bought several copies second with your 1571 disk drive.
to manage my office better. Many of my Regardless of your file size!
My lips are sealed. You won't find any friends and business associates
nation-saving secrets here, just a couple wanted copies for their own use. A
of guidelines to help you to develop your distribution network was born!
ven change field specifications
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1 your entire dale Hie.
sense. In the end, they will. Precision Software products in North Superbase 128 works smart to save you
America. You just can't find a better time. Simply add, change or delete a
• Although the cameras linked into field, and you're ready to go( No file
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tion, there are some blind spots where minutes. You won't have to waste hours
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pause undetected. Movement from one

own Superbase 128. to me, menu, dmen
Section of the complex to the next might afifnoack mmm uow'li k up and
Ik- facilitated by using these structural
I ntil you sit down and use
hideaways as temporary rest stops. K. M Superbase 126, you won't
• To help set up your plan of attack, -^^ believe what It can do for you. ejections of one Superbase
note that cameras 1 through 21 cover Superscript 128, (the word processing 128 user. 'II does everything I
want it to! The programming
the hallways, with 22 through 38 moni program from Precision Software), co-
resides mmemory. Nowyou caneasily capabilities of Superbase 128 lets me
toring the rooms and vault. The hallway
swap data between Superbase 128 and build my own system of menus, My
camera circuit tikes about -f 5 seconds lo office is completely organized the way I
Superscript 128. without swapping
complete. So as long as the roaming disks. want it. Now everyone in my office can
guard Isn't on top of you, there are pre easily access customer files without
dictable blocks of time where large knowing anything about Superbase!
01 course, you'll be able to take lull
That's a big help to me and my
stretches of hallway can be traversed advantage of the space on all
customers - it saves lime and money!'
Commodore disk drive models.
with minimal chance of detection. Re pa
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COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 187

HABITAT
Continued front />& IV fiind ;uid can live oil' the interest by withdrawing moncy
froni the hank in the form of tokens, or using the Habitat
credit card. Even though making money or collecting lots of

Really insidious Avatars stufl'is not a primary objective, you can pursue these1 goals il

you SO desire. People can pool their resources—money and

can follow others around
objects—to start a business or a company Experienced Ava
and spy on them to learn tars might set up guided tours lor newcomers, charging them

the object of their quest, for their trouble. I (nscrupulous ones could lure people into
the forests and rob them.
then try to beat them to the
Really insidious Avatars can follow others around and spy
treasure. Or you might find on them to learn the object of their quest, then try to beat

the key that opens a them to the treasure. Or you can just play tricks on ]>cople.

You might find die key [hat opens a treasure chest, grab the
treasure chest, grab the
gold and replace it with a dead fish! Quite a surprise for the
gold and replace it with a next Avatar who ojK-ns the chest.

dead fish. Quite a surprise Since only six people cm be in the same region at once,

you could conceivably bar entrance to some p:irts of the

for the next Avatar who
world by blocking a key region. What g<xxl would this do? It
opens the chest depends un what's on the other side. Maybe you could even

charge people a toll for passing through. Ami-social trouble

makers might form a street gang and h;iniss any Avatars wee

herders, storekeepers and dance h;dl girls settled die Old ing green pants. Then others could start up a police dL-part-

West. In Habitat, Avatars might meet and organize Adven ment or vigilante gmup to protect the people we:iring the

ture Guilds or Vtttrrior Guilds thai meei regularly ai some green pants. Wearing given pants might turn Into the latest

one's turf to decide what they want to do. trend, for practically anything mat can happen in a real soci

And when groups ofpeople Interact; politics emerge: May ety—lads, gossip, rumors, slang, weird cults—could happen

be the Warriors will decide Co spy on the Adventurers, figure here. (I'm thinking of establishing my own religion, the

out what they're up to and perhaps even interfere As groups Church of the Holey Doughnut.)

organize and encounter other groups, then- will Ik- disagree These are only a lew highlights and potential pastimes in

ments that could mm Into feuds, like the range wars between store tor those who visit the remarkable world Of Habitat

tin- cattlemen and sheepherderB of the old West likewise, whose ultimate success depends as much on the imagination

cooper.!tivc agreements might result in the exchange of In- of ilu- players as dial of the designers. Initially; it will simply

formation and goods. be an environment with numerous possibilities for creation

Where groups of people gaihcr, there arc ;ilways issues and recreation. As more people "move" to this alternate reali

[hat result from their Interaction—and individuals who use ty and set up housekeeping in their new curf, il will become a

dio.se issues to create a political base. Will someone organize genuine stKicty mat evolves and grows as people interact

an election and rim for President, even King, of Habitat? and experiment, as new neighbors move in next ti(x>r and

That's an intriguing possibility. It' that does happen, it could more regions are added.

someday lead to a revolution or coup d'eiat. As I mentioned As 1 drove back to Pennsylvania late that night, I nearly ran

previously, you can kill people in the game. Momingstar says Off the road a half-dozen times thinking about what I would

it won't Ik- easy. TheOracle will reincarnate anyone who gets do when 1 get to Habitat If you want to find out. give me a

knocked oil", hut not necessarily in the same shape as he- call at my turf when you get there. The number's not in the

fore—a lot depends on your conduct and what led to your book yet, but you'll find it in my Arftfiitwv Road column,

death. where 111 be reporting regularly on what's happening in

You don't have to earn a living, since each Avatar has a trusi Habitat 3

1»8 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER '86

REVIEWS
Continuedfrom jig, 40

five year-old son can handle such simple

controls without adult supervision.
The single complaint I have i* that
lioth programs are heavily dependent
upon the disk drive. Because small chil
SUPERSCRIPT 128
dren are by nature- more careless than Superscript 123 also includes a full
The Better Word Processor
adults, I prefer my children use- programs By Steven L. Spring function calculator that you can use
which do not require the disk to be re President of PP&S interactively with your document. Now
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uperscrlpt 128, Ihe intelligent
divide columns ot numbers within your
complexity nfixrth games, both sides of word processor lor Ihe C-126
document. Superscript 126 is much
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all the- data used to design the different & Software that goos beyond the productivity enhancment tool for the
competition,
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play. This means delays must Ix; endured I always look for the best in new
while die disk is accessed, and there are normously popular!
software developments. When I saw
Superscript now has over
occasions when the disk must be re Superscript 128 inaction, I knew it was
400,000 copies worldwide.
moved from the drive and tinned over. the best word processor available. So I
asked Precision Software o( England if Thousands have been upgraded to
As a result, an adult must remain near
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fits from Fantastic Animals, an adult accessible- you never have to use hard
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colors. These ate programs which your
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COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS 189

REVIEWS
Continued/mm /ig. tf>
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the buffer, select Xmudem or Punter The Complete
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Those who like (or need) to keep ^ big promises but falls to security features to keep unwanted
track of their on-line time will like the I—H deliver? BobsTerm Pro 128, e callers from gaining access to your
new telecommunications software system with passwords you create.
two clock tlLspkiys, 1 found the clocks
package written by Bob Lentini. won't
useful when running cither the word lei you down. Al last, a convenient and ncredlble Editing Power!
processor section or the terminal pro easy to use telecommunications BobsTerm Pro 12B has a huge
gram since they continue running re program tnat goes beyond the 60K buffer. You can view all
competition.
gardless of which program you are using. transfers on your screen as they occur.
When Bob contacted Progressive Sixteen easy to use commands permit
If you arc in the word processor, press
Peripherals with his idea for a software
full screen editing of the entire buffer
the NO SCKOU. key to check the time, package that combined the best
contents. No other program has a built-
then press it again to continue writing. features of all the other telecommuni
in editor for a buffer this large. You now
The I:3 menu lets you di;d numbers ei cations packages, we listened
have full control over all your files. Only
carefully. It was a great idea, but this
ther automatically or manually. The pn>- BobsTerm Pro 128 gives you this kind
program would have to be smart too.
of power.
gram also lets you store up to ten phone
numbers for reference. ■ verythlng in one placel
The terminal program's status line mm BobsTerm Pro 128 is 100V: !2S iitkonbj
I m Hayes compatible and uses all
continuously displays the current hand
the standard Hayes commands. It has
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rate, word length, parity and duplexing
plus the time clock and the line and col
present parameters for nearly all
popular modems. Just load BobsTerm
<fm'(l turn wait/
umn of the cursor's locaiion. Pro 126, and select your favorite
While lew people in the market lor a modem. It's that simple! No other JL Bever before has one progrmn
word processor are at the same time program can do it all...BobsTerm Pro 4^^ done so much, so easily.
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word processor combined with Spell- ever encounter, including Punter and function keys and answer back strings.
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and escape routes to handle some of too These are real time savers.
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without the users manual. The fully BobsTerm Pro is also available for the
your word processor, even if the dog eats menu driven window overlay screens
Commodore 64.
die original. make operation of BobsTerm Pro 128 a
PaperCIip II is a well designed word snap.

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processor with some very impressive fea
Pro's 128 abilities with CP/M disks.
tures. Multiple disk support, spell-check
You'll love the convenience of directly
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commands, as well as column and math CP/M disks. You can even upload or
manipulation capabilities are included. download directly to CP/M disks using
XMODEM protocol. This lets you tap PROGR€//-|V€
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