YourCommodore04-Jan85.pdf

An Argus Specialist Publication

JANUARY 1985 4

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YOUR BEST INDEPENDENT COMMODORE MAGAZINE

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the forefront of a whole new

form of communication. Of

course, viewdata ( of which

Compunet is another manifes-

tation) is not new. Prestel and

its offshoot Micronet 800 have

been with us for some years

and it is also true that neither

have really fulﬁlled their initial

promise. Prestel suffers from a

debilitating identity crisis: is it

aimed at the business or the

domestic user? It began as a

method of using all that spare

telephone capacity during off-

peak times but it was soon

adopted by diverse sections of

the business community. In

order to repair the balance

Welcome to this gin

month's issue of Your

Micronet 800 was started.

Directed at the home micro

user it offered an innovative

and well presented package

(and still does) but it is very one

sided — Micronet provides the

information in the form of

news, information and

software and the user

downloads it.

Compunet offers the

revolutionary advance of a

two-way service. The user can

up-load his own software as

well as down-loading other

people's, You can ﬁ nd out

more in the article on the new

service in this issue, Let me just

ﬁnish by saying that Compunet

offers Commodore owners the

chance to dispel forever the

myth of the computer hermit.

Commodore. The

The Plus/4

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tompunet and offers

The other big recent launch

from Commodore is, of course,

the new machines. Last month

we looked at the VIC's

replacement, the C16 and word

is already coming through that

it's selling extremely well. At

the price and with its speciﬁca-

tions this is not at all surprising.

The Plus/4 which we look at

this month is rather different.

The market does not already

exist for it. Instead it will have

to create its own.

The idea behind the Plus/4

certainly looks promising and

we shall take a look at the built-

in software next month.

For the moment the

hardware is considered by our

reviewer who is not un-

impressed.

the compliments of Alk

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HOME COMPUTING HAS

long been regarded by the

uninitiated as a solitary pursuit.

We are supposed to sit for days

on end, without food or drink,

in semi-darkened rooms

huddled over the keyboard

with only the strange glow of

the screen to keep us company.

It can happen, of course,

though I have yet to go for a

period of longer than two

hours without some form

(usually liquid) sustenance. All

the signs point in the opposite

direction but have you tried

convincing people? Show

them the two joystick ports on

the 64 and point to the

increasing number of games

which require the use of both.

Tell them about the growing

number of computer clubs and

their ever increasing member-

ship. Show them that programs

are written for useful purposes

and not for their own sakes;

indeed tell them that many

programs, and not just

commercial ones, are written

by teams of people, someone

designing the graphics,

someone else the music and so

on. All to no avail.

The answer could have

arrived in the shape of

Compunet. At last Commo-

dore owners can communicate

with each other through the

medium of their computers.

By attaching the modem to

your CBM 64 you could be at

All the best

This issue also contains a large

number of graphics related

articles. The Commodore

machines are all renowned for

the excellent graphic

capabilities but there is also

room for improvement. You

can choose the solution which

most suits you by reading our

reviews of lightpens, of Logo

and the Turtle, of the Koala Pad

and of many of the Com-

modore drawing packages.

So whatever your interest

there is something in this issue

of Your Commodore for you.

And strange as it may seem

(and it often confuses us

although this is the January

issue you should be

reading this before Christmas:

so from all of us at Your

Commodore may we wish you

a very merry Christmas and a

Commodore ﬁlled New Year,

PLUS/4: HOW DOES

IT ADD UP?

Have Commodore done their sums right on

their new machine

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Compunet

calling

DATA

STATEMENTS

Cornmodolts

new modem

A round up of this month's news.

Crul

INPUT/OUTPUT 1

More of your letters answered,

GAMESMANSHIP 28

SCREEN CLOCK 20

NUMBER 4

JANUARY 1985

Editor: Wendy J Palmer

Deputy Editor: Kevin Cox

Editorial Assistant: Alison Hjul

Advertisement Manager: Mike

Segrue

Advertisement Copy Control:

Laura Champion

Chairman: Jim Connell

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Friday of each month.

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Paul Street, London EC2A

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& Sons Ltd, Tovil. Maidstone,

Kent.

Further advice on improving your games

writing.

Time ﬂ ies when you're programming. This

program will show you just how much,

GRAPHIC

SOLUTIONS

LASER TRACK 30

A superb scrolling game for the 64

Software can take the graft out of computer

graphics. Read our round-up of the available

packages ﬁrst,

MASTERING

MACHINE CODE 36

CALLING

COMPUNET

Commodore connects to Commodore.

Compu net is now on-line.

A further installment in our series on the

computer's own language.

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Company.

from his torment in this game for the 64.

That way madness lies. Can you free our hero

Publications Limited,

SENSE OF

ADVENTURE

LIGHT

FANTASTIC

Lost in the labyrinth? Runecaster shows you the

way Out of the maze.

Give your graphics the light touch —use a light

pen.

SOFTWARE

SPOTLIGHT

SOFTWARE

SPOTLIGHT

VIC GAMES

PROGRAMMING

VIC GAMES

PROGRAMMING

Reviews of all the latest software releases.

More information for the Vic games writers

DRAWN

TOGETHER

ALL CLEAR

Designer 64 and the Koala Pad Touch Tablet are

brought together in the one review.

A utility for clarifying the graphics symbols in

your programs. All the listings in Your

Commodore will be using it from now on

64 SYMBOLS

BUSINESS

FILE

If you have trouble with the 64's graphic

symbols in programs then this page will be

a handy reference guide.

More business software for the Commodore

assessed.

4 CROWNS OF

ADELIM

BASIC FACTS

PART 5

Can you recover the 4 crowns in our great

adventure for the 64.

Continuing our series on the computer

language everyone must learn.

DOING IT

YOURSELF

COMPUTERS IN

BUSINESS

This month we look at records and ﬁles as part of

vou do-it yourself business package

A trip to Minehead Radio to see how

Commodores feature in their business.

REFERENCE

LIBRARY

TURN TURTLE 70

Books, books, books and all on aspects of

Commodore machines.

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