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SOFTWARE REVIEWS Richard Potty's Tolladega reviewed ;„■ Er™ boeq Hardball reviewed by Rick ■■.-. ■aough KOIOnlS Rift reviewed by John lermaine Spy VS. Spy II reviewed By John Jemalne Black Thunder reviewed by Mart Coione The Crimson Crown reviewed by Gory Fields Silent Service reviewed by John J Koffler Ufeplan reviewed by Matihew Stem Nine Princes In Amber reviewed by Mark Colons Winnie the Pooh reviewed by Gary Fields

Alice In Wondehand reviewed by Keiley Essoe Elite reviewed by Mark Cotone

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JIFFIES Abstract by Jerry A. Slurdivoni

Family Record Sheet by d.w. Sampson Paycheck by D.W. Sampson

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TECHNICAL TIPS Inside the 1571 by Robert W. Baker

USER GROUPS HOW TO ENTER PROGRAMS

BOOK REVIEWS

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MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAMS FOR C64 AND 128

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LETTERS

Dear Subscriber:

Reset Master

Chances arc you're already receiving

To the Kditor:

TRKSMICRO

both Commodore PowcrlPiay and

While I appreciate your article in

Commodore Microcomputers maga

forming Commodore Microcom

zines. An overwhelming majority of

puters readers of the various benefits

our subscribers do. In fact, most of

obtained

our newsstand purchasers buy both

ware's Reset Master on their VIC-20.

from

using Master Soft

as well. However, if you only subscribe to one

SX-64, or Commodore 6-1 computers (November/December, 1985, Com

or the other, you may be surprised to

modore Microcomputers), you

team how similar the two magazines

should be aware that this unit does

have become. We now routinely cov

not work as intended on all Commo

er technical and productivity topics along with games and entertainment in

Commodore Power/Play.

And

Commodore Microcomputers

now

routinely covers games and entertain

ment along with technical and pro ductivity topics.

Effective January 1987,1 am proud to announce we will be combining them into a single monthly

titled

publication

Commodore Magazine.

This

means you will receive exactly the same Information PLUS MOMi! Now you will get more news and reviews of the latest hardware and software, type-in

programs

Commodore

and

late-breaking

information

than

ever

before. To assist with the change-over, Com

modore Microcomputers and Com

modore Power/Play are currently available only as dual subscriptions.

This also means if you have a single subscription to one bi-monthly maga zine, you will now start receiving a magazine monthly instead, alternating between Power/Play and Microcom

puters, for the number of issues you pre-paid. In other words, if you have a one-year (six issues) subscription to

Microcomputers,

you will

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ceive 3 issues of Microcomputers and 3 issues Of Power/Play. Starting with the January issue, you will automati cally

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Commodore

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As always, everybody here at Com

dore 64 computers. I purchased my 64 in June of 1985 and followed up with my order for the Reset Master in July. 1 received it in early August, and promptly put it to

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reclaim my program by commanding the previously loaded

dore owners!

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gram to unfreeze my program and making it available to me once again.

However, when I returned to my

modore users will discover robe one of rhe

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one program

information

loss.'

another without

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formats.. A wide variety ranges from the ability to create printed lists, .to a selective report feature that lets you access a certain

group of records." RUN. April 1985. "Worth the money, if only for tne spread-

sheer." InfoWorld. Dec. 17. 1ﾂｰ8d. "As o marriage of convenience and value.

the

program succeeds

hondsome1y...Tri

Micro's spreadsheet possesses impressive

features."

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Microcomputer,

May June 1985

Team-Mate.Write File,

Home Office. Plus Groph

64,1 found it had absolutely no effect.

Your Personal Accountant

Referring to the very explicit direc tions

included

with the unit, I

tempted to make the adjustment with the metal

wire, as indicated,

but,

alas...this procedure had absolutely no effect. The display did not even

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COMPUTES Goiette.

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flicker, let alone disappear momentar

and thrills os he or she could possibly want."

ily and then reappear.

POWER PLAY. April 1985.

Realizing the extra distance afford ed me by the 2" wire included with the unit, I decided to leave it in the

Rug Rider, Entertainer 1, Corom Snowdrifts 6 Sunny Skies, Ghost Town

installation in order to utilize the ex

AND THERE ARE TWO

tra sockct...and not worry about its

REASONS TO BUY NOW

primary

purpose.

This,

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proved to be a mistake窶馬ot only did this unit not operate as intended for reset purposes, it created glitches in my printer (MPS-802) output, causing the complete loss of about every fourth character. Christopher W. Thomas NewFairfield, Connecticut Stephens. Levett ofMaster Software replies:

Mr. Thomas is correct. Reset Mas ter may not reset some versions of made a number of undocumented

Publisher

in a high performance program thot Com

and attempted to use this unit on my

the Commodore 64. Commodore bos Robert M. Kcnney

'Team-Male's inregrated design has resulted

permanent address some weeks later,

hearing your suggestions.

Thank you for making Commodore

the screen, and then allowing me to

modore Magazine looks forward to

Magazine the magazine for Commo

location.

worked fine with this unit, clearing

EASY TO USE, EASY TO AFFORD

changes to the 6-i's electrical circuitContinued Olt pg f>

Every purchase mode between now and January 15. 1986. will include a voluable coupon book, wirh savings on computer

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ry. One of these changes is the addi tion of resistance in the reset signal line of the serial port, which makes

ote fully integrated software progtams

the serial port reset Signal line an

designed 10 manage youF data so you

output only.

can whip Thousands of names ond

Because Of this change, Reset Mas

numbers into shope.

ter may not work satisfactorily with

Use rhe word processor to move a

your computer. That is why in the

paragraph or transfer text from file ro

instruction booklet we state that, if

file. You con even generate a form and

the product does not work with your 64, you should return it to Ihe place

customize ir by merging informorion from the file monoger or by merging spreadsheet numbers.

LETTERS

of purchase fur a complete refund.

ÂŁ

However, since less than one percent

Monitor your budget, cash flow and invest

of all Reset Masters sold have been

ments with rhe spreadsheet. Use it to help

returned,

plan shopping ond coupon use.

we presume that only a

small percentage of Commodore 64's

Keep on top of appointments, critical dates ond events with the file manoger Let it help

you organize inventories, research notes, or family health records.

PLU5 GRAPH creores pie charts, line graphs or bar graphs to illustrate trends market shore, and profitability.

are affected by this problem. Master Software has other prod ucts which replace specific features

of Reset Master, should il not work properly with your system. Modem Master Plus is a four-foot extender

for the user port, which also includes

You'll see rhat the performance, quality, ond price will

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Control Your Data Statements Tu the Editor: In the article "Control Your Data"

(January/February 1986, Commodore Microcomputers), the author said that

he would be interested in hearing about other ways to improve control over DATA statements.

have two

tips that I would like to pass along to

ENTERTAINER I provides a collection of fun, from

him and your readers.

defending the city from dteoded Trobots, to pilot miergoloctiC space to finding ana1 destroying 'he Evil Warlord's nuclear reactor

cific Location," he used this statement to reset the DATA pointer to a specif ic section of DATA in a menu-type

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First in his section "Restore to Spe

A = PEEK(61) + 256'PEEK(<S2): POKE66, A/256: POKE 65, A 256*PEEK(66) 1 have used the following shorter statement, and it seems to work just

as well:

POKE 65, PEEK(6I): POKE 66, I'EEK(62) The second tip is a way to achieve RESTORE to a specific program line

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LETTERS which does not have this BASIC command. Add this line

to the program Just before the RFAD that you want to RESTORE to:

book references. For instance, Ihe book provided with the C Power Compiler (C Primer I'lns) references this

Style manual. I did not intend to recommend Elements

150 X a PBEKC65): Y = PEEK(66): RBM - Remem bers [his line numher

of Programming Style J&r learning C There is a more serious error, hoiret-er, later in my

160 READ

review. The interface between C Power ami machine

To RESTORE the DATA back to that line later on in the

code is SOT detailed in C Primer Plus, which is a

program, insert this line before the next READ; 320 POKE 65, X: POKE 66, Y: REM - Restores DATA to

generic hook. The language C is detailed in Ihe Primer. and the interface is detailed in the C. Power manual.

line 150

Control Your World

READ

Russell Gatser Batavia, New York

To the Editor: I read the article "Control Your World" by Jerry Houston in your January/February. 19Hf>, issue of Com

Tale of Two C's

modore Microcomputers. The article held a very special

To the Editor; Contrary to Walt Lounsbery's "Tale of Two C's'" (Jan

interest to us here at CGRS Microtech because we were

uary/February,

A/D converter boards specifically for the Commodore

1986, Commodore Microcomputers'),

The Elements ofProgramming style has nothing to do with the C language. All examples are in 1*1/1 or Fortran

not mentioned as a supplier. We manufacture a line of computer.

At the present time, we manufacture three hoards: Mini-Diadacs 1, Diadacs 1, and Past Diadacs 1. Fast Did-

in that book. Bob Trent

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dacs 1 has the following features:

1. It plugs into the cartridge port on either the C64 orCI28.

Author Walt Lounsbory replies:

2. 16 input, 12-bit resolution on the A/1) converter lit

it is a fact that Elements of Programming Style does

100 microseconds conversion time (6000/sec),

not use C in its examples, but it is nevertheless closely

3. A/D converter has an operational amplifier on the

associated with the language through articles and

front end to allow gain changes by varying tile feedback resistor. (This allows low-level signals to use the full resolution of the A/D.)

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P ree Spirit Software has released three programs for the 126: The Great War, BASICally Simple 188, and Postmaster 136.

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Party Songs for the Commodore 64/128 ohn Henry software has released Party Bongs for the Commodore 64/128. Party Songs features 18 traditional favorites arranged in three-part harmony. The words to each song appear in time with

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Robotics Kits XiCC ;cess Software has Introduced four rohotlc

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REVIEWED BY l-.HVIN 1IOHO

Richard Petty^s Talladega

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Computer: Commodore 64

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Jin Richard Petty's Talladega, it's not enough to jam your foot on the gas |u il.tl and lean hard into the turns. In

Gut, that's the worst tiling to do, for there are 18 drivers on the track, each

pits. With the other cars forced to

with his own style and each with his

hold position, you won't fall so far

own tricks. First select a track from the menu: the Tri-Oval, which is a fixed track you can run at any time, or the Ran dom. As its name implies, Random is

generated by the computer and will (lever he the same track twice in a row (unless you select Random Re peat).

Each race

30 laps,

and a

smooth scrolling action works con tinuously to show the next section.

Pushing your joystick forward adds speed, and pulling it hack slows you.

Men and machines are pushed to the limits of their

auto racing is an adverse sport as well

endurance in this

chines are pushed to the limits of en

auto racing game

course. But because these diings are

that captures the essence of racing.

incorporated into the game, and be cause your car behaves as though it has mass and momentum, program mer Robert

Bonifacio has captured

result is a fun game that tests your road, costing yourself both fuel and

track.

tires.) against

durance and things do go wrong, of

more of the essence of racing, and the

ment controls your position on the can race

can only go wrong, bear in mind that as an adversary sport. Men and ma

lloost feature, and side-to-side move

before you

Now, if you're thinking the frustra tion factor is too high and that things

The lire-button engages the Turho-

But

behind.)

skills. And among those skills tested is

Drifting is only one of the real-life

ynur ability to "draft" another car. In this play, you follow so close that

Richard Petty, you must make a quali

conditions built into the game. An

fying run, racing against a clock. Make

other is that you must know how to

your opponent

it, and according to your qualifying

"cut" or "take a line through" a curve,

wind resistance. (Another theory has

takes the

brunt

time, you are given a starting position

otherwise you stand little chance of

it that the lead car creates a vacuum

and a number of bonus points. Fail

qualifying

that pulls you along.) In either case,

and you win only ihc right to try

chance of winning.

even

slimmer

Add to this the fact that mechanical

again. At

and

all

times,

during

the result is fuel savings. '1he only thing that keeps Richard

racing and

objects fail under stress. This means

Putty's Talladega from being a simu

qualifying, the upper one-third of the

you will experience car malfunctions

lation as opposed to a game is view

screen displays your status—not only

or can come suddenly upon an oppo

point. You are above and slightly

your position on the track, hut the

nent sitting dead on the track. If the

behind your car. If you were looking

condition of your tires, amount of fuel

trouble is with your car, try to make it

through the windscreen and had an

remaining, next driver to pass, and

to a pit lane—the same option you'd

instrument panel before you, it would

accumulated points.

use for low fuel or bald tires.

be a simulation.

Tires wear

third

playing of the

Hnter the pit lane and the screen

shoulder of the road (easy to do when

flips to show an overhead view of

theme song is wearying, and subse

some clown is leaning on you), and

your car in the pit area. -Select from a

quent

they must be changed if you are to

menu the service needed, and as soon

sound effects and graphics are quite

avoid a blowout and a crash. Gas is

as it's done, use the exit option to get

good—about what we've come to ex

used at a fair rate, but can be squan

back on the track. The other guys

pect of Cosmi. And because the game

dered by overuse of the Turbo-Boost er. (Boost only on straightaways. Try

aren't sitting still waiting for you. (If

demands strategy as well as arcade

possible, wait until the yellow caution

skills, I give Richard Putty's Talladega

it on a curve and you'll drift off the

flag is showing before heading for the

high marks.

MAY/JUNE'86

drive on

Though the

the

if you

repetitions

even worse, all

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Hardball Computer: Commodore 64 Publisher: Accolade

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Disk

Price:

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VTraphically. Hardball is more real istic than a Nolan Ryan fastball zip ping under your chin. It features four different perspectives. One puts you

behind the pitcher, one covers left field,

one

from

beliind home plate I. and one

covers

right

Held

(both

shows both lineups and the scoreboard. Control is through a joystick'. You choose your lineup from

the Unlike

Scoreboard screen. The other team is another player. If you choose to be the home team, you now take your position as pitcher. From the mound

you select from four different types o!' pitches. Now choose exactly where you want the ball to go. Depending on the pitcher, some locations will almost always produce strikes while

some

computer

baseball

games where memorization of con

controlled by either the computer or

If an arcade approach

trols is the most important

trait to

success, there are on-screen prompts to remind you in what direction you

to baseball is what

you enjoy, plant your spikes here.

want to point the stick for a given action. Hie movement of the runners is

fluid and vividly drawn. For the most part, the ball movement is realistic. The

others will be balls.

only

exception

the

com

pressed OUtfleld, Instead of giving the

If the hall is hit, the scene shifts to behind the plate, and the proper field

select a swing that's high, low, inside

impression that center field is farther

After

or outside. In fact, I've yet to defeat

away than right and left fields, it gives

that, it's just a matter of moving him

the computer, though I did rally for

the illusion of being closer. The ball

in the right direction. The ball can be

two runs in the bottom of the ninth

also seems to be in slow motion at the

hit on the ground or in ihe air. the

once to send it into extra innings. "Hie

heginning, then picks up speed as it

shadow

computer opponent can be a bit frus

gets to the infield.

is automatically activated.

of the

ball

indicating how

high it's hit and how far. Be careful

trating to play, for it has no adjustable

though,

skill level. That means it never throws

the ballpark, but

field, the first baseman may be acti

to the wrong base, though it often

proach to baseball is what you enjoy,

vated, but if you start him backpedall

makes some pretty silly substitutions.

plant your spikes here.

because

if it's hit to right

ing, a shift of control to the right field

• When on the mound, mix up

If the ball is caught in the air, that's

if an arcade ap

Hardball Hints

er can send him away from the ball rather than toward it.

Overall, it doesn't beat a real seat ai

your stuff,

especially

when

playing

worry about adjusting the swing. In stead, Just concentrate on timing the

it. If it's hit on the ground to the in

against

field, you're required to throw to onc

"groove" a fastball down the middle.

of the bases. When

It will either be a foul ball or a home

plate. If you get ahead in the count,

run. Use even-thing the pitcher has to

do like a major leaguer and look for a

offer.

particular pitch. If it's not there, let it

a man

base, there's a screen lower

reaches

insert in the

right-hand corner showing

where the runners are and what they're doing.

Offense is the hardest thing to mas

the

computer.

Don't

ever

• Watch your hurler closely for signs that he's tiring. When pitches aimed to paint the corners start miss

swing.

• Don't

be over anxious at the

go. But when you get two strikes, hack away at almost anything. • Most of all, have run. Take your

ter in this game. Not only is it neces

ing all together or start finding a large

lumps and learn at the hands of the

sary to time the swing correctly (with

section of the plate, rest up or you'll

computer and then invite over your

the button on the joystick), but, to

be sorry.

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make solid contact, you also need to 20

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Koronis Rift Hostile

attack

craft

range

laser

Computer; Commodore 64 Publisher: Epyx 1043 Kiel Court

Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Medium: Price:

Disk Not available

A he year is 2249, and you are a

technosc;ivenger. That's a fancy term for an inteig&lactic wanderer search ing for the remnants of 30 lost civil

izations whose elder races are known as the Ancients. The Ancients lived

thousands of years ago, but for some mysterious reason,

they vanished

without a trace. The Ancients' tech

with a dot in its center, for example,

nology was highly advanced, even by

you

2249's standards. One day, as you're investigating a phenomenon in space, a large planet appears where the charts show noth ing. Upon closer inspection, you dis

cover that

this

composed

unknown world

of rugged

mountain

ranges, rolling hills, and 20 deep rifts. A wild

thought

enters

your mind.

Could this he the fabled world of Kor

onis, where the Ancients supposedly tested their weapons? There's only one way to find out in this 3-D game designed by Lueasfilm. You contact I'sytek, your Science Droid Analyzer robot, and

If any of the legends

order and places a Rcpo-Tcch unit

identification keeps Ihings simple and

about the lost

easy to understand. A second symbol

civilization of

device. You may encounter a module

tells you which culture created the

Koronis are true,

containing a systems icon not men

you're in for a lot of

get a better idea of what you possess,

trouble in this game

Alien Insignia section of your booklet.

tioned in the instruction manual. To research the second symbol Knowing something about

in the

the cul

ture of that particular civilization may give you clues.

It's important to remember several things. Hist of all. some modules have

instruct

him to prepare the Surface Rover for descent. Psytck acknowledges your

automatically know it's some

type of shielding device. This form of

infamous Koronis rifts. A rift is simply an isolated valley surrounded by an

little or no value. So determine the worth of each device, and if a module is judged undesirable, dismantle it quickly to free the interface it occu

robot who performs manual tasks in

impenetrable wall of jagged peaks which come in various sizes and shapes. Examine them closer, and you

environments hostile to humans.

uncover some interesting facts. Each

system and appear to do nothing. Hut this doesn't necessarily brand that

aboard the vehicle. Repo-Tcch is a

If any of the legends about the An cients are true, you could be in for

a lot of trouble. First of all, the An cients Hooded their testing ground with a lethal radioactive mist to keep

mountain, for example, has a certain

height, a particular shape, a pre selected position, and certain visual characteristics.

As you face each landmark, note its

out unwelcome visitors. Thank good

design. This is just as example of what

ness you have a Rcpo-Tech unit. The

can he

Ancients also created a powerful race of guardians. These creatures patrol

the landscape in saucers, destroying any intruders they encounter. As an abandoned vehicle appears on the ho rizon, you're convinced that you've not only discovered the planet Kor onis. but it appears to be untouched. As you descend to the planet's sur

face, you find yourself in one of the 22

MAY/JUNE'86

accomplished with fractal

graphics, fractals are a sophisticated

pies. Some activated modules will drain power from your vehicle's drive

item as worthless. When you encoun ter a module like this, research the

civilization who made it. analyze the module, determine the most it should be able to do. and make your judg ment accordingly. It you feel that the

way of generating 3-D graphics, and

module could be valuable at a later date, place it in an interlace, but don't

are used in all the Lueasfilm games

activate it.

created so far.

You arc searching for modules.

Also remember that only six mod ules can be interfaced into the Surface

Modules are found in abandoned ve

Rover's system at a time. Early in the

hicles, and have two symbols, '["he

game, it's important to decide which

first symbol represents the type of

basic types of modules you'll need so

system the module contains. If you discover a module bearing a circle

you can designate an interface slot for Continued on pg. 2-i

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on your interface board. The third

similar

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than its power rating. A very powerful

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grade your prime modules and ex

isn't very useful in a fight.

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l"his

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has a view window with six monitor

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ons system and a visual graph show

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ing the amount of energy consumed

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by each shot. The final monitor pro

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ond and fifth screens are for obtaining

vides updated information about your

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Spy vs. Spy II:

The Island Caper

=ISLAND CAPEB Failure

Computer: Commodore 6i Publisher: First Star

18 Bast fist Street New York, NY 10017 Medium:

Disk

Price:

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to complete

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J.n Spy rs. Spy II: The Island Caper, you're- a wacko spy competing with

you a front row seat to a volcanic

another spy (controlled by a friend or the computer) to obtain three parts of

eruption.

a secret missile hidden on a remote island. Once you get the three pieces, you must not only assemble them, bin

get the missile off the island to the

safety of your submarine, Unfortunately,

the island you're

working on is about to be destroyed by a volcano. Other hazards include

patches of quicksand and the threat of drowning

becoming

shark

bait.

These are only the natural hazards; you still have to face man-made ones.

Sound in The Island Caper is sim

merit

Another display

shows

whether

ple but adequate. Everything you do

Man-made boobytraps arc chosen

one or two people are playing the

in the game

from a menu and placed in your path

game, which of the seven difficulty

noise. This factor, coupled with the

by your adversary (and vice versa).

levels is currently being used, the E.Q.

simple background

Boobytraps include snares, open pits,

of your opponent in a single-player

the graphics effectively.

punji pits (holes with sharpened

game, and where your escape sub is

These two comically sadistic spies

stakes

gasoline

hidden. A doomsday clock, ticking

(one dressed in black, the other in

bombs, and a napalm cannister that

backwards from six minutes, reminds

white) first appeared in Mad Maga

can burn your foe to a cinder.

you that failure to complete your mis

zine about 3() years ago. The comic

sion in the allotted time earns you a

strip continues to haunt the pages of

in them), coconut

There's no way to see the location

produces

different

music, supports

traps, so momentarily put

front row seat to a volcanic eruption.

that publication today, and over the

yourself in your rival's place. Where

1 was very pleased with the graph

years it's attracted a large group of

of these

would he put traps so they could do

ics of The Island Caper, The initial

followers. And The Island Caper lives

the most damaage? If you must enter a

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suspicious area, do so from the least

character.

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achuting toward a heavily wooded is land. An inactive volcano looms in the

tained what you came for, backtrack

Center of this paradise, and the sun is

well as entertaining months after you

out. If you happen to trap your foe,

setting into the sea. Mike Riedcl, the

purchase it. Your computer opponent

rush to the scene of the crime and

programmer of this game, has a spe

in a single-player game has a program

pick up any missile parts he may have

cial talent for making graphics beauti

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dropped.

ful as well as functional, Riedel also

mine

At all times, you can see exactly

has an excellent eye for detail Bach

options give the player the ability to

what's happening to each spy. This is

figure has a distinct shapeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;detailed

change the game scenario.

called

lines and shading, This style really en

Simulvision.

Using another

two spies par

Tbv Island Caper is challenging as

his

intelligence.

Other

game

I like to assume the role of a spy on

technique called Sinuilplay you can

tices you to become involved. The

a secret mission. My enemy can do

enter the same location as your en

speed of the graphics are also well

anything that I can do, and there's

emy and either fight it out or contin

engineered. If the spies moved any

always the possibility that the volcano

ue on. There is also a visual readout of

faster, you wouldn't have enough re

will snuff us both out. Give The Island

your spy's strength and what pieces of

action time to plan strategies and set

Caper a try. I'm sure you'll enjoy this

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road warrior,

x\. sort of "Mad Max meets Moon

strapped

Patrol," this hlgb-Spccd reflex chal

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thing novel for the arcade virtuoso. Instead,

takes

REVIEWED l)Y MAKK COTONE

all

the

proven

elements that endear this style of

behind the wheel of a

Challenge to its players—unceasing

heavily

action, explosive graphics, and addictlvely simple design—and expertly weaves

them

together

armoured mobile assault unit called the

create a

Crow-Ther (apparently christened in honor

slick, satisfying, and highly playable package. The program's scenario is set in the

of this program's author, Anthony Crowther).

year 2O-i3 AD, a time when bands of ruthless punks rule the commonlands.

You

are

unpoliccd in

joystick

road

warrior,

sions, along with low-riding guided

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Strapped behind the wheel of a heav

missiles

and it's yours.

ily

assault unit

edented tailing abilities. Show your

Crow-Ther (apparently

mettle by surviving a couple of

the control aspects are straightfor

christened in honor of this program's

rounds with these road hazards, and a

ward and

author. Anthony Crowther). The ob

fleet of missile-dropping helicopters

challenge remains stringent. There is

ject is

control of a

faceless

armoured

called

the

mobile

that

demonstrate

unprec

As with most entries in this genre, easy

learn, while

the

will join the chase, closely followed

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forces of the City Masters in a Itfc-or-

by an

that encompasses

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flying saucer.

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of the enemies, bobbing above your

ing 100,000 points. Hut don't set your

by the relentless troop of attackers.

auto in taunting maneuvers which be

goals too high. I'd be happy to see the

come

other side of level live.

escape

the

imprisoning

The action is viewed from two an

equally destructive

breed of

15 levels and 32

screens. Winning is accomplished by

The choppers are the most illusive

progressively

quicker

the

destroying all opponents and collect

added

technical

feature

gles, using a split-screen display. The

rounds advance. 'Hie saucer, on the

upper half of the playlield tracks the

other hand, although the largest and

ground-level escapades from a van

most intimidating challenger, would

now

tage just off the roadside. Futuristic

just as soon ignore your vehicle, and

where an unseen android begins each

architecture supplies a moon-tinted blue backdrop as your vehicle cuts

if given

contest with a verbal warning to get

than happy to quietly pass up on any

prepared, and closes the trip with a

across the metallic landscape. Pillared

combative

complete scoring read out. Unfortu

structures occasionally breeze by the

provocation-—whether intentional or

nately, these speech sounds arc mere

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misguided—will be deemed an act of

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the chance, will opportunities.

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be But

any

with

its

Both

simultaneously with a

Black Thunder is the inclusion of the fashionable

voice

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while sounding like some-

can all be a bit humorous, though I

effect. Nevertheless,

all

of that

will

air. Cruising the asphalt are suicidal

push of the fire button. Any necessary

unnoticed once the game pulls you

tanks, which opt ior head-on colll-

reloading is carried out by locating

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REVIEiWED I1Y MARK CO)ONE

Nine Princes The company

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l\ hie Princes in Amber is an inter mediate text adventure based on a series of science ficiion hooks by

RogCI Zelazny, You

Lire Corwin, a

bedridden

who

patient

has

just

blinked his sleepy eyes open in a qui et

and

secluded

private

hospital

between your the countryside is scattered with large, slowly turning windmiils...a sudden and coronation violent thunderstorm, strangely colored and your clouds rolling overhead. A vast desert surrounds you...the roadway begins to funeral sparkle.

room. Your legs are packed in casts,

your brain is fogged with amnesia, and some burly gorillfl of an attendant is preparing to board you on another

ney, one that will take you from infir

magnificent

flight back to dreamland. But don'!

mary inmate to national ruler, all in

dream, perhaps, but one that is well

get loo cozy, for the drugs you are

the span of a two-sided disk.

Rise,

within reach. Tor King Oberon, the

about

brave warrior. It is time to get out of

current leader of Amber, is actually

bed.

Corwin's father. That's right, your sur

to receive are not for your

benefit The involuntary rest they will induce is all part of an elaborate plan to keep your brain and body immobi lized.

Amber is the land where this ad

kingdom. Ambitious

rogate is a Prince, and by royal law he

venture takes place, a "perfect world of which all others are imperfect

is a natural heir. That's the good news.

shadows." liver since he can remem

al parents, once was obviously not

correctly, you can't remember. But

ber, Corwin has always envisioned

enough. For in addition to our hero,

you will soon go on a perilous jour-

himself seated upon the throne to this

Why? You don't know. Or more

The bad news is that for the imperi

Continued cm pR. 40

Amber's Golden Rules

No need to feel so lonely in this

that he just played. If he aims high,

strange town. Here are a few tips to help you survive.

you aim low, and vice versa, l-'or ex

ored path as a dump for unwanted

ample, if an enemy were to take a cut

pieces. This strategy will actually al

at your legs, you should first parry, and then take a cut at his head. Most

with more

Sword Fighting • Always save your progress to disk just before a sword fight begins, and, more importantly, right after it

ends. Bven if you have the enemy trapped at your blade's edge, there is still a chance that you will be done in

opponents will not be able to raise or

drop their guard

quick enough

• Don't be afraid to use one col

low you io reach your destinations direct routes. The five

stars can be easily crossed with the three remaining paths.

block your attack.

Staying Alive

The Pattern

• To get a sneak preview of how

• The Pattern is your vehicle to

the alliances will

shape up as

game

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the

by some hidden cohort or unseen

regain some forgotten mystical pow

weapon. It's better to be able to re

ers available to each member of your

sume the action without having to risk replaying a duel.

cards illustrated on the inside of the

royal family. You can be led to this

box.

proving ground by confessing your

• Never feint with your sword

might tic some family members to

confused amnesiac state to a trusted

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without following through. Strategi cally, it serves no purpose but to put you on the losing end of your oppo

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ber life. When verbal banter is unable to bring about a solution or compro

mise, an impatient prince may use the hard edge of his blade to cut through

all the argumentative nonsense. The duels stick to the all-text format, pre

senting these classic matches totally stripped of their visual element. With

planning that goes into each offensive

company you kill—spells the differ

only

by understanding

the subtle

attack and defensive stand. If you

ence between your coronation and

choose to "feint, cut high" when the

your funeral. With the burden of an

situation calls for a "parry,

erased memory-, Corwin must first re

low," you might find yourself kneel

new old acquaintances. Using subtle

ing in a pool of your own biood. Joy

questioning and disguised interroga

stick jcrkers who usually fall back on

thrust

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their lightning reflexes to cover up

tions and allegiances. Tlie action evolves

for any tactical miscues will find this

text-adventure

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style—on-screen

prosaic approach unusually challeng ing and quite deadly.

To help compensate for Corwin's

ligent, reacting quickly and logically.

amnesiac handicap, '"Hie Pattern," a

Colorful illustrations accompany the

maze game-within-a-game, is present

prose, and although there are times

ed as a sort of mystical antidote. Put

when a picture will visually reaffirm

simply, the player must use an assort

the

ment of path pieces to build a con

importance

of an

object,

the

drawings are not intended to supply

tinuous course

any specific clues by themselves.

veiled "stars" which lay scattered

plot

structure, while

fairly

that

intersects

five

about the play field. Hach move re

straightforward, allows for innumer

calls a small tidbit of Corwin's past,

able twists. The package advertises

while every crossed star reveals and

"■iO possible final endings and over

restores some forgotten power that is

40,000 different game variations,"

inbred in all the members of the Roy

numbers that validate this game's lati

al House of Amber. Only by complet

tude. Every time a character is con

ing this pattern will Corwin regain

fronted, the story line can swing wild

the knowledge to use these tools.

ly. An early frictioned encounter with

This

from a player's perspective, since, un

sister,

for example,

might

memory remedy works well

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by a supporting brother. Make an ag

Zclazny, you enter the contest know

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ing little or nothing of Amber's ways.

and another may make you pay a be

But

lated price. It's as if the computer-

many objects, commands and events

once The

Pattern

finished,

controlled family members are meet

that Corwin has since encountered

ing,

will start piecing into an overall pic

talking,

and

off-screen

plotting in some room,

ture—as if your memory is actually

trying to guess your next move even

starting to clear. It's a well executed

as you

touch.

struggle

conference

to ascertain theirs.

This perpetual interweaving of all of

Nine Princes in Amber is gripping

Amber's pawns gives this contest an

fun, requiring players to possess the

engaging life nil its own.

courageous strength of a warrior, the

The outcome of your kingdom

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My own children enjoy going to the

the option.

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Robin,

has blown through the Hundred Acre Wood, picking up balloons, coats and toys belonging to each character, and leaving them hidden somewhere in the woods. The child's task is to find

the lost objects and return them to their owner.

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to visit and talk with the characters they meet. In addition, there are lots

walk in any of the four directions. To

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disk, turn the sound on or off. and display the found objects as well as calculate how many objects are still lost in the woods.

The challenges of the game are to walk through the woods without get

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SOFTWARE REVIEWS

REVIEWED BY KELLEY M. ESSOE

Alice in Wonderland

exquisite tortures of phrasing and re phrasing your "ncrbs"

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are

planet from a certain ill-fated destiny.

"drop" the ones she doesn't think she

Meanwhile, just last month, these two

needs, and run an "inventory" to re

impressionable young boys witnessed

mind herself of everything she is or is

the

not carrying. Plus, she can "use" a

shoeking

sight

their

own

wide variety of very unusual tools she

mother leaping about the house, glee

finds, which enable her. for example,

fully raving about having finally man

to cross wide gaps or float upwards—

aged to gel a Babel fish into her tar.

both absolutely essential to her explo

Still, up until a package arrived last Saturday,

had

nary

E.A.S.

(electronic

rations

concerned

thought thai the incurable scourge of adventure

syn

come up with a hybrid that is not only

and

ultimate

escape

from

Wonderland. Of course, "eai" is an other thing Alice can do. For. as we all

drome) could rear its thrill-seeking

digestible but altogether fitting as a

know, Alice does have a risky pench

head in prc-adolescent children.

main course.

ant

I was wrong.

For within the en-

chantingly illustrated box from Win

There are a number of major differ ences that set Alice in WomlerUnul

version of Lewis Carroll's classic mas

apart from most adventure games. First of all, this adventure is truly a

terpiece, Alice in Wonderland. And

holistic

dham Classics was the computerized

within the magnetic magic of that in nocent looking floppy disk was the catalyst that awoke the sleeping ad venturers within my children. What do you get when you cross an

arcade game with a text adventure? Well, in my pK-Alice-in-WonderUind

opinion, what you get is apathetic. At best, I've been underwhelmed. At worst, bored, frustrated, unfulfilled

"you-are-there"

Visually entrancing,

experience.

over 250

full

screen graphic scenes, rich in color and detail, allow you to actually see

for drinking strange elixirs and

nibbling on unattended cakes and questionable mush rooms—all of which wreak havoc on her growth hormones.

The menus also let you start a new game, save a current game on disk, continue a previously saved game, or view a sample self-running game for

where you are, where you're going,

demonstration purposes. There's even

and where you've been. Plus, the Splendid music and sound effects also

an option which allows you to reposi

bring your sense of hearing into play.

game into a more familiar environ

Another big difference is that you control

all of your movements, as

Alice, with a joystick. You can make

tion

yourself

within

your

current

ment—invaluable in case you become hopelessly lost (which is quite likely). You begin your adventure at a pic nic in the park. Free to move ahout in

at a party where the fare is raw carrot

Alice walk, run, jump, climb, crawl, stand up, glide with her parasol, fall

sticks,

explore this "real world" before chas

and still hungry—like finding myself

any direction, you are wise to fully

bad-smelling

without it, enter or exit doorways,

cheese and small talk when 1 expected

shimmy through tunnels, and creep

ing after any oddly dressed rabbits.

continental

down rabbit holes. And you are never

There are certain things from up here that you're going to need to take with

bran

crackers, cuisine

and

stimulating

conversation. But Windham Classics

reduced

has

(noun/verb) sentences such as "Take

you on your journey. And once under

failed. They have managed to cross-

Object,"

ground, there's only one way back to

pollinate

Stupid." Nor are you subjected to the

succeeded apples

where and

others oranges

have and

typing

"Look

idiot

Room"

"nerb"

or "Sound

Continued on p§ 168

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THE COMMODORE 128 LEARNS TO WRITE. Looking good in print could be

Brains aren't enough without good

printer designed to make the most

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your next move with the MPS 1000 Printer. It's a new dot matrix of the I28's high-resolution graph ics because sometimes pictures speak louder than words. But it's no slouch when it comes to words. The MPS turns out about 1200

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COMMODORE 128? PERSONAL COMPUTER A Higher Intelligence

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

REVIEWED BY MARK COTONK

Elite Computer: Commodore 64 Publisher: Firebird

P.O. Box 49 Ramsey, NJ 07446 Medium:

Disk

Price:

S2995

ierehed inside your Elite star cruis er, you'll find not only asteroids, but cosmic crafts aplenty, itching for combut. Bui beyond the flashing lasers ami

lurching missiles lies a creatively con ceived, demanding world of in tcrgalactic commerce, a competitive stage that

has been set to test business, financial, and piloting prowess.

Each Elite player enters the game as :t common space trader. Your pos

sessions arc few: a Cobra Mk ill

ship—a spunky little medium-range fighter/trader—and 100 units of uni versal currency. That's it. Your mis

sion is to merely endure—to organize your trades so you can replenish your

ship's supplies while maintaining a positive cash flow.

'Hie secret to space-merchant pros perity is easy enough. Simply fly to a

planet that has an abundance of some thing, buy as much of it as you can for

board. Visually, the action is from a

As a common space

cockpit perspective, looking out into

trader, your

an elaborate control panel. This starship dashboard is an intricate piece of

possessions are few: A Cobra Mk III ship and

ly, a success formula couldn't be easi er. But when you try to put it into

motion in a market that spans eight galaxies

with

over

2,000

distinct

planets—each with its own political structure, fluctuating price hoard, marauding pirates, and alien invad

ers—then you had better learn to ex pect the unexpected. Space traders may traverse any of

three paths. For the law-ahiding, deal ing in legal merchandise is probably the safest. Foodstuffs, textiles, miner als and luxuries will all fetch a good price on

the

right

planet. Money

might he a bit slow in coming, but your conscience and record will re main clean.

Those with a little more guts (or a littie less brxiins. depending on how you look at it) might be attracted to more

covert

dealings.

One

viable

course would be to answer the galaxMAY/JUNE r86

design, keeping you in constant touch with your vessel's systems: cabin tem perature, altitude,

velocity, relative

positioning, weapons' status,

defen

100 units of universal

sive shield strength, and energy sup

currency.

alluws pilots to pinpoint any other

a cheap price, pack it all into your

ship's cargo hold, and then sell it for profit on another planet. Theoretical

the speckled blackness from behind

ply. The three-dimensional scanner ship's related position with a mere glance. You won't really appreciate it,

slaves, and firearms. It is quick cxish,

though, until you witness firsthand how successfully you can follow an

provided you don't mind the inherent

entire swarm of attackers during a

dangers. Your clientele here is certi

Cobra ambush.

ies'

increased

calls for

narcotics,

fied galactic scum, a group that would rather kill off than pay up.

'Hie actual steering of your ship can be a tricky task, especially for those

The final option is to take the law

who have grown accustomed to the

into your own hands, standing on

slow banking motions of most of

whichever side suits you best. Bounty

earth's air machines. You are advised to fasten your safety belts before put

hunting and pirating are both lucra tive

the

ting the Cobra through its first zero-

higher salaries conies the higher risks.

considerations.

But with

gravity battle roll. The high speed and

In these unpredictable life styles, only

precise maneuverability of this ship

one thing is always certain: You won't die of old age.

will initially cause some unintentional

.Survival is a privilege reserved for

turns and drops, but it is ultimately a

combative delight.

the fittest. Keen economic sense alone will not insure personal perma

sion, it will not be because he was

nence. Only the addition of a killer instinct in battle and a deft hand at

uninformed. Firebird has compiled one of the most extensive instruc

If a Cobra pilot does fail in his mis

navigation will keep a pilot among the

tional packages ever to accompany a

lucky living.

game program. 1 can't remember this

Your Cobra ship is controlled by a

combination of both joystick and key

much documentation being supplied

with mv car.

SOFTWARE REVIEWS "The Dark Wheel," a Rob Holdstock novella, sets the scene by incor porating the intergaJactlC space trad ing environment into an entertaining

fictional adventure. The story can't be considered required reading, hut it

DON'T READ THIS IF YOU'RE COtKIHG ON YOUR DRIVES!!

that summarizes all the necessary controls and includes a template to lit over a'portion of the Commodore

keyboard to label [he important func tion keys.

Each of the 2,040 planets repre

does do well to bring the contest to

sented has its own name, history,

life by dramatizing and romanticizing

trading tendencies, political profile, and commodities market. The num ber of possible scenarios is almost

the life of a nomadic trader. Once your interest is piqued, it's onto the "Space Traders' High! Train

mind-boggling. This package is more

ing Manual," a 64-page booklet that

than a fictional simulation, because an

details every aspect of your ship and

entire universe has been created, as

mission.

boundless in design as it is in ap

Technical

without

being

boring, this tutelage will introduce as

proach.

piring pilots to the full spectrum of

build on their own strengths, outfit

data that will soon become second

ting and changing their craft before

Players

are

encouraged

nature. Everything from docking pro

blasting off, and all excursions can be

cedures to the body language of alien

saved to disk.

races is covered. It should be read, re

I highly recommend that you inves

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Trade Secrets There is a staggering amount of infor

by simply travelling through space. By

mation contained in the "Space Trad

fleeing the battle scene, you are not

ers' Flight Training Manual," including

admitting defeat. Let the enemy fol

tips and techniques on every aspect

low

of game play. Absorb as many of the

enough for you to increase your ener

lessons as you can, put them into mo

gy banks and shield strength. Then

tion with some on-thc-job

turn

training,

you

back

distance, just

and fight with

long

renewed

and you should he well on your way to a profitable trading career. The ad

strength.

ditional tips listed below won't guar

and attack enemy ships, I have had

antee success, but they might help.

great success using the vertical bar

• When you are Involved in a los

• When using the scanner to track

directly above the "I" in "ELITE" as a

ing battle against a host of enemy

sort

ships, you can retreat out of danger by

gained enough capital to outfit your

of gunsight.

Until

you

have

hyperspacing to a different location.

ship With additional weapons, the

Unfortunately, these high-thrust en

only pulse lasers you have arc housed

gines can only be used to move be tween planets, and if you don't have

as an enemy vessel appears on the

enough fuel stored

on the front of your Cobra. So, as soon

scanner, maneuver your ship so that

least the shortest connecting flight,

your foe is positioned directly ahead

you're out of luck. Whenever possi

of you, even if it means turning com

ble, plan your trade trips in such a

pletely around. As the dogfight pro

way that you have enough fuel in re

ceeds, whenever you lose sight of the

serve

to complete

to complete a second-planet

enemy, look back to the scanner and reposition your ship.

hop, just in case.

• Running from battle is not al

• Every time you land on a new-

ways a sign of cowardice. It can often

planet, take note of its market prices.

be the shrewd strategic act of a com

as well as the economic, governmen

petent pilot. Your Cobra Mk III trade-

tal,

ship is one of the fastest

two

the

and

technical

planets

composition.

are alike,

and

boards will fluctuate to a certain de

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New Products from the Valley An inside look at the dynamic world of entertainment

software. M, liis is [he first of a regular scries of columns, so 1 think it's only fair to warn yon thai a good subtitle lor this

Since this is my first column, I've

would be "Subject to change without

got a backlog of information on new

gy. You should also be looking for an

adventure, arcade action, and strate

notice." My assignment is to cover the

products to get you caught up on. I'm

as-yet-unnamed game for the Amiga

field of entertainment software for the

going to go through my list from A to

to be released in the second half of

full range of Commodore computers,

Z this montli, and next month will

the year by Accolade.

talk to publishers and programmers,

start my usual format of only looking

and report on products while they are

at a few programs at a lime.

still being developed. Sort of a pre view of coming attractions.

Since

entertainment

software

cludes music and graphics programs,

Now I want you to hear in mind

Activision is making a strong move

in software for the Amiga. Coming in the Marcli/April timefraine will be an Amiga version of their Little Comput

I will be covering just about every

er People Project, as well as Garry

thing except business programs.

Kitchen's GameMaber, and The Music

you may not read it until May. This

Hope you

means that the products I write about

Studio. The Music Studio is a profes

write

will

suggestions.

that I'm writing this in January, and

sometimes

three

four

months away from their final versions, and can (will) often have features add

enjoy the show.

Please

with your comments

and

sional-quality music composition tool that features stereo sound,

Access Software will be releasing

16 chan

nels, keyboard and MIDI compatibil

Leader Board, a 3D golf simulator. It

ed, enhanced, or removed by the time they become available on the retail

ity, and uses standard music notation.

will have several

It will sell for under S'iO. Coming in

shelves.

to four players. Their Inside Story is

events,

In the normal I

three or

the 2nd/3rd quarter of the year is A'Vision, a paint program for the Amiga.

an anatomy learning system with 50

month and look at

I've had a chance to use Impact for

full-color screens showing the inner

them from various perspire lives: the

the Amiga, produced by Aegis. This is

workings of human anatomy. It will feature a multiple-choice quiz to test

a presentation graphics program for

your knowledge. Both are for the Commodore 64,

also has a great slide-show feature. It

Access is also acting a.s the distrib utor for MUI.TIBOTS, a set of elec

read this.

tronic-robotic experiment and con struction sets. This is a system of

eral new products for the Commo

each

select

three levels of play, and will allow up

four

products

will

course of

IH-hole courses,

design and Intent of the program, background on the programmed s) in volved in it.s production, features and

functions, sometimes a screenshot or two, and its probable release dale.

Most magazines have a policy of not doing reviews of products until the}' are finished This means that the reviewer may get the program only a tew weeks before it is released to the

modules that add on to an interface unit. Add-on modules will include speech digitization, digital storage os

the creation of charts and graphs. It should be available by the time you Avant-Garde will be releasing sev

dore 64: Jackie Stewart's Winning Formula, a competitive racing skill builder; The Entrepreneur's Game, a lutorial and simulation on venture

public. By the time the review is pub lished, the program has been available for months, and you've already pur

cilloscope, robotics workshop, and thermodynamics lab, This set of kits

capital; Get What You Want, an inter

chased it. Hopefully this column will

will be available for the full line of

family Album, a geneology tracking

Commodore computers.

program.

active

tutorial

negotiating;

and

give you some information about products before they come out, and will allow you to decide if they fit

Accolade, a spinoff from Aetivision, has been producing some of the

your needs when they finally arrive.

action games for the 6i. They have

just released J'Sl-5 Trading Co., a sci ence fiction multi-character adven

new operating system that turns your

ture that combines elements of text

Broderbund has several products

Hut please bear in mind thai these are mainly very early looks at programs still in development. 50

MAY/JUNE 86

best full-graphics, character-oriented

GliOS from Berkeley Soflworks will be on the shelves by now. See the feature elsewhere in this issue for details

this

revolutionary

Commodore 64 into a mini Amiga.

SILICON VALLEY INSIDER for the 64 coining soon. Print Shop Companion will finally be released

This supplemental disk for the popu lar Print Shop will include 12 new

fonts, a font editor, 50 new borders, a border editor, calendar maker, and an enhanced graphics editor. Also com

ing is the Graphics Library Disk 4, and Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego, a world exploration game

that has you tracking a thief to differ ent countries using the World Alma nac (included) to decipher dues. In

the works for [he Commodore 64 are Variable feasts, a meal planning tool based on the Time-Life Poods of the

World cookbooks; and Theater Eu rope, a World War 111 simulation that

intended) next month at Return to Atlantis for the Amiga. Under the

Hopefully this

"you heard it here first" category,

column mill give you

Electronic Arts will be producing a baseball game for the Amiga, featuring

some information

statistics of famous baseball players.

aboutproducts before

follow.

they come out, and

mill allow you to decide if theyfit your needs when they

There will also be a football game to

Enlightenment, Inc has released Jeremy Silman's Complete Guide to Chess Openings, an extensive tutorial giving a complete system of chess openings, including "Play the White

Pieces" and "Play the Black Pieces," "King's Indian Defense (4.e4 lines),"

and "Najdorf Sicilian Defense." Bach tutorial contains more than 6() hours

finally arrive.

of instructional material as well as the

"Coffeehouse Chess Monster" oppo

pits the Warsaw Pact nations against

NATO forces In West Germany, if you

Boulder Dash

can keep the Eastern Bloc forces out

Boulder Dash 1 and Boulder Dtisb 2

of West Germany lor 30 days you win,

With some

intermission

Basketball for the 64/128. This two-

but watch out, don't let the conflict

screens; Wizard +, a combination of

on-two version will feature over 40K

escalate to the use of nuclear weap

the existing Wizard programs with an

of animation and a league option that

ons. There are no winning scenarios

enhanced level editor and new graph

will extend the playing enjoyment for

With nuclear weapons.

ics by Paul Reiehe; Timothy l.cary's

months. I'll take an In-depth look at

Mind Mirror, a personality develop

this game next month.

Broderbund also has several Amiga

+, a combination of

additional

nent program.

Gamestar will be releasing GBA

products under development. There

ment and role-playing program: Lords

Mimetics has been a force in music

are no firm release dates as of yet on

of Conquest, a strategy game based

software for quite a while. They have

any of these, but look lor Mindicbeel,

on Borderlands; Amnesia by Thomas

decided

Essex (an IntergalactlC search and res

M. Disch, an all-text adventure that starts with you waking up in Manhat

ment to produce Amiga music prod programs running in the SoundScape

Print Shop with color priming and an

tan with no memory of who you are, or why you are wanted for murder.

on-screen

and

The entire subway system and over

support. Editors for RXll's, DX-TX 6

Mtndwalher, a stereo-sound, 3Dgraphics adventure starting with a

4,000 landmarks are included in this

systems,

two-disk,

quencers,

stroll through the "mental" mind,

Also for the 64 are two new role-

cue), Brimstone (Sir Gawain's escape

from the underworld of Ulro), The preview

function,

double-sided

adventure.

to make a strong commit

ucts, and will be announcing a set of series. These will all feature full MIDI MIDI

record/playback se

pitch

followers,

and

sound sampler that will retail for un

playing adventures created by Origin

der SI00 are some of the products quarter. I'll provide an in-depth look

gxime, and it had some of tlie best

Systems and marketed by Electronic Arts: Moebitis, an Oriental world of magic, mysticism, and combat with

graphics and sound 1 have seen on the

some of the most fluid combat scenes

fighting off bad thoughts while blaz

ing n trail to the "physical'" mind, and on from there. I saw a preview of this

Amiga to date. Although it was still

I've seen on the 64; and Autoduet,

that will be available in the 2nd/3rd

at the sound sampler next month. Mindscape is ready to ship Key board Cadet, a typing tutorial; Deja

under development when I saw it, !

based on CarWars, a futuristic free

Vu, a 194O's style graphics-and-text

highly recommend

way battle, where the right of way

mystery; and ISrataccas, an adventure

goes to the biggest guns.

game with movie-like animation, over

have game. I couldn't

resist

this

must-

mention

For the 12H, Electronic Arts will

50 separate characters, and mouse-

Cardco's new hard disk drives for the

release an enhanced version of Ad

controlled action. All of these are for

Commodore 6i and 128. Soon to be available in 5-, 10-and 20-megabyte

venture Construction Set by .Stuart

the Amiga.

Smith. Look also for a version of Mar

versions, these drives are supposed to

ble Madness for the 128 and 64.

line-up of future releases is Gunship

be totally transparent to the end-user, as standard

Electronic Arts also has several products for the Amiga about to be

is a helicopter simulation of the All-

1541/1571 drives are. Cardco plans

released. Versions ofMarble Madness,

to include a utility for installing pro

Adventure Construction Set. Pinbatl

Well, that's the round-up of new

tected software on the hard disk.

Construction Set, Archon ff, Deluxe

products you can expect to see in the

and are

addressed just

Last but by no means least in our from Mlcroprose for the Amiga. This 64 Apache attack gunship.

Music Construction Set, and Deluxe

next few months. This is by no means

of new products, many of them devel

Printing Construction Set will all he

all uf the programs coming, but hits

oped

Starting

coming in the 2ml/3rd quarters of this

on the highlights of what you should

with the Commodore 64, we have

year, i'll be looking in depth (no pun

be looking for.

Electronic Arts is marketing a host by

other

companies.

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ond

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This PAPERBACK WRITER 6J WORD PROCESSOR is the

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ihe

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PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE

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JIFFIES

BY JERRY A. S'LVKWVANT

Abstract for the Commodore 128 .Doing in electronics. I understand sonic of the bene fits of leaving electrical equipment on. And a computer

that is turned off is doing nothing to earn its keep. 1 like to leave mine on xi.s a continual art display. Kach time 1 finish with my computer, 1 load this program, run

it for about ten seconds or SO, then bit tbe Space bar, thereby leaving an abstract "painting." Depending on your mood, you can pick three different types of display. I call them LINES, BOXES, and BOTH. Because you use the new BASIC words DRAW and BOX, the program is very simple. Line 30 is used for

Creating random numbers from within the program. Lines ■(() to 100 are for making your selection. Line 170 and

I HO pick a number for a random location on the

graphics screen. Then we enter the DO loop.

A quick program that creates interesting abstract drawings,

using random numbers and the 128's DRAW and BOX commands.

XI and Yl pick another random screen location and

line 220 picks a color. If you selected LINES, the line

240

250 260

X=X1:Y=Y1 GET A5:IF

270

LOOP

two locations.

280

GET

XI and Yl now transfer their numbers to X and Y. Then we loop back to pick up two new locations for X 1

290

240 will activate the BASIC word DRAW and draw a colored line between the two random screen locations. If you selected BOX, then a box is drawn between the

THEN

KEY

BOX,X , Y,XI,Yl

AS<>""

THEN

EXIT

A$="R"

THEN

RUN

:ELSE

180

END

and Yl. This loop will continue until we exit. Then we can either continue drawing or start over.

Before tiping this program, rcjd "HOW In Enter Program.* imJ lion to I'sc the Miguinc Fjwy Program." "Hie BASIC progr-jins in ihi> marine ire iiiiliMc on •ii'k from lwjikt.ii,

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Abstract 10

GRAPHIC

DEF

PRINT"[CLEAR,D0WN2]

PRINT"

BOXES"

PRINT"

BOTH"

PRINT"[DOWN,SPACE4]SPACEBAR

TRIGGERS OFF AND ON." PRINT"[DOWN,SPACE4]"R1

1,1:GRAPHIC

only

R(X)=INT(X*RND(0)+1) 1.

LINES"

RUNS

$59.95

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PROGRAM." 80

90 GET L00 IF

KEY G=l

GS:G=VAL(G$) THEN A=l

110

G=2

THEN

120

G=3

THEN

130

LOOP

140 COLOR :REM

UNTIL

A Revolution In Flying

B=l

The MicroFlyte Joystick

A=1:B=1 G<4

AND

0,13:COLOR

G>0

A unique product designed for use with FLIGHT

4,13

SIMULATOR II to give you accurate and proportional

BACKGROUND

150

GRAPHIC

160

X=FN

R(320)

170

Y = FN

R(200)

180

190 200

X1=FN Y1=FN

210

C=FN

220

COLOR

230

control. Includes instant control Yoke, Throttle, Flaps,

1,1

Brakes. Gun and Elevator trim. Other Features: • Software program drivers for uiher Flight programs available soon • Use with User generated BASIC programs

R{320) R(200) R(16):IF

• Use with User generated asscmhly language programs

C=13

THEN

210

1,C THEN

DRAW,X,Y

XI,Yl

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JIFFIES

BY I). V. SAMPSON

Family Record Sheet for Commodore 64 and 128 with 1526 or MPS-802 Printer J?or those of you who arc tracing your family history,

how many times have you needed more room to write on those research forms you use?

I have, dozens of times. So I designed the Family Record Sheet to overcome that problem. The program prints out a two-page form that gives you plenty of room to write. It provides space for listing up to ten children, plus ample room for memos.

The form fits very nicely into a typewriter, loo.

"Family Record Sheet" was designed for use with the Commodore IS26 or MPS-KO2 primer. If you are using a

different printer, you may need lo change the secondary address and chrS to make the program work on your

printer (consult your printer manual).

More [yping ihi.' program, read "How tu Enter Pk^toiu" im! 'lion lu Use ihc \kprine Vntry I'rui,; in the BASIC pnigrams in ihis i.i .:., .,< ire luilibk un JiA from Loadjur.

F.().'Bo<WOn-,Shcocport.L\-l]JOt)00~ MJU0-H3I-2MM.

Family Record Sheet 1

PRINT"[CLEAR,RVS,WHITE,RVOFF]"

PKINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT4]FAMILY

:POKE DATA

53280,7:POKE

53281,12'DRLF

HISTORY

SHEET"'BASI

PRINT" [DOWN2,RIG!IT5] PLEASE TURN ON PRINTER"'BAFJ PRINT"[DOWN2]PRESS(P)AND HIT RETURN TO START PROGRAM"' BAON PRINT"-[RIGHT2,DOWN2]

(USE NO COMMAS PRINT" ":INPUT

2$<>

ZS=

"P"

OR COLONS)"'BASK ZS'CDUF

GOTO

Ifyou are tracing yourfamily history, use this handy form to keep track ofyour research.

5'EDXI

10'DEUI

10 20

AS=CHR$(14)"CGWY B$=CHRS(129)'CHDA

OPEN

PIUNT#4,CHRS (147) 'CHVC

PRINT#4,A$SPC(6)"*FAMILY DATA SHEET*"'CGFL PRINT#4,CHRS(13)'CGPF

135

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2)PLACE

52 53

PRINT"[CLEAR]"'BATF

137

;":INPUT AC$'CEYJ PRINT#4,B5SPC(3)"PLACE

DEATH

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2)NAME:"

138

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]COUNTY:"

62 63 64

PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"NAME:* *"NAS'CJAI PRINT#4,CHRS(13)"CGPH PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]DATE OF BIRTH:"

139

PRINT#4,BยงSPC(3)"COUNTY

:INPUT

140

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]FATHER'S

133

:":INPUT DE$'CEHF PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"DATE

DEATH

HISTORY

NAS'CEBG

DA$'CEWH

PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"DATE

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]PLACE : ":INPUT PLS'CERB

111

PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"PLACE

BIRTH

113

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]COUNTY:"

115

PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"COUNTY

:**"PL$'CJLE

MAY/JUNE '86

COS'CEXD

:INPUT

DEATH

OUS'CEQK

:**"OU$'CJKM

:":INPUT

:**"DAS'CJRP

: INPUT

:**"DE$'CJCI

BIRTH

DEATH

:**"AC?'CJSM

100

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]DATE

4,4,0'BFRA

:INPUT

:**"COS'CJRG 131

142

PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"FATHER'S

150

:**"FA$'CJDI PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]MOTHER'S

152

:"!INPUT M0$'CEBG PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"MOTHER'S

160

:**"MO$'CJUJ PRINT"[CLEAR]"'BATC

170

PRINT#4,CHR$(13)'CGPE

BIRTH

NAME

FAS'CEJF NAME

NAME

JIFFIES/FAMILY RECORD SHEET 180

PRINT"[RIGHT4,D0WN2]SPOUSE'S :":INPUT

NAME

190

PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"SPOUSE'S

195

:**"SP$'CJSL PRINT#4,CHR$(13)'CGPL

200

PRINT"lRIGHT4,DOWN2]DATE

NAME

275

PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"MOTHER'S

230

232

:":INPUT ACS'CESF PRINTS4,B5SPC(3)"PLACE

272

:":INPUT

BIRTH

:":INPUT ATS'CENC PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"DATE OF BIRTH :**"AT$'CJHF PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2)PLACE OF BIRTH

220

274

PRINT"[RIGHT4,D0WN2]FATHER'S NAME :":INPUT ER$'CEAJ PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"FATHER'S NAME :**"ERS'CJTM PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]MOTHER1S NAME

270

SPS'CEYJ

BIRTH

PRINT"[RIGHT4,D0WN2]COUNTY:"

253

PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"COUNTY :**"NTS'CJIJ

:INPUT

255

NT$'CEOG

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]DATE :":INPUT

290

PRINT"[CLEAR]"'BATG

310

PRINT"[RIGHT2,DOWN2]CHILD/CHILDREN :(WILL LIST 6)""BAUG

311

257

PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"DATE

259

:**"TES'CJSP PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]PLACE :" : INPUT

PRINT"[RIGHT2,DOWN2]

WHEN DONE LISTING RESTORE"'BAEK

DEATH

330

PRINT#4,CHR$(13)'CGPC

340 350

FOR X=0 TO 5'DDWD PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]NAME:"

352

PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"NAME

360

PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]DATE

:INPUT :(SHFT

DEATH

S2] '"CHWF

DLS'CECG S2]"DLS'CJCK

:":INPUT

380

262

: INPUT

381

PRINT#4,CHRS(13)'CGPI

264

PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"COUNTY

390

:**"TYS'CJTL

400

NEXT'BAEG CLOSE 4,4,0:END'CGXA

TYS'CEAI

BIRTH

BIS'CEDJ

PRINT#4,B$SPC(3)"PLACE OF DEATH :**"CE$'CJWK PRINT"[RIGHT4,DOWN2]COUNTY:"

261

RUN/STOP

PRINT#4,A$SPC(15)"CHILDREN

DEATH

CES'CEDQ

HIT

320

: [SHFT

DTES'CFQH

NAME

:**"RES'CJPP

:*«"AC$'CJMI 251

RES'CEVN

PRINT#4,BSSPC(3)"DATE : [SHFT S2]"BIS'CJEN

BIRTH

Copy Worldwide Short-wave Radio Signals on Your Computer Remember the fun of tuning in all those foreign broad

cast stations on the short-wave radio? Remember those mysterious sounding coded tone .signals thai baffled

you? Well, most i»f those beeps & Squeals are really

digital data transmissions using rudiotelelypi' or Morse

code. The .signals are coming in from weatherstations,

news services, ships & ham radio operators all over the world. Our short-wave listener cartridge, the "SW'L". will bring that data from your radio right to ihe video

screen. You'll see the actual text as it's being sent from those far away transmitters.

The "SWL" contains the program in ROM as well as radio Interface circuit to copy

Morse code and all speeds/shifts of radioteletype. It comes with a cable to connect to your radio's speaker/

earphone jack, demo cassette, and an excellent manual that contains a wealth of information on how to gel the

most out of short-wave digital DXIng, even if you're brand new at it.

For about the price of another "Pae-Zapper" game, you can tie your Commodore 64, 128 or VIC-20 into the

exciting world of digital communications with the Mierolog SWL. S64. Postpaid, U.S.

MICROLOG CORPORATION, 18713 Mooney Drive.

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JIFFIES

W.SAMPSON

Pay Check for the Commodore 64 and

Commodore 128 ivith 1526 or MPS-802 Printer

alternative way to keep track of your earnings. "Pay Check," for use wiiti Commodore's 1526 and MPS-802 printers, leis you enter all your payroll information and print it out, so you can keep it ;ill together in a file or

three-ring hinder. If you use a printer other than the 1526 or MPS-S02, you may have to change the secondary address in line s.

as well as the CHRJ (consult your printer's manual).

The program can also be adapted for use in preparing payroll lor a small business. To do SO. make the follow

ing changes: Line 11: Change the spacing and insert the name of

I»KINT#4,

I'R1NT"(CRSR2DOWN2RIGHTRVSON)I:M1>I.OYEK1SNAME;(RVSOFF)":INPUTTTS

I>KINT#i,(SPC 5);TYS:

Change statement to same as in line 6i,

Line 70:

Change stalcnu-nl to same as in line 71. Change Statement to read same as in line 120. Change statement to read same as in line

Line 200:

210.

Line- 260:

Change word "your" to read "employee's".

Line 412:

Change word "your" to "employee's".

430:

Change word "your" to "employee's".

Line

■

deductions with this handy program—and stop worrying about lost pay stubs.

24 Line 60:

Line 110:

Keep track ofyour earnings and

Change to read "payroll".

Add the following lines:

your business. Line 20:

pay stubs art1 small and easily lost, here is an

PRINT#4,SPC(35)"PAY CHECK"'CFIC

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT4,RVS]PAY

CHECK

[RV0ET]""BARC 30

PRINT"[DOWN3,RIGHT5,RVS]

PERIOD

BEGINNING:[RV0FF]"

:INPUT

PES'CEFH

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"PERIOD

BEGINNING

:"PES'CHMH

440: Change word "your" to "employee's". Line LOSO: Change to read "commissions earned". Line

Line 2000: Change word "you" to "employee".

PRINTI4,'BCWB

PRINT"[DOWN3,RIGHT6,RVS]

PERIOD

Line 2010: Change word "your" to "employee's".

Line 2040: Change word "you" to "employee".

ENDING:":INPUT

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"PERIOD

ENS'CEYG ENDING

:"ENS'CHSH

line 2080: Change word "your" to "employee's".

PRINT#4'BBDB

Lines .130-400

51 52

FOR T=l TO 1500:NEXT'EHVF PRINT"[CLEAR]":GOTO 1001'CFCF

may be changed to

meet your needs.

IliTurr lypuiR Ihn prujtrim, read "How (u toiler Programs" and "HOW Id UM Ilic Maga/uu-

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

Entry Program." Ilii HASH! programs in iliis magazine are auilablc on disk from Loadsur.

WHAT

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: INPUT H'CCHL PRINT#4,SPC(3)"REG.PAY

Paydie ck

PRINT"[CLEAR,RVS,YELLOW,RVOFF]"

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT7]PLEASE YOUR PRINTER'"BAWM

6 7

FOR

:P0KE

8 9 10 BO

53280,3:P0KE

T=l

HOURLY

RATE:[RVOFF]" RATE

PRINT#4,'BCWE

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] HOW

MANY

HOURS

THIS[SPACE4]PAY

15000:NEXT"EIOI

:INPUT

PRINT"[CLEAR]'" BATG OPEN 4,4,0'BFRH PRINT#4,CHRS(147)'CHVJ

PRINT#4,CHR$(13)'CGPY

MAY/JUNE '86

YOUR

PER

HOUR:$"H'CFPL

53281,ll'DRFG TURN

HAVE

YOU

WORKED

PERIOD:[RVOFF]"

M'CCLS

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"REG.HOURS

:"M'CFAL RP=M*H'CEXG

WORKED

JIFFIES/PAYCHECK 90

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] REG.PAY EARNED:[RVOFF]$"RP'BCJL

PRINT#4,'BCWG 100 PRINT#4,SPC{3)"WAGES EARNED REG.PAY:$"RP'CGFD 110 PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] HOW

MANY

HOURS

OVERTIME

FOR

130

:"O'CFDD PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] WHAT

OV=O*2'CEVB

150

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"OVERTIME

THIS

160

PRINTS4,'BCWB

170

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

Z'CCTE

BONUSES

ANY(IF

NOT

190

GW=RP+OV+B'DHTI

200

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

240

GROSS

WAGES

EARNED

:[RVOFF]S"GW'BCKG PRINT#4,SPC(3)"GROSS

PRINT"[CLEAR,DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] 260'BDHC

260

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

PLEASE

280

ENTER

YOUR

300 310

DEDUCTIONS

:[RVOFF]"'BAXL PRINTI4,'BCWD PRINT#4,SPC(3)"DEDUCTIONS:"'CEXJ

:INPUT F'CCMJ PRINT#4,SPC{3)"1.FEDERAL

420

NW=GW-(F+I+C+L+U+S+V)

430

:GOTO 430'JRXK PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] YOUR NET WAGES ARE:[RVOFF]

:GOTO

441'JRDR

S"NW'BCVI

440

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"YOUR NET WAGES

441

:S"NW :GOTO 450'DKDL PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] YOUR NET WAGES ARE:[RVOFF]

442

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"YOUR

W/H

PRINT#4,SPC{3)"3.STATE W/H

330

:$"S'CFJE PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] 4.HEALTH INS.:[RVOFF]"

WORK

COMMISSION

:[RVOFF]YES

YOU

NO":INPUT

350

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

IF COSO"YES"GOTO 60'EFKY IF COS="YES"GOTO 1050'DHDA

1050

PRINT#4,SPC(34)"MY COMMISSIONS'"CFJE PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

2000

WAS

2010

2020

370

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

:S"U'CFFJ

6.CONTRIBUTIONS:[RVOFF]"

GROSS

SALE

TOTAL

D'CCPF

SALES

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] IS

COMMISSION

2030

CE=P%*D/100'DIUA

2040

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

RATE

YOU

RATE

EARNED:[RVOFF]S"CE'BCLD

2050

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"COMMISSIONS :S"CE'CGWH

2052

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

EARNED:(IF

[RVOFF]$":INPUT

NOT

ENTER

EARNED

NS'CDQL

20 60

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"BONUS:"NS'CGWE

2061

FA=CE+NS'CGME PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] YOUR

UNION

YOUR

: [RVOFF]%":INPUT PI'CDTG PRINT#4,SPC(3)"COMMISSION :%"P%'CGRD

2080

UNION:[RVOFF]"

360

YOUR

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"GROSS

BONUS INS.

:S"L'CFCH

:INPUT U'CCNI PRINT#4,SPC(3)"5.CREDIT

COS'CEWG

1020 1030

L'CCJG

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"4.HEALTH

ARE

:$"D'CFFE

320

340

NET WAGES

450 CLOSE 4,4,0'BFSE 460 END'BACE 1001 PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

WHAT

C'CCKL

ARE

:S"JC'CGSL

2005

[RVOFF]":INPUT I'CCBJ PRINTS 4,SPC(3)"2.FICA:S"I'CFCB PRINT"[D0WN2,RIGHT2,RVS] 3.STATE W/H:[RVOFF]":INPUT S'CCRD

:INPUT

JC=FA-(F+I+C+L+U+S+V)

:[RVOFF]$":INPUT

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]2.FICA

5.CREDIT

HOURLY

418

WHAT

PRINT#4,'BCWF PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS] 1.FEDERAL W/H:[RVOFF]"

:INPUT

EARNINGS

413 414

:S"F'CFKJ 290

YOUR

COMMISSION:[RVOFFJC OR H:" UNPUT ZES'CEWQ IF ZE$="C"GOTO 418'DGFF IF ZESO"C"GOTO 420'EGVH

WAGES: [RVOFF]S"GW'BCPG

GOTO

263 270

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]

S"JC'BCWK

WAGES

241

262

PRINT"[CLEAR]"'BATB

ARE

:$"GW'CGND PRINT#4,'BCWX FOR T=l TO 10000:NEXT'EIJD GROSS

261

PRINT#4,'BCWY

411

ENTER

180

230

410

EARNINGS

0):[RVOFF]":INPUT B'CCUO PRINTS 4,S PC{3)"BONUS:S"B'CFOH

220

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"7.OTHER:S"V'CFHC

412

:S"OV'CGPH

210

4 00

:S"CCFDM

HRS .

RATE:[RVOFF]":INPUT

140

YOUR

PRINT"[DOWN2,RIGHT2,RVS]7.OTHER

ARE

PRINT)t4,SPC(3) "OVERTIME

ENTER

390

O'CCQK

120

PRINT#4,SPC(3)"6.CONTRIBUTIONS

:[RVOFF]":INPUT V'CCPK

PAY[SPACE2]PERIOD:[RVOFFj" :INPUT

380

GROSS

EARNINGS

2090

:[RVOFF]$"FA'BCBL PRINT#4,SPC(3}"GROSS :S"FA'CGRJ

3000

FOR T=l

3010

PRINT"[CLEAR]":GOTO

ARE

EARNINGS

5000:NEXT'EHUX 241'CEJX

END

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

GAME PROGRAMS

BY W. O. NELSON

Speed Boat Race for the Commodore 64 Boat Race is an exciting action game Ihai Can be played by one to four people using the keyboard. You race ;i speedboat down a river full of linle islands. 'Hie object is to maneuver between the Hags marking the course. To .speed your progress, there are jump ramps which will propel your boat through the air. Hul if you

crash into a flag marker or an island, there is a slight delay while you make repairs and get underway again. Your goal is to get tile lowest score possible by run

ning the course in the .shortest amount of time, going between all the markers and not hitting any objects. If you miss going between a set of flags, you are penalized live points.

First type in the game program at the end of this

article and save it. To play the game, load and run it in the usual way. You will then see an instruction screen asking tor the number of players, number of rounds, and skill level. Tile skill level selected determines how many

island obstacles will be randomly printed on the screen.

counts up lo eight, it jumps to line SlJ5. which prints a blank line and keeps the screen scrolling upward.

Try the beginner level first to get familiar with the game. When you have entered your choices, you will see a

To provide more reliable action, an invisible charac

starting position. Press any key to start the action and

ter (£,, #28) is poked in under the boat in line 340. In 3-S5, if no key is pressed, the boat stays in the screen's

use the comma and period keys to move the boat left or

center, and the waves (73 and 85) are poked in beside it.

right.

In line 350, if the comma key is pressed then D= — 1

All objects on the screen are keyboard graphic sym bols, except the boat, which is a sprite. 'Hie screen is

constantly scrolled upward as new lines Containing is

moves the invisible character, the space in front of it, and the waves to the left. Lines 356 through 35K move the boat sprite to the left in increments of eight pixels at

lands, flags, ramps or blanks are printed at the bottom.

a time. Similarly, lines 355 through 358 move things to

This is done in a loop thai goes from lines 320 to 470,

the right when the unshifted period key is pressed.

When an object is hit, line 450 delects it and sends the program down to line 500 to find out what was encoun tered and what action to lake.

Speed Boat Race

The sprite-collision detector tells you that something

has been hit, but won't differentiate among different objects. To do this, a blank space is printed in front of the boat (line 360) and when line 450 detects a foreign

object, then lines 500 through 580 determine whether it is a flag gate, finish line, a flag itself, a ramp, or an island. Appropriate action is then taken, sound effects

enabled, scorekeeping done if required, and the pro gram returns to the action loop. If the finish line is hit.

How do the collision detectors know when the boat

line of Commodore ® symbols (POKE 100) between the flags. The line is primed in the screen color, so it doesn't show up, but it still can be peeked by lines 450 and 500. Developing the sound routines was somewhat of a challenge, especially when the boat goes over a jump

MflV/JUME r86

POKE

63:READ

READ

I:POKE

SPRITE

12288+J,I

DATA'IISR

2040,192:V=53248 V+39,2'EVIH

65 70

POKE

PRINT"[D0WN,BLACK]SCORE IS ELAPSED TIME +5 FOR EACH[SPACE3] GATE HISSED. LOWEST SCORE"'BAVY PRINT TAB(32)"[UP]WINS."'CDHH PRINT"[DOWN,GRAX3]PRESS < TO GO LEFT, > TO GO RIGHT."'BATO

53280,5:P0KS

80 90 95

53281,14"CQTL

PRINT"[CLEAR,YELLOW]"TAB{10)"[RVS] SPEED

BOAT

RACE'"CDQK

PRINT"[DOWNJTRY

THROUGH

ALL

GATES[SHFT SPACE,L. RED,CMDR M, CMDR V,CMDR @5,CMDR C,CMDR G]"'BA0A 100 PRINT"[GRAY31AND MAKE ALL JUMPS [YELLOW,RVS,SHFT

loop (hat counts down from 200 to 100 (line 880). I so I placed a counter, R1, inside the loop. Lvery time it 1

J=0

:POKE

ramp. The descending whistle sound is made with a didn't want the action to stop whiie this was happening,

FOR

:NEXT:REM

however, the game is stopped and final scores printed. goes between flags? if you look at line 400, you'll see a

Before typing this proRfam, mil Hun to finter Program" and "How 10 l"x Uk .Mg Entry Program." lite BASIC prognms in this nugannc m: 2rabblc en dl* from Ltudsur, P.O.Box 3000" Shrcvqiort tA -11 50-OtXT 1-800-831-2694

105

POUND,SPACE3,

CMDR

*,RV0FF,GRAY3]

THAT

YOU

CAN.ntBAUI

PRINT"[DOWN,BLACK]HITTING ISLAND

WILL

CAUSE

DELAY!"'BAUK

GAME PROGRAMS/SPEED BOAT RACE 110

INPUT"(DOWN,YELLOW] NO. OF PLAYERS (1-4)";NP :IF

115

NP<1

NR:IF 120

NP>4

INPUT"[DOWN]NO. NR<1

THEN

70'GMFI

ROUNDS

NR>5

THEN

(1-5)";

PLAYER 130 135

PRINT MS"SELECT SKILL LEVEL DESIRED:"'BCOG PRINT"[WHITE]1=BEGINNER"

D=-1:F=28:POKE

150

AS="":GET

160

170

BEGINNER":GOTO 210'FIOI IF AS="2"THEN SS="INTERMEDIATE"

175

180

ADVANCED":GOTO 210'FIVO IF AS="4"THEN S$="[SPACE2]OLYMPIC"

:GOTO

S$="[SPACE2]

190 195

M$="[DOWN,L.

BLUE]

205

"'EGKN IF Cl=19 THEN M$="[DOWN,YELLOW] "'EGXA PRINT"[UP8]":GOTO 130'CECH

210

SK=VAL(AS):RN=(SK+1J/10'FQVE

215

220

IF SK<1 OR SK>5 SKOINT(SK)THEN :GOTO 130'LQAS SK=35-5*SK'DHAB

230 240 245

PRINT"[CLEAR]":5=54 272'CHLC FOR 1=1 TO 12 STEP 2'EFRD L=INT(RND(1)*38)+.5

200

:PRINT

B+C-41,3:POKE

:POKE

B+C-39,3'NJFX

X1=X1+(D*8):IF

TAB(L);"[L.

:POKE

B+C,14:POKE

:POKE

B+38,32:POKE

Xl>255

THEN

V,X1-255:GOTO

POKE 360'LGDX

G=0:E=E+1:IF

G<28

THEN E=10

410'FKCJ THEN

PRINT"

[WHITE]==========================

GREEN,CMDR

======»:GOTO

:GOTO

470:REM

G=10

:PRINT

420 430

TAB(X)"[YELLOW,RVS,

:REM

TEST

470

GOTO

320'BDEG

490

REM

500

510

PEEK(B)O32

WHAT

340

B=B+D:POKE

345

347

D=0:F=28:POKE

B+C,14'FNHH

LINE'CPBH

500

COLLISION'GADN BOAT

COLLIDE

WITH?

H=H+1

640:REM

FINISH OR

LINE'NNRR

PEEK(B)=126

THEN

POKE

B-40,91:GOTO

:REM

HITS

AND

PEEK(B)<>233 HIT

600

FLAG'LHHP

PEEK(B)<>160

:REM 540

THEN

PEEK(B)=124

AND

JUMP

G=G+10:GOSUB

PEEK(B)<>223

THEN

580

RAMP'OJUT

805:GOSUB

830:IF

SK>0

870

THEN

SK=SK-2'KATP

V+1,125:POKE V,X1

GET AS:IF A$=""THEN 300'EICB TIS="000000'"BDCA GOSUB 830:REM TURN ON SOUND'CPUI REM START OF ACTION'BNLD

DID

THEN

PEEK(B)=100

:GOSUB

300 310 315 320

FOR

450'IQAN BLANK

:FOR T=l TO 30:NEXT:GOTO 470 :REM GOES THRU A GATE'MIYO IF PEEK(B)=61 THEN H=9-H :TM=INT(TI/60):POKE V+21,0 :GOTO

'"BEYI V+21,1'GXLR

I'BYGO

530

1491+C,

GATES'JCCT

SHFT POUND,SPACE3,CMDR *]" :REM JUMP RAMP'LYPO IF RND(1)>RN THEN 440'EIME L=INT(RND{1)*30)+l:PRINT TAB(L)" [L. GREEN,CMDR POUND, DOWN, LEETT2 ,

450

:POKE

B-41,73

X=INT(RND(1)*30)+4

PRINT:REM

10'GKPR PRINT"[HOME,DOWN4,RIGHT4,RVS, YELLOW)";SS;"[SPACE2,RVOFF,DOWN19]

350'FKAL

THEN

440

1476,126

THEN

470'FHWT

265

B,F:POKE

PRINT"[WHITE]

410

520

PEEK(197)<>64

THEN

X=INT(RND(1)*25)+2:PRINT TAB(X)" [L. RED,CMDR M,CMDR V,L. BLUE, CMDR @7,L. RED,CMDR C,CMDR H]"

B+40,32'LTJR

1490+C,10:POKE

E=10

CMDR +2,UP]":GOTO

B+37,32

1475,106:POKS

400

:POKE 1475+C,10:POKE 1476+C,10 :REM FLAGS'HQCP POKE 1490,124:POKE 1491,116

X1=175:POKE

B-39,85

G=G+1:IF

:NEXT'IPSR B=1484:C=54272:POKE B,28

:POKE

380

POKE

275

357'FKFM

370

260

270

THEN

B-41,73

POKE V+16,0:POKE V,X1'DKDO POKE B,32'BEFE IF SK THEN FOR T=l TO SK:NEXT'GHIN

OR PRINT" [UP10] "

CMDR -,DOWN,RIGHT2,CMDR +2,UPJ" 250

PEEK(197)<>44

B-39,85

358 360 365

390

IF A$="5"THEN SS="PROFESSIONAL" :GOTO 210'FIIQ C1=C1+1:IF Cl=20 THEN C1=0'GNPK THEN

355'FKGH

============="'HKCV

S$="[SPACE2]

210'FIVK

Cl=10

B+C-39,3'NJGT

210'FIEK

:GOTO

185

A$'CFLC

A$="3"THEN

B+C-41,3:POKE

V+16,1:POKE

:PRINT"5=PROFESSIONAL"'DCEK

THEN

:POKE

D=+1:F=28:POKE

B-39,85

B-41,73

:POKE

356

357

PRINT"3=ADVANCED":PRINT"4=OLYMPIC"

A$="1"THEN

PEEK(197)O47

355

:PRINT"2=INTERMEDIATE"'CBRL 140

B+C-39,3'MJJX

352

70'GMPM

#";P:M$="[DOWN,YELLOW]

B+C-41,3:POKE

:POKE

350

R=1:P=1:PRINT"[DOWN,RVS,WHITE] "'ELHF

:POKE

560

GOTO

580

470'BDKG

PEEK(B)=92

PEEK(B)=102

POKE

B-40,91:GOTO

590

:REM GOTO

HITS AN ISLAND'LJQW 470'BDKJ

600

GOSUB

805:GOSUB

:FOR

J=2

:FOR

I=5-J

0 TO

THEN

600

850

STEP-1 5+J:POKE

53267,1

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

Professional

SPEED BOAT RACE

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655

GATES MISEED=";H'DJAR PRINT"[RVS) TIHE="TM :SC=TM+5*H'EJKQ

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740

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PRINT"[CLEAR,DOWN5,RIGHT10,RVS]

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CLEAR

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FOR

J=l

ROUTINES****'BVYH

SOUND

REGISTERS'BTEN

24:P0KE

S+J,0:NEXT

:RETURN'HLAJ 830

REM

835

POKE

SOUND

340

POKE

850

REM

855

POKE

WIND'BLWI

S+24,5:POKE

:POKE

S+5,128

S+6,L28:POKE S+4,128:POKE

[415] 457-6153

SOUND

S+1,40'IABU S+4,129

CRASH'BMEL

S+24,15:POKE

:POKE

S+5,28

S+1,20:POKE

S+4,128

870

:POKE S+4,129:RETURN'LINB REM JUMP ROUTINE'BLPM

875

POKE

Word Proctuor -A hJ-ledured menudnvGfi wool proceflBtr. AJowii f J control

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S+24,15:POKE

:POKE 880

FOR

S+5,12*16+0

S+6,12*16+10'KAMA

J=200

:P0KE

100

STEP-1:POKE

S+1,J

S+4,17'JTLT

885

R1=R1+1:IF

890 895

895'GMIV NEXT:P0KE S+24,0:RETURN'EHRO PRItJT:Rl = 0:RETURN'DFAT

Rl=8

THEN

GOSUB

900

DATA

0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,

0,0r0,0,0,0,0'BQBK 905

DATA

0,127,0,0,255,128,0,193,128,

0,19 3,12 8,0,19 3,128'BWGR 910

DATA 0,193,128,0,193,128,0,193, 12 8,0,193,128,0,255,128"BYQN

915

DATA

0,127,0,0,62,0,0,28,0,0,8,0,

0'BEFO

END

The

Buyer's

Guide

A Redgate Publication

June, 1986

Descriptions y Of More Than 250 Amiga Products A Report On Coming .Products Amig

Product Reviews: Activision; Animator; Flow; DeluxePaint; Analyze!; Marauder; And Many Mor

Premiere Issue

Ml*

Electronic Arts Presents 8 Gooc 1. DeluxePaint1"

The most sophisticated paint program ever made for a personal computer. Loaded with special features like zoom enlarging, splitscreen magnification, color cycling,

blend, smear, shade, stretch, bend, and rotate. The custom palette mixing and

unlimited brushes give you complete

control over all of the Amiga's

4,096 colors. And it even works in 64Ox 400 hi-res mode. "The kinds of things painters love and miss in computer programs are all here in

DeluxePaint"

— A migaworld

4. Arcticfox1" The tank battle simulator. Feel the heat of tank combat as you command your two on-screen hands and their arsenal of heavy cannon, "seeing" missiles, and mines. Face

a highly intelligent enemy in

a completely threedimensional Arctic battlefield. An accurate simulation of tank move ment and strategies, with the bone-jarring sound effects and super hot graphics of the best arcade games.

5. Financial Cookbook"1 Take control of your finances. Financial

Cookbook answers all your personal final cial questions and saves you money, From checking and savings accounts to

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7. Archon1" The action chess game with dragons, magicians

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perfect blend of action and strategy, and a classic award winner.

"Game of the Year" — Creative Computing

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Reasons to Own an Amiga: I Skyfox™

3. Dr. J and Larry Bird

Go One-on-One™

ump into the cockpit of a fighter pilot's

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The number-one computer sports simulation of all time. The players

took real, and the sounds are so detailed you can even hear the

squeaking sneakers on the

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"Best Shoot-em-Up Arcade Game" — Family Computing

superstars.

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"Best Action/Arcade Game" — Computer Entertainer

6. Seven Cities of Gold™ Play the role of Columbus or Cartel in this lush simulation and adventure game. Learn history and

geography as you explore the New World - and

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ment analysis, outline processing,

desktop publishing and data bases are examples of productivity soft

ware. There were just under 20 titles available in February and 16 more slated for release by April. "Right now we are working with half a dozen companies who are

developing strong data bases, be cause that's an area of concern for a lot of people," says John Camp bell, manager of software develop ment at Commodore's Computer

Systems Division in West Chester,

"^T

w oiiVe'sei up your

^^/ ni w Amiga and you're ^M loo [ing for just the I ! right software packages >A- r: : peripherals to let

you take advantage of its capabili

ties. Third-party support for the Amiga is in full swing with over 1,000 developers at work, and

there is already a wide variety of products to choose from. At press time in late March, there were 90 software titles available and 50 more due to be released by the end of April. These totals include software to be distributed by both third-party houses and under the Commo

June 1986

Pa. Productivity software is the dore-Amiga brand. Due to the un

predictable nature of the software market, undoubtedly several more are now available. One note of cautionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;some developers may have rushed software into produc tion, so whenever possible you

should try out programs before purchasing them.

Productivity Software Developers such as Micro Sys tems, Electronic Arts, Lattice,

second largest software category for the Amiga, and more pro grams are sure to be forthcoming.

Small-Business Software If you're a small-business owner

with an Amiga, you probably

want to know what kind of ac

counting packages are available.

Chang Labs' Rags-to-Rkhes ac

counting series includes General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Ac counts Receivables modules. Byte

TDI Software, Aegis and Manx have developed or are currently developing productivity software

by Byte's integrated accounting

Cities for the Amiga. Applications such as spreadsheets, telecommu

package was slated for release in March. Also due for release in

package is available now, and BEST's integrated accounting

MIGA

TECHNICAL REFERENCE SERIES

The Creator's Edge THE AMIGA TECHNICAL REFER

■

ENCE SERIES from Addison-Wesley gives software developers and pro

grammers the key to unlocking the power and versatility of the Amiga Persona! Computer. Published with Commodore Business Machines, Inc., the series is written by the hardware designers and program

mers who actually created the Amiga's hardware, built-in-software, and user interface. C and assembly language

examples throughout provide clear illustrations of Amiga programming concepts. Comprehensive, these man uals are the definitive reference works for Amiga programmers. Titles include: AMIGA HARDWARE

AMIGA ROM KERNEL

AMIGA INTUITION

REFERENCE MANUAL Provides detailed descriptions of the graphics and sound hardware of the Amiga and explains how the

REFERENCE MANUAL: EXEC Provides a complete listing and description of the built-in ROM routines and systems software which support the Amiga's multi

REFERENCE MANUAL Provides a complete description of Intuition, the Amiga user inter

machine talks to the outside world

REFERENCE MANUAL: LIBRARIES AND DEVICES Provides a complete listing and description of the Amiga's built-in ROM routines and systems soft

through peripheral devices.

ware which support graphics,

tasking capabilities.

face. Numerous examples and illustrations show how to create applications programs that con

sound, and animation.

form to Intuition's guidelines.

All four volumes in the AMIGA TECHNICAL REFERENCE SERIES are available in April through your Amiga dealer, and wherever computer books are sold.

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be released by April. They range

the mouse as your instrument.

from illustrated test adventures, such as Acrivision's Mindshadow and Borrowed Time, to animated board games such as Electronic Arts' Ardion. Many of these games are designed to use the Amiga's sound capabilities as well as graphics.

Just in case you'd like to use the Amiga to create your own mu sic videos, there are several pro grams available for this purpose. One such program, Deluxe Video Construction Set from Electronic

Arts Software

March were TDI Software's seven accounting modules: A/P, A/R, G/L, Inventory, Order Processingv Payroll and Purchasing; as well as Manx's Horizon I and OPUS ac

counting packages,

Educational Software Parents and teachers who've purchased an Amiga will want to know what educational titles are available. Though education is the smallest software category, it's only a matter of time before de velopers begin to write education al software that takes advantage

of the Amiga's state-of-the-art

graphics. Kids spend hours play ing video gnmes in arcades. Just think of the ramifications, if they spent as much time with educa tional programs that look like ar cade games on their Amigas. Nine titles from such developers as Scarborough, Mindscape, First Byte and True Basic were slated for delivery by April.

Recreational Software The largest category, programs designed mainly for entertain ment, is currently available from companies such as Infocom, Minriscape, Activision, Electronic

Arts and Blue Chip. More than 30 games were available at press time and nine more were due to

June 1986

It probably doesn't come as a surprise that several developers have created sophisticated graph ics, music and video packages for the Amiga. The computer's cus tom graphics chip, custom anima tion chip, 4,096 colot's, seven layers of sprites, four-channel stereo sound system and built-in speech synthesizer make it a nat ural for music and graphics programs.

"Obviously, we're probably strongest in areas where the Ami ga itself is strongest, including graphics, CAD/CAM and special ized products like music where the ability to multitask is an ad vantage," says Campbell. Artists such as Andy Warhol are using the Amiga to produce art. At the Amiga launch, Deb orah Harry, singer for the group Blondie, posed before a video camera. A single black-and-white frame was frozen and transferred to a paint program where Warhol filled in colors, added lines, drew with the mouse and finished in 10 minutes what would have taken weeks in a studio, There were six graphics pack

ages either available or scheduled

for release by April. These in clude scaled-down CAD {compu ter-aided design) packages as well as sophisticated drawing and painting software. Sound software being developed for the Amiga includes profession al MIDI (Musical Instrument Dig

ital Interface) music sequencers, music synthesizer programs, com position programs and a program from Electronic Arts, called In stant Music, scheduled for release in April. This program plays three instruments while you use

Arts, accepts video input and stores it digitally. You can then enhance the video images with the company's other graphics and music programs.

Development Software Just utider 30 Amiga develop ment programs are available. The following languages are being dis tributed by Commodore—some in preliminary form—Amiga Assem bler, Amiga Pascal, Amiga Lisp and Amiga "C." LJCSD (Universi ty of California, San Diego) Pascal is available from several thirdparty houses. Development tools, including screen editors, printer drivers, compilers and workbench tools, are available from thirdparty developers such as Lattice, Digital Creations and TDI Software.

Hardware The list of Amiga hardware de velopers at press time was 32 companies strong and included such companies as Computer Sys tem Associates, Eastman Kodak

Company, Eclipse Systems Corp., Epson American, Inc. The Micro Forge, MicroP Technologies (Xe rox), Okidata and 3M. Hardware under development includes printers, hard disk systems, mem

ory expansion boards, multifunc tion modules and much more. As you can see, there's quite a lot of third-party support out there for the Amiga, and the list is changing daily, Dc-velopers are excited by the Amiga's technology

and capabilities and enthusiastic about writing new software for it, so you'll have plenty of packages from which to choose, whether your Amiga's sitting in your of fice, at home or both. —Lori Tracy The author is associate editor' of The Amiga Buyer's Guide.

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Amiga Vocabulary For The Uninitiated

Anew

most on-screen action, and the

those who have used computers

menu selections. Monitor: The television-like

computer combined with new technology can be confusing even to

right button is used primarily for

for years. The Commodore Amiga

screen at which you stare while

is certainly new, advanced and full of unfamiliar terminology. For ex ample, a workbench to me is a place where 1 bruise my thumbs

using the computer.

and cut my fingers. To the Amiga, it's a place where all the electron ic tools reside. Let's take a few

disks. External Disk Drive: This is an optional driveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;identical in opera

paragraphs and get more familiar with this exciting machine called

tion to the internal driveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that sits alongside the Main Unit and

Amiga.

plugs into the back of it.

The Main Unit: This is the cen tral processing unit, the box that

ga boot diskâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the one the com

holds most of the electronics and

puter needs before it can do

one disk drive. It also serves as a base for the monitor.

Internal Dish Drive: This is built into the Main Unit. It uses double-sided, SOOKbyte-capacity

Kickstart Disk: This is the Ami

anything else. After turning on the Amiga, you must insert the

Keyboard: You know what this is. The Amiga's keyboard is of good quality and smooth in opera

Kickstart Disk into the internal drive and wait for a picture of a hand holding a Workbench Disk

tion. It also has a built-in numeric keypad and 10 function keys. Mouse: This is the device that

to appear on the screen.

you slide around on the desktop

window-oriented screen. It shows

to move the pointer on the screen. Amiga's mouse has two buttons. The left button is used to activate

June 1SS6

Workbench Disk: This is the disk that brings up the icon- and you which disks are in which drives, tells the contents of the disks and provides the basic

tents or the working contents of an application program. Icon: A pictorial representation

on the screen that stands for a disk, an application program, a

file drawer, whatever. It's like an international road sign that is sup

posed to convey its meaning without words. Pull-down Menu: There are usually several of these associated with application programs. They are not visible until you position the pointer over the menu title at the top of the window and press the right-hand mouse button.

Then you drag the pointer down to the activity you want to initiate

and release the button to acti vate it. Pointer: The icon on the screen—usually an arrow—that follows the mouse movement on

the desktop. This is how you choose activities on the Work bench screen and within applica tion programs. Gadgets: There are different kinds of gadgets, some used to

change the size of windows,

Innovative computers—such as the Amiga—create a specialized vocabulary lo explain new and unfamiliar operational features.

Amiga tools for getting into appli cation programs and setting the parameters of operation. The Workbench program is in stalled on many software program disks, which eliminates the need to insert the separate Workbench

Disk each time the system is booted.

Click, double click and drag:

These are terms used when describing the operation of the mouse and its buttons. They are used extensively in most Amiga applications. A click is accomplished by pressing the mouse button and

releasing it, like you would ring a doorbell.

A double click is accomplished by pressing the button two times

in quick succession, like you're impatient while ringing the door bell. It usually produces more ac

tion than a click.

There are some programs that use a triple click, as well. It's like getting really upset that nobody has come to the door yet and punching the doorbell button three times in quick succession.

Another final primary mouse function is called dragging. You use the mouse to position the pointer over an item you want to move on the screen, push the mouse button down and hold it

and then "drag" the item—using the mouse—to another location on

the screen. When the item is where you want it, you simply release the mouse button and the item stays put or the action you've selected is initiated. This is used to activate the pull down menus, to resize screen win dows, to move icons around on the screen and for other activities. Window: A rectangular area on the screen that shows disk con

others used to position windows in front of or behind other win dows, others used like push buttons to cancel or continue operations, etc. You click on or drag a gadget to get it to do what

it's intended to do. Scroll Bar: These appear along the right side and along the bot

tom of many windows. You use the pointer and the mouse in these areas to move the informa tion in the window either vertical ly or horizontally. Disk Gauges: Like the gas gauge

in a vehicle, these appear vertical ly along the left side of a disk

window and indicate approximate ly how much storage space is left

on the disk. Well, that's about it for the most uncommon Amiga terms. If we missed any, or you're confused as you read through The Amiga Buyer's Guide, please feel free to

call or write. We'll be happy to answer as we're able. —Tom Kemp/

The author is managing editor of

The Amiga Buyer's Guide.

The Amiga Buyer's Guide

Amiga Is Choosy About rinters ...-â&#x2013; "â&#x2013; '

Before you invest in a

new printer for your

Amiga, or hook up the one you already have, there arc a few

things you should consider. First, the Amiga has built-in printer

drivers that handle all of the in terfacing with the printer, so some printers work with it and

some don't. A wide range of com mon printers are fully supported directly by the printer drivers,

and printers that are clones of these may also be supported, though all of their functions may not be implemented. Also, it's

necessary to buy a custom Amiga printer cable, either Centronics Parallel or RS-232. Currently, there are 12 printers that the Amiga has built-in driv

June 1986

ers for: Alphacom Alphapro 101

(daisy wheel), Brother HR-15XL (daisy wheel), CBM MPS 1000 (dot matrix), Diablo 630 (daisy wheel), Diablo Advantage D25 (daisy wheel), Diablo C150 (color InkJet), Epson FX-80/RX-80 (dot

matrix), Epson JX-80 (color), HP LaserJet (laser), HP LaserJet Plus (laser), Okimate 20 (color) and Qume Letterpro 20 (daisy wheel). The advantage in having printer drivers is that software packages can support all printers for which there are drivers written, even if the software package isn't specifi cally written to run that particular printer. Software written for an IBM or Commodore computer must be written to specifically take advantage of every feature

of a printer or it won't work

YOU'RE LOOKING AT 4,096 COLORS

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4-CHANNEL STERB 32 INSTRUMENTS 8 SPRITES 3-D ANIMATION

25 DMA CHANNELS A BIT BLITTER AND

A MALE AND FEMALE VOICE.

ONLY AMIGA GIVES YOU ALL THIS AND A 68000 PROCESSOR,TOQ Three custom VLSI chips working in combi- _ nation with the main processor give Amiga graphic dazzle, incredible musical ability

advantage of the custom chips and the software support routines in the writable

and animation skill.

And they make Amiga the only com

puter with a multi-tasking operating system

AMIGA.

built into hardware. All these capabilities are easy to tap because Amiga's open architecture pro- a

You can access these resources in a

number of development languages, includ ing Amiga Macro Assembler," Amiga C, Amiga Basic (Microsoft®—Basic for the Amiga), Amiga Pascal and even Amiga LISP

vides you wirh access to the 68000 main [

So Amiga not only gives you more

bus in addition to the serial, parallel and \

floppy py disk connectors. Complete p technical il manuals l enable bl you to take k full

control store on the Kickstarr disk that comes with every Amiga computer.

creativity, it gives you creative

new ways to use it.

Amiga by Commodore.

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Color Printer Compatibility List Printer Diablo C150 Epson JX-80

Apple Imagewriter 11

Juki 5510 Okimate 20

Driver Diablo C150

Epson JX-80 Imagewriter Epson JX-HO Okimate 20

Comments

Requires custom driver3 Requires a color upsrade Requires Amiga PIun-n-Print

Dot Matrix Printer Compatibility List Printer

Driver

Alphacom Alphapro

Alphapro 101

Comments

101

Apple I magewriter Brother 1509

Citizen MSP series

CK CI-3500

Epson FX series Epson LX series Epson MX series Epson RX series Epson LQ-800 Epson LQ-1500 IliM Graphics Juki 5510 Okidata 192 Okidata 193 Panasonic 1080 Panasonic 1091 Panasonic 1092 Panasonic 1592 Star SG-10 Star SD-10

I magewriter Epson

Requires custom driver3

Epson Epson Epson

Requires IBM-compatible module

Epson

Epson Epson

Epson

Epson MPS-1000 Epson JX-80 MPS-1000

Supports text only

MPS-1000

Set in IBM-compatible mode

Epson Epson Epson Epson Epson Epson

Brother HR-15XL Citizen Premiere 35 Com rex CR-ll

Comrex CR-III Commodore 6400 Diablo Advantage D25 Diablo 630 Dynax

Epson DX-20 Juki 6000 Juki 6100 Juki 6300

Qume Lelterpro 20 Qume Sprint 11

Panasonic KXP 3131 Panasonic KXP 3151 Tec F10

Driver Brother HR-15XL Diablo 630

All features not implemented

Comments

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Diablo Adv. D25 Diablo 630 Brother HR-15XL Diablo 630 Diablo 030 Diablo fi30 Diablo 630 Qume Letterpro 20 Diablo 630 Diablo 630 Diablo 630 Diablo 630

Laser-Jet Printer Compatibility List Driver Printer Canon Laser Epson CIE Lips 10 Epson HP Laser Jet IIP Laser Jet HP Laser Jet HP Laser Jet Plus Plus

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the software only needs to tell the printer driver what to print and the driver figures out how to do it on the printer that's connected.

If you already have a printer that doesn't have a built-in printer driver, chances are you can select a printer, from the preferences tool on the Workbench disk, that is similar enough to your printer to allow you to use it. For exam

ple, if you have a Panasonic 1091 printer, you would select the Ep son FX-80/RX-80 driver. You will most likely be able to take advantage of all of your may be some features that aren't implemented. For example, if you have a Star SG10 printer and are

using the Epson driver, you won't be able to use the near-letterquality mode.

Refer to our Printer Compatibil ity Lists to see which driver to use if you have a printer that the Amiga doesn't fully support with a built-in driver. If your printer isn't on the list, you might try calling your printer's supplier to see if they can write a custom

driver for the Amiga or, if you're an experienced programmer, you

could try your hand at writing your own custom printer driver. Hooking up your printer with any cable that works is not a good idea—you may damage your

printer. The plug gender on the Amiga for Centronics is male; an IBM computer, for example, uses

Comments Set in FX-80 mode Set in Epson mode

1.) All of the printers listed above require the appropriate printer cable. 2.) Most C-Itoh. NEC and Apple printers are not compatible with any drivers. 3.) Redmond Cable has released an Apple Imafiewriter Driver that it is selling with the cable. There is a version for the Imagewiter and the Imagewriter II. Redmond Cable can be contacted at 206-868-2168

ware development easier, since

printer's capabilities, but there

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With the Amiga, however, the

software doesn't have to work with multiple printers—just with a printer driver. This makes soft

female. If you buy an IBM Cen tronics Parallel cable, it will not plug in. You can buy a gender changer to make it work. Certain pins on the port carry voltages, however, and there is the possibili ty of damaging your printer when

using a gender-changed cable. It's safest to buy the correct custom

cable to begin with. —Lori Tracy

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Hacker

Did you ever wish you had the

guts and ability to access top se

cret computer networks and files?

Activision's Mucker lets you do just Hiat without breaking the law.

After you manage to log on, you

realize that you have stumbled

into the computer network for Magma, Ltd. First, you have to

figure out how to run a laser Lest on a subterranean remote unit

(SRU).

Once you have completed the laser test without errors, you re ceive your mission. You are told that "headquarters intelligence reports that spies have stolen pieces of a shredded document that contained proprietary infor mation concerning 'The Magma Project.' Your mission: use the SRU to negotiate with these spies

Activision's Hacker

screen in the visual. Be obser

vant. Get and take as many ob jects as you can. You never know when they'll come in handy. Don't forget to look inside things such as drawers, file cabinets, chests, pocketsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even trash cans.

for the return of all pieces of the document before this evidence reaches federal agents."

You travel to Paris, London, San

Your mission in Borrowed Time is to discover who is trying to kill you, collect the appropriate evi dence and bring it to the police,

Francisco and other cities in your quest for pieces of the elusive document. You negotiate with spies in each of these cities, buy

evidence or merchandise that can be traded for evidence and endure

several security checks. If you can't supply the necessary- infor mation for the security checks, your access is terminated and the game is over.

If you get confused or complete

ly stumped, the vendor has some "Hacker Hints" for you. They are

available from Activision for $1. Try to play the game without them, though, and find out just how good you'd be at hacking.

Borrowed Time Any fan of detective novels will get a kick out of Activision's Bor rowed Time, an illustrated text ad venture that puts you in the detective's shoes. As private eye

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Activision's Borrowed Time

Sam Harlow, you can bank on

getting shot at, badly burned, anesthetized, beaten up, strung

up, sentenced to life behind bars, smashed over the head with a gun

butt, shoved from a ledge, ripped to pieces by crazed canines, blindsided by a crowbar and generally held in contempt by many people. Through a series of logical puz

zles, you let the computer be your eyes, ears, voice, hands and legs. You tell it what to do by using the keyboard, joystick or mouse to give it commands. As you move around, watch for objects that might eventually be

useful. These could be mentioned in the text or may only appear on

while avoiding constant attempts

on your life. It's absorbing, chal lenging and fun. Solving the first logical puzzle is the most difficult aspect. If you can manage to do that, you're home free. At least until the thugs catch up with you.

Mindshadow Your adventure starts when you

find yourself alone on a tropical island. You don't know how you got there or even who you are.

Your goal in playing Activision's Mindshadow is to escape from the island and discover your identity. This is not an easy task. Your world is fraught with danger and you have only your wits and a strange bird, The Condor, to

you through a sample game, giv

wait for such a program was anx ious. Aside form the obvious need of a spreadsheet for increased productivity, there was also the tiiought that it would be an ideal way to see the terrific processing speed of the Amiga system at work. Analyze will not disappoint those who want speed or ease of use. It is not an Amiga version of Lotus 1-2-3, however, nor does it pretend to be. It is, instead, a very good number cruncher that the ex perienced user can work in minutes and the novice in only a few hours. Although Analyze will run in

ing you several problems and

256K of RAM, the designers

Replication is a feature of all

ways to solve them.

recommend having 512K. When, the disk icon is opened, a re

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help you. It's best to go through the "Liv ing Tutorial" before your first at tempt at Mindshadow. This takes

You move around the island using the arrow keys or mouse to indicate direction. The problem with Mindshadow is that the geog raphy of the island limits you to certain directions. It's frustrating to be constantly told: "You can't go that direction." You find your self going in circles; falling into the same quicksand and being eaten by the same sharks over

and over again. Though we're sure it's possible through perseverence and practice to find a solution to the puzzle, we sure

quester will ask how much memo ry you wish to allocate and 128K

is the suggested minimum. This partitioning of memory makes it easier to run another program concurrently, since Ana lyze will, in effect, have built a

fence around itself to keep it from sprawling all over your RAM. Building a spreadsheet is easy.

Unless your labels begin with numbers, there is no need to

specify that you are creating a la bel. Simply begin typing alphabet

ic characters. You may justify your labels as you enter them, or do it later from the pull-down menu called Range. Numeric en tries, unless specified otherwise, are always right-justified as they are entered, Both global and local reformat ting may be done at any time,

and Range commands are in a format that is very' familiar: A4..H4 is the structure for telling Analyze to preform some function on every cell within that range.

of use is of highest importance and there is nothing arcane about any of the commands here. Besides moving around with the mouse in order to utilize the pull down menus or to highlight a par ticular range, Analyze also allows the use of function keys for some of the most often used commands. F2 toggles you in and out of the Edit mode; F3 displays a list of

Hrown Wagh's Analyze!

couldn't find it.

If we spent enough time playing it, we would probably manage to think of some clever approaches to the dilemmas it poses. Until then, we could invest in the "Mindskadow Hints" available from Activision for $1. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Lori Tracy

S44.95 retail; Hacker $44.95 retail; Borrowed Time $44.95 retail; Mindskadow Activision, Inc.; PO Box 7286; Mountain View, Calif. 94039; 415-960-0410

Analyze! Spreadsheet 512K Amiga. Analyze is the first spreadsheet we've seen for the Amiga, and the

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the user to store his most used/popular program diskettes only a fingertip away' The recessed slot can be remoueil to

provide room lor the optional DSI "Associate".

A surga, spike, HFI, and EMI interference suppressed, live outlet power control center which allows the Amiga

computer, and four peripheral devices to be plugged into one fully protected power source. Ttie front panel of the power controller section of the Buss Station, houses six switches (one is a master switch), each with an LEO which tights when

the correspond.ng switch is in the "on" position. Eliminates messy extension cord cabling, and allows the user to switch

on/off his computer and all other peripherals Irom one panel.

The Associate is a multiport data switch which provides two fully switchable serial and parallel output ports for the Amiga, The front panel of the Associate section of the Buss Station houses six switches, each with an LED which lights when the corresponding switch is in the "on" position. The Amiga allows the use of only one serial and parallel device, however, the Associate increases Che utility of the Amiga by allowing the use o! up to two serial and parallel devices which are selected

and controlled by the I lick of a switch.

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Range names; Fa allows you to go

directly to a specific cell and, if you are working in the manual

in plane around x around y

recalc mode, F9 performs a recal culation.

And those recalculations are something to see. With a test

spreadsheet of 48 active cells, I found I could miss the entire recalculation process by blinking at the wrong time. Thai's fast and

that's what the Amiga and Analyze are all about.

One problem with many spread sheets is that, as you scroll down or across the page, you lose your headings or your row labels or both—thus leaving you to wonder if you are working in the correct

cell. Analyze handles this problem by allowing you to "freeze" either the column or row headings or both.

When you first boot Analyze, you may be a bit surprised. There is the familiar Workbench scene, but the colors seem all wrong.

Not really. The designers used a black-on-white spreadsheet, with negative numbers shown in red, because that's what real spread sheets and ledgers look like. Like the program itself, the documentation is clear and con cise, directed at the first-time user who may have only a vague idea

of what a spreadsheet is or does. Clear text and walk-through ex amples help remove the mysteries of number crunching, and there are easy explanations of all com mands as well as numerous ex amples on building your own

formulas. Because it is installed over Workbench 1.1, Analyze must be booted from Kickstart 1.1. When you make your working copy, you

need only copy the Analyze info files. This saves room on your

Aegis Development's Animator

another that offers all these plus features in one package. —Eruin Bobo

$99.95 retail Brown Wagh Publishing; 100 Ve rona Ct.; Los Gatos, Calif. 95030; 800-451-0900 or 408-395-3838

ways to the right. Without using

Animator Animation; drawing Because it works from a batten' of pull-down menus, with all rou tines built in, you can get up and running on Animator with only a minimum of instructions. Begin ning with the Project menu, you can select a new routine or elect to work with and old one. Then

go to the Create menu, which al

and eliminates disk swapping for

lows you to select from a variety of predefined shapes or to choose a tool for freehand drawing.

those who have only the internal drive.

The next menu is Move, but you can't go there yet, assuming

disk for storing a spreadsheet,

In sum, Analyze is a full-featured spreadsheet that is fast, easy-to-

use and is priced fairly. You may look for a long time and not find

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lect "tweener." A "tween" is a segment of animation, and you click on it between other seg ments as a means of keeping everything in its proper sequence. Let's say that you've drawn a star and you want to move it side

you've already drawn a shape on the screen. No, you must now go

way over to the right of the screen to the Time menu and se

tween, the star would simply form itself to the right and there would be no animation. Although at times there may be reasons for simultaneous action, such as hav ing the star appear while rotating on its x-axis, a little forethought is necessary in order to make your animated sequence turn out the way you hoped it would. From the Move menu, you may select to Rotate—in-plane, around

the x-axis or the y-axis or, if you don't use tween, around all three simultaneously. Exploring other options, we find

we can clone a shape, change colors, resize objects, create a

path for a moving object to follow, outline or fill a shape, change a shape, destroy an object and more. And because we are work ing with animated rather that static objects, these are all con-

tinuous actions. Your star might start out in the center as a filled shape, then move sideways and change color; follow a path up the screen and change size; become a polygon; be destroyed; be reborn as a square

rotating on its y-axis; recede into the background; change color; or rush to the foreground. The rou

tine you can create is limited only by the memory in your machine, and we'd expect most people, es

pecially those using Animator for business presentations, to quickly

opt for the memory expansions

that are measured in megabytes. As you select each option from the menu, the one-line message bar changes to show what that option will do for you. In addition, as you become more adept and more accustomed to the routines

indicated by different cursor

shapes, you may go to the quick-

select option, which presents you

with an on-screen palette repre senting even- command of which Animator is capable of carrying out.

When your routine is done, re turn to the Time menu and select

Replay All. Now your creation will run in the proper sequence. If you really like what you've done, you can select Replay Loop, which allows your routine to con tinually repeat itself while you drag all your friends and neigh bors into the house to show them.

Stars and polygons are not the only shapes you can work with, of course. You have freehand draw ing capability' and you can use predefined shapes as building blocks to make people, space ships, moving bar chartsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;almost anything you can imagine.

The routines you create can be saved to disk, and a storyboard

option allows you to set up an or der in which related routines will be recalled from disk in order to make longer routines possible. This is a terrific lool to be used with a VCR and the composite output of the Amiga for building longer routines on videotape,

which can be replayed in schools or offices that may not yet have an Amiga computer. In summing up, we would have

takes its place on the board, its identity and ability to move are both listed at the bottom of the

to say that Aegis Animator is all

Taking their places on the side of Light are a wizard, unicorns, archers, golems, valkyries, knights,

we hoped it would be and more. It is easy to use and it can be deeply explored after only a swift scanning of a few pages. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ervin Bobo

$139.95 retail Aegis Development, Inc.; 2210 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 277; Santa

Monica, Calif. 90403; 213-306-0735

Archon Entertainment; fantasy game For the Amiga, Archon has been rewritten to correct the main

drawbacks of the original fantasy game: graphics are much im

proved so you can really identify your pieces. Each icon looks like what it is supposed to be, rather than all the other icons. Use Kickstart 1.1 to boot your computer, then insert the Archon

disk. After a moment, you're treated to an excellent title screen and a musical score that somehow manages to be both rousing and

ominous. The setting resembles a conven tional chessboard, except that there are 81 black-and-white squares, five of which have a red flashing border. Before you have

time to wonder about this, armies enter from stage right and stage left. As each piece appears and Electronic Arts' Archon

screen.

djinn and a phoenix. The forces

of Dark, led by a sorceress, con sist of basilisks, manticores, trolls, shapeshifters, dragons, banshees and goblins.

You choose the force you wish to control, amount of Cyborg or three skill

Light or Dark; the control (Human, Computer); and one of levels.

Characters change according to the squares on which they stand: a Light character gains strength from a white square. If attacked there, it stands a much better chance of prevailing. It is, howev er, unwise to move to a favorable square and attempt to make your

stand. Such a strategy is fool hardy, because a Luminosity Cycle moves around and through the playing field changing some of the squares, upsetting balances of power and sowing confusion in the ranks. Try to get on one of the five squares marked in red. These are Power Points: occupy one and your character will heal more

quickly, gain in strength and even be immune to spells. In fact, the object of the game is to occupy all the Power Points.

There are alternatives to fight ing. The game is, after all, magic, and your key character is either a wizard or a sorceress. Do not for get the conjuring of spells. They can get you out of a tight spot or keep you from getting into one.

Due to the magic of the Amiga, Archon displays its own magic

quite well. For the first time, the game can be fully enjoyed as its authors intended.

The program's documentation is not only good, its entertaining, having been written by someone

with tongue firmly in cheek. Be sides concise descriptions of the various facets of the game, there

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is a rather good section devoted to strategy and a couple of pages of "commonly asked questions."

When you're not playing the game, read the book. It's fun. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ervin Bobo

S39.95 retail

Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.; San Mateo. Calif. 94404;

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DeluxePaint Color graphics; drawing; design Whether you're artistic or not, Deluxepaint lets you create master ful works of art. The first step in using this program is forgetting all of your drawing and painting inhibitions, if you have any. The program's power, flexibility and ease of use make it a useful tool both for dabblers and ex perienced graphic artists. Artists not familiar with graphic arts will find this program about as close to more traditional mediums as a computer gets. And if the machine's animation and graphics capabilities helped sway your de

Electronic Arts' DeluxePaint

Any picture or part of a picture created with Deluxepaint can be

copied or picked up and used as a brush. The program remembers that brush until you create a new

one, or it can be saved to disk for

cision to purchase an Amiga, even

later use.

though you don't consider yourself artistic, you can still create pic tures that will amaze your friends.

Pointing at the title strip and pressing the right mouse button accesses the program's menus:

Learning how to use Deluxepaint is a matter of sitting down at the

picture, brush, mode, font and

computer and experimenting as

instance, in the brush menu-

you read the manual.

produce submenus. Brush menu commands affect the size, shape and orientation of the brush. Mode menu commands determine how the brush paints. Deluxepaint allows you to mix your own paints to create a cus

Once you've loaded the pro gram, you're presented with a set of icons for brushes, drawing/ painting tools, hollow and filled shapes as well as a palette of colors, called the paint set, and a color indicator. To change brushes in Deluxe paint, point at the one you want and click with the left mouse but ton. Clicking with the right button chooses a brush that can be re sized. To resize a brush, drag with cither button to stretch or shrink it, then release to set the size. It will remain that size until you se lect a different brush.

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prefs. Some menu itemsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;size, for

tom palette.

If you decide you don't like a particular color you've created, you can click the palette's Undo command, and to cancel all the work you've done since you got

the palette out, click Cancel. The palette also contains the

controls for color-cycle animation effects and for setting the limits of the Shade and Blend brush

modes. Deluxepaint contains sever al pictures and collections of brushes already on the disk. Loading these pictures and follow ing the steps in the manual is a good way to get a feeling for how the program works, that is, until you're ready to create your own pictures and manipulate them. One way to manipulate your pic tures is to use the seven brush modes found in the Mode menu: object, color, replace, smear, shade, blend and cycle. Using these, you can change the paint ing effect of the current brush. Switching between modes with the same brush shape often pro vides a quick route to special graphic effects. For instance, you can use Object and Color to cre ate a quick drop shadow to give a shape the illusion of depth and substance. Painting with a brush with its own built-in drop shadow is a

great way to create text and ob

jects that seem to have depth.

Painting with Smear, Blend and

Shade from the Mode menu lets you smear the paint around on

the screen as if you were smudg ing it with your finger. Blend and Shade operate within a range that you establish using the palette. Cycle in the Mode menu and Cycle under Color Control in the Picture menu work together to produce animated effects. Picture

parts painted with the Cycle mode seem to move when Cycle is turned on in the Picture menu. You can draw a line that seems to move by picking any of the three freehand tools, picking a fore ground color and then choosing Cycle mode. To see the animation

as you paint, you turn on Cycle Colors and continue painting. You can also work text into your paintings with the 11 fonts from the Fonts menu. This is just a cursory review of the dozens of features built into

Deluxepaini. These features and others are explained fully in the

manual, which is quite easy to fol

low. It contains a troubleshooting guide, a complete index and, since many mouse commands can be executed via the keyboard, a key board command summary. The program's ease of Use, p0W.

er and flexible drawing and paint ing functions make it an excellent

vehicle for experienced and novice artists as well as experienced and novice computer graphics users.

$99.95 retail

—Lori Tracy

Electronic Arts; 1820 Gate-way Dr.; San Mateo, Calif. 94404; 415-571-7171

Desktop Amp And Disk Mate Stereo amplifier and disk drive expansion box

Desktop Amp is a small stereophonic amplifier that pro vides an inexpensive way to enhance the stereo sound capabili

ties of the Amiga. The preproduction unit we reviewed has a

footprint of only three inches by four inches and it's two inches high. Regardless of the production

unit's packaging, it will be small. It has an output of 200mW per channel. Two volume control knobs—one for each channel—are on the unit's sloping front panel. For private listening, there is a stereo headphone jack for Walkman-type headphones.

The unit comes internally wired with the proper plug for the Ami

ga's CPU/TV/MOD jack and two six-foot lengths of two-conductor speaker wire. We connected the Desktop Amp to a pair of Realis tic (Radio Shack) Minimus 2.5 speakers and played some music.

The stereo effect and the volume were fantastic. In fact, a comfort

able listening level was about 25 percent of the available volume level. This means that the unit will certainly drive larger speak

ers. We were impressed. Disk Mate is an add-on peripheral box that will allow you to use two or three external

drives with the Amiga, It is sup plied with a standard 115V plug and power cord, a 23-pin male

mini-D plug for the CPU and two

23-pin female mini-D plugs for the

disk drives. Internally, it has the proper logic decoding and a twinvoltage power supply.

By plugging the Disk Mate into the CPU, you can plug two disk drives into the Disk Mate box for a total of two external drives. If you plug a disk drive into the

CPU first and the Disk Mate into the disk drive's output plug, you

can plug two disk drives into the

Disk Mate for a total of three ex ternal drives. The Disk Mate

$150 retail (approximate); Disk

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Flow Outline and idea processor Flow is one of those products about which we say, "How did we ever get along without it?" Re member those high school days when you had to construct de tailed outlines of research projects?

The computer age has changed all that, just as it has changed the way people write. Those who are still in school, and anyone who needs to organize thoughts or ideas, will find that the outlining or organizing process has sudden ly become efficient and practical.

Let's imagine a perfect system for making outlines for research projects, articles, speeches, what

ever. Our materials would be very simple, made up of strips of pa per, perhaps two inches wide and about eight inches long, cut with a paper cutter from letter-sized

sheets of paper. Once cut, you would write one main point on each slip of paper. They would then be divided into logical sec tions and placed in order on a

desktop or on the floor. With this system, new ideas can easily be inserted by moving slips around and making room. If

something doesn't fit, you can just throw that slip away. If the whole New Horizons Software's Flow

serves as the base, and all the drives fit on top of it. The Amiga readily recognizes

all these drives, and the maxi mum combination provides tremendous flexibility and more than 3.2MB of floppy disk capaci ty. It's a neat idea. —Tom Kempf

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project needs reorganizing, it's a simple matter to shift slips of pa

per up.JcJqy.-n, sideways, to the be-

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The main disadvantage of this system is that it's cumbersome, time-consuming and requires a lot Sf.space. Well, the perfect system is now available in electronic form.

Flow operates from the Amiga Workbench, allowing you to take

full advantage of the computer's multitasking capabilities. For ex ample, while using a word proces sor to write an article, the Flow outline can be available for refer ence. Either the article or the out

line can be modified as necessary" during the writing process. But let's begin at the beginning. While constructing an outline, the

mouse is used in a truly intuitive fashion. By this we mean that manipulating ideas within the out line structure is just as easy— actually easier—than our slips-ofpaper method.

Inserting a new line is also easy. You use the mouse to place the insertion point on the previ ous line, press Return and the new line is inserted. Indenting or justifying lines is simply a menu selection with the mouse. Deleting or copying lines, words or phrases is also done simply

with the mouse. One click places the insertion point, a second click

selects the word nearest the inser tion point and a third click selects the entire line. Then you can take the appropriate action: to delete, simply press the backspace key;

to copy, pull down the Edit menu and select Copy; to duplicate cop ied material anywhere in the out line, pull down the Edit menu and select Paste. Let's say that the outline fills several screens, and you want to

find out if you're keeping things organized. You can collapse any

dense the outline into major points and, perhaps, view them on a single screen.

Expanding any one or ali of the main heads to show subheads is just as easy. Other functions include copy-

editing functions using the mouse to correct spelling, insert words, delete words and more. You can search electronically for words, letters or phrases and sort the outline alphabetically in either direction—A to Z, or Z to A.

In addition, there are menu commands that can be executed

from the keyboard so you don't have to reach over for the mouse

while working. Other shortcuts include Copy, Cut, Paste, Collapse, Save, Undo and Find. If I were to wish for anything, it would be that Flow incorporate a

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If something happens to an ex pensive program disk, it's nice to have a spare that works just like

the original. Unfortunately, if it's a copy-protected program it's im

possible to make a fully function

ing backup copy without a product such as Marauder.

The manufacturer makes a

an entire project could be com pleted within the application, the

software copying in an enclosed brochure called Thou Shalt Not Dupe and condemns the practice of "softliftinK." We join with the company in condemning illegal

headings deleted and the result

printed out in final form. Overall, Flow works smoothly and will encourage even nonoutliners to use this method to cut down on preparation time. For writers and speakers, Flow can be invaluable. For teachers and stu dents, it's got to be essential. In fact, anyone who uses a computer needs it, because there is always a need to organize ideas. —Tom Kempf Available April, 1986; $99.95 retail New Horizons Software; PO Box 43167; Austin, Texas 78745; 512-280-0319

Marauder Disk backup utility Marauder is a utility program

copying practices. Anyway, the program is simple to use. The instructions are straightforward and the control screen is colorful. The copying process begins with booting the Amiga with Kickstart and then

inserting the Marauder disk. Once Marauder is up and running, the program disk can be removed. The source disk (original pro gram to be copied) is then placed in the internal drive and the desti nation (blank) disk in the external drive. The next step is to choose the copying codes. As of this writ ing. Marauder lists 14 programs in a special Parameters pull-down menu. These include titles such as Deluxepaint, Archon, Financial Cookbook, Maxidesk and Racier. If

designed to make accurate backup copies of both copy-protected and

the program you are copying is among the 14 listed, select it and

unprotected software. It's certain

the parameters are automatically selected, If your program is not listed, select Standard from the Para meters menu. Once the para-

of main heads by pulling down

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range of subheads under any level the SubHead menu and selecting Collapse. This allows you to con

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meters have been selected, you simply click on the Start button and the rest is automatic. We test ed it—and .it^works well: —Tom Kemp/

Discovery .Software; 262 S. 15th

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PARHome I Personal financial analysis PARHome I is a top-notch pro gram for anyone confused about how to determine interest rates, payments, return on investment, budgeting and many other areas of personal financial management.

PARHome I is a collection of automated calculation programs common to most home- and

personal-finance situations. All you have to do is fill in the blanks with the requested informationsuch as dollars, percentages,

terms and similar information— and the program will calculate the

result and give you an analysis. You then have the option of printing and/or saving the infor mation or trying other options. In many ways, it operates like a spreadsheet, allowing you to ex

Personal Finance State ment: Most of us have trouble

figuring out how to put together one of these. The program pro vides a general guide that is helpful—but limited.

Spendaholics Examination:

This is a test to find out if your

spending habits are good or bad. We took it—and wished we hadn't. While it doesn't spell out how to manage finances better, it points out weaknesses and pro vides food for thought. Budget Management: Here is a highly useful program for

those who aren't sure how to sit down and figure out a budget. It

payments—the same as those in

the Budget module. This allows you to compare actual expendi tures with budgeted amounts at any time.

The module provides for record ing withdrawals other than checks, deposits, interest earned, service charges and void checks.

As you write checks or otherwise work with the account, you sim ply enter the amounts, check numbers, payees and other infor mation in the on-screen blanks provided.

At the end of each monthly statement period, the program has a special screen that helps recon

provides space for three income

cile the accounts. It's possible to

sources and 17 expense items and calculates how much money is left—or how much you over spent—at the end of each bud

any time during the month. This is especially helpful when recon

geting period. This is a fine

program for those with fairly sim ple budgets.

Accounting: This module is intended to automate up to 12 checking and/or savings accounts. You are provided with 17 expense categories in which to record

print a record of transactions at

ciling, of course. Keep in mind that in this initial version of PARHomel there is no way to rename or add to expense categories.

PARHome I is written in ABa-

siC, and as an added bonus the program disk includes the ABasiC programming language. A free

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periment with various choices and alternatives until you come up

with what works best for you. The following program func tions provide the means for record keeping and budgeting: Financial Evaluation: This section deals with various types of loans—how to determine what

you can afford, amortization anal ysis, home/asset appreciation and loan-length determination.

Investment Analysis: These functions include various annuity

calculations plus planning aids for IRAs and CDs, for a college in vestment and for life insurance. Home Lease Versus Buy:

This allows a comparison of the costs involved in leasing with those involved in purchasing a home.

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updated version ihafasrhxTudes a self-booting featurffwill be avail able to present OW'nersiiThis will

eliminarc''ftraS|Complainr\ve had; the necussitv^bf booting up ABasiL and. then having to type a

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with limitations such as the inabil ity to provide customized expense categories in the Budget and Ac counting modules and will include the ability to print checks. These improvements will give PARHome I that little extra boost it needs to provide maximum util ity for thousands of people who want to keep better track of their personal finances. The program performs very well when com pared to similar applications on other computers. -Tom Kempf $129 retail PAR Software, Inc.; PO Box 1089; Vancouver, Wash. 98666; 206-695-1368

TEXTCRAFT Word processor Although the literature describes Textcraft as an entiy-level word pro cessor, it is much more than that. Texkmft is, in fact, two pro

grams: a 256K version and a

512K version, both contained on

the same disk. Instructions, con tained on the errata sheets call for you to first make a working copy

of the entire disk, then delete the version that does not apply to your machine. The difference between the two versions lias to do with the length of the files that may be handled without linking, and the fact that the 256K version must access the disk for certain Help routines.

After Kickstart, insert the Textcraft disk. Textcraft is installed over

Workbench and is self-booting and easy to use with only one

disk drive. Click on the disk icon, then on the Textcraft icon in the

window and you're on your way.

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The working screen that presents itself consists of five pull-down menus labeled Help, Project, Layout, Styles and Ex tras. To the right of that is a se ries of icons, representing the tools needed to cut, move and paste text.

The Help menu is unique. The first choice, Quick Reminder, de fines all icons by superimposing a chart on the work screen. The second choice, Keyboard Refer ence, works in the same way,

showing you shortcut keys that are alternatives to using the mouse.

The third option, One Minute Tutorial, presents you with a menu containing every feature of Textcraft. Project allows you to start a new document, open an old one,

save or print a document or exit Textcraft. Should you select New

Document, you'll be treated to an other unique feature: prefabricat

ed forms for business letters, reports, resumes and more. Upon selecting one of these forms, the screen will change to show you a fill-in-the-blanks template. Before saving a document, you'll want lo pull down the Lay out menu. Here you can set page numbering, titles and headers and

footers; choose page size; and reset margins. Save also gives you

the option of saving text only, without format.

Styles allows four type styles in one font: plain, boldface, italics or underline—or any combination of these, depending on how much

emphasis you feel you need. The Extras menu allows for "search and replace" as well as for choosing the screen display that is most comfortable for you. Like Workbench, you may choose to work in 60- or 80-column

mode, choose a blinking or solid cursor and choose to display or not display end-of-paragraph markers.

In addition to the cut-and-paste icons, there is a subset of icons that allows for choosing line spac-

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you may page through it by using

the numeric keypad or the cursor

keys, depending on how fast you wish to go. Any of the formatting commands may be used for the current paragraph or for the en tire document, as you choose. When you first open Textcraft,

you'll see a document icon enti tled "Read me for News." Read it. It contains a description of up dates not yet in the documenta tion and a list of know "bugs." The documentation is clear, con cise and well-illustrated, designed to get the first-time user up and working in a short amount of time. Since Textcraft is installed over Workbench 1.0, some users may wish the added security of install

ing it over version L.I, as con tained in their upgrade kits. To do this, copy Workbench 1.1, delete everything except Prefer ences and Trashcan, then boot Textcraft from drive two and drag the icon over to Workbench. It is most important that you also drag the TC drawer, even though it seems to contain nothing. This done, you've created your

own updated version of a power ful, easy-to-use word processor. "Entry level," indeed! —Ervin Bobo $99.95 retail Commodore Business Machines; 1200 Wilson Dr.; West Chester, Pa. 19380

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format, and the second plays the slides back in a predetermined sequence and fashion. A user can enter tables of numeric data

Accounting

credit card, store charges and CODs. Re

H.E.S.T. Bus meets Management

card are also tracked.

Integrated business managemenl

vide information concerning net sales, net

and plot the results in bar, line or pie

tax, cash update, cash on hand, checks on

chart format. There are a variety of each type to choose from, including horizontal and three-dimensional. Once a chart is dis

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A 20MB bari disk u-iil increase capacity approximately 20 limes. The B.E.S.T. Business .Management System â&#x2013; contains most of the major business func-

JttfSiis needed by the majority of businesses thai can operate from a single computer

location,

These functions include accounts receiv able, accounts payable, inventory manage

funds by cash, check, store credit or credit The program's management reports pro

hand and nontaxable and taxable sales. Department sales and clerk sales are also maintained. Available July, 1986 Clockwork Computers, Inc.; 4612 Holly Ridge Rd.: Rockville, Md. 20853; 301-924-5509

ment, order processing, purchase orders,

Integrated Accounting System

invoices, statements, checks and otherseven though the system contains no iden tifiable modules by those names.

Small business accounting

The B.E.S.T. Business Management System

extends the concept of Integration to such an extent that it is difficult to dissect it into its various components, all of which are interrelated in actual operation.

Business Electronics Software & Technolo gy. Inc.; PO Box 852; McMinnville, Oreg. 97128; 503-472-9512

CCI Bottom Liner Personal, small-business accounting

External disk drive. The CCI Bottom Liner is an expandable accounting system designed for personal, home and/or small-business use.

The heart of the system is a detailed Ledger file with automatically assigned transaction numbers thai provide an audit trail. The method used to enter items into the Ledger is user selectable, and the Led

ger file is linked to both Account and Pro ject files. Single- or double-entry bookkeeping can be used. Cash flow, bank balances and a trial balance can be obtained from the Ledger. When check writing is performed, the Ledger is automatically posted, eliminating the need to reenter data.

Consists of accounts parable, accounts receivable, general ledger, payroll and word processing. $295 retail Byte By Byte; 3736 Bee Cave Rd., Ste. 3; Austin, Texas 787-16; 512-328-2983 PHASAR Accounting system; register PHASAR (Professional/Ho me Accounting System And Register) helps users manage accounts, determine budgets, calculate and project taxes, analyze finances and or ganize affairs. Using PHASAR for accounts is similar to using an ordinary checkbook. Users enter transactions into columns that look very much like the ordinary check registers they already use. Users may also do tax calculations with the program, based on entered transac tions, and calculate taxes using different methods to find the most advantageous. Available May, lÂť8(i; $89.95 retail Marksman Technology, Inc.; Rt. 5, Box 221A; Santa Fe, N.M. 87501; 505-455-2681 (information) or 800-334-7792 (sales) s 11) Kiches

In addition, the CCI Bottom Liner pro vides Accounts Receivable and Payable Ledger listings or a Spread Sheet report

Accounting Kiigs To Riches modules include General

of accounts receivable and payable. A Loan Amortization Schedule, Loan Pay

Payable. Features include numbered or name accounts; prints invoices; prints detailed statements; prints checks automatically; has five common commands: a text editor; provides continual on-screen summaries;

ment calculator, Ledger Summary, single

disk Copy and a file initialization and dele tion routine are also provided. Available July. 1986

Clockwork Computers. Inc.; 4612 Holly Ridge Rd.; Rockville, Md. 20853; 301-924-5509

CCI Merchandiser Plus Accounting, inventory control External disk drive. CCI Merchandiser handles transactions, inventory records, financial reports and analyses, accounts receivable and more. Point-of-sale transactions arc- prepared on the system, invoices produced and in ventory updated. Short-period (usually daily) and long-period (up to one year) files keep track of sales by cash, check,

Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts

and is RAM based.

Siyy.Oo retail; per module $499.50 retail; all three modules Chang Labs; 5300 Stevens Creek Blvd.;

San Jose, Calif. 95129; 408-246-8020

Business Graphics Impact

Graphics

512K Amiga; external drive.

Impact displays numeric data in graphic form. There are two parts to the program; the first allows a user to create slides of graphs, charts, text and symbols in a free

played on the screen, a user can change

the colors and add text, icons or freehand drawing to enhance the graphic. Tables allow the creation of text slides. They operate as a word processor with the ability to use the draw functions. Draw functions include freehand, line, frame, cir cle and arc. Slide show capabilities provide control of the type of transformation used between the slides, the wipe delay and the pause

delay. Transformation types include fade in, fade out, random, trickle, spiral in, spi ral out, curtain up, left, right and down. Available April, 1986; $199.95 retail

Aegis Development; 2210 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 277; Santa Monica. Calif, 90403; 213-306-0735

Communications A-TALK Communications A-Talk is a set of integrated communica tions tools that work together to help a user collect, control and transmit data. Features include full control of all com munications parameters; full support of

various modem types with auto-dial, autoredial, answer and hangup; a script lan guage for automatic lug in and log out; a phone number directory for auto-dialing; and full ANSI terminal emulation. VT100 emulation will be available. S49.95 retail Felsina Software; 3175 S. Hoover St., Ste. 275; Los Angeles, Calif. 90007; 213-7-17-8498

A Term Communications

A terminal program that allows incom ing data to be spoken through the speaker; data to be printed as it is coming over the line; support of protocols; auto-dialing; and more.

S49.95 retail

MegaSoft Limited; PO Box 1080: Battle Ground, Wash. 98604; 800-5.11-1541 or 206-687-5205 BBS-PC Bulletin board system BBS-PC is a versatile electronic bulletin board system that transforms an Amiga

into an on-line information network. Other computer users can call a user's Amiga and read messages, leave messages, send a file or even take a file. S99.05 retail

Brown-Wagh Publishing; 100 Verona Ct.; Los Gatos, Calif. 95030; 800-451-0900 or 408-395-3838

The Amiga Buyer's Guide

Business and Professional Software Communications Continued D.A.S. Communications Tel i! con 1 m wiii a t i o us

Creative

Available April. 1986; S99.95 retail

D.A.S. Communication* fcatwvs include VTHIO eimiTalion! support of 110 10 2400

Aegis Draw

Mateo, Caiif. 94404; 415-571-7171

Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.; San

CAD drawing package

baud; built-in bulletin hoard system with

512K Amiga; external driot,

message base: upload and download op

Aegis Draw is a CAD drawing package used to create structured drawings that can be sen! to a plotter or printer. Com mands can be issued via the mouse, the

tions; and'Trienu driven programs.

S4E retail elopers of Advanced Software; 12455

s Memorial Dr., Ste. 204; Housion.

Texas 770 M

keyboard or a (UgitlHir. Features include automatic scaling,

FulurcSound Digital sound recorder Fuluresound makes it possible to record, play back and store any sound directly on the Amiga. Features include nmllitrack recording,

variable recording speeds and variable

zoom, griding, layering, rulers, file merg

playback speeds. It connects directly to the parallel port.

software 10MB; networked etwtnmment. Genie is an integrated IMEC (information

Available April, 19RI>; ,$199,95 retail

An additional connector is provided for a

Aegis Development; 2210 Wilshire Blvd.,

management/electronic communication) ap plication program for n networked environ

213-306-0735

printer. Fitturssound comes complete with a microphone (a jack is provided for using

ment. It is writlen in Pascal and designed for multiple ustr interfaces, including non-

Analytic Art Graphics, pictures

En jj I is h interfaces. Genie consists uf a centra] required com ponent, railed Coretex. and a series of op tional components; Tetefont. Telecaic and

Analytic Art can be used to produce pre cise drawings of striking beauty and com plexity. Users don't have to understand math, programming or art to develop in teresting pictures. Program options for adjusting resolution include striping functions, color evolution,

ing and adjustable paper size.

Teleurite.

Available first quarter, 1987

Data Dynamics, Inc.; PO Box 2728; Port land, Oreg. 97208; 503-626-4635 MnxiComm

Communications; file transfer utility Mnxkomm is a terminal and file transfer

utility program that allows users to con nect their Amigas lo the outside world via a telephone and modem.

$49.05 retail MaxISofrj 2817 Sloal Rd.; Pebble Beach, Calif. 93053; <t 08-625-4104

Ste. 277; Santa Monica, Calif. 90403;

other microphones), connecting cables and

color flashing, three-dimensional stereo

pairs and more. Resulting pictures can be converted to a

format compatible with other Amiga graphics programs. Analytic Art is written in C language and Assembler.

Available May, 1986; $69.95 retail Crystal Rose Software; 109 S. Los Robles; Pasadena, Calif. 01101; 8I8-79B-M84

Animator

Online! Tel eco m m u n i ca t ions Online! is a telecommunications program

Aegis Development, Inc., see review on page 84

that can transform any Amiga into a termi nal capable of interacting with micros and mainframes, so users can exchange infor

Art Director Art Director is designed to aid the needs of advertising artists including art and ere at ire directors.

mation, news and data with other com puters.

The program is also capable of linking up with commercial information services, as well as sending telex messages and electronic mail worldwide. S69.95 retail Brown-Wagh Publishing: 100 Verona Ct.; Los Gatos, Calif. 95030; 800-451-0900 or

408-395-3838 StarNet

Bulletin board network system

Slurnd'a features include X-modem pro tocol support, password operation, mul tilevel security systems, upload and

download Capabilities, menu operation and more.

Available September, 1985; $99.95 retail

Eight Stars .Software, Inc.; 2900 Boniface

Pkwy., Ste. 277; Anchorage, Alaska 99504;

907-343-6109

The program allows a user to create storyboards and text, experiment create and move Available fourth Grey Associates:

Ga. 30342; 404-851-9103 Deluxcl'aint Electronic Arts, see review on page 86 DeluxeVideo Video production 512K Amiga. Deluxevideo can be used to produce video slide shows, poinl-of-sale videos, animated commercials, business presentation videos, interactive educational videos, animations and home versions of MTV.

Videos made with the program can be recorded on a videotape and shown on a

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Available Spring, 15186; 8175 retail Applied Visions; 15 Oak Ridge Rd.; Mudford. Mass. 02155: 617-488-3602 Graph i craft Graphics creation

An entry-ievel graphics design and paint program that features 32 colors and spe cial effects such as color animation.

S49.95 retail Commodore Business Machines: 1201) Wilson Dr.; West Chester, Pa. 19380; 215-431-9180 Images Creative 512K Amiga.

Images allows a user lo create paintings

with as many as 32 different colors out of a possible 4,096. Colors can be mixed and changed on a palette to get the exact colors needed. Circles and rectangles as well as free hand shapes can be drawn. There are 20 different brushes and 16 pat terns available, all of which can be modi fied for custom designing.

Available April. 1986; S79.95 retail Aegis Development; 2210 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 277; Santa Monica, Calif. 90403; 213-306-0735 Imagine This Image processing; software development 512K Amiga (recommended); video digitizer.

The Imagine This image processing soft ware system turns an Amiga computer into an image processing workstation. Imagine This conies with a menu- and

icon-based interactive environment and an applications library that allows users to write their own image processing programs.

With Imagine This, users will be able to accept images from video digitizers, such as LIVE, as well as standard Amiga IFF

graphics files. Available second quarter, 1986 Zoxso; PO Box 283; Lowell, Mass. 018E0; 617-655-9548

VCR. Also, these videos can be overlaid

The Music Studio

and mixed with Ihose a user takes on a

Music composition

video camera.

layouts, layout and justify with colors and typefaces, artwork and more. quarter, 1986 250 Bruton Way; Atlanta.

recording software.

The Music Studio features pull-down win-

(lows for composition and editing and edit ing functions that include commands lo move, copy, repeat, transpose and change

Gander Software, Ltd.; 3223 Bross Rd.,

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Management

â&#x2013; The Ponds"] Hastings, Mich. 49068;

note values.

The program works with electronic mu sical keyboards and in stereo (where avail able) to create musical scores with up to

15 channels controllable at the same time. Available April, 1986; $59.95 retail

FoxFile File management

512K Amiga, external disk drive optional. Foxfile is a file manager that will accept

up to 65,536 records. It works with Work

Amiga Man; Business

Business software Amiga Man provides two disks that con tain business financial management pro grams. Each contains 10 programs. S24.95 per disk retail

Activision; I'O Box 728(>; Mountain View, Calif. B4039; 415-860-M10

bench Version 1.10 or CLI, 256K and one or two disk drives. The program uses all available system

â&#x2013; lexas 77258; 713-480-1735

TV'TXT

memory to speed searches and sorts and it can sort five levels deep in either ascend

Computer Co-Pilot Computer Co-Pilot helps a user to "fly"

512K Amiga; two disk drives. TVTXT is a video production tool that

enables a user to produce high-resolution, animated video titles on the Amiga. The titles can be displayed on any one

of the textured backgrounds supplied with the program or keyed over live video when

used with the Amiga Genlock,

Included with the program are four

high-resolution fonts that can be displayed in a variety of styles, including italic, bold,

outline, metallic and extruded. Additional font libraries are available separately.

Available June, 1986: $249.95 retail

Zuma Group. Inc.; 6733 N. Black Canyon Hwy.; Phoenix, Ariz. 8.1015: (it)2-246-4238

ing or descending order.

Foxfile offers variable field types: file size limited only by available disk space; 50

fields available in each file, which may be up to 255 bytes in length; the ability to export and import data to and from other programs; mouse- and menu-driven con trol; and more.

Available April, 1986; $50 retail Foxware; 1554 Park Creek Ln.: Atlanta, Ga. 30319 Info Base Data base 512K Amiga.

Infobase is a data base program that

Data Base

provides many powerful functions. Each record can contain up to 200 fields of in

A Filer, A Report Data base A Filer features include creation of disk files; sorting of information; printing out

formation, and the number of records is

mailing labels; printing out a sorted or partially selected list; 12 fields per record; and more. S49.95 retail A Report features include creation of custorn report headings; page numbering;

column-type or multiple-line reports; calcu lation of totals; and more. $-19.95 retail

MegaSoft Limited; PO Box 1080; Battle

Ground, Wash. 08604; 800-641-154I or

only limited by memory available. Records are easily added or deleted,

there are flexible sorting and search [unc tions and browsing through records is a simple matter. Records can be sorted and printed by

any field. The starting and ending sort in formation can also be specified, and multi ple copies of the printout can be produced. S45 retail Harvsoft; PO Box 725; Kenmore, N.Y. 14217; 716-877-3510

20IJ-687-5205

Amiga Record Holder

512K Amiga, Features include 16 fields with userdefinable input and length; sorts on any

fieid; arranges into zip code order or al phabetically; prints mailing labels; ac counts ledger; and on-line help and tutorials.

Available September, 1988; $38 retail IIC Software Australia; GPO Box 2204; Adelaide, South Australia 5001; 08-428377 The Data System 5I2K Amiga; two disk drives; Amiga-DOS 1.1 or later; ABasiC.

The Data System is a full-featured data base management package that builds files, reports and lists with posting, totals, subtotals, calculations, etc., all on up to nine conditions.

Available June, 1986; S200 retail; without

ABasiC $210 retail; with ABasiC

Integrated VIP Professional Integrated spreadsheet, data base, graphics VIP Professional brings together a spreadsheet, a data base and graphics capabilities in one program. Modeled after IjiIus 1-2-3, the program helps users do: home budgets; loan sched

ules; retirement, investment and insurance planning; accounting; inventory; payroll; business plans; check ledgers: and book keeping. Built-in graph types include pie charts, stacked-bar charts, line graphs, bar

graphs, scatter graphs and X/Y graphs. Titles, legends, grids and formats can be added, and users can also control scaling. $199.95 retail VIP Technologies; 132 Aero Camino; Goleta, Calif. 93117; 805-968-9567

Amiga Man; PO Box 38768; Houston,

his life like a copilot helps a pilot to fly a plane. It assists a user at his communication tasks, while learning about the user and his relation to the world.

The program includes a fully integrated relational data base and a selfprogramming expert system. It is I/O com

patible with all standard communications

channels, including ASCII files. Available fourth quarter, 1986; $900 retail Alive Systems Group; PO Box 50: Big Sur.

Calif. 93920; 415-332-8018 D.A.S. Business Finance D.A.S. Business Finance assists business

owners in making financial decisions and planning for future business expansion. Investment functions and information include purchase price for merger/acquisi tion; purchasu/lease iinalysis; tax deprecia tion table; equipment price analysis; job biddingfcost analysis; variable and fixed production amount: depreciation value; and more.

Available June, 1986; S45 retail Developers of Advanced Software; 12455 Veterans Memorial Dr., Ste. 204; Houston, Texas 77014 Gizmoz Desk accessories $49.95 retail Digital Creations; 530 Bercut Dr.; Sacramento, Calif. 95814; 916-446-4825 MaxiDesk Business tools Maxidesk is made up of a set of useful business tools, including a calculator, ap pointment calendar, alarm clock, phone

book, keyboard helper and notepad. Maxidesk runs with other multitasking

software, providing users with simultane ous access to all of its component parts. S70 retail MaxiSoft; 2817 Sloat Rd.: Pebble Beach. Calif. 93953; 408-625-4104 Time & Task Planner

512K Amiga; two disk drifts; Amiga-DOS l.l; ABasiC, Time & Task Planner (TTP) is a time

management tool for up to five users. The program provides each user with a

60-item lb Do List; a fiO-item Future Plan-

The Amiga Buyer's Guide

and Professional Software Miscellaneous Management Continued ning List: an Appointment Scheduler; a

Advanced string Library

Copy to Scheduler utility that allows trans fer of information from [he Tb Do List or

512K Amiga.

Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, III. 1)0138; 312-858-7950

The Advanced Strinx Library is full of

Future Planning List to the Appointment Scheduler; ;ind a Calendar utility thai al lows a user to print single-sheet yearly, or monthly block calendars, for any year

from 1911 through 2399.

Amiga Lattice Maclibrary

handy tools that include source code. Features include pattern matching rou tines, expression scanning, associative

512K Amiga; two disk driits.

memories, text manipulation, character set

functions that aid in implementing

Madibrary consists of more than 60 C

manipulation, English text and Roman numeral conversion, DO programs that find and replace patterns in a current file,

$100 retail; without ABasiC

SUO retail; with ABasiC Gander Software, Ltd.; 3223 Bross Hi.,

a 38,000-word dictionary and more.

616-945-282]

Available April, 19811; $39.90 retail True BASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.;

"The Bonds"; Hastings, Mich. 49058;

screens, windows and gadgets by utilizing the functions, examples and sample pro grams included with the package. Madibrary routines are functionally com patible with most Macintosh Quickdraw Routines. Standard Pflfl Package and Tool

Hanover, N.H. 03755; 603-1)43-3882

Programming

box Utility Routines, enabling a user to convert Macintosh programs to run on the Amiga.

Amiga Lattice C Compiler

,¥100 retail Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, III.

512K Amiga; luv disk drives.

3D Graphics Library

A full implementation of Kernighan and

The 3D Graphics Ldbraty is designed for

BOlSSi 312-858-7950

Ritchie with [he ANSI C extensions and

users who wanl to Incorporate three-

additional features for development of pro

dimensional tninsfurmnlions into their software. Available third quarter, 1986

grams on the Amiga. $250 retail Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072: Glen Ellyn. 111. 60138; 312-858-7950

Computer Food. Inc.; 2215 Sarah Ct.. Ste. 8011; Xorcross. Ga. 30093; 404-851-9103

Amiga l.nttice Make Utility 512K Amiga; hm disk drift's.

An automated product generation utility that allows a user to rebuild complex pro grams with a single command.

Amiga Latlice dBC III Library 512K Amiga; UK disk drives.

A Copier Nibbler

The program is similar to UNIX Make and can also be used to update text and sp re ad sheets or perform any executable

Contains more than 70 C functions that

$39.95 retail MegaSoft Limited; PO Box 1060; Hattle

allow a user to create, access and update files that are compatible with AshtonTate's itfMS£ 111.

commands.

205-687-5205

$150 retail

60138; 312-858-7950

Ground, Wash. 98604; 800-541-1541 or

The Right Link, Ltd. AMIGA CABLES Sony. Amdek. Taxan. and others

134.95 to S39.95

Amiga Printer Cabin

6 and 10 feet

$39.95 . . ;

$49.95 136.95

Amiga Modem Cables

Hard Disk Syltem

Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, 111.

AMIGA SOFTWARE Bualness

CHANG LABS A/I". A/R, OH. Business Pock

Amiga Monitor Cables

Amiga btttntlon Cables

$125 retail

124.95

ELECTRONIC ARTS Financial Cookbook

S39.95

OLAMIC SYSTEMS Z + Z Home Management System

S89.95

MICRO SYSTEM Anaryie

189.95

LATTICE Unicalc Spreadsheet

179.95

Languages

LATTICE "C" &. Text Utilities

169.95

UBZ SOFTWARE UBZ Forth

179.95

AMIGA HARDWARE

uaiw«

MICRO FORGE Ram Disk

1Z4.95

MAXI CORP Maxlcomm

14Z.9S

MICRO SYSTEMS On Une

J89.9S

MICRO FORCE ProLog-Level 1

189.95

(Complete wlih seven-slot expansion box)

J1.4I5.95 to 1762.95 .

SI.791.90 to 1Z, 136.90

7-Slot expansion box

S656.95

2-meg Ram Bo.ircl

. . .

1859.95

Siereo Sound Digitizer

1344 95

Dual External 5.Z5 Inch Floppy Drives

$499.95

Sony MonKors

call for pricing

Graphics

ELECTRONIC ARTS Deluxe Paint

CITIZEN. OKIDATA. PANASONIC. C. 1TOH. EPSON

. .

call lor pricing

Modems

PEACHTREE TECHNOLOGY P-I2OO

1279.95

call (or price

Games

ELECTRONIC ARTS. INFOCOM, ACTIVISION.

MINDSCAPE

Printers

131.95 to 144.95

Manuals

BANTAM Amiga Users Manual

124.95

ADDISON WESLEY Amiga Technical Relerence Manual

189.95

The Right Link, Ltd. • P.O. Box 724085 • Atlanta, Georgia 30339 (404) 984-9060 • 1 800-762-3420 Dealer Inquiries Welcome

June 19X6

1139.95

MICRO FORGE Texl Editor

I O-ZQ-40-meg

(Complete wlih one-slot adapter]

599.95 1245.95

Amiga Lattice Screen Editor 5I2K Amiga; '"f disk drives. The Lattice Screen Editor is a mukiwin-

$200 retail MaxiSoft; 2817 Slo&f Rd.; Pebble Beach, Calif. 93953; 408-fi25~i 104

dow editor that provides the standard

editor functions, such as block moves, key board macros and cut and paste. SI00 retail Lattice, Inc.; I'O Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, III.

60138; 312-858-7950 Amiga Lattice Text Utilities 512K Amiga: too dish drives. Text Utilities consists of eight programs

that provide a language-independent set of tools for examining and editing text files. These utilities can be used on program source code or files produced by a text processor.

$75 retail

Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, HI. 60138; 312-858-7950 Amiga-Lint

Diagnostic facility for C Amiga-Lint analyzes C programs and reports on hugs, glitches and inconsisten cies. The program looks across multiple modules and compares calls against a

user's standard library. It aids in develop ing reliable programs and in porting pro grams from other machines and operating systems.

S98 retail Gimpel Software; 3207 Hogarth Ln.; Col-

Commodore-Amiga Programming languages 3199.95 retail; Amiga LISP $149.95 retail; Amiga C S99.95 retail; Amiga Pascal

S99.95 retail; Amiga Macro Assembler

Commodore Business Machines; 1200 Wil son Dr.; West Chester, Pa. 19380; 215-431-9180

Doost Forth is a descendant of the F83 systems. It is upwardly compatible with

F83. but also has additional features. One of these features is the capability to access all of Amiga's internal data struc tures and routines mneumonically through the implementation of extensions on the

Forth vocabulary and operations. Available summer, 1986; S40 retail Doost Software; PO Box 209; Amherst,

Mass. 01002; 413-B49-5168 KnterAct Authoring system 512K Amiga recommended.

Available Fall, 1986 to Spring, 1987 Battenberg and Associates, Inc.; 4740 Hinesley Are.; Indianapolis, Ind. 46208; 317-283-3129

Amiga MS-DOS C Compiler

Hippo Eprom Burner Reads, verifies and burns most Eproins,

Allows Amiga development on an MSDOS system. Includes the Amiga Lattice C

$199.95 retail

Compiler.

sity Ave., Ste. 12; Los GatOS, Calif. 95030;

S250 retail

Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn. 111. 60138; 312-858-7950 Amiga Panel Forms Manager

512K Amiga; two disk drives. Panel enables users lo allow full user

editing of data entries, provide custom data entry validation and create pop-up help messages and menus. Users can also layer their screen designs with up to 10 overlapping images to create background screens.

$195 retail

Lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, III.

(30138; 312-858-7950

Amiga Programmer's Library Software development; file transfers IBM PC for file transfers; C compiler; Amiga assembler and linker.

The Amiga Programmer's Library contains

14 tools for developing software and 10 utilities that complement existing develop ment tools, such as the Lattice C compiler and the Amiga assembler and linker. The program also contains four utilities, which run on an IBM PC, that allow file transfers of either binary- or text filesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;

both to and from an Amiga.

HiMB address space, rational and float ing-point arithmetic, structure editor and more.

ISO Pascal: This is a full ISO standard Pascal compiler for Che 68000 for commer cial, educational and personal uses. $199.95; Cambridnc LISP $99.95; ISO Pascal Tendistar, Inc. Metncomco: 5353 #E ScottS Valley Dr.; Scons Valley. Calif. 95066; 408-438-7201

Doost Forth Software development

legeville. Pa. 19426; 215-584-4261

5I2K Amiga; two disk drives.

tion of LISP for computers based on the Motorola 68000 range of microprocessors. Its features include an integral compiler,

Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer

Metadigm Software Programming tools Metascope: The Debugger offers Memory Windows, which allow users to move through memory, display data or disassem

bled code and freeze to preserve a display; Other Windows, such as status windows that show register contents and program state; Execution Control, featuring break points with repetition counts and condi

tional expressions; and more. $95 retail Metascribc: The Editor features mouse

support for text selection, command menus and Scrolling! search/replace of

regular expressions either for ward/backward, full file or marked block;

multiple windows that allow users to work with different files or different portions of

the same file; and more. SSo retail Metatools I provides the following programming tools: a program main

tenance utility, pattern matching utility, source file compare, text file filter, sinsle

file compare, file dump utility, Amiga-toPC file transfer, PC-t<i-Amiga file transfer

408-395-3190

and more. S69.95 retail Metadigm, Inc.; 19762 MacArthur Blvd.. Ste. 300; Irvine, Calif. 92715;

HobKit I

714-955-2555

Programming utilities Hobkil I is a basic set of programs and utilities that includes Funtime I and File Clerk I.

Funtime I is a collection of animated color graphic routines, a music tran scriber/composer and a music player driv en by an extensive music meta language

(MML). File Clerk I includes all the utilities and routines needed to create commercial or

data processing applications. All code is written in C for portability to other computer systems.

Available June, 1986 S125 retail; Hobkit I. includes Funtime I and File Clerk I S50 retail; Funtime I

S100 retail; File Clerk 1 Getting Enterprises, Inc.; 204 Hamilton

Hd.; Bossier City, La. 71112; 318-747-1829 Mctacomco

Programming 512K Amiga.

Cambridge Lisp: This is an implementa

The Micro Forge Programming Programming utilities Programmer's Editor allows a user to redefine the keyboard and assign com mands to any key combination, as well as write new commands for the Editor.

The program comes with complete mac ro capabilities and a built-in macro compil er. More than 400 macros may be defined by the user.

Available March, 1686; 869.95 retail Prolog Level I. Available April, 1086; $89.95 retail The Micro Forge; 398 Grant St. SE; Atlanta, Ga. 30312; 404-688-9464 Multi-Forth Software development MulH-Forth can be linked lo C and other libraries in order lo lake advantage of ex isting library routines, and its compact code allows large programs to fit into small spaces. The program features a built-in Assem

bler, which provides the ability to optimize code; a Turnkey Compiler, for creating

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stand-alone programs; Trace and Debug system testing; Command'Key Macros, for

aistomizing.proKrams; Online Help; an

Online Tutorial; and more. S179 retail Creative Solutions, Inc.; 4701 Randolph Rd., Ste. 12; Rockville, Md. 20852; 301-984-0262 Program Generator

5I2K Amiga: '«» disk drives; Amiga-DOS 1.1 or later; itfiasiC; The Data System. Program Generator is a power code to

Micro Dim ens ions, Inc.; 455 North L'jiiver-

sity Aw.. Ste. 20fi; Provo, Utah 84601; 801-377-0933 Quick Test 1OOO Digital waveform aquisition and storage

512K Amiga-

The QT-1000 is a tool for testing and debugging digital hardware circuits. The QT-1000 plugs into the expansion slot of the Amiga and comes with a soft ware package for programmable testing and analysis.

The QT-1000 makes use of the Amiga as

help write applii^itions. menus, repeirts,

etc. The program writes actual BASIC code that can be modified and tailored.

Available July, 1986; S400 retail; without ABasiC

S4I0 retail; with ABasiC Gander Software, Ltd.; 3223 BrOSa Rd., "The Ponds"; Hastings, Mich. 49058: 616-945-2821 Programmers Toolkit 512K Amiga. The Programmers Toolkit consists of an

editor (PED), a symbolic debugger (SDB) and a program profiler.

Utilities include compare, dump, grab, list, search/sort directory, search/re place and a print pronram. Available second quarter, 1986; S124.95 retail

a programming tool for specifying the test sequence to be run; the multitasking capa

bilities allow data gathering and analysis

who wants more interaction with a com puter than traditional languages allow. Instead of writing programs as in other languages, a user modifies the language to

the point where the desired application is contained as a subset of the language. This allows the language to evolve with each application and become better adapt ed to a wide range of applications. RTL consists of a dictionary of routines or "words" and allows multiple words to be strung together to form new ones. A full word processor. Wonlwright, is included for editing. Available June. 198fi; S200 retail RTL Programming Aids; 10844 Deerwood SE; Lowell, Mich. 49331; 616-897-5672

programs to be run simultaneously; the

graphics capabilities are used for display

Sorting & Searching

of the waveforms and their associated tim ing information; and Ihe audio output capability allows a user to follow wave forms audibly, if desired. Available September, 1987; S800 to 51,200

512K Amiga.

retail

sorting arrays. All are "in-place" sorts,

Syquest; PO Box 758; Snowdon Station;

which means that they require little mem

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3X 3X9;

ory over and above that taken by the array

514-935-5881

and require no disk access. Available April, lBHfi: $65 retail True BASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.; Hanover, N.H. 03755; 603-643-3882

RTL Relocatable threaded language 5I2K Amiga. RTL is a language designed for a user

Sorting & Searching includes all the rou tines needed for both string and numeric sorting. The library provides 14 subroutines for

THREE SUPER FINANCIAL PACKAGES FOR THE AMIGA !! PAR Home I Personal Financial Management: checkbook accounting and budgets, amortizations, home lease vs buy, personal financial statemants, "spendahclics" exam, life insurance and college investment planner, retirement contributions, multi-reporting and graphicoplions. $69 PAR Real I

Real Estate Analyzer/Manager:

analysis, financial statements, "creative"

property

amortization

tables, loan evaluations, "what il" forecasting, cash How, lax

benefits, rates of return, key ratios, purchase/sell agreements, multi-reporting and graphic options. $129 PAR Biz I Business Financial Management; key business ratios, present and future values, loan evaluations and amortizations, breakeven analysis, stock/bond analysis, auto lease vs buy, linancial statements, annuities, leverage analysis, graphic and mu hi-report ing options.

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An integrated logic design tool with: • schematic diagram entry and simulation capabilities. • user-definable

"macro" devices.

• PROM and PLA support. • fully Interactive operation.

"n'y $199 95 (U S ) direcllij Irum

PBR Software Inc.

Professional Automation Resourcgs

P.O. Bok IOB9 . Vineouv.r, VA 90666 . (20G) 695-1368

June 1986

Capilano Computing Sgstems Ltd. F1 U

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n.uHMiHf.t.

lion 80971. N

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.IPfp

(6Dq) 6G9-63-13

True BASIC Language System 5I2K Amiga,

Features of the languags include control

structure support; named subroutines ac cept parameters passed by reference or by value; line numbers and traditional GOTO and GO SUB statements are optional; subroutines can be separately compiled and saved in external libraries; a complex matrix package; support of multiple win dows for text or graphics; built-in twodimensional graphics transformations; and

follows the proposed ANS standard for

BASIC.

Available April, 198(5; $148.90 retail True BASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.; Hanover, N.H. 03755; 603-643-3882 TxEd Text editor

Features include use of mouse and menus; display and compact code; visible highlighting of cut and paste; multiple windows; editing of IBM text files; and menus for on-line help. $39.95 retail Microsmiths. Inc.; PO Box 561; Cam

bridge, Mass. 02140; 8I7-B78-2878 WAO Robot

Computerized logic controlled robot that

teaches robotics and programming. Available second quarter, 1986; S149.95 retail

Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer

sity Ave., Ste. 12; Los Gatos. Calif. 95030; 408-395-3190 ZI.I Line interpreter Features include pipes, search paths, user-definable command-line editing, definable function keys. UNIX-like wild

cards, versatile redirections, command aliases, built-in commands and command history.

Available April, 1986; $69.95 retail

Zoxso; PO Box 2B3; Lowell, Mass. 01853; 617-1155-9548

Specific Application Man; Math Science and math software Amiga Man provides several disks that

contain collections of scientific and mathe matical programs. $19.95 per disk retail

Amiga Man; PO Box 58768: Houston, Texas 77258; 713-480-1735 Digital Building System Digital Building System (D.B.S.) allows a user to design and test digital electronic circuits graphically.

Standard schematic symbols are used to build the circuits and the Amiga shows the circuit in operation by changing colors of the wires to indicate logic states.

Available June, 1986; S299 retail

MicroMaster Software; 113 W. Woodland

Dr.; Aliquippa, Pa, 15001; 412-728-7472 ES5C Calculnlor

Programmable scientific calculator The ES5C Calculator is a software mod ule that emulates a programmable scientif ic calculator.

It resides in its own window and can run concurrently with other applications.

The program operates almost identically with the Hewlett-Packard HP-15C hand held calculator, except that it doesn't suf fer from any of the HP-15C's memory or speed limitations,

Available June, 1986; $19.95 retail Emusoft Corp.; 1400 Chicago Ave., Ste. 303; Evanston, 111. 60201; 312-869-6676 Grade Manager

Gradebook and statistics Grade Manager allows for the entry of any type of grade entry with full category weighting and renaming, automatic conver sion of grades to a true 100-point scale

and after*the-fact grade maintenance. A special interface allows Grade Manager to hook up to a Scan-Tron optical scanner, allowing a teacher to give a test on scan ner cards. These can then be fed into the Scan-Tron and automatically graded and placed into the grade book. Full attendance recording capabilities are also included. Available April. 1986; S89.95 retail Associated Computer Services; 839 South Glenstone; Springfield, Mo. 65802; 417-865-6555

Li on he art Business Software Business analysis books with software S145 retail; Business Statistics S145 retail; Experimental Statistics S145 retail; Multivariate Analysis S145 retail; Forecasting and Time Series 5145 retail; Safes and .Market Forecasting SI 10 retail: Decision Analysis Techniques

S95 retail: Linear am! Non-linear Programming

$95 retail; Pert and Critical Path Techniques $110 retail; Optimization $75 retail; Explanatory Data Analysis Lionheart Press; PO Box 329; Alburjj, Vt.

05440: 614-933-4918 LotficWorks

Integrated logic design A tool that contains schematic diagram entry and simulation capabilities, userdefinable macro devices, PROM and PLA support and interactive operation.

over their printed circuit board artwork.

$1,000 retail; single sites Multiple site license terms available SoftCircuits, Inc.; 401 SW 75th Terrace; North Lauderdale, Fla. 33068; 305-721-2707

Quiz Master Music Quiz Master allows a teacher to create and give tests or quizzes directly on the

computer. Two additional support pack ages, Music Student I and //, take the stu

dent through all major areas of music theory such as symbol recognition, scales, chords, etc. These quiz disks are examples

of the type of material that can be created using Quiz Master, Quiz Master not only gives the quiz, but also grades it, stores those grades for fu ture review and prints out a progress report. Available April, 1986; $79.95 retail; Quit Master Available May, 1986; $49.95 retail; Music Student I and //

Associated Computer Services; 839 South Glenstone; Springfield, Mo, 65802; 417-865-6555 SciCalc Scientific calculator Scicak is an algebraic calculator that uses a hierarchy system that is similar to the ad vanced algebraic calculators.

There are 10 memories available that can be stored, recalled or summed by a twobutton operation.

Available March, 1986; $22.95 retail

I1L. DeFore; PO Box 47877; St. Petersburg, Fla. 33743

Station Manager Station Manager is a full-featured television station management system

The first module to be completed is the weather graphics system. The system has

full color maps of the world, country, county, State and ADI (Area of Dominant Influence).

Each uses standard IFF format for loading into such packages as Drhtxtpaint and Aegis Images. This allows for complete modifica tion and recoloring by the end user. Additional modules will be available to

handle interoffice mail, tele prompting, down loading from news and weather services and production of news "copy" This will link to

gether all newsroom services. Available June, 1986; S1.995 retail; Station Manager

Available March. 1986: 3995 retail; weather system

S199.95 retail Capilano Computing Systems, Ltd.; PO

Associated Computer Services; 839 South

Box 86971; N. Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7L 4P6; 604-669-6343

'117-865-6555

PCLO

Printed circuit board layout PCLO is a multiple layer, interactive autorouting CAD tool for engineers and technicians who want complete control

Glenstone; Springfield, Mo. 65802;

Spreadsheet Analyze] Brown-Wagh Publishing, see review on page 81

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Business and Professional Software Spreadsheet Continue between the numerical data and a graph so

ty of customized printouts, in either color or

that, as a user changes the data, the graph is automatically redrawn.

black and white.

ing area. Cells ran cdniain numeric data, algebraic

MaxiSoft; 2817 Sloat Rd.; Pebble Beach, Calif. 93953; 408-625-4104

where on the page, edit them, flip, shrink or expand these images and change tlieir colors from among the 4,096 available.

Create sales reports, expense accounts, balaiKC sheets or other reports.

Utilities

screens; foreign Iflmglfflgfl customization for all prompts and messages; complete library

A Disk A two-drive emulator that allows a user to load and run programs without continually

Amiga Uniealc Spreadsheet

512K Amiffi-,. two disk tUi&S:

■■■

Uiucak\ is an ek-cttonii" spreadsheet that

provides a25fr«>ljimn hy I.OiH'-row processformulas 'ixAtesX. and Unicalc can be used to '■} '(yalures include context-sensitive help of algebraic and conditional functions; dual

window capabilities; floating point and scien

tific notation options; load, save and print capabilities; and full compatibility with olher leading spreadsheets.

$79£S retail

lattice, Inc.; PO Box 3072; Glen Ellyn, 111. (50138: 312-858-7950 Ma xi I1 Ian

Spreadsheet 512K Amiga; external disk drive recommended,

Maxiplan is a spreadsheet program that provides what-if analysis with numerical

data. Output can be in the form of numeri cal tables as well as line, pie or bar charts. The program's graphics ran l>e connected to numerical data in oiil1 of two modes, stat

ic or dynamic Static mode provides a "snapshot" of all numerical data for graph ing; dynamic mode retains the connection

The program allows a user lo place an

unlimited number of different images any

Available April, 1686; $150 retail

The grid system allows a user to arrange

images with equally spaced placement or ac cording to seven pre-formatted patterns.

Available March, 1986; (99.95 retail Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.; San

swapping the Workbench disk.

Mateo, Calif. 94404; 415*71-7171

$2ii.sif) retail MegaSoft Limited; PO Box 1080; Baltic Ground, Wash. 98604; 800-541-1541 or 206-687-5205

Disk Guru A utility program thai includes undeleting of files, recovering of bad files (when possi

ble), viewing of files in various formats, edit ing of files and directories one byte at a time and more. Available third quarter, 1986

Amiga M:in; Utilities Utility software Amiga Man provides two disks with col lections of Amiga System utilities. There are five programs per disk. $29.95 per disk retail Amiga Man; PO Box 58768; Houston, Texas

Computer Food, Inc.; 2215 Sarah Ct., Ste. 80H; Norcross, Ga. 30093; 404-831-9103 Disk Library

Disk library provides a way to organize the contents of a disk for easy access. Each disk, file and folder in the library is filed, categorized and cross-referenced, and a permanent record is created on each.

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Dcluxcl'rint

Printing program 5I2K Arm&i.

Available March, 1986; $4955 retail

Deluxeprint is a full-function color printing

Classic Image, Inc.; 510 Rhode Island Ave.;

program.

Cherry Hill, KJ, 08002; 609-667-2526

It contains 15 formats for creating a varie

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Disk Traffic Controller Tim disk drives recommended. Disk Thiffic Controller is a mnsler disk cata

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where the user may locale files, find the most up-to-date version, uncover duplications and more. Available second quarter, 1986

Grey Associates; 250 Brulon Way; Atlanta. Ga. 30342; 404-851-9103 HippoPixel A font and sprue editor thai includes timed animation sequence. Available second quarter, 1986; S59.95 retail

Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 University Are., Ste. 12; Los Gates. Calif. 95030;

4083953190 LaserWriter Utilities .â&#x2013; \migaDOS; Apple LaserWriter; serial cable; moilem eliminator; external disk driir.

A collection of Postscript procedures for for

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Each procedure is self-contained so that it

can be independently sent out of the Ami ga's serial port, via a call to AmigaDOS's

TYPE command, or combined with other procedures to form complete /bslscript programs.

Each procedure can be edited with AmigaDOSls ED for custom applications. Available April, 1986; S25 retail

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Word Processing Flow

New Horizons Software, see review on page 87

HippoConcept An outliner and idea processor with multilevel conceptual structuring and un restricted outline formatting.

Available Becond quarter, 1986; SI 19.95 retail

Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 98:1 Univer

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Hippo PontS Twelve additional fonts lo be used with Hippoieord.

Available second quarter, 1986; $39.95 retail Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer

Discovery Software, see review on page 88 The On-line AmigaDOS Manual Version 1.1 An on-line help utility

Menus provided are DOS Help, which contains how-to sections on DOS devices, directories, command formats and other DOS features; Commands, which contains all of the Amiga DOS commands underly ing the Workbench, broken down into menu categories; and more.

Available March. 1986; $29.95 retail; AmigaDOS Manual Available October, 1986; $29.95 retail; Amiga B/\S!C Manual Omega Star Software; PO Box 1331; Clemson. S.C. 29633: 803-882-3602 RAM Disk Memory partitioning utility

The RAM Disk gives high-speed capabili ties to users of the Workbench interface. The program appeals as a normal disk

icon and functions in all ways as a normal Amiga disk drive. The only difference is that everything in the RAM Disk is lost when the machine is turned off or reset. S24.95 retail

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Word processing 5I2K Amiga. Wordwright is a word processor thai can handle large text files and is oriented to the user who wants total control over the way texl is printed. In addition to functions such as block,

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Available June, 1986; $75 retail

RTL Programming Aids; 10814 Deerwood SE; Lowell. Mich. 49331; 616-897-5672

sity Ave., Ste. 12; Los Gatos, Calif. 95030; 408-395-3190 HippoSpell A generic spell checker that contains a user-defined or 30,000-word dictionary.

Personal and Home Software

Available second quarter, 1986; $59.95 retail Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer sity Ave.. Ste. 12; Los Gatos, Calif. 95030; 408-395-3190 HippoWbrd A full-featured, muliiple-font word

processor with mail-merge and macro

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Available second quarter, 1986; S189.95 retail Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer sity Ave., Ste. 12; Los Gatos. Calif. 95030; 408-395-3190 LaserWriter Fonts Vol. 1 AmigaDOS; Apple hiserieriter; serial cable; modem eliminator; external disk drive. A collection of three downloadable ana

lytic foot bit-mapped) fonts for the Laserwriter printer.

These include Round, a stroked, thinlined font based on lines and circles; Clas sic, a stylized Roman-like typeface: and Showtime, based on the Broadway typeface.

Available April, 198IJ; $30 retail S. Anthony Studios; 889 De Haro St.; San Francisco, Calif. 94107; 415-826-6193 Nancy Spelling checker and utilities Nancy is a Spelling checker with a com pressed dictionary file containing more

than 80,000 words. The program can he run passively,

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Available May, 1986; S60 retail The Computer Club; 4S43A South 28ih

Education Algebra

5I2K Amiga.

Algebra is a tool that can be used as a supplement to a high school Algebra II course. Several of the topics may also be

used In a pracalculuS course or an ad vanced Algebra I course.

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g Training Tapes Basic and advanced video training These two tapes are training videos of one hour apiece that explain the basic workings of She Amiga in an entertaining fashion. They will be available on VHS, Beta or %-inch video and accompanied by

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Available May, 1986

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only way to escape is to answer fraction problems correctly. Available June, 1986; $49.95 retail

Comprehensive Grammar Review I

Analogies I ami II

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ject agree, etc. Grade seven and above.

512K Amiga.

Discrete Math is a flexible package that

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verbs, agreement of subject and verb, cor

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tions, probability, binary trees and systems of equations.

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512K Amiga.

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tine that accepts a uscr-defintd function, takes multiple derivatives, plots the func tion and its derivatives and displays tables of values; and eight special-purpose rou tines for individual topics, namely limits, tangents to a curve, maxima and minima, area under curve, L'Hopital's rule, para

above. S54.SI5 retail Intellectual Software; 798 North Ave.; Bridgeport. Conn, 06(506; 800-232-222-1

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Decimal Dungeon

French and Spanish Grammar

Decimal Dungeon is a learning game in which a user is trapped inside the crystal caverns of a dunneon master. The only way to escape is to answer math problems correctly. Available July, 1986; S49.95 retail Fraction Action takes place in the base ment of a mad professor's dungeon where his crew is holding the user captive. The

differential equations. Available June, 198«; $59.95 retail True BASIC, Inc.; 39 S. Main St.;

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Intellectual Software: 798 North Ave.;

Bridgeport. Conn. OliHOfi: 8110-232-2224 Geography U.S. Geography Adventure—players travel to all 50 states plus Washington, DC. Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands as they learn to identify each state and its capital, largest cities, rivers and other ge ographical features. Grade level seven and above. $59,515 retail

World Geography Aiiventure1—players travel to every country in North and South America while learning noteworthy ge

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travel to each of the countries of Asia.

Grade level seven and above. $59.95 retail Intellectual Software; 798 North Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn. 06606; B00-232-2224

Hippo Computer Almanac Reference software that contains more than 35,000 useful facts in 17 topic areas. $34.95 retai! Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer

sity Ave., Ste. 12: Los Gatos, Calif. 95030: ■108-395-3190 History American History Adwnturc—players must meet and identify historical characters in

American history and be able to locate them in time and place. High school level and above. $59.95 retail

Sou A Bill Becomes A Laic—the user be comes a Congressperson trying to get a bill passed in the U.S. Congress. Teaches

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school level. $59.95 retail Intellectual Software; 798 North Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn. 06606; 800-232-2224

Lessons In Reading And Reasoning Introduces many types of fallacies and shows a user how to recognize them in his own thinking and in others' arguments.

Typing tutor S39.95 retail Scarborough Systems, Inc.; 55 S. Broad way; Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591; 914-332-4545 Mindscapu Educational Games The Halley Project: A Mission in Our Solar System—in this game, the Halley Project is looking for highly skilled star pilots to par

ticipate in a top secret space exploration. To qualify, a user must successfully com plete a series of 10 missions, navigating by the stars. Available March, 1986: S44.95 retail

Keyboard Cadet—trains a user to touchtype using either the standard QWERTY Or Dvorak keyboard and follows the course of study that typing teachers use. Avail able March. 1986: S39.95 retail

Mindscape, Inc.; 3444 Dundee Rd.: Northbrook, 111. 60062; 8(10-221-9884 or 800-9-12-7315 in III.

Paraclete Music aid Paraclete allows a student to have com plete access to a variety of musical tutori als. It deals with everything from the most basic of musical skills, such as note and

symbol recognition, to complex chord structures, scales and harmonics. The pro gram has several skill levels and allows for sight and ear training. Available April, 1986; S89.95 retail Associated Computer Services; 839 South Glenstone: Springfield, Mo. 65802; 417-865-6555 Practical Composition and Sentence Completion Practical Composition I: Making Words

Work—tutorial on choosing the right word,

denotation and connotation, emotional and unemotional words, specific and general words, little versus big words, avoiding for eign and slang words and more. High school level. S44.95 retail Practical Composition II: Logical, Clear Sentences—tutorial on sentence sense, coor

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Corredly—tutorial with practice drills on more than 100 words and phrases often

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Intellectual Software; 798 North Aw.; Bridgeport, Conn. Of.60{5; 800-232-2224 I're-Cakulus 512K Amiga. Pre-Calcitlits can be used to illustrate

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as well as eight special-purpose routines for individual topics, namely finding roots of a function, solving triangles, composi tion of functions, the equation of a line, conic sections, polar coordinates, inverse functions and logarithms to any base.

Available June, 198f>; $49.95 retail

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College Aptitude Reading Comprehension Exercises—helps prepare for college apti tude tests. High school level. Sf!5 retail

Reading Adivnture I— interactive fiction that allows players to choose their own story line while earning points and practic ing comprehension skills. Reading level is

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Intellectual Software; 798 North Ave.: Bridgeport. Conn. 06606; 800-232-2224 Starting A New Business

A simulation game that leaches the ins and outs of starting a new business ven

ture by making decisions about trade name, partnership agreement, incorpora tion, budgeting, marketing, inventory, ad vertising, hiring employees, raising capital. record keeping, taxes and insurance. High school level and above.

$59.95 retail Intellectual Software; 798 North Ave.; Bridgeport, Conn. 06606; 800-232-2224 Trigonometry 512K Amiga,

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points a player must earn treasures by answering vocabulary questions. Grades 10 to 12. $59.95 retail How To Spell—contains suggestions for im prove in em, definitions of terms, basic spelling rules, forming plurals of nouns, forming possessives, forming contractions, misspellings caused by suffixes

and 100 spelling demons. Grades four to seven. $39.95 retail Intellectual Software; 798 North Are.; Bridgeport. Conn. OfiGOG; 800-232-2224

Games and Entertainment Amiga Man; Games Entertainment software Amiga Man provides disks containing Collections of simple

games, 20 per disk. They also have more complex game disks that include color graphics, sound and speech.

$19.95 to $49.95 retail; per disk, depending on complexity

Amiga Man; I'O Box 58768; Houston, Texas 77258; 713480-1735 Championship Star League Baseball Sports game

Available Summer, 1986 Gamesiar; 1302 State St.; Santa Barbara, Calif. 93101; 80.^-963-3487 Diablo

Consists of tracks, panels and a ball. Available March. 1986; S29.95 retail

Classic Image, Inc.; 510 Rhode Island Are.; Cherry Hill, NJ. 08002; 609-6157-2526 Electronic Arts Games Available now S39.95 retail; Archon (chess-like gamel. see review on page 85 S39.95 retail; Seven Cities Of Gold (adventure) S39.9S retail; Dr. f and Larry Bird Go OtU-On-Ont (basketball simulation)

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$39.9;i retail: Skyfox (strategy same) Available March. 1986 S3S.95 retail; Arclicfox (combat tank simulation) Available April, 1986 S49.95 retail; Adventure Construction Set (build your own adventure) 339.95 retail; Return To Atlantis (adventure)

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Design Kit

Allows a user to create animation programs and computer games of his own design.

Available Summer, 1986 Activision, Inc.; PO Box 7286; Mountain View, Calif. 94039;

Gridiron Football simulator

Drummond Plaza; Newark, Del. 19711; 302-368-9990

checkbook, budget, and more.

Mindscape Games

as 77258; 713-480-1735

Gridiron is a football simulation game in which users select plays from ,i play book

and then direct the execution of those plays using the mouse. Available April. 1986; S39.95 retail

Bethesda Softworks: 9208 Burning Tree Rd.; Bethesda, Md. 20817; 301-469-7060

Hncker; Borrowed Time; M in [[ shadow Activision, Inc., see reviews on page 80 HC Software Australia Games Cosmos—a space game in which players

master the galaxy, colonize and mine for minerals. Requires 512K Amiga. Available April, 1986; $38 retail Napokonics G.A.R—a war-game assist

program covering the periorl 1800 lo 1820. Available July, 1986; $38 retail ImiuI G.A.P.—a game assist program that contains rules for table-based war games covering 1939 lo 1979. Available June, 1986; $38 retail HC Software Australia; GPO liox 2204;

Adelaide, Soulh Australia 5001; 08-428377 Inlornm Games

$49.95 retail; Starcross (science fiction) $49.95 retail; Suspended (science fiction) S39.95 retail; Pianetfall (science fiction) 339.95 retail; The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (science fiction)

$44.95 retail; A Mind Forever Wgaging (science fiction)

$44.95 retail; Infidel (adventure) $39.95 retail; Seastalker (adventure) S39.95 retail; Cutthroats (adventure) S39.95 retail; Wishbringer (fantasy) S39.95 retail; Zork I (fantasy)

S44.95 retail; Zork [I (fantasy) .$44.95 retail; Zork III (fantasy) S39.95 retail; Enchanter (fantasy)

Deja I'm: A Nightmare Comes True— transports a player into the suspense- and

danger-filled world of a 1940s mystery. The player, suffering from amnesia, must solve a murder and find bis identity before being arrested for the crime. Available

May. 198G; $49.95 retail Bralarcas—lhe player is a scientist who has developed a genetic process for creat ing a superbeing. With the government and the underworld both after this process for their own evil purposes, you escape to a colonized asteroid, Rrataccas. Requires

B12K Amiga. S49.95 retail

Racier— a software program that uses a 2,800-word vocabulary and grammatical expertise lo converse with computer own

ers. $44.95 retail Mindscape, Inc.; 3444 Dundee Rd.; Northbrook, 111. 60062; 800-221-9884 or 8011-942-7315 in 111.

Nitroman Nilroman is an action game in which a

user has a job transporting nitroglycerine. He must design and build his own vehicle, and use it lo navigate a course through treacherous terrain. Available Fall, 198S Spectra Soft, Inc.; 6435 Dillon Cir.; Colora do Springs, Colo. 80919; 303-598-8417 Solar System Space adventure game 512K Amiga. Available November, 1986 Ace Computer Enterprises; 1140 Sparta Dr.; Lafayette, Colo. 80026; 303-665-9475

Personal and

S44.95 retail; Sorcerer (fantasy)

Home Finance

S49.95 retail; Spclibreaker (fantasy!

2+2

$49.95 retail; S39.95 retail; S44.95 retail; Infocom; 125 bridge, Mass.

Deadline (mystery) The Witness (mystery) Suspect (mystery) CambridgePark Dr.: Cam 02140; 617-492-6000

Leader Board

Pro golf simulator Joystick, Ltadtr Hoard is a golf simulator that fea tures multiple 18-hole courses, sandtraps, trees, three-dimensional animation and three levels of play. Available April, 1986; S44.95 retail

Home management 512K Amiga: ttvo disk drives; printer recom mended. 2*2 is a home management system that

features an integrated data base to help or ganize daily activities and financial trans actions. The program can also be used as a mail ing list manager, a personal calendar and to generate a personal telephone directory. 2+2 is menu driven and offers on-line prompts and user assistance. The program can be password protected.

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$99 retail Olamic Systems Corp.; 141 W, Jackson Blvd.; Chicago, III. 60604; 312-786-1410

Micro League Sports Association

Amiga Mini; Home

Baseball

Personal and home software Amiga Man provides a disk that con tains a collection of programs useful around the home and for small businesses. These include banner, labels, calendar,

Access Software; 2561 South 15IJ0 West;

Available July, 1986 S59.95 retail; Micro League Baseball $39.95 retail; General Manager's Owner Disk Micro League Sports Association; 2201

$19.95 retail; 11101 Home Programs disk Amiga Man; PO Box 68768; Houston. Tex

D.A.S. Home Finance D.A.S. Home Finance assists the homeowner in making financial decisions and in planning for future investments.

Investment [unctions include future in

vestment value; initial investment: nominal interest rate; annual interest rate; net pres ent value: present and future annuity val ue; present value of bonds, common stocks, treasury notes and tax deduction; and more.

The program also includes a built-in tu tor to assist in these investment functions.

Available June. 198fi; $45 retail

Developers of Advanced Software: 12455 Veterans Memorial Dr., Ste, 204: Houston, Texas 77014 Financial Cookbook Financial analysis Financial Cookbook is designed fur home financial decision malting. The program offers 32 financial calcula tion "recipes" that contain formulas that produce answers about taxes, investments, savings, mortgages, [RAs and other per sonal finance questions.

S49.95 retail Electronic Arts; 1820 Gateway Dr.; San Mateo. Calif. 94404; 415-571-7171 Financial Planner 5I2K Amiga: two disk drives; Amiga-DOS l.l or later; AliasiC. Financial Planner is a what-if planning tool for all common financial transactions with amortizations. All math, rows and columns are built in. Available June, 198H; $100 retail; without A BasiC SI 10 retail; with ABasiC

Gander Software, Ltd.; 3223 Bross Rd., "The Ponds"; Hastings, Mich. 4905H; 616-945-2821

Home I, Real I, Biz I PAR financial software Amiga 512K recommended; two disk driirs. PAR Home I; Sec review on page 90 PAR Real I assists a realtor or investor with several property financial manage ment areas, such as preparing investment analyses, financial statements, amortization

tables, loan evaluations and more. Avail able March, 1986; S129 retail PAR Biz I helps an accountant, execu tive, controller or manager with certain

areas of business financial management, such as present and future investment analyses, annuities, income and balance sheet financial statements, amortization

analyses and more. Available April, 1986; $129 retail PAR Software, Inc.; PO Box 1089; Van

couver. Wash. 98666; 880-433-8433

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Hardware and

Peripherals

Hardware and Peripherals 256K Memory Expansion

$149.95 retail

Skyles Electric Works, Inc.; 231-E South Whisman Rd,; Mountain View, Calif.

94041; 800-227-9998 or 415-96H73B

QUEUE, Inc. offers stimulating programs for the Amiga computer. Interactive tutorials, challenging educational games, and exciting simulations. Subject areas include language arts, social studies, foreign language, and aptitude test preparation. Imagine your child on a Reading Adventure where he or she is encouraged to solve the mystery of who heists the jeweled music box. A different story line is presented and points are earned with each clue acquired. As the adventure requires

concentration and imagination, the child won't even notice that comprehension skills are being practiced. Be a Congressperson for a day with How a Bill Becomes a Law.

You or anyone in your family can find out what steps must be taken in order to pass a bill in the U. S. Congress. Learn more

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2S6K RAM Card A 256K display RAM card thai installs behind [he from panel, expanding avail able memory for programs and graphics to

512K. SI 20 retail

Starpoinl Software: 122 S. Broadway; Yreka. Calif. 96097: 916-842-6183 ADC-1 Data Acquisition And

Control System Measurement; monitoring hardware The ADC-1 Data Acquisition and Control System is an RS232 peripheral product

that combines analog and digital Inputs

with hardwired, controlled outputs and a transmitter, It allows a user to operate AC devices using the BSR/Leviton series of line-carrier, remote-control modules.

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$449 retail; standard model Remote Measurement Systems, Inc.; 2633 Eastlake Aye. E, Ste. 206; Seattle, Wash. 98102; 206-328-2255

Gertrudes Ave., 짜102; La Mirada, Calif. 90638: 714-739-5020 IVS Ramcx-1M RAM memory expansion board

The IVS Ramex-1M is a memory expan

sion board for the Amiga. It comes with 1MB of dynamic RAM in stalled and is user expandable up to SMB. The Kamex-IM is an Amiga plug-in card designed to fit into ihe IVS Busbox bus expander box or any other expansion box

thai conforms lo Ihe Amiga hardware ex pansion architecture specification. Available September, 1986; S199.95 retail Interactive Video Systems; 15201 Santa

Gertrudes Ave, Y-102; La Mirada, Calif. 906.18; 714-739-5020

Kurtii 1'rmlucts Peumouse+ is a pointing device that is

softkey selectable between a graphics tab let mode and a mouse mode. Its two com ponents are a cordless pen and an 8l,i-inch by 11-inch by 'A-inch surface. Kurta Corp.; 4610 Soulh 35th St.; Phoe nix, Ariz. 85040; 602-276-5533 The Micro Purge Hardware Memory and hard disk expansion systems

Amiga Expansion Box The Amiga Expansion Box contains a fully socketed memory array to hold the

full 8MB of addressable fast memory. The standard configuration of memory is 512K, and memory is expandable in increments of 512K. Eight expansion slots are available with

in (he expansion box, to allow a user to in terface new products to the Amiga. Available Summer, 1986 5995 retail; Expansion Box. eight expan

sion slots, 512K bytes of expansion fast memory (with sockets for 8MB), battery

backedup real-time clock, hard disk inter face, power supply. The Gemstone Group; (520 Indian Spring Ln.; Buffalo Grove, 111 60089; 412-537-0544 Aprotek Daisy and matrix printers Aprotek; 1071-A Avenida Acaso; Camarillo. Calif. 93010; 805-482-3604 [Slack & White Digitizer Video digitizer wtih 1/fiOth of a second

DSI; 717 South Emporia; Wichita, Kan, 67211; 316-264-6118

Desktop Amp; Disk Mate Digital Systems En pi nee ring, see review on paRe 87

GenLock Subsystem, Model RM2

The Model RM2 Genlock subsystem is designed for professional use of the Amiga in recording studios and broadcast appli cations.

The heart of the system is based on a dedicated Fairchild Sync Generator chip, operable in either Master or Slave mode. Available second quarter, 198IS; $850 retail Burklund & Associates; .1903 Carolyn

Ave.; Fairfax, Va. 22031; 703-273-SS63 Home Controller

X-10 poiverhouse controller.

Allows remote control of lights and ap pliances.

5139.95 retail Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer

sity Ave., Ste. 12; Los Gatos. Calif. 95030;

frame grabber.

408-395-3190

Available second quarter, 1986; $199.95 retail Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer sity Ave., Ste. 12; Los Gatos, Calif. 95030; 408-395-3190

IVS Busbox Bus expansion box

Bush Station Features include a recessed slot; surge, spike, RF1 and EMI interference; a multiport data switch; a RAM expansion port; and eight 8fi-pin card edge connectors.

slots in a fully buffered backplane and a real-time clock. Available September. 1986; S299.95 retail

The Seven Slot Expansion Box provides

full bus interface with the Amiga. The box can hold two half-height S'A-inch hard disks and up to seven boards. The com plete system includes a Board Set, 130-watt power supply and case. Available March, 1986; S656.95 retail

The One Sloi Expansion Board provides a full bus interface for all Micro Forge or compatible products. 584.95 retail

2MB Ram Board. Available April, 1986; S859.95 retail The Basic Hard Disk System includes the Amiga interface/SCSI disk controller

card and one 10, 20 or 40MB 5V*-ineh hard disk, with necessary cables. $1,134,95

retail, 10MB; 81,229.05 retail, 20MB; 51,479.95 retail, 40MB The Second Hard Drive Kit includes all cables necessary to connect to the con troller card. S755.95 retail, 10MB; S849.95

retail, 20MB; $1,099.95 retail, 40MB

The Complete Single Drive System is for using a Single-Slot Expansion System. It includes ihe Basic System, an external power supply and a housing for the drive. 51,415.95 retail, 10MB; Sl.499.95 retail,

20MB; $1,762.95 retail, 40MB The Micro Forge; 398 Grant St. SE; Atlanta, Ga. 30312; 404-688-9464

The IVS Busbox is a fully buffered bus

expansion box with integral power supplies for the Amiga.

Included in Busbox are four expansion

Interactive Video Systems; 15201 Santa

MTA Series 1OOO Optical computer components

Series 1000 components will convert an Amiga to an interactive laserdisc terminal. A genlock card, laserdisc interface, video switcher and audio mixer can be combined

to form any level system, including a real time, seamless surrogate travel system.

Available Summer, 1986

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Hardware and Peripherals Hardware and Peripherals Continued Media Technology Associates; <J2W Burn-

ins Trw.JRd.; Butliesda. Md. ;><)H17: 301-469-7060 Okimnlc 20

Color printer

The Oiitiiinte 20 is a ribbon -I ran sfer col

or primer that allows users to print thou sands of shades of color to create pictures, [.graphics and overheads.

" fii word processing mode, the Okimate 20 prints 80 characters per second in stan dard type, with letter quality capabilities at '10 cps.

Several type fonts are available, includ ing wide print, fine print and italics. Un derlining, superscripts and subscripts are standard features.

The Amiga has the Okimate 20 built into its menu, allowing users to transfer full-color, high-resolution images from the screen to the printer without outside programs.

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An ADAj.^oafd that allows sampling,

modifying and playing back sounds. In cludes executable and source code.

Available second quarter, 1986; S199.95 retail

Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer sity Ave., Ste. 12; Los Gatos, Calif. 95030:

+ Expand your Amiga to a full V4 megabyte Display RAM * Open more windows, programs and graphic screens simutaniously + Create larger databases 8 spreadsheets in RAM * Run many tools faster, with less

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recording for the purpose of adding highquality speech and special effects to

Available October, 1986; S99.95 retail

programs.

The board includes stereo digitizing hardware, two microphone jacks and a

Magnus' external speakers directly.

Interactive Video Systems; 15201 Santa Gertrudes Ave., Y-102; La Mirada, Calif. 90638; 714-739-5020

gain adjustment control for each channel. The Sound Editor software included operates in either mono or stereo mode. It

MTA 200 Stereo sound system

provides complete control of the digitizing hardware for recording and also includes playback and sound editing facilities.

speakers will give Amiga owners stereo sound while using a minimum of desk

Available April, 1986; $34-1.95 retail The Micro Forge; 398 Grant St. SE; At lanta, Ga. 30312; 404-638-6434

This compact stereo amplifier with

space.

Available Summer, 1986; $79.95 retail

Media Technology Associates; 9208 Burn ing True Rd.; Bethesda, Md. 20817;

T-disk 20MB hard disk drive Tecmar; 6225 Cochran Rd.; Solon, Ohio 44139; 216-349-1009

Universal Printer Buffer Printer accessory The Universal Printer Buffer interfaces an Amiga (or almost any computer) to a wide variety of printers by providing

RS-232C and Centronic Parallel interfaces on both its input and output. The user simply plugs in cables and goes to work.

Users can share a single printer from two incompatible computers or two incompalible printers from one computer.

The Universal Printer Buffer comes with

64K or 256K of memory; There is no difference between these models, other than the memory device installed.

Users may purchase the 64K model and upgrade any time they wish. S269 retail; 64K model S329 retail; 256K model Johnathon Freeman Designs; 1067 Dolores

St.; San Francisco, Calif. 94110; 415-822-8451

Accessories Beikin Accessories

S18 retail; Amiga parallel printer cable

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modore Amiga.

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The system includes a 4-watt-perchannel stereo amplifier with volume, bass, treble, balance and loudness controls and a head phone jack, line in/out jacks and a speaker jack to allow the headphone output of portable radios and tape players to drive

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The Starpoint Software 256k BAM card installs in seconds, doubling the memory capacity of yout Com

Hippo Clean A disk cleaning kit for 3'4-inch drives. $29.95 retail Hippopotamus Software, Inc.; 985 Univer

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makes one for S199. This isn't science

fiction technology of the future any more. It's coming this year to person

al computers. In fact, the first Interna tional Conference on CD-ROM took place in Seattle this past March.

So what? We can wipe our floppy disks clean with a cloth. What's the big deal? The big deal is storage. A

The Next

floppy or hard-disk drive is limited by

the width of its drive head, lint a disk drive that uses optical media is only limited by the width of a single laser beam. Hard disks can store about 60

megabytes of data. CD-ROMs store 540 megabytes on one side of a disk. That's a good IJ50 limes what they can jam on a floppy—270,01)0 dou

BY DAN GUTMAN

ble-spaced pages of text on a disk the

size of your old Beach Hoys singles. "It's 50 feel of bookshelves on one

' '"" '■

littie

disk." John

Mcsscrschmitt

PIELBERG, STEVEN" You type those words into your key

away, but the seeds are being planted

North American Philips told The New

right now. A revolution is brewing,

York Times. This is the stuff revolu

board. Maybe you've got a term paper to write about the man. or ;t newspa

and it may be the next evolutionary

tions are made of. Disk/Trend Report

step in computer software after punched cards, tapes and disks.

predicts that 20%

per

article.

Maybe

you're

movie

of all computers

will be equipped with optical disks as

buff. Maybe you're ju.M curious. Two

Cee Dee. CD. CD-ROM. Compact

seconds after you hit tbc letter N. a

Disks. Get used to the sound of it

early as 1990.

photograph of Steven .Spielberg jumps

rolling off your tongue. "Ai" was last

with, software will go through some

to your computer screen. You're us ing the first photographic, lull-mo

year's buzzword, this year it's "CD."

changes.

Maybe you already have a compact

multiple formats of the same program

tion, audio/video encyclopedia,

With so

much

memory

to work

It will be possible to put

disk player hooked up to your stereo

on a .single disk, eliminating compati

'Hie entire encyclopedia is on a sin-

system at home. If not, you've surely

bility problems. We'll be seeing ten or

pic disk thai goes in your disk drive.

heard about them. These 4.7-inch

more different programs on a single

After you read Spielberg's hiography

disks turn a living room into Carnegie

disk, with digital, video, and audio in

oft the screen, you can hit a few keys

Mall.

formation combined. Keferenee Tech

and view scenes irotttjaws, Close liii-

Ever. They're not scraped by a nee

nology of Boulder. Colorado, has cre

COUnters, /;'. T., Knitters ofthe Lost Ark,

dle—they're caressed by a beam of

ated a disk that has tt.HOO programs on

They don't warp or wear out.

Buck to the Future, and The Color

light.

Purple. You can watch an Interview with Spielberg, save it on another

can'! be pirated. You can pour choco

with ten years of stock prices or 100

late syrup over one and just wipe it

years of baseball statistics. It's almost

disk, edit it into a videotape you're

off as if it were a kitchen table.

too much memory to comprehend.

making,

maybe

even

send

Holly

They're

Indcstructablc.

They

Tine compact disk may very well

it! You'll be able to buy a single disk

We can only guess the applications

wood's boy genius some electronic

turn our 33-1/3 rpiT1 records into din

we're going to start seeing. Education

mail,

osaurs, just

is a

That encyclopedia is a few years 114

MAY/JUNE'86

like I.P's did to the old

7H\s. It's the first revolution in record

natural.

Medical

students will

practice surgery by using an inlcrac-

■

■■.:■■

•-.' ■,-

■

\.^

■m~.

tive disk, without risking the life of a

have

real patient. High school students will

builds one into a personal computer."

do on-screen chemistry experiments.

He expects that to happen this year.

Instead

of blowing up

the whole

school, they'll watch an explosion on television. In the military, a lank gun

ner will learn how to aim and lire

without wasting expensive ammuni tion or endangering lives. Companies will

train employees for new jobs.

Simulation education is an inexpen

sive alternative to on-the-job training or human teachers.

Interac of Woodland Hills, Califor nia, is putting interactive optical disk

technology into stores. They've de

Impact

when

somebody

When software does start to ap

"WE CAN SAT

pear, it will come a lot slower than floppy disk software. It takes much

GOODBYE TO

more time

and

money

to develop

FLOPPY DISKS. WE

programs thai 1111

CAN SAY GOODBYE

5500,000 to produce, according to

TO CARTRIDGES... THE NEW FORMAT

WILL BE CD-ROM."

CD-ROM

170.000 pages. A

software

Spinnaker's

package

costs

David Seuss. Another

problem will be price. Why should we pay for a telephone book on disk

when paper telephone books are free? CD-ROMs are not devoid of techni cal problems, either. For one thing,

signed a system for Monsanto that al

they're

lows a customer in a carpet store to

can be accessed over and over, but it

currently

choose from over 2,500 colors and

can't be written, changed or erased

styles. After the customer has nar

like a floppy.

rowed down the possibilities at the

called

terminal, a salesperson conies over to

machine

said

include

500-

close the deal. Information kiosks

Mbyte CD-ROM, 12HK RAM, 68000

chip

ence

airports and train stations around the

51,000. Also in development is a Po

country.

keyboard

for

S500

The next

WORM

Data

generation,

("Write once,

read

many times"). should be out this year.

similar to this are starting to pop up in

and

"read-only."

the

National

in July

Computer

19H5.

Confer

Verbatim

nounced an erasable thermo-magnc-

lygram and Warner Communications

to-optical disk and the drive

The CD-ROM may be the thing that

product that includes a compact disk

with it. Wonderful, but even Verbatim

wakes up the home computer market.

player with a built-in computer, Stan

admits it won't be ready for two

The

Coniyn, who is in charge of the opcr

years.

technology will be storing huge data

ation, thinks the machine could come

optical disks for a while.

bases—dictionaries,

out in 19H7 for about S1.000, accord

major

application

of the

new

encyclopedias,

to go

Don't expect to see erasable

CD-ROMs also suffer from limited

road atlases. Library of Congress cata

ing to i'ortune magazine. You can bet

graphics and slow access time. You

logs,

that Commodore and other compan

can't watch Raiders of the Lost Ark in

published on disk. At the June 1985

ies are working on ways to interface

any encyclopedia just yet. The Gro

CF.S, a compact disk containing Gro-

compact disk players with the Amiga

lier encyclopedia is all text. "We're

lier's 21-volume Academic American

and the Commodore 64 ami \ZH. It's

not talking about lull motion video."

encyclopedia was demonstrated, and

just a mailer of time.

says Spinnaker's Howniau. "You only

and

telephone

books will be

eager conventioneers were looking

have 500 frames. You can actually fill

up things as if it were their first time-

up a CD-ROM pretty quickly." And

THE

scanning a disk filled with so much

OLD

The more memory, the harder it is to

inside a library. It only takes three to

five seconds to find any entry in the nine million-word publication, Grolier is selling it for SI99, a lot less

the

trace thai information back.

CATCH-22

than their paper encyclopedia. Acti-

venture, the company that did

data is a potential problem as well.

Finally,

there are manufacturing

Before you get too excited, you

problems, With music on a compact

"optical typesetting" for Grolier, re

should know the down side of the

disk, a few misplaced bits and bytes

cently introduced a CD-ROM player,

CD-ROM

new

probably won't be noticeable unless

controller

technology, compact disks have a few

you're a trained musician. But with

obstacles

computer data, a single incorrect dig

card,

and

encyclopedia

package for S995. Naturally, there will he optical disk games. The entertainment of interactively

potential

overcome

any

before

they

tear the cover oil' the computer in

it could mean catastrophe.

dustry. First of all,

there's the old

only 12 compact disk factories in the

world right now, and only one in the

There are

text,

hardware/software Catch-22: We

audio, and video is enormous. Bro-

won't buy the hardware until there's

United States. With music lovers and

derbund's like to

Doug

turn

combining

revolution.

Carlston

traveling

says.

"I'd

some software to run on it, and the

computer lovers all clamoring for

around

the

software

disks, shortages and long waits are to

companies won't

release

world into it game. Imagine Around

products until enough of us own CD-

the World

ROM drives. "There are probably five

80 Days with

real

be expected for a while. Most

likely, compact

disk

drives

places. Those are the things I would

or ten products that we've consid

will have to go through the same ago

get most excited about." Spinnaker's

ered

are possible

nizing cycles that personal computers

chief Bill Bowman confides. "We're

only if there is an installed base of CD-

have already been through in the last

talking

ROM players that interface with com

ten years—the glitches, delays, sha-

puters."

keouts,

to studios, motion

picture

companies." In the rumor mill is a "home appli

putting out

says

that

Broderbunds

Doug

layoffs.

ll's.

hackers,

hobbyists,

computers,

ance" coming next year from Sony,

ket research company, Future Com

and pioneers may have to experiment

Matsushita and Philips. This mystery

puting, says.

with compact disks before it becomes

116

MAY/JUNE'86

"CD-ROM

drives will

the

Chapter

Carlston. Dr. F.gil Juliussen of the mar

HOW DOES A COMPACT DISK WORK? a

■ ■ CD may look like n record, but it works very differently. Instead of one long groove that goes frtim the

edge to the middle, u CD has 54,000 separate bands on it. The data (or music) is burned into the substrate of the disk in the form of tiny pits. To get an idea of the size of these

pits, each pit is about 0.3 microns,

while the period at the end of this sentence is about 500 microns. Like all other digital information,

the data is stored as electrical pulses representing the numbers one and zero. Each pit on the disk represents

a one, and spaces between the pits represent zeros.

As the disk spins (1800 rpltt), a laser beam is focused on It. There's no danger—the laser is low-power

and shines from below so the disk stops it from shining up in the air. When the laser hits the surface of

the disk, it reflects off the pits and spaces, "reading" the digitally en

coded bits of Information.

This in

formation is then sent to an amplifi er (with a music disk) or a computer

(with a CD-ROM disk). Precise tracking of the laser is crucial, and CD players have mechanisms that instantly sense

the slightest devi

ation and correct it. the technology "for the rest of us." But light waves are almost definite

mon medium such as optical disks.

or your computer, what a great pe

That should be a plus for the chaotic

ripheral!" exclaims Tom Holander of Acti venture.

ly the medium of the future. Tele

computer industry. If people are al

phone transmission is switching from

ready familiar with listening to music

There are plenty of obstacles to be

wires to optical fibers. Records and

on compact disks, they won't be so

overcome, but CD-ROM may he the

motion pictures sound and look bet

intimidated by data on compact disks.

most exciting thing to hi! the com

ter when the signal is a laser beam.

And data is still data, whether it's in

have

the form of Bom in the (ISA, Gone

works that will play both CD music

ker's Bill Bowman says, "We can say

With the Wind, or Bank Street Writer.

di.sks and CD data disks. Computer

goodbye to floppy disks. We can say

systems will

Audio, video, and computer tech

fact, both compact

Philips and disk

Hitachi

players in

the same

the

puter world since VisiCalc. The man ufacturers are high on it. As Spinna

disk

goodbye to cartridges. We can say

nology begin to blur together when

drives as stereo systems. "If that one

goodbye to cassette tape. The new

they can all be translated into a com

unit can be with your stereo system

format will be the CD-ROM." COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

H 117

Turn ToysInto Droids With

ROBOT MAKER by John E. Conway

Figure 1. Battie iron Claw from Radio Shack ^^m ommotion' PotV&rlPlay'S last robot construction

basis for a simple robot? llmnimm. All the pieces

article ("Operation: Mock Turtle," September,

seemed to lit. RC toys are certainly untethered, low cost

* 19H5) closed with a tantalizing thought: Would it

and mobile. Thougfa these toys lack a brain, the operator

be possible to cut the computerio-robot control cord anil build a low cost, un tethered "house rover"? Though many

hobbyists have

assembled standalone droids.

most of these robots use dozens of expensive pans and take hundreds of hours to build. There had to be a better way.

A Saturday morning TV ad touting radio-controlled (RC) toys triggered an idea. Could RC toys provide the 118

MAY/JUNE 86

usually makes up for this shortcoming, Could the Com modore <) i replace the operator?

lii a word, YESI In fact, compared u> the Mock Turtle, the Robot Maker project is. well, duck soup!

S<> fire up the soldering irons and break out the wire cutters. In this and a future issue, we will once again prove that robot making is easier than most people Imagineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and ;\ whole lot of fun.

Voou'll need a few basic tools, some solder, electronic

parts easily acquired at Radio Shackâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and a Radio Shack radio-controlled toy called a Battle Iron Claw.

Start with an RC Toy First, of course, you'll need a radio-controlled toy

vehicle. These are available in two categories: joystick-

controlled and push-button operated. The jt >y stick-con [rolled units cannot be used with the

Kobot

Maker

interface. However, the simple RC toys, those th;it rely on switch closures to transmit control

Information,

make good candidates. Since each switch represents a single on-off hit of information, switched IK! toys are

perfect for use with home computers like the Commo

dore 64 and 128. In fact, even the simplest of these devices can he given robot-like computer brains. Take, for example, the one-button Hi', car.

Under manual control, the toy moves forward until the remote controller button is depressed. With the button pressed, the little car hacks up. This causes the front wheels of the vehicle to rotate left, and the car

changes direction. If the button remains pushed, the car runs about in a little circle...in reverse. Once the button

is released, the wheels slide into the forwardstraighl position and the toy auto goes forward in whatever direction it currently points. Now imagine replacing the button with a computercontrolled switch.

If the computer could he pro

grammed to toggle the switch on or off at the proper times, you'd have the essential ingredients of a remotely controlled robot (and the Robot Maker interface). Though one-button robots are fun to work wilh, we wanted to base our experiments on a more functional gadgetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;-something that could be made to stop, go for ward, reverse, go right and left, maybe even pick up objects

under computer/switch

control.

Our search

ended with the discovery of a toy called the Battle Iron

Claw (Figure I ). The Claw is a tank-like, tread-driven vehicle with a manipulator thai can open/close and raise /lower on the front (referred to in robotics as "two

Simple as 1,2,3...4,5

degrees of freedom"). It's available for S-iy.ys. 'Hie robot

Before beginning, obtain all of the parts listed in the

itself requires four C hatterics plus one 9-VOll battery for

"Parts and Vendors" list. (The table also lists the names

hours

pendant

and addresses of some suggested vendors.) You'll also

needs only a single 9-volt battery. The transmitter in the

of operation.

The

controller

box

need a few basic tools such as a pair of long-nose pliers,

controller produces about 100 OlW output. This gives

diagonal wire cullers, wire strippers, a ruler, and a sol

the robot an operating range of 200 yards in any direc

dering iron with some electronics-certified solder (ro-

tion away from the controller. It's more than suitable for

sen. not acid-core ). It's also a good idea to have a multi

household "roving."

meter handy. If you don't own one already, the 8-range

The following section provides a how-to, step-by-step

meter (RS PN 22-212) is a rugged little unit for begin

set of instructions for converting the Battle Iron Claw

ners. It. and most of (he tools mentioned above, arc also

into a full-blooded cyborg.

available from Radio Shack. COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

119

T,he robot has an operating range of 200 yards in any

direction away from the controller. It's more than suitable for household "roving."

Step I

Step 4

Puns: hook-up wire,

Parts: assemblies from Steps 1. 2 and 3

edge connector, keys Cat eight lengths of wire each 12 Inches or so long,

Strip about 1/4 inch offofcflCO end Tin each wire end

Connect the assembly from Slep 1 to the assembly of

Step 3 and the assembly of Slep 2 to the assembly of Step

3. Again, use the schematic of Figure *i as a guide. The

(i.e.. melt a dab of solder on the lip of the iron, then

finished product should look something like Figure 6.

apply the melted .solder lo ibe wire end). Tin the solder

This concludes construction of the actual Robot Maker

ing pins of the edge connector. With the pliers, bend

interface.

one end of each wire to form a little hook. Mechanically fasten the hook to the appropriate solder pin on the edge connector. Then solder the wire into place. To determine the correct pins, Simply look at the rear end (solder tail end) of the edge connector. Bach pin is labeled with a tiny letter or number. These letters/

Step 5

Parts: #30 wire, 2 small screws, male D-connector

Construction continues with some simple modifica tions to the controller. To connect the Robot Maker

numbers correspond to the proper connection points,

interlace to the toy's controller, yon must wire the

as shown in Figure 2.

switch contact points and the ground lead of the con

Next, take a plastic edge-connector key (small plastic

troller to the "outside world." This requires some sur

tab) and insert it ai location A-IJ/l-2on the edge connec

gery to the controller as well as the addition of a nine-

tor. Use the long-nose pliers lor this. Insert another at

pin connector.

location I.-M/Ht-11. This guarantees thai the connector can he inserted into the user port only one way. Put this assembly aside for later use.

Figure 7. Battle Claw's Rubber Snap

Switches Step 2

Parts: hook-up wire. female D-connector Cut and strip seven, 1 2-inch lengths of hook-up wire

and tin the ends. Solder the wires into the solder pins on the rear of the D-connector. Figure 3 lists the proper connection points. Place this assembly aside lor future use.

Step 3

Parts: PC board, transistors, As shown in Figure 7, remove the cover from the

resistors, hook-up wire-

Using the placement diagram (Figure -Âť). take the

Battle Claw's controller and expose the rubber snap

components and mount them onto the PC board. Make

switches. In the Claw, these switches are gray in color

sure the solder side of the board (the side with the

and six in number. Remove the rubber switches from

copper pads) is on the bottom, components on the lop.

their mounting pins. Take care not to break off the

Tack-solder the components into place. Then point-to-

switch-mounting pins, as the gray rubber contacts will

point wire them using the schematic of Figure 5. Take

be replaced after the operation. Inspect the printed

care to make neat, direct connections with good, bright

circuit etches that lie beneath the rubber contacts. One

solder joints. Properly constructed, the

set of etches runs to the ground side of the battery (-

interface should last a lifetime. When finished, put this assembly aside. 120

MAY/JUNE'8G

Robot Maker

9Vdc). The other side connects to some circuitry in the controller. For each switch, trace the etch that goes to

C toys are untethered, low cost and mobile. Though these toys lack a brain, the operator usually makes up for this shortcoming.

■HMMMdMW Figure 3

Figure 4 Components Placement Diagram

Edge Connector Wiring Diagram

Figure 5 Robot-Maker Interface Schematic

Connections on this side

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■ ■■ ■■•■■■■ ■■■

go 10 the D-conneccor plugged into the tonlroller

■

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IV N IN PJ

Connrdioni on this side go 10 the edge connector plugged mlo I he compulcr

Partt and Vendor List FtOEOT.NAKEH INTERFACE

PNCI-II PN ]7t-lS3fl PN2?ft \$lf PN J71-IS0 4.4t|tlt .rom in/ "jit-i $h*:k tlorr

Figure 6.

The Finished Interface

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

121

.adio-controlled toy vehicles with simple on-off switches are easily transformed into home robots using this simple interface.

the circuitry, i.e., the etch that does not go to the ground side oj the battery, until you encounter a solder

verse, of the female connector. Just read the number labels on the back of the connectors themselves. Then

point. (If you've got a multi-meter, you can use it to

follow the numbered pin-outs in the figure.) Put the gray

Identify the correct etches. Set the meter scale to ohms battery, Etches thai connect to ground should noi be

rubber switches back onto the switch pins. Ke-inst;tll the antenna and ihe on-ofTswitch (pencil mark to the left side). Route the wires so they do not Interfere with the

used.) when you have Identified the non-grounded con

push-button switches (it's still handy to have manual

tact points, make pencil marks next to them. (Figure 8

control available ), Kc-asscmhie the case.

and lest for etch continuity to Che -9Vde side of the

roughly identifies these contact points.) Next, carefully remove the antenna from its mount and, wire still attached, move it to one side. Put a pencil

mark on the left side of the on-off switch. Loosen and

Joystick Serves as a Tester With the Robot Maker interface and controller modi fications complete, ihe fun can begin...almost.

remove the small screw that holds the switch and, wires

To be on the safe side, it's a good idea to give the

attached, move [he switch to one side. These last two

controller a shakedown tesl prior to connecting il to the

operations have exposed a small space With the control

Interface/computer, This is accomplished by plugging a

ler where the male 9-pin D-connector will mount. Using

conventional Commodore-compatible joystick into the

a small electric drill and a file, cut a hole into the plastic

newly added connector on the controller unit. Turn on

case as shown in Figure 9. Patience and skill will be

the Claw (make sure the red "searchlight" is blinking)

rewarded in this operation, Now. use the small screws

and the controller (the red LED light should illuminate).

and mount the connector, solder-side pointing toward

If all is well, the Claw should respond to joystick con

the inside of the case.

trol. Forward for forward, backward for backward, etc.,

One task remains.

the fire button on the joystick should cause the manipu

Cut seven, six-inch lengths of #30 gauge (wire-wrap)

lator to open and close. (Sorry, the joystick does not

wire. Strip and tin the ends. Carefully solder one wire to

have enough contacts to control the lift/lower functions.

each of the six contact points in the Battle Claw, Identi

Not to worry, ihe Robot Maker interface does.)

fied earlier in this step. Solder the seventh wire to the ground lead (-9Vdc)of ihe controller where it emerges

from the battery compartment

If the test fails, recheek the connections from the controller switch points lo the internal D-connector. If the modified controller passes the joystick tesl, it's

Finally, using the table in Figure 3 as a guide, solder

lime to involve ihe computer. Connect the Robot Maker

the free ends of the wires into the solder pins on the I)-

interface to the user port of the computer. Make certain

connector. (Don't be confused by the fact that the pins

that the edge connector is inserted properly. (If the

in the male D-connector are the mirror image, i.e., re

"keys" in Step 1 have been inserted properly, there is only one way to install the connector.) Connect the

female D-connector of the interlace to the male Dconnector newly installed in the controller.

Congratulations! You're finished! Turn the

robot

and the computer on. (II' using a

Commodore 128, set it to Commodore 6-t mode.} Leave the controller off. Type the following commands into the computer:

POKE 56579,25"> POKE 565".<)

Turn on the controller. Nothing should happen. In feet, if the robot begins to move, something is wrong. Turn oft the computer, robot

and controller. Then recheek the connections in the Robot Maker interface. Correct the problem and again.

if nothing happened, proceed! 122

MAY/JUNE'86

iry

S;ince the Robot Maker interface can be controlled

via simple BASIC routines, just about anyone can learn to teach the robot tricks.

. Location of Mounting Hole Type: POKE 56577,1 The robot should move forward.

Type: POKE 56577,0

Let the Robot Roll!

Type: POKE 56577,2 for reverse

Next time we'll look more deeply into the theory behind the operation of the interface. This will set the

The robot should stop.

POKE 56577,4 for left turn

stage for a wide range of programming experiments, in

POKE 56577,8 for right lurn

the meantime,

POKE 56577,16 for opeii/close manipulator

Kobot

try tinkering on your own. Since the

Maker interface can be controlled via simple

POKE 56577,32 for raise/lower manipulator

BASK', routines, just about anyone can learn to leach the

POKE 56577,0 to stop

robot tricks. Before long, your home will have a new

If the Claw has responded appropriately, you've got

little creature wandering about.

yourself a functional, computer-controlled robot.

And |usl think窶馬o hairs on the furniture] COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

Q 123

Amiga Animation Using AmigaBasic BY LOUIS K. WALLACE

One of the Amiga's many special features is animation. So it comes as no surprise that

AmigaBasic supports animation with over twenty commands and functions.

he Amiga has the most powertil] animation potential of any micro

object editor either from Workbench

computer (and almost any minicom

directly or within AmigaBasic.

puter) presently in existence. It

Workbench choose (he icon

supports

BASICDEMOS. Then choose the icon

â&#x2013;

sprites

and

BOBs

(Blitter

To create an object, first load the l;rom

labeled

OBjects), and linked combinations of

called OBJEDIT. which will load both

each

BLc-

AmigaBasic and the program. If you are

menis). And, although commands like

already in AmigaBasic you can load by

LINE, CIRCLE and BOX arc not nor

using the mouse to choose OI'l-N from

mally considered animation com mands, on the Amiga they are fast

the Project menu and typing BASICDB-

enough to act like animation elements.

"BASICDEMOS/OBJED1T"

called GELS (Graphic

MOS/OBJED1T. Or simply type LOAD and

press

RETURN. The program will quickly ap

Creating an Object

pear in the LIST window. When you

Before you can begin animating an

object, you must first create some

type RUN, the screen will clear for a second, followed by the si at em em:

thing to animate. On your AmigaBasic

Entd 1 if you want to edit sprites

disk

Enter 0 if you want to edit bobs >

a program

called

OHJWMT.

This is a sprite/BOB editor, and it al lows you to create objects in up to

It doesn't matter m

this point

which one you choose. Once you en

four colors using drawing tools like

ter 0 or 1, the screen clears, a small

PBN, LINE, OVAL, RECTANGLE and

window

PAINT, On a 512K or larger Amiga you can make some simple modifica

.screen, and four colors are displayed in boxes in the lower left, I he upper

tions to the program that will allow

window is the drawing area, and its

appears

the

upper

left

you to draw in 16 or }2 colors, de

size can be changed using the sizing

pending on the graphics mode the

gadget

object is intended for. (In low resolu

(Sprites are limited

tion you can have 32 colors, while in

BOBs can take up to about ono-I'mirth

high resolution you can have up to 16.)

of the screen. Stick to a small size for

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its lower right in

corner.

size, while

these examples.) If you press the right

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functions. In this capacity, they are used to return a value that indicates where the object is at the time the function is used. The syntax for that

The Amiga supports sprites and BOBs

application is:

(Blitter OBjects), and linked

ciuTentX-OI)|ECT.X( object-id)

combinations of each called GELs

Once you have positioned the ob

current Y = OB JliCT.Y( object-id )

ject where you want it, you can turn

(Graphic Elements).

it on and make it visible. The com mands for turning an object on and

off can he used for a specific shape, a series of shapes, or all shapes: OBJECT.ON (object-id (,object-id...))

I >BJECT.OI;E (object-id (,ob|ect-id...))

mouse button, three menu titles be

Eor simplicity, we will use the unm

come Visible. The first is called FILE,

bcr 1 in our examples. In other pro

These

grams, where more than one object is

with

used, you will need to assign each

commands. By incrementing a num

object a unique number.

ber and reissuing the command, you

options concern the

animation

saving and objects

you

create. You will use this menu to save

the objects you make, and also to load

copies the definition of one object to

objects made at other times. The

second

option

Another form of OBJECT.SHAPE

called

It is also possible to move an object

tan

the OliJECT.X and OBJECT.Y

move the object

across

the

screen. I'or example, this statement

OBJECT.Y 1,K)0:I;OR I- 1 TO

another. Us form is:

TOOLS. This menu has .six drawing

OBJECT.SHAPB ld-l,id-2

tools tor creating your object. These

This form of the command causes the

will cause the object assigned as 1 to

6(K):OilJECT.X l.I:Nt:XT I

are PEN, LINE, OVAL, RECTANGLE,

shape of object 2 lo be assigned to

move across the screen from left to

ERASER and PAINT.

object 1.

right. Bui this method requires the

The third menu is ENLARGE. This

The object's definition is a siring

program to be constantly issuing a

allows you to enlarge your drawing

variable describing the object, and ii

position statement, a better method

tor finer, editing with the pen. It also

is exactly ibis information the Object

is lo let the Amiga handle [he motion

contains on option to reduce the ob

editor saves lo disk. To use ibis Infor

for you, and AmigaBasie has several

ject after enlarging.

mation in a program we need to input

statements to do fust that.

You create the object by drawing it

Ihe data from the disk file and store it

Moving the Object

within the "edit" window. You can

in the program. Here is the standard

change colors by pointing to the col

way of doing so:

or boxes and clicking the left mouse

OPEN "MYOBJECT" FOR INPUT AS 1

mands defines an object's velocity in

bulton, and change drawing tools by

OHJ1-CT.SIIAPE l,INP!TS(I.(>|-( 1 ). I I

ihe X and Y directions;

using the

CLOSE I

right

button.

When you

Tlie first

pair of animation

com

OBJECT.VX object-id,value

have a shape you want to use for ani

This opens the file

â&#x2013; .MYOBJECT11 for

mation, use the SAVE AS option from

reading as file number 1, then reads

Here ihe value is the number of pixels

the FILE menu to store it on disk. The

the data and assigns it to object 1 as it

per second the object will move. A

example animation

statements later

is read from the disk. The CLOSE 1

value of

will use the name "myobject," so you

statement closes the data file. At this

would move one pixel per second,

should save this object using thai file

point, the object is available for ani

and take ten minutes to move hori

name.

mation from within a program.

zontally across Ihe screen. A value of

Positioning the Object

define the value over and over again

from the object editor FILE

menu.

would

mean

the object

300 would take two seconds. You can

Once you have finished designing

and saving your object, choose Ql'IT

OBJECT.VY object-id.value

Next we must position the object

Within your program, a.s needed. The velocity commands also dou

This will return you to AmigaBasic

on the screen. To do this the com

(unless you loaded the object editor

mands OliJECT.X and OUJECT.Y are

ble a.s functions thai return the cur

from Workbench, In which ease you

available. Their statement syntax is:

rent velocity of an object.

will need to load AmigaHasic again).

OBJECT.X objeci-id,value

currcnlXvclocity ^ OBJL-CT.VX( ob

Type NEW and you are ready to begin

OliJECT.Y object-id.vaiuc

using some of the animation routines

As always, the object-id is the number

ject-id) currcntYvelocity - OBJECT,VY( ob

built into AmigaBasie.

you assigned with the OBJECTS! lAI'E

ject-id )

command. The value is an integer be

AmigaBasie also contains accelera

First Step Toward Animation The first step in animating your ob

ject is to write the routine that reads

tween -32768 and 32767, but, for the

tion commands. Acceleration differs

Object to he on the screen, must be between 0 and 639 for x values (I)

from velocity, in that it is the rale of

and 319 for low-resolution graphics

how fast it is moving. Of course, ve

increase in an object's speed, not just

mode), or between 0 and ]')') for Ihe

locity changes as a function of accel

mand for this is OBJECT.SHAPE. Its

y values (0 and 399 interlaced mode).

eration, if the acceleration is zero, ihe

entire syntax is:

By assigning a value to the x and y

velocity remains unchanged. Other

locations for the object, you can pre

wise

cisely control iis position.

pending on the acceleration

the object from the disk.

The com

OBJIiCT.SIIAPEobject-id.definition The object-id is a number you as

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These commands

also

double

increases

or decreases, de factor.

The inclusion of velocily and acccl-

Cration commands makes Amigaliasic ideally suited

simulating various

physical actions. To set an acceleration use: OBJHCT.AX object-id,value

OBJECT.AY object-ld,value Here, "value" is the rate of accelera

tion in pixels per-second-per-Becond (pixels per-sccond squared). Once you have positioned your ob

ject and set its velocity and accelera

If your animation needs are complex, you can use the LIBRARY statement to

access subprograms built into the Amiga's ROM routines.

tion, you must issue another state ment

order

make

begin

moving. This is the START command, and it can be used much like the OBJECT.ON or OBJBCT.OFF commands

sitions of all the objects and cheek to

to start or stop moving one or more

the Amiga can do just that very easily

see it' they are in contact. However, using

objects:

the

OBJF.CT.HIT

command.

will also collide with the border. In your Amigaliasic

manual

are

some examples of OBJECT.HIT. Since they can be rather confusing, it will

OBJECT.START (object-id

You can decide in your program what

(object-id...))

objects will collide with what, and

GBJECT.SHAFE 1,Asteroids

OBJECT.STOP (object-td

what to do if it happens. By default, all

QBJECT.5HAP2 i.Ships

(object-id...))

objects will collide with each other

OBJF.CT.SIIAI'E 3,Missiles

and

OBJECT.HIT 1,8,7 'Collides with

Collisions Whenever a collision occurs, AmigaBasic does an OBJECT.STOP on

with

the

border.

The

be helpful if we go over them.

JECT.HIT command can also be set to

border, ship and missile

allow some objects to pass through

OBJECT.HIT 2,2,9 Collides with

each other. Its basic syntax is:

border, asteroid

both colliding objects. If one object

OBJF.CT.J1JT object-id.MeMask,

OBJIiCT.HIT 3/i,9 'Collides with

collides with a border, the object will

llitMask

border, asteriod

stop then, too. It is necessary to re

MeMask is a number that describes

issue an OBJI-CT.START for these ob

the object in ohjcci-id. It is chosen by

objects

jects in order to make them move

you. HitMask is a number that signi

(These are numbers picked to repre

again. But collisions occur only when

fies what the object is to collide with.

sent bits raised to the power of 2,

you have enabled them with the COL LISION commands.

By performing a logical AND (a Bool

Object 1 is 2~3, object 2 is 2â&#x20AC;&#x201D;1 and

ean function) of the MeMask of one

object 3 is 2-2.) The last numbers are

Many times you will want to have

object with the MkMask of another,

the IlitMask of each object. These in

something happen when two objects

the Amiga determines if the objects

collide. But it is much too lime-con

dicate what objects they can collide

will collide. And, if the least signifi

suming for you to monitor all the po-

with. In all three cases bit I is set (bit

cant bit is set in HitMask, the object

1 has the value of 0 and 2-0 - 1).

Amiga Animation Demo program

In these examples the McMasks of

1, 2 and 3 are 8, 2 and

If you were to perform a logical AND of die IlitMask and the value 1 on an>' of the examples, the result would

be 1 (7 AND I " I, 9 AND I

'Simple animation demo

1).

Since the result of the AND is not

'input object

zero, it indicates all will collide with

OBJECT.SI [APE 1 .INPUT S( l.( )F( 1 ). 1)

the border. Object 1 (the asteroid) has a MeMask of 8. If you logically

CLOSE 1

AND that value with the three Hit-

OPEN "basicdemos/myobjeef FOR INPUT AS 1

Masks, you will see that objects 2 and

'position object 1

3 give a result of 8, which is non-zero

OBJIiCT.X 1,300

and indicates a collision will take place

OBJECT.Y 1,30

between the asteroid and the ship and

OBJECT.AY 1,3.5 "initial acceleration of 3.5 to act as gravity OBJECT.ON 1

were to logically AND the MeMask of

the asteroid (8 (with its own HitMask

OBJFCT.START 1

(7), the result is 0, indicating aster oids will not collide with each other.

'Main program loop

By adding up the McMasks of all the

bounce:

objects that you want another object

IFOBJECT,Y(l)>l45THEN

OBJKCT.VY 1,-115 'give reverse velocity for upward motion

OBJECT.START

'turn on

SOUND 140,.3,255

'make bouncing noise

END IF

GOTO bounce:

the asteroid and the missile. If you

'start loop again

to collide with, and

assigning that

number to its HitMask, you can selec tively choose what collides with

what. While this can be a conceptual ly difficult idea to understand, once you have it mastered it becomes a Continued on p& 108

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127

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MAY/JUNE '86

By Mathew Leeds

he computer world has changed since I tirst started with my

Commodore 64, and I have watched with not a little envy as several computers have arrived with operating systems that made them easier

to use. (Friends still think of my 6-i as a game machine, even though I use it to earn a good living writing)

But now Berkeley Softworks has created a new software package that finally gives the 64 all the power and features thac I've been waiting for. It transforms my world of wedge commands and utility programs into a "desktop" environment of menus, icons, and windows.

This new operating system is called GEOS (Graphic Environment Operating System). It includes a disk "turbo" that speeds up all disk

transfer times by a factor of five to seven. And it comes bundled with iwo applications.gcoPainl and geoWrite, as well

eos i lile \ edit | uieai j disk; specinl ;

as several desktop accessories: calculator, note pad.

CEOS Demo

alarm clock, photo and text albums, and preference manager.

The

President of Berkeley Softworks, Brian

Dougherty, explained, "I've always wanted to do this kind of operating environment since the 64 was first made. We realized that the current operating system

of the 64 was limiting the capabilities of applications and the consumer's perception of the quality of the

machine. What we've created for the 64 was inspired by the Xerox Star, and has more recently been seen on the Amiga. We developed a new operating system with faster disk access and built-in support for sharing data between applications.

"I think the people at Commodore created a great piece of hardware, and at the time it was built it wasn't clear that a lot of disk drives would be sold, so a lot of effort was not put into designing a full blown disk operating system. Most of the add-ons just turtw the drive; they haven't

created an entirely new operating system like tiEOS. Hie 64'$ memory

has plenty of room for an operating systemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the POP-11 's that I had for use in college originally came with only 64K of memory. The question COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

129

Figure 1. Desktop

is how quickly can you do something, and is the tradeoff in time worth the added functionality? We think that GEOS represents the best bal ance of function and speed for the 64."

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j disk: 1■;

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DESKTOP The heart of GEOS is the "desktop" (see Figure

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COLOR CONTRDL

1), which provides menu access to functions like

disk formatting, loading applications, using desk

EXIT

accessories, deleting or renaming files, copying

LOAD

files or whole disks, printing files, and viewing disk directories.

save:

Disk files are represented as icons,

with the file name underneath. A new file structure called VLIR (variable length

indexed record) is used in GEOS. It lets you have EDIT FIELD

linked lists of records, in which each record can grow to any length it needs to be. It starts with a single block that has pointers to murk the start of

Figure 2. Preference Manager

each record. For instance, fonts will be stored in a single file, with each point size being a record in the file. Each file contains information on its file type, name, date of last modification, and size. Six files are displayed on each page of the desktop, with a possible IK pages on a disk.

The desktop also displays an icon for each disk in use. (GEOS supports multiple disk drives.) A status line appears at the lop of the page, with information on how many files are on the active disk, and how much space is available on the disk. Use a joystick or mouse to

point ui ;i menu item or icon, and click the button to run an applica tion. You can also drag a tile to the printer, and GEOS will then print eos; file ; edit 1 view j disk i special

that tile. You may also access accessories from the desk top, including the preference manager shown in Figure 2. Using the preference manager you can

change the movable pointer from its standard ar row shape to any that you prefer, set the date and time, change foreground and background colors, change the mouse response controls and save your changes to disk.

Another

accessory

the

calculator.

When

called, it pops up over any existing application as

shown in Figure 3- When you are finished, it then disappears, leaving you where you left off in the Figure 3. Pop-up Calculator

program you were using. 130

MAY/JUNE'86

The alarm clock can be set to remind you of what time it is, regardless of what application you are using, and the notepad allows you to jot notes while in another program, without loading your word processor.

GEOS supports a second drive, and will allow the swapping of files from one drive to another by just dragging the file icon from one disk to another. There are also plans for a hierarchical file structure to support a hard disk, and to support the new 3-1/2 inch drives from

Commodore. Since GEOS files arc disk-intensive, drives with more storage and faster access times become much more attractive and cost-effective.

Only the GEOS system disk is copy-protected. It has a unique disk ID that is dien recorded on all disks that have your GEOS applica tions installed on them. Irie applications will run only under your

copy of the GEOS system disk. This allows you to back up all of your applications and data disks. Since the entire GEOS system resides in memory, you only need to use the system disk when you first turn on your 64.

Berkeley

Several printers are currently supported by GliOS, as are combina

Softworksplans to

tions of printers and interfaces. The Commodore 1525, Epson/Star

create a version of

types, C Itoh 8510, and Okidata printers ail have printer drivers included.

GEOSfor the Commodore 128.

GeoPatnt, one of the two applications included ■

with the package, operates, as do all applications

l.jH

under GEOS, with a display of 80 dots per inch

(DPI), usinga virtual page of 8-1/2 x 11 inches. This allows the use of hundreds of public-domain text fonts that have been created for other computers. This display resolution requires just over 70K of memory space. But, since there is no way to display

an 8- 1/2x11 -inch page on a monitor, and a 70K (He will not lit In a 6*iK computer, GEOS uses a virtual

file system. The disk drive is used as a portion of the computer's memory, and sections arc swapped from memory in the computer to the disk drive as

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required for a file. Unlike many existing fast-load utilities, the rou tines used in GEOS operate during disk write (save) as well as disk

read (load). About 1/6 of the page can be displayed at a time, and the section that is being shown is indicated in the status window (see Figure 4). COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

131

——■*■■ ■■■■

I Status Hindouj

needed. Special "turbo" routines are used to speed up this process, F'Bure and special data-compression algorithms reduce the on-disk space

- Ponion of * geoPaint Page

a ■

i 1 1 n

ixtil a

Figure 5. The Show Page Function in geoPaint

GeoPaint has all the basic functions you need in a paint program. Lines, rectangles, circles (that print as true circles), pattern lills, spray paint, erase.

text, magnify, Cut and paste, Invert, undo, current

pattern indicator, and some special functions. The Ruler can be used to measure the size of an object either in pixels, for relative size to another object on the screen, or in inches, lor an idea of what sizeit will be in the printout.

The Ruler is scaled ac

cording to which printer driver you have selected,

so that if your printer will not supporl HU DPI, it will still give an accurate report of the final size of a

printout. The Show Page function (see Figure 5) will provide an on-screen representation of the full picture.

The user interface is well thought out, and most people will find they do not ni:c(.\ lo read the manual to usuf-col'ciint. One example of the careful thought that went into the design of this application is

that when you select a different text font size, the program automati cally puts you into text mode, if you were not already there. Other features include a pattern editor, prim function (see Figure 6), and a photo album for storing pieces ofgeoPatnt drawing for use in other applications (see Figure 7).

The other application included with C.iiOJS is gevWn'te. a "'what you see is what you get" word processor It features the use of multiple, proportionally spaced fonts and has the most needed com

mands in a word processor; wordwrap, tabs, insert, delete, cut-andpastc, and onscreen display of fonts and styles. Normal, bold, outline and italic lypestyles are available tor all louts in any point size. Style and font selection is done by marking the section of text to be changed and then selecting from the menu the style or tout change-

desired (see Figure H). Berkeley Softworks will be releasing library disks wiih additional fonts.

LOOKING TO THE

Berkeley also plans to support third-party development of applica tions for CiliOS. Early support includes information on how to create disk icons to label programs, and how to return to the desktop. A full Figure 7. Store Small Drawings in geoPaint s Photo Album

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MAV/JUNfc'86

programmer's reference manual should be available by June. The entire operating system, all the graphic primitive routines, and the proportional font routines have jump table entry points. This allows for fixes il" necessary, and allows developers to use all the existing routines. All this will be published, as well as how parameters are

passed, the menu and icon-support routines, plus how to use the photo and text albums ibr die cutting and pasting of text or image data.

Also in the works are plans for a 128 version of GEOS. One new

feature planned for the 128 version is an application-exchange manager. This would allow several programs to be resident in memory at the same time, so the user could switch from one application to another in mid-stream, without loading from the disk drive, or losing data from any

of the programs in use. All the applications that run on the 64 version are planned to run on the 128 version, but the advantages of running

GEOS on a 128 would include more memory space, faster disk access on the 1571, and Taster processor speed.

There are also plans to support the 128's RAM expansion unit, a plugin device that will be available for the 128 soon. It uses direct memory access (DMA) techniques to speed data transfer GEOS will be able to address it as either a RAM disk or as additional data storage. With the addition of the RAM expansion, the 128 becomes a 64OK computer. Other plans include the addition of color to the

geuPaiut program, currently available only in mono-

qÂŤos | fila |

| (ont \ options

Hrite

chrome, and printer driver support for several laser

Create hicrh qualit' |docum

printers. There are no firm timelines for the develop ment of these features, but Berkeley Soltworks hopes

move blocks of text. Select expre

to at least demo the 128 version with support for the

fingers do the walking.

128"s RAM expansion at June CES.

Upgrades to the GEOS operating system will be come available as major new functions are added.

Comparability will be maintained across all existing applications. GEOS should be available by the time you read this. There may be some new features added by then, as well (i got to see an almost-

geoPaint.

For creating charts and did

or just creating. Substitute a picture for Trg a pattern fill, or perhaps the ruler fu Figure 8. The geo Write Ward

Processor

finished version of GEOS in late January). There is no question in my mind that GEOS is a revolutionary step in the history of the C64. The

power and functionality that it adds is tremendous. It is another brick in the foundation of home computing that the 64 has been building for yean;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a brick that adds user-friendliness and enhanced power to the world's most affordable home computer.

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133

GAME PROGRAMS Rotation Tag for the Commodore 128

BY BRUCE JAEGER

shape in string as. Line 290 lakes the previously defined shape AS and saves ii in sprite memory as sprite X,

Line 300 finishes the rest ol ihe sprites. Line 310: We didn't do our first sprite, the cue ball Instead of u number, we'll print an asterisk in

JAotatiou Tag i.s a chase game lhat combines the game

of tag with the pool game "rotation." Seven numbered balls art moved a( random about the .screen. The object of the game is to use the joystick to touch or "tiit;" each

ball in numerical order with your white cue ball, and

rack up the highest score possible In the two minutes

allowed. When you reach ball number seven, your next target is ball number one again, and if you touch any

other bail, you lose points. If you have a disk drive, the program will even memo

rize the high score and player for you. Rotation Thg demonstrates some of the powerful new graphic commands of the Commodore 128, Including MOVSPR, BUMP, CIRCLE, CHAR, SStlAPE AND SPRSAV.

this ball fora character. Line 320 converts to a shape. Line 330 saves as sprite # 1.

liy using the high-resolution graphic commands CIR

CLE, DRAW, BOX, CHAR and PAINT, you tan now draw high-resolution shapes and convert them to sprites in the middle of a program. A good use might be "custom ized'' sprites using the player's name or initials. Once we've got our sprites created, we wanl to "ami

them on" and place them .somewhere on the screen. No

poking is necessary. Lines 380-420 show how it's done: Line 380. Again, we loop through the sprites. Line 390: Using the SPRITE command, we execute the following.

One of the Brat things you might notice is that, even

SPRITH X

though we use eight different sprites, there is not a

single DATA Statement to type! Lines 200-330 show how

X I I

the cue ball.

you're replaying the game.

Line 240 begins a loop to create sprites two through eight Line 250 draws a small circle of the foreground color ( 1 ) ai x,y coordinates 12,12. The 9 is the hori

I-behind characters

screen.

Make sprite normal size in horizontal direction. ( 1 = double size)

Make Sprite normal

Size in vertical

direction. ( I â&#x2013; double size I If you want, you can follow these with :i final param

zontal radius, with 7 the vertical radius. (This

eter, where a zero indicates the sprite is to be displayed

corrects for the monitor's aspect ration, giving

in "standard" mode, and a one indicates that the sprite is

us a circle instead of an ellipse.) Line 200 fills in Ihe circle with the foreground color.

Line 270 prints, in reverse, the numbers 1-7 in the center of the article.

Line 280 saves everything on the high-resolution screen from x.y coordinates 0.0 (the upper left of the screen )to x.y coordinates 23,21 a&asprtte

13-1

Sprite priority.

on screen, 0 = in front of characters on

and clears the screen. the high-resolution screen.

to color 2 gives us a

white spriteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just what we want tor

Line 2 10 skips around the sprite definition routines if

Line 230 prints the message "CREATING SPRITES" on

I = sprite on, 0 - sprite off

Sets the color. On the 128, setting our first .sprite #1

we do this:

Line 220 turns on the high-resolution graphics mode

(We're referring to sprite #X)

MAY/JIM'86

to be displayed in multi-color mode, The default is zero, which I wauled, so I skipped the last parameter.

Line 400 in this format, this command moves sprite X to the X,Y coordinates following. The simple multiples of X I'm using here make the sprites go

down the screen diagonally from leit-to-right. Line 410 finishes the rest of the sprites.

GAME PROGRAMS/ROTATION TAG Line 420:1 really didn't want the cue ball to be in line

with the rest, so here I move it to a position in the lower left quadrant of (he screen.

330 350

The actual playing loop ol the game is in

SPRSAV

AS,1

340

lines

GRAPHIC :

REM

BACK

SCNCLR TO

670-970. Note that to improve the reaction time at your

360

euc ball, you should eliminate all the RliM Statements 1

370

REM

COLOR

AND

put in.

330

FOR

NORMAL PLACE

SCREEN SPRITES

390

SPRITE

LOO? loop structure. There's really nothing very com

400

MOVSPR X,40*X,20*X+20

plicated about it; while the variable OVER is equal to

410

420

MOVSPR

The playing loop uses the new BASIC 7.0 DO WHILE/

zero, all the statements between DO WHILE (at line 670) and LOOP (at line 970) will be repeated. I could also have said "DO UNTIL OVER- 1." Or, of course, it could also be done in the old way: 670 RRM START OF LOOP...970 IF OVER = 0 THEN 670.

Now look at the way MOVSPR is used in lines 690 and 720. The parameters here Stand for MOVSPR X, direc tion of movement in degrees (0-360) # speed of move ment (0-15). The pound sign (#) indicates that this is a relative movement, instead of an absolute movement

like the one we used to set the sprites in the diagonal line. Once this command is executed, the sprites will move in the direction and at the speed defined, whether the program is running or not! They'll keep moving until you hit RUN/STOP and RESTORE, or turn them off with u MOVSPR X,0#0, setting the speed to zero. These sprites are being moved by :tn interrupt routinethat "steals" time from BASIC to do the sprite position ing. You'll notice that when all eight sprites arc making their merry way about the screen, program execution slows down. That's why T recommend

removing all

RliM's from the playing loop.

REM

READ

450

FOR

X=l

460

DATA

500

: 510

INPUT#2,HSS DCLOSE

550

REM

560

570

COLOR

580

PS="[SHFT

0,5,22,PS,0

REM

RANDOM

LOOP

***

REM

WHEN

690

REM

BORDER

670

R(X)=INT(RND(1)*X)+1

190 200

REM

210

IF :

CREATE

WHILE FN

REM

230

CHAR

240

FOR

REM

HIGH-RES

250

CIRCLE

260

: REM PAINT

270

CHAR

280

; REM PLACE CHARACTER SSHAPE AS,0,0,23,21 :

290

SPRSAV

300

310

CHAR

1,20,1,"CREATING =

720

SPRITES"

730 740

RSM

1,1,1,"*",1

SSHAPE

***

MAIN

ACTION

TYPE

THIS

IN,

STATEMENTS

BETWEEN

970

DIRECTION?

THEN

REM

GET

THEN

MOVSPR

JOYSTICK

VALUE

J=J-128:SP=7

SP=5 MOVSPR

1,J*45-45#SP

730:ELSE:MOVSPR CHANGE

1,0#0

DIRECTION

B=BUMP(1):REM

FILL

SAVE

SPRITE

AS,0,0,23,21

IF(B :

750

1,1,1,RIGHT$(STRS(X-1),1),1

YOUR

TAG

SEE

SPRITES

BUMPED

1,12,12,9,7

CLOCK

R(360)#3

THEN

:REM

MODE

DRAW CIRCLE 1,12,12 : REM

AS,X

J>127

:GOTO

GRAPHIC

J=JOY(1):

RESET

OVER=0

710

SKIP

220

FOR

1,1

350

REM

R(10)<3

:ELSE

THEN

ALL

CHANGE

700

SPRITES

PEEK(4000)=252

AND

R(7)+1,FN DEF

YOU

'REM'

LINES

170

320

TI$="000000"

REM

180

SJCORE

"+HS$

610

BLACK

[SHFT

680

REM

B]EST

CHAR

670

SCORE

5,13

600

140

4,1

HIGH

600

590

660

COLOR

THEN

:"+STRS(HS)+"

SCNCLR 0 : REM CLEAR SCREEN PRINT CHRS(14):REM LOWERCASE

160

HS = 0

130

FOREGROUND

ONLY!

ELIMINATE

BACKGROUND

USERS

540

120

YELLOW

530

650

BLACK

DISK

520

REM

FOR

GOTO

GRAPHIC

REM

INPUT#2,HS

100

B(X)

DOPEN #2,"TAG.SCORE" IF DSO0 THEN HS = 0:HSS=1""

640

READ

REM

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1,8

490

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0,1

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480

630

COLOR

BINARY

470

620

150 COLOR

1,60,180

440

Rotation Tag

430

Itcforc lyping iMs priigiain. read "How [o Enter Pro^ramy" llic BASIC pn^nis in ihis

1,1:GRAPHIC

X,1,X+1,1,0,0

REM AS

REM USE

CONVERT SPRITE

"*"

1)=0

NOT

IF(B-1

830 760

AND

REM

AND

REM

THEN

YOUR

B(TA+1))<>B(TA+1)THEN

WRONG

BUMP!

MOVSPR

TA+1,0,0:

TARGET

OUT

770

SC=SC+100

780

TA=TA+1

REM

790

THEN

800

SOUND

810

GOTO

TA>7

850

BUMP

REM

MOVE

TAGGED

WAY

REM

INCREASE

SCORE

TARGET

TA=1

1,TA*500+20000,10

REM

BEEP

850 COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

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REM

830

SC=SC-100

1060

COLOR

4,1

PENALTY

1070

FOR

840

SOUND

850

B=BUMP(1)

1,5000,10,0,0,0,3

1080

SPRITE

1090

TAGGED

WRONG

REM

SPRITE!

RESET

BUMP

TIME

LEFT

860

REM

870

PRINT"[HOME,WHITE,RVS,SHFT

880

890

PRINT"[SPACE2,RVS,SHFT

[RVOFF]

SCORE,

SJCORE

";:

USING"######";SC;

[RVOFF]

TjARGET

1100

1110

1120

REM

PRINT"[HOME,WHITE]"TAB(25)"1RVS, SHFT T]IME[RVOFF] ";

910

M=VAL(MIDS(TIS,3,2))

920

S=VAL(RIGHTS(TlS,2))

930

TR=120-M*60-S:IF

940 950

COLOR

X,0

SC<=HS NEW

MOVSPR

THEN

HIGH

0,1

8 X,0#0

1260

SCORE

HS = SC

1140

COLOR 0,6 : COLOR 4,8 : SLEEP 1 COLOR 4,1 : COLOR 0,1 CHAR 0,0,IB,"*** [SHFT N]EW [SHFT H]IGH [SHFT SJCORE! ***",1 PRINT : INPUT "[SHFT Y]OUR [SHFT N]AME";HSS

1160

900

1130 1150

";TA

1170 1180

1190

REM

M=INT(TR/60):S=TR-M*60

1200 1210

970

PRINT USING "##.##";M+S/100 GET AS:IF A$="Q"THEN OVER=1 LOOP : REH BACK TO "DO WHILE"

SCRATCH "TAG.SCORE" DOPEN #2,"TAG.SCORE,S,W"

980 990

REM

960

GAME

1000

FOR

1010

MOVSPR

TR<0

THEN

OVER=l

1220

PRINT#2FHS

1230

PRINT#2,HS$

1240

DCLOSE

1260

X,0#0

REM

FREEZE

CHAR

1030

COLOR

1040

CHAR 0,16,12,"[SHFT GJAME [SHFT O]VER",1

1050

COLOR

5,14

1270

USERS

COLOR

0,7

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128 USERS ONLY BASIC 7.0

the Commodore I 28 didn't allow the

Commodore 128

Makes Programming

BASIC 7.0 are not but faster, easier to

Ahc new version of BASIC built Into the Commodoremany

programs written in

only easier to write,

Easier contains

iiy IIMSTRASMA

[28—BASIC 7.0—

new Statements :md

commands thai make programming

read, and easier to debug.

full expression of this structurc, either

leaving out the ELSE portion or limit ing the structure to a single program

lint. BASIC "".<) on the C I 28 rectifies this, including a lull set of selection commands that let you use as many program line's as necessary. In a

flow

which there are two options, one (any

diately after the decision. Alterward, Figure 2. Flow chart

commands lor creating graphics and

(earlier-numbered) statement

sound, If nt others arc general-purpose

commands thai simply help program

cuted first in each case, and no paths exist through the program other than

mers write in a more clearly struc

straiglu down, lop to bottom.

fashion.

This makes

7.0

full selection

only one) of which is executed Imme

easier. Many of these arc specialized

tured

chart, a

starts with a decision point, below

of selection

is exe

without mm

pro

grams not only easier to write-, but faster, easier to read, and easier to de

bug, as well.

Selection The second structure, selection, has the computer make a decision, choos

Believe it or not, ii has been demon-

ing only one of two possible actions it

strated mathematically (by Jacoplni and Bohm in 1966) that computers understand only three different pro gramming structures; sequence, selec

Could perform next. In BASIC, selec

tion and repetition, Let's look at each

that it must be true or false. If true,

of these structures as they apply to the

the program executes the statement

Commodore

following the word THEN. Other wise, it executes the one fallowing the word ELSE. Either way, the program eventually reaches the line following

i28's new commands,

and perhaps we can gain some Insight

Into the benefits of programming with BASIC 7.1).

tion is usually controlled with an II'-

THEN-ELSE statement. After the word IF, a condition is stated in such a way

the end of the ELSE Statement, and re

Sequence

sumes execution from that point.

The first structure, sequence, is au

tomatic. Unless otherwise- Instructed, bask; and most other computer lan guages automatically proceed through

Most Commodore BASICS prior to Figure 1. Flow chart showing sequence

a program from beginning to end, one statement

after another.

both options lead to the same point and continue.

Computers without an ELSE state ment follow a slight I \ different flow

chart, hut the net effeci is much the same, provided care is given to mak

flow

ing sure the program branches around

chart or program listing, this struc

the implied ELSE section after doing

ture simply places each statement be

the TUF.N portion, rather than drop

low the one that is executed before it

ping into the

and above the oik- executed after it.

Unfortunately, in basic, this requires a GOTO statement, am! GOTO's

Used this way. a computer is much

ELSE

unintentionally.

like a calculator, solving problems one

movements can be difficult to follow

after another in the order it receives

and understand.

Fiyure 2 shows a flow chart of a tra

them, Figure 1 shows an example of

sequence in a flow chart.

ditional Commodore BASIC IF-THEN statement, with an Implied ELSE sec

A short BASIC listing that calculates a variable's value based on another

STltvmvnt

tion. Below is a program listing using

variable, and then displays the value

the same logie. which shows the divi

of both variables would look like this:

sion of one variable into another, with protection against trying to divide by

10Y«3"X + 5 20 PRINT X/Y

zero. The GOTO statement is essential

The calculation corresponds to state

in line 50, to keep from dropping into

ment I in the flow chart, and the print

line 61) when the condition we- are-

corresponds to statement 2. The top

testing is true: COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

137

128 USERS ONLY/BASIC 7.0 This Figure 4. Flow chart of infinite

Repetition is simply

loop

40IPNS OTSTM1-N30

statements, with a ■-•" •

50 PRINT "PASSWORD

way ofbreaking out

T. 50 IF B<> 1) THEN PRINT A / Bi

listing does the same

.W INPUT "PASSWORD";NS

a loop ofrepeated . : i ■ t

thing, with fewer lines, by turning around the logic of the comparison:

ACCEPTED"

Figure 5 lakes the same example

of the loop when

and illustrate-; it Id Mow chart form,

some condition is met.

C128. They are DO, LOOP, and EXIT.

using three new BASK; words on the

GOTO 70 60 PRINT "INFINITE"

simply a loop Of repealed statements.

70 REM

with a way of breaking out of the loop

DO and LOOP surround statements to

be treated together, with DO at the start and LOOP at the end. EXIT pro-

flow

when some condition is met. Repeti

chart, rearranged to take advantage of

tion is set up In different ways, de

Figure 5. Flow

the ELSE statement In recent Commo

pending on how the loop ends.

dore BASICS, and [he new BEGIN and BEND options of the C128.

chart of DO-

the infinite loop. It goes on forever

Here is how iliat version looks as

until halted by other means (such as

part of a BASIC program. Although

pulling the plug). Figure i shows an

this program is a bii longer, Its logic is

infinite loop in flow chart form.

Figure

shows

much clearer,

the

same

making mistakes less

The simplest version of repeli(ion is

50 IF BO 0 THEN BEGIN 60 PRINT A/B

BASIC that

fills the screen

wiih the word "HI."

10 PRINT "HI",

70 BEND iBLSB BEGIN 80 PRINT "INFINITE"

20 GOTO 10 elegant

A further advantage of die Commo

than

dore 128 version of BASIC is thai nei

way out

turning

of such

off the

programs

computer

pressing the STOP key. One Solution is branches outside the

vides a clean way out of the loop, re suming the rest of the program at the

loop when something happens. This

first statement alter the word LOOP.

method is illustrated by this BASIC

Use of these words in BASIC is shown

listing, which waits for a correct in

in the listing below:

ther the THEN or ELSE portion of the

lo add an IP-THEN statement inside

Staiemem is limited to a single BASIC line, as it is in other BASICS. Between

the

the words BEGIN and BEND, you may now

many

BASIC

state

ments as yon like, without affecting the operation of [he

rP-THBN-ELSE

loop that

put, then prints a message: 30 INPUT "PASSWO1U>";N8

statement.

40IFN8 = TSTHBN60

Repetition

50 GOTO 30 60 PRINT "PASSWORD

The third structure,

The problem is that we need a more

90 BEND

insert

EXIT

Here is an example of an infinite loop

likely:

LOOP with

repetition, is

30 DO 40 INPUT "PASSWORD";N8 3OIFN8 ■ TSTHEN EXIT 60 LOOP 70 PRINT "PASSWORD

ACCEPTED"

FOR-NEXT Problems

Figure 3- Flow chart of selection with ELSE

The

FOR-NEXT statement

all

Commodore BASICS provides another way

control

repetition.

Civen

Starting and ending value for a varia ble used as a counter, a loop can be

designed to execute a preset number V

ELSE

[HEN

BE01H sI>Itn« n 11 BEND

BEOIH

of times and quit. The following pro

gram looks through an array for a value. 11 a match is found, the pro gram branches lo line 70, with the po sition of the match in variable I: 40 FOR I = 0TO9 50irAS(I) = NS THEN 70

60 NEXT 1 70 REM There is a problem with searching 138

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HOW USE BOTH SIDES OF YOUR DISKETTE

this way. Each time the program jumps out Of :t POR-NEXT loop.

why the BASIC listing below starts the

variable 1 oui as minus one instead of

rather than finishing it. the loop val

zero; by the time the loop condition is

ues arc left in a special part of the

tested, its value will already have been

computer's memory called a stack.

increased: U) I =

- 1

DISKETTE

HOLE PUNCH

5)) DO

601 = [ + I

70 LOOP UNTIL A8(I) = NS Actually, there are more possibili

WITH HOLE GUIDE

ties than we have shown. We could

and EDGE GUIDE

also write a loop thai starts out with a DO UNTIL, or one that ends with

PUNCH OUT IS ALWAYS

LOOP WHILE. The choice of whether

IN THE RIGHT POSITION

to test the condition at the start or

Figure 6. Flow chart of DO-WHILE

loop

Here chey can accumulate until there is no room left Tor them, at which lime the computer announces "OUT

OF MEMORY" and baits.

Solution BASIC 7.0 adds two new words. WHILE and UNTIL, to eliminate this problem.

They

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As suggested before, there are usu ally two ways to state a logical condi tion. The same is true of WHILE and

DEALER INQUIRIES WANTED

UNTIL. Within limits, loops can be made with either one.

Loops that continue looping while the

tested

condition

true,

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garbage on the slack. Figure 6 shows a

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flow chan of;) DO-WHItE loop thai

LOOP-UNTIL

'•--:

... i, ...

j(PhN1U*N P" [10

Introducing

BRAINSTORM

128

is similar 10 the FOR-NEXT loop in the previous listing. This

program

shows

how

by Mark Jordon

the

WHILE loop is written in BASIC: lor the Commodore I2fl

11)1 = 0

50DOWHILEA8(I)<>N8 60 I - 1 +

Brolnstorm 128 will uolp you

•Sift

70 LOOT

'Compare -Collect

-Arranga

"Order

your RAW THQUDHT5 inlo a finished outline

Notice that we have lo explicitly st-.iie

the starting value of OUT counter varia

Idea Processing

Then you can sililt Trom

ble in advance, and increment it our selves in lint- 60.

"Sort

These chores arc

Word Processing

handled automatically in a hornf.xt Statement. Also note that there is no

The built-in word processor Tias all Iho f you've come to eKpotl plus access

provision lor quitting il no match is

10 trie outline youve created

found,

Trie heading you're working on is constantly in view

If the very first value in the array

Use Brainstorm I 23 to prepare:

were a match, the loop would not excctue even once. This saves a bit of

advantage over a FOR-NEXT loop

lime. ;md avoids potential problems

condition

from passing through a loop when it

whether the variable it uses as a loop

isn'l needed,

counter h;is reached its ending value,

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Figure 7 shows the same loop writ ten with a LOOP UNTIL statement. In this version, the test is at the end of

limited

Its

to determining

any condition.

With nil these options and added

the loop, as in a POR-NEXT state

words.

ment, and the body of the loop is al

express any structured loop on the

ways executed at least once. That is

Commodore 12h.

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Commodore

The computer will accept a number between one and five where the keys

128 Drawing

Create and save

I through .S select colors 1 through $â&#x2013; The -i key will select the background,

Tablet

graphics displays

and 5 will select the border color.

with ease, using a

you wish to change, it color bar will

Ik' 128 computer has the stron

joystick and the

gest BASIC language that I have ever worked with. A single command can accomplish several tasks. For exam

After you have entered the color

appear in the current color. Mere you can use cither the cursor-tip and cur sor-down key or the up- and down-

keyboard

arrow keys al the top of the keyboard to

ple, with the CIRCLE command you

step

through

forward

and

the colors.

backward

Once you've

can draw circles, arcs, boxes, trian-

and brush speeds. Most of the modes

gles, pentagons, hexagons, octagons,

are self-explanatory and the program

RETl'RN or the left-arrow key and the

or any other geometric objects. You

is quite simple for the user. Table I

color will

can also rotaie the object any number

displays all

have selected. This is also extremely

Of degrees and even make the object

mands and their functions, hut if you

elliptical. Will) a lew commands, you

nuct\ to look them up at any lime,

helpful when you want lo use more than just three colors, because it will

can

make a complex

graphics pro

of the keyboard com

found the color you like, press either be updated to what you

press the llliLP key. and a help menu

only Update the current drawing col

gram extremely simple. Try entering the following line:

will be displayed in the window.

ors, not the colors that have already

GRAPHICl.ll FOR l-= 250TO1STFP 2: CIRCLE 1,160.100,L,L,0,360,L,90:

on the keyboard selects the drawing

The screen should clear and a poly

In the Drawing Mode, I) through 3

color, SHIFT 1 through SMUT S will select the brush si/.e, and COMMO DORE

through 5 will change [he

been drawn on the screen.

Graphics Commands Hie

128 Drawing Tablet also sup

plies you with al! of the Commodore

hedron should Mart to draw. For those

brush speed. On the right side of the

128's graphics commands, such as the

who aren't sure what a polyhedron

screen, you will find two numbers

box, circle, line, paint, and text com

isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;did you ever make a drawing of

displayed in reverse field. These num

mands. You can select each mode by

boxes that got smaller and rotated

bers are the si/.e and Speed of the

pressing the first letter of the com

around the same center point? When

brush, according to what keys you've

mand mode you wish to use. Tor ex

your picture is Complete, ii appears to

pressed. If you press SIIIFI' 5. the first

ample, press the H key for the BOX

be a twisting tunnel.

number will display a reverse-field

Mode. Once you have entered

lure should appear on your screen.

live-. If you press COMMODORE 5.

mode, you

The amazing thing is that this pro

the second number will be a reverse-

instructions, which will ask you lo

gram required only one line, whereas

field five, as well. The underlined title.

select a horizontal and vertical cursor

this same program written for other

"Commodore

position.

computers

least

will change to die color you select to

press (he ESC key to abort from the

ten lines full of sines, cosines, and pi's.

mode or the space bar to activate the

This example clearly shows die pow

draw with. Tor example, il you choose color 3. the title will become red,

er of the 128.

since color 3 is defaulted to red when

the cursor to your desired position,

usually

The same pic

requires

128 Drawing

Tablet,"

the program is run.

The Tablet

Another interesting Option of the

Hurst

the

will be greeted by briel

During this lime, you can

Mode. After you have moved

press the key for the mode you want,

and you w ill be asked a series ol ques

program is the Burst Mode. 11 you find

tions. The questions will prompt you

let is a graphics program [hat allows

the cursor too slow at times, you can

to enter specific details about your

you to use all of the I 2H's fantastic

press the space bar and the cursor

graphic. If you find the cursor blink

will Speed up. Once you have select

ing after a prompt, make sure to press

and inputs from the keyboard. To use

ed the Hurst Mode, the word BURST

this program, first type it in and save

will appear in the lower left-hand cor

the RETURN key after your entry, or press it alone to use the default val

it, and then plug a joystick into port

ner of the lext window. This option is

ues.

two. Once the program has been run.

also available in the other paint, cir

a cross-hair will appear in the center

cle, box, and line modes. To return

The Commodore 1 2K Drawing Tab

graphics capabilities with a joystick

ol [he screen and ihc program will be

the normal speed, press the space bar

in the Drawing Mode. You can deter

again.

mine the mode the program is in by

To clear the screen, simply press

Disk Commands After you complete your master piece,

you

will

want

lo save it

lor

future use. To do this, press SMUT S and you will be asked to enter a file

reading the instructions in the win

SHIFT and the CLR/HOME key. How

dow at the bottom of the screen. In

ever, the Cl.lt/HOM1- key by itself se

name lor your picture. If the file name

the case of the Drawing Mode, the

lects the colors you wish to use. Once

screen displays the keys to press in

you've pressed this key. you next se

you entered already exists on disk, the program will print "Hie Exists"

order

lect which color you want to change.

and rctum to Drawing Mode. When

140

to select

MAY/JUNE'86

colors, brush sixes.

128 USERS ONLY/DRAWING TABLET you arc ready to retrieve your picture

new diskette for your picture gallery,

both

from ;i disk, press SHIFT I. and enter the appropriate file name.

other commands will erase a file or

However. I should mention a lew use

rename it, and the final command will

ful points, Fot instance, examine the

"clean up" your diskette. Bach com

joystick routine .im] how the tire but

Sometimes you may forget :i Hie

new

and

familiar

commands.

name or what picture flies lire on a

mand, except lor the "Collect Disk"

ton works. This routine is shored by

diskette. Tor these reasons, the Com

command,

the other mode routines so that the

will

prompt

you

for

modore 128 Drawing Tablet .supplies

header, tile name, or file names. If you

program can be entered much easier.

you with an option to view the disk

are formatting a disk, enter the header

You

directory. By pressing SHIFT D, you can read the directory oa the .screen

"filename, disk id" and press KHTURN, II' you wish to erase a file, en

DOW Statements, These are for the

and press any key to return io the

ter the tile name you wish to erase

screen and the smaller ones thai art-

Drawing Mode. However, you will

from the diskette. Finally, if you cure to rename a file, enter "new filename

dow i.s placed where you plan to have

onds before the directory will be dis

= old filename" and press RETURN.

an input, you can avoid clearing the

played. While reading through the di

Remember, there i.s no need to enter

screen,

rectory, you can use the NO SCROLL

the "NO:", "SO;", or "ROY" prefixes be

data. You may also notice that INPUT

key to stop the direetory and read it.

fore the Hie names.

#S statements arc used instead of the

bave Io wail approximately live sec

mands.

notice

window at

many

basic

WIN

the bottom of the

used lor the inputs. If a one-line win

or destroying other screen

common INPl'T. This alternative will

A disk that has many pictures on it may require the following disk com

text

may

Notes to Programmers

era.se the question mark thai appears

Tills program should demonstrate

If you press SHUT W (fur

before your entry.

The POKE'S and PKEK'.s found in

Wedge), a miniature menu will appear

some of the new powerful Commo

in the text window containing lour

dore

common DOS disk commands. One

graphics

glance

ing, You may notice that the program

command will allow you to format a

through the program, you will find

uses a "PEI:K(212)" statement often.

128

BASIC

commands

commands.

If you

and

this program arc also quite interest

This

Table 1.128 Drawing Tablet Commands

holds

the the

memory current

location key

that

was

pressed. Try entering the following

Key

Function

HELP

Display keys and functions in the bottom

line and pressing numerous keys:

1-OR A=1TO 500U():PR1Nt'p1-;EK

text window.

(212);NEXT You should find different values for

IXC

In drawing mode, exits program.

SPACE

Toggles "Burst" cursor speed.

0-3

Si-lei Is drawing mini II \ II hi-ini; 11 as<-

SHUT 1-5

Selects brush size.

Selects cursor/brush speed.

key on the keyboard through this lo

Clears drawing screen.

cation

CLR/HOME

Enters Color Selection Mode.

key,

1-5

Selects color to change:

In other modes, aborts to drawing mode.

1-5

SHIIT/CLR/HOME

each key, but try pressing the HELP and ESC keys. You should find the same values that arc used in the pro gram. A program can easily lest every

the CONTROL

STOP key can he tested us long as

I â&#x2013; Color 1

you disable its stop function by pok

ing the value 234 into location 808.

3 â&#x2013; Color 3

There are another group of loca

4 - Background 5 - Border

Step forward through colors.

tions that are used in

the program

between 842 and 851. This is the key board-bulTcr

CRSR DOWN or DOWN ARROW

the Commodore

key, and the RI-STOKI- key. The RUN-

2 - Color 2

CRSR UP or UP ARROW

except for

the SHIFT key.

area.

Another

location

that works with the keyboard buffer is

Step backward through colors.

location 20K, which holds the num

RETURN or LEFT ARROW

Enters color into selected color register.

Selects Box Mode.

Selects Circle Mode.

execute BASIC Statements, but in this

Selects Line Mode.

program, they are cleared to prevent

Selects Paint Mode.

too many characters from entering

Selects Text Mode. In this mode, you can

use a "checker-board" character ( ^

ber of characters

the

keyboard

butler. Together, these locations can

+ ) before

lexl to print the text in reverse writing.

into it. Without the butler clears, the program

would

most

likely

jump

around from mode Io mode.

SHUTS

Save picture.

SHIFT L

Load picture.

SHUT D

List disk directory.

Tablet, you can draw rather impres

SHIR" W

Select disk command summary (Wedge).

sive pictures, but you can also load

Wrapping it All Up With the Commodore 128 Drawing

COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

141

128 USERS ONLY/DRAWING TABLET your masterpieces into your BASIC

POKE

"CI/file mime".

of the most powerful home comput-

progrtuns.

BI5.P 55296:POKEi 1.1 IS This loads

ers ever developed. U should be in-

color 3 data.

[cresting to see the quality programs

BLOAD "BCyfliename",B15,P 5.42SO

that will he created for it in the fa-

This loads the background and border

tare, itut for now, enjoy experiment-

colors.

ing with this incredible computer and

Use

the

following

com-

mands in your own BASIC programs

todo.so: ' BLOAD

"SC/filename'MHi,!1

7I6S

This loads the high-resolution screen

1.116:BI.OAD

the Commodore 1 2S Drawing Tablet.

The Commodore 12H is dearly one

and color 1 and color 2 data.

llcfotc

lhis program, read "Bow to Emit

vsilablc cm disk from limblar. P.O Bin JOnn*. Sin-vipm. U -1150-000"

FOR

HL=4169

:REM

CHANGE

THAT THE

'L'

4172:POKE

HELP

'P'

KEYBOARD

KEY

WON'T

JUST

GET

230

JY=5

JD=5

THEN

Y=Y+SP

240

JY=6

JD=6

THEN

Y=Y+SP

JD=7

THEN

X=X-SP*2

STUCK

:WINDOW

:X=X+SP*2:IF

DD=2

THEN

0,2

250

4,1

JY=7

:IF

260

DD=2 JY=8

THEN OR

JD=8

:X=X-SP*2:IF

1800

0,22,39,24,1:BK=2:BO=2

270

X<4

280

X=X+8

THEN

DD=2

290

IF IF

X>322 Y>166

DRAW

300

Y<30

THEN

Y=30

310

DD=1

THEN

870:ELSE

1,80,75

DRAW BOX

1,84,71

80,71

SSHAPE

D$,+11,+21:SPRSAV

SPRITE

1,1,1,0,0,0,1:SCNCLR:X=160

BK=1

ELSE

100

84,79

0,83,74,85,76,0,1:LOCATE

Y=100:WINDOW 90

88,75

THEN

COLOR

THEN

DS,1

0,22,39,24,0 COLOR

5,16:SPRCOLOR

5,BK-1:SPRCOLOR

BK-1

DD=4

ELSE

:ELSE

3[RVOFF]

330

REM

[SHFT

S]ELECTS

[SHFT

HI FT

[RVOFF]

RUSH

RVS,SHFT

[RVS]1[RVOFF]-[RVS]5

[SHFT

S]ELECTS

[SHFT

C]=[RVOFF]

DD=9

[RVS]1[RVOFF]

THEN

1130

DD=6

THEN

1170

DD=7

THEN

1370

DD=8 THEN THEN 1450

1410

260

AND

SHOULD ROUTINE

SAME THEN

DD=2

THEN

DD=5

LINES

SP=10

DD=3

1090

PROGRAM

(TO

THEN

DIFFERENT

S]IZE":PRINT"[SPACE7,

X=322 Y=166

940:ELSE

320

OLORS":PRINT"[SPACE2,RVS)

THEN THEN

:ELSE

PRINT"[SPACE10,RVS]0[RVOFF]-[RVS]

X=X+8

X=4

X=80:Y=75:SP=1:BS=0:C2=6:C3=3:D$=""

CM(1000)

Y=Y-SP

THEN

:DIM

X=X-8

:X=X-SP*2

:PRINT"[UNLOCK,LOWER CASE,BLACK]"; :RG=1:C=1:GOSUB

X=X-8

(SO

BUFFER)

4,2:GRAPHIC

THEN

220

HL,0:NEXT

C1=7:PRINT"[CLEAR]":COLOR :COLOR

210

DD = 2

IF JY = 3 OR JD=3 THEN X=X+SP*2 : IF DD=2 THEN X=X-8 IF JY=4 OR JD=4 THEN Y=Y+SP

Commodore 128 Drawing Tablet 50

:X=X+SP*2:IF

'flu- HVHC programs in lhis

270

1050

TEST

SEE

CONTINUE

SUCH

JOYSTICK

PAINT.

ROUTINE)

340

350

PRINT"[HOME,DOWN,RVS]";TAB(35); BS+1;"[LEFT]

-[RVS]5[RVOFF1 [SHFT SjELECTS [SHFT BJRUSH [SHFT S]PEED[HOME]"

P3=NS:ELSE

P3=SP

":PRINT"[HOME,DOWN2,

RVS]";TAB(35);P3;"[LEFT] 369

REM

********************

370

REM

***

IF JOY(2)>=128 THEN BOX C,X/2-2, Y-30,{X/2-2)+BS,Y-30+BS,0,FL

122

REM

********************

380

FOR

130

MOVSPR

140

COLOR

120

121

0,BK:COLOR

DRAW

ROUTINE

1,X+12,Y+16:JY=JOY(2)

: JD=JY-128:LOCATE 150

1,C1:COLOR

PEEK(212)=60

AND

160

SP=10

THEN

SPO10

REM LINE 120 CHECKS SPACE TOGGLE 'BURST' MODE, LINE

130

PRINTS

IT'S

BAR

SP=10

THEN

SHFT

S,SHFT

B,SHFT

SOUND IF

PEEK(212}=64

420

KS>="!"AND

FOR

KB=843

:POKE

851:POKE

U,SHFT

440

KS="[SHFT

450

PEEK(212)=72

KB,0:NEXT

208,1

D]"THEN THEN

1770 COLOR

[SHFT

THIS PROGRAM, ([SHFT Y]/[SHFT

I,SHFT T] YOU SURE?

JY=1

JD=1

THEN

Y=Y-SP

200

JY=2

JD=2

THEN

Y=Y-SP

)":GOTO

1850

Q,SHFT

5,C3

:PRINT" [CLEAR]

190

MAY/JUNE'86

1570

IF KS="[ORANGE]"THEN SP=1 :ELSE IF K$^"[BROWN]" THEN SP=2 :ELSE IF K$="[L. RED]"THEN SP=3 :ELSE IF K$="[GRAY1]"THEN SP=4 :ELSE IF KS="[GRAY2]"THEN SP=5

SHFT ARE

142

208,10:POKE

THEN

K$<="V'THEN

430

T,RVOFF,HOME]"

1,16384,15

BS=ASC(K$)-33 ON

:ELSE PRINT"[HOME,DOWN2]";TAB(2); "[RVOFF,SPACE5,HOME]" 180

KB,0:NEXT

208,1

410

PRINT"[HOME,D0WN2]";

TAB(2);"[RVS,SHFT

851:POKE

400

NOT.

170

208,10:POKE

FL=0

KS="":GET K$:IF KS=""OR K$=" " THEN LOOP:ELSE IF KS>="0"AND K$<="3"THEN C=VAL(K$):GOSUB 1800

THEN

SP=NS

FL=1:ELSE

390 3,C3

PEEK(212)=60

THEN

KB=843

:POKE

X/2-2,Y-30 2,C2:COLOR

NS=SP:SP=10:ELSE

AND

***

BS>=2

[HOME]"

4,BO:DO

110

U, Nl

128 USERS ONLY/DRAWING TABLET 460

IF K$="[SHFT S]"OR KS="[SHFT L] "THEN PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT E]NTER [SHFT F]ILENAME:";:WINDOW 15,22,

731

REM

***

732

REM

***************************

740

32,22,1:OPEN

750

POKE

760

IF K$="[SHFT S]"THEN OPEN 2,8,2, "$":CLOSE 2:ELSE IF K$="[SHFT L]

9,0,0:INPUT#9,FLS

:CLOSE 9:WIND0W :GOTO 740 470

K$ = "[CLEAR]"THEN

:V=100:GOTO

540

IF IF IF IF IF IF IF

550

LOOP

480 490 500 510 520 530

0,22,39,24,1:FAST

SCNCLR:X=160

770

KS="[HOME]"THEN 570 KS="(SHFT W]"THEN 1260 K5="P"THEN 860 KS="T"THEN 930 K5="L"THEN 1040 KS="B"THEN 1120 KS="C"THEN 1360

REM

****************************

:COLOR

SELECT

COLOR

ROUTINE

***

2,8,2,"SC/"+FL$:CLO3E

IF K$="[SHFT S]"THEN "SC/"+FL$:CLOSE 2:IF IF

DS=62

THEN

840

DSO0

790

K$="[SHFT

OPEN DS=0

THEN

S]"THEN

BK=1

C]OLOR

PRINT" [RVS]4[RVOFFJ - [SHFT B] ACKGROUND [SHFT C]OLOR[SPACE2,RVS] 5[RVOFF]

5,16:GOTO

:ELSE COLOR

830

BJORDER

[SHFT

P56295:SVS="BC/"+FLS 640

K$="[SHFT

REM

840

P53282

SCREEN

AND

L]"THEN

LDS="SC/"+FLS (LDS),B15,

(LDS),B15,P53280 660

LOADS

SCREEN

GOTO

630

PRINT"[CLEAR,SPACE11,SHFT ELECT NEW COLOR:" IF KS="1"THEN CC=C1 :ELS£ IF K$="2"THEN CC=C2 :ELSE IF KS="3"THEN CC=C3 :ELSE IF K$="4"THEN CC=BK

PRINT"[CLEAR]":SLOW:POKE

AND

SLOW:PRINT"[CLEAR]":COLOR 1830:GET

:GRAPHIC

4,0:GOTO

851

REM

***

852

REM

*********************

PAINT

AREA,

THE

***

T] MOVE

FIGURE

THE

AND

CURSOR

PRESS

JOY(2)=128

:ELSE

THEN

880

GOTO

890

PRINT"(CLEAR,SHFT ILL

CC=BO

890

PEEK(212)=72

THEN

910

130 WITH

:WINDOW

COLOR

NUMBER:";

23,22,24,22,1:OPEN

:INPUT#9,C9$:CLOSE

9,0,0

SPACE11,RVS,SPACE17]"

:WINDOW

IF PEEK(212)=83 OR (PEEK(212)=7 AND PEEK(211)=1)THEN CC=CC+1

900

:IF C9$>"3"OR C9$<"L"THEN 890 PAINT VAL(C9S),X/2-2,Y-30,1

910

SP=SS:DD=0:PRINT"[CLEAR]":GOTO

920

REM

********************

921

REM

***

9 2 2

REM

*******************;*

930

PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT

:GOTO

690

670

PEEK(212)=84

PEEK{212)=7

680

THEN CC=CC-1 IF PEEK(212)=85

PEEK(212)=1

THEN

710

690

CO16

700

GOTO 650 IF KS="1"THEN

THEN

CC=1:ELSE

THE

BUTTON.":DD=1:SS=SP:SP=3 870

5,CC:PRINT"[HOME,DOWN,

ROUTINE

PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT 0

1800

*********************

PAINT

5,C3

QO$

REM

INSIDEOF

:ELSE

KEY

850

600

COLOR

1,115

:GOSUB

1800

620

K5="5"THEN

SAVES

(LDS),B0,P7168

LINE

:GOTO

860

1800

5,BK-1:GOTO

P16383

COLORS

OLOR[HOME]" GET KEY KS:IF K?="[HOME]"THEN 600 IF KS>="1"AND KS<="5"THEN GOSUB 630:PRINT"[CLEAR]":IF BK=1 THEN COLOR

790

(SVS),B15,

:LDS="CL/"+FLS:BLOAD P55296:LD$="BC/"+FL$

5,16

5,BK-1

[SHFT

:BLOAD

820

590

COLOR

LINE

:BLOAD

:ELSE

THEN

REM

2,8,2, THEN

SVS="SC/"+FLS

(SVS),B0,P7168

COLORS

810

5,C3:PRINT"[RVS]3[RVOFF]

[SHFT

580

710

780

800

***

830

:BSAVE(SV$),B15,P53280

COLOR 5,C1:PRINT"[CLEAR] [RVS]1 [RVOFF] - [SHFT C]OLOR 1[SPACE2]"; :COLOR 5,C2:PRINT"[RVS]2[RVOFF] - [SHFT CJOLOR 2[SPACE2]";

660

OPEN

:GOTO

P55296

570

650

ROUTINE

:SVS="CL/"+FL$:BSAVE

562

640

"THEN

:BSAVE

***

610

LOAD

1,116

1920:ELSE

REM

600

FLS=""THEN

780

560 561

SAVE

CC<1

MOVE

CC=16

PRESS

0,22,39,24,1

TEXT

CURSOR

THE

ROUTINE

***

T]O ADD

DESIRED

TEXT,

AREAAND

BUTTON.":DD=2:SS=SP:SP=8

:X=5:Y=30 C1=CC

ELSE

K$="2"THEN

C2=CC

ELSE ELSE

IF IF

KS="3"THEN K$="4"THEN

C3=CC BK=CC

ELSE

K$="5"THEN

BO=CC

720

PRINT"[CLEAR]":RETURN

730

REM

***************************

940

IF JOY(2)=128 THEN 960 :ELSE IF PEEK(212)=72 THEN

950 960

GOTO 130 PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT

:WINDOW

M]ESSAGE:";

8,22,28,22,1:OPEN

:INPUT#9,MSS:CLOSE

970

WINDOW

910

9,0,0

0,23,23,23,1 COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS

143

128 USERS ONLY/DRAWING TABLET :PRINT"[RVOFF,SPACE2,SHFT :";:WINDOW

:INPUT#9,C8$:CLOSE :WINDOW

C]OLOR

8,23,9,23,1:OPEN

1230

980

CB$>"3"OR C8S<"0"THEN

990

DD=4

DD=6

DD=9

RV=0:IF "THEN

LEFTS(MS$,l)="[CMDR

MSS=RIGHTS(MSS,LEN(MS$)-1)

RT>360

PRINT"[CLEAR]":GOTO

RT<0 1230

1240

PRINT"[HOME2]":WINDOW 0,22,39,24, 1:PRINT"[CLEAR]":SLEEP 1:RETURN

1250

REM

*■ * * * * k

1251

REM

***

1252

REM

***************************

1260

PRINT"(CLEAR,SPACE7,RVS,SHFT

970 THEN

RETURN

1000

9,0,0:INPUT(J9,RTS:CLOSE

THEN

0,22,39,24,0 OR

OPEN

:RT=VAL(RT$):IF

9,0,0

>r * k * -*

DOS

* k k

'-. t

COMMAND

{

ROUTINE

k *.

*** C,

1010

CHAR VAL{C8$),INT(X/8)+1-1, INT(Y/8)-3,MSS,RV

RVOFF]0LLECT DISK[SPACE2,RVS, SHFT F,RVOFF]ORMAT DISK" : PRINT" [SPACE7,RVS,SHFT R,RVOFF]

1020

X=X-L:GOTO

ENAME

1030

REM

********************

1031

REM

***

1A73

DPM

********************

1040

PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT HOVE CURSOR TO A

:RV=1

910

LINE

ROUTINE

STARTINGPOSITION

***

T]O

1270

1280

THE

1290

BUTTON.":DD=3:SS=SP:SP=1 JOY(2)=128

1060

GOTO

1070

XX=X:YY=Y:PRINT"[CLEAR]

:ELSE

1070

PEEK(212)=72

THEN

910

130

1300

SELECT

LINE SIP

THEN

POINT

[SHFT

DRAW

THEN

1310

1080

DRAW CE-l,XX/2-2,YY-30:SLEEP

1090

130

1100

PRINT"[CLEAR]":GOSUB

THEN

1100:ELSE

*******************

REM

***

1340

1112

REM

*******************

1350

1120

PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT T]O DRAW A BOX, MOVE CURSOR TO TOP-LEFT[SPACE2]

1351 1352

POSITION OF

1360

ROUTINE

THE BOX AND

PRESS

BUTTQN":DD=5:SS=SP:SP=1

1130

1140 1150

GOTO 130 XX=X:YY=Y:PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT OH SELECT THE BOTTOM-RIGHT

:ELSE

THEN

1150

PEEK(212)=72

POSITION OF

THEN

910

1370 N] 1380

THE BOX.":DD=6

:CE=RDOT(2):IF

CE=0

XX/2-2,YY-30:SLEEP

THEN 1:GOTO

1390

DRAW

CS:IF

CS="Y"THEN

1320

1340

PRINT"[CLEAR]":GOTO

REM

JO*(2)=128

N])[HOME]"

KEY

FAST:CMS=MD$+NM5:OPEN 15,8,15,CMS :CLOSE 15:SLOW:IF DSO0 THEN 840

1111

THE

GET

1330

1110

BOX

K$O"S"AND

1270

SHFT N]AME:";:WINDOW 5,22,38,22,1 :OPEN 9,0,0:INPUTS9,NMS:CLOSE 9 :PRINT:WINDOW 0,22,39,24,1 COLOR 5,C3:PRINT "fSPACE10, SHFT A]RE YOU SURE? ([SHFT Y]/

:ELSE

910

THEN

IF K$="C"THEN MDS="V0" :ELSE IF KS="F"THEN MD$="N0:" :ELSE IF KS="R"THEN MD$="R0:"

970

TO X/2-2,Y-30:GOTO

K$O"C"AND

K$O"R"AND

1320

:DRAW VAL(CSS),XX/2-2,

YY-30

KS:IF

PEEK(212)=72 THEN 1340 KSO"C"THEN PRINT" [CLEAR,

:ELSE

CE=2

JOY(2)=128

IF IF

[SHFT

THE

TO.":DD=4:CE=RDOT{2) CE=0

KEY

FILE"

PEEK(212)<>72

LINES,

AND PRESS

GET

KSO"F"AND

DRAW

1050

FILE[SPACE3,RVS,SHFT

RVOFF]CRATCH

***

REM

CIRCLE

DRAW

MDS="S0:"

ROUTINE

PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT 0

CIRCLE,

***

T] MOVE

THE

CURSOR

TO THSCENTER OF THE CIRCLE AND PRESS BUTTON.":DD=7:SS=SP:SP=1 IF JOY(2)=128 THEN 1390 :ELSE IF PEEK{212)=72 THEN 910 GOTO 130 XX=X:YY=Y:PRINT"[CLEAR] [SHFT N] OW SELECT THE [SHFT Y]-[SHFT R] ADIUS

1170

K$="S"THEN

THE

CIRCLE.":DD=8

:CE=RDOT(2):IF CE=0 THEN DRAW 3, XX/2-2,YY-30:SLEEP l.-GOTO 1410

1160

DRAW CE-l,XX/2-2,YY-30:SLEEP

1170 1180 1190

IF JOY(2)=128 THEN 1180:ELSE 130 DRAW CE,XX/2-2,YY-30 RT=0:PRINT"[CLEAR)":GOSUB 970

1400 1410

DRAW CE-l,XX/2-2,YY-30:SLEEP

130

:PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT

1420

LOCATE

OTATE

THE

)":GET

GOSUB 1200

BOX?

KEY

([SHFT

B$:IF

KEY

([SHFT

F$:IF

VAL(C8S),XX/2-2,YY-30,X/2-2,

1220

Y-30,RT,FB:GOTO 910 PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT D]EGREES:" :WINDOW

144

MAY/JUNE 86

8,22,11,22,1

DRAW

3,XX/2-2,Y-30

CF-l,XX/2-2,Y-30

1450

1460

DRAW CE,XX/2-2,YY-30

FB=1

BOX

THEN

1440

Y1=Y:PRINT"[SPACE3,SHFT S] ELECT THE [SHFT X]-[SHFT R] ADIUS OF THE CIRCLE.[SPACE3]" :DD=9:SLEEP

FB=0

1210

1420:ELSE

1440

Y)/[SHFT N])"

F$="Y"THEN

DRAW

THEN

XX/2-2,Y-30:CF=RDOT(2)

CF=0

:GOTO

1430 FJ

JOY(2)=128

:IF

1220

ILL THE BOX? :ELSE

Y]/[SHFT

BS="Y"THEN

FB=0:PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT :GET

:LOCATE

:IF

JOY(2)=128

CG=0

THEN

1460:ELSE

130

X/2-2,YY-30:CG=RDOT(2)

THEN

DRAW

3,X/2-2,YY-30

128 USERS ONLY/DRAWING TABLET :GOTO

[RVS,SHFT W,RVOFF]EDGE [SHFT D,SHFT O,SHFT S] COMMANDS"

1480

1470

DRAW CG-l,X/2-2,YY-30

1480

Xl=X:PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT S] TARTING ARC ANGLE:0" :WItJDOW 19,22,22,22,0:OPEN 9,0,0 :INPUT#9,SAS:CLOSE 9 : SA=VAL(SAS)

1710

DATA

1720

:IF

1730

DATA "[RVS] [SHFT S]HIFT [RVOFF] [RVS,SH£T C]LR/[SHFT H]OME [RVOFF] - CLEAR SCREEN" DATA "[SPACES,RVS,SHFT C] LR/

1740

DATA

1490

SA<0

WINDOW

SA>360

[SHFT

EJNDING

:360":WINDOW

17,22,20,22,0

ARC

ANGLE

THEN

EA<0

EA>360

1490

THE

[SHFT

N])":GET

:IF

CIRCLE?

C$="Y"THEN

WINDOW

([SHFT

KEY

:PRINT"[CLEAR,SHFT

:CLOSE

1530

DRAW CF,XX/2-2,Yl-30

REM

********************

1561

REM

***

1562

REM

********************

1570 1580

PRINT"[CLEAR]";:RESTORE FOR H9 = l TO 3:READ H$

ROUTINE

THEN

"[RVS,SHFT

DRAW

1620 1630

DATA

"[RVS,SHFT

1640

AINT DATA

- FILL AN AREA" "[RVS,SHFT T,RVOFF]

EXT

DRAW

TEXT

DATA "[RVS] fSHFT S]HIFT [RVS,SHFT L,RVOFF]

1670

DATA

LOAD

"[RVS]

1810 1820 1830

1840 1850

SJHIFT

AVE - SAVE A PICTURE" DATA "[HOME]"

1690

DATA

"[RVS]

[RVS,SHFT IRECTORY

"[RVS]

[SHFT

SJHIFT

FILES

[SHFT

SJHIFT

GOSUB

FOR KB=842 TO 851:POKE KB,0:NEXT :COLOR 5,C3:PRINT:PRINT"(TAB,

K$="":GET

P]RESS

KEY

KEY"

KS:SPRITE

1,1:FAST

:POKE

1,116:FOR

LO=55296

:POKE :POKE

LO,CM(LO-55296):NEXT 1,115:SLOW:GRAPHIC 4,0

PRINT"[HOME2,DOWN20]";:GOSUB :PRINT"2[LOWER CASE,SPACE6,

";CHRS{142);:SPRITE 1,0

[RVOFF]

GOTO

1880

IF C=l

[RVOFF]

1890 1900 1910 19 2 0

IF C=2 THEN COLOR 5,C2 IF C=3 THEN COLOR 5,C3 RETURN SLOW:PRINT"[CLEAR,BELL,TAB2, SHFT F]ILE [SHFT SJXISTS."

:GOTO

[RVOFF]

1880

IF RG=1 THEN RG=0:RETURN WINDOW 0,22,39,24,1:GOTO 90 COLOR 5,C3:PRINT"[BELL,RVS] * * * [SHFT D]ISK [SHFT E] RROR * * *":CLOSE 15 PRINT DS$:POKE 208,1:RETURN GET KEY Q$:IF QS="Y"THEN GRAPHIC 0,0:PRINT"[HOME2,CLEAR,L. GREEN]

1870

DISK"

56096

:COLOR 0,12:COLOR 4,14:END IF Q$="N"THEN PRINT"[CLEAR]"

D,RVOFF] LIST

THEN

1860

[RVOFF]

S,RVOFF]

1680

DATA

OTHER

PICTURE"

[SHFT

7,3,33,24,1

DSO0

SHFT C]OMMODORE 128 [SHFT RAWING fSHFT T]ABLET" :PRINT"[CMDR T40]"

"[HOME]"

[RVS,SHFT

1700

1800

SCREEN[HOME]"

1660

OAD

P,RVOFF]

DATA

1,0:WINDOW

SPACE7,SHFT

C,RVOFF]

1650

0,0

1830

LINES[HOME]"

ROUTINE

****************************

:DIRECTORY:IF

BOXES"

IRCLE - DRAW CIRCLES AND OBJECTS" DATA "[RVS,SHFT I,,RVOFF]

REM

:SPRITE

B,RVOFFJ

DATA