------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Compute!'s Gazette: January 1988 - December 1988 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPUTE!'s Gazette ISSN 0737-3716 COMPUTE!'s Gazette was a spin-off of COMPUTE! magazine. While COMPUTE! covered computers in addition to Commodores, COMPUTE!'s Gazette was Commodore-specific. COMPUTE!'s Gazette was published from July 1983 to February 1995. It started publishing companion disks in April 1984. Between October 1990 and December 1993 it was combined with COMPUTE! in a separate section of the magazine. It then switched to a disk-only magazine format in January 1994 and ceased publishing with the February 1995 issue. COMPUTE!'s Gazette can be searched through CARL Uncover at . Compiled by: Jeremy Sieracki ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * = General,V = VIC-20,64 = Commodore 64,+4 = Plus/4,16 = Commodore 16,128 = Commodore 128 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Compute!'s Gazette: January 1988 - December 1988 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 1988 Issue 55 Vol. 6, No. 1 FEATURES How to Buy a Modem for your Commodore Todd Heimarck 18 * A Buyer's Guide to Modems 24 * Going Online -- Getting in Touch with Some of the Best Commodore Bulletin Boards Tom Netsel 26 * REVIEWS Alternate Reality--The Dungeon Neil Randall 36 64 Rainy Day Games David and Robin Minnick 38 64 Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It Ervin Bobo 30 64 Dolphin DOS Art Hunkins 43 64 GAMES Delta War Brian Pike 46 64 Cats 'N' Dogs Fred Karg 50 64 EDUCATION/HOME APPLICATIONS Needlework Graphics Editor Barbara H. Schulak 52 64 Computing for Families: Robotics--The Real Robot Revolution Fred D'Ignazio 94 * PROGRAMMING Tile Paint for the 128 Paul W. Carlson 54 128 Sound Manager Hubert Cross 62 64 Sprint II: A Compiler for the 64 Robert A. Stoerrle and David Penry 72 64 ScrollEdit: A Scrolling BASIC Editor David R. Van Wagner 81 64 Condensed Font Richard Penn 83 128/64/+4/16 SpeedScript Justified Larry D. Smith 84 128/64 Machine Language Programming: The Native Tongue Jim Butterfield 86 * BASIC for Beginners: Unstructured Programming Larry Cotton 88 * Power BASIC: Three Pack Bob Lafferty 92 64 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Keith Ferrell 6 * Gazette Feedback Editors and Readers 10 * User Group Update Mickey McLean 48 * Horizons: Structured Programming Todd Heimarck 90 * The GEOS Column: Word Count Shawn K. Smith 95 64 PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type in COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 124 * The Automatic Proofreader 128 128/64 MLX 130 128/64 Advertisers Index 140 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 1988 Issue 56 Vol. 6, No. 2 FEATURES A Buyer's Guide to Commodore Graphics Programs Caroline D. Hanlon and Mickey Mclean 18 128/64 More Than Just Pretty Pictures: Graphics Software Goes to Work 56 * REVIEWS Beyond Zork Steve Hedrick 34 128 Video Title Shop Ervin Bobo 36 64 The Commodore 2002 Monitor Clifton Karnes 38 * Premiere 35 Daisywheel Printer Julius Hornbuckle 40 * Mini-Putt Ervin Bobo 42 64 GAMES Mosaic Jay A. Reeve 44 64 RADs Bill Chin 48 64 EDUCATION/HOME APPLICATIONS Computing for Families: Robotics--I Dream of Intelligent Machines Fred D'Ignazio 68 * Fire! Andy Van Duyne 46 64 PROGRAMMING Final BASIC Larry Cotton 52 * BASIC for Beginners: The Random Function Larry Cotton 69 128/64/+4/16 Function Key Magician J. Basil Cox 73 64 Hints & Tips: Disk Drive Hints Frank James 74 128/64 Easy Load Christopher Miller 75 128/64/+4/16 Grand Pix Robert Bixby 76 64 Turbo SpeedScript Bruce Anderson 77 64 Power BASIC: Impossible Borders James Host 78 64 Multi-LIST Steve Grace 79 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: From BASIC to Machine Language Jim Butterfield 80 * Fast 64 Mode for the 128 David Schreiber 83 128 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Richard Mansfield 6 * Gazette Feedback Editors and Readers 10 * User Group Update Mickey McLean 51 * Horizons: But Not Both Todd Heimarck 70 * The GEOS Column: Mailbag Shawn K. Smith 71 64 Simple Answers to Common Questions Tom R. Halfhill 72 * Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 78 * PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type in COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 106 * The Automatic Proofreader 108 128/64 MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 110 64 Advertisers Index 116 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARCH 1988 Issue 57 Vol. 6, No. 3 (I don't have this issue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APRIL 1988 Issue 58 Vol. 6, No. 4 FEATURES Report from the 1988 Winter Consumer Electronics Show Keith Ferrell 8 * Close Up: The Commodore 128D Clifton Karnes 16 * Super CP/M Software for the 128, Part 2: Programmer's Toolbox Clifton Karnes 40 128 REVIEWS Paperboy and Gauntlet Keith Ferrell 30 64 Echelon Ervin Bobo 31 64 Halls of Montezuma George Miller 33 64 The Sentry Neil Randall 36 64 GAMES 3-D Speedway Chris Ulmer 20 64 Spy Defense John Dalton 24 64 PROGRAMMING BASIC for Beginners: Number Drills Larry Cotton 56 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: File Handling Jim Butterfield 58 128/64 Power BASIC: Power POKE Barry L. Camp 61 128/64/+4/16 Key Clicker John Walker 63 128/64 Mirrors Paul Carlson 65 64 Speed File for the 64 Dave Crook 66 64 Phantom LIST Buck Childress 71 128 DGraph: Hi-Res Commands for BASIC Dan Coy 72 64 Smart VAL Randy Thompson 74 64 Ramdisk 128 Peter M. L. Lottrup 76 128 Four for the 64 Randy Thompson 78 64 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * User Group Update Mickey McLean 26 * Gazette Feedback Editors and Readers 44 * The GEOS Column: GeoPublish--A Close Look Randy Thompson 53 64 Horizons: Faster and Faster Todd Heimarck 60 * Computing for Families: What Type of Person Likes Computers? Fred D'Ignazio 62 * Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 64 * PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 102 * The Automatic Proofreader 104 128/64/+4/16 MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 and 128 106 128/64 Advertisers Index 116 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAY 1988 Issue 59 Vol. 6, No. 5 FEATURES All Together Now! Networking the Commodore 64 Tom Netsel 8 * The Future of the 64 and 128: Industry Leaders' Forecasts Keith Ferrell 12 * A Guide to Commodore User Groups, Part 1 Mickey McLean 22 * REVIEWS Airborne Ranger Ervin Bobo 30 64 Sub Battle Simulator Tom Netsel 31 64 Chernobyl Ervin Bobo 38 64 Amnesia Jesse Cohn 42 64 GAMES Trap Eric Haines 26 64 Treasure Diver Brian Casey 28 64 PROGRAMMING BASIC for Beginners Larry Cotton 52 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: Formatting Text Jim Butterfield 56 128/64 Power BASIC: Fast Hi-Res Screen Dump John L. Reno 58 128/64/+4/16 Mob Maker Bruce Thompson 60 64 1541 Speed and Alignment Tester Ross Ouwinga 63 64 128 Math Graphics Clifton Karnes 67 128 Periscope: A Disk Editor for the 128 Robert Bixby 70 128 Finding Your Way Around Commodore Disks Dale McBane 70 * 64 Keyboard Enhancer Vivek Jhaveri 72 64 Relative Ease Jeffrey D. Partch 74 64 Hi-Res Screen Show for the 128 Rob Kennedy 78 128 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * Feedback Editors and Readers 44 * Computing for Families: Worlds of Wonder--WOW! Fred D'Ignazio 54 * Horizons: Clocks and Cycles Todd Heimarck 55 128/64 The GEOS Column: Skeet Roger M. Pingleton, Jr. 57 128/64 Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 68 * PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 98 * The Automatic Proofreader 102 128/64/+4/16 MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 106 64 Advertisers Index 116 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JUNE 1988 Issue 60 Vol. 6, No. 6 FEATURES Commodore-Ready Printers: The New Generation Tom Netsel 12 * A Buyer's Guide to Commodore-Ready Printers Mickey McLean 18 * A Guide to Commodore User Groups, Part 2 Mickey McLean 63 * REVIEWS Super Snapshot 3.0 and Slideshow Creator Art Hunkins 22 64 Kung-Fu Master Robert Bixby 26 64 Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict Ervin Bobo 27 64 Tetris David and Robin Minnick 27 64 GAMES Square Logix Leonard Morris 30 128 Arcade Volleyball Rhett Anderson and David Hensley, Jr. 32 64 Jericho Robert Bixby 66 64 PROGRAMMING Ramdisk 64 Bruce Thompson 44 64 Big Screen Converter Robert Bixby 45 64 Pointer Charles Prince 52 64 Graphics Wedge Phillip A. Gilley 54 64 Excelfont 80: Super Character Editor for the 128 Daihung Do 56 128 Eight Thousand Dragons Paul Carlson 59 64 BASIC for Beginners: My Dear Aunt Sally Larry Cotton 60 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: Where to Locate Jim Butterfield 62 128/64 3-D Bar Grapher for the 128 Jon Atkinson 67 128 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * Gazette Feedback Editors and Readers 8 * D'Iversions: 8K Memory Is Enough Fred D'Ignazio 37 * Horizons: Piracy--The Readers Speak Out Todd Heimarck 38 * Simple Answers to Common Questions Tom R. Halfhill 40 * The GEOS Column: geoPaint Super Chart E. William Huffman 41 64 Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 42 * PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 84 * The Automatic Proofreader 86 128/64/+4/16 MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 and 128 88 128/64 Advertisers Index 100 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JULY 1988 Issue 61 Vol. 6, No. 7 FEATURES Hard Disk Drives: The Powerful Peripherals Tom Netsel 14 * The Civil War on Disk Neil Randall 24 * REVIEWS Apollo 18 Ervin Bobo 28 64 Warp Speed Art Hunkinks 30 128/64 Merlin 128 Robert Bixby 31 128 The Train Ervin Bobo 32 64 Speed Buggy Robert Bixby 34 64 GAMES Bagger Kevin Black 36 64 Scrambler Rhett Anderson and David Hensley, Jr. 47 64 PROGRAMMING BASIC for Beginners: BASIC Geometry Larry Cotton 38 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: Simple Counting Loops Jim Butterfield 44 128/64 Power BASIC: Quick Save Buck Childress 43 128/64/+4/16 Hints & Tips: Disks and Files 46 128/64/+4/16 V-8: Turbocharged Graphics for the 64 Stephan R. Borden 53 64 Error Analyzer Sanjoy Dasgupta 59 64 SYS Stamper Phil Kinkade 61 128/64/+4/16 Emergency BASIC James Host 62 64 Musical Zippers Larry Cotton 65 64 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * Feedback Editors and Readers 8 * Simple Answers to Common Questions Tom R. Halfhill 37 * D'Iversions: The Intimate Machine Fred D'Ignazio 40 * Horizons: Viral Infections Todd Heimarck 41 * The GEOS Column: Super Printer Driver Douglas Blakely 42 128/64 Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 62 * News & Products 64 * PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 88 * The Automatic Proofreader 90 128/64/+4/16 MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 92 64 Advertisers Index 100 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AUGUST 1988 Issue 62 Vol. 6, No. 8 FEATURES MIDI Made Simple Tom Netsel 14 * MIDI and the Musician Larry Cotton 16 * Talk Is Cheaper Mickey McLean 21 * Buyer's Guide to Music Composition and Programming Software Caroline D. Hanlon 45 * REVIEWS Zig-Zag and Plasmatron Robet Bixby 24 64 PaperClip III Neil Randall 25 128/64 Power at Sea Ervin Bobo 26 64 Hodge Podge Robin and David Minnick 27 64 Star NX-1000C Multi-Font Printer Tom Netsel 28 128/64 GAMES BB Barrage Bill Chin 30 64 Cribbage Bruce Boyles 32 128 Investor Troy Tucker 36 128/64/+4/16 PROGRAMMING BASIC for Beginners: Rounding Larry Cotton 40 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: Pointer Loops Jim Butterfield 42 128/64 Hints & Tips: 64 and 128 Tricks 43 128/64 The Programmer's Page: That Won't Work Randy Thompson 58 64 RAM Expander 64 Peter Lottrup 60 128/64 Power BASIC: Shell Booter David Ockrassa 61 128 3-D Sprites Hubert Cross 65 64 Zoom Robert Bixby 64 128/64 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Keith Ferrell 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * Feedback Editors and Readers 8 * Horizons: Computers' Conversations Rhett Anderson 38 * Simple Answers to Common Questions Tom R. Halfhill 39 * D'Iversions: The Tinkertoy, Tic-Tac-Toe-Playing Computer Fred D'Ignazio 44 * The GEOS Column: GEOS 128 Solutions 57 128 Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 62 * User Group Update Mickey McLean 63 * PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 86 * The Automatic Proofreader 88 128/64/+4/16 MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 and 128 90 128/64 Advertisers Index 100 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEPTEMBER 1988 Issue 63 Vol. 6, No. 9 FEATURES Extra! Extra! Write All About It! Tom Netsel 12 * Putting It to Work Mickey McLean 14 * REVIEWS Déjà Vu Neil Randall 28 64 Ticket to Washington, D.C. David and Robin Minnick 29 64 X-15 Alpha Mission Ervin Bobo 34 64 Star Empire 35 64 GAMES Lincoln Green Robert Bixby 37 64 Boom and Bust Fred Karg 38 64 Lava Flow Forrest Bentley 39 64 PROGRAMMING BASIC for Beginners: The Pigeonhole Analogy Larry Cotton 42 128/64/+4/16 The Programmer's Page: Did You Know That... Randy Thompson 45 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: Debugging Jim Butterfield 46 128/64/+4/16 Pattern Fill Robet Bixby 54 64 Multicolor Graphics Dump Hubert Cross 56 64 Multicolor Graphics and Video Storage Dale McBane 57 64 ML Boot David Roth 59 64 SpeedCheck 128: A Spelling Checker for SpeedScript 128 Larry D. Smith 60 128 Disk Package Barry Camp 62 64 MultiSort 128 James E. Borden 66 128 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * Feedback Editors and Readers 22 * D'Iversions: Murder at Palenque Fred D'Ignazio 26 * Horizons: Counting People and Making Faces Rhett Anderson 44 * The GEOS Column: Quick Clock Ernest Hunter 47 128/64 User Group Update Mickey McLean 53 * Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 55 * News & Products 68 * PROGRAM LISTINGS How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 90 * The Automatic Proofreader 92 128/64/+4/16 MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 94 64 Advertisers Index 100 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OCTOBER 1988 Issue 64 Vol. 6, No. 10 FEATURES Commodore Goes Back to School Tom Netsel 14 * Buyer's Guide to Preschool Software Caroline D. Hanlon 22 * REVIEWS Blowup Art Hunkins 29 64 Excel 2001 Disk Drive Scott Thomas 30 128/64 Jinxter Steve Hedrick 31 64 RoadRunner Robin and David Minnick 33 64 Impossible Mission II Robert Bixby 36 64 GAMES Scorpion II Darrell G. Rose 46 64 Maze Master Bennie J. Montoya 54 64 Computag Mark Tuttle 55 64 PROGRAMMING BASIC for Beginners: The Smalltown 500 Larry Cotton 38 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: All About Numbers Jim Butterfield 40 128/64 The Programmer's Page: Using DOS Randy Thompson 41 128/64/+4/16 64 Compressor Gary Lamon 56 64 SpeedPrint Stephen Weatherford 60 64 RAM Save Kevin Picotte 65 64 Speed Columns Rob Bixby 67 64 Screenius Tim Gerchmez 70 64 128 Text Sorter Bert Halverson, Jr. 71 128 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * Feedback Editors and Readers 8 * User Group Update Mickey McLean 37 * D'Iversions: Isaac Asimov--Teacher for a Day Fred D'Ignazio 42 * Horizons Rhett Anderson 44 * News & Products 57 * The GEOS Column: A Close-Up Look at geoProgrammer Dale McBane 59 64 Bug-Swatter: Modifications and Corrections 66 * PROGRAM LISTINGS MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 102 64 The Automatic Proofreader 106 128/64/+4/16 How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 108 * Advertisers Index 100 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOVEMBER 1988 Issue 65 Vol. 6, No. 11 FEATURES GEOS 2.0: A Major Upgrade--New, Improved, Faster, and Friendlier Robert Bixby 10 * Computers in the Real World Tom Netsel 20 * Buyer's Guide to Word Processors and Spelling Checkers Caroline D. Hanlon 67 128/64 REVIEWS Bard's Tale III: The Thief of Fate Neil Randall 30 64 4 X 4 Off-Road Racing Tom Netsel 31 64 Crossbow and Karnov Steve Hedrick 36 64 Master Ninja: Shadow Warrior of Death Jesse Cohn 37 64 Mainframe Ervin Bobo 38 64 GAMES Rally Racer Scott Elder 46 64 Block Out Jason Wellington 54 128 Quolerus James Knesak 55 64 PROGRAMMING The Programmer's Page Randy Thompson 73 128/64/+4/16 BASIC for Beginners: Variables Revisited Larry Cotton 74 128/64/+4/16 Machine Language Programming: Kernal Keys Jim Butterfield 76 128/64 Easy LoaDIR Randy Thompson 78 64 Sprite Killer James Host 79 64 Notepad 64 Basil Cox 80 64 Supratechnic Jeff Litz 81 64 Custom Boot Don J. Reynolds 83 128 Magnifier Robert Bixby 84 64 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * News & Products 40 * User Group Update Mickey McLean 47 * Feedback Editors and Readers 58 * D'Iversions: What Is a Robot? Fred D'Ignazio 71 * Horizons: A Pirate Tells All Rhett Anderson 72 * The GEOS Column: Font Grabber Mystic Jim 77 128/64 PROGRAM LISTINGS MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 and 128 104 128/64 The Automatic Proofreader 114 128/64/+4/16 How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 116 * Advertisers Index 100 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECEMBER 1988 Issue 66 Vol. 6, No. 12 FEATURES 88's Best Games 10 * Ringside LXIV! Keith Ferrell 18 64 Gazeete Readership Survey 24 * REVIEWS Red Storm Rising Keith Ferrell 28 64 Sky Travel Russ Fisher 30 64 Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders Tom Netsel 32 64 Monopoly Ervin Bobo 34 64 L.A. Crackdown Steve Hedrick 34 64 The Three Stooges Keith Ferrell 36 64 GAMES Crossroads II: Pandemonium Steve Harter 38 64 Crossroads II Maze Editor Randy Thompson 39 64 Double Take Mark Tuttle 41 64 PROGRAMMING BASIC for Beginners: Wish List Larry Cotton 54 128/64/+4/16 Power BASIC: Program Merge Randy Thompson 56 64 Machine Language Programming: Dressing Up GETIN Jim Butterfield 60 128/64 The Programmer's Page: Printing Sounds Randy Thompson 62 64 Digi-Sound Roger Freeman 70 128/64 Materializer Peter M. L. Lottrup 72 64 Dynamic Windows Michael Broussard 74 64 Quick! Adib Zaky 82 64 1526 PrintScreen James Host 86 64 Key Lock J. Basil Cox 88 128/64 DEPARTMENTS The Editor's Notes Lance Elko 4 * Letters to the Editor 6 * Feedback Editors and Readers 42 * The GEOS Column: Contest Winners! 58 * Horizons: Abusing Software Rhett Anderson 64 * D'Iversions: An Electronic Field Trip Fred D'Ignazio 68 * PROGRAM LISTINGS MLX: Machine Language Entry Program for Commodore 64 104 64 The Automatic Proofreader 112 128/64/+4/16 How to Type In COMPUTE!'s Gazette Programs 116 * Advertisers Index 100 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Compute!'s Gazette: January 1988 - December 1988 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * = General,V = VIC-20,64 = Commodore 64,+4 = Plus/4,16 = Commodore 16,128 = Commodore 128 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------