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FEATURES
22 Meet the Amiga 62 UltraQuiz
The SCOOp on Commodore's exciting new Create and print out quizzes, questionnaires
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Education, the Amiga

and RUN'S checksum.
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A Classroom Hit this issue (beginning oti p. 22) contain colorful photos of the new
machine and its graphics capabilities and examine the features
Teachers who adhere lo traditional methods arc like
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with proven, time-honored formulas. The review, which is the result of a close working relationship

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ing from the articles contained in this month's issue. For Commodore-Amiga over the past several months, states that the
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preparing for the SAT (p. d'2) and (hey also offer instruc technology."
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tion at home with online courses through the Teleleam-
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ing network (p. (5H)
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power to handle his computing needs.
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In response to queries from industry analysts about what the
the schools at an ever-increasing rate.
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vances in the Commodore field. The announcement of the Amiga
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will highlight the Amiga."
marketing, states in an Interview in this month's issue (p.
Another editor summed up the feelings of the entire staff with
38) that computers can effect a change in the educational
these words: "What we're offering through this one-time-only report
process if the following occur: 1.) teachers acquire more
on the Amiga is a glimpse of the future."
computer training; '2.) students gel more computer-access
We now return you to our regularly scheduled program.
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93 DATA 255,169,131,141,002,003,169,164 70 PRINT"LOAD ADDRESS IS:" LA
94 DATA 141,003,003,169,001,141,198,000 80 PRINT"{4 SPACEs)LOW BYTE IS:" ASC(LO$)
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Star Trek tip—This Sega game for the

C-64 has a small bug thai you can use to your advantage.
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to make a change. If the Input statement itself contains
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10 HEM LOAD ADDR - M. TRANCHEMONTAIGNE the corrected line by pressing the return key.
20 INPUT "(7 £PACEs}FILENAME";F$
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Plus/4 and C-16 owners should be
The calculator and the database through the function keys.
pleased to see Script/Plus, a ver
aren't nearly as extensive as the The manual accompanying Script/
satile and powerful word processor Plus reflects Commodore's goal in
3-Plus-l spreadsheet and file man
dial's available on cartridge. Script/ providing a serious word processor
ager built into the Plus/4, but they
Plus lias dozens of high-quality fea for Plus/4 and C-16 owners. It is quite
do add a great deal of versatility to
tures, but those that make it stand mil
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The 99-line limitation for a single
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thy addition to your software
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tables with many columns.
library.

Good.
The Lamps
There is also a view option that
Lives up lo its billing. No has
allows you to see your document A Flying-Carpet Ride
sles, headache! i>r disappoint
(with its print format implemented) ments lit-re,
before you actually print it out. You
Through a Land Filled
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as you do for any input that requires this program. There ate belter
more than 40 columns. on the market

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word processor with drawing, sprite

animation and music, and allows you
to create illustrated stories that you
play to the screen with accompany
ing sound and moving sprites.
Unfortunately, Kid Pro Quo is too
difficult for kids to use, and too slow
and limited to attract adults.
Kid Pro Quo's word processor is
quite primitive. Editing functions are
limited to the delete key and the
space bar; you can't even use Insert.
The program does not support word
wrap, either on the screen or on the
printer. Its custom-character set is
small and difficult lo read, especially
for younger children who are more
comfortable with larger letters.
Printing is entirely in Graphics
mode, and the program warns that
non-Commodore printers tend lo
overheat. I printed only part of a
to show you things you never knew gong three times and a genie will page on my Gemini 10X before I
your computer could do. appear. As he puffs on his hookah decided that I could use Kid Pro Quo
(water pipe), the puffs of smoke only for screen output. The program
From the moment the animated
freeze and take on color. You must does not provide for interrupting
titles appear out of a cloud of smoke,
then strike the matching gongs in the printing, so I had to turn off the
you know you're on to something
appropriate order, and do so before computer (and lose my page) to stop
special. Flashing patterns of dia
monds appear, accompanied by time runs out. battering my print head.
Your first Irial consists of matching The drawing program is the best
appropriate music. You use your joy
three colors, your second, four of the four Kid Pro Quo applications.
stick to move the little Arabian-
colors, and so on. In higher levels, You can draw with a joystick or the
Nights figure onto the carpet at the
you'll have only the tones of the cursor keys. Although 1 prefer cursor
lower center of the screen.
gongs to help you, so let's hope you control, I found that the keys didn't
You must fly the carpet through a
don't have a tin ear.
always work. Circle, Box, Line and
moving tunnel of diamond shapes
Master of the Lamps is the first of Fiil functions are built into the draw
that are displayed in fantastic col
a series of new software packages ing program. Fill works only with
ors. With 41 levels of difficulty, all
from Activision. It's software that rectangles, so you have to add color
your piloting skills will eventually be
makes use of sound and graphics in to other shapes one pixel at a time.
called upon. And while you're navi
such a way that you'll swear they've You can use up to three colors per
gating through this tunnel, you are
treated to an original jazz score with made a quantum leap in program screen.

ming. This is truly a quality game. You need a good-quality joystick to

an engaging beat.
(Activision, Inc., 2350 Bay-shore Frontage create precise pictures, as it is a very
The real purpose of the game is lo
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solve a series of sight and sound puz
$29.95 disk.) mistakes. Fortunately, once you fin
zles in order to collect pieces of a
ish a picture, you can copy it to any
broken lamp, in which you will even Ervin Bobo
other page. The program disk in
tually imprison the evil genie. St. Peters, MO
cludes a library of pictures, anima
The first choice from the Main
tion and music that are charming and
menu allows you to seek only one
simple enough that children may be
lamp. Since it has been broken into
seven pieces, this means seven jour Kid Pro Quo encouraged to imitate them.
The instruction book really doesn't
neys and seven trials. The second
provide enough information to gel
choice requires you to seek all three Here's a Simple Drawing you past problems. Children who are
lamps.
The next choice permits you to And Word Processing not already proficient with com
puters are likely to become confused
practice your flying, with the option Program for Children when something doesn't work. {/ had
to select any of the 41 tunnels and
trouble understanding how to make
to practice for as lung as you like.
the animation work.)
Next, you must solve the puzzle.

K
id I'ro Quo is a terrific idea The music composer has seven oc
Before you aie seven gongs, each of
that needs work. It combines a taves and the sound envelopes of
a different color and tone. Strike any
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levels, however, you're likely to spend

a lot of time watching the computer
battle against itself as you sit on the
sidelines after being shot down.
You pilot your F-86 Sabrejet with
ajoystick, and the weapons are trig
gered by pressing the fire-button.
The throttle and bailout functions
are controlled by the keyboard. Since
the two-player mode requires boih
players to use the keyboard simul
taneously, make sure both of you can
reach the computer and know which
keys correspond to what plane.
Each player also has his own in
strument panel displayed on the
screen below his view out the cockpit
window. The instrumentation con
sists of an engine-power gauge, a
speedometer, an altimeter and a ra
dar display. Three indicator lights
nine musical in si runic ins. You can
easily experiment with sound, but
Mig Alley Ace warn of high exhaust-gas tempera
ture, low altitude and a dwindling
you musi be able lo read music to ammunition supply.
enter a particular song. Music is lim Pilot Your F-86 Sabrejet Although it sounds like a lot to
keep track of, the F-86 instrument
ited to one voice, and I could find To Victory in Head-to-
no provision for changing a com panel is actually quite bare compared
Head Battle over Korea to the dashboard of a lot of auto
position once I had entered a note.
Any page can include text, draw mobiles. After just a short time aloft,
ings, animation and music. All the you'll feel at home in the cockpit
parts can be developed separately, Mig Alley Ace is an authentic
and ready to try more advanced
saved and assembled in a series of simulation of air combat in
maneuvers.

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Korea between September 1950 and
to the screen in succession. hours with MicroProse's F-15 Strike
June 1951. In five separate scenarios,
Kid Pro Quo has exciting creative Eagle, you may find that piloting the
you must pilot early U.S. fightingjets
potential for children who are pa F-86 isn't quite challenging enough.
(such as the F-80 Shooting Star and
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the powerful F-86 Sabrejet) in aerial
(with an adult's help), Parents who tlie capabilities of the enemy aircraft,
combat against enemy lighters.
can overlook its slow pace and ils the live scenarios from which you can
What distinguishes Mig Alley Ace
limitations may enjoy treating stories choose aren't significantly different
from some of the other MicroPros!?
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aerial-combat simulations is the use
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of a split screen that allows two pilots
However, this program is not suit cellent addition to any fighter pilot's
to play simultaneously, either against
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each other or in a cooperative effort
Children would probably gain more alistic simulation of three-dimensional
against the computer.
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Trivia Plus
Knowledge. You can play the game players without the added feature of
alone or match wits with a maximum the challenges.
of five other players. You may elect If trivia lias captured your imagi
This Package Will to keep score or just play for fun. nation. Trivia Plus deserves your con
Category selection is performed sideration. It is an excellent game.
Surely Test Your
randomly by the computer. You may (Academy Software, I'O Box 6277, San
Talent for Trivia also elect a wildcard category by Rafael, CA 94903. C-64/S2-I.95 disk.)
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It's not surprising thai the trivia the disk, you aren't likely to see (he
craze has found its way into home same ones very often. There are over
computing. After all. computers are 11)0 songs included in the Humani Racing
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Destruction Set
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scribes [he game. comes across as a very professional- And Head for the
One feature of Trivia Plus caught looking program.
Checkered Flag
my attention immediately. When ask To help vary the action. Trivia Plus
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RECEPTION OF MORSE CODE &
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Plug the SWL cartridge into your Commodore "64" Expansion Port, connect a LEARN
shortwave radio and you'll be watching text readout from weather stations,
news services, ships and HAM radio operators all over the world, A whole MORSE CODE
new use for your home computer. The SWL contains both program in
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indicators mean you never have to take your eyes of! the video WTTHTHE
for perfect tuning. Housed in a small 3"x2-1/2" x7/8

Morse Coach.
enclosure, with speaker in/oul and practice hand key
jacks, it needs no other computer connection or
power supply. Unshift on space, word wrap
around, real time clock, and keyword or
manual printer control for permanent 54995
paper copy, so that you won't miss a
single bit of the action. For about A complete Morse code tutor in a conveni
the price of another "Pac-Zapper" ent plug-in cartridge for your Commodore
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To help you decide how to modify
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tion, weight, top speed, acceleration
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rate and shock strength is affected Serious Telecommunicator into these macros and set condition
each time you make a change.
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kind originals to real tracks such as telecommunicators. Sixth Sense,
text files before you save them to
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disk. There is an Wl-character screen
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window that is set off for your text
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entry ai the same lime that you are
pletely redesign these courses or sim is called a thinking terminal, and of
receiving texi from a host computer.
ply wipe them out and construct your fers many features for on-line com
YOU must thoroughly read the user's
own track from scratch. munications thai go beyond those
There are several kinds of track manual in order to gel the most out of
provided by many other terminal
pieces from which to choose, includ programs.
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Meet the Amiga
For months, the Amiga has at the time.This makes it possible for the
By MARGARET MORABITO tracted much positive, though un- computer to execute several applica
specific, coverage in computer col tions simultaneously.
umns. Wo at RUN would like to fill Depending upon the peripherals
Here's the scoop on the you in on the exact details of tlm and the amount of expansion you wish
new Commodore computer, which to purchase for the Amiga, this com
Amiga, Commodore's lias been in development ai the Com- puter will meet a wide range of needs.
new business and modore-Amiga Corporation ever In its minimal configuration, it will at
since March 1383. tract the person who is planning to pay
personal computer that The Amiga is [he First of a new from $1500 to $2000 for a computer.
breed of computers that will Strongly When it is expanded to 512K and has
offers speed, extraordi challenge the more expensive graph been outfitted with a hard disk drive,
ics-oriented personal computers like VCUs and other video equipment,
nary graphics capabili the Apple Macintosh and those using business and professional people will
ties, 4-channel sound the GEM system, ll represents a giant find the Amiga very attractive.
step forward in personal computer
and multitasking. technology, supplying its owners with Custom Chips

the capability for truly extraordinary The custom graphics chip and the
graphics, sound and multitasking. custom animation chip make possible
The Amiga is built around the Mo the Amiga's superior color graphics
torola tiSOOO microprocessor, which output These graphics chips provide
is being used more frequently in per multidimensional displays, a selec
sonal computers. This 16/32-bit pro tion of 4096 colors and video reso
cessor greatly increases the speed of lution to match that of a modern
operation and lias the capability of television set.
addressing a full eight megabytes of Both 40- and 80-column text dis
memory. plays can be combined with the Ami
The Amiga is different from other ga's graphics modes, creating visual
(>8()00 computers because of its three quality and versatility that rival the
specially designed custom chips, mini- and mainframe computers.
which handle much of the burden of The Amiga also has line-drawing and
implementing the Amiga's extraordi area-fill functions, which occur at the
nary graphics and sound features, as amazing rate of one million pixels
well as its input/output operations. per second.
These chips serve to free up the (iHOOO, The sound/peripherals chip han
allowing it to run at full speed most of dles both the sound and input/output
RUN SEPTEMBER M5 / 23
features. The Amiga can duplicate
molrfvoiced sounds on any of its four
sound channels. By combining [he
power of iliis chip with the dual
stereo output ports, the Amiga can
easily match the quality of commer
cial synthesizers.

Peripheral Ports

Iii the Amiga, Commodore upholds

iis tradition of providing built-in ports
For inosi peripherals, rather than mak
ing the user buy costly interfaces and
adapters.
There are lliree separate video out-
pui ports that make it possible to use
a television set, a composite monitor
.ind at) RCilJ analog/digital monitor.
The Commodore 1702 composite and
the 1902 RGI5I monitors will work on
the Amiga, as will third-party moni
tors; however, only the Amiga HR
monitor will be advertised for sale
with the Amiga.
Commodore has provided an ex
pansion disk-drive port, so you can
add up to three 854- or 514-inch disk
drives. In addition, there are iwo sep
arate stereo jacks for sound output.
There are also plans for a hard-disk
drive.
The Amiga's standard RS-2112 and
parallel ports will handle most off-
the-shelf modems. Commodore is
selling its own 1200-baud modem for
the Amiga, and there is also a 2400-
baud modem available.
Many brands of printers will work
with the Amiga, but owners will prob
ably want to gel otic that will take
advantage of this machine"* color
£[ aphics. The Okimate and the Diablo
color printers will work with the
Amiga.
Two built-in controller ports will ac
commodatejoysticks, a mouse, graph
ics tablets and light pens. The system pad for easy data entry on a large commodates double-sided, double-
box also has a port for the detached scale. Also, across its top are ten func density 3%-inch disks and has a stor

keyboard cable. tion keys for software control. Also age capacity of 880K,
for software control are two special
The Keyboard and System Box Graphics
Amiga keys to the left and right of
'The Amiga comes with an H9-key the space bar. The Amiga is already highly re
"There are 256K bytes of RAM and spected for its superior graphics, and
detached keyboard and a separate
svsiem box, which houses the inter- a very large amount of ROM, 192K. ibis will open up its use for appli
nal hardware and a disk drive. The This is plenty of RAM for most per cations Tar different from those of
sonal and small-business applica most traditional personal computers.
keyboard very conveniently slides
tions. However, for more demanding The Amiga will provide a tool for
under the system unit when you don't
need to use it. For example, if you applications, you can expand the serious graphics applications and
Amiga's memory up to 512K by sim will likely attract engineers, archi
are using llie mouse extensively, you
might prefer to slide the keyboard ply inserting a 2.r>(iK RAM module tects, creative artists and other profes
into the from of the system box. sionals who rely on detailed design
out of the way.
'The keyboard has a numeric key- The Amiga's built-in disk drive ac ing in their work.

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mi iIil' Amiga: playfields and sprites. animation. Playfield animation is ac in each high-resolution mode.
PI ayfields are backgrounds upon tually preferable in many cases be You can also simultaneously dis
which you may display sprites, text cause it allows the use of more colors play all four of the resolution modes,
and other graphics objects. You have and imposes no size limit on an object. with their own specifically chosen
available two playfields, which you The Amiga's low-resolution modes colors.
can scroll vertically and horizontally arc 320x200 and 820x400. Each of
Text and Sprites
on the same screen. You may define these low-resolution modes can simul
objects on a playfield, animate them taneously display :i'2 differeni colors, You can place text characters on
and make them interact with sprites. chosen from the 4096 available. any of the Amiga's screens in any
The Amiga lias a hardware device There is a special low-resolution resolution mode. Each character is
tailed a blilter, which controls the mode.1 that lets you control the color treated as a special graphics element
partitioning and movement of back even more. This mode can simulta and is defined as a series of pixels in
ground objects. The blitter acts SO neously display -4()W> colors. an 8x8 grid. This means that there
quickly in performing its tasks thai In high-resolution mode, the Amiga are no limitations to the mixing of
even the Amiga's low-resolution an- offers 1)40x200 and 640x400 pixel text with graphics. You also can mix
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is where you would drop an old file

or a program that you have finished
using. You simply move the mouse,
which in turn controls the screen lo
cation of the cursor. When the cursor
is positioned on lop of the desired
task iron, you simply press the button
on the mouse and the action takes
place. This alleviates the need for
actually typing in system commands.

Menus

Each window has its own menu

that can hold icons and words. In the
Amiga, you can custom-design the
menus to fit your particular pur
poses. You can move from menu to
menu without having to return to a
main menu each lime, thereby avoid
Separate application programs can ing wasted time and effort.
color with text and can customize
be simultaneously active in these win The Amiga's user interface will al
your own text fonts.
Spriies are a Commodore Tradi dows without conflicting with each low the non-computerist to easily con
other. This is because each applica trol the multiple features of this
tion in (he C-64 and now in the
CM 28. The Amiga also has sprites, a tion actually has its own distinct ter computer] whether he is working with
minal, called a virtual terminal. just one program or several simulta
feature not often found in personal
computers. These terminals are possible be neously. Today, computer operating
cause of the extraordinary speed of systems are being developed that lei
The Amiga offers eight program
mable sprites, ;ill hardware-driven. A the 68000 microprocessor in coor you move away from Command
dination with its three custom chips. mode, allowing you to become less
sprite can be up to 16 pixels wide
and can be any height. Each pixel of This can be visualized as a mainframe involved with traditional computer
computer being simultaneously ac keyboard activities. While the Amiga
a sprite can have any of four colors,
cessed by many terminal work sta encourages this trend in computer
including transparency. There is a
tions, all performing different tasks. usage, it also allows for command
special mode in which two sprites can
input from those users who wish to
be attached, thereby increasing ihe
Icons have more direct involvement.
number of colors to 16.
Although you are given a limit of Icons are the pictures that you see
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sent different tasks for the computer The Amiga comes will) separate
by reusing them on the same screen.
to perform. A trash can, for example. software packages on disk that let you
The Amiga lets you reuse any Sprite
as many times as you wish. The hard
ware provides for collision detection
between sprites and playfield objects
and also lets you create up to seven
layers of sprites within the two layers
of playfk'lds.

User Interface
The Amiga's user interface is made
up of a group of system software pro
grams and is controlled with either
a mouse or the keyboard. This system
software lets you control the multi
tasking capabilities through the use
of pull-down screens, windows and
menus.

You have available multiple over

lapping windows, each of which can
fully utilize all of the Amiga's hard
ware resources. In these windows,
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Il gives you AinigaDOS, thf Amiga's does the Amiga run CP/M. provides far more than ihey do and
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Is the Amiga for You?
A diagnostic program is provided to Furthermore, professional drafts
keep you informed mi the internal The Amiga will be sold in computer men, architects, engineers, program
condition of your computer. There stores, not by mass merchandisers. It mers and designers will really appre
is also a Basic language included. promises to appeal tovaryingmarkets ciate this new machine. Its cost and
You can purchase two word pro because of its versatility, power and performance are just loo good to
cessors when buying the Amiga. speed. Il will tap the home-user mar pass up.

TextCrafl is provided as an entry- ket, but many home users won'i The potential of the Amiga in busi
level word processor. For a more so need all of iis capabilities. For ex ness graphics applications, as well as
phisticated program, you can ask for ample, someone who doesn't need in traditional number-crunching and
Enable. There is also a music pro to perform multitasking at light word processing, is tremendous.
gram, called MusicCraft. Also avail ning speed probably won't be drawn These capabilities, in addition to the
able is a graphics program called to the Amiga. multitasking, make the Amiga a
GraphicCraft, which will give you ac As a practical matter, the new sound investment.
cess id many of the compilings graph C-12H will offer the home user and Lastly, the Amiga is bound to pen-
ics features. the small-business person everything eiraie the market of professional art
Mosi of the major software com they need at a fraction of (he Amiga's ists and musicians. It promises to be
panies are working on other pro cost. However, for those users who a key to unlocking the barriers be
grams for the Amiga. Unfortunately, feel thai they need more, the Amiga tween computers and creative artists.
Commodore computer owners who will serve perfectly. It definitely will It is both affordable and refined.
want to upgrade to the Amiga won't attract the home user who may have The cost of this powerhouse has
be able to use any of their present been thinking of getting a Macintosh been unofficially quoted at approx
imately J1BO0 for (he system unit
with disk drive, keyboard, RtiH color
monitor and1 bundled software.
The Amiga has been highly touted
for good reason during the past year.
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in action, you will find that none of
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Fraction Action
BjJ. MICHAEL DICKEY

Get out your

pencil and paper and
take your time
practicing fractions
with your own
personal math tutor.

Shannon's Fractions is a relatively

complete tutorial on adding frac
tions that includes a bit of sound and
color to reinforce the objectives of
the program.
You may choose one of five levels
of difficulty. The first four options
increase in difficulty, while the last
opikm presents three problems at
each level during the k'sson. Starting
with level 1.
All problems are randomly gen
erated. This occasionally results in
some repetition of problems or prob
lem types. On the hardest level, this
means that every once in a while a
problem will be presented thai is there's no summary with the- number routine in lines 127-128, although
"easier" than the others in the set. or percent correct. sound is not necessary.

Every lesson contains 12 separate No tutorial program can predict I hope Shannon's Fractions will be
problems. You're guided through the all possible student errors. If the stu useful to many students in mastering
process of adding the fractions one dent in your home is having diffi the complexities of numerators,
step at a lime. You will be asked to culty, you'd be wise to be available denominators and lowest common
reduce all fractions, but if you end to offer some help. denominators. la!
up with an improper fraction, you The program as listed will run on
won't be asked lo change it into a the C-64 and the C-128 (in C-64
mixed number. Errors made during mode) with sound. It will also work
the process are caught, and you're on the Plus/4, C-16 and VIO20 with Address alt author correspondence to
given another opportunity to reenter 8K expansion, but without sound. J. Michael Dickey, 7056 Styers Ferry
the proper response. For this reason. You may want to change the sound Road, Cirmmons, NG 27012.

RUN It Right

34 / RUN SEPTEMBER 1085 C-64; C-128 (in C-64 mode); PlusH; 016;
VIC-20 with at Ittut IK expansion
 Circle 63 on Reader Sorvicu card

Listing 1. Shannon's Fractions program

STARPOINT SOFTWARE proudly presents
DIMN(2),D(2),A(4) IREM+147
FORX=0TO4:READA(X):NEXT :REM*78
DATA1,2,3,5,7 :REM*73
DN$="{HOME}{20 CRSR DNs}" :REM*84
DEFFNA(X)=INT(LOG(X)/LOG( Iff) ) + 1 :DEFFNB(X)
=INT(X+.5):DEFFNC(X)=INT{RND(1 )»X) + 1
:REM*235
SP$="{5 SPACEs}":POKE53281,1 :REM*188 [say Icepick], a revolutionary new concept in
PRINT"{SHFT CLR}{3 CRSR DNs}{3 CRSR RTs}S
HANNON'S":PRINT"{CRSR DNH9 CRER RTs}FRAC
software de-protection for the Commodore
TIONS" :REM*243 64. ISEPIC is not a disk duplication system,
PRINT"{7 CRSR DNs}(7 CRSR RTs)CLS 1984" but an extraordinary hardware/software
:REM*62
combination that actually bypasses any disk
FORP=1TO800:NEXT:GOSUB127 :REM*169
) PRINT"{SHFT CLR}(4 CRSR DNsJALWAYS REDUC
protection scheme. ISEPIC captures and
E YOUR":PRINT"ANSWER IF YOU CAN." saves the protected program as it runs in the
:REM*246 64's memory, this "snapshot" becomes ac
n PRINT"{2 CRSR DNs}LEAVE IN FRACTION":PRI cessible to the user for complete inspection
NT"FORM, DO NOT CHANGE" :REM*65
12 PRINT"TO MIXED NUMBERS." :REM*50 and alteration. From this image, ISEPIC can
13 PRINT"(2 CRSR DNs}PENCIL AND PAPER WILL" automatically create a compact, auto-booting,
:PRINT"HELP! ! ' :HEM*111 fast-loading file which is completely un
14 PRINT" (2 CRSH DNs}12 QUESTIONS PER SET."
protected and self contained.
:REM*26
15 PRINT"{2 CRSR DNsJANY KEY ..." :REM*213 if Copies ALL memory-resident software
16 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN16 :REM*254
17 GOSUB127 :REM*219 * ISEPIC'd programs load many times
18 PRINT"{SHFT CLR}(3 CRSR DNs}{5 CRSR RTs} faster than originals
PICK LEVEL" :REM*82
19 PRINT"12 CRSR DNs)"SP$"(CTRL 9)1[CTRL 0} if ISEPIC is invisible to software—cannot
BEGINNER{CRSR DN)":PRINTSPS"{CTRL 9}2{C be defeated
TRL 0} LEARNER{CRSR DN)":PRINTSP$"{CTRL
9)3(CTRL 0}
MASTER{CRSR DN}"
-it Eliminates drive "knock" due to antique
:REM*227
20 PRINTSP$"{CTRL 9)4{CTRL 0) SUPER STAR{CR protection schemes—adds years of life
SR DN}" :REM*114 to your drive
21 PRINTSPS"{CTRL 9)5{CTRL 0} VARIABLE"
:REM*17 * Automatically "cracks" protected pro
22 GETB$:IFB$=""THEN22 :REM*172 grams into single, auto-booting, super-
23 GOSUB127 :REM*225
24
fast loading files
IFVAL(B$)<10RVAL(BS)> 5THEN22 :REM»186
25 IFVAL{B$)=5THEN27 :REM*157 it Place multiple programs on a single
26 K1=VAL(B$} :REM*88 diskette
27 FOR3=1TO12 :REM*57
28 IFVAL (B£) <>5THEN3f) :REM*68 * Create auto-booting, fast-loading
29 K1=INT(Z/3-.05)+1 :REM*159 versions of your own programs
30 PRINT"(CTRL 3}":GOSUB91 :REM*140
31 PRINT"{SHFT CLR){CTRL 1){3 CRSR RTs)ADD it Cracked programs are completely self-
THE FRACTIONS" :REM*1 contained and run independently of the
32 PRINT:PRINT"(CTRL 3}(CTRL 9}FIRST(CTRL 0
ISEPIC adapter
1(2 SPACES}{CTRL 6){CTRL 9}SECOND(CTRL 0
:REM*24 it Copies software with a flick of a switch
33 K=5:CN=3:1=0:PRINT"{CTRL 3}";:GOSUB124:P
RINT"(CTRL 1J" :REM*53
* ISEPIC comes complete and ready-to-
34 PRINTLEFT$(DN$,K+1)SPC(6 "+" :REM*252 run, just plug into expansion port
35 CN=9:I=1:PRINT"(CTRL 6}" GOSUB124:PRINT"
[CTRL 1)" it Programs cracked by ISEPIC may be
:REM*161
36 PRINTLEFT$(DN$,K+1)SPC{11)" = " :REM*52 used on MSD or 4Q40 drives as well
37 INPUT"(2 CRSR DNsJTHE LCD ={3 SPACES}{SH as hard disks regardless of original pro
FT SPACE}(4 SPACES)(8 CRSR LFs}";A1$ tection schemes
:REM*221
38 GOSUB127 :REM*240 When ordering by mail:
39 A1=VAL(A1$):IFA1<1ORA1>1000THENPRINT"{4 * $64.95 + 3.00 shipping
CRSR UPs)":GOTO37 :REM*255 * £64.95 + 4.00 COD orders
40 IFA1=LCTHEN49 :REM*116 " Calif, residents add 6% seles tax
41 IFINT(A1/LC)-A1/LC=0THEN45 :REM*3 * VI6A or Mastercard accepted
42 PRINT"{2 CRSR DNsJNOT A COMMON":PRINT"DE * Shipping out of USA SB.00
NOMINATOR,":PRINT"TRY AGAIN" :REM*180
Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
43 PRINT"WHEN SCREEN":PRINT"RETURNS."
:REM*73 . . . WBITEOR PHONE , , .
44 FORX=1TO3000:NEXT:GOTO31 :REM*202
45 PRINT"(3 CRSR DNS)A COMMON DENOMINATOR,"
S1YVRP0INT SOFTWARE
:REM*225 Star Route 10 GbkjIIg, CA 9603d [916] 435-2371
46 PRINT"BUT (CTRL 9}NOT{CTRL 0) THE LOWEST
":PRINT"COMMON DENOMINATOR." :REM*148
RUN SF.PTl.MIO I985 / 3f>
 84 GOSUB127 :REM*30
85 NEXT :SEM*95
86 PRINT"[SHFT CLR)(2 CRSR DNs}MORE PRACTIC
E? (Y/N)" :REM*176
87 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN87 :REH*103
88 GOSUB127 :REH*34
89 IFA$="Y"THENCLR:RUN :REM*187
90 END :REM*92
ITE EftCH FRACTION
ITH THE SAME 91 ONK1GOSUB94,99,105,109 :REM*1
EHOMIHflTOR (LCD). 92 G0SUB114 :REM*182
93 RETURN :REM*151
EHTER HUHERftTORS 94 D(0)=1 :REM*32
[FIRST? 1
tSECOHD? 1 95 FORI=1TOFNC(2):D(0)=D(0)*A(FNC(4)):NEXT
Sun? 2 :REM*227
OES AHS REDUCE <V/»f) 96 D(1)=D(0):D(2)=D{ :REM*18
97 N(0)=FNC(D(0)/2):N(1J=FNC(D(0)/4I
:REM*177
Listing I continurd
98 RETURN :REM*156
47 PRINT"(CRSR DNJTRY AGAIN, WHEN SCREENRET 99 D(0)=AI :REM*165
URNS." :R£M*85 100 D(1)=[ :REM*246
48 FORX=1TO3000:NEXT:GOTO31 :REM*206 101 D(2)=D(1) :REM*255
49 PRINT"{HOME}{2 CRSR DNs}"TAB{14)"{CTRL 9 102 N(0)=FNC(D(0)/1.5) :REM*220
}LCD"A1;"{CTRL 0)" :REM*83 103 N(1)=FNC(D(2)/3.5) :REM*15
50 PRINTLEFT$(DN$,9};"(CTRL 1)WRITE EACH FR 104 RETURN :REM*162
ACTION" :REM*162 105 Z1=FNC(4):Z2=FNC(4):IFZ1=Z2THEN1 05
51 PRINT"WITH THE SAME":PRINT"DENOMINATOR ( :REM*39
LCD)." :REM*63 106 Df0)=A(Z1):D(1)=A(Z2) :REM*250
52 PRINT"{CRSR DNJENTER NUMERATORS":REM*176 107 N(0)=FNC(D(0)/2>:N(1)=FNC(D(1)/2)
53 INPUT"(CTRL 3)FIRST{6 SPACES)(6 CRSR LFs :REM*203
}";A2$ :REM*37 108 RETURN :REM*166
54 REM GOSUB127 :REM*246 109 D(0)=1:D(1)=1 :REM*79
55 A2=VAL(A2$):IFA2<1ORA2>1000THENPRINT"I2 110 F0RI=1T0FNC|2):D(0}=D(0)*A(FNC(4)):NEXT
CRSR UPs)":GOTO53 :REM*207 :REM*242
56 INPUT"{CTRL 6)SECOND[6 SPACES){6 CRSR LF 111 F0RI=1T0FNC[2):D(1)=D(1)»A(FNC(4)):NEXT
s)";A3$ :REM*48 :REM*131
57 GOSUB127 :REM*3 112 N(fJ)=FNC<D(0>/2) :N(1 )=FNC(D(1 )/2)
58 A3=VAL(A3$>:IFA3<1ORA3>1000THENPRINT"{2 :REM*208
CRSR UPs}":GOTO56 :REM*48 113 RETURN :REM*171
59 INPUT"{CTRL 1)SUM(6 SPACES)(6 CRSR LFs}" 114 F0RI = 1T0D(1 ):IFINT(D(0)*I/D(1 ))-D($)*l/
;A4$ :REH*69 D ( 1 ) =0THEND (2)=D[f))*I:LC = D(2): GOTO1 1 6
60 GOSUB127 :REM*6 :REM*188
61 A4=VAL<A4$):IFA4<1ORA4>1000THENPRINT"{2 115 NEXT :REM*125
CRSR UPsl":GOT059 :REM*145 116 N(2)=FNBtD(2)/D(0)»N(0)+D(2)/D(l)*N(1))
62 IFA4=FNB{LC/D<0)*N(0)+LC/D(1 )*N(1 ))THEN6 :REM*146

5 :REM*106 117 i=i :REM*69

118 IFINT(N(2)/A(in-N(2)/A<I)<>0THEN122
63 PRINT"ERROR IN WORK" :REM*53
:REM*234
64 PRINT"{5 CRSR UPs}":GOTO53 :REM*244
119 IFINT(D{2)/A(I))-D(2)/A(I)<>0THEN122
65 N(0)=A4:D(0)=LC:I=0:CN=14:GOSUB124:PRINT
:REM*159
LEFT$<DN$,16) :REM*129
120 N(2J=FNB(N(2)/A[I)):D[2)=FNB(D(2)/A(D)
66 PRINT"DOES ANS REDUCE (Y/N)" :REM*30
:REM*80
67 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN67 :REM*17
68 GOSUB127 :REM*14 121 G0T0117 :REM»35
69 IFA$<>"y"ANDA$o"N"THEN67 :REM*165 122 1=1+1:IFI>4THENRETURN :REM*92
123 G0T0118 :REM*71
70 IFA$="Y"THEN73 :REM*50
124 PRINTLEFT$(DN$,K)SPC(CN-FNA(N<I}));N(I)
71 IFLC<>D(2)THEN81 :REM*39
:REM*40
72 GOTO83 :REM*100
73 INPUT"NEW NUMERATOR IS{5 SPACEs)15 CRSR
125 PRINTLEFT$(DN$,K+1)SPClCN-1)}:PRINT"{2
SHFT Fs)" :REM*135
LFs)";Al$ :REM*93
126 PRINTLEFT$(DN$,K+2)SPC{CN-FNA(D(I)));D(
74 GOSUB127 :REM*20
75 A1=VAL(A1$):IFAK1ORA1>500THENPRINT"{2 C I):RETURN :REM*210
127 POKE54295,0:POKE54296,15:VV=54 272:POKEV
RSR UPS}":GOTO73 :REM*167
V+6,8:POKEVV+5,31:P0KEVV+1,180 :REM*193
76 INPUT"DENOMINATOR IS{5 SPACES)(5 CRSR LF
128 POKEVV + 4,33:FORM=1TO1£)0:NEXTM:POKEVV + 4,
s}";A2$ :REM*54
0:POKE54 296,0:RETURN :REM*88
77 GOSUB127 :REM*23
78 A2=VAL[A2$):IFA2<1ORA2>599THENPRINT"{2 C
RSR UPs}":GOTO76 :REM*198 Line changes to Listing I for VIC-20 mm.
79 N(0)=A1:D(0)=A2:CN=19:GOSUB124 :REH*239
80 IFA1/A2=N(2)/D[2)ANDA2=D(2)THEN83 3 DATA1,2,3,5,7:POKE36879,25
:REM*174 9 FORP=180TO240STEP4:GOSUB127:NEXT:P=240
81 PRINTLEFT$(DN$,20)"{CTRL 9)ADDITION OK B 83 PRINT"{SHFT CLR}{3 CRSR DNs}{& CRSR RTs)
UT ":PRINT"{CTRL 91REDUCTION ERROR.(CTRL VERY GOOD !"
0}" :REM*25 84 FORP-250TO240~Z*3STEP-2:GOSUB127:NEXT:P=

82 PRINT"(5 CRSR UPs}":G0TO73 :REH*38 240

83 FORX=1TO1000:NEXT:PRINT"{SHFT CLR}{3 CRS 127 FORX=15TO0STEP-1:POKE36878,X:POKE36876,
R DNS}(5 CRSR RTsJVERY GOOD !":FORX-1TO1 P:NEXT:RETURN

500:NEXT :REM*27
36 / RUN SEPTEMBER 1985
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 Commodores in
The Classroom
An interview with Pat Walkington,
Commodore's manager of educational marketing.

Pat Walkington is manager of educa RUN: A recent front-page article in training in computer use in the class
tional marketing at Commodore. She has The Wall Street Journal argued that room, as well as in hardware and soft
earned two master's degrees—one in edu computers in education are over ware. Salary incentives should also be
cation with a specialization in reading, emphasized and that students derive available to teachers who take univer
and the other in administration. Ms. no measurable benefits from having sity courses in computer instruction.
Walkington has extensive experience in exposure to computers in the class Another factor is quality software
room. Arc computers effective in beyond "drill and practice." Publish
the field of education, having taught for
helping students learn better, or, as ers are not making serious efforts to
nine yean from kindergarten through ju
the article asserts, are computers develop the second generation of ed
nior high, as well as groups ofgifted chil
dren. She has aho taught in the area of overs tressed? ucation software referred to by some
computer education and has had several
as the "intelligent tutor." By this I
articles published, including a curriculum Walkington: The article is very mis mean software thai will be able to
leading. In fact, there are studies to identify what the student's strengths
guidefor the use ofcomputers in education.
indicate that computers do have an and weaknesses are and to keep track
influence on student achievement. of individual progress until there is
A 1985 study done by M. D. Rnblyer more student-access time. In other
(printed In the Publication of the As words, the national average of stu
sociation on Educational Data Systems) dents to computers is 97 to 1. It's
stated that students made a three- difficult for computers to have an
month gain in math and a two-month impact on student learning when ex
gain in reading when the computer posure is limited.
was used to supplement the instruc Bill Roihcnbach, Commodore's VP
tional programs. of administration, coined a slogan for
However, several other factors are our national education advertising
involved ifStudents are to derive mea campaign: Don't run out of comput
surable benefits from computers. ers before you run out of students.
These include the ratio of the num
ber of students to the number of com RUN: Do you see any misuses or
puters and the presence of quality harmful effects of computers in the
software and trained teachers. classroom?

Teacher training is a key factor. Walkington: I see misuses of com

Schools should budget for teacher puters in the classroom when chil-
RUN SEPTEMBER 1985/ 89
 dren are required to become com Basic. Ii should be noted that learn
puter literate by learning to program ing to program is not a prerequisite
a computer without the program to learning to use computers.
Remember, the
ming activity being integrated with
computer is a tool; problem-solving.
RUN: Do you see a reluctance on the
it's not a panacea. An example of this is when a
teacher gives a student a program part of teachers to bring computers
It's not going to cure into the classroom?
that someone else has developed and
everybody's problems. instructs the child to type the code Walkington: The biggest reluctance
But there's never been into the machine; or, the teacher may be confusion on how to inte
gives students exercises to carry out grate the computer into the daily ac
one tool that in order to master programming lan ademic routine of the classroom.
could do so much, guages like Logo. When used in the David F. I.ancy, of the department
context of problem-solving, most lan of elementary education at Utah
arid I think
guages become tools that put the State University, suggests using the
that's the real value child in control of the computer. computer as an activity corner within
of computers. Teaching programming, however, the classroom. This is especially ap
requires that the teacher have excel propriate For elementary schools.
lent problem-solving skills as well as In the activities corner, as few as
an in-depth knowledge of Logo or three computers with a small soft
ware collection can provide enrich
ment, reinforcement, supplementary
instruction and motivation lo a class
of 30 or more students. Dr. Lancy

Commodore Launches Suggests software from companies

like Spinnaker, Sierra, Electronic
Arts, The Learning Company, Mind-
New Program scape, Sunburst, Broderbund, Xerox
and Grolier, all of which produce
programs that run on the C-64 and
ihenewC-128,
Wo can send men and women into spate, but how ran we motivate young students to
stuily idence, mathematics and technology)
The answer may well be the Young Astronaui Program, ;i private sector initiative
proposed by syndicated columnist Jack Anderson and developed with the support of RUN: Does Commodore have train
President Ronald Reagan. ing programs to help teachers set up
Commodore International Ltd. is serving ;is one of II sponsors Ol iliis program, whose computer equipment and purchase
purpose is id involve young people, from .ipr six to l(i. in project* related to America1) the programs that will work best for
space exploration activities, a particular class?
Each KT'iup of participants in the program is annually sent at least tour project
packages to work on together. In addition, members receive monthly newsletters and
Walkington: Yes, we do this in a va
participate in field irips, contests and visits to Vbung Astronaut summer camps. A riety of ways. For example, Commo
telecommunications network called AstroNci has been established For chapter leaders dore supports all the national trade
to provide supplementary educational information. shows, where we conduct demonstra
Commodore is mpplying all computing systems lm the program. Activities involving tions and hands-on workshops with
several Commodore software packages, including Sky Travel andjusi Imagine, will be computers. We respond to requests
incorporated Into (he educational materials distributed to participating chapters. from consultants in school districts
Dr. Daniel W. Kunz, Director of Educational Software ai Commodore, noted that the re
who need loaned equipment.
sponse to the program lias exceeded everyone's expectations, and ihi1 reaction of the partici
Commodore has also placed com
pants in the program lias been "absolutely unbelievable."
puters in 25 state departments of ed
Kun/. stressed that this is a supplemental program. "We're not trying to replace any
ucation for the purpose of teacher
nl the methods or topics covered in the schools. In the classroom, the teachers and the
school administrator) are the experts. Commodore is limply offering teachers the flex training. When a state department
ibility in use the educational material as they see fit." requests computers, we ask them to
The Vbung Astronaut Council, based in Washington, DC:, hopes to establish similar submit a plan for teacher training.
programs in other countries and has proposed an exchange program with the Soviet From the plan and its objectives
Union's Young Cosmonauts program. Also, the Council is working closely with NASA. for accomplishing teacher training
To stimulate interest in the program, j Saturday morning TV series, '"The Young statewide, we determine the amount
Astronauts," will air over CBS beginning in September. The animated series, which is
of equipment that Commodore can
designed in he as scientifically accurate :is possible, will depict the year 2015 and the
provide. Therefore, equipment needs
environment thai Young Astronauts may -(inicd.iv Inhabit.
will vary from stale (o state.
Student! interested ran form a chapter <>i the program in their school or other
organization by applying to the Young Aeronaut Count il. !'(> Box 554S2, Washington, For example, the state of Texas has
DC 21)036, and paying an annual fee of S-<> mandated that all students in the
Once a chapter is officially registered with the Young Astronaut head quarters, it eighth grade must have a half semes
receives study items and other forms of support as they're developed. The continuing ter of hands-on computer literacy
manned and unmanned missions of the U.S. space program provide the major theme training, using applications software.
fur die auricular material. This means that a teacher from
each junior high in Texas must re
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systems in the summer of '84 to help
Texas accomplish its teacher training
objectives.

Commodore will continue to support

RUN: Do you see the new C-128 be
coming a factor in schools? If so, will very strongly the education market. We
Commodore continue to give sup
port to the C-64? will provide special pricing for
Walkington: Yes, the C-128 will be
targeted for schools. We're especially education and grant programs for
excited about the 128's full compat
ibility with the C-fri; the C-128 runs schools. We will continue to support
all of the C-64'b software.
Also, we think some very line teacher training. We will become much
courseware will be developed for the
128 mode. In this mode, teachers will more aggressive in terms of getting
be able lo use integrated software
Utilizing the larger memory. For high involved with major school districts.
school use, the C-128 has a third
mode, Cl'/M mode. The greatest ben
efit of Cl'/M is to teach advanced
programming languages and also ad
vanced business applications.
We see the C-128 as an across-the- opers, taking existing software and RUN: Any other plans, programs or
curricuhim computer, but we also see developing materials and methods announcements of which our readers
the C-64 continuing to be very im that teachers can use within the prac should be made aware?
portant at the elementary level. tical structure of their curriculums. Walkington: Commodore will con
For example, The Learning Com tinue to support the education mar
RUN: Is there any software on the pany, a developer of a series of sim ket very strongly. We now have a
market today that you would consider ulations for elementary schools, is computer that is compatible with the
top-quality educational programs? working with Addison-Wesley, a ma C-64. We will provide special pricing
jor mathematics textbook company. for education.
Walkington: Teachers who use com
Commodore will aggressively work We also have a school service pro
puters in activity corners within the
with third-party developers and text gram and a grant program. Schools
classroom can choose from a wide
book companies to ensure their soft that would like information on any
array of excellent programs devel
ware runs on our hardware. of these programs should write to
oped for both the education and con
sumer markets. the Education Department, Commo
RUN: What new educational soft dore, 1200 Wilson Drive, West Ches
Two programs developed by Com
ware will Commodore be releasing ter, PA 19380.
modore include Sky Travel, an
in the near future? We will continue to give support to
astronomy simulation in which stu
dents can look into (he future or past Walkington: Commodore is interested teacher training through state-devel

and view the sky from any location in promoting third-party software. oped programs, and we will become

on earth, and Just Imagine, an open- We're working with companies to de aggressively involved with major

ended creative-writing program. velop an integrated database man school districts.

Software is on the market and under ager, spreadsheet and word processor.
development utilizing the computer One such program, entitled Jane, RUN: Have you received any feed
as a tool. will not only enable Students to un back from schools regarding at what
As a tool, the computer can work derstand how integrated programs age level and in what areas of study
work, but its picture menus will en computers arc most effective?
in a variety of ways. For example,
utility programs are being developed able students to learn the system eas Walkington: Computers are effective
to help students organize their ideas, ily. Commodore has marketed some with any group of children at any
analyze what they have written and in-house software, such as Sky Travel age. The key is teacher commitment
develop a better style of expression. and Just Imagine, which I've already and enthusiasm.
Database management programs are mentioned, to go with our new ma Remember, the computer is a tool;
being used in subjects such as science chines, but mostly we're going to be it's not a panacea. It's not going to cure-
and social studies to help students working with [bird-party developers, all the problems facing education to
learn how to analyze and collect data, especially in the area of education. day. But it certainly is a very powerful
lest experiments] designs and pre Also, programs such as the Print tool that has the capability ol' perform
dict future trends. Shop and the Newsroom are becom ing a greater number of tasks than any
Textbook companies are begin ing very popular with teachers and thing we've ever had in education. IB
ning to develop courseware pro students in the classroom. With
grams correlated to their textbook these, students can put in their own
series. In some cases, they are work data and generate various kinds of
ing with third-party software devel- worksheets.

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Improve your typing

skills by learning
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Nine hungry customers order toast

on your first day as a short-order cook.
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CHRS codes in lines 60 and 70. All
Typing Tutor the letters on die toasters arc stored Address all author correspondence to
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460 REM UPDATE SCORE & PEOPLE - INSURES SPE
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480 IFPEO=0THEN830 :REM*249
500 REM IS GAME LOST? :REM*117
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660 POKE198,0:FORL=1TOX :REM* 2
680 REM CLEAR KEYBOARD - START COUNTDOWN
10 REM TOASTER GAME (C/64) :BEM*244 :REM*56
30 REM G. RICHARD DECKER :REM*56 700 GETA$:IFA$=Y$(N)THENSCO=SCO+25:F=F-4:K=
41 POKE54276,0 :REM*49 1:GOSUB910:GOTO420 :REM*240
43 POKE54296,15:POKE54273,45:POKE54272,128: 730 REM UPDATE SCORE - SPEED UP POPPING
POKE54 277,4:POKE54278,34 :REM*153 :REM*46
44 REM SET VOLUME AND NOTES :REM*54 760 NEXTL:K=1:GOSUB910 :REM*128
50 DIMZ(9):DIMY$(9):Z(1)=4:Z<2)=17:Z(3)=30: 770 FORU=1TO75:POKE54276,129:NEXTU:POKE5427
Z(4)=324:Z(5)=337:Z(6)=350:Z(7)=644 6,128 :REM*95
:REM*58 780 PEO=PEO-1:GOTO420 :REM*123
55 Z(8)=657 :REM*249 800 REM ERASE TOAST - MISSING TOAST SOUND
60 Z(9)=670:Y$(1}=CHR$(82):Y$(2)=CHR$(84 ) :X :REM*191
$<3)=CHR$(89):Y$(4)=CHR$(71) :REM*40 830 PRINT"{HOME)(10 CRSR DNS){8 CRSR RTsJGA
70 Y$(5)=CHR$(72):Y$(6)=CHR$(74):Y$(7)=CHR$ ME OVER!" :REM*137
<86):Y$(8)=CHR$(66):Y$(9)=CHR$(78) 840 PRINT"(8 CRSR RTsJTO PLAY AGAIN HIT ANY
:REM*114 KEY . " :REM*219
90 REM DIMZ PLACES TOAST :REM*236 850 POKE198,0:WAIT198,1:RUN :REM*233
100 REM DIMY$ CHECKS LETTERS :REM*28 870 REM WANT TO PLAY AGAIN? :REM*189

120 POKE53 280,6:POKE53281,1:CL=0:C1=0: 890 J=1104:I = Z(N) :POKEJ+I,85:POKEJ-i-I + 1 ,67:P

:HEM*198 OKEJ+I*2,67:POKEJ+I+3,67 :REM*89
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160 PRINT"{SHFT CLR){14 CRSR RTsHCTRL 6}{C :POKEJ+I+41,160:POKEJ+I+42,160 :REM*151
TRL 9JTOASTER GAME" :REM*182 905 POKEJ+I+44,160 :REM*218
170 PRINT:PRINT"{20 CRSR RTsHCTRL 1)BY":PR 91 0 POKEJ+I+43,160:POKEJ+I*4 5F93:POKEJ+I+80
INT :REM*118 ,93:POKEJ+I+81,160:POKEJ+I+82,160
180 PRINT"(12 CRSR RTs}{CTRL 6)G.RICHARD DE :REM*219

CKER" 1REM+94 920 POKEJ+I+83,160:POKEJ+I+84,160:POKEJ+I+8

190 PRIKT"(CTRL 1)18 CRSR DN5}{11 SPACEs}EN 5,93 :REM*19

TER SKILL LEVEL■'; PRINT :REM*92 925 FORUD=I+5537 5TOI+55375+80STEP40:FORID=1
200 PRINT"{10 SPACES}1(HARD) TO 4(EASY) TO6 :REM*228
:REM*234 927 POKEID+UD,K:NEXTID:NEXTUD:RETURN:REM*64
210 GETF$:IFF$<"1"ORF$>"4"THEN210 :REM*144 950 FORG=1TO9:Y$(G)="0":NEXTG :REM»11
220 F=VAL(F$):F=F*30:PRINT:PRINT"{9 SPACEs) 960 FORG=1TO9:X=INT(RND(1)*26)+65 :REM*39
CHANGING LETTERS?!Y/N)":POKE198,0 970 FORY=1TO9:IFCHRS{X)=Y$(Y)THENG=G-1:NEXT
:REM*24 G :REM*193
230 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN230 :REM*74 980 NEXTY :REM*171
240 IFA$="Y"THENCL=1 :REM*40 990 Y$(G)=CHR$(X):NEXTG :REM*1
260 REM FIND SKILL LEVEL-MULTIPLY BY 30 1 PRINT"(CTRL 6}{HOME){6 CRSR DNs){6 CRS
:REM*255 R RTsHCTRL 9)"Y$(1)"O2 CRSR RTs)"Y$(
275 PRINT"{SHFT CLR}":FORT= 5 5 37 6TO5613 6:POK 2)"{12 CRSR RTs}"Y$(3) :REM*223
ET,9:NEXT :REM*224 1010 PRINT" (8 CRSR DNs) (6 CRSR RTsHCTRL 9}
280 PRINT"{HOME}{CTRL 9}{CTRL 8}SCORE(26 CR "Y$(4)"{12 CRSR RTsJ"Y$(5)"{12 CRSR RT
SR RTs)PEOPLE" :REM*71 s)"Y$(6) :REM*199
290 PRINT"{CTRL 7){40 COMD Ysl" :REM*209 1020 PRINT" {7 CRSR DNs ) ( 6 CRSR RTsHCTRL 9)
300 :REM*7 5 "Y$(7)"{12 CRSR RTs)"Y$(8)"(12 CRSR RT
320 REM SET SCORE & PEOPLE :REM*41 S)"Y${9):RETURN :REM*103
FORA=0TO640STEP320:FORB=0TO26STEP13:FOR 1030 :REM*184
340
C=0TO120STEP40:FORD=0TO7 :REM*101
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1070 :REM*20 530 FORL=1TOX:POKE36874,209:FORC=1TO10:NEXT

1 080 VARIABLES :REM*134 C
■RPM*?4
' i\ L, 1 1 *- T A
^ 540 POKE3687 4,0:FORC=1TO10:NEXTC:NEXTL
1100 SCO-SCORE :REM*210 560 REM TIMING TOAST SOUND
1110 PEO-PEOPLE :REM*5E) 580 POKE36876,236:N=INT(RND(1)*9)+1:GOSUB89
1120 X-RANDOM NUM. :REM*90 0
1130 K-COLOR OF TOAST :REM*188 600 REM POP TOAST
1140 A-DRAW TOASTER :REM*26 620 POKE36B76,0:X=INT{RND{1)*F)+30
1150 B-DRAW TOASTER :REM*40 640 REM STOP SOUND
1160 C-DRAW TOASTER :REM*54 660 POKE198,0:FORL=1TOX
1170 D-DRAW TOASTER :REM*68 680 REM START COUNTING
1180 F-SKILL LEVEL :REM*186 700 GETA$:IFA$=YS(N>THENSCO=SCO+25:F=F-4:K=
1190 F$-SKILL LEVEL :REM*226 1:GOSUB910:GOTO420
1200 N-WHICH TOAST POPS UP :REM*126 760 NEXTL:K=1:GOSUB910
1210 L-HOW LONG TOAST TAKES TO POP :REM*56 770 FORU=135TO200:POKE36877,U:NEXTU:POKE368
1220 J-STARTING PLACE FOR TOAST :REM*12 77,0
1230 I-GETS VALUE FROM DIMZ :REM*198 780 PEO^PEO-1:GOTO420
800 REM ERASE TOAST
830 PRINT"{HOME}{20 CRSR DNs){5 CRSR RTsJTO
PLAY AGAIN"
Listing 2. Toaster/Typing Tutor program for the VIC-20. 840 PRINT"{6 CRSR RTsJPUSH ANY KEY
850 POKE198,0:WAIT198,1:RUN
890 J=7746:I=Z(N):POKEJ*I,85:POKEJ+I+1,67:P
OKEJ+I+2,73
10 REH TOASTER GAME VIC-20
900 POKEJtI+22,66:POKEJ*l4 23,224:POKEJ+I+24
30 REM G. RICHARD DECKER
50 DIMZ(9):DIMYS(9):Z(1)=2:Z(2)=1 0:K(3)=1 8: ,93:K=0
Z(4)=134:Z(5)=142 910 J=38466:POKEJ+I,K:POKEJ+I+1,K:POKEJ+I+2
51 Z(6)=150:Z(7)=266:Z{8t=247 ,K
60 Z(9}=282:Y$<1)=CHR$(82}:YS(2)=CHR$(84):V 920 POKEJ+I+22,K:POKEJ+I+23,K:POKEJ*I+24,K:
RETURN
$(3)=CHR$(89):Y$(4)=CHRS(71}
70 Y$(5)=CHR$(72):YS(6)=CHRS(74):Y${7)=CHR$ 940 B-DRAW TOASTER
<86>:Y$(8}=CHR${66):Y${9)=CHR$(78) 950 FORG=1TO9:Y$(G)="0":NEXTG
90 REM DIMZ IS FOR PLACEMENT OF TOAST 960 FORG=1TO9:X=INT(RND(1)*26)+65
100 REM DIMY$ CHECKS FOR CORRECT LETTER 970 FORY=1TO9:IFCHR$(X}=YS(Y)THENG=G-1:NEXT
120 POKE36879,25:POKE36864,3:CL=0:C1=0 G

160 PRINT"{SHFT CLR } ( 5 CRSR RTsHCTRL 6 ) ( CT 980 NEXTY

RL 9JTOASTER GAME" 990 YS(G)=CHRS(X):NEXTG
170 PRINT:PRINT"{CTRL 7}{9 CRSR RTsJBY" 1000 PRINT"{CTRL 6}{HOME){6 CRSR DHs)(3 CRS
180 PRINT"{2 CRSR RTs)G. RICHARD DECKER" R RTsHCTRL 9}"Y$(1>"(7 CRSR RTs)"Y$(2
190 PRINT"{CTRL 1}(8 CRSR DNs}(4 SPACEs)ENT )"(7 CRSR RTS)"Y$|3)
ER SKILL LEVEL":PRINT 1010 PRINT"{5 CRSR DNs H 3 CRSR RTsHCTRL 9)
200 PRINT"{3 SPACES}1(HARD) TO 4(EASY) "Y$(4)"{7 CRSR RTsJ"Y$(5)"{7 CRSR RTs)
210 GETF$:IFF$<"1"ORF$>"4"THEN210 "Y$[6)
220 F=VAL(F$):F=F*30:PRINT:PRINT"CHANGING L 1020 PRINT"{5 CRSR DNsH3 CRSR RTs}(CTRL 9)
ETTERS?(Y/N)":POKE1 98,0 "Y$(7}"{7 CRSR RTs)"Y${8)"{7 CRSR RTs}
230 GETAS:IFA$=""THEN230 "Y$(9):RETURN
240 IFA$="Y"THENCL=1 1060 REM
1070 *******************
280 PRINT"(SHFT CLR} {CTRL 9) (CTRL 1JSCORE
{9 SPACES)PEOPLE" 1080 VARIABLES
290 PRINT" {CTRL 9}(CTRL 5)(21 SPACES)" 1090 -
300 POKE36878,15:SCO=0:PEO=9 1100 SCO-SCORE
320 REM SET SCORE & PEOPLE - TURN ON VOLUME 1110 PEO-PEOPLE

340 FORA=0TO16STEP8:FORB=0TO26 4STEP132:FORC 1120 X-RANDOM NO.

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 The SAT may be one important factor
in getting you into college, so why not be as prepared
as possible? There's software available that
can give you practice. Find out what
these programs have to offer.

Are You Prepared

For the SAT?
By SWAIN PMTT

In the late 1950s and on into the cus of anxiety. All sorts of tutoring test scores in the admission process.
'60s, a swelling tide of college-bound courses, books and, lately, computer So I was always sorry to see students
students put college admissions, es sollware have been developed to lake become so concerned about their
pecially to the more selective col- commercial advantage of this con SATs that they neglected the much
luges, under a spotlight This also cern lo improve SAT scores. Do these more important day-to-day work.
made Lhe SAT—the Scholastic Apti various aids really help? If so, in I also observed over the years how
tude Test of the College Entrance what ways? well SAT scores correlated—ai least in
Examination Board—oneoi themosi The Educational Testing Service, my school—with the students' suppos
familiar acronyms in America. which publishes and administers the edly more or less immutable IQs. In
Then, as now, there were, in the SAT and other tests for the College my mind, this fact lent much support
most sought-after colleges, fewer Hoard, says thai studies of high to the College Hoard's assertion that
places available than good students school and commercial coaching lhe skills and knowledge tested by the
applying. This loomed ;is a threat to programs show results ranging from SAT were those that can he developed
many an ambitious parent, creating no improvemeni to an average of and acquired only through many years
an atmosphere of anxiety and pres 25-30 points over and above the of reading and siudy; that crash
sure for the students who had to do score increases I hat occur without courses could do little lo improve lest
the work and confront the exams that any special preparation, Of course, results for students lacking that back
would get them admitted. these are avi'mgi1 results. Who can say ground of experience.
Of all college admission tests and how any individual might benefit? Does all this mean that I scorn spe
other requirements, the SAT was the During sonic 15 years of high school cial SAT preparation as useless? Noi
most ubiquitous and, hence, easiest college admissions counseling, I saw at all. lini ii is important to keep
lor the public to identify as the pass students'SAT scores both increase and matters in perspective. What can the
port to "'acceptance in lhe college of decrease with special coaching—and student reasonably expect the courses,
your choice." Of course, a student's Without it. lu a few cases, the increases the books and the software packages
high school record, class rank and were spectacular—well over 100 points to do—and not do—for him or her?
special skills counted, but in the from one testing to the next—while I believe these aids, if well con
media-encouraged popular view, the in some Other instances, students structed, can contribute by increas
SAT acquired an almost magical stat were thrown into temporary despair ing the students' Familiarity with the
ure. High SAT scores would gel you when their scores dropped. SAT's format and the types of ques
in, die myth said; low scores would tions asked, and. of course, by pro
keep you out. Let the Record Speak viding the opportunity for practice
In spite of reiterated assurance by Whatever the pros and cons of spe with the content.
both the colleges and the College cial preparation for lhe SAT, my ex What they COnfWi effectively do is
Board that lhe SAT (or any other perience convinced me that a high lo leach a chronic math avoider lhe
entrance exam) is merely one of sev school record reflecting hard and vast span of arithmetic, simple ge-
eral imporiani predictors of success steady work in challenging courses omclry and algebra on which the SAT
in college work, this test Us still a fo would almost always outweigh modest math is based: nor can ihey make up
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for a young lifetime of not reading,
not writing! not speaking and nol
listening to the English language.
In the following reviews of five
SAT-preparation software packages What is the SAT?
for the CMS4 (and the C-128 in C-64
mode], [ shall try to describe and
evaluate them in the lighl of the com Tin- Scholut|< Aplllude Tesl (SAT) 'n. developed and pniiluicd by [In- Educations]
resting Service ol Princeton, NJ, :is pan til the College Ktitr:nn.e Kxaniinaiiari Board's
ments above.
Admissions Testing Program [ATP). One of the requirement lor admission to several
hundred colleges and universities in the United Suites, the SA'I consists of six half-hour
Mastering the SAT
sections, two verbal, two mathematical, one experimental [eliher verbal or mathematical,
Of the five programs reviewed but not scored) mill ihe Test of Standard Written Lnglisli (TSWE), which is intended
here, Mastering the SAT approaches primarily :1s 3 guide 10 placing the student in an appropriate hii^lish course, rather than
mosi closely the. format and con- Jm admission, Ttokiag the SAT, a booklet describing both die SAT and [he TSWE, is
tenl of the SAT. Developed by CBS available fur 51I'min Ilie College Hoard. Fnr< oples ol the booklet or for Other in formation,

Soft ware In cooperation with the write in College Doard ATP, CN6200, Princeian. NJ 08841.

National Association of Secondary

School Principals, Mastering the SAT For tl»"i- readers noi familiar wilh the SAT. tlie following, reprinted from the booklet
combines skill-building and practice- Thking the SAT, are samjilt-s of each i\pe of question appearing on ilie lest

testing on four single-sided disks. It

Verbal sections:
also provides two lull-scale simulated
SATs (including the Test of Standard Antonyms: DISPARITY: (A) tearfulness (B) punctuality |C) prejudice
(I>( similarity (E) notoriety
Written English) thai are primed—
along with answer sheets, answers
Wford analogies NOTES:SCALE" (A) solos: harmony ill) reniencwpunciuaiion
and explanations—in the manual.
(C);iiliiuites:lati (D) Iraciiiiii^nuim.-itiltii' (E) leUersialpliabei
The package's four disks offer you
a full pretest and postiest, as well as Smlttut completion: One of the paradoxes ol life Is the [Hctlon between our hunger for
skill-building exercises. The manual ami nut grudging thai there is indeed nothing new undci die sun.
recommends thai you start with the tA) variciv., .denial (It) infamy,. .acceptance (C) noveliy.. .awareness
pretest. When you're finished, the (DfseciirUy. ■ .Insistence (E>Conformity.. .admission
program calculates your score and
analyzes your performance on the Heading annprtttmston: A factual or narrative jmsmkc, ordinarily of several paragraphs
various sections. and typical oLfmaterial that might be encountered in college courses, is followed by five or
You can then use the skill-building six muliiplechoicc questions based on staii'mt-msoi' HiipiiccUioiis in ihi- passage,

exercises in accordance with the com

puter's diagnosis of your weaknesses. Mathematics] sections:
The recommendation is that yon fol Standard multlfl&diokt questions

low these exercises by raking both of ](t!-)-' = L'7. then 3(x + >)(x - y) =

the leMs printed in the manual. This (A)fl (B)2I IC)->1 (E)8]
is good practice, for the instructions,
the format and even the answer 2 v -3
-=- and —— = . which ol ilu-loll<iivinii iihis[ he-ini<\'
sheets resemble those of the actual
SAT, except (hat they're much smaller I-*---] II. sy = li tl],(x + /|-' = I)

physically.
(A) None (II) 1 only (OII only (1>) III only (E) I ami III
The final recommended step is to
see how you make out on the com
puter posttest. Of course, you can do
all of the above in a different order
and can repeat the computer mate
rials as you wish. You can share the disk. On each menu, you have the omission or ambiguity in a math
program with friends, loo, since a Option of Score and Analysis, bin this question shatters the precision of
built-in management Feature allows does noi lead to review or explanation, right vs. wrong, while shades of
computing and storing the scores of as you might expect. 1 became very meaning i" language can always be
up to three users. frustrated before discovering thai you debated. In math, it's (almost in-
The manual, clear and well-orga first have in go hack and choose the variahly) correct or incorrect; in lan
nized, is mainly devoted to the two Pre- or Posttesi option from the main guage, especially in English, ii is
printed lests. hut it also includes a menu of whichever disk yon are on often a question of better or worse.
brief section on test-taking strategies arid thru (he Instruction option from In any case, though I spotted a
that describes the types of SAT ques ihe resulting sub-menu. The manual number Ol things in the verbal sec
tions and gives a thumbnail synopsis barel) touches on this and does not tions that 1 disagreed with, there were
of math facts. 1'he locations of the make il clear what to do. a few egregious goofs {and too many
various programs on the disks are As with mosi of the other programs misprints!) among the math ques
listed, as are the disk menus. covered in ihis review, ihe verbal sec tions, notably item 25 on page 33 of
'file one thing thai is mil clearly tions of Mastering the SAT come off the manual. My note at that point
staled is how 10 gel 10 the review and with higher marks than the math. I reads, "utter confusion!"
explanations of the test Questions on suppose this is because an error. Mastering the SAT, however, comes
54 /RUN SHTEMBEB iy*5
 found in the legend printed at the
top of each page (but not on the
cover): "ACT/SAT Review." \\ appears
Quantitative annparisan quathiu: In (his type o! question, expressions tor two Quantities that this package purports to prepare
an* given, one under Column A (so headed ai ihe mp of the page) wid 'I"' oiliei uihUt also for the ACT, the American Col
I lolumn II I'm Miinc cil 1 lie question*, certain inhumation is 111 si gneii [H-Tlaiillng la the
lege Testing program, the chief and
iwo i|ii;tniiiifs. Vdu have four answer choices
virtually only rival of the SAT.
(A) If the quantity in Column A is ihe greater; (The ACT differs from the SAT in
(11) it thequanlii) in Column it is the greater;
that it includes tests ol"social studies
(C) ii ihe two quantities .11c equal;
and science as well as English and
(D) if there is nol sufiGi lent information to determine which quantity is the greater
mathematics, and so renders scores
in four areas. It is required, often
For example:
with the SAT as an optional alter
Column A C'riluiini II
native, by numbers of small private
or slate colleges, primarily in mid- or
011 a(li + c) hi 1
far-western states.)
(Tin1 answei is 11, since nothing is known about "a")
Having solved the ACT mystery,
you read the manual to see how to
Q2: use SAT Review. Page 2 tells you to
y = ! place disk 1, side I, in the drive "as
explained in chapter 1." Chapter 1"'
No chapters visible anywhere, but
ionect choice isA.since H(l); -£(-'.>) ■ 3 + 4 ■ 7) there's an introduction that includes
disk-handling directions that, among
The Test of Standard Written English: other cautions. lell you to "hold the
I Iil- ISWE li;is two t\\>t~f of questions. One jsk* you to identify the (one) error in four diskette as shown in Figure I," Figure
underlined wordjai phrases (labeled A. B. ('. D] in a sentence, or 10 choose t! il there is no 1? No figures anywhere, either; not
errorm ;tll, t'oi example: even a drawing of a triangle.
Mum people listen in the weather forecast everyday, bin they know hardly niiihioi; Oh. well. You type LOAD ■'O_r.H.
;ilioin ilit- times ih.ii iniliu'inu the weather. No error.' (hen RUN. and in nearly a minute
C U V.
Qua!it) input's logo appears. Sup
The other type displays a sentence with one underlined portion and five (A-E)selei tions pressing sarcasm, you note that the
ofdiflerent wavs ol expressing the underfilled portion. Vou are asked to select the version
manual tells you you'll now see lest
that is he.-I.CIioii c (A) is always a repeal of ihe underlined portion, in case thai serins to lie
the best. I01 example:
options, giving you the choice of the
ACT or the SAT. Not so. Noihin^
Young people ore nui rejecting iimrringt!, hut some postponing j;.
whatever appears about the ACT; in
(A) Miine postponing it stead, you get (after another minute
(il) lome are postponing ii
or so) an SAT menu ofEnglish Usage.
(C) ii is postponed hy some ofthem
Math Usage or Test of Standard Writ
([)) ii is being postponed
ten English (TSWE). It is now evideni
(F.) some having postponed it
that the two disks in this package
concern only ihe SAT.
From this point, matters Improve,
Smriph' SAT Questions 1111' irl'iwtrti fa ptnniision "J the tjiltrg? i-'utinnir l\\jtmhmti'iu Boar
ttii'f Ihr l\tliittifitiiuit Trying Srn'irr except for long loading waits after you
make menu choices. You eventually
get fairly decent, if very simple, tuto
rials on the various types of SAT tjues-
tions: or. at your option, practice
questions, explained, with number
far closer than ilie other programs double-sided disks and two small, sta and percent correct when you finish
to presenting consistently the type of pled, priiiler-^encraied booklets, or elect to return to the menu. An op
question and Che range and quality The documentation, at least in the tion lo print your scores is available,
of mathematical subject matter that package received for tltis review, is but there's no multiuser capability.
you would 1 union 1 he SAT. A student unfortunate to a ludicrous degree. The questions in the program can
am get quite a realistic and helpful The little booklets are in no way possibly be of some help for review
picture of Che i»'si from iliis package. differentiated on the covers. Only by and practice, but too many in the
If you want to buy a computerized opening and reading can yon learn math sections are of the Straightfor
SAT practice and preparation pro that one is the manual and the Othei ward, textbook type, often requiring
gram, 1 recommend Mastering the is a 43-page recital of disassoci extensive computation. By contrast,
SAT as the- best 1 have so far seen. ated facts—mathematical, historical ihe SAT poses many math questions
(CBS Software, One Fawcett Place, and scientific—arranged as three in unfamiliar or non-standard forms
Greenwich, CT06836. $79.95 disk,} appendices. or contexts, and all of them require
Mathematics you'd expect, bill his only minimal figuring to determine
SAT Review torical and scientific subject matter? an answer. The SAT challenges your
SAT Review is a tutorial package The SAT does not ai all teal you on ihinking. not your ability to multiply
from Quality Input thai includes two these as such. The e\plauai ion is or divide.
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 SAT Review also contains an inex flashing screen, and the program com questions: quantitative comparisons,
cusable number of errors, especially putes your score when you're finished antonyms and word analogies. (See
in the math areas. Kor example, num and asks if you wan! k printed. Menu- sidebar for examples of all the types
ber 5 of the geometric problems reads, handling is good, and key-pressing di of SAT questions.) Moreover, the
"If (lie perimeter of an equilateral rections are clear and consistent quality of the material is often me
triangle is 2-t and [he area is 52, find Outside of the deplorable docu diocre or uselessly simple.
ilie height of the triangle." The prob mentation, SAT Review is reasonably This product consists of two large,
lem Is overdetennined. If the perim friendly. Iis one serious drawback is well-printed booklets, six single-sided
eter is 24, the base (any of the three that it keeps shunting you from disk disks and presumably four cassette
equal sides) is H, the height is 4 times to disk and menu to menu, with wails tapes, of which my package contained
the square root of 3, and the area is, such that it seems to lake forever to only one. One manual, with the title
not .52, hut l(i limes the square root get what you want. and subtitle of ihe package cover, first
of 3. It's possible, of course, to have How useful is SAT Review? Ihe describes the program and bow to
a triangle with base 8 and area 52 tutorials are possibly helpful as a load the disks. Then it goes on to ana
{and hence a height of IS, as ihe review or as refresher material, bul lyze, with examples, synonyms, ant
program's solution slates!), bill such they're generally far 100 brief and onyms and word analogies, number
a triangle cannot he equilateral. simplified to teach any subject mailer series and, at great length, quantita
Another problem asks you to find tive comparisons.
the sum of 16x-r5, -7x+15 and Outside of the number series,
2tx-7. The erroneous answer given which occupy one disk ami are far
is 30x - 5, more useful for IQ tests than for the
Two Other non-SAT soils ol quirk-, SAT, all the math is in ihe quantita
If3 = h ", then 3b must equal
in the math deserve frowning men tive-comparison formal, which ap
tion. First, problems involving circles (A)b*'1 (B)bxt* (C)b**s plies only to about one-third of the
ask you to use 3.14 as the approxi
mate value for /);' in computation. I
(D) 6s- (E) ^ SAT math questions, the rest being
standard multiple-choice.
would be very surprised to team that The other manual—Making the
the SAT lias ever used anything bul Grade, with the subtitle Him- in Hike and
tbc pi symbol in stub problems. The P<as it Test—gives advice on test-taking
second departure from SAT practice
The number 99,999,999 strategies and goes into some detail on
is that questions on the Pythagorean vocabulary, word analogies, reading
Theorem all seem to give ihree sides is not divisible by comprehension, math and the TSWE.
of a triangle and ask you to deter (A) 9 (B) 11 (C) 99 The author, PDI's president, John
mine whether it is a right triangle. Victor, voices some strong opinions,
(D)I11 (E) 9,999
This may be all right as an exercise, one ofwhich is that women are partic
but surely it's misleading to a student ular victims ol no-good ai-inaih inferi
who's trying to get a better grasp of ority feelings, and thus are defeated
I he SAT, before they start
Finally, again in the math section, In Victor's discussion of math,
noi already studied. The practice ma
lltere are tutorials and problems in
terial, though often too elementary there are some good points made,
logarithms and other more advanced
to provide much challenge, is good but also some misprints, curious
algebra topics that are clearly outside statements and outright errors. For
as to form, and so can provide a tune-
the range of die SAT subjeel matter. up as long as you are wary of errors. example, in explaining steps to solve
As for the English sections, these The package would be greatly im an algebraic equation, he uses ihe
appeal- less prone to error, although archaic-sounding phrase "rid ~% from
proved by the inclusion ol a full-scale
I did find hypocrisy spelled bipoc- left side," and. later, he asks, "What
sample test.
risy, vacillating spelled vascillating
I cannot resist ending with one are supplementary, complementary,
and this sentence-completion ques
word relationship I came across in and perpendicular angles!-" (Italics
tion, quoted exactly: mine.) By perpendicular, does he
the analogy section. One of the an
Classified by I.inneas in 1735 as swer choices was obat : xuindwood. It's mean right angles, vertical angles or
I lomosapiens, winch means "wise really a more descriptive word, when What? Still further along comes the
man," are ihus _ _ from Other you come to think about it. ({hmlity statement. "A straight line equals
animals by their ability io _ , . Input, Inc., 309 W. Beaufort, Normal, IL 180°," and in his discussion ol die
a) known... walk upright 61761. $69.95 disk.) TSWE appears the explanation: "Being
b) differentiated. . .reason is a verb, and it's subject must be I."
c) similar. ..have instincts Preparing for the SAT 1 point OUt these alienations, not
d) seperated, , .work
Preparing for the SAT. produced by io nag Mr. Victor, but to suggest that
As well as sentence completion] the Program Design, has a subtitle (And programs like this need to Undergo
program adeijiiaiely covers die other Other Aptitude Tests) thai points to an meticulous review and proofreading
SAT-Verbal areas of antonyms, anal identity problem besetting ihis pack Simply to achieve basic credibility.
ogies and reading comprehension. age. It wants to be all things for all pur You may remember that a few years
Coverage of the TSWE is also pro poses, but succeeds in beiugvery litllc ago the SAT itself embarrassed its
vided. In all topics, there are tutorial for anything. makers with a couple of errors dis
introductions prior to the practice It certainly falls far shori as ade covered by students. Surely, no one
questions. quate SAT preparation, for ii essen is perfect, and errors in commercial
A correct answer selection triggers a tially covers only three types of SAT programs like these arc certainly not
56/RUNSEPTB1BER1986
as crucial as on the SAT, but even take and sets up a study plan in ac
a little expert attention would help cordance witli your evident weak
enormously. nesses, lint the study plan refers you
As for the disks in this package,
Ten people meet and everybody heavily back to the book! Use u made
the best I can say is thai they provide shahs hands exactly once with of disk sides B, C and D (verbal and
some pallid practice. One of them, math ilenis and vocabulary Hash
everybody else. Wliat is the total cards), bui (he package is designed
labeled Taking Aptitude Tests, first
tells you to turn on the cassette for number of handshakes? around the book.
Once you're inio the practice ma
voice accompaniment to the pro (A) 9 (B)10 (C) 45
gram on the screen. The only cassette terial on the disks, the program
(D) 50 (E) 90 works smoothly and rapidly, but
in my package, however, involved
number series, so I could only look. you'd probably be just as well off with
Anyway, Taking Apiimde Tests the book alone. Better off, in fact—
makes same good points on how lo by some $70. (Harcourt Brace Jovanov-
take aptitude tests. The same disk Better buy Barron's. It's a lot kh. Inf.. 1250 6th Ave., San Diego, CA
includes an SAT Timer Program thai cheaper and will give you more. (Pro 92101. $19.91 disk.)
you can use to time and score your gram Design, Inc., II Idar Court, Green
The Perfect Score
self in taking ,i practice SAT that you wich, CT 06830. $69.95 disk.)
The Perfect Score, a product of
Computer Preparation Mindscape. Inc.. is a fairly comprehen
For the SAT sive, well-designed package for SAT re
view. The manual—clear, readable
Computer Preparation foi tin-SAT
The ability to estimate distance and well-organized—is loose-leaf
is essentially a S!) book dressed up
comes only with ; a baby with two double-sided disks in a
bound in a hard cover with six double-
sided disks.
reaches with equal confidence heavy plastic cover. You'll have lo
The first four disks, labeled A-D,
judge whether the package is worth
for its bottle or the moon. include tutorials and practice on the
the price.
(A) tranquitity The book is Harcourt Brace's coun
principal types of questions on the
verbal section of the SAT: antonyms,
(B) talent terpart to other college entrance ex
analogies, sentence completion and
amination test-preparation volumes.
(C) experience reading comprehension. Disk V. deals
It is thick, full of tutorial passages
(D) assurance with math, and disk F is, on one side,
and practice material, and it contains
a full, timed verbal and math SAT
(E) distress four full-length SAT practice exams.
practice lest, and on the other side a
The material seems largely appro
practice Test of Standard Written
priate, except that some of the math
English (TSYVE), There is no tutorial
is clearly beyond the range that the
for the TSWK, however, except for a
SAT covers. ,
few examples in the manual.
select from any college entrance Accuracy in this prodtic! is again
examination practice book of your not what it should be. By no means
choice. (Mr. Victor recommends Bar- did 1 read the entire book. yet. just
ron's How to Prepare for College En while skimming, 1 found three mis
trance Examinations, and I concur.) prints (pages 208, 383 and 385, if
Of the five other disks, two give PHILISTINE:
you'd like to play detective), which
practice with synonyms (irrelevant to suggests that there may be quite a CULTIVATED::
the SAT) and antonyms, one with word few more. Also, the book rightly (A) regumalist :autkoritari<m
analogies, one with quantitative com states, following the SAT Form, that
parisons and the last with number se figures in the math sections are (B) anarchist -.disorderly
ries. All provide tutorials, examples drawn lo scale except when a question (C) capitalist -.greedy
and practice questions, and all but the specifically slates that the figure is
(D) visionary:practical
number series end with tests. not to scale. Unfortunately, I found a
Menus and directions are clear, but number that were not lo scale, but (E) eccentric: artistic
the level of difficulty provides little with no mention of this, and at least
challenge compared with the SAT. one that appeared accurate even
and the quality is often just poor or though the problem said it wasn't.
silly. This could certainly mislead a Hut this is a review of computer Operation of the program is easy
student who is not at all familiar with software, not books. The fact that I and straightforward, with dear
the College Board tests. appear preoccupied with the book is menus and directions. On each of
Further shortcomings, as already an indication of this package's prob disks A-E, you can choose a Learning
mentioned, are the lack of more than lem; the book is it; the two disks don't mode or Testing mode (with ten sets
a mere mention of the leading com offer much. You arc advised by the often questions in each). The former
prehension and sentence completion clear and informative manual to be guides you through eaclt question,
questions, and, in the mail], the omis gin by taking one or more of the tests telling you if your answer choice is
sion of the standard multiple-choice that are in the book, using the pro right or wrong and giving yon three
questions. Yon might justly con gram (ui disk side A to enter your chances before explaining die cor
clude that the package is somewhat answers. rect answer. Your score is displayed
misnamed. The program scores the tests you ai the end of each set.

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 The Testing mode allows you to will) the way it's done on the SAT, hour is equivalent to a speed of LOO
complete each set of ten questions and thus helps develop good habits. feet in four seconds, ;t problem that
before giving you your store and As far as content is concerned, the requires the division of 90,0(10 hy
time elapsed. Then you can gel ex verbal sections on the tutorial disks 5280!
planations for any missed questions are more than adequate, with a Many other math questions in this
you wish to review. wealth of examples, Especially good program arc far out of tlie SAT's
A clock option for liming yourself are the 30 reading-comprehension range. One asks for the points of
is always available in either mode by passages, which are printed in ihe intersection of the graphs of a linear
pressing the ('■ key. Another good fea manual—a definite advantage over and a quadratic equation. Another
ture, applying, however, only to (he showing them in fragments on the gives you one root of a cubic equa
timed test on disk F (where you really screen. tion and asks for the other two, an
need it), is the use of function keys I wish 1 couid he as positive about operation that involves algebraic
10 take you easily hack and forth the math material, but there arc long division and trinomial factor
within the lesl and to let you pause serious faults, ihe most glaring be- ing, A few questions are just plain
11 Interrupted, ing that many questions are of the incorrect or incomplete.
One operational drawback, aside straightforward, textbook variety. There are also technical drawbacks
from slow loading (and what else is Seldom do you find such questions in the math sections, in ihe quanti
new?), is the use of the cursor to on the SAT. There are also numerous tative comparison questions, the four
indicate your answer choices. This is problems that require extensive com choices are written out each time ("A
not only slower than pressing the A, putation—far more than ever needed is greater than IS..."), rather than
B, C. D or E keys, hut inferior in that on the SAT. Tor example, one ques using the A, B, C, D format so that
the conscious letter choice conforms tion asks you how many miles per the user becomes more thoroughly
familiar with the meanings nf those
(our choices. The geometric figures
are also a problem in this program.
Some are not to scale, yet with no
Other SAT Preparation Programs for the C-64 Statement to that effect, and, in a few
cases, drawings simply lack infor
SAT Maih (Inldllgenl Software. Inc.. %<!!) Cypress. Minister, IN 46321). SAT Math olfrrs mation necessary lo reach a solution.
two iiiiHii-: Practice mode Mid real mode, The program i nveis ci^lii major miIijci t .irtas Granted, it is noi at all easy to write
.ukI alms ii> help students Improve thsli overall themaiics skills. a* well ai prepare good SAT-type math questions or to
ihfin for the SAT. Retail price h $69.93.
spot all errors and omissions, but it's
hard to understand why irrelevant
l^ivejoy's Preparation for ihc SAT (Simon & Schuster Electronic Publishing Group, 1230
topics are included, when even a
Avenue of the Americas. New York, NY ] (11120). This package provides lips on test-taking,
casual examination of the College
27 practice modules (covering both Knnlisli and mathematics) and general tutorials. Two
simulated SAT i-x;mis are Included, as well ;is a copy aTLovtjoy's Qmeise Cotltgs Guide Hunk.
Board's sample SAT materials should
rii.- package reutls for 169.95. make clear what is and is not covered.
1 think it is unfairly misleading to
Kn^lish SAT 1 and II; Malh SAT I (MicroLab, Inc., 26«H Skokie Vallej Road. Highland the Student, and, in die case ol fbe
Park, II. 60035). English SAT I and II cover vocabulary, interpretive and reasoning skills. Perfect Score, il mars what is other
Math SAT I includes arithmetic algebra, geometry and probabilities, This program allows wise a good and useful program.
the Studenl lo tesl himself according lo sulijm mailer. The three programs retail tor (Mindscape, Inc., 3444 Dundee Road,
S:t"> cadi. Narthbrook, IL 60062. $69.95 disk.)

Owli/at [Digital Research, [nc., PO Box r>7!), Pacific Grove, CA 93S0O), Owlcat has two Computer-Motivated Study
leparaie versions, A 15-hour package contains English ami mathematics reviews and
To refer back to the beginning of
tutorials. A second version (lid hours) also Includes a practice SAT exam and additional
documentation. Hie shorter version retails for 189,95; ilie expanded version, (249.95. this review. I know from experience
that many, I would even say most,
The Score Improvement Sy»tem for the SAT (Hayden Software, 800 Suffolk Si,. Lowell, high school students simply will not
MA m8">:i). Ihc Score Improvemeni System is made up <>f three modules that can be put real attention or effort into a
purchased Individually, The verbal module includes reading comprehension and vocab preparatory SAT course, nor will they
ulary reviews, llu- math program covers algebra, geometry and quantitative comparisons, lake the initiative to open a book.
The practice test module simulates the actual SAT exam. The programs retail foi $30.95 Hut they might, jus! might, be suffi
each, or all three can be purchased for S'.*'-».y5. ciently fascinated by the computer td
allow it to guide them into some help
The Computer Study Program for the SAT (Barrons Educational Scries. I [3 Crossways
ful practice. After all. the multiple-
['ark Drive. Wbodbuiy, NY 11797). The Computer Study Program includes reviews and
practice exercises in both English and mathematics, A -i lated test and a score analysis choice question was itself essentially
feature reveal the student's strengths and weaknesses Retail price is SHO.'jfl. spawned by an electronic device that
could read and tabulate marks on a
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sci lions i>r ihc exam, diagnoses the student's strengths and weaknesses and simulates appropriate. H
the SAT exam formal and level of difficulty. Two versions arc available: Gold Label
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Computers in Education
The personal computer revolution of the 1980s
has sparked a tremendous interest
in the use of low-cost microcomputers in the classroom.
Read on for a stimulating discussion of the issues
surrounding computer-assisted instruction.

By BILL PARLE and DAN ADKISON

Currently, many .schools and col with students in a computer-assisted puter-aided instruction is still in its in
leges arc experimenting with micro learning environment, the) are freed fancy. This is more true with respect to
computers as educational tools. from the necessity of proceeding at software than hardware.
Typically, such experiments center the pace of the average student. They Current hardware limitations have
around the use- of a microcomputer are able to respond to the needs of to do mostly with the lack of space
Instructional laboratory. both the slow learner and the excep available in microcomputer memory
After being familiarized with the tional student and on disk for storing the informa
use of the equipment and the rules When computer-assisted instruc tion to be presented in the lesson or
of ilie laboratory, students follow a tion is coupled with traditional class course; however, this problem is
schedule of assignments that takes room presentations, the instructor being rapidly solved as the cost of
them independently and HI their own can devote more attention to abstract memory expansion and storage ca
pace through the course mate-rial. concepts and theory, knowing that pacity drops.
Students who find the subject matter Che factual content of the course A very exciting development in the
easy can proceed rapidly, while those (sometimes the least interesting and area of hardware is die coupling of
who have difficulties may find them challenging portion of the course) persona! computers with laser video

selves spending extra lime in tin- lab. can be effectively presented through disks. This will lead 10 some tremen

in a variation on the Laboratory computer-assisted instruction. dous information storage and pre
idea, one university has required thai At this stage of software develop sentation capabilities. A single video
ment, computers are seen as bring disk can hold the text of a small li
each entering student purchase a mi
most useful and effective in teaching brary. In addition, video disks would
crocomputer and a modem. Thus,
factual material, where the content permit the inclusion in educational
the laboratory can go wherever (he
student goes. By using their personal is specific and well-defined. programs of film sequences and elab
orate computer-aided graphics. Us
computers to communicate with the For example, computer science
ing this technology, a course could
university's mainframe computer, terminology, steps in equation solv
.students can download (receive) as ing, foreign language vocabulary and he a multimedia spectacular.
signments for study, upload (turn in) The laser disk games introduced
grammatical rules are types of factual
papers and other homework, and last year are an example of the ap
material that can easily be taught by
perhaps even lake examinations and computer software. Computers are
plication of such technology. At least
receive the instructor's evaluation, endlessly patient when presentation, one company is marketing an inex
(rum wherever they have access to a drill and practice are required. pensive interface thai allows the cou
pling of a C()4 with a laser disk player.
telephone.
Hardware and Software The principal harrier to the use of
Microcomputer-assisted instruc
Developments video disks is the current high cost
tion may be used in conjunction with
traditional classroom lectures and Despite the belief of many educa of producing the disks themselves.
discussions, or students may meet in tors that the impact of the computer But this cost, like that of personal
dividually with instructors as the on all aspects of education is sure to be computers, may fall rapidly as tech
need arises. When instructors deal profound, the development of com- nology improves.

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 \

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 UltraQuiz
With this program and a little imagination,
you can create and print out quizzes,
questionnaires and other such goodies.

By ROBERT POULIOT and RONALD POUUOT

You've seen the kinds of programs quiz. The main menu gives you the List option lists the questions and
in which you enter questions and an following options. answers (holding down the shift key
swers and then allow (he program to The Exit option gels you out of die stops the listing process). The Modify
quiz someone. The UhraQui/. pro program; but be sure to save your option lets you fix any mistakes made
gram lets you ciuer 100 questions and quiz before using it. in the Enter phase.
answers, which you can save, You can Save asks for a filename and whether Clear erases the current quiz from
print out the questions t<> give as a test, you're using tape or disk. Disk users the computer's memory. Print lakes
in single or multiple copies. You can should choose a different filename you to another menu and inquires
also print outjust the answers i»r both for each file, because using the same whether you want to print only the
the questions and answers, fur study filename replaces the old file. questions, only the answers, or both.
away from your computer. L'ltraQiii/. Load loads a quiz that's been saved. You are then asked how many copies
can even be used to print applications The computer will ask you for the you want.

and questionnaires, device number and filename. Incidentally, don't worry about
Edit sends you to another menu. printing on top of the perforations;
The Menu Use the Exit option to return to the UltraQuiz will automatically skip
UltraQuiz is menu-driven. Simply main menu. Use the Enter option to over them. Also, if the quiz ends part
follow the prompts to create your type in questions and answers. The way down on a sheet while you're

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Tape or disk; printer optional
 printing multiple copies, the paper tions and answers must be kept to You can even make a list of the
will advance to the next sheet before two screen lines. You can enter true- valuables in your house. For exam
printing the next copy. or-false questions by typing each ple, type in "Commodore 64/value
Finally, the Quiz option asks you question, followed by (T/F) and the $219" as the question, and "serial*
the questions that you entered. One correct letter to the answer for that 123456" as the answer. Then, using
drawback, however, is that your an question; [e.g., "The American Rev the Print option, you'll have a hard-
swer must be exactly the same as the olution began in 1776. (T/F)" "F"]. copy of your valuables.
answer in memory, so logically cor At the end of the quiz, the program Use your imagination to come up
rect answers that are worded differ tells you how many questions you with other applications for this pro
ently, or even misspelled, will be answered correctly and incorrectly gram. If you'd rather not type in
counted as incorrect. and gives you a number grade. UltraQuiz yourself, send a blank tape
As an example, to the question, or disk with a self-addressed stamped
"What country exports the most mailer and $3, and I'll mail a copy
wheat?'" your answer should be "The Other Applications
of the program to you. B
United States," not "U.S.A.," "the You can use UltraQuiz for more
U.S." or "America." Let your guide than quiz-making. For instance, you
be what you think is the most proba can type in a master grocery list as a
ble response when formulating an series of questions and answers, then
swers to questions. print out the answers, and you've got Address all author correspondence to
Long answers can be used if the your master listing, fust cross off the Robert L. Pouliot, 34 Douglas Pike, Route
quiz is to be printed, but both ques items you don't need. 4, Harrhville, HI 02830.

180 POKE19,64:PRINT"QUESTION #"Z :INPUTAA$(Z

Listing 1. WttaQmpnwm ):POKE19,0 :REM*210
185 IFAA$(Z)=IMtTHEHZ=Z-1:X=X-1:GOTO160
5 BO=53280:BA=53281 :REM*13 9 :REM*197
1ft DIMAASM01 ) ,BBS(101 ),C$<101 ):GOTO37 190 POKE19,64:PRINT:PRINT"ANSWER #"Z:INPUTB
:REM*80 B$(Z):POKE19,0 :REM*26
20 FORI=1TO80:PRINT"(CTRL 9) (CTRL 0)";:NEX 195 IFBB$(Z)=""THENZ=Z-1:X=X-1:GOTO160
T:RETURN :REM*104 :REM»231
30 POKE781,R:POKE782,C:POKE78 3,PEEK(783)AND 199 GOTO160 :REM«225
254:SYS65520:RETURN :REM*52 200 PRINT"BUFFER FULL":F0RI=1T01500:NEXT:GO
35 REM ***** MAIN MENU ***** :REM*119 T0119 :REM*110
37 POKEBO,12:POKEBA,12:PRINT"{SHFT CLR){CTR 210 GOTO160 :REM*236
L 11" :REM*87 215 REM #§# LIST ##$ :REM*81
40 PRINT"{CTRL 1}":GOSUB20:PRINT"(CTRL 9)(7 230 POKEBO,1 :POKEBA, 1 :PRINT"(SHFT CLRHCTRL
SPACEs)1-EXIT(4 SPACEs)2-L0AD{4 SPACES) 1)":R=24:C=0:GOSUB30 :REM*10
3-SAVE{7 SPACES}"; :REM*242 240 FORZ=1TOX :REM*112
45 GOSUB20:PRINT"(CTRL 9}{4 SPACEs}4-EDIT(2 245 PRINTZ;AA$(Z):WAIT653,1,1 :REM*93
SPACEs)5-CLEAR{2 SPACEs}6-PRINT(2 SPACE 250 PRINTZ;BB$(Z):WAIT653,1,1 :REH*194
s}7-QUIZ{4 SPACEs)";:GOSUB20 :REM*83 252 FORI=1TO150:NEXTI:NEXTZ :REM*156
50 GETA$:IFA$ = ""THEN5f) :REM*30 260 PRINT"(CTRL 9){CTRL 3){10 SPACEs}HIT RE
55 A=ASC(A$)-48:IFA<1ORA>7THEN50 :REM*241 TURN TO EXITfii SPACEs)"; :REM*5
60 ONAGOTO65,380,330,119,440,458,625 270 .IFPEEK(197)=1THENPOKE198,0:GOTO119
:HEH*110 :REM*201
65 R=10:C=5:GOSUB30:PRINT"{5 SPACEsJARE YOU 275 GOTO270 :REM*70
SURE ? (Y/NP :REM*133 328 REM ##### SAVE ##### :REM*255
70 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN70 : REM*11 4 330 PRINT"(SHFT CLR)(COMD 4)" :REM*119
75 IFA$="Y"THENPRINT"{SHFT CLR)":END 33S GOSUB20:PRINT"(CTRL 9}{6 SPACEs}1-EXIT(
:REM*133 5 SPACES)2-TAPE{5 SPACEs)3-DISK{6 SPACE
80 GOTO37 :REM*132 s)";:GOSUB20 :REM*20
118 REM ### EDIT MENU U» :REH*54 337 PRINT"(CTRL 9}{18 SPACEs)SAVE{18 SPACEs
119 POKEBO,1:P0KEBA,1:PRINT"{SHFT CLR){CTRL HCTRL 0)"; :REM*34
7}":GOSUB20 :REM*121 340 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN340 :REM*27
120 PRINT"{CTRL 9){3 SPACES)1-EXIT(2 SPACES 342 IFA$="1"THENGOTO37 :SEH*237
}2-ENTER{2 SPACEs)3-LIST(2 SPACEs)4-M0D 345 R=10:C=0:GOSUB30:POKE19,64:INPUT"FILE N
IFY{4 SPACEs}";:GOSUB20 :REM*198 AME ";N$:PRINT:POKE19,0 :REM*228
130 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN130 :REM*198 35 0 IFA$="2"THENOPEN2,1,1,N$:GOTO360
140 A=ASC(A$)-48:IFA<1ORA>4THEN130 ;REH*198 :REM*17 3
150 ONAGOTO37,155,230,1000 :REM*26 355 OPEN2,8,2,"@0:Q"+NS+",S,W" :REM*92
151 REM #### INPUT Q+A ##§§ :REM*43 360 F0RI=1T0X :REM*97
155 Z=X:POKEBO,1:P0KEBA,1 :REM*9 365 PRINTjSi2,AA$(I) :REM*12
160 PRINT"tSHFT CLR}(CTRL 3)":GDSUB20:PRINT 370 PRINT^2,BB$(I) :REM*113
"{CTRL 9){2 SPACEs)1-EXIT{2 SPACEs}2-EN 375 NEXT:PRINT#2,"QQ":CLOSE2:PRINT"(SHFT CL
TER QUESTION AND ANSWER{3 SPACES)";:GOS R)":GOTO40 :REM*8
UB20 :REM»252 377 REM #HHH LOAD ##### :REM«232
170 R=9:C=0:GOSUB30 :REM*8 380 PRINT"(SHFT CLR)(CTRL 2)" :REM*87
171 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN171 :REM*113 385 GOSUB20:PRINT"{CTRL 9)(6 SPACES)1-EXITf
172 IFA$="1"THEN119 :REM*240 5 SPACES}2-TAPE(5 SPACEs)3-DISK{6 SPACE
173 IFA$="2"THEN175 :REM*99 s}";:GOSUB20 :REM«70
174 G0T0171 :REM*248 387 PRINT"(CTRL 9)118 SPACEs)LOAD{18 SPACES
175 Z=Z + 1:X=X+1:IFX>101THENX=101:Z=101;GOTO HCTRL 0}"; :REM*176
200 :REM*251 390 GETA$:IFA$=""THEN390 :REM*141
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On-line with
TeleLearning
By MARGARET MORABITO

ovative methods of teaching and Tele-Learning's Electronic Univer evaluations of your progress along
learning are beginning ii> appear ai all sity is die network through which tile way.
levels ofschooling, with the microcom students and teachers exchange
puter as a key element in tliis changing information using their microcom Types of Courses
atmosphere. The computer has the po puters. The courses are taught by in The Electronic University offers
tential to dramatically reshape the way structors from all across the country, non-Credit Courses, including tutoring
the teaching-learning process occurs; who prepare lessons and transmit programs for children, personal-im
however, we've been slow to deter correspondence lo their students provement courses and courses lo
mine how the computer can effect a from the comfort of their own offices. strengthen business and profession'
positive change. TeleLearning classes feature direct al skills. The university also offers
An obvious use for the computer interaction between students and in courses for credit and degree-grant
has been in the teaching of computer structors, something thai cannot he ing programs. (For a sampling of
programming, but now many schools done in any other kind of corre Telel-earning's offerings, see Table ].)
are Starting lo use it as a teacher's spondence course, Course credits and degrees are is
aid in subjects that arc totally unre The TeleLearning network offers sued only by accredited institutions;
lated (o computer science. Moreover, over 140 courses to all ages, on many the Electronic University acts only as
there is an even more valuable ap topics and for a variety of purposes. a network system through which
plication for the computer thai can Through Electronic University, you courses and instruction are deliv
benefil home users in particular. can register for a course to aid you ered. All courses for credit require
The computer can be a Central Hg- in your work or for personal ad that you take a proctored final exam
ure, not a supplemental tool, in the vancement. Your children can regis at a library or a college in your area.
teacher-student relationship, Any ler for tutoring programs. High Degrees offered are Associate in
one who has a home computer can school graduates can take CLEF (Col Arts, Associate in Science in Manage
participate in computerized online lege Level Examination Program) ment, iSachelor of Arts. Bachelor of
instruction at home, while still hav preparation courses. Qualified stu Science in Business Administration,
ing the benefit of communication dents can register lor college-level Master ot Business Administration
with a live instructor. courses that will earn them legitimate (general MBA), MBA in Individual Fi
An on-line service in San FranciSCO college credit. You can even matri nancial Planning and MBA in Tech
has been actively doing something to culate as a student at an undergrad nology/Engineering Management
advance the use of computers it) tin- uate or graduate school. There arc two methods of study:
home for computer-based instruc Though this form of education disk-based courses and on-line sem
tion. Telel.earning Systems, Inc., is lacks the physical connection, it is inars. The disk-based courses have all
an on-line communication network full of possibilities for personal in of their lessons preprogramined onto
that provides a conduit for course teraction with Instructors and other floppy disks. When you register for
work by computer rather than by Students. It also allows you to pro a course-, you automatically purchase
classroom instruction. ceed at your own pace and receive the course disks and the accompa-
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nying textbooks from TeleLearning. when compared to the actual physi questions for the counselors to an
{Von may buy the hooks locally, if cal process. Once you have sent your swer. However, you gel a quicker re
you wish.) enrollment information to iele- sponse by calling TeleLearning and
The disk-based courses are conve Learning over the modem lines, your asking your questions over the
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every time you want to do ;i lesson, •18 hours you receive on-line confir you intend to enroll in a degree-
and you may stari whenever you mation of your enrollment There granting program, you must take a
wish. Each lesson usually involves after, you and any members of your counseling session, for which there
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traditional forms of study. After com versity for any of its services.
Interaction with Your Instructor
pleting a lesson, you send your The first thing you'll want to access
answers io your Instructor electron from the University is its counseling Interaction with your instructor
ically. Only after you have Finished a service. This is an on-line commu comes through the electronic mail that
lesson will you be allowed to advance nications option in which you answer the Electronic University offers. The
to the next one. several questions about your educa instructor for my Introductory Mar
Your lessons are sent lo your in tional goals and background. You keting course went over my lesson
structor's electronic mailbox, and re also have die opportunity lo list your homework and tests and sent com-
sponses are transmitted back to you
in the same manner. You should
Srmiiiiir Scries Aniei ii ll11 Miston
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l-egnl Rights
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Hutu,in Sexuality
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Learning, you'll need its system di^k, V<icaliul;n > Development
Computers and Data Processing
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the Electronic University course cata C!u 11 nary Arts
Wind Processing Kiiinl.iiiiriii:ik
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Salts Managemenl
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to Telenet or Tymnet. You will be lii-i i«iim Making
Humanities
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VV'i iui'ii Expression in hnoloRlcn] Managerial
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Anii-i it .in Literature
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Al! procedures on the TeleLearning Weslei Ii < itvili^ilion
network are menu-driven and easy to
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had four textbooks and workbooks 1800 colleges and universities nation
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WITH THE ULTIMATE a Ph.D. from Penn State and an MBA The Electronic University simply pre
from the University of California al pares you to take those tests; it doesn't
INTERFACE Berkeley. Instructors are often either actually award credit itself.
graduate students or retired univer
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sity professors.
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^iidgi: iwm code (uf ific C'-MS Bafic -unl Kcinal
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gaps wluucever Yik will ^cc ind jndcniind ihc pur
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admission into the Electronic Uni Masters,
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us work, personal experience or cor particular course. the ability of a person lo learn In
respondence study. You should check Someone who works full time and this method. Frankly, I was impressed
with your local college on its credit- doesn't have the luxury of having a with ihe course-work materials and
awarding polity before taking any college nearby might want to look the curriculum, and with the fail thai
courses for which yon hope to gain into the Electronic University. The I could interact with my instructor
credit through Electronic University, physically handicapped or those liv when I wanted or needed lo.
The courses tiiat were available in ing in remote locations would The Electronic University puts into
early June varied in price from S-l"> benefit greatly from TeleLearning. action what many have just dreamed
to $300. The lees reflect ilic variety Children could also benefit from the about. It is still young and has much
of offerings and whether or not a wide range of class offerings given room for development. However, it's
course is college level. by teachers from many geographical a step in the right direction and al
locations. ready shows great promise as an on
Who Benefits from
I sec the Electronic University as a going source of educational Main ing.
Electronic University?
good opportunity for supplementing TeleLearning is the only on-line
Tlte Electronic University offers in your formal education, not as a com educational sen-ice available to C-64
dividualized instruction and courses plete replacement for a classroom- or C-128 owners. The Plato Home-
given by educators from all across the based education. Ii provides valid op link service offers online courses,
nation. You don'l have to physically tions for those who want to take extra but doesn't link up with Commodore
attend classes at specific times, and, courses (credii or non-credit) to com computers and doesn't offer credit
often, the cost is less than that for plement their previous educational toward college degrees.
Full-time study. course work. For children, teenagers How can you find out more infor
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 Commodore Helps
Pay the Bills
Paying your bills can be a painful procedure.
Let your Commodore take the tedium out of this task
by printing professional-looking checks, a record of each entry
and a running balance of your transactions.

By WAYNE MNETT

There are many time-honored meth Most banks can provide tractor- cheek number and the date to appear
ods for coping with monthly bills, but feed checks iii a variety of formats, dii the checks.
the tnosi common is probably the pen- imprinted with your name and ac The screen then clears and asks for
in-hand technique. The procedure is count number. Many other suppliers the amount of each preformatied
usually ilie same and begins with a of business forms, including Radio check. If for some reason one of your
search for the checkbook. Will ii be in Shack, have a good selection of regular creditors isn't getting paid
the giovebox this time or still in a bag checks with detachable stubs, carbon this month, just hit the return key
with the groceries? After shaking out less copies and other features, such and that cheek will be skipped.
some lotisl- dry cleaner's receipts, you as matching window envelopes. When all the prefonnatted check
prepare to wage war on personal debt 1 use all-purpose checks available amounts have been entered, the dis
with a calculator, scratch pad and ball from Moore Computer Supplies, PO play asks for payee, amount and
point pen. Box 20, Wheeling, li. 60090 (catalog memo for any additional payments.
If this sounds familiar, welcome no. 1.1 7566). The spacing and labs in The memo line is for an account
aboard. Many small businesses han the printout section of the listing are- number or any other information
dle their finances the same way. But designed lo fit the Moore checks, but you would normally jot on a hand
handwriting personal checks and Check Writer can be adapted ti> any written check.
posting them individually to a ledger other style. After the last one is "written," just
or account register invites errors and Whatever type of check you decide hit the return key without typing an-
wastes time. And consider this: Over to use, you might find it well worth Othei payee's name. Entering a blank
the years, how many nearly identical the nominal service Fee io maintain payee line or exceeding ">U total
checks will you handwrite for such a separate account for computer- checks terminates the input portion
things as your mortgage payment or printed checks, used only for your of the program.
electric bill? li seems as though some monthly bills, [t's easier to keep track It's important to position (he
of these repotil ive tasks could he of a budget, and you no longer carry blanks carefully in the printer, so thai
automated. your financial records in your pocket the Information will appear in ils
Cheek Writer prints proii-ssional- or purse. proper place. A row of asterisks
looking checks and a record of each should appear at the top of the first
entry. It also maintains a running check. Before you begin printing
balance of your transactions. You your checks, make sure the asterisks
Writing Checks are in the proper place. If they are,
don't have to enter anything except
the amount of payment. Your check Run the program after putting press II to proceed with printing; if
amount is automatically entered into blank checks in the printer. The they aren't, reposition the blanks and
the check register, so if you some display prompts you for beginning press f7 for another test row. It won't
times put one amount on a check balance, deposits and bank service lake long before you get it righl the
and enter a different figure in the charges. These are optional, but you first time.
register or ledger, then this program ean"t keep accurate records without While the checks are printing, a
should he of Interest to you. thein. You also provide the first subroutine converts tin- numeric dol-

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74 / RUN SEPTEMBER 1985 C64-.G-128 tin G64mde); printer

 Circlo 96 on

lar amounts to English. For instance)

564.95 appears with a dollar sign and
"five hundred .sixty-four and 95/100"
is primed on the appropriate line.
After the checks are completed, re
turn the printer to normal operation
by removing the blanks and install
ing regular paper. Press II to prim
die summary, which recaps the pre
ceding activity and provides an end
ing balance. The summary gets its
information from the same arrays as On Screen Status Display
the checks, so there shouldn't be Oversew of FONTMASTER
pannes. word processor features:
i imuhi

On each check, the program prims If Powe'Iul Nock mflnipulauon

commands (Cut, Pasie, Move, Overlay)
a check number, which must match A ■ Curior location 2) Usor - frienOiy elrecla incfude (fonl5F
G ■ Scroll it»flic«To'
the imprinted numbers on your G ■ Prmi failure* cu'rsnfly Ming uud
supe^iub scrips, underlining, bold lace,
ate)

blanks. Make sure the first number D

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Filename cria-i
Portffnr*fl( o' RAW (nnniQi|i| ul«J OjUp To eiflht diflereni fonls can tie used
4irn(iliuieoij3ly.
you enter is the same as the one on f R- r" (ilto mantQa MM)
C - i'.-.-U-i! r.V-'.lMi'J;
*) Many prinlinQ options such as page number-
your first check, and the ii'si will lake H , 'SlOCk mir-dfl ||iq
inrj. Tltfes. v#oia wrap, nght }U5tificaTion. ano1
1 ■ Inuri mMB riiQ
care of themselves.
more

K - Humr>flr oi [he curiam tent 5) Eiflni disk rfO commands jGave. Load, Verify.
L ■ Nam* Of ttn EUirenr font Eraso. Eic )
Finc-Tuning Cttata Your Own or choosn from ovar 15 lype styles provided In this unlqua program.
Including:
It's easy to customize the printout
Bouhaus English
section of the program if your checks
Blook Italic itop
are a different style. After you type in
Bo I d Hn I ria I n itopbold
and save the program, run il with some
dummy entries and print them on reg
The Xotoc Fontmastor jequtres:
ular paper. Then compare the posi
tioning of the various items with your
checks. The value of SI' determines the
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number of spaces, or line feeds, be

tween entries, as well as the distance
Sal.ua, KS 67101
between individual checks (yours may
be taller or shorter I ban mine).
When typing in the program, sub Circle 81 an Ru.iUor Service card.

stitute actual names and payment

memos for the Data statements in BACKUP
lines 350-390. You can have more or
less than the five preformatted checks PROTECTED SOFTWARE
shown in the listing, as long as die
last one is identical to line 400. Any
additions should lie squeezed in be
with COPY II 64
tween the existing five lines, so the
rest of the program line numbers will I'Yom the team who first brouqhl you COPY II PLUS (Apple), COPY II PC
be unchanged. (IBM) and COPY II MAC (Macintosh) comes a revolutionary new copy
You may want additional infor program for the Commodore 64, COPY II 64!
mation on your checks, such as mail
ing addresses or invoice numbers.
• Copies most* protected software — automatically.
The CS array, which presently can- • Copies even protected disks in just ?>V> minutes.
tains payee, amount and memo, can
• Maximum of four disk swaps on a single drive.
be expanded to include whatever you
need, Experiment with SP ami TAB • Copies half and full tracks.
until everything ends up in the light
• Requires just one 1541 drive on the Commodore 64.
place.
This program completes a tedious Call M-F 8-5:30 (W. Coast time) with your SI 33 : 503/244-5782.
and unpleasant task more quickly Or send a check (add $3 s/li, $8 overseas) to
and accurately than was ever possible
wiiii the ballpoint-pen method. And CENTRAL POINT
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 64 Perfect Typist
By JAMES E.B0RDEN

How many titties have you typed in run 6-4 Perfect Typist. Two SYS num
a long program listing only to find bers will be displayed on your screen.
a Syntax error or Out-of-Dala error Jot these down and keep them handy.
come upon your screen after running They are lite SYS numbers for deac
the program? It's quite easy to make a RUN 'v long-awaited tivating the checksum and reactivat
simple litde typographical error when ing it.
cfiecksum program
typing in Basic program listings; find You might want to deactivate the
ing thai little error, however, is not at isfinally \wrel checksum in the middle of your pro
all easy. Sometimes, the line men gram entry for some reason. The only
tioned in the error message actually
Noxv you can be sure that way to accomplish this, besides turn
isn't the line that has been mistyped. ing off the power, is to type SYS
all the C-64 jwograms
This is particularly confusing for new 40794 and press the return key. Si
computerists. you type infrom RUN multaneously pressing the run/stop
This is when a checksum utility and restore keys won't disable li! Per
program is invaluable. By loading
will work the first time fect Typist.
and running the checksum liefore witliout errors. After 64 Perfect Typist has been
you begin to type in a program list loaded and run, start typing in your
ing, you'll have the computer as an program lines just as you ate nor
ally, not a foe. The computer itself mally accustomed to doing. 'Ihe only
evaluates each line thai you type in. difference is that after you have
If you make any errors, you arc no pressed the return key to log in your
tified at the cud of each line, rather line, a one-, two- or three-digit num
than at the end of the entire program. ber will appear below the line on the
MJN's checksum program, 64 Per ber a! the en<l of the line in the mag left-hand margin. This number, the
fect Typist (Listing 1). will help en azine, you will know that the line you checksum, will be between 0 and 255.
sure thai all C-64 programs yon type have typed in is correct. If the two If the number matches the check*
in from RUN will work the ilrst time numbers do not match, then just Mini value given in the program Listing,
without errors. (Tins program will check over your line and llx your the line is correct, and you can type the
also work with the C-12K in C-64 typing error. next line right over the previous line's
mode, but not with VIC-20, Plus/4 or checksum value. If the checksum val
How to Use 64 Perfect Typist ues are different, look through the line
C-IC programs.)
You will notice that this month's Type in 64 Perfect Typist and save it for typing or spelling errors. (Sec the
C-64 listings all have a :REM*### at to either tape or disk before running section entitled "Correcting Lines,"
the rightmost margin of each line. Do it. If you make a mistake entering ihe below.) Make any needed changes and
mil type in these RJSM statements! They Data Statements, a message will he hit the return key again. Continue un
are there only for comparison with primed on your screen. Correct any til the program is finished.
your screen checksum number, [f the errors and save the new version. When you have entered your pro
checksum number shown on your When you want to type in a C-64 gram, disable 64 Perfect Typist (by
screen matches the checksum num- program from RUN, first load and typing the SYS disable number that

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 Cltcle 116 on Roatior Service cord.

is shown on the start-up screen), and

then save the program as usual. If
you run the program and get an Out-
WH€R€'S TH€
of-Memory error, turn the computer
off and back on. This will clear 64
Perfect Typisi out of memory.
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Use the shift key only where it is microsecond sampling time.

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If keyword abbreviations are used, • 16 high voltage'high current

discrete output
they are much easier to read in this
• 1 EPROM socket
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• Use multiple boards tor additional
for PRINTS is P and a shifted R, not channels up to 6 boards
?#. ?# isn't the same as PRINT* or
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What Does Perfect Typist Check? However, since the spaces in die fol in the listing, check for spelling errors
The following features are in lowing lines are not inside quotes, first. This includes misspelled key
cluded in RUN's 64 Perfect Typist the spaces will DO) matter and the words and text. Carefully compare
program. checksum value will be the same any text in quotes with the listing.
whether the spaces are used or not. If spaces are used within quotes in
• The line is checked only after it has
20 F()KX= I0TO20 the listing) they must be used when
been crunched by Basic. This allows
•30 the line is entered. If you want to
PRINT and ? lo give the same check
20 FOkX = K1TO20 change the spacing, first type in the
sum value. If limj; lines require Basic
•30 line to get the proper checksum
keywords to l>e abbreviated, the
Also, do not include spaces in key value. This will ensure lhat any Basic
checksum value will still be correct.
words (PR INT, for example), as this commands on the line will be entered
A misspelled keyword (or an invalid
will cause the wrong checksum. If you correctly. After you have a working
abbreviation) will cause the check
are in doubt, enter the line exactly program, you can add or delete
sum value to be wrong. Here are
as listed. spaces within quotes as you wish.
some examples:
• The order of the characters will Also, check the line number to be
10? X sure it is correct. If it isn't, be sure
affect the checksum value. Non-
•50 to change it Also, correct or delete
matching checksums will prevent
10 PRINT X
transposing letters or numbers (most any lines you accidentally entered
*50 with the wrongnumher. l'"orexample,
imponant in Pokes). The following
10 1'RINP X
examples will show (his: if you were lyping line number 10011
•124 from the listing and you missed lyp
10 POKE 57.13
The first two lines give t'le same ing a zero (giving you line number
•242
checksum value, since ? is the abbre 100), you would have to reenter the
10 POKE 78,13
viation for PRINT (see your user's original line 100, then correct and
•226
manual). However, the last line gives reenter line 1000.
Although the same letters are used If you just can"t gel (he correel
a different checksum value because
in the example below, the checksum checksum value by ediiing the line,
PRINT ("PRINP") is misspelled.
values are different because the try moving the cursor down a few
• Spaces mailer only if they are
printed text would be different. lines and lyping the entire line again.
within quotes. Because a space within
quotes will affect (he program, il 20 PRINT "STOP" You may have a shifted space in it or
•10fi something else that "looks" right, hut
will also affect the checksum value.
20 PRINT "POTS" isn't. If thai fails, write down the line
Spaces outside quotes increase read
-94 number and return to it later.
ability, so they can usually be elimi
In summation, Mask keywords can After using RUN's <i<l Perfect Typ
nated if you like. Here are a few
be abbreviated; text (meaning any ist, debugging should become a thing
examples:
thing other than Basic keywords) of the past. C'.ei the correel checksum
10 A$-"XZ"
.should always match the listing; and as you go, and your programs should
•102
the spacing within quotes must be cop run the first time. 50
io A$="xr
ied exactly.
•8

Correcting Lines James E. Bordm, 641 Admit Road, Car

These two lines would give different
checksum values since they would af If the checksum shown on the lisle, PA 17013, is the author of 64 Perfect
screen does not match the one given Ty/iist, RUNX checksum progravi.
fect the running program differently.

Listing 1. 64 Perfect Typist program.

10 POKE56,PEEK(56)-1:POKE52,PEEK{56):CLR 130 DATA 003,162 ,103,160 ,003,142 ,004,003

20 PG=PEEK(56):ML=PG*256+60 140 DATA 140,005 ,003,096 ,234,234 ,173,104
30 FORX=ML TO ML+154:READD:T=T+D:POKEX,D:NE 150 DATA 003,141 ,004,003 ,173,105 ,003,141
160 DATA 005,003 ,096,032 ,124,165 ,132,011
XT
40 IFT<>16252 THEN PRINT"ERROR IN DATA...": 170 DATA 162,000 ,142,240 ,003,142 ,241,003
END 1 80 DATA 189,000 ,002,240 ,051,201 ,032,208
60 POKEML+4,PG:POKE ML+10,PG:POKE ML+16,PG 190 DATA 004,164 ,212,240 ,040,201 ,034,208
70 POKE ML+20,PG:POKE ML+32,PG:POKE ML*38,P 200 DATA 008,072 ,165,212 ,073,001 ,133,212
210 DATA 104,072 ,238,241 ,003,173 ,241,003
G
220 DATA 041 ,007 ,168,104 ,024,072 ,024,104
80 POKE ML+141,PG
89 PRINT"{SI!PT CLRHCRSR RT) *************** 230 DATA 016,001 ,056,042 ,136,016 ,246,109
***********************" 240 DATA 240,003 ,141 ,240 ,003,232 ,208,200
250 DATA 173,240 ,003,024 ,101 ,020 ,024,101
90 SYS MLIPRINT "{CRSR RT1** 64 PERFECT TYP
260 DATA 021 ,141 ,240,003 ,169,042 ,032,210
1ST IS NOW ACTIVE(2 SPACES)*•"
270 DATA 255,169 ,000,174 ,240,003 ,032,205
100 PRINT "{CRSR RT}** SYS"ML"=ON{5 SPACES)
280 DATA 189,162 ,004,189 ,211,003 ,032,210
SYS"ML+30"=OFF **"
101 PRINT"(CRSR RT)******************•***** 290 DATA 255,202 ,016,247 ,164,011 ,096,145
**************";HEW 300 DATA 013,032 ,032
110 DATA 173,005,003,201,803,208,001,096
120 DATA 141,105,003,173,004,003,141,104
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 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

Easy Assembly IV
By WILLIAM B. SANDERS

In previous installments, 1 intro the cursor to the home position. Thai

duced you to machine language and mav not look like a lot. Inn when you
described how to put together an as- consider what it would take to clear
sembler written in Basic. Now you're
Noxu that you have an assem every character and background color
l set to start writing assembly lan bler, we'll show you how to use on the screen, it's really a good deal
guage programs with an assembler. oi work.
some of Commodores built-in
If you're using the RUN assembler
(the one we developed in my last two
tools that simplify writing The Kernal

installments) you'll find a couple of your own assembly language Not all ill' the subroutines are as
small differences from standard as simple to execute as SF"'44. However,
programs.
semblers. These differences will be using the built-in subroutines makes
discussed when the need arises. How it a lot easier to program in assembly
ever, using any standard assembler, language. The most important col
you should be able to copy the pro lection of subroutines in your C-64
grams in this column and run them Like the REM statements, it helps or VIC-20 is collectively called the
on your Commodore. remind you what your code means Kernal.
Beginning on page'270 of the Com-
in a program.
Built-in Machine Language Routines modore 6-1 Programmer's Reference Guide
Now that you have some code with
First, crank up your assembler and and page 182 of the VIC-20 Pmgiom-
Which u> work, lei's see what it does.
go into the Edit mode. (Your RUN mw's Reference Guide is a description
1'heJSR opcode means jump to sub
assembler does this automatically, of each machine's Kernal. As you ad
routine. In Basic, you have to write
fusi enter the code and press the vance in lliis column, you'll be learn
your own subroutines, but in assem
return key after each entry. Alter you ing how to use several of the Kernal
bly language, the mosl useful sub
enter RTS, enter Q to quit.) Enter routine-, are built-in. The operand, subroutines. For those of you who
the following code: $E544, represents the address of the want to jump ahead, take a look at
your reference manuals. The most
LABEL OPCODE OPERAND COMMENT subroutine you're accessing. Thus,
important of the Kernal subroutines
JSR SE544
deals with I/O (input/output).
|SR SE544
means, "Co execute the subroutine For example, a subroutine called
RTS
at the address $E544." This is some CHROUT. located at $FFD2 (65490),
Note the four fields: Libel, opcode, thing like outputs a character to the screen, and
operand and comment. Your RUN GF.TIN. at SFFE-1 (65508), gets a char
C.OSUU 58692
assembler only lias the opcode and acter from your keyboard.
operand fields, so you don't have to in Rasic. The main difference is that
worry about the label and comment you used the hexadecimal address
Non-Kernal Subroutines
fields. The label field can be used SF.">44 instead of the equivalent dec
imal value 58092. (You could have Besides the subroutines in your
like a line number that you access
used [SR 58692, but it's good practice Kernal. there are subroutines scat
with a Goto or Gosub statement, as
lo start using and thinking in terms tered all over your machine's insides.
in Basic. Your RUN assembler simply
of hexadecimal numbers lor the Your reference manuals also have
uses the addresses instead of labels.
However, you won't be using the la built-in routines in your Commo diese subroutines listed. (See p. 310
dore. It may be a little confusing at of your (.Mil's reference guide and
bel field for a while.
first, but in the long run it will make p. 170 of your VlC-20's guide.)
The commenl field is used like a
things a lul simpler.) For example, last month the HI'S
REM in Basic. Code in the comment
What does the subroutine at SKfi 14 assembler was tested with the sub
field is ignored when your program
is Compiled into machine language. do? It clears the screen and returns routine at SD021 (.r.:t2Hl). which

82/RUN SEPTEMBER 1985

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changed the background color of and replaced by the operand value. a program thai you can use to set
your screen. Depending on ilie value For example: your foreground and background
you put in th:it address, your screen color. Choose your own background
LDA #1
will turn different colors. and foreground colors in lines 2 and
I,DA# 1 (ROW assembler)
In this case, you do not use theJSR 4 by changing the values 7 and 8 in
command to access the built-in rou That means you place the value 1 the operand field. Note that ibe RUN
tine, but, instead, you change its into your accumulator. Assembler uses different opcode/op
value. In still other cases, you will The question, of course, is what erand conventions in some cases; so
want to gei the values from the rou can you do with a single value in a to avoid confusion, I've included two
tine. Sometimes, this is simply done single register? Well, to be honest, source-code listings. (See Listing 1
with the JSR command; at oilier there isn't a lot you can do. However, and Listing 2.)
times, you must move the value into using the value in the accumulator Knter only one of the name listings.
a register. along with values in other registers, Save the program under the name
the built-in subroutines and die dif "COLOR," and you'll see how it can
Let's GO! ferent instructions, there's a lot you later he used from a llasic program.
You've spent enough time with the can do. For those of you using a standard
ory; it's time you gel into some real In order to move a single value out assembler, set (he object code origin
trouble With a program. You'll start Of the accumulator, you need an in at 49152 or SC000. using ORG SC0OO,
with one of the most often-used op struction to it. The first one you'!! * = $C00O or whatever convention
codes, LDA. consider is STA, which means siore your assembler uses. The RUN assem
There are different addressing the accumulator. There are a lot of bler defaults lo $C00Q (49152).
modes for opcodes. You'll start with different STA modes, and you'll fust Using ilie KCY Assembler or other
the Immediate mode. The accumu be using the Absolute mode. assembler that saves files as PRG files,
lator, or ARcgisler, in the 0510 mi When you use STA, you use it with let's see how a machine language pro
croprocessor (or the 6502 for VIC an address. Thai means. "Store the gram can be incorporated into a Ba
users) is the workhorse of your com value in the accumulator in the ad sic program that will set your screen
puter. Among other chores, it holds dress." For example. colors for you.
numbers and sends them around (lie sure to check the machine lan
STA JC040
your computer When you give the guage filename of your program.
I.DA instruction in the Immediate would store the accumulator value in Some assemblers automatically add
mode, whatever value is in the op the address JC040. Using the I.DA a ".O" to a filename to indicate it is
erand, up to $FF (255), will be loaded and STA instructions together, you object code. If your assembler does
into the accumulator. Any number can get rolling. that, or uses some other "tail," be
in llie accumulator will be wiped out Let's start off by writing and saving sure to use that name in your Basic

Listing 1. Source code listingfor standard assemblers. Allows you to Listing 3. Use with standard assembler to load a value into the
set your screensforeground and background colors. accumulator and jump to a built-in subroutine that
prints characters and letters to Ik screen.

I X I.AUK1. OI'COIli: (H'l.RAND COMMEN1 l.N LABEL Ol'CODI (H'l'.KANIt COMMENT

|E544 iCIear screen 1 |SR SK5-M ;CLRJHOMK

JSR
o LDA #82 ;ISTCHR
I.DA </7 ;Choosc color value 0-15
$11021 ;Slore in background reg. 3 JSR SK71 (> ;TO SCRN
STA
[Choose color value 0-15 1 LDA #8:i 3ND CHR
LDA MX
5 PR SKTIti ; AGAIN
STA SD020 [Store in border reg.
li I.DA #7K
RTS
7
r |SR SK7II1
H RTS

Listing 2. Source code listingforRUN assembler. Allows you to set Listing 4. Use with the RUN assembler to perform the same
your screens foreground and background colors. functions as Listing 3.

\DI)KS OPCODE OPERAND \IHIKS OPCODR OPERAND

sv.:> 14 491S2 JSU SE544

49152 JSR

49155 LDA# 7 ■HI 155 LDA# 82

<l!H.ri7 STA SDO'JI ■unr>7 JSR SE716

491 GO LDA# B 49160 I.DA# 85

4(11 IV2 STA J0O2O I'JIti'-' JSR SE71C

19 I *K> RTS 49165

49167 JSR JE716
11)1711 RTS
program. Your RUN Assembler adds gramming, will all of my knowledge Q: I use an Epson RX-80 primer, a
an "address tail," so you would put he wasted when a new microproces Cardco Interface and the Merlin As
"COLOR 49152" as the filename.) sor is introduced? Isn't it better to sembler. When I list or ASM to the
learn a higher-level language, such as printer, everything is in lowercase. Is
10 PRINT CHRS(147)
21) [FK-OTHEN K=l : LOAD Basic, Forlli or Pascal, which can be there any way lean have the output all
"COLQR-,8,1 : REM CHECK YOUR used on any machine, than to need uppercase or upper- and lowercase?
FILENAME separate instruction sets for diHerein A: Funny you should ask..Since I have
:iu 8VS 49182 i REM YOUR SCREEN microprocessors? a similar setup. I had the same prob
COLOR CHANGE lem. I talked with Tom Burns at Roger
A: Boy, dial's a rough one. First of all.
■111 PRINT "Your screen colors are under
there are "families" of microproces Wagner Publishing, the makers of
assembly language controir
sors that are developed with similar in Merlin, and they gave me a simple
50 END
struction sets. For example, the 6510 is and effective fix. Load up (he llasic
All light, timv that you have seen program, Merlin. List line (i() and
related io ihe 850'-' in the new Com
Inik to use the I.DA and STA Instruc
modore 128. So, if you upgrade to a change the eleventh value from a 0
tions together to do something use
(M'28, you may only have to learn a io 100. It should look like this when
ful, let's learn how i<> use I.DA with
few additional opcodes (if any) and the you're finished:
JSR. Enter Listing '.\ (Listing -1 if you
new addresses of built-in subroutines, 60 DATA 8,16,0,0,128,60,7,80,128,0.160,97,
have the RUN assembler) io load a
Commodore has been very good 14,2<).:si
value into [he accumulator and jump
about using the same Kurnal addresses
to a built-in subroutine thai prints Then add line 05 as:
on various machines. Once you learn
characters and letters to ihe screen. 65 POKE 41191,97
how in "think" in terms of assembly
Now, wasn'i thai ;i barrel of fun?
language, the added registers, address- Save the file as MF.RI.IN.O, or some
[f you didn'i think so, try changing
the program to write your name.
Ing modes and instructions of the similar name, so you'll have it avail
more advanced microprocessors give able when you want to print (o your
(Having accomplished that. iT you
you added tools. You can still use your printer.
Still want to have a really good lime.
old skills, but you can develop new We don't have an Assembler of the
use that routine to write a letter to
ones as well. Month in (his installment, but we will
somebody.
However, you are right in assert have one again nexl month. H
ing that the higher level languages
Questions and Answers
are more transportable. You have Address nil author correspondence in
Q: After I spend a loi of time learn to consider the quality of what is William li. Sanders, 8982 Stimsm Court,
ing 6510 assembly language pro i ran sported. San Diego, CA 92129,

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To Yourself
While REM statements can be important,
sometimes you need a little more space and room.
This program removes all those non-essential,
memory-consuming REMs,

By PETER A. MARIKLE

The Remark (REM) statement is llie minor differences in the Plus/4 two nested loops. The primary loop
[he easiest keyword to learn, yet it is version. Listing I is a Bask loader copies the original line links as ten
often neglected by beginners ;m<i al that puts the required machine lan tative links for llie new line and
ways ignored by the microprocessor. guage into the cassette buffer. It's copies the line-number bytes. Ihc
However, it can be most indispens fully relocatable by simply changing secondary loop then copies each byte
able because ii can give yon valuable ihc value ofN in line 200. II you use of the line to its new position in the
tape, put it in high RAM at 49152 or new line. Whenever it encounters a
information about whal a program
any other safe place. zero byte for "end of line," it recom
is doing.
Eventually, a worthwhile program Once the machine language is putes the ■■tentative links" and sub
will need to be modified for other or tucked away, load your own program. stitutes the recomputed bytes as the
Enter FRE(0) if you'd like to compare correct links. If no RF,M is encoun
newer applications, If you've ever
tried to alter a poorly documented before-and-after program sizes. Then tered, it's as if every byte had been
program—even one yun created— erase the REMs by typing in picked up and replaced in its original
yon know how irksome and time-con position.
SYS828:CLR
suming ;i task it can be, And the les When a REM byte (decimal 143) is
Obviously, you must change the SYS found, one of two paths is taken. If
son probably changed your REM if you've relocated the machine lan the REM byte is in ihc middle of a
habits. guage elsewhere. Don't forget the line, ii is replaced with a zero byte.
So, why am 1 offering a mility thai CLR instruction, or important point Technically, the /en. is placed one
wipes out thousands of Valuable REM ers and links won't reset properly. address lower ihan the REM, thus
bytes in microseconds? To make Now run your program.
more memory spate available, I had overwriting the colon thai would or
I suggest you use a monitor pro dinarily precede the REM. Ihe re
some 28K + programs in which 30%-
gram such as SuperMON to save the mainder of thai line is ignored, and
40% of the program space was oc
REM Killer machine language pro ihe recomputed link points lower in
cupied by REM statements. Thai sig gram to disk. Then you can load it any memory than the original. Return to
nificantly cut down on random ac
time using Ihc wedge % command ihe primary lonj) to examine ihe next
cess memory (RAM) for arrays, bit without disturbing any Basic program line of the original program.
map screens, and so on.
that may lie in memory. It llie REM byte immediately fol
Now I store on "archive" disks all
lows the line-number bytes, the pro
the original programs, including
How II Works gram backs up to eliminate that line,
their REM statements, and use the
Every Basic line is held in memory thus avoiding a program peppered
shorter, no-REM versions for actual
with a "header" block, consisting of with "zero length" lines dial not only
operations. The space saved on work
ing disks slightly improves program four bytes. The first two bytes lell ihe lake Up unnecessary space but also
microprocessor where to gel the next might confuse the Basic Interpreter.
execution time and reduces siring
"garbage collection" needs. line; the nexi two bytes contain the
A Few Tips
Basic line number itself. The header
Using the Program is followed by the actual content and lie sure your source program's Go-
tokens, with the end of the line sig subs and Gotos do not poinl at pure
Load and run REM Killer. First I'll
nified by a zero byte. REM lines. If you have mid-line
discuss using the REM Killer pro
The REM Killer program contains REMs, with spaces between the RKM
gram with the C-G-i; later. I'll address

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and the preceding colon, you'll end addresses used. The Plus/4 cassette tions 2(18-21.5, reserved for speech
up keeping the colon. This isn't di buffer begins at decimal 819, so REM software, are natural targets for ma
sastrous, but the inelegant look is Killer loads there, and SYS 819:GLR chine language programmers who
avoided if you exclude any unnec is used to activate it. If you use tape, need to borrow some zero-page.
essary spaces. you may want to locate it elsewhere. In every other respect, the Plus/4
The program uses zero-page stor I'd suggest protecting some high program is identical to the C-64 ver
age at decimal addresses 247-253. RAM from Basic and either storing sion. You may want to use- the internal
While using REM Killer, be sure thai it there or at location 1630, which is monitor to save a pine machine lan
you don't have an RS-2t52 device in the RAM area lor speech, with 142 guage version. It can then be loaded
use, nor any utility thai can interfere bytes available when speech isn't through the monitor without disturb
with this normally "free" zero page needed. ing Basic programs in memory. H
space. You can't use speech software
while using REM Killer anyway, since
The Plus/4 Version
1 stole some tfero-page "speech" space Address all author correspondence to
Listing 2 is the Basic loader for the for my program. Locations 247-254 Peter A. Marikle, 1506 Twisted Tree
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1. Do you have the advertised product in slock? KLE(2 SPACEs}10/84 :REM*76
2. If Ihe product is defective who handles the warranty? 200 N=828:REM FULLY RELOCATABLE-- CHANGE N
■i. What is tin.' uit;il price delivered to my door? AS DESIRED-- SVS N TO ACTIVATE :REM*244
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, 165, 251 :REM*36
STAR SGlo 518 DATA 133, 247, 165, 252, 133, 248, 160,
1, 177, 247 :REM*194
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Powcrtype D&ywhcel is CPS Xetec Super Graphite MEW, 152, 101, 249 :REM*136
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From p. 60.
The real technological challenge to
the list of computers in education
may ultimately lie in the development
of educational software. So far, de Flash Card Author
spite the proliferation of home edu
cational software packages on deal This simple educalional authoring program lets you create
ers' shelves and in some experimental electronic flash cards, save them in sequential disk files
school programs, this is an under
and recall them, as desired, for drill purposes.
developed area.
Most programs available for homes Flash cards can lie very helplul in any learning situation requiring memorization or
or schools teach only a few concepts practice. For example, if you arc learning a foreign language, you might wish io create
and a small number of facts in a very dun-card files containing the new rocabulary introduced in each lesson. Once created,
traditional way. Many of these pro llasli-card sets can be named, stored in sequential ilisk fill's anil then loaded into ihe

grams are intended for young audi main program for a practice session. At thi1 end of a session, the program will give you

ences and are designed as games in

an attempt to increase the student's How 10 Use It
attention .span and make learning
Type in the program and nm it Flash (lard Author will preienl yon with a menu of
fun. Those seeking more sophisti
program options, including some useful disk commands, Option 1 allows you to create
cated and comprehensive educational Hash-card sets. Sets may contain from 2-1 (1(1 flash curds. II yon arc learning new material,
programs at the high school or col aboul 20 cards is optimal. The program will prompt yon to entei lirsi side 1 and then
lege level will have to wait a while side 2 of each can). Cards will scroll up the screen as you create them. If you make an
longer. error, you can back up to correct ii by typing the @ symbol, However, any cards yuu
Perhaps the major reason for the hack nver to reach your error will lit1 erased, anil you'll have to re-create them. When

lack of more sophisticated software is yon are done entering Hash cards, type an asterisk at the nexl ride I prompt, ami you'll
thai educators are just beginning to he returned to ihe main menu.
Option 2 lets you load a previously saved Flash-card file from disk. Enter the name of
learn how to create it. Since most ed
ihe li!e ;it the prompt, and the program will load the file, check the disk error channel
ucators are not programmers, this is
and return you lo Ihe main menu. The error status will Ik1 reported on ;i separate line
taking some lime, but ii is happening.
above ihe menu. In similar fashion, option 3 saves the current (lash card file to disk.
In some cases, educators and pro
checks lot disk errors and returns you to the main menu.
grammers are working together in Option 1 lets you drill on the flash-card set currently In memory. Cords are presented
learns to create programs lo leach in random order. Either side of the card may be presented. Von must respond by typing
everything from mathematics to for what h on (he other side ofthe card and pressing the return key. [f you make a mistake,
eign languages. the program will present you with the correct answer and then proceed with the drill.
The program also gives you ihp choice of drilling only on side 1 of your Hash cards.
In oilier instances, some adventur
ous educators are finding themselves
This is useful if the material you are studying is in quesllan-and-answex format (lor
example, math problems). If this is the case, when you create the card set. put the
becoming programmers in order to
question on side I anil Ihe answer on side '2. To drill on side 1 only, select option <i
create the .software necessary lo take
from the main menu.
advantage of the computer's poten To end a drill session, simply type an asterisk at any prompt.The program will return
tial as an educational lool in their you u> ihe menu and give your score. Including the number right, the number wrong
own fields. and ihe percentage of correct responses.

In the latter ease, many educators Option 5 allows you to add cards to a Hash card file that is currently in memory. The @

are taking advantage of special au symbol and asterisk are used here [he same way they were in creating the original file.
Options 6, 7 and S permit you to perform some useful disk functions from iviihin the
thoring soli ware designed specifi
(■lash Card Author program. Option Ii reads the disk director) for you. Option 7 allows
cally lo let non-programmers create
you to scratch or erase .) disk file. Option H lets yon name and format a new disk to
educational programs without hav
hold Hash card files.
ing 10 master traditional computer
Flash Card Author is presented here as an example ol an educational authoring
languages such as Fortran, flask or program. Ii is also, however, a useful applications program in its own right. Feel Iree to
Pascal. modify ihe program to meet any special needs you might encounter. For example, special
These special programs are re characters could he added for foreign language Iliish cards.

ferred to as either educational If you would rather not type in the program yomself. send D blank disk, a se I fad dressed

languages or educational authoring ■lamped envelope and S'* to cover cosls, and we'll lie. glucl 10 send you a copy.

programs. Educational languages are

designed to simplify ihe creation of
educational programs while giving
facilitate the creation of educational Types of Educational Software
the programmer maximum flexibil
programs, but some programming Educational programs fall into one
ity in terms ofthe type of educational
program he or she is writing. ability is still required. of three categories: tutorials, simu
The most widely available educa Educational authoring programs lations and practice programs. Tu
tional language is Pilot, developed at permit the creation of a specific type torials are stand-alone programs that
Western Washington University. Ver of educational software. They are eas cover a discrete body of material.
sions of Pilot are available for most ier for the new or non-programmer Typically, tutorials present the user
popular home computers, including to use than an educational language with a series of information screens
the C-64, Atari and IBM. Programs like Pilot, but they lack Pilot's flexi in which information is presented in
written in the common subset ofPiloi bility. Flash Card Author, presented text or graphic form, or both. These
will nm on other machines. Pilot con below, is a simple educational au presentations are followed by prac
tains many special commands that thoring program. tices and tests.

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 Properly designed, tutorials can software. They are also! he most com mensely good at resisting change.
(like a tutor) provide students with mon. Aiioui 90 percent of the edu Proponents af this\ lew argue that ed
individualized instruction. For ex cational software available today is ucation is bound up in a rigid "school
ample, tests may be used in a pro of this type. Despite their simplicity, culture," in which teachers, parents
gram both to determine if a student these programs are very useful be and Students play much the same role
lias mastered the material and to di cause they are applicable to a wide they have for generations.
agnose learning problems. variety of subject matter, In almost Breaking down these cultural bar
Students who are having difficulty every field, there are facts, defini riers may be very difficult, even for an
with a particular concept can be pre tions, terminology and skills that art- innovation as profound as the com
sented with supplementary and best learned through memorization puter. This point of view envisions
review materials and their compre and practice. only a limited and specialized role for
hension tested again before material The many commercial programs the computer in edm at ion. The com
of a more complex nature is pre that provide math or spelling prac puter, they argue, is likely to remain in
sented. Because students can differ tice or teach such things as the slates the laboratory.
in both (heir ability to learn and in and (heir capitals are examples of A second, more optimistic, point
the way in which they learn, the abil this type of program. Because of their of view envisions widespread edu
ity of well-designed software to in narrow focus, practice programs are cational use of the computer both in
dividualize instruction is of great usually used in conjunction with tra the classroom and at home. Propo
interest to educators. ditional classroom approaches, such nents of this view argue that com
Simulations are programs in which as lecture and discussion. puters maybe used to strengthen the
students learn by participation— While practice programs can be traditional home-school lie. They
thai is, by playing an actual role in very useful, many educators feel that feel that such a role for computers
a given situation. The design prin in order lo realize its true potential may lead to a computer on every
ciples are the same ones used in so as a classroom tool, the computer desk, and, perhaps, in the not too
phisticated computer games. musl move beyond ibis stage of elec distant future, to a national com
For example, one commercial pro tronic flash cards to die point where puter-assisted instructional curricu
gram allows students to learn about it can stimulate higher levels of think lum for the elementary grades.
genetics by breeding bees. A well- ing, such as analysis and synthesis. In summary, improved and inex
known mainframe simulation, The This will require an extensive, ifnoi pensive microcomputers have made
City Manager Game, helps students massive, commitment to the devel the computerized classroom a tech
learn about public administration by opment of more sophisticated edu nological possibility. How Car and
having them assume the role of city cational software. how rapidly computer-assisted in
manager. In this role, they are con struction will penetrate the conven
fronted with typical managerial tional educational setting depends in
decisions and their responses are large measure on both the develop
Cultural Barriers to Computers ment of educational software and on
evaluated. A poor performance may
cost the manager his job. Other soft Improved hardware and more the willingness of those involved in
ware lets students do experiments in sophisticated software will not by the traditional school culture—
a chemistry laboratory, mixing chem themselves guarantee the computer's teachers, parents and students—to
icals and reagents to analyze the com entry into the traditional classroom. support such Innovations. S
position of an unknown substance. In order for this to happen, com
The possibilities seem endless and puters must gain the acceptance of
exciting. I iowever, Sophisticated sim teachers, parents and Students. This
ulations are the most difficult type may be more difficult than it appears
of educational programs to create. at first glance.
This is because they require an ex Ai a recent conference on "The Address all author correspondmce to
tensive theoretical understanding of School of the Future," held at Vander- William Parle, 3801 N. Monroe St., Still-
the phenomenon being simulated. hilt University, two viewpoints were water, OK 74075. Authors Parlr and Ad-
Drill and practice programs arc expressed by educators, The more pev kison are fmlitrcai srirnce teachers at
the simplest type of educational siniisiic suggests that schools are im Oklahoma State University.

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2067 PRINT :REM*129 3035 GET#1,A$,B$ :REM*194
2069 PRINT :REM*131 3040 C=0 :REM*14 7
2075 PRINT :REM*137 3041 IF A$<>""THEN C= :REM*110
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2077 INPUT R$ :REM*15 3055 GET Hy ,B$ REM*214
2080 IF R$ '1' THEN 190 ;REM*164 3056 IF ST<>0 THEM 3095 REM*239
2090 IF R$ '2' THEN 1150 :REM*70 3060 IF BS<>CHRS(3<5) THEN 3055 REM*171
2100 IF RS '3' THEN 700 :REM*138 3065 GET ffi,B$ REM*224
21 10 IF RS '4' THEN 290 :REM*72 3066 IF B$<>CHR$(34) THEN PRINT BS GOTO 30
2120 IF RS '5' THEN 3405 :REM*84 65 REM*205
21 35 IF RS '6' THEN GOSUB 3000 :REM*179 3070 GET #1,B$ :REM*229
21 37 IF RS '7' THEN GOSUB 31 35 :REM*231 3071 IF B$=CHRS(32) THEN 3070 :REM»130
21 42 '8' 31 05 :REM*12 3075 PRINTTAB(29); :REM*199
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21 44 IF RS '9' THEN 3400 :REM*206 3076 :REM»-56
21 46 IF R$ '10 "THEN END :REM*248 3080 :REM*194
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3000 PRINT" {SiiFT CLR)":PRINT :REM*19 3082 IF B$o"" THEN 3080 :REM*214
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3005 PRINT"{13 CRSR RTsHSHFT D] ISK {SHFT D 3090 IF ST=0 THEN 3030 :REM*68
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3006 PRINT :REM*47 3096 CLOSE 1 :REM*48
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301 5 PRINT"{SHFT LJENGTH (SHFT N)AME(18 SPA SHFT EKS11FT TUSHFT UKSHFT RKSHFT N
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31 20 :REM*208

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31 25 OPEN15,8,15,MACRO$ :REM*217
3130 CLOSE15 :REM*166
3131 MACROS^"": GOTO 3200 :REM*13
:REM*176
NOW - ANYONE CAN COPY 3132
31 35
REM DELETE
PRINT"(SHFT
FILE
E)NTER NAME OF FILE TO DEL

C64 CARTRIDGES - FAST! ETE";:INPUT DISKS:PRINT CHRS 13)

:REM*243
CBUS — lets you copy and store up to 17
3140 PRINT"{CTRL 9}(SHFT PJRESS RETURN TO D
cartridges on a single diskette. ELETE FILE.(CTRL 0)" :REM*38
3141 GET K$: IF K$="" THEN 3141 :REM*223
WE GUARANTEE STORAGE AND
3145 MACRO$="S:"+DISK$ :REM*183
PLAYBACK OF ALL STANDARD 3150 OPEN 15,8,15,MACROS :REM*242
3155 CLOSE15 :REM*191
COMMODORE 64 CARTRIDGES 3156 MACROS="" :REM*130
CBUS —The Cartridge Back-up System 3157 GOTO 3200 :REM*87
3160 REM DISK ERROR CHECKING :REM*128
for the Commodore 64 9 * ™• * 3 3200 OPEN 1,8,15 :REM*56
Price includes CBUS I Cartridge Snapshootor CBUS II Cartridge 3205 INPU'IV/1 ,A$,B$,C,D :REM*213
Emulator, Diskette with oil notossqry programs. Addilioriol 3212 PRINT"(SUFT CLR)(CTRL 9){SHFT E)RROR (
CBUS Hi available? for S69.95, Please add S3.00 lor shipping and
SHFT S}TATUS:(CTRL 0)"; :REM*168
handling.
3215 PRTNTBS :REM*85
PA residents please add 6%. 3220 CLOSE1 :REM*172
VISA, MC, CHECK, M.O. Accepted 3221 GOTO 2000 :REM*111
R.J. Brachman Atsoclatcs, Int. 3400 Q=7 :REM*165
P.O. Box 1077, Havertown, PA 190B3 3401 GOTO 290 :REM*168
CALL TOIL FREE — 1-8O0-CBUSC64 3405 PRINT Cl!R$( 147) :GOTO 260 : REM'16
IN PA — (215) 422 5J95
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From p. 10.
10 REM DAY OF WEEK ROUTINE
Encrypted filenames—Von can make 20 DATA SUN,MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT
it difficult For others i<> load your secret programs by 30 FORJ=0TO6:READWD$|J):NEXT
using unorthodox dummy characters to start their names. 40 INPUT"MONTI1, DAY, YEAR" ;MtJ,DY,YR
[[ doesn't matter which characters you use, and you don't 50 CY=YR:M=MN-2:IFM<1THENM=M+12:CY=CY-1
even have to remember them, since your loading method 60 Y=CY-INT(CY/100}*100
70 WD=Y-fINT(Y/4) + 1+DY + INT(2.6*M-.1999)
will decrypt them automatically.
80 WD=WD-INT(WD/7)*7:PRINTWDS{WD)
What's important is to use the same number of dummy
characters each time—perhaps something in the range R.E. Peat
ofS—5. The besi characters io use are those in the ranges Pittsburgh, PA
CHRt(0)toCHR$(31)andCHRS(ia8HoCHR$(159).A!so
try CHR$(20), the delete character, which really confuses
directory listings. A good example is: $24B Screen Poke Finder—When you're
Poking characters to the C-64 screen, determining [he
save a irsi i i:i] + a iRSi^d) + "real name".h
Poke addresses is not part of the fun. That's why I created
The secret to loading such programs is to use the the Poke Finder program. Type it in and run it, and if
question mark wild-card character. IT you use four dum your Data statements arc perfect, you'll be asked to delete
mies in naming the file, use lour question marks in some lines. Delete them, then save the program.
loading it. If you used three, use (href, and SO tin. In our When you run il from now on, it will seem to disappear.
example, you would use: Then you're free to program or to cursor around the
LOAD "??REAL NAME".8 screen, leaving, if you're skillful, a trail of truth and beauty.

Cornelius Vanderbiil To find the memory locations for any screen position,
New York, NV just move your cursor there and press the fl key. Like
magic, the numbers will materialize on screen! And since
Poke Finder doesn't interfere with Basic, you can use its
services while writing other programs. Simultaneously
Fortune COOkle—This generates some
pressing the run/Mop and restore keys kills Poke Finder,
interesting messages, which may be useful in predicting
while SYS49152 resurrects it.
the future. In tests against tea leaves and an out-of-roimil
crystal hall, its output was consistently equivocal. Anyway, 1 REM SCREEN POKE FINDER - CHRIS COMLEE
it's a highk amusing program, For nonstop entertain 2 FORJ=1TO180:READK:CS=CS+K:NEXT
ment, put a drlav at the end, then skip a line and loo]) 3 IFCS<>25844THENPRINT"DATA ERROR":STOP

hack to 730. 4 PRINT"DATA OK. DELETE LINES 2-4, THEN SAV

E.":END
700 REM FORTUNE COOKIE - MARCO BALAGUER 10 FORJ=49152TO49331:READK:POKEJ,K:NEXT:SYS
710 FORN=1TO10:READA$(N),B$(N),CS(N),D$(N): 49152:NEW

NEXT:S$=CHR$(32) 11 DATA 120,169,013,141,020,003,169,192

720 DEFFNA(X)=INT(RND{0)*10+1 ) 12 DATA 141,021,003,088,096,072,138,072
730 A=FNA(X):B=FNA(X):C=FNA(X):D=FNA(X) 13 DATA 152,072,165,215,201,133,240,003
7-10 PRINTS$A$(A)S$B$(D)S$C$(C)S$D${D) 14 DATA 076,172,192,056,032,240,255,140
750 DATA THEY,WILL,FIND,HER,ME,WON'T,EXPOSE 15 DATA 180,192,142,181,192,169,000,141
,PLANS 16 DATA 182,192,
,, 169,004,141 ,183,192,224
,00,,183,1
760 DATA RIVAL,DID,IGNORE,CONSEQUENCES,STRA 17 DATA 000,240,020,024,169,040,1
00000000
,,,,,00,0,182
NGER,MIGHT,LOVE,YOU 18 DATA 192,141 ,182,192,169,000,109,183
770 DATA SHE,MIGHTN'T,ADMIRE,ANOTHER,YOU,DI 19 DATA 192,141,183,192,202,208,236,024
DN'T,KNOW,THEM 20 173,180,192,109,182,192,141,182
DATA ,,,,,,

780 DATA FAMILY,CAN'T,PROTECT,US,WE,CAN,DEN 21 DATA 192,169,000,109,183,192,141,183

0000
Y,IT 22 DATA 192,024,173,182,192,105,000,141

790 DATA CHILD,MAY,DESPISE,MONEY,SUPERIOR,C 23 DATA 184,192,173,183,192,105,212,141

OULD,ACCEPT,HIM 24 DATA 185,192,024,162,000,160,024,032
25 DATA 240,255,169,083,032,210,255,169
Marco Balagiicr 26 DATA 061,032,210,255,174,182,192,173
27 DATA 183,192,032,205,189,169,044,032
Brooklyn, NY
28 DATA 210,255,169,032,032,210,255,169
29 DATA 067,032,210,255,169,061,032,210
30 DATA 255,174,1B4,192,173,185,192,032
Day of week routine—This routine 31 A
205,189,024,174,181,192,172,1
05,89,024,174,181,192,172,180
DATA

has ils origins in home computer antiquity, since a similar 32 DATA 192,032,240,255,104,168,104,170
000
33 DATA 104,076,049,234
program appeared in PET User Notes, way back in 1!17S.
It will print the day of the week for any date from March
I, 1'JOO through February 28, 2000. It does not destroy Chris Coniee
die date and may be used as a subroutine after the WD$ Moro, OR

array is initialized. When you input the date, please use

the numeric form of the month, day and year, using (wo Equipment turn-on sequence—Much
digits lor cat h and separating them with commas. has been written aboul the proper order in which to turn
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your computer and peripherals on and off. All sons of computer lias a separate audio lint-. I patch ii into my
disk hangups and printer problems are involved, and it's stereo receiver, so I can play \\w (H's sound. I frequently
difficult to find the beat turn-on sequence for every use this setup lo record C-64 sound onto a cassette or
situation, reel-to-reel tape.
I struggled with these problems For years before discov Stephen H. Zapytowski, Sr.
ering that if a resei button is connected to the serial hits, Beaverton, OR
turn-on sequence doesn't matter. If you (urn everything on,
then press your reset button, the problems magically dis
Power supply repairs—Trick S1F1
appear. Apparently, the reset button causes the serial bus to
gave a him on replacing the ;W;">21* voltage regulator,
normalize all the peripherals, regardless of when they have
which often tails in Commodore power supplies. Unfor
been turned on. This interesting experience represents one
tunately, tlie su^(.\sI<_■(.! replacement isn't as husky as the
more reason to install a reset button on your computer.
original and may lie subject to failure itself. Many elec
Karl T. Thurber, Jr. tronics dealers handle the ECG line of replacement ICs,
Millbrook, AL and ECG makes an exact, piuibr-pin replacement for ihe
3052P. The part number is KCO10S4 and costs about 57.
IT your EC'G dealer doesn't stock the part, he should be
$24D Video monitor tips—My monitor is a jjlad io order it for you.
green monochrome without a speaker, which is little lielp
Bob Wingerter
when a program involves color and sound or both. But
Raceland, KY
since the green monitor is plugged into the video con
nector on the back of my 64, the TV connector is vacant.
I run a long table from the TV connector to the switchbox $24F Dummy modem—If you're trying to cor
on the back of my color TV. When a commercial conies rect modem problems, learning to telecommunicate or de
on, 1 can do my color work without interrupting die bugging /our own terminal software, there's an easy, low-
family's viewing. The M can simultaneously drive both cost way to ffi on-line. Gel a friend to bring his computer
the monitor and the TV. and modem over, then connect your modems directly
Ofcourse, the cable connecting my green .screen to the together, completely bypassing the telephone system.

Circle bf> on Header Serv<ce card

You can use any modular extension cord for this purpose,
including the one that connects your own telephone to
What should you expect for 535? ihe wall.
Everything. You'll have to ensure originate/answer compatibility
The Intelligent Software Package lor C-G4'\ VIC". SX-64". <M28|y, LCD™, between the two modems, but lhat can be as simple as
Plus/41". 16", EMES*, and PET/CBMT" An iniegraied home/Dusinoss/ed- Flipping a switch. Once you are in communication, this
ucaiional package of 25 programs [totaling over 51 pages ol source code]
that will put your Commodore lo work right now, in your home or oflice, system completely eliminates phone-line problems. And
all on disk or tape al the ridiculous price ol S35. One customer writes: having both terminals in the same room gives wonderful
",. . accolaades for the authors. This is as sl>ck a deal as t have seen and
more than adequate for all except fancy presentations Trie best thing is feedback to the operator, since keyboard entries on one
the ease of use.., " The package includes:
can be viewed immediately as they are received and
i: i .1! ■ - A nirntilific mulli Revert fined- Alsu irtckilcd RiportGin, R»portMnrgo displayed on the second.
rtcfvcJ-lor^jE-h dtiUi tiosu munanur. Sort or |<ilarlnco W/P will DnhilHilu; to croflLo
yuloct (iisirif]jillri!l(ii»iiii]lo)H!r-ul.(Jrs ,*, >, iiirrT'JiatorH.timlL'rriur^Ls. iri«w;irB. iTKi^n^j Chuck McGaffin
■i, AND, OR, NOT, wild card} on any fold, N*K*.l, UUILT riipUTl!! ]. J lO-t 11'ill V.,, i-.i.
Ballston Lake, NY
perform computations on numer*; fields* |. ■ ■. '■'■ ■■ii5tQl\5Vcr.ttXn\lty.i'!
Any operation can be performed on d», 0ih ball leayuej: several W/P utilities, including
only selected records. AH fields cmipleLely linl i-i [indexes W/P 5 lext tiles], suverul
user-definable. Can be used fur nny number DatabaseulilrN ' . fJl^mr i i|i'|-..
of tasks, inducing accuuritiiitj. mailing lists,
mvcntnry control, record, tape, or book
totc5nniti'filPt]atatmsG jj[>[ncjiLn]r^ }, und
[v],lj]|
$250 Recordkeeping hint—I keep track of
cotflloymy, expense occ;ounL rnnintQiiaikce, - 'VU:il. .. i nivhrli.tuxlfilcllllir'O all my machine language programs in a pocket-sized loose-
or as Qri electronic rolociL-n Evun if you uso [jrui'i listings] into nrotjrarn filo&. rtlai>
yaur Cornfiiottarfl lor nothing elfin, Lfu^j (TO Chsckbook. Invancory, Papar nouta.
leaf notebook available at most department stores. The
gram aJone nugnt justify iLb u>per»sii Loan Analyala, Bmkavan Analyala, pagt's are S^*X6%", which is large enough to hold what
Word Proc»mar: A full featuihed rnenu- Ui-;>r- n i,.rL i ibali i Fllo Copier,
clnven ^cnl processor niduiling1 very fa-n fto
I need, yet small enough lo fit in a corner of my desk
comniaxte. screen etJuig, inn IuchUkj hthI Versiona at the package are available for drawer. The program name goes on the top line of each
full control over margins, spacing, pbcjmg. every Cormiodore computer1 having a mini
indentation, and lustration " meff mum of 1Ok RAM. Al prog-ams will support
sheet, followed by loading information, SYS calls and so
done and highly functional Provides an tspp, O^fc, and prmLLT. Price includes forth. I use both sides of the lined sheets, so I never run
tixcdf&it alternative to the high priced word dnamerUdtian imd sf^JtitK), Ctj*f i-ESicients
processors . this is on excellent buy. add B",i Mil S3 lur creitt. carfl. COO,
out of room. I use masking-tape tabs to divide the book
HtgtrfyrecQnvrwxted " M*Jniie S&ftwore (Irak, cr ton« orrtera [itak only tar into meaningful sections, and the looseleaf system keeps
Gazette "Pravxii&gtxtJbosiCtentirvs " J ^6 JNlhkl
CofTipLits's Gazette uu['..iiH USA Itiisadi UiocHUilcjo, aBam- everything safely together, while enabling me to move
Copycilc: An electronic spreariyfiPdt t ly uwntable for S2
litoicj uf proyrom pages when necessary.
Turns your Commodcre mt<>» vis** balance
alieet. -icludes screen editor "ExcaUcnt Since Basic programs can be listed on the screen, with
program tor cudgeling, entnuatrng. or any
math-orientEd use . . well worth the numerous RKMs to explain them, I seldom enter one in
'■noney Highly recommended " — Midnite my book. But for all those unlistable machine language
Software Gazette
Box A Dept. R-4 programs, with all their versions, SYS calls and options,
Intelligent Software San Anselmo, CA 94960 I wouldn't be without m> little book.
Duality Sultwsre smca 1982 [415)457-6153
L.F.S.

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Compiled by SUSAN TANONA
left to right, each slice of video is quite a but gain for artists and systems
Computereyes compared to die threshold (preset by designers who need a digitizer, as
the brightness control), and the com they are now no longer restricted to
You Can Capture, Save puter decides whether or not the cor high-priced computer systems. (Digi
responding pixel is to be lit. As the tal Vision, Inc., I-f Oak Si., Needham, MA
And Print Out Images scan continues, data from succes 02192. C-6-I/S 129.95.)
With this Video Digitizer sive scans is compared to what is al John Premack
ready in memory. The four- and Lexington, MA
Computereyes provides the missing eight-level scans simply repeal the

link between the Commodore (>■! and process, changing the brightness
your home video equipment If you threshold each time.
don't yci own a video camera, this de-
vice might provide you with strong in
Digital Vision offers software thai
allows images to be stored in formats
Quick Data Drive
centive to go out and buy one. that can be called up directly by
The Computereyes package con Koala, Doodle!, Flexidraw and Print Here's a Neiv Data
sists oi;i hardware module that plugs Shop graphics programs. The Print Storage System for
into the user port of your G-b'-l and Sliop version also allows creation of
graphics files thai can be used to
Your VIC-20 or C-64
;i disk containing a set of machine-
I an £ii li )>i- routines thai capture any create cards, letterheads and ban
video image, digitize ii and then dis ners, (["bis optional software to sup Loading files and programs with
port specific programs is SI 5.) Commodore's Datasscttc can be a te
play it in black and white on your
While (Computereyes will be greatly dious chore at best. After a few weeks
computer .screen.
Amply documented. Computer- appreciated by those of us who use of loading and saving programs this
eyes is so easy to use that 1 hardly computer drawing and other graphics way. many users begin to search for
programs, there are dozens of other a faster method of storing data dial's
needed the manual. (Excellent help
screens are also provided within the possible applications, such as pat relatively inexpensive as well.
tern recognition, comparisons and Kntrepo, Inc.. has come up widi
program.)
Using a standard stereo cable- with security. The software i,s not copy-pro the Quick Data Drive, which claims
RCA plugs at each end, you conned tected and Digital Vision supplies to offer much greater flexibility in
comprehensive information for pro file handling than does the Datas-
a video camera to the Computereyes
module. Two knobs on the unit ad- grammers who wish lo incorporate seite. The advertisement states that
|usl the brightness sctiin^ and syn features of Computereyes in [heir Ba you can load a 24K program via the
chronize (lie computer to the camera. sic or assembly-language programs. Quick Data Drive in approximately
/Viler that, it's simply a matter of aim Since this program Utilizes a stan L'O seconds, a process that takes up
ing llie camera, and within six sec dard video source (composite signal), wards ot eight minutes on a Datas-
onds. Computereyes can scan and it can digitize the output of almost sette and one minute on die liVH
digitize its first picture. :my video device, including video disk drive.

Images can be captured in three tape recorders and video disks. (The Entrepo refers to the storage sys>
mi nil's: Normal (high contrast), Four image must not he moving during tern as MicrowafcT technology. The
level gray scale or Eight-level gray the six to 50 seconds required to com storage medium is simply a mini cas
scale. The eight-level image shows plete a picture.) 1 found that the sys sette that operates at a higher rate of
considerably more detail than the tem did best on either high contrast speed than a normal Cassette tape.

high-Contrast scan and requires 50 artwork or shots containing a limited Before using the drive, an operating
seconds lo complete ii picture. range of brightness. system called QOS (Quick Operating
The program dices a video image With a reasonable price and a one- System) must be loaded into the com
into 64,000 pieces, each correspond year warranty, Computereyes is well puter. The software is supplied with
ing to .i single pixel. Winking from within the reach of hobbvists and the unit Chis takes about 15 seconds.
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Once loaded, the drive is ready for the drive's operating system, I found The storage medium itself seems
operation. Altlion^li I found Ilk' that several programs would not oper relatively Sturdy and is quite com
handling to be somewhai enhanced ate when transferred and loaded by pact. You can purchase these wafers
when compared to the Datassette, I die wafer-drive system. These included in packages of three or ten. The price
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The lime required to format a I'd written myself and two machine- the tapes. Each cassette has a protec
wafer (mini cassette) depends upon language monitors. tive flap that covers the tape when
the length of the tape itself. Hit's 120 Although I searched for several you remove it from the unit
inches long, it takes at least as long, days, 1 could find no commercial soft The manual that accompanies the
if not slightly longer, than formatting ware that was formatted for the unit is well written and easy to
a disk with die 1541, Quick Data Drive. understand.
The operating system that came The unit is about the size of two Although (he Quick Data Drive is
with my drive provided no way to packs of cigarettes .stacked on top of somewhat of an improvement in
scratch a file once it was on the cas- each other. The sturdy metal case that speed and program accessibility over
sette.To j*i'i rid of the undesired file, I encloses the mechanism is virtually the Datassette. I found this new de
had lu reformat the entire cassette. (A indestructible. I was told to treat the vice's file handling to be boih tedious
new QOS may now be available that unit abusively, which 1 did, and could and incomplete. Also, too many of
does allow you to scratch flics.) End no apparent damage. The unit the programs that I tried interfered
Although the manufacturer adver is nearly impervious to heal and 1 with the drive's operating system.
tises that some programs load faster found it to be far less susceptible to II you're looking for increased
with (he Quick Daia Drive than with load errors than is the Datassette. speed and don't want to invest in a
(he 1541 disk drive, I found dial all You don't have to rewind the tapes disk drive, I suggest you look into the
programs took a considerably longer with the Quick Data Drive. All op several speed-up cartridges thai are
time with this drive than with the 1541. eration is fully automatic, with the available on the market. If you're
I experienced a rate of speed that was exception of loading the operating looking for increased speed />!u,s ex
35-60% slower than the 1541. system (which is done simply by push tended file handling, then it might
Due to the memory positioning of ing the only button on the unit). be a good idea to save for a disk drive.

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JIM STRASMA

Doyou have a problem or question about

your Commodore computer? Commodore It i.s possible to expand the f\: I receive many requests for in
Clinic can help. Just send your question memory of the 64 via bank-selected, formation on connecting "alien" disk
(limit of one per entry) on a postcard to: add-on memory units that plug in drives lo Commodore computers. Un
Jim Strasma like a cartridge. However, these only fortunately, this is almost impossible,

Commodore Clink work with programs specifically de because Commodore disk drives are
Box 6100 signed for them. A more satisfactory smarter than almost all others on the
Macomb, U. 61452 solution for the long term would In market, and adding the needed chips
to upgrade to Commodore's new to another type of drive would cost
Queries are answered only through this col
C-128. It COmea with 128K. RAM and more [ban an equivalent Commo
umn, but, dw to the volume of mail, only
lias at least 5 12K RAM total via prom dore disk drive. As for double-sided
those questions that appeal to the nuijority
ised addon RAM cartridges. Several drives. Commodore makes three ex
of our readers will be published. I'lense do
new Basic commands make using the cellent products: the 8250, the SFD-
iu)t enclose a self-addressed stamped enve
added memory easy. 1001 and the 1571.
lope, since we cannot provide personal
responses nor answer questions before
publication.
Q Before I purchase the C-128, Q I am planning to buy a modem
I need to know what hardware I will for my C-64, but I am a foreign ex
need to purchase. I have a Brother change student and have to go back to
Correctronic 50 with a Cardprint A Denmark soon. I have heard that we
HARDWARE interface, an Epson printer, a 1541 in Denmark have a different phone
disk drive and a 1702 monitor. system and, therefore, tan only use
Ernest Briggs acoustic modems. If so, what kinds of

Q When turning the new C-128

Tahlequah, OK acoustic modems are available?

Klaus Jaeobsen
into a C-64, can you use the new, fast
r^: All the equipment you men West Branch, MI
360K disk drive to load 64 games, or
tioned slumld work properly with the
do you need a separate disk drive?
new C-12H. (I've tested the 128 with r^: European countries use dif
Johnny similar equipment and found no prob ferent modems than the I'.S. Yours
Sunnyside, NY [cms, not even in booting Cl'/M.) I low follow a Standard known as CCITT
ever, you may want to gel Commo and are incompatible With U.S. mo
The new 1571 drive is sup dore's matching 1571 drive and l!i()2 dems, acoustic or otherwise. You
posed to be compatible with all monitor to take Full advantage of Ray- could, however, lake borne a U.S. mo
programs for the C-64. One copy pro-formal CP/M disks and the new dem and still use it to call up com
protected game found my early pro 80-COlumn color display. puters in the U.S. or Canada.
totype objectionable, but further im
provements in ihe 1571 have since
been made lo coned that. Q 1 have a Canon %-height, 40- SOFTWARE
track, double-sided disk drive. In

Q
there any way to connect this to my
I would like to expand the C-64, and will Commodore's DOS
RAM memory on my 64. What would
be the best way to do this?
support double sides? Is there any
body out there. . .
Q I would like to know the best
way to enable my Commodore 64 to
David Jones J.D. Boiling run CP/M software. Where can I buy
Jeffersonville, IN Morris, MN the proper equipment, and can I do
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il without hurting any of my current To copy programs with a sin puter number to CompuServe and
capabilities? gle disk drive, you need Unicopy, nol Dow Jones, but I am getting bored
Copy/All, liotli are for the (il. by the with them. Do you know of any com
Michael Rebaleati
same author and work in much puter numbers in the Northern Cali
Eureka, NV
the same way. If your user's group fornia area that are fairly interesting?
doesn't have Unicopy, it is on my Maybe a bulletin board controlled by a
Although Commodore's CP/M
revised TcsuDemo disk for the 1541, boy or a girl my age? And maybe
cartridge for the C(>! is still available
and I'll lie glad to send il to any RUN boards I have to break a code to get
In some stoics and Mill a very inex
reader for SI5. into because I like the challenge?
pensive way to learn about CP/M, it's
no longer the best way for (><1 owners
to use CP/M for serious business pur Scott Kirn
poses. Commodore's new C-128 com-
piuer and 1570-scrics disk drives come
Q Do you know of any compa
nies specializing in literature on ar
Cloverdale, CA

With the latest version of CP/M and are I-et me head you off right now
tificial intelligence programming?
also 100% compatible with the 64. about one point you made. Regard
Although ilic 12H and drive cost much Philip Junes
less of the challenge involved, it is
more than a CP/M cartridge, they give Slater, MD
just as illegal to break into someone
you an unencumbered CP/M, with HIV else's computer as it is to break into
column display, plenty of usable r\: Your letter arrived the same his home. It could easily lead you
memory and a East, CP/Mstandard day as an announcement from TAB
to a police record and a ruined fu
disk format. books of their new book, Artijirial
ture. If you're getting bored with
Intelligence Projects for the Commodore
CompuServe, perhaps it's time you
6-f. It sounds likejust what you want.
got serious about learning to pro

Q
TAB is located in Blue Ridge Summit.
gram your computer.
I have both a 64 and an SX- PA, and you can call them at 717-
64. Your program, Mail List 1541, will Start with llasic, Logo or Comal,
794-2191.
not run on the SX. It loads all right; then dig into machine language, Pas

when I type RUN, the disk drive cal, C and, perhaps, Forth. Next, put
starts and the screen clears, but then
nothing happens. I would appreciate
Q When I try to print out linked
that knowledge to use helping peo
ple, perhaps as a volunteer program'
files using the PaperClip word pro
any help.
mcr for a church, school or charily.
cessor, the printer prints the first file
I guarantee you won't he bored with
Richard Bogardus and loads the second file. The Print
your computer once you learn more
DeSoto, IA format commands are then lost or
about it and use that knowledge to
ignored. Consequently, page 2 be
benefit someone other than yourself.
f\: You've discovered a common gins printing on page 1. I would ap
Volunteer work will also help you
problem on the SX-64 that isn't really preciate help on this.
find friends now and a real job later,
a problem at all. The Mail List works Alexander Pollatsek
As for finding bulletin boards you
fine on the SX. The only problem is Eugene, OR can call legally, an excellent new
that, like many other programs for
book, The Cornfilrt? Commodore Inner
the 64, the Mail List changes the r\: The problem is most likely Spacr Anthology, by Karl Hildon, in
cursor color to white for added read that you have duplicated your format cludes a list ofS9 boards in your area
ability against the 64's blue back commands at [he start of each file. code that you'll never have to apolo
ground. Since the SX background is That isn't necessary, and can con gize for calling. The anthology1 is
white, this leaves you hunting a white fuse not only PaperClip, but also sev available from Transactor Publish
rabbit in a snowstorm. eral other popular word processors. ing, 500 Steeles Ave., Milton, On
The cure is to change the back When using linked files, put formal tario, L9T 3I'7, Canada.
ground color to blue before running commands for such things as page
such programs. POKE 58281,6 will length only at the start of the first
do it and may be added to the first
Q
file. From then on, use formal com
line of many such programs, includ I have a short question con
mands only when you need to make
ing my Mail List. a change, and limit the command to cerning my C-64. Do you think it will
(he setting being altered. harm my computer if I program il
to repeat the same message and

Q How can I change Copy/All to

PROGRAMMING
sound effect over and over for pe
riods of up to ten hours?
work with only one disk drive? I know
Richard Shackelford
you must put in Prinl statements to
Bucyrus, OH
tell when to switch disks, but I don't
know where to put them.
Tim Winn Q 1 am 12 years old and recently As long as the computer is well
vented, continuous operation isn't
Spring, TX bought a modem. I know the com-
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likely to hurl It Your message and 10 TI. = 'n + 2f>*.%0«:RKM 2(1 MINUTES you musi first establish a channel of
sounds aren't likely to harm your TV 20 T = T1
communication with ii, just as you
.1(1 M96-m.-T)/36O0
or monitor either, as long as the pic have to dial the phone and wait for
40 S%-(TL-T)/60-60*M%
ture on the screen is continuously it to be answered before beginning
50 :-CIiR$(147|;M%;":";S%
varied. If you can'! change the words, to converse. An often-used command
60 IFTKTLTHEN20
al least change colors regularly. Oth thai does this is:
erwise, your message will eventually 11 uses integer variables to avoid frac
be etched permanently into the lu tional miniKcs and seconds and gets Oi'F.N 4,4

minescent coating of your display its time From (lie jiffy clock built into
Next, you send the printer what
all Commodore computers sold in
screen. ever it is you want it to print. This is
the U.S.
handled as if the Information were
going to the screen, except that you
add a #4 to your Print commands, as
shown below.
Q When using RND() statements
on my C-64, the computer generates
die same initial numbers in the same
Q Please give easy-to-follow in
i>R]NT#4."TIIIS WILL APPEAR ONLY ON
THE PRINTER"
structions for a beginner to print
order every time the power is turned Be sure to spell out the word Print
from Direct mode on a Commodore
off and on. What can be done to create (the abbreviation ?# is not correct)
Plus/4 to a 1526 printer.
a different first number each time the and don't omit the comma.
system is resel? Karen Baldwin Finally, when you're done with the
Zurich, KS printer, tidy up with This command:
Brian Wickizer
Salem, OR C1.OSK l

f^: To print to any printer inter Keep trying, and you'll soon be using
faced via the serial bus (like (be 1 :>'26), your printer like a pro! E
r\: Random numbers don't come
from thin air—they have to be initial
Circle ISO on Reader Service c
ised somehow, and no matter how in Circle 2-11 on Reader Sewce card.
NUMERIC
volved the process, ii is likely lo give
KEYPAD ■
the same results each time on any one
machine when ii is fust turned on. (orihe
C-64
Therefore, Commodore allows you to VIC-20.
further randomize the numbers by
changing the seed value from which
the random numbers are generated.
Although other approaches also work,
I add the following line lo the start of • 19 KEYS.
my programs to alter the initial value
• Permits much faster entry
from which other seeds generate ran of numeric data.
dom numbers:
• PROGRAMMABLE KEYS!!
140 X=RND(-TI);KLM RANDOMIZE Each Key may be THE COPY PROGRAM
reprogrammed to suit EXACT COPIES IN ONLY
After using this line, I simply use your own needs.
RND(l) to generate my random num 21 SECONDS
• 4'/i' cable connects to
bers, with entirely satisfactory results. SIMPLE-FULL BACK-UP IN A
joystick port #2.
SINGLE KEYSTROKE
• Software driver included
on cassette or disk RELIABLE—WORKS
(please specify). ViRTUALLY EVERY TIME

Q I want to use the VIC's built-

• Extra Keycaps D,E & F
included for machine-
in clock to count down from 20 min language hexadecimal.
utes to zero. Is there a way to make Also included are
this work? H & L Keycaps.

^UNIVERSAI
E.J.E. INDUSTRIES, INC.
Sam Braid
P.O. Box 983
Ontario, Canada
McMurray, PA. 15317 (412)941-9230
475MAINST FARMINGDALE NY 1)7.
Send check or money order. Add
$2.00 shipping and handling. PA (516)753-0110
f\: Yes. The trick is to use sub res. add 6% sales tax. Allow 3-4 '•'■' '■' ■■■'■!' /ISA ■■■'■'' on check i
NV ORDERS ADD SALES T«
traction instead of addition. The fol weeks for delivery. Piwies aie mail oiaei only and do nol
lowing program will do what you ask. C.O.D. orders extra.

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 Commodore's Service Network
Local service is now available to Commodore computer owners through the creation of a national network
of service centers. This is the last of three sections of the service center list provided to RUN by Commodore.
For Alabama through New York, see theJuly and August issues o/RUN. A call to the toll-free Commodore
support hot line (800-247-9000) will give you the most up-to-date information about service and dealer
locations.
Attention, dealers: If we haven't included you, send in the name, address and telephone number of your
store, along with a copy of Commodores letter authorizing you as an official center, to RUN editorial, 80
Pine St., Peterborough, NH 03458. We'll update the list in subsequent issues.

nig it ties Conuetli RCA Sen1 ice Cir

NORTH CAROLINA
1301 Boardman-PolontJ 17B0 Soulhgaie Parkway Ml klmcl.ilc kiwi
Chips Computei Plus Poland, OH 44514 Cambridge, OH 43725 Toledo. OH 43607
'MM I Sycamore D.iiry Road 614-432-4239 419-331-S951
Faycueville. NC 2H303
GlMJTHe S;i\l.iii ALt^OcSftUi K(ia Service Co,
B1&36448SS
116 E Miirkt-I SL 1717 E. Perkins Aw. 02107 JcTKciu K",id
Circuit < lily Service liflin.OH 44SB9 Sandtuky.OH 4-1870 Dayton. OH 48404
GIOOE. Independence Blvd. 419-6S5-809S 313-238-STB3
11044T-869S
QiarloucNCSSSlB
Cjiirimiiiii ('p Grogg Biuineu Machine) RCA Service Co.
704-S6TO9DO
11711 PrlncBIOH I'ikr IOSS. Market Si. 20500 MIlM Parkway
Ckcntl Ciiy Service Cincinnati, OH 4B946 Dalion.OH 44833 WarreruvUle 1 lelghu, Ol I 4412
382G High Point Roiul 513-671-6440 419-168-77! a aie-B87JH)M
C.reensboro. NC 274U7
Cillinft HomeElei rech RCA Sen ice Co.
91S-SS2-9H1 16 Eagle Sl 6046 Wtmon Road
2SS5 Lmanlisille Ave.
flimiit City Service Cincimmli. OH 4B237 Madlion, OH 44057 Cindnnttl, OH 458M
7101 Glenwood Avr. 513-396-7636 IIS-42B4161 513-54S-BOO0
Raleigh, NC 2"iilB RCA Sen ice Cn.
Campucaih Buiineu Supplla itiu.i Corp.
9i9-SB2-ani B521 IMiliSi. N.K., PO BonH
13369 Madison Ave, S69S BUllnpley Road
Computer 3000 Ukewood. OH 44107 Wonhlngton, OH 4S085 Canton, OH 44708
24:i'j Wyclifl Ri™i 21fi.226-3120 614-764-8650 216-45S-TS13
K;ileish. NC 27IMI7 KC Video
<]{]inpiiler Plu^Ohiu KilB 1\ I it ironies
919-781'200G 46739 SldehlU Road
127 W. Wyjniicil Ave. B930 South Ave.
David 01j sit Upper Saiiduskv. OH f:i;i51 ¥oungttown. OH 44512 EaitLrntpool,OH 49920
PO Box 2.12 419-29+3723 !16-7fi£62D4 2164B5-5B13
Mineral Spring* NC 88108 Lakei Contumer ElcctronlCJ SwaUeru. Int.
Computer Plus
704343318a 3232 S. Main Si. 37011 K<<l Bank K«ad
194BW, HhSu
rca Service Co, Akron, OH 44319 Cititiiinati, OH 45227
MBnifletd, OH 44906
r.MI W. Mortal St. 419-B29-4BZ2 210044-3194 B13437-B7S3
Creenibora, NC H7409 Marlon Compotei "The CoropulCI Store
C putct Servicci
B19-292-977I 1205 Delawwt Ave. 116 7ili Soulll N.W.
»{>t)\ Sunset Blvd.
RCA Sen ice Co. Sieubenville, OH 4395! Marion. OH 43302 Nurtli Canuiii, OH 44720
SSlBS.TryonSl. 614564-7541 614-3823881 216-497-0299
Charlnuc. NC 88210 Nocoproc* inc. lurnrr S.- Wil.nii, Inc.
C.umpuler Sue
704-52.r. 5722 214 W. N.uioiul Drive
14763 Pew! Road 35101 Eudld Ave.
RCA Service (!*». Sirongiville, OH «1BB Willimiilihy, OH 44094 Newark, OH *305S
BSSO-A Angui Drive 21MS3-1SS5 614-323-1213
21G'9TS-99S0
Raleigh, NC376IS Ohio Omce Machints VVarncr ETectrontcs, Inc.
1>&K Compulei S,ili--KiTvkc
913-787-1909 124 DurkhBriAve. 124" Valley Bell Road
Ohio Valley Mall, Kl. lili)
sijyiou Electronlci Cincinnati, OH 1S2IS Cleveland, OH 44131
Si. Cbimille. OH 459M
1318A Central Ave. 513-761-7121 216461-0304
614-354-7541
Chartotle. NC 28205 Pr»fri-.inn:il Niiciocaie
ll.i\pr<im Ccimputcr
104-375^600
S4fl0 S. Dixie ilinhway 1 E. StL-«Jit Si.
Southern Pholo Tfcli Dayton. OH Ifirci Dayton. OH 15409
SHlOSoulh Bird, S1S<BSS<6718 OKLAHOMA
CtartDiw, NC SflBOB RCA Service Co. EnmnEradorii Inc.
Dldul H.ikIumh' SuppOTi
7M-63B-0012 IBSfi N. Ridge Road 2B2SA CTlalSL
017 Nuiili Founubi we,
The PC Sliop Springfield, OH 46S04 Loraln. OH 44055 TuIb, OK 741S6

ISlSACenmlAve. 919-582-8570 216-277-1831 9184944701

Charlotte. NC S820S RCA Strike Co. RCA Scriicc Co.
Kjrlhnir Micro
7O4-37&6600 5896 Oakwood Ave. 168 S. 132nd E. Ave
1731 Brice Road
Voiiiin^n'^'n-OH 44516 Tulsa. OK7412K
L riad CoTnpuiefi Rcynoldsbun;. OH 43068
30GaTrciiuc!il Drive BM-898-1100 S16-7B2-1421 918-43B44U
Winslnii-Siilfin. Nf: 27103 WA Service Co. RCA Service Co,
Earthriie Micro
81fl-76S'O4S3 4B09 W. ll>ili SL 200BS. Harvard Ave.
.'ifii! W. Ceil I ral
Clcvrlaml, OH 44135 Oklihoma City, OK 73128
Delaware, OH «0Ifl
216-267-S800 4054823374
OHIO 614-3BS.il 00
RCA Service Co. Richard Carl«in
Basic Computer i.d Cota
B979 Pariura] La»e 1701 E. Farr.tll #23
|)62 Gil-ji Ban 120 W. MartetSt.
CeUna, OH 45822 liillUrcl. OH 43026 ShawnecOK 74801
Nile?. OH IIHfi
614-771-0171 4OS273 4WIH
41'J5StJ-6523
hnirlMjiii Corapuien RCA Service Co. Sunbelt Elecmonlcj
Rexlcy EJetfTV
101 N. Broad St 124B Muiitih- Fall) Ave. 1048 N. Dougtai Itlnl.
2733 E. Main Si.
Columbui, OH «20fl KairlMirn. OH 4BB24 Cuyolioga FsilhOH 44221 Midweu City, OK I91S0
SlS'879-740! 216-92W811 07Ma064
614-335-OBBB

108/RUNSErTEMffiR1985
 Symec Micro H<itii-r( K. Sbowen Int. Cotnputei Service
llOoW.Stovall Road 719 K. LmciiMtT mh Walnut St. llj'i [tw-isilk1 Ave.
Wllburton. OK 74578 Downingtown, l'A 1BS3H Miflnnburg,PA I7KM Johnston, Rl 02B19
918465-5676 316^694023 7I7-96G-1774 401-273 1001
Weirds tl lee Ironies tl/ Computer Service RC^ Sen'ice Co. RCA Service Co.
2B01 W. Memorial Road RIJ 3, Box 271 j 2104 Babcock Blvd (j8.t3 Watennan Avc.
Oklahoma CiVf, OK 73184 Latrobe pa IB650 Piltsljurgli. PA 15209 Eaii Providence, Rl OHM
405-7B1-0060 413-5395834 412-fiai-STlO ■101-i:tl-OM72

OREGON Edward Tech Group RCA SfltvtCfi Cii. Soflwurc (Iciiiiu-i'liuu

47 Cliiiiioii Blvd 356 Gaudier Si. 101 w. N.itiik Road
ConutUShaek PltuburBh, PA 15238 fohnnoivn, I'A I590S Warwick, Kl 11288(1
3881 River Road S.1.
814SSS-1S41 •ill 1-738 31311
.SjIciii. OR 87303
503-393-347S Floppy Ui^k. Inc. RC\ Senice Co. Software Sh.uk, Int.
5224 SiiTip^in Fcrrs Kn.iii 1419 W. 21il St. 10 Cedar Swamp R<y.id
Computer U.S.E.R.S- Meclunicsburg. PA !70^S Erie. PA 16502 Smiililiclii. HI 112" 17
863IS Kr.mkiin BKd.
717-697-681S SM-452-3fi61 ■101-2313252
Eugene, OR 97406
Future Tecls RCA Service Co.
50V7S6-8500
lll):t N. [■"ronlSi. MSOl.Jhl.117 Rr..i(l. Kl. SH
fjimj nn iluiiness Systems Harrislnirx. PA 17103 Bethel Park, PA 15102
SOUTH CAROLINA
I1SSE.W, IllhAve. 717^33-6200 4I2-884-B800 Circuit Cily Sccviie
Portland, OB 87205 i>26hri Rivers Ave.
Kit mi re Teck RCA Si'tviii' i:or
flOS-224-2B2fl Charloion, SC B34IB
\V. Shore V\&zz ISO E. 3rd Si
Eleclronialic; Inc. UmoyncPA 17048 Wlllutnupan, I'A 17701
8(13.572-21111
6110 N£. Union toe. 717-7612439 717-326-3711 FairuKHH 11
Pnriland. OR y7Sl 1 1039 Highway 17 Bypass
I-111cure- Teck RCA Sen ice Co,
S0S282-776]
The Poinl Mdll 979 E. Park Drive
Mi. Pleasant, SC 20464
Mare's Radio & TV HBnfaburg,PA 17111 H^TTislmr^. I'A 17111
803-884-68SS
W12 W. H.m.iiu Blvd. 717-SB4-1961 7I7-Sti-l-2r.il Profronlo TV
K<»clnuK. OR 97470 6995 Di.reliciler ku.nl
50M72-4672
George L Vogwill RCA Semite Co.
823 Union Blvd. CharlMtnn, SC aSMtfl
9937 induWy Lane
M it mure. Inc. Allenmnn. PA 1K103 Norrbtown, PA 1940S
2203 N.I1.. Ore*™ Si. ■11 r.-43-i-(;332 RCA Sen ice Co.
213^39-0900
Portland, OK 97332 1540 W.id,-N.uuji Itlvd.
(11T Compuier Ctnier RCA Scr>'iic C<*.
5O3-390-O770 Greenville. SC U'JfiOH
218 W. Olleinun 8L 4657 C, Si.
Mlcrovldeo Service Lab Oreensbnrg, PA 15601 Philadelphia, PA 10130
18470 N. Cornell Road 413-BS8-1641 2i5-5:mtioo RCA Service Co.
Portland, OR 97229 7N D10.nl Rivet Ho.nl
Lullc Dndiold, Luc. Ki'A Sen ice Co.
92B Main Si. 2615 Pcrfclumen Ave. Columbia. SCI9S10
Mr. Television Pliuftiurgh, PA 1B31S 8U 3.772-8326
Ml. Pemi. l'A I960B
7HII BlolT Blvd. 4.12-781-1308 215-77^4060 Tlie tlrrlric Shop
Eugene, OR 97408
leslie Dre^bokl. Inc. Rl. 2. Box 17(1
503-485-4876 RCA Sen'ice Co.
■1IM Hurra) Am-.
6897 Colony Drive
Newbeny.SG 29108
RCA Service Ca Pltuburgh, PA 15217 S03-27C..27L1
Bethlehem. PA IH017
2645 S.E. 50* Ave. 412-4S1-344S The Software H.ms
Portland, OR 97206 7565 Riven Ave.
Btw-ass-tiiiii
Italic Dretbotd, Inc. RCA Sen1 ice Cci,
I'.IIklsiy Center Mall
01230 Maedade Blvd. Charleston, SC 294 IB
The Usu"1! Cihiht Pliuborgh, l'A IBS30 Calllngdale, PA IWS3
[1S3S, Riverside #10 4IE-92B-S318 215-728-BfiOO
Mi'iiliuil. OR 97501
14'^.lie 3>resb,>l<l. Inc.
S03 773-8K68 KCV Sen1 ice Co. SOUTH DAKOTA
Cenlury 3 Mall
1 Wilkcfl-H^m-'.Si rjnuui Hwy
Westronlx West Mtfflin. FA I51B2 1)SB ComputBT Services, Inc.
Pituwn Tbwnihlp, l'A 18641
3312 Silvenon Road NX 412 GS3 7878 ClUiciu Bide, SuIib 3"o
717-825-3-141
Salem, OK 'J7303 Aberdeen, SO 57401
li'slie Drtsbold, Luc. RCA SL-niceCu
5O3S8S-89S4 605-225-68(1-!
S Jliltv \rilhne Shopplnff Center 139 Ilotshitn Road
PlDdmrgb, l'A IB2I1 N'omi's T\'
Hrashain. l'A 1110II
PENNSYLVANIA 412-B63-0330 21B-6724400
201 K. 2nd St.
Mitchell, SI) :",73O1
Alplu Oinegj Compiiit-i Ljallc DreAold, Inc, S;isco.i
BIS Broadhead Road Munrocville Nt.ill
S05496JI6BE
2010 Levlefc Si.
AHqoippa, I'A 15001 Monroeville, PA I5M6 Sootti D.ikoi;. Eleciranlcs
Philadelphia, PA 16149
■I12375-5263 412-371-G575 213.288.471)0
1418E BrdSt.
Sioux Falls, SD "i"103
Bute Computer Leslie Dresbold. Inc. Slskas Comp'Klec 6l)5-3iil-00:l2
Lawrence Village Plaza 3613 FOrbea Ava 1216Hi.ni Road
New Cattle, I'A 16101 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 U llTii Systems
Windber.M IB963
412-652-7717 413-631*0990 210 e. Kemp Ave.
8M-!li76H27
Wairnown, Sl» 57201
Basic Computers Irilir Dresbold, Inc.
B0S4S1-1B59
3-17:1 E. Suic Si. lid I l.itieny Avc. PUERTO RICO
Hermitage, pa lei-iu PIlttbuTgb, PA I53S3
rca Service Co,
418-34!-5509 412-2H1-S32U TENNESSEE
65ih Inr.inm' Ave.
Blafr Oiliu1 Equipment Lund-Harl Computer Rio Piedras, MR 0092S Ciicuii Cii) Service
1430 IllhAve. 49(14 Rl H 809-7GO-040-1 BSM Hickory Hollow Ptwy.
Alloona,PA I&601 Allison P.uk. PA 15101 Antiocli. T\ 37Oi:l
"The Mlcrocomputei Btore
8l.MM-l.H4Nr! 412-448-1B71
1(18 An-, KD. Itodievell B16434-51SB
Circle Computer Marconi Industrie! Halo kef, I'K 00918 Ciuuit city Service
120 N. Reading Road Highland & While SU, 78(17 Klnpton Pike N.W.
Ephrata, PA 17622 Creeniburg, pa 10601 Knosville, TN S791B
T17-7S3-786fi 4l2-8:fJI)HI! RHODE ISLAND 616-8944400
D&H DiMrlbutiug Qitmn Compiner Supply BLC Salesffierrfce Circuii Ciii Sen ice
2539 N. 7lh Si.. Box 1967 881 ^ftlerman Avc. 572-1 Charbltc Park
Hairistiurg, PA 17105 Scranlon.PA 18505 Easi Proiidcnee. Rl 03914 NasbvUle, TN S7S09
717-236-8001 7l7-:H7-6050 401*434-37T7 GI5-&6-6S6!!
Daniel1! Electronics Elaymond Rosen Co. F.Iv* in Appliance Compu Cenler
luss Saw Mill Run Blvd I'nirl^iilc Ave. .11 "ilsl S5 Electronic Drive 4410 Summer Avc.
Pltuburgh, PA IB310 Phlladalphia, PA IQ131 Warwick, Rl »i!W88 Heraphl»,TN 3
■112-SHKWIHI 401-467-B800 9018aSfl07

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Compuici KsTtlmrc Service (InilMlTLU'l (]4II1L|>LII('I t RC-\ Service C».
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Nashville, TH ST20S Houston. TX 77024 Beaumont, IX ~~~ FrnliHeight* I'l 84037
618-244*111 801-544-2098
7194324123
Integrated Systems CKM Corp. RCA Service Co. Ciiays
:i8i;.r> Viscount #m Rl. 1,213 Arrow Lane 1211 Safari Risi S. Buenu Villa Drivt
Memphb,TN SHI IK Frccport, TX 77j-ii Siiii Ariti.iii.i. IX 7B380 West [ordnn. UT 84084
M1-38B-2499 409J3S-3153 S13-4WC7O] BOl-Sfll-SSTfl

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Kkimiiiii System
3127 N. llni.nlw;iy I081D Bocklej Kn.nl 5740 Coopci City Uriv.-
lit. 10, BoxSM7H
Knoxvllle.TN 37917 Waco,TX7G70S Houiton, TX 77OOB Salt Lake City, UT84HH
616-6894647 71^933-9710 8O1-BM-75O7
B17-83MB70
RCA Service &>. RCA Service Co. Video Conccpu
Franli W. Hevcrly
ilHI Airwaji Blvd. 8515 t^ Lancaild douroada M.ill
•.'B1!<J-24 Waliini Laire Salt Lake CHy, UT HIM
Memphis. IN 3S111 Ft Worth, TXT6103
Dallas, TX 75229 801-363-1959
901-743-3262 817 53 j (IWil

RCA Service Co. RCA Service Cu,

Gulden Riik Computer ^7!jr» Irsmn Jilul.
VERMONT
QMS Damn Drive
Kiioxvillr, TN S7919 800 S. Georgia Dallas, TX 75107 Raj Sii|]|il\ Co,
Amarillo, rx 7910B ISO Dorsci St.
B08'372-780D South Burlington, VT 05401
RCA Service Co. RCA Service Co,
SlOAldlne Bendei Road B0B-658-937B
SIS Hill Am-. Micro fix
Nashville TN 37210 ¥~i\it\ Kn^jl LjUlG Houston. TX 77060
Dallas, TX 73229
VIRGINIA
t;i5-i!:>6-o:i7o 7134454586
iH.241-7001 Action Ekcironlc*
RCA Service Co. RCA Service Co,
IS8S0 Gamma Road "ilTH N. M.iinSl.
4111 A Creek Road Ntiur.ukL-r Electronics
Dallas, TX 75240
Marlon, VA 24S54
Chattanooga, I >> 87406 1310 McDufly #29
214-293-S377 703-783-6054
B1B-698&BS1 Hou>ion,TX770lfl
719425-1977 San Antonio Syitcmi Appliance fc Elecirorifci
TEXAS (246 Cenier Gaic lull W, Broad St.
Ainu ui Computer* S;iti Amount, IN 7HH-?17 Rid inn i ml. VA 23SSD
4370 W. Illinois
!+ Suinlf) Lane
5ia-SM-1831 804'35S-55b8
R»rnej-,TX7S12e
Midland, TX 7-J703 dr* "ir £."t> Service
2I4-0K-2U98 Tlie Computer BnperienCB
!Mr>-*"iH'l (1741 2207 w Mcrcurj Blvd.
1S7 SoutliUridge
R^lA S<hrvn L" C<.j. Hampton, VA ^:li>liti
Aicminlinn System Compute] San Antonio. TX 78218
JH9 K. -lOili St. BfiOB-D Bumeii H"-»l S1S-340-2901 804-838-3570
Lubbock.TX 79404 Au)lln,TX7S7B8 (iiunii C.i(y Service
512.83+0688 L'iit;il KltctrifiiitA
S06-T47-3Q3S IK) s. Independence Blul
600 S. Shepherd "I"-'
Did. Compsler Service RCA Service Co. Houitun. IX 77007
Virginia Beach, VA 2340S
h HdiiSS D814 Kiu.idway S04-499W99
713-497-7404
Dallas, TX 7B2S6 4.#alve«ioEi. "TV 77^52 Circuit CSl) Service
\nit! Coin
409-744-7101 8401 Midloihlan Turnpike
2370 6 N. Expressway
nrownsville. TX 78B21 Richmond, VA W-'SS
B04-320 hhnn
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About Bad Blocks... Pius/4 Perplexities mostly for small-business antl homeac-
counting use from Commodore antl Tri-
I am responding 10 .several com I would like lo thank you for Mar
Micro, and we will continue to cover the
ments that I have received from con garet Morabilo's excellent articles
Plus/4 in RUN.
cerned readers about my article "Bad on the Plus/4 computer (December
1984, February and April 1985). I am Editors
Blocks" in tfLWsJune 1985 issue.
Some readers were confused about very pleased with my Plus/4, but,
two statements I made on |>age (17; when I purchased it, 1 thought it
would receive wider acceptance. An Answer to Retirement
tile first involves scratching bad files,
and the second is my warning againsi Nonetheless, 1 appreciate the accep Who says you can't teach an old
using the Validate command. I .el me tance it has received from HUN. dog new tricks?
clarify tilings a bit. Do you know if Commodore plans Several years ago, I retired from a
1. It's usually safe to scratch a bad to release a disk drive specifically for post as an active newspaper editor.
file on a disk (as indicated by a *PRG the Plus/4? Frankly, I have delayed Four months ago, at age 1'i, I came
on a directory listing), unle.ss die purchasing a disk drive in hopes that home with a C-(>4 and Datassette. I
length of the bad File on disk is something superior to the 1541 was connected the Daiassette and an old
greater than 0, as shown by the num in the offing. However, I really fear lleathkit color television to the C-64.
ber preceding the program name on now thai Commodore is going to con From that moment, I was hooked!
the disk directory. Most bad saves will centrate on the CM'28 and C-64 and Since I had never laid a finger on

give you a file length of 0 on the disk that the Plus/4 is heading lor the a computer, I did not know a cursor

directory (the BAM was not updated). great computer burial ground with from a sprite or a pixel from a byte.
Had files indicated by *SEQ or *REL the Tl, Aquarius and Tim ex/Sinclair From keyboard lesson to error mes
arc best fixed by either the Validate computers. sages, 1 pored over the User's Guide
command or ibe direct command to Thus, perhaps we Plus/4 owners and then through Commodore's
the disk drive: should consider the possible demise of Introduction to Basic, Part I. and the
our computers and purchase the new Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference
OPEN15,8,15:CIjOSE15 1571 disk drive (if the price is reason Guide. I spent hours at the computer,
able), with a view toward eventually Peeking and Poking, looping the
2. The Validate command is safe
having to dump our essentially unsup loops, working mathematical prob
to use at all times except on disks
ported Plus/4 in favor of the C-128. lems, drawing sprites, punching in
Containing random-access files and
Thank you for the benefit of any data and editing without a pencil.
when you suspect thai your disk drive
information you can give me. Everything began slowly to lake on
may be in the process of going out
Matthew F. Dyer meaning.
of alignment and the disk you're val
Augusta, ME Mistakes? Oil, yes! Urn I gradually
idating contains only a few files or
began to catch on to programming.
programs. "Safe & Fast Disk Check
There is no special disk drive for the I found all kinds of surprises and
er," the program accompanying "Had
Plvs/4. If you ininul to keep your Plus/4, unheard-of tips and shortcuts—like
Blocks," can be used (with the write- line-crunching, abbreviated com
you might want to get n double disk drive,
protect notch covered) on your test/
like the MSI) II. This would give you mands and advice on sounds and
demo disk from Commodore to
plenty of storage. Unless you seriously in colors. I experimented happily with
check for disk alignment (See "Keep
tend to dump your Plus/4 and buy a RUN's Magic nicks. I programmed
Your Disk Drive in Line," in the July
C-128 (and there's no need to do so), there's all over the place, taking my ideas of
issue of RUN, for the procedure lo
no sense in buying the 1571, as you can games, drawings and utilities and
follow when realigning your drive.)
only use it in the 1541 mode. building them up with Basic rules.
your drive.)
The Plus/4 Is a gorxt computer with What a thrill!
Joe Shaughnessy plenty of memory for running serious ap Bringing home a personal com
Jacksonville, FL plications. You can get software thut is puter starts the buildup of fabulous

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new information in the user's mem nations (p. t>). As we get more and Clearly, the claim is made that this
ory, just iht opposite n> typing to the more enthusiastic and supportive of is the first program that allows you
screen NEW, which erases the com our machines, we are glad to see one to detect alignment problems, and
puter's current memory. Commodore-specific magazine offer the only one. This statement will come
Of all the positive reasons a senior ing some hope for ihe future of the as a great surprise to CSM's thou
citizen might buy a computer, the end user. I have been using Com sands and thousands of satisfied cus
greatest is mental enrichment—un modore microcomputers since early tomers worldwide, since we produce
less it's having funl 1978. I have also worked with several such a program—The 1541 Disk
W. Stuart Sewell other "higher" brands, not unlike the Drive Alignment Program. With reg
AshevUle, NC EBM PC, Apple III or the Mac, along ular use of our program, you can
with Wang word processors. clearly detect any change in the qual
Each lime I have encountered a ity of a drive's alignment. Not only
Datafile Delight professional programmer who works do we produce this program cur
I use Mike Konshak's Datafile pro with the above machines, I find they rently, we have been producing it for
grams quite frequently (RUN, No have denigrated the Commodore over a year!
vember :ind December 1984, July line of microcomputers. In addition Our program not only detects
1985). They are far superior to type- to this verbal attack, we constantly drive misalignment, it also includes
in database programs I've seen in find the media poking fun at the line, comprehensive instructions for cor
other magazines. I buy or subscribe simply because it's cheaper than the recting it. Procedures are provided
to almost alt periodicals pertaining competition. for adjusting rotational speed, ra
to the C-64. I use the C-64 daily for Of course, cheaper docs not nec dial alignment and endstop posi
business applications and can attest essarily mean it is less of a machine. tion. Diagrams illustrate the adjust
to its durability, performance and The Commodore 64 is a case in point. ment points on different drive
economy. Programs like Datafile We have all envied the ability of this models. A special section is given on
only enhance the overall value of this computer to produce the best com troubleshooting unusual situations,
machine. puter-generated sound in the indus including problems with the drive
I own Data Manager 2 by Time- try, unmatched even by the giant, belt and pressure pad. Directions are
works, and I find that Datafile is IBM. Sure there are faults to be included for a permanent FIX that
much easier and more flexible than found, but, on the whole, my C-64 can eliminate future alignment prob
Data Manager 2. I don't have exten offers more features and overall lems. We also staff a technical sup
sive knowledge of database usage, value than my neighbor's HIM PC, port line for personal help in case of
but most people don't—until they which costs more. difficulty. Thank you for this oppor
begin using a database. We all hope the post-Tramiel Conv tunity to correct the misleading state
I showed Datafile to some people modore, which includes the exciting, ments made in your review.
who operate a computer store and upcoming Amiga (previously known
handle several computers, and they Thomas N. Simstad
as Lorraine) and the upwardly mo
were most impressed with it. They President
bile 128, will be stronger than ever.
CSM Software, Inc.
couldn't believe it was available as a Simply, in my opinion, even Jack Tra-
type-in program from a magazine. miel cannot match the upcoming ag
Carl A. Wickett gressiveness of Commodore.
All that we users and enthusiasts
A Price Reduction
Decatur, MI
need is some supportive backing, like In yourjuly 1985 issue, you pub
dial provided in the June 1985 issue lished a review article, "Database
Chatterbox
of RUN. We thank you for your pos Management Programs for the
I would like to congratulate you itive support of Commodore micro C-64," by independent reviewer Bob
on your article, "Chatterbox" (July computers and hope (or an even Guerra. It appeared on pp. 68-75.
1984). I recently built the voice syn belter picture of the future. On p. 74, you included a few
thesizer with allophone chip, and paragraphs of review information
Mark Valera
now my C-64 is chatting happily on our popular Database Manager
Rego Park, NY
away. I am rather proud of this, as I program.

am only 13 years old. Keep up the We would like to point out that the
good workl Another Alignment Program suggested list price of the Database
Roy Duncan In your recent review of the 1541 Manager program was recently low
Queensland, Australia Physical Kxani program (June 1985), ered from $99.95 to $49.95.
the opening paragraph states, "Until Thank you for your continuing
now, there was no sure way for you help in the process of publicizing
Getting Behind Commodore quality programs for the Commo
to detect disk-drive misalignment in
As an avid Commodore enthusiast, its early stages, let alone correct it dore computers.
1, along with many of my peers, read when it occurred. You had to wait Michael R, Reinhold
with interest your publisher's com for disaster to strike and then take Director of Marketing
mentary in the June RUNning Rumi- your drive to a service center.. ." Mirage Concepts, Inc.
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QUiek-thlNKing Waiiy's Word Works age to meet your own needs. Avail
able on disk fnr $79.50,
Quink is a thinking game for the WalU's Word Works is a software
Check Reader Service number 404.
C-64 whose object is U> eliminate, be package thai helps students identify
fore your time is up, those entries (he pans of speech by showing that
Reading Is Fun
among eighi thai tin not share a com the function of a word changes as ils
role in a sentence changes. Scholastic Software (7:10 Broad
mon association.
Quink comprises six major cate Wally's Word Works is available for way, New York, NY 10003) has re
the CGI for the elementary, junior leased Success with Reading, an edu
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Knowledge and Mixed Hag, with over The $(>n price includes a teacher's (trades -5-6. lo help students and
disk with backup, a teacher's guide teachers reinforce reading, spelling
ISO subjects and 4700 entries. For
and one student disk. Sunburst Com and syntactic concepts.
one or tWO players or teams.
munications. Inc.. :S9 Washington Available f»r the C*64, the core
Available on disk for $34.95. CBS
Ave,, Pleasanivillc. NY KJ'wO. package (which includes a program
Software, One Fawcell Place, Green-
Check RearieT Service number-402. disk and teacher's handbook) plus
vnch, CT Q6S36.
one grade-specific package is 579.95.
Check Reader Service number ■!()().
Additional grade-specific packages
Calling All Hams are $49.95 each, and (he complete
program, containing material for all
Witnicr's Edge Software (2003 Sar-
four gracles, is SI79.
azen Place, Reston, VA U2091) has
Check Reader Service number405.
released The Coruester, n software
package for the amateur radio con
Countdown to Shutdown
test operator.
The- Contester manages all the pa In Countdown to Shutdown, a soft
perwork involved in amateur radio ware game, you must wend your way
contests itnd logs and keeps Hack of through a huge 'JlMHI-rciom power

up to ;!()()() contains. planl to repair the power core.

Available on disk for the C-ti-\ at The strategy game is available on
disk for the C-64 and retails for
Check Reader Service number 403. $29.95. Activiskm, Inc.. 2350 Bay-
shore Frontage Road Mountain View,
CA 94043,
Media Mate 5 Plus Tailor-made BBS Check Reader Service number 406,
Amarny International Corporation Tclemcssagc (Tailored Solutions
Help Gonzo Rescue Camilla
(14935 NX 95th Si., Redmond, WA POBox 18^Was]iing1onJ)CL>()()l4)is
abiiHeiin-bciard systt-ni fioh ware pack The Great Gonzo in WordRider is
Q6052) introduces Media Male 5 Plus,
age fur the C-64 thai is compatible a strategy-adventure game for chil
a lockabk Tiling and storage system
with most auto-answer modems. dren ages six and up that helps de
that holds up to 50 5 J^inch disks.
The S Plus can be stacked for stor The package is an automatic mes velop their reading, vocabulary and
age and transported without scatter sage imiry/ietneval system consisting word-usage skills.
of live support programs and an on The object of the program is to
ing disks. Available- for $20.95,
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power and restores control of the Typing Arcade

computer in case of a lock-up. It also Typing, a new program released
can operate two printers concur
by Gamco Industries, Inc., for the
rently. Retail price is $24.95.
C-64, employs an arcade-style reward
Check Reader Service number 409.
game to motivate sludents to practice
their typing lessons.
Medical Center Available on disk for S39.95 from
Gamco Industries, inc., Box 1911, Big
DMG Software Co. (Rt. 1, Box 364,
Spring, TX 79721.
Clinton, LA 70722) has released EMed,
Check Reader Service number 414.
an electronic medical database for
che C-64.
EMed contains data on over 460
diseases and 325 symptoms, and it
features a diagnostics program thai
lists diseases from symptoms you se
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CheckReaderServicenumber410.

An Education in Finance
Lifeplan is a utility program for
middle-income families to help them
manage their personal and family
finances. The program analyzes re
sults and monitors progress while In
lives and nouns to help Gonzo res structing the user in controlling his
cue his beloved bird, Camilla the own money.
Chicken. Lifeplan is available on disk for
Based On characters from the Mup- Static Buster
the C-64 for $99.95 from Lilewarc,
pel Show television series, The'Greai 2318 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 9K121. Static Buster (Lamb's Information
Gonzo in WordRider is available on Check ReaderService number 411. Systems, Inc., 301 N. Main St., Pueblo,
disk for the C-64 and retails I'or CO 81003) consists of two foam pads
$29.95. Simon & Schuster Electronic that connect lo the CRT face- and the
Publishing Group, 1230 Avenue of Strike Up the Band keyboard to control static. Available
the Americas, New York, NY 10020. MasterSoft (PO Box 1027, Bend, for $49.95.
Check Reader Service number -[07. OR 97709) has released two more Check Reader Service number 415.
programs in its Mastery in Music se
For Math Afficionados ries for the C-64. Trumpet Master
and Clarinet Master offer an allcr-
The Practical Applications Math
naiive to drills, with random music
ematics system (P.A.M.), a program
personalized by your choice of key
for the C-64, determines the dimen
sions ofa variety of geometric shapes signature, time signature, note type
on a high-resolution screen.
and note range. You can change tem
pos and play along with access to
P.A.M. also compuies statistical
functions, including linear regres
music facts and fingerings.
Each program is available on disk
sion and interpolation.
Graphics and calculation results
for $49.95. Digi-Csm
Check Reader Service numbc-r 412.
can lie printed out. Available on tape Cardco (300 S.Topeka, Wichita. KS
or disk for S24.89. MicroEnergy Sys 67202) announces Digi-Cam, a digi
tems, PO Box 5291, High Point, NC Turn on Your Mind tizer that converts still video images
27262. to digital configurations and pro
Mentor Ix-arning Systems (1601
Check Reader Service number 408. duces a 320- by 200-dol screen im
Civic Center Drive, Sania Clara, CA
95050) has released Conceptor, an age in five gray scales. Available for
Reset Switch educational software package for the C-64 at the suggested retail price
Master Software (6 Ilillery Conn, the C-64. of $250.
Randallstown, MD 21133) has re Conceptor utilizes focus recogni Check Reader Service number 416.
leased Reset Master, a system reset tion to expand your capacity to
switch lor the C-64 and VIC-20. perceive and classify information. Kidbits
Reset Master resets your computer Available on disk for S49.95. Available together on one disk
without your having to turn off the Check Reader Service numbei 413. for the C-64 are Kidbit Software's ed-
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ucation programs entitled Same/Not The suggested retail price is $24.95 its lust software package. Pilot II.
Same Game and Alpha-Bee Sequence. for the C-64 version. Pilot II is a Pilot language interpreter

In Same/Not Same Game, your Check Reader Service number 421. with high-resolution turtle graphics
child lakes a Spaceship to the scars and full sprite support, including a
by choos}ng which shape, color, di built-in sprite editor. A registered
rection or letter in a group is differ copy with full telephone support is
ent from the rest. available on disk for $40.
In Alpha-lice Sequence, your child (Iheck Reader Service number 424.
helps a bee with the letters of the
alphabet by singing the- Alphabet
Song along with him. Commander Stryker vs
For children ages 3-7, the package The Dragon
retails for S'ili.il"). Kidbit Software,
Reach Head 11. the sequel to lieach
7001 Sunkist Drive. Oakland, CA
Head, has been released by Access
94605.
Software (!>2"> Fast 900 South. Sail
Check Reader Service number! 17.
Lake City, UT 84105). It is compatible
with the C-64. Beach Head II picks
up where the original Beach Head
For RUN's Runners left oil. Now, Commander Stryker
Maximizer: Personal Running must liberate the Allied prisoners,
Coach, made up of a set of three neutralize The Dragon and his [orces
programs for serious runners, com and destroy their fortifications.
pares your training progress to spe Available on disk for $39.95.
cific inputted goals. Check Reader Service number 425.
Kach program (Base Training, Main Supershipper64
tenance/Race Preparation and Race Progressive Peripherals and Soli-
Peaking) helps prescribe your work ware (2186 South Holly, Denver, CO
out guidelines based on your per 80222) has released Supershipper(>4,
sonal physiological information. an invoice and billing program for
Available on three disks for the the (MM. Supershipper64 can store
C-64 at $79.95 per set from Mil Fit and prinl out customer account lists.
ness Software. KD 1. liox 241, Mad product and price lists, and print in
ison, NY 13402. voices, labels and C.O.D. tags. Avail
Check Reader Service number 41 fi. able on disk Tor S99.95.
Check Reader Service number422.

For Kids Only

KIDware (PC) Box 9762, Moscow, Weather Sensor/
11) 8S843) lias released 60 new edu Environment Controller
cational .software packages for chil Sensatrol, a sensor/controller in-
dren ages 1-10. Kach program is lerface for environmental sensing
available on cassette ($9.95) and disk and energy control, allows you to
($11.95) for the C-64. measure weather conditions, control
Check Reader Service number 419. thermostats and monitor environ
mental conditions. A special serial-
output feature makes ii possible to
connect over 200 Sensatrols with a
Print Shop II
common four-wire connection on one Squeaky Clean
Broderbund Software (3 7 Paul
computer port.
Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903) releases The Texwipe Co. (PO liox ">7r>.
Available on disk for ihe C-6-1 with
The Prim Shop Graphics Library, Upper Saddle River. N] 07458) has
an RS-232C serial interface for S38f>
Disk Two, adding 120 new graphics released the Read/Write Microcom
from Data World Products, Box 33,
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THE RECIPE BOX

Now you can easily store ana recall your tavonla
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BOX is a ccmplaio menu'dnven disk sysietn ihal
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DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Software That Works

How to type listings from RUN For Generations
for Orations on hoot to use RUNS new thecksum program, »r the article liy the program's author,
Jama llm/ini. on p. 78 of this issue. Thi directions will he incorporated in thtse typing instntitions 6 Types of Charts and Sheets
in future bsutS, Indices
User Fields
Typing in listings can be difficult enough withou.1 having to worry about Notes, Footnotes and Sources
strange graphics characters, charts or tables. Thai's why we decided to make No Limits
it easy to enter listings from RUN by translating everything we thought
Adapts to Your Hardware
might he confusing in any program.
Comprehensive
When you see something between the curly brackets, all you have to do
Easy to Use
is press the keys indicated. For example:
And Much, Much More
{SHIFT L}—means hold down the shift key and press the I- key ;it the same
time. Jut brochure and ucrplr prtnloutt
{COMD J}—means hold down the Commodore key (il is on the lower left Rftifj. includes deUiJed manujl anj 2 full disk?!lei

side of the keyboard) and press the j key at the same time. of programs for your Apple ||, TBM E*C
Commodore 64 and CP/M."
{SHIFT CLR}—hold down the shift key and press the CLR/HOME key. Other gencalogvwliv.are jlH3Ji.iilabic
{HOME}—press the CLR/HOME key without shifting. Pri«Sias Sari^faciioii GturaniccJ
{CTRL !>}—hold down the control key and press the li key. olCH Bipma, Viw U MjHtrtjrd Accrpicd
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{CRSR L'I'HCRSR DN{{CKSR I.F}{CKSR RT}—these are the four cursor
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{LB.}—the liiitish pound sign (£). Family
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October

Coming Attractions
In the October issue, we'll have graphics to suit ScreenMaker—Three programs that let you de
every level of expertise, whether beginner, inter sign intricate graphics screens and combine them
mediate or advanced, and every level ofinterest— with your GraphMaker graphs (RUN, April 1985)
programming, business and entertainment: to display an impressive computer-generated
slide show.
High-Spirited Sprites—This isn't just another
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able to print out both high- and low-resolution
easy enough for beginners, yet sophisticated
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enough to challenge experts. If you can imagine
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Graphics Display System—With this program, of buying a C-128? Well, you needn't incur the
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lor those of you with disks full of Koala pictures, 1702, and our technical manager, Margaret Mm-
you'll now be able to print out those, loo. abito, explains how and why.
Pulsing Pictures—Put a little movement Into your
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With Commodore 128's instead of Apple He's,

these kids would be on computers
instead of in line.
Meet the Commodore 128'", the more professional uses. There are
new personal computer already also more commands for easier program
destined 10 be at the head of Its class, ming, a numeric keypad that's a real
it not only outsmarts the Apple" lie necessity in math or science classes, and
in price, it comes out way ahead in compatibility with over 3,000 programs
performance, because Commodore designed for the Commodore 64'".
intelligence goes beyond being able And there's an exclusive school
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